Tony Schountz

5.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
74 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Tony Schountz is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Tony Schountz has authored 74 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 61 papers in Infectious Diseases, 26 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 15 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Tony Schountz's work include Viral Infections and Vectors (53 papers), Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research (26 papers) and Bat Biology and Ecology Studies (16 papers). Tony Schountz is often cited by papers focused on Viral Infections and Vectors (53 papers), Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research (26 papers) and Bat Biology and Ecology Studies (16 papers). Tony Schountz collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Australia. Tony Schountz's co-authors include Charles H. Calisher, Kathryn V. Holmes, James E. Childs, Hume Field, Michelle L. Baker, Lin‐Fa Wang, Joseph Prescott, Vincent J. Munster, John E. Butler and Joseph S. Murray and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Tony Schountz

71 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

Bats: Important Reservoir... 2006 2026 2012 2019 2006 250 500 750 1000
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Bats: Important Reservoir Hosts of Emerging Viruses
    2006 1.1k citations Tony Schountz et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Tony Schountz 2.1k 712 603 521 500 74 2.8k
Peter D. Kirkland 1.9k 0.9× 1.5k 2.1× 453 0.8× 159 0.3× 973 1.9× 126 3.3k
Jussi Hepojoki 1.6k 0.8× 300 0.4× 354 0.6× 188 0.4× 227 0.5× 84 2.2k
Jonathan F. Smith 1.8k 0.9× 273 0.4× 958 1.6× 195 0.4× 648 1.3× 35 2.4k
Sharon M. Brookes 1.5k 0.7× 548 0.8× 527 0.9× 954 1.8× 1.2k 2.4× 125 3.8k
Karen L. Mansfield 1.6k 0.8× 383 0.5× 1.3k 2.1× 693 1.3× 412 0.8× 59 2.5k
Philippe Marianneau 2.0k 1.0× 428 0.6× 1.0k 1.7× 148 0.3× 693 1.4× 71 2.6k
John Bingham 1.7k 0.8× 391 0.5× 566 0.9× 1.2k 2.2× 2.1k 4.3× 150 4.1k
P. F. Nettleton 957 0.5× 1.6k 2.2× 213 0.4× 422 0.8× 712 1.4× 82 3.5k
Lisa Jones‐Engel 787 0.4× 196 0.3× 398 0.7× 312 0.6× 1.1k 2.2× 80 2.4k
Christophe Préhaud 1.1k 0.5× 362 0.5× 356 0.6× 791 1.5× 752 1.5× 57 2.6k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tony Schountz

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All Works

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Zheng, Zhizhong, Yang Zhao, Alexander V. Galazyuk, et al.. (2025). Limited cell-autonomous anticancer mechanisms in long-lived bats. Nature Communications. 16(1). 4125–4125. 5 indexed citations
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Falvo, Caylee, Daniel Crowley, Evelyn Benson, et al.. (2025). Diet-induced changes in metabolism influence immune response and viral shedding in Jamaican fruit bats. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 292(2041). 20242482–20242482. 1 indexed citations
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Nguyen, Hai P., Yien–Ming Kuo, Sarah Fong, et al.. (2024). Integrative single-cell characterization of a frugivorous and an insectivorous bat kidney and pancreas. Nature Communications. 15(1). 12–12. 13 indexed citations
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Crowley, Daniel, Caylee Falvo, Evelyn Benson, et al.. (2024). Bats generate lower affinity but higher diversity antibody responses than those of mice, but pathogen-binding capacity increases if protein is restricted in their diet. PLoS Biology. 22(9). e3002800–e3002800. 3 indexed citations
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Kessler, Susanne, et al.. (2024). Jamaican fruit bats mount a stable and highly neutralizing antibody response after bat influenza virus infection. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(42). 1 indexed citations
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Port, Julia R., Sarah van Tol, Arthur Wickenhagen, et al.. (2024). Jamaican fruit bat (Artibeus jamaicensis) insusceptibility to mucosal inoculation with SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant is not caused by receptor compatibility. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(1). 26–26. 2 indexed citations
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Bai, Xiyuan, Tony Schountz, Ashley M. Buckle, et al.. (2023). Alpha-1-antitrypsin antagonizes COVID-19: a review of the epidemiology, molecular mechanisms, and clinical evidence. Biochemical Society Transactions. 51(3). 1361–1375. 9 indexed citations
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Rocha, Savannah M., Amin Addetia, Anna C. Fagre, et al.. (2023). Regulatory T cell-like response to SARS-CoV-2 in Jamaican fruit bats (Artibeus jamaicensis) transduced with human ACE2. PLoS Pathogens. 19(10). e1011728–e1011728. 7 indexed citations
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Rocha, Savannah M., Anna C. Fagre, Jason E. Cummings, et al.. (2022). A Novel Glucocorticoid and Androgen Receptor Modulator Reduces Viral Entry and Innate Immune Inflammatory Responses in the Syrian Hamster Model of SARS-CoV-2 Infection. Frontiers in Immunology. 13. 811430–811430. 9 indexed citations
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Fagre, Anna C., Savannah M. Rocha, Nicole R. Sexton, et al.. (2021). SARS-CoV-2 infection, neuropathogenesis and transmission among deer mice: Implications for spillback to New World rodents. PLoS Pathogens. 17(5). e1009585–e1009585. 74 indexed citations
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Scherman, Michaël, et al.. (2021). Development of a SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid specific monoclonal antibody. Virology. 558. 28–37. 27 indexed citations
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Fagre, Anna C., Megan R. Miller, Eric C. Mossel, et al.. (2021). Subgenomic flavivirus RNA (sfRNA) associated with Asian lineage Zika virus identified in three species of Ugandan bats (family Pteropodidae). Scientific Reports. 11(1). 8370–8370. 4 indexed citations
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Carrington, Christine V. F., J. E. Foster, Kerri Miazgowicz, et al.. (2017). Serological evidence of arenavirus circulation among fruit bats in Trinidad. PLoS ONE. 12(9). e0185308–e0185308. 14 indexed citations
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Phillips, Aaron T., Tony Schountz, Donald L. Jarvis, et al.. (2016). Venezuelan and western equine encephalitis virus E1 liposome antigen nucleic acid complexes protect mice from lethal challenge with multiple alphaviruses. Virology. 499. 30–39. 10 indexed citations
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Schountz, Tony & Joseph Prescott. (2014). Hantavirus Immunology of Rodent Reservoirs: Current Status and Future Directions. Viruses. 6(3). 1317–1335. 46 indexed citations
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Butler, John E., Nancy Wertz, Yaofeng Zhao, et al.. (2010). The two suborders of chiropterans have the canonical heavy-chain immunoglobulin (Ig) gene repertoire of eutherian mammals. Developmental & Comparative Immunology. 35(3). 273–284. 39 indexed citations
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Davenport, Bennett, et al.. (2004). Generation of competent bone marrow-derived antigen presenting cells from the deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus). BMC Immunology. 5(1). 23–23. 11 indexed citations
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Murray, Joseph S., et al.. (1995). High-Density Presentation of an Immunodominant Minimal Peptide on B Cells Is MHC-Linked to Th1-like Immunity. Cellular Immunology. 166(1). 9–15. 15 indexed citations

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