Will Fischer

9.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
44 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Will Fischer is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Virology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Will Fischer has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Molecular Biology, 16 papers in Virology and 15 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Will Fischer's work include HIV Research and Treatment (16 papers), vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches (10 papers) and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (6 papers). Will Fischer is often cited by papers focused on HIV Research and Treatment (16 papers), vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches (10 papers) and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (6 papers). Will Fischer collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Japan. Will Fischer's co-authors include Bette Korber, Masaaki Nakahara, Kazuhito Inoue, Jin Xiong, Carl E. Bauer, James Theiler, Barton F. Haynes, Norman L. Letvin, Tanmoy Bhattacharya and Karina Yusim and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Medicine and The Journal of Experimental Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Will Fischer

41 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.1.7 is susceptible to neutralizing antibodies elicited by ancestral spike vaccines

2021 222 citations Xiaoying Shen, Haili Tang et al. Cell Host & Microbe profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Will Fischer United States	22	1.1k	973	696	634	395	44	2.3k
Sonja Welsch Germany	24	1.2k 1.2×	1.1k 1.1×	622 0.9×	1.2k 1.9×	612 1.5×	42	3.5k
Baoshan Zhang United States	26	648 0.6×	1.1k 1.1×	752 1.1×	632 1.0×	614 1.6×	74	2.2k
Kazutoyo Miura United States	41	1.5k 1.4×	469 0.5×	1.9k 2.7×	489 0.8×	566 1.4×	160	5.6k
Scott L. Butler United States	17	1.5k 1.4×	1.2k 1.2×	412 0.6×	1.4k 2.2×	488 1.2×	21	2.9k
Hong Zhao China	26	1.1k 1.1×	703 0.7×	317 0.5×	482 0.8×	220 0.6×	83	2.3k
Wataru Sugiura Japan	27	593 0.6×	1.3k 1.4×	421 0.6×	1.4k 2.2×	521 1.3×	137	2.4k
Maureen M. Goodenow United States	35	842 0.8×	2.4k 2.5×	991 1.4×	1.8k 2.9×	709 1.8×	118	4.0k
Hirotaka Ode Japan	26	777 0.7×	717 0.7×	248 0.4×	1.1k 1.7×	276 0.7×	66	1.9k
Kemp B. Cease United States	26	1.6k 1.5×	708 0.7×	1.3k 1.9×	404 0.6×	465 1.2×	61	3.7k
Suraiya Rasheed United States	25	696 0.7×	1.1k 1.1×	408 0.6×	1.1k 1.7×	571 1.4×	76	2.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Will Fischer

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Fields of papers citing papers by Will Fischer

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Will Fischer

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Will Fischer. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Will Fischer based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Will Fischer. Will Fischer is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Beesley, Lauren J., Kelly R. Moran, Kshitij Wagh, et al.. (2023). SARS-CoV-2 variant transition dynamics are associated with vaccination rates, number of co-circulating variants, and convalescent immunity. EBioMedicine. 91. 104534–104534. 16 indexed citations

Fenimore, Paul W., et al.. (2022). Integrative structural studies of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein during the fusion process (2022). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4. 220–230. 1 indexed citations

Fenimore, Paul W., Will Fischer, Benjamin H. McMahon, et al.. (2021). Modeling the Influenza A NP-vRNA-Polymerase Complex in Atomic Detail. Biomolecules. 11(1). 124–124. 3 indexed citations

Painter, Wendy, Timothy P. Sheahan, Ralph S. Baric, et al.. (2021). Reduction in infectious sars-cov-2 in treatment study of covid-19 with molnupiravir. 29(1). 304–305. 9 indexed citations

Shen, Xiaoying, Haili Tang, Charlene McDanal, et al.. (2021). SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.1.7 is susceptible to neutralizing antibodies elicited by ancestral spike vaccines. Cell Host & Microbe. 29(4). 529–539.e3. 222 indexed citations breakdown →

Fischer, Will, et al.. (2018). Sparse coding of pathology slides compared to transfer learning with deep neural networks. BMC Bioinformatics. 19(S18). 489–489. 9 indexed citations

Jülg, Boris, Po-Ting Liu, Kshitij Wagh, et al.. (2017). Protection against a mixed SHIV challenge by a broadly neutralizing antibody cocktail. Science Translational Medicine. 9(408). 96 indexed citations

Yusim, Karina, Hyejin Yoon, Brian Foley, et al.. (2016). Integrated sequence and immunology filovirus database at Los Alamos. Database. 2016. baw047–baw047. 3 indexed citations

Brodin, Johanna, Gayathri S. Athreya, Will Fischer, et al.. (2013). A multiple-alignment based primer design algorithm for genetically highly variable DNA targets. BMC Bioinformatics. 14(1). 255–255. 37 indexed citations

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Fischer, Will, Cristian Apetrei, Mario L. Santiago, et al.. (2012). Distinct Evolutionary Pressures Underlie Diversity in Simian Immunodeficiency Virus and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Lineages. Journal of Virology. 86(24). 13217–13231. 21 indexed citations

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Burgers, Wendy A., Amapola Manrique, David Masopust, et al.. (2011). Measurements of Immune Responses for Establishing Correlates of Vaccine Protection Against HIV. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 28(7). 641–648. 10 indexed citations

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Santra, Sampa, Hua‐Xin Liao, Ruijin Zhang, et al.. (2010). Mosaic vaccines elicit CD8+ T lymphocyte responses that confer enhanced immune coverage of diverse HIV strains in monkeys. Nature Medicine. 16(3). 324–328. 185 indexed citations

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Yusim, Karina, Will Fischer, Ho-Kyoung Yoon, et al.. (2010). Genotype 1 and global hepatitis C T-cell vaccines designed to optimize coverage of genetic diversity. Journal of General Virology. 91(5). 1194–1206. 24 indexed citations

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Kong, Wing-Pui, Lan Wu, Timothy C. Wallstrom, et al.. (2008). Expanded Breadth of the T-Cell Response to Mosaic Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Envelope DNA Vaccination. Journal of Virology. 83(5). 2201–2215. 54 indexed citations

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Butler, Merlin G., Will Fischer, Nataliya Kibiryeva, & Douglas C. Bittel. (2008). Array comparative genomic hybridization (aCGH) analysis in Prader–Willi syndrome. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 146A(7). 854–860. 61 indexed citations

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Hraber, Peter, Will Fischer, William Bruno, Thomas Leitner, & Carla Kuiken. (2006). Comparative analysis of hepatitis C virus phylogenies from coding and non-coding regions: the 5' untranslated region (UTR) fails to classify subtypes.. Virology Journal. 3(1). 103–103. 24 indexed citations

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Fischer, Will, Simon Perkins, James Theiler, et al.. (2006). Polyvalent vaccines for optimal coverage of potential T-cell epitopes in global HIV-1 variants. Nature Medicine. 13(1). 100–106. 325 indexed citations

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Fischer, Will & Jeffrey D. Palmer. (2005). Evidence from small-subunit ribosomal RNA sequences for a fungal origin of Microsporidia. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 36(3). 606–622. 34 indexed citations

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Fischer, Will, et al.. (2002). Paracrine communication between malignant and non-malignant prostate epithelial cells in culture alters growth rate, matrix protease secretion and in vitro invasion. Clinical & Experimental Metastasis. 19(8). 727–733. 9 indexed citations

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Fischer, Will, et al.. (1980). Behaviour of maternal antibodies against bovine leukosis virus in the blood serum of calves and their significance in relation to disease control legislation.. Tierärztliche Umschau. 35(12). 815–823. 1 indexed citations

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