William J. Liu

17.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
74 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

William J. Liu is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, William J. Liu has authored 74 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Infectious Diseases, 29 papers in Epidemiology and 20 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in William J. Liu's work include Influenza Virus Research Studies (20 papers), SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (14 papers) and Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (13 papers). William J. Liu is often cited by papers focused on Influenza Virus Research Studies (20 papers), SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (14 papers) and Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (13 papers). William J. Liu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Czechia. William J. Liu's co-authors include George F. Gao, Gary Wong, Kefang Liu, Min Zhao, Kun Xu, Wenjie Tan, Yuhai Bi, Qihui Wang, Liang Wang and Yi Shi and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Lancet and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

William J. Liu

69 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

T-cell immunity of SARS-CoV: Implications for vaccine development against MERS-CoV

2016 274 citations William J. Liu, Kefang Liu et al. profile →
Characterisation of SARS-CoV-2 variants in Beijing during 2022: an epidemiological and phylogenetic analysis

2023 103 citations Liang Wang, William J. Liu et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
William J. Liu	982	469	361	276	249	74	1.7k
Thushan I. de Silva	1.3k 1.4×	497 1.1×	355 1.0×	359 1.3×	189 0.8×	91	2.2k
Yoon‐Seok Chung	1.1k 1.1×	392 0.8×	260 0.7×	317 1.1×	100 0.4×	69	1.9k
Yuki Furuse	655 0.7×	768 1.6×	180 0.5×	469 1.7×	98 0.4×	71	1.7k
Kiyoko Iwatsuki‐Horimoto	879 0.9×	1.2k 2.6×	472 1.3×	509 1.8×	108 0.4×	81	2.2k
Laurence Josset	1.2k 1.2×	592 1.3×	389 1.1×	533 1.9×	67 0.3×	70	2.0k
Florence Morfin	969 1.0×	1.8k 3.8×	314 0.9×	362 1.3×	227 0.9×	83	2.8k
Matthew J. Memoli	997 1.0×	1.6k 3.3×	548 1.5×	465 1.7×	66 0.3×	53	2.6k
Naoko Iwata‐Yoshikawa	1.6k 1.6×	385 0.8×	297 0.8×	329 1.2×	58 0.2×	36	2.0k
Eleanor Gaunt	1.1k 1.1×	749 1.6×	233 0.6×	298 1.1×	40 0.2×	31	1.9k
Vincent Enouf	1.3k 1.3×	1.1k 2.3×	170 0.5×	375 1.4×	55 0.2×	79	2.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William J. Liu

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20 of 20 papers shown

Shi, Yan, William J. Liu, Wei Qiao Qiu, et al.. (2024). Female-Specific Association between the Apolipoprotein E E4 Allele and Age at Diagnosis of Glaucoma in UK Biobank. Ophthalmology Glaucoma. 8(1). 53–62.

Wu, Yanan, Lei Li, Can Yue, et al.. (2023). Parallel T Cell Immunogenic Regions in Influenza B and A Viruses with Distinct Nuclear Export Signal Functions: The Balance between Viral Life Cycle and Immune Escape. The Journal of Immunology. 210(8). 1074–1085. 2 indexed citations

Zhao, Haiyu, Hui Zhao, Xiaolu Wei, et al.. (2023). First Discovery of Phenuiviruses within Diverse RNA Viromes of Asiatic Toad (Bufo gargarizans) by Metagenomics Sequencing. Viruses. 15(3). 750–750. 5 indexed citations

Kim, Albert, Jay Patel, William J. Liu, et al.. (2023). NIMG-76. A DEEP LEARNING ALGORITHM FOR FULLY AUTOMATED VOLUMETRIC MEASUREMENT OF MENINGIOMA BURDEN. Neuro-Oncology. 25(Supplement_5). v203–v203.

Huo, Shuting, Hai Yan, Yaxin Guo, et al.. (2022). Intrahost variation and evolutionary dynamics of adenoviruses correlate to neutrophils in infected patients. Journal of Medical Virology. 94(8). 3863–3875. 1 indexed citations

Xu, Yang, George F. Gao, & William J. Liu. (2022). Powassan virus: A tick borne flavivirus infecting humans. Biosafety and Health. 4(1). 30–37. 8 indexed citations

Zhao, Yingze, Xin Zhao, Rong Zhang, et al.. (2022). Heterologous BBIBP-CorV/ZF2001 vaccination augments neutralization against SARS-CoV-2 variants: A preliminary observation. The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific. 21. 100440–100440. 6 indexed citations

Wang, Liang, Yaxin Guo, Shuting Huo, et al.. (2022). Spatial–temporal heterogeneity and determinants of HIV prevalence in the Mano River Union countries. Infectious Diseases of Poverty. 11(1). 116–116. 6 indexed citations

Ye, Beiwei, Yaxin Guo, Yuanyuan Guo, et al.. (2022). Repeated influenza vaccination induces similar immune protection as first‐time vaccination but with differing immune responses. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses. 17(1). e13060–e13060. 5 indexed citations

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Xu, Ziqian, Yun Feng, Xinxin Chen, et al.. (2021). Virome of Bat-Infesting Arthropods: Highly Divergent Viruses in Different Vectors. Journal of Virology. 96(4). e0146421–e0146421. 30 indexed citations

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Zhang, Li, Yang Zhao, Chao Zhang, et al.. (2021). Homeostatic regulation of T follicular helper and antibody response to particle antigens by IL-1Ra of medullary sinus macrophage origin. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(17). 1 indexed citations

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Wang, Qihui, Hua Chen, Yi Shi, et al.. (2021). Tracing the origins of SARS-CoV-2: lessons learned from the past. Cell Research. 31(11). 1139–1141. 21 indexed citations

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Wang, Pengyan, Can Yue, Kefang Liu, et al.. (2021). Peptide Presentations of Marsupial MHC Class I Visualize Immune Features of Lower Mammals Paralleled with Bats. The Journal of Immunology. 207(8). 2167–2178. 5 indexed citations

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Li, Xin, Liang Wang, Peipei Liu, et al.. (2021). A Novel Potentially Recombinant Rodent Coronavirus with a Polybasic Cleavage Site in the Spike Protein. Journal of Virology. 95(22). e0117321–e0117321. 17 indexed citations

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Liu, William J., Jun Li, Rongrong Zou, et al.. (2020). Dynamic PB2-E627K substitution of influenza H7N9 virus indicates the in vivo genetic tuning and rapid host adaptation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(38). 23807–23814. 24 indexed citations

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Bao, Linlin, Yuhai Bi, Gary Wong, et al.. (2019). Diverse biological characteristics and varied virulence of H7N9 from Wave 5. Emerging Microbes & Infections. 8(1). 94–102. 17 indexed citations

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Lü, Dan, Kefang Liu, Di Zhang, et al.. (2019). Peptide presentation by bat MHC class I provides new insight into the antiviral immunity of bats. PLoS Biology. 17(9). e3000436–e3000436. 25 indexed citations

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Liu, William J., Yuhai Bi, Dayan Wang, & George F. Gao. (2018). On the Centenary of the Spanish Flu: Being Prepared for the Next Pandemic. Virologica Sinica. 33(6). 463–466. 20 indexed citations

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Li, Juan, Chuansong Quan, Changwen Ke, et al.. (2018). Continued reassortment of avian H6 influenza viruses from Southern China, 2014–2016. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. 66(1). 592–598. 20 indexed citations

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Xu, Ziqian, Weihong Yang, Yun Feng, et al.. (2018). Isolation and Identification of a Highly Divergent Kaeng Khoi Virus from Bat Flies ( Eucampsipoda sundaica ) in China. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 19(1). 73–80. 11 indexed citations

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