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.
Lyme Disease—a Tick-Borne Spirochetosis?
19822.2k citationsWilly Burgdorfer, Alan G. Barbour et al.profile →
The Spirochetal Etiology of Lyme Disease
19831.2k citationsAlan G. Barbour, Willy Burgdorfer et al.profile →
Spirochetes Isolated from the Blood of Two Patients with Lyme Disease
1983643 citationsAlan G. Barbour, Willy Burgdorfer et al.profile →
Lyme Borreliosis: Relation of Its Causative Agent to Its Vectors and Hosts in North America and Europe
Countries citing papers authored by Willy Burgdorfer
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Fields of papers citing papers by Willy Burgdorfer
This network shows the impact of papers produced by Willy Burgdorfer. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Willy Burgdorfer. The network helps show where Willy Burgdorfer may publish in the future.
Co-authorship network of co-authors of Willy Burgdorfer
This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Willy Burgdorfer.
A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Willy Burgdorfer 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.
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Burgdorfer, Willy & R. L. Anacker. (1981). Rickettsiae and rickettsial diseases. Academic Press eBooks.201 indexed citations
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Burgdorfer, Willy, et al.. (1979). Ixodes ricinus: vector of a hitherto undescribed spotted fever group agent in Switzerland.. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 36(4). 357–67.95 indexed citations
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Aeschlimann, André, et al.. (1979). [New aspects of the part of the vector played by Ixodes ricinus L. in Switzerland. Preliminary note (author's transl)].. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 36(2). 181–91.31 indexed citations
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Burgdorfer, Willy, et al.. (1978). Serologic typing of rickettsiae of the spotted fever group by microimmunofluorescence.. PubMed. 121(5). 1961–8.93 indexed citations
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Burgdorfer, Willy. (1977). Tick-borne diseases in the United States: Rocky Mountain spotted fever and Colorado tick fever. A review.. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 34(2). 103–26.38 indexed citations
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Newhouse, V. F., et al.. (1971). Field and laboratory studies on the hosts and vectors of the Snowshoe hare strain of California virus.. Mosquito news. 31(3). 401–408.9 indexed citations
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Burgdorfer, Willy, et al.. (1964). CALIFORNIA ENCEPHALITIS, COLORADO TICK FEVER AND ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER IN EASTERN CANADA. SEROLOGICAL EVIDENCE.. PubMed. 55. 257–61.8 indexed citations
Burgdorfer, Willy. (1951). [Ornithodorus moubata in Q fever tests in Switzerland].. PubMed. 8(1). 44–51.4 indexed citations
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Burgdorfer, Willy, et al.. (1951). [Parasitologic and clinical observations on cases of Q fever in Switzerland].. PubMed. 81(7). 162–6.3 indexed citations
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Geigy, R & Willy Burgdorfer. (1951). [Differential behavior of various strains of Spirochaeta duttoni in the white mouse].. PubMed. 8(2). 151–4.3 indexed citations
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