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Most cited papers in Virology

Virology

What are the most cited papers in Virology?

The most cited paper in Virology is "AutoDock4 and AutoDockTools4: Automated docking with selective receptor flexibility" (Garrett M. Morris, Ruth Huey, William Lindstrom et al., 2009), with 25,864 citations. Next come "Prevention of HIV-1 Infection with Early Antiretroviral Therapy" (7,006) and "1993 Revised Classification System for HIV Infection and Expanded Surveillance Case Definition for AIDS Among Adolescents and Adults" (4,364).

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Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 1,654 citations is listed.

Most cited papers, sortable by citations and release date
#	Paper
1	AutoDock4 and AutoDockTools4: Automated docking with selective receptor flexibility Garrett M. Morris, Ruth Huey, William Lindstrom et al. · Journal of Computational Chemistry Open access	27 Apr 2009	25,864
2	Prevention of HIV-1 Infection with Early Antiretroviral Therapy Myron S. Cohen et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access	18 Jul 2011	7,006
3	1993 Revised Classification System for HIV Infection and Expanded Surveillance Case Definition for AIDS Among Adolescents and Adults Kenneth G. Castro, Jill Ward, Laurence Slutsker et al. · Clinical Infectious Diseases	Oct 1993	4,364
4	Rapid turnover of plasma virions and CD4 lymphocytes in HIV-1 infection David D. Ho, Avidan Uriel Neumann, Alan S. Perelson et al. · Nature	1995	4,310
5	Reduction of Maternal-Infant Transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 with Zidovudine Treatment Edward M. Connor, RHODA S. SPERLING, Richard D. Gelber et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access	3 Nov 1994	3,755
6	Toxoplasma gondii: from animals to humans Astrid Margareta Tenter, Anja R. Heckeroth, Louis M. Weiss · International Journal for Parasitology Open access	Nov 2000	3,749
7	Identification of a major co-receptor for primary isolates of HIV-1 Hongkui Deng, Rong Liu, Wilfried Ellmeier et al. · Nature	Jun 1996	3,697
8	Microbial translocation is a cause of systemic immune activation in chronic HIV infection Jason M. Brenchley, David Anthony Price, Timothy W. Schacker et al. · Nature Medicine	19 Nov 2006	3,596
9	HIV-1 Dynamics in Vivo: Virion Clearance Rate, Infected Cell Life-Span, and Viral Generation Time Alan S. Perelson, Avidan Uriel Neumann, Martin H. Markowitz et al. · Science	15 Mar 1996	3,587
10	Nextstrain: real-time tracking of pathogen evolution James N. Hadfield, Colin Megill, Sidney M. Bell et al. · Bioinformatics Open access	16 May 2018	3,513
11	A Third-Generation Lentivirus Vector with a Conditional Packaging System Tom Dull, Romain Zufferey, Michael T. Kelly et al. · Journal of Virology Open access	Nov 1998	3,409
12	Antiretroviral Prophylaxis for HIV Prevention in Heterosexual Men and Women Jared M. Baeten et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access	11 Jul 2012	3,341
13	Viral dynamics in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection Xiping Wei, Sajal K. Ghosh, Maria E. Taylor et al. · Nature	1995	3,304
14	HIV-1 entry into CD4+ cells is mediated by the chemokine receptor CC-CKR-5 Tatjana Dragic, Virginia Litwin, Graham P. Allaway et al. · Nature	20 Jun 1996	3,221
15	Identification of a Reservoir for HIV-1 in Patients on Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy Diana Finzi, Monika Hermankova, Theodore C. Pierson et al. · Science	14 Nov 1997	3,163
16	Homozygous Defect in HIV-1 Coreceptor Accounts for Resistance of Some Multiply-Exposed Individuals to HIV-1 Infection Rong Liu, William A. Paxton, Sunny S. Choe et al. · Cell Open access	Aug 1996	3,140
17	Viral Load and Heterosexual Transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Thomas C. Quinn, Maria Joan Wawer, Nelson Kaulukusi Sewankambo et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access	30 Mar 2000	3,081
18	Vaccination with ALVAC and AIDSVAX to Prevent HIV-1 Infection in Thailand Supachai Rerks‐Ngarm et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access	20 Oct 2009	3,067
19	Structure of an HIV gp120 envelope glycoprotein in complex with the CD4 receptor and a neutralizing human antibody Peter D. Kwong, Richard T. Wyatt, James E. Robinson et al. · Nature Open access	Jun 1998	3,015
20	Resistance to HIV-1 infection in Caucasian individuals bearing mutant alleles of the CCR-5 chemokine receptor gene Michel Samson et al. · Nature	Aug 1996	2,920
21	Production of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome-associated retrovirus in human and nonhuman cells transfected with an infectious molecular clone Akio Adachi, Howard Eliot Gendelman, Scott Koenig et al. · Journal of Virology Open access	Aug 1986	2,910
22	Identification of RANTES, MIP-1α, and MIP-1β as the Major HIV-Suppressive Factors Produced by CD8 + T Cells Fiorenza Cocchi, Anthony L. DeVico, Alfredo Garzino Demo et al. · Science	15 Dec 1995	2,893
23	Cellular uptake of the tat protein from human immunodeficiency virus Alan D. Frankel, Carl O. Pabo · Cell	Dec 1988	2,798
24	Full-Length Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Genomes from Subtype C-Infected Seroconverters in India, with Evidence of Intersubtype Recombination Kavita Satish Lole, Robert C. Bollinger, Ramesh Paranjape et al. · Journal of Virology Open access	1999	2,771
25	CC CKR5: A RANTES, MIP-1α, MIP-1β Receptor as a Fusion Cofactor for Macrophage-Tropic HIV-1 Ghalib Alkhatib, Christophe Combadière, Christopher C. Broder et al. · Science	28 Jun 1996	2,736
26	Prognosis in HIV-1 Infection Predicted by the Quantity of Virus in Plasma John W. Mellors, Charles R. Rinaldo, Phalguni Gupta et al. · Science	24 May 1996	2,716
27	PD-1 expression on HIV-specific T cells is associated with T-cell exhaustion and disease progression Cheryl L. Day et al. · Nature	20 Aug 2006	2,694
28	A Controlled Trial of Two Nucleoside Analogues plus Indinavir in Persons with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection and CD4 Cell Counts of 200 per Cubic Millimeter or Less Scott M. Hammer, Kathleen Squires, Michael D. Hughes et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access	11 Sep 1997	2,687
29	Updated research nosology for HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders Andrea Antinori et al. · Neurology Open access	4 Oct 2007	2,637
30	Function of the chemokine receptor CXCR4 in haematopoiesis and in cerebellar development Yong-Rui Zou, Andreas H. Kottmann, Masahiko Kuroda et al. · Nature	Jun 1998	2,543
31	Temporal association of cellular immune responses with the initial control of viremia in primary human immunodeficiency virus type 1 syndrome Richard A. Koup, Jeffrey T. Safrit, Yaming Cao et al. · Journal of Virology Open access	Jul 1994	2,515
32	Genetic Restriction of HIV-1 Infection and Progression to AIDS by a Deletion Allele of the CKR5 Structural Gene Michael C. Dean, Mary N Carrington, Cheryl Ann Winkler et al. · Science	27 Sep 1996	2,512
33	Not So Different After All: A Comparison of Methods for Detecting Amino Acid Sites Under Selection Sergei L. Kosakovsky Pond, Simon D. W. Frost · Molecular Biology and Evolution	9 Feb 2005	2,510
34	Antibody neutralization and escape by HIV-1 Xiping Wei, Julie M. Decker, Shuyi Wang et al. · Nature	19 Mar 2003	2,480
35	Antiretroviral Treatment of Adult HIV Infection Melanie Ann Thompson, Judith A. Aberg, Jennifer F. Hoy et al. · JAMA	25 Jul 2012	2,478
36	DC-SIGN, a Dendritic Cell–Specific HIV-1-Binding Protein that Enhances trans-Infection of T Cells Teunis B. H. Geijtenbeek, Douglas S. Kwon, Ruurd Torensma et al. · Cell Open access	Mar 2000	2,440
37	A Truncated HIV-1 Tat Protein Basic Domain Rapidly Translocates through the Plasma Membrane and Accumulates in the Cell Nucleus Éric Vivès, Priscille M Brodin, Bernard Lebleu · Journal of Biological Chemistry Open access	Jun 1997	2,384
38	Incidence of cancers in people with HIV/AIDS compared with immunosuppressed transplant recipients: a meta-analysis Andrew E. Grulich, Marina T. van Leeuwen, Michael O. Falster et al. · The Lancet Review	Jul 2007	2,359
39	Human Infection with a Novel Avian-Origin Influenza A (H7N9) Virus Rongbao Gao et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access	11 Apr 2013	2,357
40	Isolation of a human gene that inhibits HIV-1 infection and is suppressed by the viral Vif protein Ann M. Sheehy, Nathan Gaddis, Jonathan D. Choi et al. · Nature	14 Jul 2002	2,352
41	HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders persist in the era of potent antiretroviral therapy Robert K. Heaton et al. · Neurology Open access	6 Dec 2010	2,346
42	The β-Chemokine Receptors CCR3 and CCR5 Facilitate Infection by Primary HIV-1 Isolates Hyeryun Choe, Michael Reynolds Farzan, Ying Sun et al. · Cell Open access	Jun 1996	2,323
43	Recovery of Replication-Competent HIV Despite Prolonged Suppression of Plasma Viremia Joseph K. Wong, Marjan Hezareh, Huldrych Fritz Günthard et al. · Science	14 Nov 1997	2,250
44	CD4+ Count–Guided Interruption of Antiretroviral Treatment The Strategies for Management of Antiretroviral Therapy (SMART) Study Group · New England Journal of Medicine Open access	29 Nov 2006	2,248
45	Monkeypox Virus Infection in Humans across 16 Countries — April–June 2022 John Patrick Thornhill et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access	21 Jul 2022	2,219
46	Control of Viremia in Simian Immunodeficiency Virus Infection by CD8 + Lymphocytes Jörn E. Schmitz, Marcelo J. Kuroda, Sampa Santra et al. · Science	5 Feb 1999	2,203
47	CHEMOKINE RECEPTORS AS HIV-1 CORECEPTORS: Roles in Viral Entry, Tropism, and Disease Edward A. Berger, Philip M. Murphy, Joshua M. Farber · Annual Review of Immunology Review	Apr 1999	2,198
48	Selective rejection of H–2-deficient lymphoma variants suggests alternative immune defence strategy Klas Kärre, Hans Gustaf Ljunggren, Gerald E. Piontek et al. · Nature	20 Feb 1986	2,169
49	Latent infection of CD4+ T cells provides a mechanism for lifelong persistence of HIV-1, even in patients on effective combination therapy Diana Finzi, Joel N. Blankson, Janet D'Angelo Siliciano et al. · Nature Medicine	May 1999	2,168
50	Hepatitis C Viral Dynamics in Vivo and the Antiviral Efficacy of Interferon-α Therapy Avidan Uriel Neumann, Nancy P. Lam, Harel Dahari et al. · Science	2 Oct 1998	2,127

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