Table 3 Top cited 20 articles on top eight emerging pathogens/infectious diseases
From: Global research trends of World Health Organization’s top eight emerging pathogens
Article | Year | Journal | Number of citations |
|---|---|---|---|
A novel coronavirus associated with severe acute respiratory syndrome [35] | 2003 | New England Journal of Medicine | 1979 |
Identification of a novel coronavirus in patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome [93] | 2003 | New England Journal of Medicine | 1810 |
Coronavirus as a possible cause of severe acute respiratory syndrome [94] | 2003 | Lancet | 1535 |
Characterization of a novel coronavirus associated with severe acute respiratory syndrome [95] | 2003 | Science | 1479 |
The genome sequence of the SARS-associated coronavirus [96] | 2003 | Science | 1295 |
A major outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome in Hong Kong [97] | 2003 | New England Journal of Medicine | 1135 |
Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 is a functional receptor for the SARS coronavirus [98] | 2003 | Nature | 943 |
Clinical progression and viral load in a community outbreak of coronavirus-associated SARS pneumonia: A prospective study [99] | 2003 | Lancet | 916 |
Isolation and characterization of viruses related to the SARS coronavirus from animals in Southern China [99] | 2003 | Science | 895 |
Identification of severe acute respiratory syndrome in Canada [100] | 2003 | New England Journal of Medicine | 827 |
Bats are natural reservoirs of SARS-like coronaviruses [101] | 2005 | Science | 720 |
A cluster of cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome in Hong Kong [102] | 2003 | New England Journal of Medicine | 677 |
Unique and conserved features of genome and proteome of SARS-coronavirus, an early split-off from the coronavirus group 2 lineage [103] | 2003 | Journal of Molecular Biology | 638 |
Fruit bats as reservoirs of Ebola virus [104] | 2005 | Nature | 606 |
Nipah virus: A recently emergent deadly paramyxovirus [105] | 2000 | Science | 605 |
Clinical Features and Short-term Outcomes of 144 Patients with SARS in the Greater Toronto Area [106] | 2003 | Journal of the American Medical Association | 603 |
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-like virus in Chinese horseshoe bats [107] | 2005 | PNASa | 568 |
Koch’s postulates fulfilled for SARS virus [108] | 2003 | Nature | 554 |
Transmission dynamics and control of severe acute respiratory syndrome [109] | 2003 | Science | 535 |
Epidemiological determinants of spread of causal agent of severe acute respiratory syndrome in Hong Kong [110] | 2003 | Lancet | 515 |