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Table 4 The 20 most frequently cited articles during 1943–2016

From: Global research trends in West Nile virus from 1943 to 2016: a bibliometric analysis

SCR

Authors

Title

Year of publication

Source title

Cited by

IFa

Study design

1st

Lanciotti et al. [50]

Origin of the West Nile virus responsible for an outbreak of encephalitis in the Northeastern United States

1999

Science

1055

34.611

Laboratory-based research

2nd

Nash et al. [9]

The outbreak of West Nile virus infection in the New York City area in 1999

2001

New England Journal of Medicine

789

59.558

A retrospective study

3rd

Mackenzie et al. [51]

Emerging flaviviruses: The spread and resurgence of japanese encephalitis, west nile and dengue viruses

2004

Nature Medicine

731

30.357

Review

4th

Lanciotti et al. [49]

Rapid detection of West Nile virus from human clinical specimens, field-collected mosquitoes, and avian samples by a TaqMan reverse transcriptase-PCR assay

2000

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

711

3.631

Laboratory-based research

5th

Wang et al. [59]

Toll-like receptor 3 mediates West Nile virus entry into the brain causing lethal encephalitis

2004

Nature Medicine

691

30.357

Laboratory-based research

6th

Komar et al. [48]

Experimental infection of North American birds with the New York 1999 strain of West Nile virus

2003

Emerging Infectious Diseases

683

6.994

Laboratory-based research

7th

Hubálek and Halouzka [46]

West Nile fever - A reemerging mosquito-borne viral disease in Europe

1999

Emerging Infectious Diseases

667

6.994

Review

8th

Campbell et al. [43]

West Nile virus

2002

Lancet Infectious Diseases

544

21.372

Review

9th

Brass et al. [42]

The IFITM Proteins Mediate Cellular Resistance to Influenza A H1N1 Virus, West Nile Virus, and Dengue Virus

2009

Cell

524

28.71

Laboratory-based research

10th

Tsai et al. [8]

West Nile encephalitis epidemic in southeastern Romania

1998

Lancet

494

44.002

A retrospective study

11th

Hayes et al. [45]

Epidemiology and transmission dynamics of West Nile virus disease

2005

Emerging Infectious Diseases

466

6.994

Laboratory-based research

12th

Iwamoto et al. [47]

Transmission of West Nile virus from an organ donor to four transplant recipients

2003

New England Journal of Medicine

459

59.558

Laboratory-based research

13th

Petersen and Marfin [54]

West Nile virus: A primer for the clinician

2002

Annals of Internal Medicine

438

16.44

Review

14th

Pealer et al. [53]

Transmission of West Nile virus through blood transfusion in the United States in 2002

2003

New England Journal of Medicine

413

59.558

Laboratory-based research

15th

Mostashari et al. [52]

Epidemic West Nile encephalitis, New York, 1999: Results of a household-based seroepidemiological survey

2001

Lancet

406

44.002

A cross-sectional study

16th

Turell et al. [58]

Vector competence of North American mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) for West Nile virus

2001

Journal of Medical Entomology

368

1.712

Laboratory-based research

17th

Turell et al. [57]

An update on the potential of North American mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) to transmit West Nile virus

2005

Journal of Medical Entomology

354

1.712

Laboratory-based research

18th

Rappole et al. [55]

Migratory birds and spread of West Nile virus in the Western Hemisphere

2000

Emerging Infectious Diseases

352

6.994

Review

19th

Sejvar et al. [56]

Neurologic Manifestations and Outcome of West Nile Virus Infection

2003

Journal of the American Medical Association

347

37.684

A prospective study

20th

Diamond et al. [44]

B cells and antibody play critical roles in the immediate defense of disseminated infection by West Nile encephalitis virus

2003

Journal of Virology

341

4.606

Laboratory-based research

  1. Abbreviation: SCR Standard Competition Ranking
  2. aThe impact factor was reported according to the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) journal citation reports (JCR) 2015