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D-Index
45
Citations
6671
World Ranking
5049
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Boris Klempa publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Microbiology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Boris Klempa sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 148 publications — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

Boris Klempa D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Microbiology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Boris Klempa sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

Overview

Boris Klempa is affiliated with the Slovak Academy of Sciences in Slovakia. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with a particular emphasis on infectious diseases, public health, molecular biology, parasitology, and animal science and zoology.

Key areas of study in Klempa's work include:

  • Infectious Diseases
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Molecular Biology
  • Parasitology
  • Animal Science and Zoology

The scientist's research covers several main topics, such as viral infections and vectors, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing, mosquito-borne diseases and control, viral infections and outbreaks research, COVID-19 clinical research studies, and vector-borne infectious diseases.

  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Vector-borne infectious diseases

Boris Klempa has published extensively in several scientific venues. Frequent publication venues associated with their work include:

  • Viruses
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of General Virology
  • Acta Virologica
  • Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Collaborations with other researchers are also a notable aspect of their career. Frequent co-authors are:

  • Monika Slavíková
  • Kristína Boršová
  • Martina Ličková
  • Broňa Brejová
  • Tomáš Vinař

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Boris Klempa include:

  • "2022 taxonomic update of phylum Negarnaviricota (Riboviria: Orthornavirae), including the large orders Bunyavirales and Mononegavirales" (2022), published in Archives of Virology
  • "Dermacentor reticulatus is a vector of tick-borne encephalitis virus" (2020), published in Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
  • "Annual (2023) taxonomic update of RNA-directed RNA polymerase-encoding negative-sense RNA viruses (realm Riboviria: kingdom Orthornavirae: phylum Negarnaviricota)" (2023), published in Journal of General Virology
  • "Alimentary Infections by Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus" (2021), published in Viruses
  • "Loop-mediated isothermal amplification for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 in saliva" (2021), published in Microbial Biotechnology

Best Publications

  • Hantavirus in African wood mouse, Guinea.

    Boris Klempa;Elisabeth Fichet-Calvet;Emilie Lecompte;Brita Auste

  • Taxonomy of the order Bunyavirales : update 2019

    Abulikemu Abudurexiti;Scott Adkins;Daniela Alioto;Sergey V. Alkhovsky

  • 2020 taxonomic update for phylum Negarnaviricota (Riboviria: Orthornavirae), including the large orders Bunyavirales and Mononegavirales

    Jens H. Kuhn;Scott Adkins;Daniela Alioto;Sergey V. Alkhovsky

  • Human pathogenic hantaviruses and prevention of infection

    Detlev H. Krüger;Günther Schönrich;Boris Klempa

  • Hantaviruses—Globally emerging pathogens

    Detlev H. Kruger;Luiz Tadeu Moraes Figueiredo;Jin Won Song;Boris Klempa

  • Novel hantavirus sequences in Shrew, Guinea.

    Boris Klempa;Elisabeth Fichet-Calvet;Emilie Lecompte;Brita Auste

  • Hantavirus in bat, Sierra Leone.

    Sabrina Weiss;Peter T. Witkowski;Brita Auste;Kathrin Nowak

  • Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome Caused by 2 Lineages of Dobrava Hantavirus, Russia

    Boris Klempa;Evgeniy A. Tkachenko;Tamara K. Dzagurova;Yulia V. Yunicheva

  • A five-year perspective on the situation of haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome and status of the hantavirus reservoirs in Europe, 2005-2010.

    P Heyman;C S Ceianu;I Christova;N Tordo

  • Complex evolution and epidemiology of Dobrava-Belgrade hantavirus: definition of genotypes and their characteristics.

    Boris Klempa;Tatjana Avsic-Zupanc;Jan Clement;Tamara K. Dzagurova

  • Hantaviruses and climate change

    Boris Klempa

  • Occurrence of Renal and Pulmonary Syndrome in a Region of Northeast Germany Where Tula Hantavirus Circulates

    Boris Klempa;Helga Meisel;Silvana Räth;Jan Bartel

  • Taxonomy of the order Bunyavirales: second update 2018

    Piet Maes;Scott Adkins;Sergey V. Alkhovsky;Tatjana Avšič-Županc

  • Detection and Typing of Human Pathogenic Hantaviruses by Real-Time Reverse Transcription-PCR and Pyrosequencing

    Marit Kramski;Helga Meisel;Boris Klempa;Boris Klempa;Detlev H. Krüger

  • Recurrent high level parvovirus B19/genotype 2 viremia in a renal transplant recipient analyzed by real-time PCR for simultaneous detection of genotypes 1 to 3.

    Lutz Liefeldt;Annelie Plentz;Boris Klempa;Olivia Kershaw

  • Hantaviridae: Current Classification and Future Perspectives

    Lies Laenen;Lies Laenen;Valentijn Vergote;Charles H. Calisher;Boris Klempa

  • Genetic Interaction between Distinct Dobrava Hantavirus Subtypes in Apodemus agrarius and A. flavicollis in Nature

    Boris Klempa;Heiko A. Schmidt;Rainer Ulrich;Stefan Kaluz

  • 2022 taxonomic update of phylum Negarnaviricota (Riboviria: Orthornavirae), including the large orders Bunyavirales and Mononegavirales

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  • Counterattacking the tick bite: Towards a rational design of anti-tick vaccines targeting pathogen transmission

    Ryan O. M. Rego;Jos J. A. Trentelman;Juan Anguita;Ard M. Nijhof

  • A proposal for new criteria for the classification of hantaviruses, based on S and M segment protein sequences.

    Piet Maes;Boris Klempa;Boris Klempa;Jan Clement;Jelle Matthijnssens

  • Serological Evidence of Human Hantavirus Infections in Guinea, West Africa

    Boris Klempa;Boris Klempa;Lamine Koivogui;Oumar Sylla;Kekoura Koulemou

  • Central European Dobrava Hantavirus isolate from a striped field mouse (Apodemus agrarius).

    Boris Klempa;Michal Stanko;Milan Labuda;Rainer Ulrich

Frequent Co-Authors

Detlev H. Krüger
Detlev H. Krüger Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Rainer G. Ulrich
Rainer G. Ulrich Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut
Helga Meisel
Helga Meisel Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Martin H. Groschup
Martin H. Groschup Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut
Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit
Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit Universität Hamburg
Rémi N. Charrel
Rémi N. Charrel Aix-Marseille University
Christian Drosten
Christian Drosten Charité - University Medicine Berlin
José de la Fuente
José de la Fuente University of Castilla-La Mancha
Piet Maes
Piet Maes KU Leuven
Stephan Günther
Stephan Günther Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine

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