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115
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42522
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196
National Ranking
90

Eckard Wimmer 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 Eckard Wimmer sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 405 publications — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Eckard Wimmer 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 Eckard Wimmer sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 115 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Microbiology in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Microbiology in United States Leader Award
  • 2012 - Robert Koch Gold Medal
  • 2012 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Eckard Wimmer is affiliated with Stony Brook University in the United States. Their research focuses predominantly on Medicine, with specific work in Infectious Diseases, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Epidemiology, Animal Science and Zoology, and Plant Science.

Their research topics cover a range of areas related to viral infections and immunology, including:

  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
  • Viral Infections and Immunology Research
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • Respiratory viral infections research
  • Animal Virus Infections Studies

Wimmer's frequently published venues include:

  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • The Lancet Global Health
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Recent publications by Eckard Wimmer feature several topics on viral attenuation, vaccine development, and viral genetics. Selected papers include:

  • "Scalable live-attenuated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine candidate demonstrates preclinical safety and efficacy," 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Polio eradication at the crossroads," 2021, The Lancet Global Health
  • "Rescue of codon-pair deoptimized respiratory syncytial virus by the emergence of genomes with very large internal deletions that complemented replication," 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Establishment of a CPER Reverse Genetics System for Powassan Virus Defines Attenuating NS1 Glycosylation Sites and an Infectious NS1-GFP11 Reporter Virus," 2023, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Frequent collaborators include Ying Wang, Chen Yang, Yutong Song, J. Robert Coleman, and Marcin Stawowczyk.

Awards received by Eckard Wimmer include:

  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 2012
  • Robert Koch Gold Medal, 2012
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2008

Best Publications

  • A segment of the 5' nontranslated region of encephalomyocarditis virus RNA directs internal entry of ribosomes during in vitro translation.

    S K Jang;H G Kräusslich;M J Nicklin;G M Duke

  • Cellular receptor for poliovirus: molecular cloning, nucleotide sequence, and expression of a new member of the immunoglobulin superfamily.

    Cathy L. Mendelsohn;Eckard Wimmer;Vincent R. Racaniello

  • Chemical synthesis of poliovirus cDNA: generation of infectious virus in the absence of natural template.

    Jeronimo Cello;Aniko V. Paul;Eckard Wimmer

  • Primary structure, gene organization and polypeptide expression of poliovirus RNA

    Naomi Kitamura;Bert L. Semler;Paul G. Rothberg;Glenn R. Larsen

  • Virus attenuation by genome-scale changes in codon pair bias.

    J. Robert Coleman;Dimitris Papamichail;Steven Skiena;Bruce Futcher

  • Genetics of poliovirus.

    Eckard Wimmer;Christopher U. T. Hellen;Xuemei Cao

  • A protein covalently linked to poliovirus genome RNA.

    Yuan Fon Lee;Akio Nomoto;Barbara Morgan Detjen;Eckard Wimmer

  • Protein-primed RNA synthesis by purified poliovirus RNA polymerase

    Aniko V. Paul;Jacques H. van Boom;Dmitri Filippov;Dmitri Filippov;Eckard Wimmer

  • Initiation of protein synthesis by internal entry of ribosomes into the 5' nontranslated region of encephalomyocarditis virus RNA in vivo.

    S K Jang;M V Davies;R J Kaufman;E Wimmer

  • Cap-independent translation of encephalomyocarditis virus RNA: structural elements of the internal ribosomal entry site and involvement of a cellular 57-kD RNA-binding protein.

    S K Jang;E Wimmer

  • A second virus-encoded proteinase involved in proteolytic processing of poliovirus polyprotein

    Haruka Toyoda;Martin J.H. Nicklin;Michael G. Murray;Carl W. Anderson

  • Phosphatidylserine Vesicles Enable Efficient En Bloc Transmission of Enteroviruses

    Ying Han Chen;Wenli Du;Marne C. Hagemeijer;Peter M. Takvorian

  • Cell-free, de novo synthesis of poliovirus

    Akhteruzzaman Molla;Aniko V. Paul;Eckard Wimmer

  • Intergeneric poliovirus recombinants for the treatment of malignant glioma

    Matthias Gromeier;Sylvie Lachmann;Myrna R. Rosenfeld;Philip H. Gutin

  • Systematic nomenclature of picornavirus proteins

    R R Rueckert;E Wimmer

  • Synthesis of infectious poliovirus RNA by purified T7 RNA polymerase

    S van der Werf;J Bradley;E Wimmer;F W Studier

  • Reduction of the Rate of Poliovirus Protein Synthesis through Large-Scale Codon Deoptimization Causes Attenuation of Viral Virulence by Lowering Specific Infectivity

    Steffen Mueller;Dimitris Papamichail;J. Robert Coleman;Steven Skiena

  • A cytoplasmic 57-kDa protein that is required for translation of picornavirus RNA by internal ribosomal entry is identical to the nuclear pyrimidine tract-binding protein.

    Christopher U. T. Hellen;Gary W. Witherell;Michael Schmid;Sang Hoon Shin

  • Poliovirus proteinase 2A induces cleavage of eucaryotic initiation factor 4F polypeptide p220.

    H G Kräusslich;M J Nicklin;H Toyoda;D Etchison

  • Internal ribosomal entry site substitution eliminates neurovirulence in intergeneric poliovirus recombinants.

    Matthias Gromeier;Louis Alexander;Eckard Wimmer

  • Molecular Biology Of Picornaviruses

    Bert L. Semler;Eckard Wimmer

Frequent Co-Authors

Bert L. Semler
Bert L. Semler University of California, Irvine
Richard Kuhn
Richard Kuhn Purdue University West Lafayette
Christopher U.T. Hellen
Christopher U.T. Hellen SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Carl W. Anderson
Carl W. Anderson Brookhaven National Laboratory
Bruce Futcher
Bruce Futcher Stony Brook University
Akio Nomoto
Akio Nomoto Microbial Chemistry Research Foundation
Michael G. Rossmann
Michael G. Rossmann Purdue University West Lafayette
Emilio A. Emini
Emilio A. Emini Pfizer (United States)
Steven Skiena
Steven Skiena Stony Brook University
John J. Dunn
John J. Dunn Brookhaven National Laboratory

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