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Friedemann Weber

Friedemann Weber

D-Index & Metrics

Microbiology

D-Index
76
Citations
22444
World Ranking
1405
National Ranking
101

Friedemann Weber 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 Friedemann Weber sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 197 publications — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Friedemann Weber 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 Friedemann Weber sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 76 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Friedemann Weber is affiliated with the University of Giessen in Germany and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of medicine and agricultural and biological sciences. Their work predominantly focuses on infectious diseases, with a particular emphasis on viral infections and vectors, as well as vector-borne animal diseases and mechanisms of mosquito-borne disease control.

Their research explores several core topics including viral infections and outbreaks, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, viral gastroenteritis, and the roles of interferons in immune responses.

Among their recent papers are:

  • Inhibition of SARS-CoV-2 by type I and type III interferons, 2020, Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • The Short- and Long-Range RNA-RNA Interactome of SARS-CoV-2, 2020, Molecular Cell
  • A DNA-based vaccine protects against Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus disease in a Cynomolgus macaque model, 2020, Nature Microbiology
  • The interplays between Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) M segment-encoded accessory proteins and structural proteins promote virus assembly and infectivity, 2020, PLoS Pathogens
  • Identification of SARS-CoV-2-induced pathways reveals drug repurposing strategies, 2021, Science Advances

Friedemann Weber frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Alì Mirazimi
  • Alejandro Brun
  • Lyudmila Shalamova
  • Stéphanie Devignot
  • Andreas Schoen

Their publications regularly appear in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Virology
  • Viruses
  • Nature Communications
  • Journal of Biological Chemistry

Their work integrates important subfields including molecular biology, public health, environmental and occupational health, and immunology, reflecting a broad interdisciplinary approach to understanding infectious agents and host responses.

Best Publications

  • RIG-I-Mediated Antiviral Responses to Single-Stranded RNA Bearing 5' Phosphates

    Andreas Pichlmair;Oliver Schulz;Choon Ping Tan;Tanja I. Näslund

  • Double-Stranded RNA Is Produced by Positive-Strand RNA Viruses and DNA Viruses but Not in Detectable Amounts by Negative-Strand RNA Viruses

    Friedemann Weber;Valentina Wagner;Simon B. Rasmussen;Rune Hartmann

  • The interferon response circuit: Induction and suppression by pathogenic viruses

    Otto Haller;Georg Kochs;Friedemann Weber

  • IFIT1 is an antiviral protein that recognizes 5′-triphosphate RNA

    Andreas Pichlmair;Caroline Lassnig;Carol-Ann Eberle;Maria W Górna

  • Mobilization of tumor cells and hematopoietic progenitor cells into peripheral blood of patients with solid tumors [see comments]

    W Brugger;KJ Bross;M Glatt;F Weber

  • Differential Downregulation of ACE2 by the Spike Proteins of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus and Human Coronavirus NL63

    Ilona Glowacka;Stephanie Bertram;Petra Herzog;Susanne Pfefferle

  • NSs Protein of Rift Valley Fever Virus Blocks Interferon Production by Inhibiting Host Gene Transcription

    Agnès Billecocq;Martin Spiegel;Pierre Vialat;Alain Kohl

  • The SARS-Coronavirus-Host Interactome: Identification of Cyclophilins as Target for Pan-Coronavirus Inhibitors

    Susanne Pfefferle;Julia Schöpf;Manfred Kögl;Caroline C. Friedel;Caroline C. Friedel

  • The intracellular sites of early replication and budding of SARS-coronavirus

    Silke Stertz;Mike Reichelt;Martin Spiegel;Thomas Kuri

  • Control of coronavirus infection through plasmacytoid dendritic-cell-derived type I interferon.

    Luisa Cervantes-Barragan;Roland Züst;Friedemann Weber;Martin Spiegel

  • Processing of genome 5' termini as a strategy of negative-strand RNA viruses to avoid RIG-I-dependent interferon induction.

    Matthias Habjan;Ida Andersson;Jonas Klingström;Michael Schümann

  • Inhibition of Beta Interferon Induction by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Suggests a Two-Step Model for Activation of Interferon Regulatory Factor 3

    Martin Spiegel;Andreas Pichlmair;Luis Martínez-Sobrido;Jerome Cros

  • Interaction of SARS and MERS Coronaviruses with the Antiviral Interferon Response.

    Eveline Patricia Kindler;Volker Earl Thiel;F Weber

  • NSs protein of rift valley fever virus induces the specific degradation of the double-stranded RNA-dependent protein kinase.

    Matthias Habjan;Andreas Pichlmair;Andreas Pichlmair;Richard M. Elliott;Anna K. Överby

  • Neurons produce type I interferon during viral encephalitis.

    Sophie Delhaye;Sophie Paul;Gjon Blakqori;Muriel Minet

  • Bunyaviridae RNA polymerases (L-protein) have an N-terminal, influenza-like endonuclease domain, essential for viral cap-dependent transcription

    Juan Reguera;Friedemann Weber;Stephen Cusack

  • Inverse interference: how viruses fight the interferon system.

    Friedemann Weber;Georg Kochs;Otto Haller

  • Viral immune modulators perturb the human molecular network by common and unique strategies

    Andreas Pichlmair;Kumaran Kandasamy;Gualtiero Alvisi;Orla Mulhern

  • Inhibition of SARS-CoV-2 by type I and type III interferons.

    Ulrike Felgenhauer;Andreas Schoen;Hans Henrik Gad;Rune Hartmann

  • Bunyamwera bunyavirus nonstructural protein NSs is a nonessential gene product that contributes to viral pathogenesis

    Anne Bridgen;Friedemann Weber;John K. Fazakerley;Richard M. Elliott

Frequent Co-Authors

Georg Kochs
Georg Kochs University of Freiburg
Otto Haller
Otto Haller University of Freiburg
Richard M. Elliott
Richard M. Elliott University of Glasgow
Christian Drosten
Christian Drosten Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Giulio Superti-Furga
Giulio Superti-Furga Medical University of Vienna
Volker Thiel
Volker Thiel University of Bern
Marcel A. Müller
Marcel A. Müller Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Adolfo García-Sastre
Adolfo García-Sastre Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Roger Hewson
Roger Hewson London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Luis Martínez-Sobrido
Luis Martínez-Sobrido Texas Biomedical Research Institute

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