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D-Index
63
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39899
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2669
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14

Georg Herrler 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 Georg Herrler sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 182 publications — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Georg Herrler 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 Georg Herrler sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 63 D-Index — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Georg Herrler is affiliated with the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna in Austria and has a research focus primarily in the fields of Medicine and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work spans a variety of subfields including Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases, Animal Science and Zoology, Genetics, and Agronomy and Crop Science.

The scientist's research covers several main topics:

  • Respiratory viral infections research
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • Animal Virus Infections Studies
  • Influenza Virus Research Studies
  • Virus-based gene therapy research
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology

Notable recent publications by Georg Herrler include:

  • "SARS-CoV-2 Cell Entry Depends on ACE2 and TMPRSS2 and Is Blocked by a Clinically Proven Protease Inhibitor" (2020) published in Cell
  • "Surveillance of European Domestic Pig Populations Identifies an Emerging Reservoir of Potentially Zoonotic Swine Influenza A Viruses" (2020) published in Cell Host & Microbe
  • "Phenotypic and Transcriptional Changes of Pulmonary Immune Responses in Dogs Following Canine Distemper Virus Infection" (2022) published in International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • "Trypsin promotes porcine deltacoronavirus mediating cell-to-cell fusion in a cell type-dependent manner" (2020) published in Emerging Microbes & Infections
  • "Time-dependent viral interference between influenza virus and coronavirus in the infection of differentiated porcine airway epithelial cells" (2021) published in Virulence

Georg Herrler frequently publishes in the following journals:

  • Emerging Microbes & Infections (4 publications)
  • Viruses (3 publications)
  • Tierärztliche Praxis Ausgabe K Kleintiere / Heimtiere (3 publications)
  • Virulence (2 publications)
  • Cell (1 publication)

The scientist has collaborated extensively with a core group of coauthors, including:

  • Andreas Beineke (8 collaborations)
  • Elisa Chludzinski (7 collaborations)
  • Małgorzata Ciurkiewicz (7 collaborations)
  • Dai-Lun Shin (6 collaborations)
  • Ang Su (6 collaborations)

Best Publications

  • SARS-CoV-2 Cell Entry Depends on ACE2 and TMPRSS2 and Is Blocked by a Clinically Proven Protease Inhibitor

    Markus Hoffmann;Hannah Kleine-Weber;Simon Schroeder;Nadine Krüger

  • Bats host major mammalian paramyxoviruses

    Jan Felix Drexler;Victor Max Corman;Marcel Alexander Müller;Gael Darren Maganga

  • Select what you need: a comparative evaluation of the advantages and limitations of frequently used expression systems for foreign genes.

    Jiechao Yin;Guangxing Li;Xiaofeng Ren;Georg Herrler

  • 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

  • Genomic Characterization of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Related Coronavirus in European Bats and Classification of Coronaviruses Based on Partial RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase Gene Sequences

    Jan Felix Drexler;Florian Gloza-Rausch;Jörg Glende;Victor Max Corman

  • Sialic Acid Receptors of Viruses

    Mikhail Matrosovich;Georg Herrler;Hans Dieter Klenk

  • The receptor-destroying enzyme of influenza C virus is neuraminate-O-acetylesterase.

    G Herrler;R Rott;H D Klenk;H P Müller

  • The Hemagglutinin of Canine Distemper Virus Determines Tropism and Cytopathogenicity

    Veronika von Messling;Gert Zimmer;Georg Herrler;Ludwig Haas

  • Analysis of ACE2 in polarized epithelial cells: surface expression and function as receptor for severe acute respiratory syndrome-associated coronavirus.

    Xiaofeng Ren;Jörg Glende;Marwan Al-Falah;Victor de Vries

  • Proteolytic Activation of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Fusion Protein CLEAVAGE AT TWO FURIN CONSENSUS SEQUENCES

    Gert Zimmer;Linda Budz;Georg Herrler

  • Sialic acids as receptor determinants for coronaviruses.

    Christel Schwegmann-Wessels;Georg Herrler

  • Transmissible gastroenteritis coronavirus, but not the related porcine respiratory coronavirus, has a sialic acid (N-glycolylneuraminic acid) binding activity.

    B Schultze;C Krempl;M L Ballesteros;L Shaw

  • Importance of cholesterol-rich membrane microdomains in the interaction of the S protein of SARS-coronavirus with the cellular receptor angiotensin-converting enzyme 2.

    Joerg Glende;Christel Schwegmann-Wessels;Marwan Al-Falah;Susanne Pfefferle

  • Point mutations in the S protein connect the sialic acid binding activity with the enteropathogenicity of transmissible gastroenteritis coronavirus

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  • Sialic acid is a receptor determinant for infection of cells by avian Infectious bronchitis virus.

    Christine Winter;Christel Schwegmann-Weßels;Dave Cavanagh;Ulrich Neumann

  • Bovine coronavirus uses N-acetyl-9-O-acetylneuraminic acid as a receptor determinant to initiate the infection of cultured cells.

    Beate Schultze;Georg Herrler

  • Differential Sensitivity of Bat Cells to Infection by Enveloped RNA Viruses: Coronaviruses, Paramyxoviruses, Filoviruses, and Influenza Viruses

    Markus Hoffmann;Marcel Alexander Müller;Jan Felix Drexler;Jörg Glende

  • Structural and Functional Analysis of the Surface Protein of Human Coronavirus OC43

    Unknown

  • Isolated HE-protein from hemagglutinating encephalomyelitis virus and bovine coronavirus has receptor-destroying and receptor-binding activity.

    Beate Schultze;Kurt Wahn;Hans-Dieter Klenk;Georg Herrler

  • The differentiated airway epithelium infected by influenza viruses maintains the barrier function despite a dramatic loss of ciliated cells.

    Nai-Huei Wu;Wei Yang;Andreas Beineke;Ronald Dijkman;Ronald Dijkman

  • Use of influenza C virus glycoprotein HEF for generation of vesicular stomatitis virus pseudotypes.

    Andrea Hanika;Birthe Larisch;Eike Steinmann;Christel Schwegmann-Weßels

  • Cloning and characterization of gp36, a human mucin-type glycoprotein preferentially expressed in vascular endothelium

    Gert Zimmer;Frank Oeffner;Veronika Von Messling;Thomas Tschernig

  • Corrigendum: Bats host major mammalian paramyxoviruses.

    Jan Felix Drexler;Victor Max Corman;Marcel Alexander Müller;Gael Darren Maganga

Frequent Co-Authors

Gert Zimmer
Gert Zimmer University of Bern
Christian Drosten
Christian Drosten Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Marcel A. Müller
Marcel A. Müller Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Jan Felix Drexler
Jan Felix Drexler Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Hans-Dieter Klenk
Hans-Dieter Klenk Philipp University of Marburg
Victor M. Corman
Victor M. Corman Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Stefan Pöhlmann
Stefan Pöhlmann German Primate Center
Hongkui Deng
Hongkui Deng Peking University
Luis Enjuanes
Luis Enjuanes Spanish National Research Council
Volker Thiel
Volker Thiel University of Bern

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