George F. Gao

Research.com Recognitions

• 2026 - Research.com Immunology in China Leader Award
• 2026 - Research.com Medicine in China Leader Award
• 2025 - Research.com Immunology in China Leader Award
• 2025 - Research.com Medicine in China Leader Award
• 2023 - Research.com Immunology in China Leader Award
• 2022 - Research.com Immunology in China Leader Award
• 2020 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Microbiology and Immunology
• 2020 - Member of Academia Europaea
• 2019 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
• 2019 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
• 2017 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
• 2016 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Best Publications

• A Novel Coronavirus from Patients with Pneumonia in China, 2019.

  Na Zhu;Dingyu Zhang;Wenling Wang;Xingwang Li

  30235
  Citations

• Early Transmission Dynamics in Wuhan, China, of Novel Coronavirus-Infected Pneumonia.

  Qun Li;Xuhua Guan;Peng Wu;Xiaoye Wang

  19512
  Citations

• Genomic characterisation and epidemiology of 2019 novel coronavirus: implications for virus origins and receptor binding.

  Roujian Lu;Xiang Zhao;Juan Li;Peihua Niu

  13616
  Citations

• Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy

  Daniel J. Klionsky;Fabio C. Abdalla;Hagai Abeliovich;Robert T. Abraham

  8665
  Citations

• Correction: Corrigendum: The Serum Profile of Hypercytokinemia Factors Identified in H7N9-Infected Patients can Predict Fatal Outcomes

  Jing Guo;Fengming Huang;Jun Liu;Yu Chen

  3987
  Citations

• Epidemiology, Genetic Recombination, and Pathogenesis of Coronaviruses

  Shuo Su;Gary Wong;Weifeng Shi;Jun Liu;Jun Liu

  3394
  Citations

• Human Infection with a Novel Avian-Origin Influenza A (H7N9) Virus

  Rongbao Gao;Bin Cao;Yunwen Hu;Zijian Feng

  3078
  Citations

• Rapid health transition in China, 1990-2010: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010.

  Gonghuan Yang;Yu Wang;Yixin Zeng;George F. Gao

  2597
  Citations

• A human neutralizing antibody targets the receptor-binding site of SARS-CoV-2.

  Rui Shi;Chao Shan;Xiaomin Duan;Zhihai Chen

  1724
  Citations

• Emergence of Fatal PRRSV Variants: Unparalleled Outbreaks of Atypical PRRS in China and Molecular Dissection of the Unique Hallmark

  Kegong Tian;Xiuling Yu;Tiezhu Zhao;Youjun Feng

  1550
  Citations

• Standardized assays for determining the catalytic activity and kinetics of peroxidase-like nanozymes.

  Bing Jiang;Demin Duan;Lizeng Gao;Mengjie Zhou

  1181
  Citations

• Viral targets for vaccines against COVID-19.

  Lianpan Dai;George F. Gao

  1128
  Citations

• Highly Pathogenic H5N1 Influenza Virus Infection in Migratory Birds

  Jinhua Liu;Haixia Xiao;Fumin Lei;Qingyu Zhu

  1114
  Citations

• The crystal structures of severe acute respiratory syndrome virus main protease and its complex with an inhibitor

  Haitao Yang;Maojun Yang;Yi Ding;Yiwei Liu

  1100
  Citations

• Safety and immunogenicity of an inactivated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine, BBIBP-CorV: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 1/2 trial.

  Shengli Xia;Yuntao Zhang;Yanxia Wang;Hui Wang

  1080
  Citations

• A noncompeting pair of human neutralizing antibodies block COVID-19 virus binding to its receptor ACE2.

  Yan Wu;Yan Wu;Feiran Wang;Feiran Wang;Chenguang Shen;Weiyu Peng;Weiyu Peng

  1065
  Citations

• Development of an Inactivated Vaccine Candidate, BBIBP-CorV, with Potent Protection against SARS-CoV-2.

  Hui Wang;Yuntao Zhang;Baoying Huang;Wei Deng

  864
  Citations

• Metagenome-wide analysis of antibiotic resistance genes in a large cohort of human gut microbiota

  Yongfei Hu;Xi Yang;Junjie Qin;Na Lu

  836
  Citations

• Molecular basis of binding between novel human coronavirus MERS-CoV and its receptor CD26

  Guangwen Lu;Yawei Hu;Qihui Wang;Jianxun Qi

  823
  Citations

• Cryo-EM structures of MERS-CoV and SARS-CoV spike glycoproteins reveal the dynamic receptor binding domains

  Yuan Yuan;Duanfang Cao;Yanfang Zhang;Jun Ma

  803
  Citations

• A Novel Coronavirus Genome Identified in a Cluster of Pneumonia Cases - Wuhan, China 2019-2020

  Wenjie Tan;Xiang Zhao;Xuejun Ma;Wenling Wang

  761
  Citations

• Origin and diversity of novel avian influenza A H7N9 viruses causing human infection: phylogenetic, structural, and coalescent analyses

  Di Liu;Weifeng Shi;Yi Shi;Dayan Wang

  758
  Citations

• Clinical and epidemiological characteristics of a fatal case of avian influenza A H10N8 virus infection: a descriptive study

  HaiYing Chen;Hui Yuan;Rongbao Gao;Jinxiang Zhang

  742
  Citations

• Plasma IP-10 and MCP-3 levels are highly associated with disease severity and predict the progression of COVID-19.

  Yang Yang;Chenguang Shen;Jinxiu Li;Jing Yuan

  668
  Citations

• Bat-to-human: spike features determining 'host jump' of coronaviruses SARS-CoV, MERS-CoV, and beyond.

  Guangwen Lu;Guangwen Lu;Qihui Wang;George F. Gao;George F. Gao

  640
  Citations