Jonathan H. Epstein

Jonathan H. Epstein 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 Jonathan H. Epstein sits on this spectrum.

Jonathan H. Epstein 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 Jonathan H. Epstein sits on this spectrum.

Best Publications

• Bats are natural reservoirs of SARS-like coronaviruses.

  Wendong Li;Zhengli Shi;Meng Yu;Wuze Ren

  3115
  Citations

• Isolation and characterization of a bat SARS-like coronavirus that uses the ACE2 receptor

  Xing Yi Ge;Jia Lu Li;Xing Lou Yang;Aleksei A. Chmura

  2075
  Citations

• Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus in Bats, Saudi Arabia

  Ziad A. Memish;Nischay Mishra;Kevin J. Olival;Shamsudeen F. Fagbo

  869
  Citations

• Ecological dynamics of emerging bat virus spillover

  Raina K. Plowright;Raina K. Plowright;Peggy Eby;Peter J. Hudson;Ina L. Smith

  596
  Citations

• Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Infection in Dromedary Camels in Saudi Arabia

  Abdulaziz N. Alagaili;Thomas Briese;Nischay Mishra;Vishal Kapoor

  498
  Citations

• Pteropid bats are confirmed as the reservoir hosts of henipaviruses: a comprehensive experimental study of virus transmission.

  Kim Halpin;Alex D. Hyatt;Rhys Fogarty;Deborah Middleton

  472
  Citations

• A Strategy To Estimate Unknown Viral Diversity in Mammals

  Simon John Anthony;Simon John Anthony;Jonathan H. Epstein;Kris A. Murray;Isamara Navarrete-Macias

  401
  Citations

• Agricultural intensification, priming for persistence and the emergence of Nipah virus: a lethal bat-borne zoonosis

  Juliet R. C. Pulliam;Juliet R. C. Pulliam;Jonathan H. Epstein;Jonathan Dushoff;Sohayati A. Rahman

  390
  Citations

• Origin and cross-species transmission of bat coronaviruses in China.

  Alice Latinne;Alice Latinne;Ben Hu;Kevin J. Olival;Guangjian Zhu

  386
  Citations

• Bats are a major natural reservoir for hepaciviruses and pegiviruses

  Phenix-Lan Quan;Cadhla Firth;Juliette M. Conte;Simon H. Williams

  346
  Citations

• Nipah virus: impact, origins, and causes of emergence.

  Jonathan H. Epstein;Hume E. Field;Stephen Luby;Juliet R.C. Pulliam

  327
  Citations

• Ranking the risk of animal-to-human spillover for newly discovered viruses.

  Zoë L Grange;Tracey Goldstein;Christine K Johnson;Simon Anthony;Simon Anthony

  265
  Citations

• A framework for the study of zoonotic disease emergence and its drivers: spillover of bat pathogens as a case study

  James L. N. Wood;Melissa Leach;Linda Waldman;Hayley MacGregor

  264
  Citations

• Coronaviruses in bats from Mexico.

  S. J. Anthony;S. J. Anthony;R. Ojeda-Flores;O. Rico-Chávez;I. Navarrete-Macias

  230
  Citations

• Nipah virus dynamics in bats and implications for spillover to humans

  Jonathan H. Epstein;Simon J. Anthony;Ariful Islam;A. Marm Kilpatrick

  227
  Citations

• Zoonotic Viruses Associated with Illegally Imported Wildlife Products

  Kristine M. Smith;Kristine M. Smith;Simon J. Anthony;Simon J. Anthony;William M. Switzer;Jonathan H. Epstein

  222
  Citations

• Ebola Virus Antibodies in Fruit Bats, Bangladesh

  Kevin J. Olival;Ariful Islam;Meng Yu;Simon J. Anthony

  216
  Citations

• Interdisciplinary approaches to understanding disease emergence: The past, present, and future drivers of Nipah virus emergence

  Peter Daszak;Carlos Zambrana-Torrelio;Tiffany L. Bogich;Tiffany L. Bogich;Tiffany L. Bogich;Miguel Fernandez

  202
  Citations

• Henipavirus Infection in Fruit Bats (Pteropus giganteus), India

  Jonathan H. Epstein;Vibhu Prakash;Craig S. Smith;Peter Daszak

  199
  Citations

• Possibility for reverse zoonotic transmission of SARS-CoV-2 to free-ranging wildlife: A case study of bats.

  Kevin J. Olival;Paul M. Cryan;Brian R. Amman;Ralph S. Baric

  196
  Citations