Lijun Rong

Lijun Rong 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 Lijun Rong sits on this spectrum.

Lijun Rong 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 Lijun Rong sits on this spectrum.

Best Publications

• Regulation of the prfA transcriptional activator of Listeria monocytogenes: multiple promoter elements contribute to intracellular growth and cell-to-cell spread.

  Nancy E. Freitag;Lijun Rong;D. A. Portnoy

  293
  Citations

• Comprehensive analysis of ebola virus GP1 in viral entry.

  Unknown

  202
  Citations

• Design of SARS-CoV-2 PLpro Inhibitors for COVID-19 Antiviral Therapy Leveraging Binding Cooperativity.

  Unknown

  201
  Citations

• Lignans and Their Derivatives from Plants as Antivirals

  Unknown

  158
  Citations

• Identification of a Small-Molecule Entry Inhibitor for Filoviruses

  Arnab Basu;Bing Li;Debra M. Mills;Rekha G. Panchal

  153
  Citations

• Direct detection of human adenovirus or SARS-CoV-2 with ability to inform infectivity using DNA aptamer-nanopore sensors.

  Ana S. Peinetti;Ryan J. Lake;Wen Cong;Laura Cooper

  150
  Citations

• Inhibition of Ebola and Marburg Virus Entry by G Protein-Coupled Receptor Antagonists

  Han Cheng;Calli M. Lear-Rooney;Lisa Johansen;Elizabeth Varhegyi

  147
  Citations

• Engineered ACE2 decoy mitigates lung injury and death induced by SARS-CoV-2 variants

  Unknown

  140
  Citations

• RNA-dependent RNA polymerase of SARS-CoV-2 as a therapeutic target.

  Unknown

  123
  Citations

• New Small Molecule Entry Inhibitors Targeting Hemagglutinin-mediated Influenza A Virus Fusion

  Unknown

  109
  Citations

• Potent Inhibitor of Drug-Resistant HIV-1 Strains Identified from the Medicinal Plant Justicia gendarussa

  Hong Jie Zhang;Emily Rumschlag-Booms;Yi Fu Guan;Dong Ying Wang

  101
  Citations

• Analysis of the subgroup A avian sarcoma and leukosis virus receptor: the 40-residue, cysteine-rich, low-density lipoprotein receptor repeat motif of Tva is sufficient to mediate viral entry.

  Lijun Rong;Paul Bates

  100
  Citations

• Characterization of Marburg virus glycoprotein in viral entry.

  Balaji Manicassamy;Jizhen Wang;Emily Rumschlag;Stéphanie Tymen

  93
  Citations

• Dissecting the role of putative CD81 binding regions of E2 in mediating HCV entry: Putative CD81 binding region 1 is not involved in CD81 binding

  Unknown

  89
  Citations

• Inter-domain communication in SARS-CoV-2 spike proteins controls protease-triggered cell entry

  Unknown

  87
  Citations

• Role of EXT1 and Glycosaminoglycans in the Early Stage of Filovirus Entry

  Aileen O'Hearn;Minxiu Wang;Han Cheng;Calli M. Lear-Rooney

  85
  Citations

• Lamiridosins, hepatitis C virus entry inhibitors from Lamium album.

  Hongjie Zhang;Katharina Rothwangl;Andrew D. Mesecar;Ali Sabahi

  84
  Citations

• Zaire Ebola virus entry into human dendritic cells is insensitive to cathepsin L inhibition.

  Osvaldo Martinez;Joshua Johnson;Balaji Manicassamy;Lijun Rong

  83
  Citations

• Competitive Cooperation of Hemagglutinin and Neuraminidase during Influenza A Virus Entry

  Unknown

  81
  Citations

• Influenza Virus: Small Molecule Therapeutics and Mechanisms of Antiviral Resistance.

  Unknown

  80
  Citations