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D-Index
63
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12970
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2760
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209

Paul Becher 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 Paul Becher sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 175 publications — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Paul Becher 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 Paul Becher 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

Paul Becher is affiliated with the University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation in Germany. Their research spans medicine and agricultural and biological sciences, focusing particularly on agronomy and crop science, infectious diseases, epidemiology, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, and animal science and zoology.

The main topics of their work cover animal disease management and epidemiology, vector-borne animal diseases, animal virus infections studies, viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology, viral infections and immunology research, respiratory viral infections research, and influenza virus research studies.

Some of the notable recent papers associated with Paul Becher include:

  • Classical swine fever virus: the past, present and future, 2020, Virus Research
  • Infections with highly pathogenic avian influenza A virus (HPAIV) H5N8 in harbor seals at the German North Sea coast, 2021, Emerging Microbes & Infections
  • Proposed Update to the Taxonomy of Pestiviruses: Eight Additional Species within the Genus Pestivirus, Family Flaviviridae, 2021, Viruses
  • Disease control tools to secure animal and public health in a densely populated world, 2022, The Lancet Planetary Health
  • Blast injury on harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) from the Baltic Sea after explosions of deposits of World War II ammunition, 2021, Environment International

Frequent coauthors in their publications include:

  • Alexander Postel
  • Denise Meyer
  • Ursula Siebert
  • Christine Baechlein
  • Ang Su

Paul Becher has published regularly in the following venues:

  • Emerging Microbes & Infections
  • Viruses
  • Microbiology Spectrum
  • Tierärztliche Praxis Ausgabe K Kleintiere / Heimtiere
  • Virus Research

Best Publications

  • ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Flaviviridae.

    Peter Simmonds;Paul Becher;Jens Bukh;Ernest A. Gould

  • Phylogenetic analysis of pestiviruses from domestic and wild ruminants.

    P. Becher;M. Orlich;A.D. Shannon;G. Horner

  • Genetic and antigenic characterization of novel pestivirus genotypes: implications for classification

    Paul Becher;Ramiro Avalos Ramirez;Michaela Orlich;Sibilina Cedillo Rosales

  • Genetic Diversity of Pestiviruses: Identification of Novel Groups and Implications for Classification

    Paul Becher;Michaela Orlich;Alexandra Kosmidou;Matthias König

  • Proposed revision to the taxonomy of the genus Pestivirus, family Flaviviridae.

    Donald B. Smith;Donald B. Smith;Gregor Meyers;Jens Bukh;Ernest A. Gould

  • Variability and Global Distribution of Subgenotypes of Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus

    Kadir Yeşilbağ;Gizem Alpay;Paul Becher

  • Recovery of cytopathogenic and noncytopathogenic bovine viral diarrhea viruses from cDNA constructs.

    G Meyers;N Tautz;P Becher;H J Thiel

  • Processing in the pestivirus E2-NS2 region: identification of proteins p7 and E2p7.

    K Elbers;N Tautz;P Becher;D Stoll

  • Temporal Modulation of an Autoprotease Is Crucial for Replication and Pathogenicity of an RNA Virus

    T. Lackner;A. Müller;A. Pankraz;P. Becher

  • Evidence for the Presence of Two Novel Pestivirus Species

    Ramiro Avalos-Ramirez;Michaela Orlich;Heinz-Jürgen Thiel;Paul Becher

  • Proposed update to the taxonomy of the genera Hepacivirus and Pegivirus within the Flaviviridae family.

    Donald B. Smith;Paul Becher;Jens Bukh;Ernest A. Gould

  • RNA recombination between persisting pestivirus and a vaccine strain : generation of cytopathogenic virus and induction of lethal disease

    Paul Becher;Michaela Orlich;Heinz-Jürgen Thiel

  • Classical swine fever virus: the past, present and future

    Llilianne Ganges;Helen R. Crooke;Jose Alejandro Bohórquez;Alexander Postel

  • Presence of atypical porcine pestivirus (APPV) genomes in newborn piglets correlates with congenital tremor

    Alexander Postel;Florian Hansmann;Christine Baechlein;Nicole Fischer

  • Molecular characterization of border disease virus, a pestivirus from sheep.

    Paul Becher;Anthony D. Shannon;Norbert Tautz;Heinz-Jürgen Thiel

  • Epidemiology, diagnosis and control of classical swine fever: Recent developments and future challenges.

    Alexander Postel;Sophia Austermann-Busch;Anja Petrov;Volker Moennig

  • Isolation and characterization of an iridovirus from Hermann's tortoises (Testudo hermanni).

    R. E. Marschang;P. Becher;H. Posthaus;P. Wild

  • Developmentally regulated volatiles geosmin and 2-methylisoborneol attract a soil arthropod to Streptomyces bacteria promoting spore dispersal

    Paul G. Becher;Vasiliki Verschut;Maureen J. Bibb;Matthew J. Bush

  • Clinical course of infection and viral tissue tropism of hepatitis C virus–like nonprimate hepaciviruses in horses

    Stephanie Pfaender;Jessika M.V. Cavalleri;Stephanie Walter;Juliane Doerrbecker

  • COMPLETE GENOMIC SEQUENCE OF BORDER DISEASE VIRUS, A PESTIVIRUS FROM SHEEP

    Paul Becher;Michaela Orlich;Heinz-Jürgen Thiel

  • Identification of a Novel Hepacivirus in Domestic Cattle from Germany

    Christine Baechlein;Nicole Fischer;Adam Grundhoff;Malik Alawi;Malik Alawi

  • RNA Recombination In Vivo in the Absence of Viral Replication

    Andreas Gallei;Alexander Pankraz;Heinz-Jürgen Thiel;Paul Becher

Frequent Co-Authors

Heinz-Jürgen Thiel
Heinz-Jürgen Thiel University of Giessen
Adam Grundhoff
Adam Grundhoff Heinrich-Pette-Institute
Malik Alawi
Malik Alawi University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
Volker Moennig
Volker Moennig University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
Gregor Meyers
Gregor Meyers Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut
Albert D. M. E. Osterhaus
Albert D. M. E. Osterhaus University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation
Eike Steinmann
Eike Steinmann Ruhr University Bochum
Peter Simmonds
Peter Simmonds University of Oxford
Jack T. Stapleton
Jack T. Stapleton University of Iowa
Wolfgang Baumgärtner
Wolfgang Baumgärtner University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna

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