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Thomas C. Mettenleiter

Thomas C. Mettenleiter

D-Index & Metrics

Molecular Biology

D-Index
106
Citations
27438
World Ranking
437
National Ranking
39

Medicine

D-Index
111
Citations
41947
World Ranking
5364
National Ranking
299

Thomas C. Mettenleiter publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Molecular Biology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Thomas C. Mettenleiter sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 564+

This scientist: 380 publications — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.

Thomas C. Mettenleiter D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Molecular Biology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Thomas C. Mettenleiter sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 106 D-Index — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2009 - Polish Academy of Science

Overview

Thomas C. Mettenleiter is affiliated with the Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut in Germany. Their research spans multiple areas in medicine and agricultural and biological sciences, focusing on epidemiology, infectious diseases, agronomy and crop science, animal science and zoology, and public health, environmental and occupational health.

The scientist's work covers a variety of key topics, including:

  • Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
  • Influenza Virus Research Studies
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments
  • Animal Virus Infections Studies
  • Vector-Borne Animal Diseases
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology

Thomas C. Mettenleiter frequently collaborates with several researchers, notably Martin Beer, Barbara G. Klupp, Angele Breithaupt, Donata Hoffmann, and David Scheibner. These collaborations have contributed to numerous publications in recognized scientific venues.

The primary publication venues include:

  • Viruses
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Transboundary and Emerging Diseases
  • Journal of Virology
  • PLoS Pathogens

Recent papers that reflect the scope of this scientist's research are:

  • "One Health: A new definition for a sustainable and healthy future" (2022, PLoS Pathogens)
  • "SARS-CoV-2 in fruit bats, ferrets, pigs, and chickens: an experimental transmission study" (2020, The Lancet Microbe)
  • "Neuroimmune cardiovascular interfaces control atherosclerosis" (2022, Nature)
  • "Susceptibility of Raccoon Dogs for Experimental SARS-CoV-2 Infection" (2020, Emerging infectious diseases)
  • "Experimental Infection of Cattle with SARS-CoV-2" (2020, Emerging infectious diseases)

Thomas C. Mettenleiter was awarded by the Polish Academy of Science in 2009.

Best Publications

  • The injured spinal cord spontaneously forms a new intraspinal circuit in adult rats.

    Florence M Bareyre;Florence M Bareyre;Martin Kerschensteiner;Martin Kerschensteiner;Olivier Raineteau;Thomas C Mettenleiter

  • Central Command Neurons of the Sympathetic Nervous System: Basis of the Fight-or-Flight Response

    Arthur S. P. Jansen;Xay Van Nguyen;Vladimir Karpitskiy;Thomas C. Mettenleiter

  • Herpesvirus Assembly and Egress

    Thomas C. Mettenleiter

  • Novel orthobunyavirus in Cattle, Europe, 2011.

    Bernd Hoffmann;Matthias Scheuch;Dirk Höper;Ralf Jungblut

  • Herpesvirus assembly: An update

    Thomas C. Mettenleiter;Barbara G. Klupp;Harald Granzow

  • The suprachiasmatic nucleus balances sympathetic and parasympathetic output to peripheral organs through separate preautonomic neurons.

    Ruud M. Buijs;Susanne E. la Fleur;Joke Wortel;Caroline van Heyningen

  • Selective parasympathetic innervation of subcutaneous and intra-abdominal fat — functional implications

    Felix Kreier;Eric Fliers;Peter J. Voshol;Corbert G. Van Eden

  • SARS-CoV-2 in fruit bats, ferrets, pigs, and chickens: an experimental transmission study.

    Kore Schlottau;Melanie Rissmann;Annika Graaf;Jacob Schön

  • Aujeszky's disease (pseudorabies) virus: the virus and molecular pathogenesis--state of the art, June 1999.

    Thomas C. Mettenleiter

  • Egress of Alphaherpesviruses: Comparative Ultrastructural Study

    Harald Granzow;Barbara G. Klupp;Walter Fuchs;Jutta Veits

  • Complete, annotated sequence of the pseudorabies virus genome.

    Barbara G. Klupp;Christoph J. Hengartner;Thomas C. Mettenleiter;Lynn W. Enquist

  • Budding events in herpesvirus morphogenesis.

    Thomas C. Mettenleiter

  • Herpesvirus assembly: a tale of two membranes

    Thomas C Mettenleiter;Barbara G Klupp;Harald Granzow

  • Pseudorabies virus in wild swine: a global perspective

    T. Müller;Edwin C. Hahn;Frank Tottewitz;M. Kramer

  • The interacting UL31 and UL34 gene products of pseudorabies virus are involved in egress from the host-cell nucleus and represent components of primary enveloped but not mature virions.

    Walter Fuchs;Barbara G. Klupp;Harald Granzow;Nikolaus Osterrieder

  • Newcastle disease virus expressing H5 hemagglutinin gene protects chickens against Newcastle disease and avian influenza

    Jutta Veits;Dorothee Wiesner;Walter Fuchs;Bernd Hoffmann

  • Primary Envelopment of Pseudorabies Virus at the Nuclear Membrane Requires the UL34 Gene Product

    Barbara G. Klupp;Harald Granzow;Thomas C. Mettenleiter

  • Interaction of glycoprotein gIII with a cellular heparinlike substance mediates adsorption of pseudorabies virus

    T. C. Mettenleiter;L. Zsak;F. Zuckermann;N. Sugg

  • Suprachiasmatic nucleus: a central autonomic clock

    Takashi Ueyama;Karl E. Krout;Xay Van Nguyen;Vladimir Karpitskiy

  • Ultrastructural analysis of the replication cycle of pseudorabies virus in cell culture: A reassessment

    H Granzow;F Weiland;A Jöns;B G Klupp

Frequent Co-Authors

Barbara G. Klupp
Barbara G. Klupp Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut
Harald Granzow
Harald Granzow Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut
Martin Beer
Martin Beer Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut
Timm C. Harder
Timm C. Harder Kiel University
Franz Josef Conraths
Franz Josef Conraths Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut
Thomas Müller
Thomas Müller Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut
Dirk Höper
Dirk Höper Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut
Bernd Hoffmann
Bernd Hoffmann Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut
Günther M. Keil
Günther M. Keil Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut
Christoph Staubach
Christoph Staubach Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut

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