David L. Robertson

MRC University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research

MedicineImmunology and MicrobiologyEnvironmental ScienceBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Pilot corpus only

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Top 2%percentile

2.4Author DataRank

Indexed papers

2in pilot corpus

datarank_citation_only_1hop_v6· scope data_onlyMethodology

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The highest-impact dataset this researcher has shared, ranked by DataRank — the single contribution doing the most to lift their data-sharing standing.

Virus taxonomy and the role of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV)

Journal of General Virology(2023)10.1099/jgv.0.001840

Top 11%

2.0DataRank

Top 11%80 citations

Donald B. Smith, Evelien M. Adriaenssens, Poliane Alfenas‐Zerbini, Bas E. Dutilh, María Laura García +18 more

Papers

Driven by 26 papers — median percentile 72. Top paper: “Virus taxonomy and the role of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV)”.

Virus taxonomy and the role of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV)

Journal of General Virology(2023)10.1099/jgv.0.001840

Top 11%

2.0DataRank

Top 11%80 citations

Donald B. Smith, Evelien M. Adriaenssens, Poliane Alfenas‐Zerbini, Bas E. Dutilh, María Laura García +18 more

Circulating SARS-CoV-2 spike N439K variants maintain fitness while evading antibody-mediated immunity

Cell(2021)10.1016/j.cell.2021.01.037

N/A

0.974DataRank · unranked

660 citations

Laura E. Rosen, James G. Shepherd, Roberto Spreafico, Ana da Silva Filipe, Jason A. Wojcechowskyj +61 more

The Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan was the early epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic

Science(2022)10.1126/science.abp8715

N/A

0.913DataRank · unranked

439 citations

Joshua I. Levy, Lorena M. Malpica Serrano, Alexander Crits‐Christoph, Jonathan E. Pekar, Stephen A. Goldstein +13 more

Recent changes to virus taxonomy ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (2022)

Archives of Virology(2022)10.1007/s00705-022-05516-5

N/A

0.889DataRank · unranked

373 citations

Stuart G. Siddell, Elliot J. Lefkowitz, Arcady Mushegian, Evelien M. Adriaenssens, Poliane Alfenas‐Zerbini +22 more

GWAS and meta-analysis identifies 49 genetic variants underlying critical COVID-19

Nature(2023)10.1038/s41586-023-06034-3

N/A

0.795DataRank · unranked

199 citations

Konrad Rawlik, Andrew D. Bretherick, Ting Qi, Yang Wu, Isar Nassiri +3013 more

Selection Analysis Identifies Clusters of Unusual Mutational Changes in Omicron Lineage BA.1 That Likely Impact Spike Function

Molecular Biology and Evolution(2022)10.1093/molbev/msac061

N/A

0.723DataRank · unranked

123 citations

Spyros Lytras, Alexander G. Lucaci, Wolfgang Maier, Björn Grüning, Stephen D. Shank +33 more

Virus species names have been standardized; virus names remain unchanged

mSphere(2025)10.1128/msphere.00020-25

Top 45%

0.404DataRank

Top 45%10 citations

Peter Simmonds, Evelien M. Adriaenssens, Elliot J. Lefkowitz, Hanna M. Oksanen, Poliane Alfenas‐Zerbini +19 more

The apparent interferon resistance of transmitted HIV-1 is possibly a consequence of enhanced replicative fitness

PLoS Pathogens(2022)10.1371/journal.ppat.1010973

N/A

0.330DataRank · unranked

8 citations

Arthur Wickenhagen, Nardus Mollentze, Muhamad Afiq Aziz, Vattipally B. Sreenu, Sven Truxa +7 more

Conserved recombination patterns across coronavirus subgenera

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2021)10.1101/2021.11.21.469423

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

4 citations

Phillip Swanepoel, Rentia Lourens, Mpumelelo Zondo, Isaac Abodunran, Spyros Lytras +10 more

The Origins of SARS-CoV-2: A Critical Review

The Sydney eScholarship Repository (The University of Sydney)(2021)10.5281/zenodo.13531717

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

0 citations

Stephen A. Goldstein, Angela L. Rasmussen, David L. Robertson, Alexander Crits-Cristoph, Wertheim, Joel O +16 more

Exploring the Natural Origins of SARS-CoV-2 in the Light of Recombination

Genome Biology and Evolution(2022)10.1093/gbe/evac018

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

165 citations

Joseph Hughes, Darren P. Martin, Phillip Swanepoel, Arné de Klerk, Rentia Lourens +5 more

Conserved recombination patterns across coronavirus subgenera

Virus Evolution(2022)10.1093/ve/veac054

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

36 citations

Phillip Swanepoel, Rentia Lourens, Mpumelelo Zondo, Isaac Abodunran, Spyros Lytras +10 more

Four principles to establish a universal virus taxonomy

PLoS Biology(2023)10.1371/journal.pbio.3001922

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

139 citations

Evelien M. Adriaenssens, F. Murilo Zerbini, Nicola G. A. Abrescia, Pakorn Aiewsakun, Poliane Alfenas‐Zerbini +38 more

Changes to virus taxonomy and the ICTV Statutes ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (2023)

Archives of Virology(2023)10.1007/s00705-023-05797-4

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

123 citations

Stuart G. Siddell, Elliot J. Lefkowitz, Arcady Mushegian, Evelien M. Adriaenssens, Poliane Alfenas‐Zerbini +20 more

Genetic tracing of market wildlife and viruses at the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2023)10.1101/2023.09.13.557637

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

13 citations

Joshua I. Levy, Jonathan E. Pekar, Stephen A. Goldstein, Reema Singh, Zach Hensel +17 more

The recency and geographical origins of the bat viruses ancestral to SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2023)10.1101/2023.07.12.548617

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

12 citations

Spyros Lytras, Mahan Ghafari, Andrew F. Magee, Edyth Parker, Jennifer L. Havens +11 more

Changes to virus taxonomy and the ICTV Statutes ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (2024)

Archives of Virology(2024)10.1007/s00705-024-06143-y

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

100 citations

Evelien M. Adriaenssens, Elliot J. Lefkowitz, Hanna M. Oksanen, Stuart G. Siddell, F. Murilo Zerbini +27 more

The recency and geographical origins of the bat viruses ancestral to SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2

Cell(2025)10.1016/j.cell.2025.03.035

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

24 citations

Spyros Lytras, Mahan Ghafari, Andrew F. Magee, Edyth Parker, Yu Wang +14 more

Changes to virus taxonomy, the international code of virus classification and nomenclature, and the ICTV statutes ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (2025)

Archives of Virology(2025)10.1007/s00705-025-06485-1

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

8 citations

Evelien M. Adriaenssens, Elliot J. Lefkowitz, Hanna M. Oksanen, F. Murilo Zerbini, Poliane Alfenas‐Zerbini +22 more

Viral CpG Deficiency Provides No Evidence That Dogs Were Intermediate Hosts for SARS-CoV-2

Molecular Biology and Evolution(2020)10.1093/molbev/msaa178

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

20 citations

Todd A. Castoe, Blair W. Perry, Spyros Lytras, Kristen J. Wade, David L. Robertson +9 more

Pervasive and non-random recombination in near full-length HIV genomes from Uganda

Virus Evolution(2020)10.1093/ve/veaa004

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

26 citations

Emma B. Hodcroft, Deogratius Ssemwanga, John M. Kitayimbwa, Gonzalo Yebra, Luis Roger Esquivel Gomez +17 more

Natural selection in the evolution of SARS-CoV-2 in bats, not humans, created a highly capable human pathogen

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2020)10.1101/2020.05.28.122366

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

41 citations

Spyros Lytras, Steven Weaver, Joshua B. Singer, Maciej F. Boni, Philippe Lemey +3 more

Computational Strategies to Combat COVID-19: Useful Tools to Accelerate SARS-CoV-2 and Coronavirus Research

Preprints.org(2020)10.20944/preprints202005.0376.v1

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

19 citations

Kevin Lamkiewicz, Alexandre Almeida, Abdel Aouacheria, Cecilia N. Arighi, Alex Bateman +50 more

The origins of SARS-CoV-2: A critical review

Cell(2021)10.1016/j.cell.2021.08.017

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

513 citations

Stephen A. Goldstein, Angela L. Rasmussen, David L. Robertson, Alexander Crits‐Christoph, Joel O. Wertheim +16 more

The emergence and ongoing convergent evolution of the SARS-CoV-2 N501Y lineages

Cell(2021)10.1016/j.cell.2021.09.003

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

276 citations

Steven Weaver, Houriiyah Tegally, James Emmanuel San, Stephen D. Shank, Eduan Wilkinson +17 more

Natural selection in the evolution of SARS-CoV-2 in bats created a generalist virus and highly capable human pathogen

PLoS Biology(2021)10.1371/journal.pbio.3001115

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

224 citations

Spyros Lytras, Steven Weaver, Joshua B. Singer, Maciej F. Boni, Philippe Lemey +3 more

David L. Robertson

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