Frank O. Aylward

National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases

Also affiliated with Virginia Tech

Environmental ScienceBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences

Pilot corpus only

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Top 3%percentile

1.5Author DataRank

Indexed papers

4in pilot corpus

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An author's DataRank is the sum of the DataRanks of all 4 indexed papers attributed to them. A prolific author with many moderate-impact papers can outrank one with a single high-impact paper.

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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.

Assessing the biogeography of marine giant viruses in four oceanic transects

ISME Communications(2023)10.1038/s43705-023-00252-6

Top 23%

0.862DataRank

Top 23%39 citations

Mohammad Moniruzzaman, Frank O. Aylward, Anh D. Ha

Papers

Driven by 25 papers — median percentile 55. Top paper: “Widespread endogenization of giant viruses shapes genomes of green algae”.

Widespread endogenization of giant viruses shapes genomes of green algae

Nature(2020)10.1038/s41586-020-2924-2

N/A

3.6DataRank · unranked

170 citations

Alaina R. Weinheimer, Carolina A. Martinez-Gutierrez, Frank O. Aylward, Mohammad Moniruzzaman

Assessing the biogeography of marine giant viruses in four oceanic transects

ISME Communications(2023)10.1038/s43705-023-00252-6

Top 23%

0.862DataRank

Top 23%39 citations

Mohammad Moniruzzaman, Frank O. Aylward, Anh D. Ha

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

Giant endogenous viral elements in the genome of the model protist Euglena gracilis reveal past interactions with giant viruses

Journal of Virology(2025)10.1128/jvi.00713-25

N/A

0.246DataRank · unranked

4 citations

Sangita Karki, Emma Franken, María P. Erazo-Garcia, Zachary K. Barth, Frank O. Aylward +1 more

Assessing the biogeography of marine giant viruses in four oceanic transects

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2023)10.1101/2023.01.30.526306

Top 62%

0.229DataRank

Top 62%3 citations

Mohammad Moniruzzaman, Frank O. Aylward, Anh D. Ha

Homing in on the rare virosphere reveals the native host of giant viruses

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2023)10.1101/2023.06.27.546645

N/A

0.171DataRank · unranked

2 citations

Gur Hevroni, Flora Vincent, Daniella Schatz, Carolina A. Martínez-Gutiérrez, Frank O. Aylward +2 more

The microbiota of moon snail egg collars is shaped by host-specific factors

Microbiology Spectrum(2024)10.1128/spectrum.01804-24

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0.165DataRank · unranked

2 citations

Frank O. Aylward, Emily Mevers, Karla Piedl

Single-cell RNA-seq of the rare virosphere reveals the native hosts of giant viruses in the marine environment

Nature Microbiology(2024)10.1038/s41564-024-01669-y

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0DataRank · unranked

26 citations

Gur Hevroni, Flora Vincent, Daniella Schatz, Carolina A. Martínez-Gutiérrez, Frank O. Aylward +2 more

Automated classification of giant virus genomes using a random forest model built on trademark protein families

npj Viruses(2024)10.1038/s44298-024-00021-9

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

19 citations

Frank O. Aylward, Anh D. Ha

A phylogenomic framework for charting the diversity and evolution of giant viruses

PLoS Biology(2021)10.1371/journal.pbio.3001430

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

222 citations

Mohammad Moniruzzaman, Anh D. Ha, Eugene V. Koonin, Frank O. Aylward

Latent infection of an active giant endogenous virus in a unicellular green alga

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2024)10.1101/2024.09.03.611062

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0DataRank · unranked

7 citations

Uri Sheyn, Zachary K. Barth, Rory J. Craig, Petronella Wessman, Abdeali M. Jivaji +8 more

The Microbiota of Moon Snail Egg Collars is Shaped by Host-Specific Factors

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2024)10.1101/2024.07.10.602920

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

0 citations

Frank O. Aylward, Emily Mevers, Karla Piedl

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

A bacteriophage-conditional mouse model reveals the impact of phages within a conventionally colonized gut microbiota

Cell Host & Microbe(2025)10.1016/j.chom.2025.04.002

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

6 citations

Rita Makhlouf, Anh D. Ha, Rogerio A Bataglioli, Zachary Robert Baker, Sydney A. Murphy +6 more

Naiavirus: an enveloped giant virus with a pleomorphic, flexible tail

Nature Communications(2025)10.1038/s41467-025-63463-6

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

3 citations

Victória Fulgêncio Queiroz, Thalita Souza Arantes, Henrique Limborço, Bruna Nascimento Neiva, Nídia Esther Colquehuanca Arias +16 more

A novel lineage of large aquatic bacteriophages identified through metagenomics

Archives of Virology(2025)10.1007/s00705-025-06455-7

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

2 citations

Joud Aldaroub, Zachary K. Barth, Frank O. Aylward, Carolina Perez-Hernandez

A single-cell perspective on host–virus dynamics in the ocean

Trends in Microbiology(2025)10.1016/j.tim.2025.05.005

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

2 citations

Talia S. Shaler, Frank O. Aylward, Assaf Vardi, Amir Fromm

Giant endogenous viral elements in the genome of the model protist Euglena gracilis reveal past interactions with giant viruses

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2025)10.1101/2025.04.23.650285

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

2 citations

Sangita Karki, Emma Franken, María P. Erazo-Garcia, Zachary K. Barth, Frank O. Aylward +1 more

Genomic analysis of hyperparasitic viruses associated with entomopoxviruses

Virus Evolution(2024)10.1093/ve/veae051

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

5 citations

Ian K. Hicklin, Julien Thézé, Jun Takatsuka, Madoka Nakai, Elisabeth A. Herniou +3 more

A Phylogenomic Framework for Charting the Diversity and Evolution of Giant Viruses

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2021)10.1101/2021.05.05.442809

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

20 citations

Mohammad Moniruzzaman, Anh D. Ha, Eugene V. Koonin, Frank O. Aylward

Endogenous giant viruses contribute to intraspecies genomic variability in the model green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Virus Evolution(2022)10.1093/ve/veac102

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0DataRank · unranked

32 citations

María P. Erazo-Garcia, Frank O. Aylward, Mohammad Moniruzzaman

Taxonomic update for giant viruses in the order Imitervirales (phylum Nucleocytoviricota)

Archives of Virology(2023)10.1007/s00705-023-05906-3

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0DataRank · unranked

48 citations

Jônatas Santos Abrahão, Corina P. D. Brussaard, Matthias Fischer, Mohammad Moniruzzaman, Hiroyuki Ogata +2 more

Kratosvirus quantuckense: the history and novelty of an algal bloom disrupting virus and a model for giant virus research

Frontiers in Microbiology(2023)10.3389/fmicb.2023.1284617

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0DataRank · unranked

11 citations

Emily E. Chase, Eric R. Gann, Mohammad Moniruzzaman, Brooke A. Creasey, Frank O. Aylward +4 more

Automated classification of giant virus genomes using a random forest model built on trademark protein families

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2023)10.1101/2023.11.10.566645

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

0 citations

Frank O. Aylward, Anh D. Ha

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

Frank O. Aylward

Indexed papers

Top data-sharing exemplar

Papers