| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Nidovirales: Evolving the largest RNA virus genome | Virus Research | 2006 | 757 |
| 2 | Host cell proteases: Critical determinants of coronavirus tropism and pathogenesis | Virus Research | 2015 | 752 |
| 3 | Human papillomavirus immortalization and transformation functions | Virus Research | 2002 | 655 |
| 4 | COVID-19 Vaccine: A comprehensive status report | Virus Research | 2020 | 628 |
| 5 | Molecular epidemiology of foot-and-mouth disease virus | Virus Research | 2003 | 579 |
| 6 | Evolutionary genomics of nucleo-cytoplasmic large DNA viruses | Virus Research | 2006 | 541 |
| 7 | Global status of tospovirus epidemics in diverse cropping systems: Successes achieved and challenges ahead | Virus Research | 2009 | 491 |
| 8 | Porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) infections: Clinical signs, pathology and laboratory diagnosis | Virus Research | 2012 | 466 |
| 9 | African swine fever virus replication and genomics | Virus Research | 2013 | 460 |
| 10 | Topics in herpesvirus genomics and evolution | Virus Research | 2006 | 458 |
| 11 | Gut microbiota and Covid-19- possible link and implications | Virus Research | 2020 | 452 |
| 12 | Potyvirus proteins: a wealth of functions | Virus Research | 2001 | 446 |
| 13 | The extent of codon usage bias in human RNA viruses and its evolutionary origin | Virus Research | 2003 | 420 |
| 14 | Co-infection with respiratory pathogens among COVID-2019 cases | Virus Research | 2020 | 419 |
| 15 | Influenza virus strains selectively recognize sialyloligosaccharides on human respiratory epithelium; the role of the host cell in selection of hemagglutinin receptor specificity | Virus Research | 1993 | 410 |
| 16 | Tomato yellow leaf curl virus, an emerging virus complex causing epidemics worldwide | Virus Research | 2000 | 401 |
| 17 | Detection and description of a particular Ostreid herpesvirus 1 genotype associated with massive mortality outbreaks of Pacific oysters, Crassostrea gigas, in France in 2008 | Virus Research | 2010 | 394 |
| 18 | Progress in understanding and controlling respiratory syncytial virus: Still crazy after all these years | Virus Research | 2011 | 381 |
| 19 | The ORF6, ORF8 and nucleocapsid proteins of SARS-CoV-2 inhibit type I interferon signaling pathway | Virus Research | 2020 | 371 |
| 20 | FMD vaccines | Virus Research | 2003 | 361 |
| 21 | Third genome size category of avian paramyxovirus serotype 1 (Newcastle disease virus) and evolutionary implications | Virus Research | 2006 | 357 |
| 22 | Behavioural aspects influencing plant virus transmission by homopteran insects | Virus Research | 2009 | 357 |
| 23 | The structure and functions of coronavirus genomic 3′ and 5′ ends | Virus Research | 2015 | 350 |
| 24 | Serological assays for emerging coronaviruses: Challenges and pitfalls | Virus Research | 2014 | 344 |
| 25 | Hepatitis B viruses: Reverse transcription a different way | Virus Research | 2008 | 342 |
| 26 | Natural product-derived phytochemicals as potential agents against coronaviruses: A review | Virus Research | 2020 | 337 |
| 27 | The PRRSV replicase: Exploring the multifunctionality of an intriguing set of nonstructural proteins | Virus Research | 2010 | 330 |
| 28 | Epidemiology of African swine fever virus | Virus Research | 2013 | 327 |
| 29 | Methods in virus diagnostics: From ELISA to next generation sequencing | Virus Research | 2014 | 326 |
| 30 | Plant virus emergence and evolution: Origins, new encounter scenarios, factors driving emergence, effects of changing world conditions, and prospects for control | Virus Research | 2009 | 320 |
| 31 | Herpesvirus assembly: An update | Virus Research | 2009 | 320 |
| 32 | The origin of viruses and their possible roles in major evolutionary transitions | Virus Research | 2006 | 317 |
| 33 | Comparative and functional genomics of closteroviruses | Virus Research | 2006 | 307 |
| 34 | Human immunopathogenesis of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) | Virus Research | 2008 | 305 |
| 35 | Genetic variability and evolution of hepatitis E virus | Virus Research | 2007 | 300 |
| 36 | Molecular epidemiology of PRRSV: A phylogenetic perspective | Virus Research | 2010 | 300 |
| 37 | Plant viral suppressors of RNA silencing | Virus Research | 2004 | 298 |
| 38 | Rotaviruses | Virus Research | 2014 | 298 |
| 39 | Cells of the central nervous system as targets and reservoirs of the human immunodeficiency virus | Virus Research | 2005 | 297 |
| 40 | Sequence analysis of the Ebola virus genome: organization, genetic elements, and comparison with the genome of Marburg virus | Virus Research | 1993 | 293 |
| 41 | Antiviral potentials of medicinal plants | Virus Research | 2008 | 290 |
| 42 | A review of studies on animal reservoirs of the SARS coronavirus | Virus Research | 2008 | 289 |
| 43 | The emergence of novel swine influenza viruses in North America | Virus Research | 2002 | 286 |
| 44 | Assembly and budding of influenza virus | Virus Research | 2004 | 283 |
| 45 | Comparing the regional epidemiology of the cassava mosaic and cassava brown streak virus pandemics in Africa | Virus Research | 2011 | 276 |
| 46 | Antibody recognition of picornaviruses and escape from neutralization: a structural view | Virus Research | 1995 | 275 |
| 47 | Evolution of foot-and-mouth disease virus | Virus Research | 2003 | 273 |
| 48 | Taxonomic reorganization of family Partitiviridae and other recent progress in partitivirus research | Virus Research | 2014 | 271 |
| 49 | Host and viral genetics and risk of cervical cancer: a review | Virus Research | 2002 | 270 |
| 50 | Oncogenic activities of human papillomaviruses | Virus Research | 2009 | 270 |
