| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Virology, Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, and Control of COVID-19 | Viruses | 2020 | 1,091 |
| 2 | Mechanisms of Coronavirus Cell Entry Mediated by the Viral Spike Protein | Viruses | 2012 | 1,086 |
| 3 | Preliminary Identification of Potential Vaccine Targets for the COVID-19 Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) Based on SARS-CoV Immunological Studies | Viruses | 2020 | 954 |
| 4 | Return of the Coronavirus: 2019-nCoV | Viruses | 2020 | 932 |
| 5 | From SARS to MERS, Thrusting Coronaviruses into the Spotlight | Viruses | 2019 | 919 |
| 6 | Human Coronaviruses and Other Respiratory Viruses: Underestimated Opportunistic Pathogens of the Central Nervous System? | Viruses | 2020 | 784 |
| 7 | The Coronavirus Nucleocapsid Is a Multifunctional Protein | Viruses | 2014 | 741 |
| 8 | Potential Maternal and Infant Outcomes from Coronavirus 2019-nCoV (SARS-CoV-2) Infecting Pregnant Women: Lessons from SARS, MERS, and Other Human Coronavirus Infections | Viruses | 2020 | 734 |
| 9 | Coronavirus Genomics and Bioinformatics Analysis | Viruses | 2010 | 650 |
| 10 | Pattern Recognition Receptors and the Innate Immune Response to Viral Infection | Viruses | 2011 | 645 |
| 11 | Protocol and Reagents for Pseudotyping Lentiviral Particles with SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein for Neutralization Assays | Viruses | 2020 | 641 |
| 12 | Systematic Comparison of Two Animal-to-Human Transmitted Human Coronaviruses: SARS-CoV-2 and SARS-CoV | Viruses | 2020 | 552 |
| 13 | Mechanism of Inhibition of Ebola Virus RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase by Remdesivir | Viruses | 2019 | 478 |
| 14 | Monkeypox Virus in Nigeria: Infection Biology, Epidemiology, and Evolution | Viruses | 2020 | 448 |
| 15 | Bat Coronaviruses in China | Viruses | 2019 | 434 |
| 16 | African Swine Fever Virus: A Review | Viruses | 2017 | 396 |
| 17 | Human Papillomaviruses; Epithelial Tropisms, and the Development of Neoplasia | Viruses | 2015 | 388 |
| 18 | Bats and Coronaviruses | Viruses | 2019 | 357 |
| 19 | Bacteriophage Applications for Food Production and Processing | Viruses | 2018 | 352 |
| 20 | Viruses and Autoimmunity: A Review on the Potential Interaction and Molecular Mechanisms | Viruses | 2019 | 348 |
| 21 | Tissue Barriers to Arbovirus Infection in Mosquitoes | Viruses | 2015 | 347 |
| 22 | Human Coronaviruses: Insights into Environmental Resistance and Its Influence on the Development of New Antiseptic Strategies | Viruses | 2012 | 340 |
| 23 | COVID-19: A Review on the Novel Coronavirus Disease Evolution, Transmission, Detection, Control and Prevention | Viruses | 2021 | 332 |
| 24 | How to Name and Classify Your Phage: An Informal Guide | Viruses | 2017 | 323 |
| 25 | Resistance Development to Bacteriophages Occurring during Bacteriophage Therapy | Viruses | 2018 | 323 |
| 26 | Challenges in Laboratory Diagnosis of the Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 | Viruses | 2020 | 310 |
| 27 | Animal Models for Influenza Virus Pathogenesis and Transmission | Viruses | 2010 | 308 |
| 28 | Viral Metagenomics Revealed Sendai Virus and Coronavirus Infection of Malayan Pangolins (Manis javanica) | Viruses | 2019 | 299 |
| 29 | The Human Antibody Response to Dengue Virus Infection | Viruses | 2011 | 296 |
| 30 | Linking Virus Genomes with Host Taxonomy | Viruses | 2016 | 295 |
| 31 | Public Acceptance of Plant Biotechnology and GM Crops | Viruses | 2015 | 294 |
| 32 | Ready, Set, Fuse! The Coronavirus Spike Protein and Acquisition of Fusion Competence | Viruses | 2012 | 292 |
| 33 | Quercetin as an Antiviral Agent Inhibits Influenza A Virus (IAV) Entry | Viruses | 2016 | 292 |
| 34 | Understanding Bacteriophage Specificity in Natural Microbial Communities | Viruses | 2013 | 291 |
| 35 | Redox Biology of Respiratory Viral Infections | Viruses | 2018 | 290 |
| 36 | The Pathogenesis of Rift Valley Fever | Viruses | 2011 | 282 |
| 37 | Herpes Virus Fusion and Entry: A Story with Many Characters | Viruses | 2012 | 282 |
| 38 | Exosome Biogenesis, Regulation, and Function in Viral Infection | Viruses | 2015 | 281 |
| 39 | VIRIDIC—A Novel Tool to Calculate the Intergenomic Similarities of Prokaryote-Infecting Viruses | Viruses | 2020 | 274 |
| 40 | Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans and Viral Attachment: True Receptors or Adaptation Bias? | Viruses | 2019 | 269 |
| 41 | A Roadmap for Genome-Based Phage Taxonomy | Viruses | 2021 | 268 |
| 42 | HBV DNA Integration: Molecular Mechanisms and Clinical Implications | Viruses | 2017 | 264 |
| 43 | Immune Activation, Inflammation, and Non-AIDS Co-Morbidities in HIV-Infected Patients under Long-Term ART | Viruses | 2019 | 262 |
| 44 | Global Epidemiology of Bat Coronaviruses | Viruses | 2019 | 261 |
| 45 | Insect-Specific Flaviviruses: A Systematic Review of Their Discovery, Host Range, Mode of Transmission, Superinfection Exclusion Potential and Genomic Organization | Viruses | 2015 | 260 |
| 46 | Flavivirus Entry Receptors: An Update | Viruses | 2014 | 257 |
| 47 | HTLV-1, the Other Pathogenic Yet Neglected Human Retrovirus: From Transmission to Therapeutic Treatment | Viruses | 2018 | 256 |
| 48 | RNA Dependent RNA Polymerases: Insights from Structure, Function and Evolution | Viruses | 2018 | 256 |
| 49 | Long-COVID and Post-COVID Health Complications: An Up-to-Date Review on Clinical Conditions and Their Possible Molecular Mechanisms | Viruses | 2021 | 249 |
| 50 | Filoviruses in Bats: Current Knowledge and Future Directions | Viruses | 2014 | 247 |
