Table 2.

Top 15 articles with the most citations from 2005 to 2020.

Rank1	Author2	Country	Article Title	SourceTitle	Publication Year	Total Citations	AC/EY3
1	Ghoshal et al.	India	Proinflammatory Mediators Released by Activated Microglia Induces Neuronal Death in Japanese Encephalitis	Glia	2007	265	20.38
2	Lin et al.	China	Blocking of Interferon-Induced Jak-Stat Signaling by Japanese Encephalitis Virus NS5 Through a Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase-Mediated Mechanism	Journal of Virology	2006	196	14
3	Lin et al.	China	Flavivirus Induces Interferon-Beta Gene expression Through a Pathway Involving RIG-I-dependent IRF-3 and PI3K-Dependent NF-kappa B Activation	Microbes and Infection	2006	186	13.29
4	Wang et al.	China	Molecular Epidemiological Analysis of Japanese Encephalitis Virus in China	Journal of General Virology	2007	167	12.85
5	Ghoshal et al.	India	Antiviral and Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Rosmarinic Acid in an Experimental Murine Model of Japanese Encephalitis	Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy	2007	158	12.15
6	Luca et al.	USA	Crystal Structure of the Japanese Encephalitis Virus Envelope Protein	Journal of Virology	2012	144	18
7	Lu et al.	China	Crystal Structure of the Full-Length Japanese Encephalitis Virus NS5 Reveals a Conserved Methyltransferase-Polymerase Interface	Plos Pathogens	2013	135	19.29
8	Tauber et al.	Austria	Safety and Immunogenicity of a Vero-Cell-Derived, Inactivated Japanese Encephalitis vaccine: A Non-Inferiority, Phase III, Randomised Controlled Trial	Lancet	2007	130	10
8	Lee et al.	Austria	Antiviral Effect of the Heparan Sulfate Mimetic, PI-88, Against Dengue and Encephalitic Flaviviruses	Antiviral Research	2006	130	9.29
10	Melian et al.	Austria	NS1’ of Flaviviruses in the Japanese Encephalitis Virus Serogroup Is a Product of Ribosomal Frameshifting and Plays a Role in Viral Neuroinvasiveness	Journal of Virology	2010	129	12.9
11	Pan et al.	China	Emergence of Genotype I of Japanese Encephalitis Virus as the Dominant Genotype in Asia	Journal of Virology	2011	123	13.67
12	Parida et al.	India	Japanese Encephalitis Outbreak, India, 2005	Emerging Infectious Diseases	2006	113	8.07
13	Ghoshal et al.	India	Minocycline Neuroprotects, Reduces Microglial Activation, Inhibits Caspase 3 Induction, and Viral Replication Following Japanese Encephalitis	Journal of Neurochemistry	2008	111	9.25
14	Li et al.	China	Viral Infection of the Central Nervous System and Neuroinflammation Precede Blood–Brain Barrier Disruption during Japanese Encephalitis Virus Infection	Journal of Virology	2015	109	21.8
14	Firth and Atkins	USA	A Conserved Predicted Pseudoknot in the NS2A-Encoding Sequence of West Nile and Japanese Encephalitis Flaviviruses Suggests NS1 ‘ May Derive from Ribosomal Frameshifting	Virology Journal	2009	109	9.91

¹Ranked by total citations.

²Names of the corresponding authors (on Web of Science) were provided. If there are more than one corresponding author, the last one is shown.

³Average citations per year.