A. Wesley Burks

43.8k total citations · 11 hit papers
394 papers, 25.8k citations indexed

About

A. Wesley Burks is a scholar working on Immunology and Allergy, Surgery and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, A. Wesley Burks has authored 394 papers receiving a total of 25.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 337 papers in Immunology and Allergy, 86 papers in Surgery and 82 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in A. Wesley Burks's work include Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Research (325 papers), Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization (182 papers) and Eosinophilic Esophagitis (83 papers). A. Wesley Burks is often cited by papers focused on Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Research (325 papers), Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization (182 papers) and Eosinophilic Esophagitis (83 papers). A. Wesley Burks collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Ireland. A. Wesley Burks's co-authors include Hugh A. Sampson, Scott H. Sicherer, Philippe Eigenmann, Stacie M. Jones, John M. James, Gary A. Bannon, Robert A. Wood, Brian P. Vickery, Gael Cockrell and Amy M. Scurlock and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

A. Wesley Burks

375 papers receiving 24.7k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Food Allergy

1951 2.0k citations A. Wesley Burks et al. profile →
Effects of Early Nutritional Interventions on the Development of Atopic Disease in Infants and Children: The Role of Maternal Dietary Restriction, Breastfeeding, Timing of Introduction of Complementary Foods, and Hydrolyzed Formulas

2007 738 citations Scott H. Sicherer, A. Wesley Burks et al. profile →
Oral Immunotherapy for Treatment of Egg Allergy in Children

2012 523 citations A. Wesley Burks, Stacie M. Jones et al. profile →
Clinical efficacy and immune regulation with peanut oral immunotherapy

2009 517 citations Stacie M. Jones, Amy M. Scurlock et al. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology profile →
Effect of Anti-IgE Therapy in Patients with Peanut Allergy

2003 502 citations Donald Y.M. Leung, Hugh A. Sampson et al. profile →
Standardizing double-blind, placebo-controlled oral food challenges: American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology–European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology PRACTALL consensus report

2012 493 citations Hugh A. Sampson, Scott H. Sicherer et al. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology profile →
ICON: Food allergy

2012 434 citations A. Wesley Burks, Mimi L.K. Tang et al. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology profile →
Update on allergy immunotherapy: American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology/European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology/PRACTALL consensus report

2013 342 citations A. Wesley Burks, Cezmi A. Akdiş et al. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology profile →
Sustained unresponsiveness to peanut in subjects who have completed peanut oral immunotherapy

2013 318 citations Brian P. Vickery, Amy M. Scurlock et al. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology profile →
Early oral immunotherapy in peanut-allergic preschool children is safe and highly effective

2016 277 citations Brian P. Vickery, Edwin Kim et al. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology profile →
The Effects of Early Nutritional Interventions on the Development of Atopic Disease in Infants and Children: The Role of Maternal Dietary Restriction, Breastfeeding, Hydrolyzed Formulas, and Timing of Introduction of Allergenic Complementary Foods

2019 245 citations Scott H. Sicherer, A. Wesley Burks et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Food allergy: Update on prevention and tolerance 2025 ·UNC Libraries ·Gideon Lack, George Du Toit, Cezmi A. Akdiş, A. Wesley Burks, Marshall Plaut, Hugh A. Sampson	1
2	Desensitization and remission after peanut sublingual immunotherapy in 1- to 4-year-old peanut-allergic children: A randomized, placebo-controlled trial 2025 ·UNC Libraries ·Michael D. Kulis, Quefeng Li, Rishu Guo, A. Wesley Burks, J. Andrew Bird, Ping Ye, Bahjat F. Qaqish, Xiaohong Yue, (unknown), Edwin Kim, Yamini V. Virkud, Lauren Herlihy, Corinne Keet, Johanna M. Smeekens	0
3	Peanut Component‐Specific IgE and IgG4 Are Modulated by Sublingual Immunotherapy and Are Associated With Remission in 1–4‐Year‐Old Children 2025 ·Allergy ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Lauren Herlihy, A. Wesley Burks, Johanna M. Smeekens, Corinne Keet, J. Andrew Bird, Edwin Kim, Michael D. Kulis	0
4	Unintended consequences of antibiotic use in beekeeping: drone health as a potential vulnerability 2025 ·Animal Microbiome ·A. Wesley Burks, Patrick Gallagher, Kasie Raymann	0
5	Epicutaneous immunotherapy for the treatment of peanut allergy 2024 ·Allergy ·(unknown), Hugh A. Sampson, Edwin Kim, (unknown), Todd D. Green, A. Wesley Burks	4
6	A mutation in Themis contributes to anaphylaxis severity following oral peanut challenge in CC027 mice 2024 ·Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology ·(unknown), Johanna M. Smeekens, (unknown), (unknown), Pablo Hock, Colton L. Linnertz, Darla R. Miller, Kelly Orgel, Ginger D. Shaw, Fernando Pardo‐Manuel de Villena, A. Wesley Burks, William Valdar, Michael D. Kulis, Martin T. Ferris	1
7	Longitudinal dynamics of the gut microbiome and metabolome in peanut allergy development 2023 ·Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology ·Yoojin Chun, Alexander Grishin, Rebecca E. Rose, William Zhao, (unknown), Lingdi Zhang, Robert A. Wood, A. Wesley Burks, Stacie M. Jones, Donald Y.M. Leung, Drew R. Jones, Hugh A. Sampson, Scott H. Sicherer, Supinda Bunyavanich	15
8	Allergen recognition by specific effector Th2 cells enables IL ‐2‐dependent activation of regulatory T‐cell responses in humans 2022 ·Allergy ·Daniel Lozano‐Ojalvo, Scott R. Tyler, Carlos J. Aranda, Julie Wang, Scott H. Sicherer, Hugh A. Sampson, Robert A. Wood, A. Wesley Burks, Stacie M. Jones, Donald Y.M. Leung, Maria A. Curotto de Lafaille, M. Cecilia Berin	19
9	Peanut-Specific IgA and IgG4 in Saliva are Modulated by Peanut OIT 2020 ·Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology ·Michael D. Kulis, Johanna M. Smeekens, David Larson, Tielin Qin, A. Wesley Burks	2
10	Tolerance Development Following Oral Immunotherapy (OIT) in 1-3 Year Old Children with Peanut Allergy: Findings from the Immune Tolerance Network (ITN) IMPACT TRIAL 2020 ·Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology ·Simon Jones, Edwin Kim, Kari C. Nadeau, Anna Nowak‐Węgrzyn, Robert A. Wood, Hugh A. Sampson, Amy M. Scurlock, (unknown), Jacqueline L. Johnson, Katharine Spain, (unknown), David Larson, Marshall Plaut, Tielin Qin, Srinath Sanda, Michelle L. Sever, Lisa M. Wheatley, (unknown), Rachel Yan, A. Wesley Burks	3
11	Egg Oral Immunotherapy (OIT) Induces More Rapid Desensitization and Sustained Unresponsiveness (SU) in Egg-Allergic, Baked-egg Tolerant Children than the Addition of Daily Baked-egg Products 2019 ·Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology ·Hugh A. Sampson, Donald Y.M. Leung, Stacie M. Jones, Scott H. Sicherer, A. Wesley Burks, Alice K. Henning, Robert Lindblad, Peter Dawson, Tamara T. Perry, Edwin Kim, Robert A. Wood	1
12	Dual transcriptomic and epigenomic study of reaction severity in peanut-allergic children 2019 ·Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology ·Anh N., Corey T. Watson, Ariella Cohain, Robert S. Griffin, Alexander Grishin, Robert A. Wood, A. Wesley Burks, Stacie M. Jones, Amy M. Scurlock, Donald Y.M. Leung, Hugh A. Sampson, Scott H. Sicherer, Andrew J. Sharp, Eric E. Schadt, Supinda Bunyavanich	49
13	Treatment for food allergy 2018 ·Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology ·A. Wesley Burks, Hugh A. Sampson, Marshall Plaut, Gideon Lack, Cezmi A. Akdiş	110
14	Early‐life gut microbiome and egg allergy 2018 ·Allergy ·Mina Fazlollahi, Yoojin Chun, Alexander Grishin, Robert A. Wood, A. Wesley Burks, Peter Dawson, Stacie M. Jones, Donald Y.M. Leung, Hugh A. Sampson, Scott H. Sicherer, Supinda Bunyavanich	172
15	At-home Dosing Adherence During Characterized Oral Desensitization Immunotherapy (CODIT) for Peanut Allergy 2017 ·Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology ·Stacie M. Jones, Brian P. Vickery, J. Andrew Bird, Jonathan M. Spergel, Rima Rachid, Amal Assa’ad, Julie Wang, Stephanie A. Leonard, Susan Laubach, Edwin Kim, Benjamin P. Davis, Michael J. Welch, Jennifer Heimall, Antonella Cianferoni, Andrew J. MacGinnitie, Elena Crestani, Amr Radwan, Andrea Vereda, Daniel C. Adelman, A. Wesley Burks	1
16	Characterization of the B-cell receptor repertoires in peanut allergic subjects undergoing oral immunotherapy 2017 ·Journal of Human Genetics ·Kazuma Kiyotani, (unknown), Rui Yamaguchi, Poh Yin Yew, Mike Kulis, Kelly Orgel, Seiya Imoto, Satoru Miyano, A. Wesley Burks, Yusuke Nakamura	19
17	Combined Probiotic and Peanut Oral Immunotherapy for the Treatment of Peanut Allergy: A Randomised Trial 2015 ·Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology ·Mimi L.K. Tang, Anne‐Louise Ponsonby, Francesca Orsini, Dean Tey, Marnie Robinson, (unknown), Paul V. Licciardi, A. Wesley Burks, Susan Donath	1
18	The changing CARE for patients with food allergy 2012 ·Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology ·Stacie M. Jones, A. Wesley Burks	10
19	The safety and efficacy of sublingual and oral immunotherapy for milk allergy 2012 ·Corinne Keet, Pamela A. Frischmeyer‐Guerrerio, F. Wessel, Ananth Thyagarajan, John T. Schroeder, Robert G. Hamilton, (unknown), Pamela H. Steele, (unknown), A. Wesley Burks, RA Wood	1
20	Open Label Maintenance Following Milk Oral Immunotherapy (MOIT) for IgE Mediated Cow's Milk Allergy 2009 ·Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology ·Satya D. Narisety, Justin M. Skripak, Pamela H. Steele, Robert G. Hamilton, Elizabeth C. Matsui, A. Wesley Burks, Robert A. Wood	2

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