Alan W. Thomas

11.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
124 papers, 8.4k citations indexed

About

Alan W. Thomas is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Immunology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan W. Thomas has authored 124 papers receiving a total of 8.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 101 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 35 papers in Immunology and 27 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Alan W. Thomas's work include Malaria Research and Control (97 papers), Mosquito-borne diseases and control (63 papers) and HIV Research and Treatment (19 papers). Alan W. Thomas is often cited by papers focused on Malaria Research and Control (97 papers), Mosquito-borne diseases and control (63 papers) and HIV Research and Treatment (19 papers). Alan W. Thomas collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United Kingdom and France. Alan W. Thomas's co-authors include Clemens H. M. Kocken, David J. Conway, Edmond J. Remarque, Bart W. Faber, David L. Narum, Annemarie Voorberg-van der Wel, Michael J. Blackman, Balbir Singh, Jan A. M. Langermans and Janet Cox‐Singh and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Alan W. Thomas

123 papers receiving 8.2k citations

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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.

A large focus of naturally acquired Plasmodium knowlesi infections in human beings

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alan W. Thomas Netherlands	52	5.9k	2.6k	2.0k	1.9k	1.2k	124	8.4k
Pierre Druilhe France	55	8.4k 1.4×	3.2k 1.2×	2.1k 1.0×	2.1k 1.1×	1.0k 0.9×	246	10.4k
Julian C. Rayner United Kingdom	49	5.4k 0.9×	2.2k 0.8×	2.3k 1.1×	1.3k 0.7×	1.1k 0.9×	152	7.6k
Jetsumon Sattabongkot Thailand	53	8.0k 1.4×	2.1k 0.8×	1.6k 0.8×	2.3k 1.2×	906 0.8×	327	9.5k
Manoj T. Duraisingh United States	52	6.8k 1.2×	2.4k 0.9×	2.1k 1.0×	1.5k 0.8×	1.3k 1.1×	159	9.0k
Odile Mercereau‐Puijalon France	57	7.4k 1.3×	2.1k 0.8×	1.5k 0.8×	2.4k 1.2×	1.5k 1.3×	205	10.1k
David C. Kaslow United States	63	7.1k 1.2×	4.2k 1.6×	3.0k 1.5×	1.2k 0.6×	2.0k 1.7×	217	10.8k
Michael J. Blackman United Kingdom	57	7.4k 1.3×	3.3k 1.3×	2.4k 1.2×	2.4k 1.2×	1.7k 1.5×	167	10.0k
Stuart A. Ralph Australia	45	4.4k 0.8×	1.6k 0.6×	2.9k 1.4×	1.3k 0.7×	1.0k 0.9×	92	7.0k
John W. Barnwell United States	66	10.8k 1.8×	3.6k 1.3×	2.1k 1.0×	2.8k 1.5×	1.2k 1.0×	240	13.0k
Stefan H. I. Kappe United States	57	7.8k 1.3×	3.2k 1.2×	2.3k 1.1×	2.0k 1.0×	1.4k 1.2×	174	9.8k

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Faber, Bart W., Stephan Hellwig, Sophie Houard, et al.. (2016). Production, Quality Control, Stability and Pharmacotoxicity of a Malaria Vaccine Comprising Three Highly Similar PfAMA1 Protein Molecules to Overcome Antigenic Variation. PLoS ONE. 11(10). e0164053–e0164053. 6 indexed citations

Dembélé, Laurent, Audrey Gego, Anne‐Marie Zeeman, et al.. (2011). Towards an In Vitro Model of Plasmodium Hypnozoites Suitable for Drug Discovery. PLoS ONE. 6(3). e18162–e18162. 96 indexed citations

Besteiro, Sébastien, Julien Papoin, Juliette Morlon‐Guyot, et al.. (2011). The RON2-AMA1 Interaction is a Critical Step in Moving Junction-Dependent Invasion by Apicomplexan Parasites. PLoS Pathogens. 7(2). e1001276–e1001276. 248 indexed citations

Pasini, Erica M., Hans Lutz, Matthias Mann, & Alan W. Thomas. (2009). Red Blood Cell (RBC) membrane proteomics — Part II: Comparative proteomics and RBC patho-physiology. Journal of Proteomics. 73(3). 421–435. 31 indexed citations

Osier, Faith, Greg Fegan, Spencer D. Polley, et al.. (2008). Breadth and Magnitude of Antibody Responses to Multiple Plasmodium falciparum Merozoite Antigens Are Associated with Protection from Clinical Malaria. Infection and Immunity. 76(5). 2240–2248. 289 indexed citations

Pasini, Erica M., et al.. (2008). Deep Coverage Mouse Red Blood Cell Proteome. Molecular & Cellular Proteomics. 7(7). 1317–1330. 47 indexed citations

Pasini, Erica M., et al.. (2006). In-depth analysis of the membrane and cytosolic proteome of red blood cells. Blood. 108(3). 791–801. 331 indexed citations

Igonet, Sébastien, B. Vulliez-Le Normand, Grazyna Faure, et al.. (2006). Cross-reactivity Studies of an Anti-Plasmodium vivax Apical Membrane Antigen 1 Monoclonal Antibody: Binding and Structural Characterisation. Journal of Molecular Biology. 366(5). 1523–1537. 57 indexed citations

Pizarro, J.C., B. Vulliez-Le Normand, Marie-Laure Chesne-Seck, et al.. (2005). Crystal Structure of the Malaria Vaccine Candidate Apical Membrane Antigen 1. Science. 308(5720). 408–411. 162 indexed citations

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Wein, Sharon, Michèle Calas, Françoise Bressolle, et al.. (2005). Paludisme : vers un nouveau traitement !. médecine/sciences. 21(4). 341–343. 2 indexed citations

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Vial, Henri, Sharon Wein, Clemens H. M. Kocken, et al.. (2004). Prodrugs of bisthiazolium salts are orally potent antimalarials. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(43). 15458–15463. 89 indexed citations

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Bogers, Johannes, Shyama Chatterjee, Werner Jacobs, et al.. (2004). Juvenile rhesus monkeys have more colonic granulomas than adults after primary infection with Schistosoma mansoni. Archiv für Pathologische Anatomie und Physiologie und für Klinische Medicin. 445(3). 285–291. 3 indexed citations

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Duits, Louise A., Jan A. M. Langermans, S. Paltansing, et al.. (2000). Expression of β‐defensin‐1 in chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) airways. Journal of Medical Primatology. 29(5). 318–323. 4 indexed citations

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Daubersies, Pierre, Alan W. Thomas, Pascal Millet, et al.. (2000). Protection against Plasmodium falciparum malaria in chimpanzees by immunization with the conserved pre-erythrocytic liver-stage antigen 3. Nature Medicine. 6(11). 1258–1263. 138 indexed citations

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Grifantini, Renata, Oretta Finco, Emanuele Bartolini, et al.. (1998). Multi-plasmid DNA vaccination avoids antigenic competition and enhances immunogenicity of a poorly immunogenic plasmid. European Journal of Immunology. 28(4). 1225–1232. 51 indexed citations

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Tomás, Ana M., Clemens H. M. Kocken, Pawan Malhotra, et al.. (1997). Transfection of the Primate Malaria Parasite Plasmodium knowlesi Using Entirely Heterologous Constructs. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 185(8). 1499–1504. 70 indexed citations

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BenMohamed, Lbachir, Hélène Gras‐Masse, A Tartar, et al.. (1997). Lipopeptide immunization without adjuvant induces potent and long‐lasting B, T helper, and cytotoxic T lymphocyte responses against a malaria liver stage antigen in mice and chimpanzees. European Journal of Immunology. 27(5). 1242–1253. 115 indexed citations

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Narum, David L. & Alan W. Thomas. (1994). Differential localization of full-length and processed forms of PF83/AMA-1 an apical membrane antigen of Plasmodium falciparum merozoites. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology. 67(1). 59–68. 219 indexed citations

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Narum, David L., Gjalt W. Welling, & Alan W. Thomas. (1993). Ion-exchange—immunoaffinity purification of a recombinant baculovirus Plasmodium falciparum apical membrane antigen, PF83/AMA-1. Journal of Chromatography A. 657(2). 357–363. 15 indexed citations

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Lyon, Jeffrey A., Alan W. Thomas, Ted Hall, & Jeffrey D. Chulay. (1989). Specificities of antibodies that inhibit merozoite dispersal from malaria-infected erythrocytes. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology. 36(1). 77–85. 49 indexed citations

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