Alassane Dicko

6.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
92 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Alassane Dicko is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alassane Dicko has authored 92 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 79 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 13 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 13 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Alassane Dicko's work include Malaria Research and Control (78 papers), Mosquito-borne diseases and control (47 papers) and Complement system in diseases (12 papers). Alassane Dicko is often cited by papers focused on Malaria Research and Control (78 papers), Mosquito-borne diseases and control (47 papers) and Complement system in diseases (12 papers). Alassane Dicko collaborates with scholars based in Mali, United States and United Kingdom. Alassane Dicko's co-authors include Ogobara K. Doumbo, Issaka Sagara, Abdoulaye Djimdé, Christopher V. Plowe, Thomas E. Wellems, Kassoum Kayentao, Safiatou Doumbo, Takashi Nomura, Xin Su and David A. Fidock and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Blood and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Alassane Dicko

89 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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 Molecular Marker for Chloroquine-Resistant Falciparum Malaria

2001 778 citations Abdoulaye Djimdé, Kassoum Kayentao et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alassane Dicko Mali	28	2.3k	396	384	376	354	92	2.8k
Miriam K. Laufer United States	26	1.9k 0.8×	319 0.8×	416 1.1×	214 0.6×	387 1.1×	107	2.4k
Saorin Kim Cambodia	27	2.1k 0.9×	512 1.3×	433 1.1×	199 0.5×	261 0.7×	56	2.4k
Chea Nguon Cambodia	29	2.4k 1.0×	452 1.1×	366 1.0×	183 0.5×	439 1.2×	56	2.9k
Rachel Hallett United Kingdom	24	1.6k 0.7×	409 1.0×	338 0.9×	245 0.7×	171 0.5×	45	2.1k
Michael Alifrangis Denmark	37	3.1k 1.3×	492 1.2×	668 1.7×	394 1.0×	273 0.8×	156	3.9k
Samuel L. Nsobya Uganda	28	1.8k 0.8×	550 1.4×	332 0.9×	270 0.7×	188 0.5×	72	2.1k
Ian M. Hastings United Kingdom	38	2.8k 1.2×	476 1.2×	433 1.1×	265 0.7×	215 0.6×	121	4.0k
J. Kevin Baird Indonesia	31	3.1k 1.3×	246 0.6×	702 1.8×	384 1.0×	586 1.7×	71	4.0k
Walther H. Wernsdorfer Austria	22	2.9k 1.3×	503 1.3×	537 1.4×	426 1.1×	164 0.5×	78	3.6k
Theonest K. Mutabingwa Tanzania	34	2.9k 1.2×	423 1.1×	482 1.3×	416 1.1×	573 1.6×	55	3.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alassane Dicko

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Mahamar, Almahamoudou, Kjerstin Lanke, Koualy Sanogo, et al.. (2025). Life cycle assessment of a clinical malaria trial in Mali reveals large environmental impacts of electricity consumption and international travel. Radboud Repository (Radboud University). 4(2). e0000131–e0000131.

Diawara, Halimatou, Jane Grant, Alassane Dicko, et al.. (2025). Acceptability of the R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine alongside existing malaria interventions in the trial context. BMJ Global Health. 10(2). e015524–e015524. 1 indexed citations

Mahamar, Almahamoudou, Moussa Traoré, Bruce Swihart, et al.. (2024). Acquisition of antibodies that block Plasmodium falciparum adhesion to placental receptor chondroitin sulfate A with increasing gravidity in Malian women. Frontiers in Immunology. 14. 1330962–1330962. 3 indexed citations

Djimdé, Moussa, Kassoum Kayentao, Bakary Fofana, et al.. (2023). Variation in neutrophil levels and artemisinin-based combination therapy efficacy in West-Africa. The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries. 17(9). 1337–1345.

Cairns, Matthew, Serign J. Ceesay, Issaka Sagara, et al.. (2021). Effectiveness of seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) treatments when SMC is implemented at scale: Case–control studies in 5 countries. PLoS Medicine. 18(9). e1003727–e1003727. 36 indexed citations

Diarra, Modibo, Drissa Coulibaly, Amadou Tapily, et al.. (2021). Monitoring of the Sensitivity In Vivo of Plasmodium falciparum to Artemether-Lumefantrine in Mali. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease. 6(1). 13–13. 1 indexed citations

Cairns, Matthew, Yves Daniel Compaoré, Issaka Sagara, et al.. (2021). Nutritional status in young children prior to the malaria transmission season in Burkina Faso and Mali, and its impact on the incidence of clinical malaria. Malaria Journal. 20(1). 274–274. 4 indexed citations

Renn, Jonathan P., Justin Doritchamou, Robert Morrison, et al.. (2021). Allelic variants of full-length VAR2CSA, the placental malaria vaccine candidate, differ in antigenicity and receptor binding affinity. Communications Biology. 4(1). 15 indexed citations

Mahamar, Almahamoudou, Djibrilla Issiaka, Sidi M. Niambele, et al.. (2021). Effect of 4 years of seasonal malaria chemoprevention on the acquisition of antibodies to Plasmodium falciparum antigens in Ouelessebougou, Mali. Malaria Journal. 20(1). 23–23. 5 indexed citations

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Chandramohan, Daniel, Alassane Dicko, Issaka Zongo, et al.. (2020). Seasonal malaria vaccination: protocol of a phase 3 trial of seasonal vaccination with the RTS,S/AS01_Evaccine, seasonal malaria chemoprevention and the combination of vaccination and chemoprevention. BMJ Open. 10(9). e035433–e035433. 3 indexed citations

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Cairns, Matthew, Issaka Sagara, Issaka Zongo, et al.. (2020). Evaluation of seasonal malaria chemoprevention in two areas of intense seasonal malaria transmission: Secondary analysis of a household-randomised, placebo-controlled trial in Houndé District, Burkina Faso and Bougouni District, Mali. PLoS Medicine. 17(8). e1003214–e1003214. 20 indexed citations

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Mahamar, Almahamoudou, Djibrilla Issiaka, Amadou Barry, et al.. (2017). Effect of seasonal malaria chemoprevention on the acquisition of antibodies to Plasmodium falciparum antigens in Ouelessebougou, Mali. Malaria Journal. 16(1). 289–289. 12 indexed citations

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Dicko, Alassane, Issaka Sagara, Abdoulaye Djimdé, et al.. (2010). Molecular markers of resistance to sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine one year after implementation of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in infants in Mali. Malaria Journal. 9(1). 9–9. 44 indexed citations

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Dicko, Alassane, Issaka Sagara, Mahamadou S. Sissoko, et al.. (2008). Impact of intermittent preventive treatment with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine targeting the transmission season on the incidence of clinical malaria in children in Mali. Malaria Journal. 7(1). 123–123. 85 indexed citations

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Miura, Kazutoyo, Hong Zhou, Gregory Mullen, et al.. (2007). Purified IGGS from unvaccinated malians interfere with the biological activity of apical membrane antigen 1-specific IGGS as judged by the in vitro growth inhibition assay. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 77(5). 4–4. 3 indexed citations

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Ngoungou, Edgard Brice, Belco Poudiougou, Olivier Dulac, et al.. (2007). Séquelles neurologiques persistantes dues au paludisme cérébral dans une cohorte d’enfants au Mali. Revue Neurologique. 163(5). 583–588. 11 indexed citations

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Gaudart, Jean, Belco Poudiougou, Alassane Dicko, et al.. (2006). Space-time clustering of childhood malaria at the household level: a dynamic cohort in a Mali village. BMC Public Health. 6(1). 286–286. 115 indexed citations

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Dicko, Alassane, Carsten Mantel, Issaka Sagara, et al.. (2005). Season, fever prevalence and pyrogenic threshold for malaria disease definition in an endemic area of Mali. Tropical Medicine & International Health. 10(6). 550–556. 72 indexed citations

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Sagara, Issaka, et al.. (1999). Pyrimethamine-sulfadoxine efficacy and selection for mutations in Plasmodium falciparum dihydrofolate reductase and dihydropteroate synthase in Mali.. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 60(3). 475–478. 52 indexed citations

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Plowe, Christopher V., et al.. (1998). Use of antimalarial drugs in Mali: policy versus reality.. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 59(3). 376–379. 44 indexed citations

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