Alekos Simoni

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Alekos Simoni is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Insect Science and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Alekos Simoni has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Insect Science and 4 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Alekos Simoni's work include CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (10 papers), Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (7 papers) and Insect Resistance and Genetics (5 papers). Alekos Simoni is often cited by papers focused on CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (10 papers), Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (7 papers) and Insect Resistance and Genetics (5 papers). Alekos Simoni collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Italy and United States. Alekos Simoni's co-authors include Andrea Crisanti, Andrew Hammond, Kyros Kyrou, Tony Nolan, Roberto Galizi, Matthew O. Gribble, Austin Burt, Nikolai Windbichler, Steven Russell and Dean A. Baker and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Alekos Simoni

15 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

A CRISPR-Cas9 gene drive system targeting female reproduction in the malaria mosquito vector Anopheles gambiae

2015 774 citations Andrew Hammond, Roberto Galizi et al. Nature Biotechnology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alekos Simoni United Kingdom	11	882	609	351	294	225	15	1.4k
Michael M. Magwire United States	22	534 0.6×	554 0.9×	77 0.2×	934 3.2×	288 1.3×	25	1.9k
Samuel S. C. Rund United States	20	102 0.1×	220 0.4×	468 1.3×	185 0.6×	139 0.6×	31	942
Anandasankar Ray United States	27	270 0.3×	929 1.5×	174 0.5×	932 3.2×	277 1.2×	43	2.0k
Dimitris Katsanos United Kingdom	7	628 0.7×	408 0.7×	250 0.7×	162 0.6×	108 0.5×	9	844
Phoebe Tzou France	8	456 0.5×	786 1.3×	137 0.4×	104 0.4×	84 0.4×	8	1.6k
Frank W. Avila United States	20	206 0.2×	675 1.1×	273 0.8×	934 3.2×	61 0.3×	41	1.7k
Catherine A. Hill United States	10	243 0.3×	449 0.7×	115 0.3×	305 1.0×	57 0.3×	13	936
David Doležel Czechia	26	263 0.3×	381 0.6×	57 0.2×	483 1.6×	401 1.8×	53	1.7k
Matthias B. Van Hiel Belgium	16	384 0.4×	334 0.5×	45 0.1×	364 1.2×	40 0.2×	19	1.1k
Catharine Boothroyd United States	11	218 0.2×	89 0.1×	112 0.3×	109 0.4×	277 1.2×	12	889

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alekos Simoni

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15 of 15 papers shown

Simoni, Alekos, et al.. (2025). Genetic control strategies for population suppression in the Anopheles gambiae complex: a review of current technologies. Current Opinion in Insect Science. 72. 101430–101430. 1 indexed citations

Taxiarchi, Chrysanthi, Marco Galardini, Roxana L. Minuz, et al.. (2024). Anti-CRISPR Anopheles mosquitoes inhibit gene drive spread under challenging behavioural conditions in large cages. Nature Communications. 15(1). 952–952. 12 indexed citations

Pollegioni, Paola, Roxana L. Minuz, Chiara Leo, et al.. (2022). Introgression of a synthetic sex ratio distortion transgene into different genetic backgrounds of Anopheles coluzzii. Insect Molecular Biology. 32(1). 56–68. 6 indexed citations

Simoni, Alekos. (2022). Movement of genetically modified insects for research purposes. Revue Scientifique et Technique de l OIE. 41(1). 100–106. 4 indexed citations

Garrood, William T., Nace Kranjc, Karl Petri, et al.. (2021). Analysis of off-target effects in CRISPR-based gene drives in the human malaria mosquito. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(22). 23 indexed citations

Hammond, Andrew, Paola Pollegioni, Ace North, et al.. (2021). Gene-drive suppression of mosquito populations in large cages as a bridge between lab and field. Nature Communications. 12(1). 4589–4589. 82 indexed citations

Annas, George J., Chase L. Beisel, Kendell Clement, et al.. (2021). A Code of Ethics for Gene Drive Research. The CRISPR Journal. 4(1). 19–24. 29 indexed citations

Simoni, Alekos, Andrew Hammond, Andrea Beaghton, et al.. (2020). A male-biased sex-distorter gene drive for the human malaria vector Anopheles gambiae. Nature Biotechnology. 38(9). 1054–1060. 136 indexed citations

Simoni, Alekos, Andrew Hammond, Andrea Beaghton, et al.. (2020). Author Correction: A male-biased sex-distorter gene drive for the human malaria vector Anopheles gambiae. Nature Biotechnology. 38(9). 1097–1097. 5 indexed citations

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Hammond, Andrew, Roberto Galizi, Kyros Kyrou, et al.. (2015). A CRISPR-Cas9 gene drive system targeting female reproduction in the malaria mosquito vector Anopheles gambiae. Nature Biotechnology. 34(1). 78–83. 774 indexed citations breakdown →

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Simoni, Alekos, et al.. (2014). Development of synthetic selfish elements based on modular nucleases in Drosophila melanogaster. Nucleic Acids Research. 42(11). 7461–7472. 49 indexed citations

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Simoni, Alekos, et al.. (2014). A Mechanosensory Pathway to the Drosophila Circadian Clock. Science. 343(6170). 525–528. 55 indexed citations

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Gentile, Carla, Hana Sehadová, Alekos Simoni, Chenghao Chen, & Ralf Stanewsky. (2013). Cryptochrome Antagonizes Synchronization of Drosophila’s Circadian Clock to Temperature Cycles. Current Biology. 23(3). 185–195. 47 indexed citations

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Simoni, Alekos, et al.. (2013). The Pyrexia transient receptor potential channel mediates circadian clock synchronization to low temperature cycles in Drosophila melanogaster. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 280(1768). 20130959–20130959. 39 indexed citations

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Sehadová, Hana, et al.. (2009). Temperature Entrainment of Drosophila's Circadian Clock Involves the Gene nocte and Signaling from Peripheral Sensory Tissues to the Brain. Neuron. 64(2). 251–266. 114 indexed citations

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