Ali Sher

4.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
67 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Ali Sher is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Parasitology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ali Sher has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 15 papers in Parasitology and 9 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Ali Sher's work include Malaria Research and Control (15 papers), Mosquito-borne diseases and control (12 papers) and Parasites and Host Interactions (8 papers). Ali Sher is often cited by papers focused on Malaria Research and Control (15 papers), Mosquito-borne diseases and control (12 papers) and Parasites and Host Interactions (8 papers). Ali Sher collaborates with scholars based in United States, Kuwait and China. Ali Sher's co-authors include Robert L. Coffman, Ricardo T. Gazzinelli, W E Paul, R A Seder, Sara Hieny, David L. Sacks, Jamshaid Iqbal, Allen W. Cheever, Thomas A. Wynn and M. F. Tam and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and The Journal of Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Ali Sher

65 papers receiving 3.8k 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.

Interleukin 12 acts directly on CD4+ T cells to enhance priming for interferon gamma production and diminishes interleukin 4 inhibition of such priming.

1993 854 citations Ricardo T. Gazzinelli, Ali Sher et al. profile →
Regulation of Immunity to Parasites by T Cells and T Cell-Derived Cytokines

1992 745 citations Ali Sher, Robert L. Coffman Annual Review of Immunology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ali Sher United States	23	1.6k	1.2k	999	843	369	67	4.0k
Margaret Perkins United States	31	570 0.4×	1.2k 0.9×	601 0.6×	386 0.5×	145 0.4×	76	2.7k
Margaret Pinder United Kingdom	48	1.3k 0.8×	4.6k 3.7×	866 0.9×	903 1.1×	772 2.1×	113	6.5k
Paul J. Edelson United States	31	744 0.5×	797 0.6×	146 0.1×	910 1.1×	429 1.2×	104	3.1k
Kamini Mendis Sri Lanka	43	1.4k 0.9×	5.9k 4.8×	1.4k 1.4×	523 0.6×	615 1.7×	130	6.9k
Michèle Barry United States	33	1.4k 0.9×	671 0.5×	180 0.2×	1.0k 1.2×	399 1.1×	90	4.3k
Jorge A. Guimarães Brazil	39	496 0.3×	375 0.3×	203 0.2×	369 0.4×	271 0.7×	177	4.4k
Rajiv Kumar India	30	561 0.4×	1.8k 1.4×	396 0.4×	951 1.1×	135 0.4×	100	2.8k
John H. Adams United States	51	2.8k 1.8×	5.2k 4.2×	1.2k 1.2×	1.7k 2.0×	409 1.1×	288	8.8k
Michelle J. Boyle Australia	32	1.3k 0.9×	2.2k 1.8×	362 0.4×	276 0.3×	217 0.6×	72	3.5k
Richard Paúl France	34	251 0.2×	2.1k 1.7×	561 0.6×	192 0.2×	1.1k 3.0×	130	3.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Ali Sher

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ali Sher

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ali Sher

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ali Sher. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ali Sher based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Ali Sher. Ali Sher is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Sher, Ali, et al.. (2025). Assessing the impact of solar trolleys on farm household income in Punjab Pakistan. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 30538–30538. 1 indexed citations

Sher, Ali, et al.. (2023). Toward sustainable agriculture: The impact of interest‐free credit on marketing decisions and technological progress in Pakistan. Sustainable Development. 32(1). 608–623. 8 indexed citations

Sher, Ali, et al.. (2023). Increasing Trend of Mixed Infections of Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax among Imported Malaria Cases in Kuwait, a Non-Endemic Country. OALib. 10(2). 1–15. 1 indexed citations

Sher, Ali, et al.. (2022). Empowering Shepreneurs to achieve the sustainable development goals: Exploring the impact of interest‐free start‐up credit, skill development and ICTs use on entrepreneurial drive. Sustainable Development. 30(5). 1235–1251. 10 indexed citations

Iqbal, Shahid, et al.. (2022). Stigma and Substance Use Disorder in Pakistan: A Comparison Over Drug Taking Duration. 19(1). 12–16. 1 indexed citations

Haque, Adnan ul, Ali Sher, & Mariusz Urbański. (2020). Is the Role of Authentic Leadership Effective in Managing Occupational Stress and Psychological Capital. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 8(2). 59–77. 11 indexed citations

Sher, Ali. (2009). Assessing the Relationship of Student-Instructor and Student-Student Interaction to Student Learning and Satisfaction in Web-Based Online Learning Environment. 8(2). 102–120. 244 indexed citations

Iqbal, Jamshaid, Faiza Mohamed Al-Ali, Ali Sher, & P. R. Hira. (2006). Imported Malaria in Kuwait (1985-2000). Journal of Travel Medicine. 10(6). 324–329. 15 indexed citations

Iqbal, Jamshaid, P. R. Hira, Faiza Mohamed Al-Ali, Nabila Khalid, & Ali Sher. (2003). Modified Giemsa Staining for Rapid Diagnosis of Malaria Infection. Medical Principles and Practice. 12(3). 156–159. 12 indexed citations

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Iqbal, Jamshaid, et al.. (2002). Drug-resistant Plasmodium falciparum infection in immigrants and non-immune travellers. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 8(11). 734–738. 5 indexed citations

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Iqbal, Jamshaid, P. R. Hira, Ali Sher, & Abdullah Alenezi. (2001). Diagnosis of imported malaria by Plasmodium lactate dehydrogenase (pLDH) and histidine-rich protein 2 (PfHRP-2)-based immunocapture assays.. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 64(1). 20–23. 55 indexed citations

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Iqbal, Jamshaid, et al.. (2000). Risk of Introduction of Drug-Resistant Malaria in a Non-Endemic Country, Kuwait: A Real Threat?. Medical Principles and Practice. 9(2). 125–130. 4 indexed citations

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Iqbal, Jamshaid, Ali Sher, & P. R. Hira. (1998). Malaria in Non-Endemic Kuwait: Detection of Very Low Level <i>Plasmodium falciparum</i> Infections Using Polymerase Chain Reaction. Medical Principles and Practice. 7(4). 277–282. 5 indexed citations

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Gazzinelli, Ricardo T., Maristela Martins De Camargo, Igor C. Almeida, et al.. (1997). Identification and Characterization of Protozoan Products That Trigger the Synthesis of IL-12 by Inflammatory Macrophages. PubMed. 68. 136–152. 22 indexed citations

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Janković, Dragana, Patricia Caspar, M Zweig, et al.. (1997). Adsorption to aluminum hydroxide promotes the activity of IL-12 as an adjuvant for antibody as well as type 1 cytokine responses to HIV-1 gp120. The Journal of Immunology. 159(5). 2409–2417. 87 indexed citations

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Denkers, Eric, Patricia Caspar, Sara Hieny, & Ali Sher. (1996). Toxoplasma gondii infection induces specific nonresponsiveness in lymphocytes bearing the V β 5 chain of the mouse T cell receptor. The Journal of Immunology. 156(3). 1089–1094. 21 indexed citations

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Wynn, Thomas A., Isam A. Eltoum, Allen W. Cheever, et al.. (1993). Analysis of cytokine mRNA expression during primary granuloma formation induced by eggs of Schistosoma mansoni .. The Journal of Immunology. 151(3). 1430–1440. 300 indexed citations

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Sher, Ali & Robert L. Coffman. (1992). Regulation of Immunity to Parasites by T Cells and T Cell-Derived Cytokines. Annual Review of Immunology. 10(1). 385–409. 745 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hakim, Fran, Ricardo T. Gazzinelli, Eric Denkers, et al.. (1991). CD8+ T cells from mice vaccinated against Toxoplasma gondii are cytotoxic for parasite-infected or antigen-pulsed host cells. The Journal of Immunology. 147(7). 2310–2316. 131 indexed citations

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Sacks, David L., Sara Hieny, & Ali Sher. (1985). Identification of cell surface carbohydrate and antigenic changes between noninfective and infective developmental stages of Leishmania major promastigotes.. The Journal of Immunology. 135(1). 564–569. 295 indexed citations

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