Alison N. Thorburn

6.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
17 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Alison N. Thorburn is a scholar working on Immunology, Physiology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alison N. Thorburn has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Immunology, 9 papers in Physiology and 4 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Alison N. Thorburn's work include Asthma and respiratory diseases (8 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (6 papers) and Pediatric health and respiratory diseases (4 papers). Alison N. Thorburn is often cited by papers focused on Asthma and respiratory diseases (8 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (6 papers) and Pediatric health and respiratory diseases (4 papers). Alison N. Thorburn collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Germany and United Kingdom. Alison N. Thorburn's co-authors include Charles R. Mackay, Laurence Macia, Jian Tan, Craig I. McKenzie, Philip M. Hansbro, Peter G. Gibson, Paul S. Foster, Lauren C. Binge, Kate E. Rogers and Jan Kranich and has published in prestigious journals such as Immunity, The Journal of Immunology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Alison N. Thorburn

16 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit 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.

The Role of Short-Chain Fatty Acids in Health and Disease

2014 1.8k citations Jian Tan, Craig I. McKenzie et al. Advances in immunology profile →
Diet, Metabolites, and “Western-Lifestyle” Inflammatory Diseases

2014 677 citations Alison N. Thorburn, Laurence Macia et al. Immunity profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alison N. Thorburn Australia	13	1.8k	1.1k	472	385	376	17	3.1k
Heidi Schilter Australia	15	2.0k 1.1×	839 0.8×	485 1.0×	360 0.9×	324 0.9×	18	3.1k
Catherine Ngom‐Bru Switzerland	11	2.0k 1.1×	934 0.9×	371 0.8×	492 1.3×	388 1.0×	17	3.1k
Remo Frei Switzerland	30	1.1k 0.6×	1.3k 1.2×	660 1.4×	405 1.1×	298 0.8×	58	3.1k
Sophie Nutten Switzerland	26	1.3k 0.8×	1.2k 1.1×	635 1.3×	640 1.7×	489 1.3×	57	4.5k
Craig I. McKenzie Australia	15	1.9k 1.1×	988 0.9×	479 1.0×	423 1.1×	399 1.1×	24	3.3k
Dallas R. Donohoe United States	20	2.7k 1.5×	994 0.9×	280 0.6×	325 0.8×	307 0.8×	43	3.8k
Alexander G. Haslberger Austria	38	2.1k 1.2×	901 0.9×	403 0.9×	530 1.4×	250 0.7×	106	4.0k
Anke Sichelstiel Switzerland	8	1.7k 1.0×	917 0.9×	524 1.1×	308 0.8×	205 0.5×	9	2.8k
Caleb Kelly United States	23	2.4k 1.4×	900 0.9×	670 1.4×	377 1.0×	289 0.8×	41	4.1k
Marı́a Julieta González Chile	8	2.0k 1.1×	688 0.7×	385 0.8×	465 1.2×	387 1.0×	10	3.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Alison N. Thorburn

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Alison N. Thorburn's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Alison N. Thorburn with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Alison N. Thorburn more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Alison N. Thorburn

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Alison N. Thorburn. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Alison N. Thorburn. The network helps show where Alison N. Thorburn may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alison N. Thorburn

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alison N. Thorburn. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alison N. Thorburn 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 Alison N. Thorburn. Alison N. Thorburn is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

Sort: Min cites: Since: Top N: Style:

17 of 17 papers shown

Chevalier, Nina, Jian Tan, Linda J. Mason, et al.. (2016). Avenues to autoimmune arthritis triggered by diverse remote inflammatory challenges. Journal of Autoimmunity. 73. 120–129. 4 indexed citations

Thorburn, Alison N., Hsin‐Yi Tseng, Chantal Donovan, et al.. (2016). TLR2, TLR4 AND MyD88 Mediate Allergic Airway Disease (AAD) and Streptococcus pneumoniae-Induced Suppression of AAD. PLoS ONE. 11(6). e0156402–e0156402. 28 indexed citations

Chevalier, Nina, Laurence Macia, Jian Tan, et al.. (2015). The Role of Follicular Helper T Cell Molecules and Environmental Influences in Autoantibody Production and Progression to Inflammatory Arthritis in Mice. Arthritis & Rheumatology. 68(4). 1026–1038. 23 indexed citations

Tan, Jian, et al.. (2014). The Role of Short-Chain Fatty Acids in Health and Disease. Advances in immunology. 121. 91–119. 1822 indexed citations breakdown →

Thorburn, Alison N., Laurence Macia, & Charles R. Mackay. (2014). Diet, Metabolites, and “Western-Lifestyle” Inflammatory Diseases. Immunity. 40(6). 833–842. 677 indexed citations breakdown →

Morison, Jessica, Jürgen Homann, Maree V. Hammett, et al.. (2014). Establishment of Transplantation Tolerance via Minimal Conditioning in Aged Recipients. American Journal of Transplantation. 14(11). 2478–2490. 2 indexed citations

Chevalier, Nina, Alison N. Thorburn, Laurence Macia, et al.. (2014). Inflammation and Lymphopenia Trigger Autoimmunity by Suppression of IL-2–Controlled Regulatory T Cell and Increase of IL-21–Mediated Effector T Cell Expansion. The Journal of Immunology. 193(10). 4845–4858. 17 indexed citations

Khong, Sacha, Natalie L. Payne, Christopher Siatskas, et al.. (2013). Alveolar Macrophages Are Critical for the Inhibition of Allergic Asthma by Mesenchymal Stromal Cells. The Journal of Immunology. 191(12). 5914–5924. 80 indexed citations

Thorburn, Alison N., Alexandra C. Brown, Prema M. Nair, et al.. (2013). Pneumococcal Components Induce Regulatory T Cells That Attenuate the Development of Allergic Airways Disease by Deviating and Suppressing the Immune Response to Allergen. The Journal of Immunology. 191(8). 4112–4120. 20 indexed citations

10.

Thorburn, Alison N., Paul S. Foster, Peter G. Gibson, & Philip M. Hansbro. (2012). Components of Streptococcus pneumoniae Suppress Allergic Airways Disease and NKT Cells by Inducing Regulatory T Cells. The Journal of Immunology. 188(9). 4611–4620. 74 indexed citations

11.

Macia, Laurence, Alison N. Thorburn, Lauren C. Binge, et al.. (2011). Microbial influences on epithelial integrity and immune function as a basis for inflammatory diseases. Immunological Reviews. 245(1). 164–176. 173 indexed citations

12.

Thorburn, Alison N., Brendan O’Sullivan, Ranjeny Thomas, et al.. (2010). Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine-induced regulatory T cells suppress the development of allergic airways disease. Thorax. 65(12). 1053–1060. 56 indexed citations

13.

Thorburn, Alison N. & Philip M. Hansbro. (2010). Harnessing Regulatory T cells to Suppress Asthma. American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology. 43(5). 511–519. 78 indexed citations

14.

Preston, Julie A., Alison N. Thorburn, Malcolm R. Starkey, et al.. (2010). Streptococcus pneumoniaeinfection suppresses allergic airways disease by inducing regulatory T-cells. European Respiratory Journal. 37(1). 53–64. 71 indexed citations

15.

Thorburn, Alison N., Paul S. Foster, Peter G. Gibson, & Philip M. Hansbro. (2010). Streptococcus Pneumoniae Vaccine, Prevenar, Induces Regulatory T Cells And Prevents Allergic Airways Disease. A5599–A5599.

16.

Hansbro, Philip M., Alison N. Thorburn, Paul S. Foster, & Peter G. Gibson. (2009). Streptococcus pneumoniae vaccine, Prevenar, utilises Tregs to suppress Asthma (140.2). The Journal of Immunology. 182(Supplement_1). 140.2–140.2. 1 indexed citations

17.

Thorburn, Alison N., Philip M. Hansbro, & Peter G. Gibson. (2009). Pneumococcal vaccines for allergic airways diseases. Expert Opinion on Biological Therapy. 9(5). 621–629. 12 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact