Andrew Nelson

15.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
108 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Andrew Nelson is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Andrew Nelson has authored 108 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Molecular Biology, 15 papers in Immunology and 14 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Andrew Nelson's work include Gut microbiota and health (25 papers), Infant Nutrition and Health (12 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (8 papers). Andrew Nelson is often cited by papers focused on Gut microbiota and health (25 papers), Infant Nutrition and Health (12 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (8 papers). Andrew Nelson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Andrew Nelson's co-authors include Andrew G. Farr, Stephen Cummings, Christopher J. Stewart, John D. Perry, Nicholas D. Embleton, Janet Berrington, Emma C. L. Marrs, Christoph Peters, Wera Roth and T Nakagawa and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Andrew Nelson

102 papers receiving 3.4k 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.

Cathepsin L: Critical Role in Ii Degradation and CD4 T Cell Selection in the Thymus

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Andrew Nelson United Kingdom	31	1.2k	942	664	395	337	108	3.5k
Timothy A. Reinhardt United States	46	1.8k 1.5×	826 0.9×	1.3k 1.9×	566 1.4×	283 0.8×	169	7.9k
Luz E. Tavera-Mendoza Canada	18	620 0.5×	500 0.5×	642 1.0×	381 1.0×	167 0.5×	20	3.1k
Susanne Krauss‐Etschmann Germany	36	975 0.8×	1.1k 1.2×	604 0.9×	365 0.9×	934 2.8×	95	4.1k
Giuseppe Radaelli Italy	39	754 0.6×	701 0.7×	522 0.8×	541 1.4×	244 0.7×	165	4.7k
Masaru Murakami Japan	31	1.4k 1.2×	538 0.6×	315 0.5×	442 1.1×	285 0.8×	237	3.7k
Robert Häsler Germany	35	2.5k 2.0×	980 1.0×	217 0.3×	506 1.3×	229 0.7×	78	4.6k
Jesse P. Goff United States	49	528 0.4×	974 1.0×	811 1.2×	274 0.7×	160 0.5×	153	9.0k
Klaus Failing Germany	42	1.1k 0.9×	522 0.6×	151 0.2×	595 1.5×	359 1.1×	312	6.7k
Catherine A. Thornton United Kingdom	32	528 0.4×	821 0.9×	357 0.5×	373 0.9×	284 0.8×	105	3.3k
Xin Luo China	33	2.3k 1.9×	1.1k 1.1×	328 0.5×	402 1.0×	103 0.3×	170	4.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Andrew Nelson

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Andrew Nelson

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20 of 20 papers shown

Nelson, Andrew, Rachel M. Chalmers, Daniel Thomas, et al.. (2025). A large Cryptosporidium parvum outbreak associated with a lamb-feeding event at a commercial farm in South Wales, March–April 2024: a retrospective cohort study. Epidemiology and Infection. 153. e82–e82. 1 indexed citations

Doyle, Lindsey, Maria Puiu, Abigail Kelly, et al.. (2025). PglZ from Type I BREX phage defence systems is a metal-dependent nuclease that forms a sub-complex with BrxB. Nucleic Acids Research. 53(12).

Gupta, Meghna, Nitesh Khandelwal, Andrew Nelson, et al.. (2025). Structural basis of aquaporin-4 autoantibody binding in neuromyelitis optica. Science Advances. 11(8). eadq7560–eadq7560. 3 indexed citations

Young, Gregory R., Andrew Nelson, Marieke Abrahamse‐Berkeveld, et al.. (2025). Spatiotemporal development of late and moderate preterm infant gut and oral microbiomes and impact of gestational age on early colonization. mSystems. 10(12). e0066725–e0066725.

Nelson, Andrew, David R. Chadwick, Stephen Cobley, et al.. (2024). Evaluation of wastewater surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 in a prison population: a mixed-methods approach. Frontiers in Public Health. 12. 1462186–1462186. 1 indexed citations

Moss, Ellen, Stephen P. Rushton, Paul Baker, et al.. (2024). Spatial and temporal epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 virus lineages in Teesside, UK, in 2020: effects of socio-economic deprivation, weather, and lockdown on lineage dynamics. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4. 1 indexed citations

Morgan, Richard, Andrew Nelson, Giuseppina Mariano, et al.. (2024). Structure and rational engineering of the PglX methyltransferase and specificity factor for BREX phage defence. Nature Communications. 15(1). 7236–7236. 6 indexed citations

Heinsbroek, Ellen, Neville Q. Verlander, David R. Greig, et al.. (2024). An outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli serotype O103:H2 associated with unpasteurized soft cheese, England and Wales, 2022. Epidemiology and Infection. 152. e172–e172. 1 indexed citations

Yew, Wen C., Gregory R. Young, Andrew Nelson, et al.. (2023). The core phageome and its interrelationship with preterm human milk lipids. Cell Reports. 42(11). 113373–113373. 8 indexed citations

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Nelson, Andrew, Christopher J. Stewart, Nicholas A. Kennedy, et al.. (2020). The Impact ofNOD2Genetic Variants on the Gut Mycobiota in Crohn’s Disease Patients in Remission and in Individuals Without Gastrointestinal Inflammation. Journal of Crohn s and Colitis. 15(5). 800–812. 32 indexed citations

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Myles, LaToya, Erwan Personne, Mark Heuer, et al.. (2019). Implementation of the effect of urease inhibitor on ammonia emissions following urea-based fertilizer application at a Zea mays field in central Illinois: A study with SURFATM-NH3 model. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 269-270. 78–87. 11 indexed citations

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Nelson, Andrew, Sotiria Koloutsou‐Vakakis, Mark J. Rood, et al.. (2018). Ammonia flux measurements above a corn canopy using relaxed eddy accumulation and a flux gradient system. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 264. 104–113. 13 indexed citations

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Powell, Jason, James P. Garnett, Michael Mather, et al.. (2018). Excess Mucin Impairs Subglottic Epithelial Host Defense in Mechanically Ventilated Patients. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 198(3). 340–349. 18 indexed citations

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Stewart, Christopher J., Nicholas D. Embleton, Elizabeth Clements, et al.. (2017). Cesarean or Vaginal Birth Does Not Impact the Longitudinal Development of the Gut Microbiome in a Cohort of Exclusively Preterm Infants. Frontiers in Microbiology. 8. 1008–1008. 47 indexed citations

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Abdulkadi̇r, Bashi̇r, Andrew Nelson, Tom Skeath, et al.. (2016). Routine Use of Probiotics in Preterm Infants: Longitudinal Impact on the Microbiome and Metabolome. Neonatology. 109(4). 239–247. 72 indexed citations

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Nelson, Andrew, Mark Heuer, Caroline E. R. Lehmann, et al.. (2014). Measurement of Bi-Directional Ammonia Exchange Above a Maize Canopy in the Midwestern United States. AGUFM. 2014. 1 indexed citations

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Abraham, David, et al.. (2014). Comparison of current therapies against endothelin-induced growth in pulmonary smooth arterial muscle cells (PASMCs) derived from patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension. European Respiratory Journal. 44(Suppl 58). P2355–P2355. 3 indexed citations

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Coulthard, Malcolm, et al.. (2010). Redefining Urinary Tract Infections by Bacterial Colony Counts. PEDIATRICS. 125(2). 335–341. 48 indexed citations

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Nelson, Andrew, Anthony De Soyza, Stephen Bourke, John D. Perry, & Stephen Cummings. (2010). Assessment of sample handling practices on microbial activity in sputum samples from patients with cystic fibrosis. Letters in Applied Microbiology. 51(3). 272–277. 21 indexed citations

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Takaki, Rayna, Yoshihiro Hayakawa, Andrew Nelson, et al.. (2005). IL-21 Enhances Tumor Rejection through a NKG2D-Dependent Mechanism. The Journal of Immunology. 175(4). 2167–2173. 105 indexed citations

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