Anthony A. James

16.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
223 papers, 10.8k citations indexed

About

Anthony A. James is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Insect Science and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Anthony A. James has authored 223 papers receiving a total of 10.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 152 papers in Molecular Biology, 127 papers in Insect Science and 89 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Anthony A. James's work include Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (107 papers), Insect Resistance and Genetics (98 papers) and Mosquito-borne diseases and control (78 papers). Anthony A. James is often cited by papers focused on Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (107 papers), Insect Resistance and Genetics (98 papers) and Mosquito-borne diseases and control (78 papers). Anthony A. James collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. Anthony A. James's co-authors include Nijole Jasinskiene, Osvaldo Marinotti, Mariangela Bonizzoni, Craig J. Coates, José M. C. Ribeiro, Jennifer Juhn, Brenda T. Beerntsen, Ken E. Olson, Ethan Bier and Giuliano Gasperi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Anthony A. James

219 papers receiving 10.5k citations

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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.

Highly efficient Cas9-mediated gene drive for population modification of the malaria vector mosquito Anopheles stephensi

2015 667 citations Valentino M. Gantz, Nijole Jasinskiene et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
The invasive mosquito species Aedes albopictus: current knowledge and future perspectives

2013 451 citations Anthony A. James et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Anthony A. James United States	53	5.8k	5.2k	4.8k	2.1k	1.4k	223	10.8k
Frank H. Collins United States	60	4.0k 0.7×	5.9k 1.1×	7.7k 1.6×	2.0k 1.0×	1.8k 1.2×	172	13.7k
Andrea Crisanti United Kingdom	54	3.3k 0.6×	4.9k 0.9×	3.5k 0.7×	2.1k 1.0×	1.3k 0.9×	167	10.1k
George Dimopoulos United States	61	8.0k 1.4×	3.3k 0.6×	8.1k 1.7×	6.0k 2.9×	659 0.5×	192	13.6k
Marcelo Jacobs‐Lorena United States	56	3.5k 0.6×	4.3k 0.8×	3.8k 0.8×	2.7k 1.3×	726 0.5×	189	8.7k
Serap Aksoy United States	55	6.8k 1.2×	1.7k 0.3×	2.4k 0.5×	1.1k 0.5×	1.0k 0.7×	203	9.2k
Alessandra della Torre Italy	48	1.8k 0.3×	2.5k 0.5×	5.6k 1.2×	767 0.4×	1.2k 0.8×	157	7.8k
Bruce M. Christensen United States	45	3.9k 0.7×	1.7k 0.3×	2.2k 0.4×	2.7k 1.3×	531 0.4×	180	6.5k
Jean‐Luc Imler France	47	3.3k 0.6×	2.9k 0.6×	1.4k 0.3×	4.8k 2.3×	995 0.7×	98	8.4k
Alexander S. Raikhel United States	64	5.6k 1.0×	4.2k 0.8×	2.2k 0.5×	2.8k 1.4×	2.7k 1.8×	170	10.9k
Just M. Vlak Netherlands	63	7.2k 1.2×	9.9k 1.9×	1.5k 0.3×	3.5k 1.7×	1.5k 1.1×	340	14.8k

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Carballar‐Lejarazú, Rebeca, Thai Binh Pham, Taylor Tushar, & Anthony A. James. (2025). Mutant allele formation and inheritance during Cas9/guide RNA-mediated gene drive in a population modification mosquito strain for human malaria control. Genetics. 231(3).

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Zhao, Siyu, et al.. (2024). The odorant‐binding protein genes obp67 and obp56d‐like encode products that guide oviposition site selection in the Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus. Insect Science. 32(3). 991–1003. 5 indexed citations

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Kong, Ling, Zhensheng Xie, Hongkai Liu, et al.. (2024). miR‐2940‐1 is involved in the circadian regulation of oviposition in Aedes albopictus. Insect Science. 32(1). 69–79. 1 indexed citations

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Liu, Hongkai, Zongyi Xie, Yi Wu, et al.. (2024). Vision guides the twilight search for oviposition sites of the Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 18(11). e0012674–e0012674. 1 indexed citations

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Zhang, Genwei, Guodong Niu, Xiaohong Wang, et al.. (2023). Targeting plasmodium α-tubulin-1 to block malaria transmission to mosquitoes. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 13. 1132647–1132647. 6 indexed citations

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Carballar‐Lejarazú, Rebeca, Yuemei Dong, Thai Binh Pham, et al.. (2023). Dual effector population modification gene-drive strains of the African malaria mosquitoes, Anopheles gambiae and Anopheles coluzzii. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(29). e2221118120–e2221118120. 40 indexed citations

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Yu, Ye, Zhongjie Zhang, Bo Hu, et al.. (2023). Engineering a complex, multiple enzyme-mediated synthesis of natural plant pigments in the silkworm, Bombyx mori. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(33). e2306322120–e2306322120. 12 indexed citations

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Yang, Wenqiang, Ling Kong, Siyu Zhao, et al.. (2023). A DBHS family member regulates male determination in the filariasis vector Armigeres subalbatus. Nature Communications. 14(1). 2292–2292. 4 indexed citations

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Zhao, Yijie, Xinghua Su, Jianxia Tang, et al.. (2022). CRISPR/Cas9-mediated F1534S substitution in the voltage-gated sodium channel reveals its necessity and sufficiency for deltamethrin resistance in Aedes albopictus. Journal of Pest Science. 96(3). 1173–1186. 10 indexed citations

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Lai, Zetian, Xiaolin Xiao, Lihua Xie, et al.. (2022). Development and evaluation of an efficient and real-time monitoring system for the vector mosquitoes, Aedes albopictus and Culex quinquefasciatus. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 16(9). e0010701–e0010701. 2 indexed citations

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Zhao, Yijie, Zhensheng Xie, Ling Kong, et al.. (2022). The AalNix3&4 isoform is required and sufficient to convert Aedes albopictus females into males. PLoS Genetics. 18(6). e1010280–e1010280. 3 indexed citations

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Carballar‐Lejarazú, Rebeca, et al.. (2021). Digital-Droplet PCR to Detect Indels Mutations in Genetically Modified Anopheline Mosquito Populations. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 1 indexed citations

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Adolfi, Adriana, Amy Lynd, Gareth Lycett, & Anthony A. James. (2021). Site-Directed <em>φC31</em>-Mediated Integration and Cassette Exchange in <em>Anopheles</em> Vectors of Malaria. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 1 indexed citations

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Carballar‐Lejarazú, Rebeca, et al.. (2021). Digital-Droplet PCR to Detect Indels Mutations in Genetically Modified Anopheline Mosquito Populations. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 1 indexed citations

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Carballar‐Lejarazú, Rebeca, Thai Binh Pham, Vanessa Bottino-Rojas, Adriana Adolfi, & Anthony A. James. (2021). Small-Cage Laboratory Trials of Genetically-Engineered Anopheline Mosquitoes. Journal of Visualized Experiments.

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Runtuwene, Lucky Ronald, Shuichi Kawashima, Josef S. B. Tuda, et al.. (2020). The Lethal(2)-Essential-for-Life [L(2)EFL] Gene Family Modulates Dengue Virus Infection in Aedes aegypti. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 21(20). 7520–7520. 12 indexed citations

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Gantz, Valentino M., et al.. (2015). Highly efficient Cas9-mediated gene drive for population modification of the malaria vector mosquito Anopheles stephensi. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(49). E6736–43. 667 indexed citations breakdown →

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Fu, Guoliang, Rosemary Susan Lees, Derric Nimmo, et al.. (2010). Female-specific flightless phenotype for mosquito control. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(10). 4550–4554. 245 indexed citations

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Franz, Alexander W. E., Irma Sánchez-Vargas, Zach N. Adelman, et al.. (2006). Engineering RNA interference-based resistance to dengue virus type 2 in genetically modified Aedes aegypti. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(11). 4198–4203. 299 indexed citations

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Adams, Michael E., David L. Denlinger, Tarlochan S. Dhadialla, et al.. (2006). The Fifth International Symposium on Molecular Insect Science. Journal of Insect Science. 6(46). 1–75. 3 indexed citations

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