Colin Summers

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Colin Summers is a scholar working on Immunology and Allergy, Immunology and Dermatology. According to data from OpenAlex, Colin Summers has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Immunology and Allergy, 8 papers in Immunology and 4 papers in Dermatology. Recurrent topics in Colin Summers's work include Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Research (8 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (4 papers) and T-cell and B-cell Immunology (4 papers). Colin Summers is often cited by papers focused on Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Research (8 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (4 papers) and T-cell and B-cell Immunology (4 papers). Colin Summers collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Netherlands and South Africa. Colin Summers's co-authors include Laurian Zuidmeer, Roberto J. Rona, Charlotte Bernhard Madsen, Sigurveig Sigurdardottir, Doreen McBride, Thomas Keil, Davíð Gíslason, Jörgen Dahlström, Peter D. Arkwright and Richard Pumphrey and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, British Journal of Cancer and Transplantation.

In The Last Decade

Colin Summers

19 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

The prevalence of food allergy: A meta-analysis 2007 2026 2013 2019 2007 250 500 750
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.

  1. The prevalence of food allergy: A meta-analysis
    2007 969 citations Roberto J. Rona, Thomas Keil et al. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Colin Summers United Kingdom 13 1.4k 586 457 398 177 19 1.9k
Jörgen Dahlström Sweden 11 1.4k 1.0× 572 1.0× 496 1.1× 379 1.0× 358 2.0× 12 2.0k
Komei Ito Japan 23 1.2k 0.8× 401 0.7× 535 1.2× 432 1.1× 230 1.3× 130 1.8k
Sigurveig Sigurdardottir Iceland 16 1.2k 0.9× 554 0.9× 366 0.8× 406 1.0× 178 1.0× 30 1.9k
Hugh A. Sampson United States 21 2.4k 1.7× 805 1.4× 849 1.9× 592 1.5× 254 1.4× 23 2.8k
H. A. Sampson United States 13 1.6k 1.1× 437 0.7× 518 1.1× 436 1.1× 70 0.4× 38 1.8k
Wesley Burks United States 18 1.5k 1.0× 374 0.6× 594 1.3× 683 1.7× 157 0.9× 54 2.2k
Stefan Böck United States 16 2.8k 1.9× 765 1.3× 1.0k 2.3× 723 1.8× 105 0.6× 36 3.2k
Simona Barni Italy 21 875 0.6× 458 0.8× 291 0.6× 249 0.6× 89 0.5× 127 1.5k
David M. Fleischer United States 18 2.2k 1.5× 967 1.7× 452 1.0× 846 2.1× 85 0.5× 45 2.5k
Alexander Grishin United States 20 1.6k 1.1× 556 0.9× 402 0.9× 850 2.1× 231 1.3× 48 2.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Colin Summers

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Fields of papers citing papers by Colin Summers

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Colin Summers

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

All Works

19 of 19 papers shown
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Zuidmeer, Laurian, Montserrat Fernández‐Rivas, Jaap H. Akkerdaas, et al.. (2014). Oil body‐associated hazelnut allergens including oleosins are underrepresented in diagnostic extracts but associated with severe symptoms. Clinical and Translational Allergy. 4(1). 4–4. 37 indexed citations
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Arkwright, Peter D., et al.. (2013). IgE Sensitization to the Nonspecific Lipid-Transfer Protein Ara h 9 and Peanut-Associated Bronchospasm. BioMed Research International. 2013. 1–9. 6 indexed citations
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Zhou, Xiaoying, Hilary Whitworth, Tom Brown, et al.. (2011). Mast Cell Chymase: A Useful Serum Marker in Anaphylaxis. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 127(2). AB143–AB143. 10 indexed citations
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Burney, Peter, Colin Summers, S Chinn, et al.. (2010). Prevalence and distribution of sensitization to foods in the European Community Respiratory Health Survey: a EuroPrevall analysis. Allergy. 65(9). 1182–1188. 143 indexed citations
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Summers, Colin, et al.. (2010). Effects of age, gender, and immunosuppressive agents on in vivo toll-like receptor pathway responses. Human Immunology. 71(4). 372–376. 23 indexed citations
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Summers, Colin, et al.. (2008). Factors predicting anaphylaxis to peanuts and tree nuts in patients referred to a specialist center. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 121(3). 632–638.e2. 135 indexed citations
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Zuidmeer, Laurian, Roberto J. Rona, Davíð Gíslason, et al.. (2008). The prevalence of plant food allergies: A systematic review. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 121(5). 1210–1218.e4. 336 indexed citations
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Rona, Roberto J., Thomas Keil, Colin Summers, et al.. (2007). The prevalence of food allergy: A meta-analysis. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 120(3). 638–646. 969 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhou, Xiaoying, Mark G. Buckley, L.C. Lau, et al.. (2006). Mast Cell Carboxypeptidase as a New Clinical Marker for Anaphylaxis. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 117(2). S85–S85. 21 indexed citations
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Summers, Angela, Colin Summers, D.B. Drucker, et al.. (2000). Association of IL-10 genotype with sudden infant death syndrome. Human Immunology. 61(12). 1270–1273. 54 indexed citations
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Summers, Colin, et al.. (1994). DONOR-RECIPIENT HLA CLASS I BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT MATCHING BY MULTILOCUS HETERODUPLEX ANALYSIS. Transplantation. 58(5). 628–629. 3 indexed citations
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Summers, Colin, et al.. (1993). HLA CLASS I NON‐CODING NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCES, 1992. International Journal of Immunogenetics. 20(3). 201–204. 48 indexed citations
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Summers, Colin, et al.. (1991). Polymerase chain reaction analysis of transcriptional patterns of expression of class I HLA genes. Human Immunology. 32(3). 176–182. 1 indexed citations
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Pook, Mark A., May Tassabehji, R. Duncan Campbell, et al.. (1991). Characterization of an expressible nonclassical class I HLA gene. Human Immunology. 32(2). 102–109. 31 indexed citations
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Schwarz, Martin, M Super, C. Wallis, et al.. (1990). ΔF508 testing of the DNA bank of the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital. Human Genetics. 85(4). 428–430. 17 indexed citations
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Wainscoat, James S., et al.. (1988). Absence of immunoglobulin and T‐cell receptor gene rearrangements in myelodysplastic syndromes and acute nonlymphocytic leukemias. American Journal of Hematology. 28(2). 95–97. 11 indexed citations
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Thein, SL, D G Oscier, A. J. Jeffreys, et al.. (1988). Detection of chromosomal 7 loss in myelodysplasia using an extremely polymorphic DNA probe. British Journal of Cancer. 57(2). 131–134. 13 indexed citations
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Fey, Martin F., et al.. (1987). Molecular diagnosis of haematological disorders using DNA from stored bone marrow slides. British Journal of Haematology. 67(4). 489–492. 55 indexed citations
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Summers, Colin, et al.. (1987). Restriction fragment length polymorphism at the HLA-C locus. Immunogenetics. 25(3). 179–183. 7 indexed citations

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