David Wade

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
60 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

David Wade is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Microbiology and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, David Wade has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Molecular Biology, 23 papers in Microbiology and 9 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in David Wade's work include Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities (23 papers), Biochemical and Structural Characterization (13 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (11 papers). David Wade is often cited by papers focused on Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities (23 papers), Biochemical and Structural Characterization (13 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (11 papers). David Wade collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and Finland. David Wade's co-authors include Hans G. Boman, R. B. Merrifield, B Wåhlin, Anita Boman, David Andreu, Charles Michael Drain, Louise A. Rollins‐Smith, Y.I. Chang, Chung S. Yang and Hilkka Lankinen and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and The Journal of Immunology.

In The Last Decade

David Wade

52 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

All-D amino acid-containing channel-forming antibiotic pe... 1990 2026 2002 2014 1990 100 200 300 400 500
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. All-D amino acid-containing channel-forming antibiotic peptides.
    1990 579 citations David Wade, Anita Boman et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David Wade United States 25 1.6k 1.6k 561 191 187 60 2.8k
Dominique Maes Belgium 33 1.6k 1.0× 519 0.3× 258 0.5× 217 1.1× 886 4.7× 137 3.6k
Shlomo Rottem Israel 37 2.0k 1.2× 2.6k 1.6× 1.5k 2.7× 106 0.6× 55 0.3× 210 5.2k
Kun‐Soo Kim South Korea 24 926 0.6× 296 0.2× 418 0.7× 145 0.8× 63 0.3× 74 2.1k
Richard D’Ari France 40 4.2k 2.5× 117 0.1× 115 0.2× 99 0.5× 548 2.9× 95 6.0k
Anders Løbner‐Olesen Denmark 38 3.5k 2.1× 245 0.2× 155 0.3× 80 0.4× 232 1.2× 111 5.2k
David I. Roper United Kingdom 34 2.0k 1.2× 187 0.1× 216 0.4× 607 3.2× 439 2.3× 111 3.4k
Frank Bernhard Germany 47 4.1k 2.5× 107 0.1× 124 0.2× 202 1.1× 264 1.4× 138 5.4k
Horst Joachim Schirra Australia 23 1.5k 0.9× 339 0.2× 142 0.3× 119 0.6× 67 0.4× 53 2.2k
Christian Rausch Germany 20 1.8k 1.1× 107 0.1× 84 0.1× 145 0.8× 104 0.6× 46 3.1k
David J. Clarke United Kingdom 31 1.2k 0.7× 307 0.2× 229 0.4× 201 1.1× 215 1.1× 100 2.5k

Countries citing papers authored by David Wade

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Wade

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Wade

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Montville, Thomas J., et al.. (2006). Inhibition of Bacillus anthracis and Potential Surrogate Bacilli Growth from Spore Inocula by Nisin and Other Antimicrobial Peptides. Journal of Food Protection. 69(10). 2529–2533. 16 indexed citations
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Chen, Qian, et al.. (2004). Temporin A and Related Frog Antimicrobial Peptides Use Formyl Peptide Receptor-Like 1 as a Receptor to Chemoattract Phagocytes. The Journal of Immunology. 173(4). 2652–2659. 66 indexed citations
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Chinchar, V. Gregory, et al.. (2004). Inactivation of viruses infecting ectothermic animals by amphibian and piscine antimicrobial peptides. Virology. 323(2). 268–275. 181 indexed citations
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Rollins‐Smith, Louise A., Cynthia Carey, J. Michael Conlon, et al.. (2003). Activities of Temporin Family Peptides against the Chytrid Fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) Associated with Global Amphibian Declines. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 47(3). 1157–1160. 52 indexed citations
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Wade, David. (2002). Unambiguous Consensus Sequences for Temporin-Like Peptides. SSRN Electronic Journal. 6 indexed citations
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Wade, David, et al.. (2002). Synthetic Antibiotic Peptides Database. Protein and Peptide Letters. 9(1). 53–57. 29 indexed citations
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Wade, David, Jan‐Ingmar Flock, Charlotta Edlund, et al.. (2002). Antibiotic Properties of Novel Synthetic Temporin A Analogs and a Cecropin A-Temporin A Hybrid Peptide. Protein and Peptide Letters. 9(6). 533–543. 18 indexed citations
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Suder, Piotr, David Wade, Anna Łęgowska, et al.. (2001). Dynorphin A Inhibits Nociceptin-Converting Enzyme from the Rat Spinal Cord. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 287(4). 927–931. 1 indexed citations
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Wade, David, Jerzy Silberring, Rabah Soliymani, et al.. (2000). Antibacterial activities of temporin A analogs. FEBS Letters. 479(1-2). 6–9. 98 indexed citations
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Kuusela, Pentti, et al.. (1999). Comparison of synthesis and antibacterial activity of temporin A. FEBS Letters. 449(2-3). 187–190. 25 indexed citations
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Edlund, Charlotta, Maria Hedberg, Åke Engström, Jan‐Ingmar Flock, & David Wade. (1998). Antianaerobic activity of a cecropin–melittin peptide. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 4(4). 181–185. 11 indexed citations
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Palma, Marco, David Wade, Margareta Flock, & Jan‐Ingmar Flock. (1998). Multiple Binding Sites in the Interaction between an Extracellular Fibrinogen-binding Protein from Staphylococcus aureus and Fibrinogen. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 273(21). 13177–13181. 54 indexed citations
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Wang, Maggie Haitian, David Wade, Li‐Song Chen, Scott A. White, & Chung S. Yang. (1995). Probing the Active Sites of Rat and Human Cytochrome-P450 2E1 with Alcohols and Carboxylic Acids. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 317(1). 299–304. 34 indexed citations
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Zhivotovsky, Boris, David Wade, Pierluigi Nicotera, & Sten Orrenius. (1994). Role of Nucleases in Apoptosis. International Archives of Allergy and Immunology. 105(4). 333–338. 59 indexed citations
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Andreu, David, Josep Ubach, Anita Boman, et al.. (1992). Shortened cecropin A‐melittin hybrids Significant size reduction retains potent antibiotic activity. FEBS Letters. 296(2). 190–194. 228 indexed citations
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Wade, David, David Andreu, Scott A. Mitchell, et al.. (1992). Antibacterial peptides designed as analogs or hybrids of cecropins and melittin. International journal of peptide & protein research. 40(5). 429–436. 137 indexed citations
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Boman, Hans G., et al.. (1989). Antibacterial and antimalarial properties of peptides that are cecropin‐melittin hybrids. FEBS Letters. 259(1). 103–106. 266 indexed citations
18.
Wade, David, et al.. (1976). Effects of season and water depth on eurasian water milfoil. Journal of Aquatic Plant Management. 14. 32–36. 11 indexed citations
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Wade, David, et al.. (1975). Monte Carlo analysis of ZPR heterogeneity. Transactions of the American Nuclear Society.
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Wade, David. (1968). APPROXIMATION TO THE ADJOINT CONSTRUCTED FROM THE FLUX.. Transactions of the American Nuclear Society. 1 indexed citations

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