Derek G. Sim

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Derek G. Sim is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Genetics and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Derek G. Sim has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 15 papers in Genetics and 9 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Derek G. Sim's work include Malaria Research and Control (19 papers), Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (13 papers) and Mosquito-borne diseases and control (6 papers). Derek G. Sim is often cited by papers focused on Malaria Research and Control (19 papers), Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (13 papers) and Mosquito-borne diseases and control (6 papers). Derek G. Sim collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. Derek G. Sim's co-authors include Andrew F. Read, Lars Råberg, Andrew S. Bell, Jacobus C. de Roode, Brian H. K. Chan, Justine I. Blanford, M. B. Thomas, Nina E. Jenkins, Silvie Huijben and William A. Nelson and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Derek G. Sim

31 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

Disentangling Genetic Variation for Resistance and Tolerance to Infectious Diseases in Animals

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Derek G. Sim United States	17	608	603	470	274	249	31	1.7k
Nicole Mideo Canada	24	1.2k 2.1×	1.3k 2.1×	360 0.8×	267 1.0×	455 1.8×	64	2.6k
Pedro F. Vale United Kingdom	22	599 1.0×	288 0.5×	539 1.1×	262 1.0×	370 1.5×	52	1.4k
Antoine Nicot France	18	227 0.4×	492 0.8×	407 0.9×	180 0.7×	243 1.0×	30	1.2k
Marco Pombi Italy	26	306 0.5×	1.7k 2.8×	473 1.0×	504 1.8×	176 0.7×	78	2.2k
Neil F. Lobo United States	32	543 0.9×	1.7k 2.8×	547 1.2×	922 3.4×	223 0.9×	118	2.8k
Humberto Lanz‐Mendoza Mexico	32	331 0.5×	571 0.9×	991 2.1×	681 2.5×	134 0.5×	94	2.3k
Christopher F. Bosio United States	17	312 0.5×	622 1.0×	411 0.9×	266 1.0×	60 0.2×	26	1.1k
Sophie Thévenon France	23	503 0.8×	272 0.5×	240 0.5×	166 0.6×	160 0.6×	59	1.3k
Paulo Eduardo Martins Ribolla Brazil	29	206 0.3×	1.4k 2.3×	560 1.2×	511 1.9×	170 0.7×	110	2.7k
François Renaud France	33	496 0.8×	1.4k 2.3×	394 0.8×	291 1.1×	944 3.8×	89	3.1k

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Koshani, Roya, et al.. (2025). Polymeric Anti‐Antibiotic Microparticles to Prevent Antibiotic Resistance Evolution. Small. 21(21). e2407549–e2407549. 4 indexed citations

Minns, Allen M., Derek G. Sim, Randall M. Rossi, et al.. (2024). Intranasal SARS-CoV-2 RBD decorated nanoparticle vaccine enhances viral clearance in the Syrian hamster model. Microbiology Spectrum. 12(3). e0499822–e0499822. 5 indexed citations

Sim, Derek G., Allison Roder, Wei Wang, et al.. (2024). Vaccine-induced NA immunity decreases viral shedding, but does not disrupt chains of airborne transmission for the 2009 pandemic H1N1 virus in ferrets. mBio. 15(10). e0216124–e0216124. 1 indexed citations

Bram, Joshua T., et al.. (2020). Effect of drug dose and timing of treatment on the emergence of drug resistance in vivo in a malaria model. Evolution Medicine and Public Health. 2020(1). 196–210. 10 indexed citations

Morley, Valerie J., Derek G. Sim, Elsa Hansen, et al.. (2020). An adjunctive therapy administered with an antibiotic prevents enrichment of antibiotic-resistant clones of a colonizing opportunistic pathogen. eLife. 9. 18 indexed citations

Jones, Matthew J., et al.. (2019). The contribution of host cell-directed vs. parasite-directed immunity to the disease and dynamics of malaria infections. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(44). 22386–22392. 11 indexed citations

Sim, Derek G., et al.. (2017). A nutrient mediates intraspecific competition between rodent malaria parasitesin vivo. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 284(1859). 20171067–20171067. 24 indexed citations

Sim, Derek G., et al.. (2017). Resource limitation prevents the emergence of drug resistance by intensifying within-host competition. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(52). 13774–13779. 53 indexed citations

Kerr, Peter J., Isabella M. Cattadori, Matthew B. Rogers, et al.. (2017). Genomic and phenotypic characterization of myxoma virus from Great Britain reveals multiple evolutionary pathways distinct from those in Australia. PLoS Pathogens. 13(3). e1006252–e1006252. 19 indexed citations

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Ssentongo, Paddy, Derek G. Sim, Ali Nabi, et al.. (2017). A Murine Model to Study Epilepsy and SUDEP Induced by Malaria Infection. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 43652–43652. 15 indexed citations

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Pollitt, Laura C., Silvie Huijben, Derek G. Sim, et al.. (2014). Rapid Response to Selection, Competitive Release and Increased Transmission Potential of Artesunate-Selected Plasmodium chabaudi Malaria Parasites. PLoS Pathogens. 10(4). e1004019–e1004019. 26 indexed citations

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Barclay, Victoria C., David Kennedy, Veronika Weaver, et al.. (2014). The Effect of Immunodeficiency on the Evolution of Virulence: An Experimental Test with the Rodent MalariaPlasmodium chabaudi. The American Naturalist. 184(S1). S47–S57. 9 indexed citations

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Pollitt, Laura C., Derek G. Sim, Rahel M. Salathé, & Andrew F. Read. (2014). Understanding genetic variation in in vivo tolerance to artesunate: implications for treatment efficacy and resistance monitoring. Evolutionary Applications. 8(3). 296–304. 10 indexed citations

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Huijben, Silvie, Andrew S. Bell, Derek G. Sim, et al.. (2013). Aggressive Chemotherapy and the Selection of Drug Resistant Pathogens. PLoS Pathogens. 9(9). e1003578–e1003578. 66 indexed citations

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Barclay, Victoria C., Derek G. Sim, Brian H. K. Chan, et al.. (2012). The Evolutionary Consequences of Blood-Stage Vaccination on the Rodent Malaria Plasmodium chabaudi. PLoS Biology. 10(7). e1001368–e1001368. 41 indexed citations

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Bell, Andrew S., Silvie Huijben, Krijn P. Paaijmans, et al.. (2012). Enhanced Transmission of Drug-Resistant Parasites to Mosquitoes following Drug Treatment in Rodent Malaria. PLoS ONE. 7(6). e37172–e37172. 30 indexed citations

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Schneider, Petra, Andrew S. Bell, Derek G. Sim, et al.. (2012). Virulence, drug sensitivity and transmission success in the rodent malaria,Plasmodium chabaudi. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 279(1747). 4677–4685. 26 indexed citations

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Huijben, Silvie, Derek G. Sim, William A. Nelson, & Andrew F. Read. (2011). The fitness of drug‐resistant malaria parasites in a rodent model: multiplicity of infection. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 24(11). 2410–2422. 30 indexed citations

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Huijben, Silvie, William A. Nelson, Andrew R. Wargo, et al.. (2010). CHEMOTHERAPY, WITHIN-HOST ECOLOGY AND THE FITNESS OF DRUG-RESISTANT MALARIA PARASITES. Evolution. 64(10). no–no. 62 indexed citations

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Bell, Andrew S., Jacobus C. de Roode, Derek G. Sim, & Andrew F. Read. (2006). WITHIN-HOST COMPETITION IN GENETICALLY DIVERSE MALARIA INFECTIONS: PARASITE VIRULENCE AND COMPETITIVE SUCCESS. Evolution. 60(7). 1358–1371. 207 indexed citations

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