Ellen Bushell

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Ellen Bushell is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Molecular Biology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ellen Bushell has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 11 papers in Molecular Biology and 9 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Ellen Bushell's work include Malaria Research and Control (11 papers), Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms (7 papers) and Mosquito-borne diseases and control (5 papers). Ellen Bushell is often cited by papers focused on Malaria Research and Control (11 papers), Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms (7 papers) and Mosquito-borne diseases and control (5 papers). Ellen Bushell collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Sweden. Ellen Bushell's co-authors include Oliver Billker, Katarzyna Modrzynska, Julian C. Rayner, Colin Herd, Frank Schwach, Burcu Anar, Ana Gomes, Gareth Girling, Robert E. Sinden and Andrea Ecker and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Ellen Bushell

17 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

Functional Profiling of a Plasmodium Genome Reveals an Ab... 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 100 200 300
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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.

  1. Functional Profiling of a Plasmodium Genome Reveals an Abundance of Essential Genes
    2017 366 citations Ellen Bushell, Ana Gomes et al. Cell profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ellen Bushell United Kingdom 14 886 466 451 283 243 17 1.3k
Katarzyna Modrzynska United Kingdom 12 953 1.1× 438 0.9× 441 1.0× 325 1.1× 249 1.0× 14 1.4k
Alida Coppi United States 16 1.1k 1.2× 371 0.8× 475 1.1× 302 1.1× 212 0.9× 21 1.5k
Nicole S. Struck Germany 15 1.0k 1.1× 547 1.2× 398 0.9× 317 1.1× 234 1.0× 25 1.5k
Vandana Thathy United States 17 973 1.1× 364 0.8× 566 1.3× 355 1.3× 216 0.9× 22 1.3k
Teresa G. Carvalho Australia 17 720 0.8× 506 1.1× 301 0.7× 271 1.0× 185 0.8× 33 1.3k
Ann‐Kristin Mueller Germany 20 1.3k 1.5× 610 1.3× 432 1.0× 425 1.5× 271 1.1× 48 1.9k
Christine S. Hopp United States 17 803 0.9× 318 0.7× 315 0.7× 221 0.8× 244 1.0× 27 1.1k
Christian Flueck United Kingdom 17 749 0.8× 391 0.8× 318 0.7× 172 0.6× 204 0.8× 20 1.0k
Ulf Ribacke Sweden 20 701 0.8× 481 1.0× 333 0.7× 215 0.8× 118 0.5× 32 1.2k
Christine R. Collins United Kingdom 18 1.5k 1.6× 442 0.9× 510 1.1× 402 1.4× 358 1.5× 23 1.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ellen Bushell

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ellen Bushell

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

All Works

17 of 17 papers shown
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Selinger, Martin, et al.. (2025). A scalable CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing system facilitates CRISPR screens in the malaria parasite Plasmodium berghei. Nucleic Acids Research. 53(2). 2 indexed citations
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Sanderson, Theo, et al.. (2022). CRISPR/Cas9 and genetic screens in malaria parasites: small genomes, big impact. Biochemical Society Transactions. 50(3). 1069–1079. 13 indexed citations
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Hillier, Craig, Mercedes Pardo, Lu Yu, et al.. (2019). Landscape of the Plasmodium Interactome Reveals Both Conserved and Species-Specific Functionality. Cell Reports. 28(6). 1635–1647.e5. 45 indexed citations
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Hillier, Craig, Lu Yu, Ellen Bushell, et al.. (2019). Landscape of the <i>Plasmodium</i> Interactome. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Böhme, Ulrike, Thomas D. Otto, James A. Cotton, et al.. (2018). Complete avian malaria parasite genomes reveal features associated with lineage-specific evolution in birds and mammals. Genome Research. 28(4). 547–560. 67 indexed citations
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Brugat, Thibaut, Adam J. Reid, Jingwen Lin, et al.. (2017). Antibody-independent mechanisms regulate the establishment of chronic Plasmodium infection. Nature Microbiology. 2(4). 16276–16276. 33 indexed citations
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Bushell, Ellen, Ana Gomes, Theo Sanderson, et al.. (2017). Functional Profiling of a Plasmodium Genome Reveals an Abundance of Essential Genes. Cell. 170(2). 260–272.e8. 366 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hopp, Christine S., et al.. (2016). Palmitoyl transferases have critical roles in the development of mosquito and liver stages ofPlasmodium. Cellular Microbiology. 18(11). 1625–1641. 16 indexed citations
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Gomes, Ana, Ellen Bushell, Frank Schwach, et al.. (2015). A Genome-Scale Vector Resource Enables High-Throughput Reverse Genetic Screening in a Malaria Parasite. Cell Host & Microbe. 17(3). 404–413. 86 indexed citations
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Schwach, Frank, Ellen Bushell, Ana Gomes, et al.. (2015). PlasmoGEM, a database supporting a community resource for large-scale experimental genetics in malaria parasites. Nucleic Acids Research. 43(D1). D1176–D1182. 65 indexed citations
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Sinha, Abhinav, Katie R. Hughes, Katarzyna Modrzynska, et al.. (2014). A cascade of DNA-binding proteins for sexual commitment and development in Plasmodium. Nature. 507(7491). 253–257. 292 indexed citations
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Bushell, Ellen, et al.. (2014). Characterization of P lasmodium developmental transcriptomes in A nopheles gambiae midgut reveals novel regulators of malaria transmission. Cellular Microbiology. 17(2). 254–268. 25 indexed citations
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Ning, Jue, Thomas D. Otto, Claudia Pfander, et al.. (2013). Comparative genomics in Chlamydomonas and Plasmodium identifies an ancient nuclear envelope protein family essential for sexual reproduction in protists, fungi, plants, and vertebrates. Genes & Development. 27(10). 1198–1215. 67 indexed citations
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Frénal, Karine, Christina Mueller, Ellen Bushell, et al.. (2013). Global Analysis of Apicomplexan Protein S‐Acyl Transferases Reveals an Enzyme Essential for Invasion. Traffic. 14(8). 895–911. 63 indexed citations
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Tregoning, John S., Yuko Yamaguchi, Belinda Wang, et al.. (2010). Genetic Susceptibility to the Delayed Sequelae of Neonatal Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection Is MHC Dependent. The Journal of Immunology. 185(9). 5384–5391. 36 indexed citations
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Bushell, Ellen, Andrea Ecker, David Goulding, et al.. (2009). Paternal Effect of the Nuclear Formin-like Protein MISFIT on Plasmodium Development in the Mosquito Vector. PLoS Pathogens. 5(8). e1000539–e1000539. 36 indexed citations
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Ecker, Andrea, Ellen Bushell, Rita Tewari, & Robert E. Sinden. (2008). Reverse genetics screen identifies six proteins important for malaria development in the mosquito. Molecular Microbiology. 70(1). 209–220. 112 indexed citations

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