Ernest Lacey

7.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
176 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

Ernest Lacey is a scholar working on Pharmacology, Molecular Biology and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Ernest Lacey has authored 176 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 70 papers in Pharmacology, 51 papers in Molecular Biology and 41 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Ernest Lacey's work include Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (67 papers), Helminth infection and control (34 papers) and Marine Sponges and Natural Products (31 papers). Ernest Lacey is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (67 papers), Helminth infection and control (34 papers) and Marine Sponges and Natural Products (31 papers). Ernest Lacey collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and United States. Ernest Lacey's co-authors include Jennifer H. Gill, Robert J. Capon, Roger K. Prichard, Andrew M. Piggott, D.R. Hennessy, J.W. Steel, Shaun Tennant, Daniel Vuong, T. R. Watson and Ranjala Ratnayake and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Ernest Lacey

168 papers receiving 5.3k citations

Hit Papers

The role of the cytoskeletal protein, tubulin, in the mod... 1988 2026 2000 2013 1988 1990 100 200 300 400
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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. The role of the cytoskeletal protein, tubulin, in the mode of action and mechanism of drug resistance to benzimidazoles
    1988 470 citations Ernest Lacey International Journal for Parasitology profile →
  2. Mode of action of benzimidazoles
    1990 450 citations Ernest Lacey profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ernest Lacey Australia 43 1.7k 1.5k 1.4k 1.1k 1.1k 176 5.5k
Ronald Kaminsky Switzerland 40 1.4k 0.8× 245 0.2× 996 0.7× 1.1k 1.0× 895 0.8× 104 4.8k
Dennis M. Schmatz United States 36 391 0.2× 686 0.5× 1.7k 1.1× 480 0.4× 102 0.1× 87 4.5k
Álvaro J. Romanha Brazil 45 310 0.2× 284 0.2× 1.0k 0.7× 980 0.9× 424 0.4× 156 5.5k
Ewald Beck Germany 49 105 0.1× 688 0.5× 4.7k 3.2× 439 0.4× 791 0.7× 92 7.9k
Conor R. Caffrey United States 39 945 0.5× 96 0.1× 1.0k 0.7× 3.0k 2.7× 1.6k 1.4× 138 5.1k
Pascal Mäser Switzerland 39 791 0.5× 100 0.1× 2.1k 1.4× 875 0.8× 643 0.6× 169 7.2k
Florencio M. Ubeira Spain 37 904 0.5× 296 0.2× 1.2k 0.8× 1.1k 1.0× 1.4k 1.2× 156 4.2k
Kazuro Shiomi Japan 45 110 0.1× 2.4k 1.7× 3.0k 2.0× 120 0.1× 164 0.1× 235 6.4k
E. Lederer France 52 206 0.1× 506 0.3× 3.9k 2.7× 126 0.1× 240 0.2× 264 8.8k
Michael McNeil United States 72 183 0.1× 590 0.4× 7.2k 5.0× 225 0.2× 913 0.8× 218 15.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ernest Lacey

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Vuong, Daniel, et al.. (2025). Screening and hit evaluation of a microbial metabolite library against the pathogenic Plasmodium falciparum and Toxoplasma gondii parasites. International Journal for Parasitology Drugs and Drug Resistance. 29. 100606–100606.
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Shang, Zhuo, Amr A. Arishi, Changzheng Wu, et al.. (2024). Self‐Resistance Gene‐Guided Discovery of the Molecular Basis for Biosynthesis of the Fatty Acid Synthase Inhibitor Cerulenin. Angewandte Chemie. 137(2). 1 indexed citations
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Shang, Zhuo, Amr A. Arishi, Changzheng Wu, et al.. (2024). Self‐Resistance Gene‐Guided Discovery of the Molecular Basis for Biosynthesis of the Fatty Acid Synthase Inhibitor Cerulenin. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(2). e202414941–e202414941. 4 indexed citations
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Sbaraini, Nicolau, Andrew Crombie, John A. Kalaitzis, et al.. (2024). The aquastatin biosynthetic gene cluster encodes a versatile polyketide synthase capable of synthesising heteromeric depsides with diverse alkyl side chains. Chemical Science. 15(45). 18872–18880. 5 indexed citations
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Lacey, Ernest, et al.. (2023). Drug susceptibility testing for oxygen-dependent and oxygen-independent resistance phenotypes in trichomonads. International Journal for Parasitology. 53(5-6). 247–252. 2 indexed citations
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Moggach, Stephen A., Gareth L. Nealon, Jane Fromont, et al.. (2023). Type-I Hemins and Free Porphyrins from a Western Australian Sponge Isabela sp.. Marine Drugs. 21(1). 41–41. 3 indexed citations
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Booth, Thomas, et al.. (2022). Bifurcation drives the evolution of assembly-line biosynthesis. Nature Communications. 13(1). 3498–3498. 31 indexed citations
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Kalaitzis, John A., et al.. (2021). Characterisation and heterologous biosynthesis of burnettiene A, a new polyene-decalin polyketide from Aspergillus burnettii. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 19(43). 9506–9513. 8 indexed citations
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Li, Hang, Cameron L. M. Gilchrist, Chin‐Soon Phan, et al.. (2020). Biosynthesis of a New Benzazepine Alkaloid Nanangelenin A from Aspergillus nanangensis Involves an Unusual l-Kynurenine-Incorporating NRPS Catalyzing Regioselective Lactamization. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 142(15). 7145–7152. 44 indexed citations
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Lacey, Heather J., Thomas Booth, Daniel Vuong, et al.. (2020). Conglobatins B–E: cytotoxic analogues of the C2-symmetric macrodiolide conglobatin. The Journal of Antibiotics. 73(11). 756–765. 10 indexed citations
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Lacey, Heather J., Cameron L. M. Gilchrist, Andrew Crombie, et al.. (2019). Nanangenines: drimane sesquiterpenoids as the dominant metabolite cohort of a novel Australian fungus, Aspergillus nanangensis. Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry. 15. 2631–2643. 23 indexed citations
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Hu, Jinyu, Farzaneh Sarrami, Hang Li, et al.. (2018). Heterologous biosynthesis of elsinochrome A sheds light on the formation of the photosensitive perylenequinone system. Chemical Science. 10(5). 1457–1465. 84 indexed citations
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Emery, Samantha J., Mehdi Mirzaei, Daniel Vuong, et al.. (2016). Induction of virulence factors in Giardia duodenalis independent of host attachment. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 20765–20765. 47 indexed citations
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Capon, Robert J., Ranjala Ratnayake, Michael Stewart, et al.. (2004). Aspergillazines A–E: novel heterocyclic dipeptides from an Australian strain of Aspergillus unilateralis. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 3(1). 123–129. 56 indexed citations
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Lacey, Ernest & Jennifer H. Gill. (1994). Biochemistry of benzimidazole resistance. Acta Tropica. 56(2-3). 245–262. 80 indexed citations
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Hennessy, D.R., J.W. Steel, Roger K. Prichard, & Ernest Lacey. (1992). The effect of co‐administration of parbendazole on the disposition of oxfendazole in sheep. Journal of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics. 15(1). 10–18. 15 indexed citations
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Lacey, Ernest, et al.. (1989). Structures of colchicine analogues. I. Allocolchicine. Acta Crystallographica Section C Crystal Structure Communications. 45(5). 795–799. 2 indexed citations
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Hennessy, D.R., J.W. Steel, Ernest Lacey, G. K. Eagleson, & Roger K. Prichard. (1989). The disposition of albendazole in sheep. Journal of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics. 12(4). 421–429. 75 indexed citations

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