Gavin J. Wright

15.1k total citations · 5 hit papers
125 papers, 8.5k citations indexed

About

Gavin J. Wright is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Molecular Biology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Gavin J. Wright has authored 125 papers receiving a total of 8.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 53 papers in Molecular Biology and 37 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Gavin J. Wright's work include Malaria Research and Control (37 papers), Mosquito-borne diseases and control (21 papers) and Complement system in diseases (12 papers). Gavin J. Wright is often cited by papers focused on Malaria Research and Control (37 papers), Mosquito-borne diseases and control (21 papers) and Complement system in diseases (12 papers). Gavin J. Wright collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Netherlands. Gavin J. Wright's co-authors include Marion H. Brown, A. Neil Barclay, Julian C. Rayner, Enrica Bianchi, Cécile Crosnier, Jonathon D. Sedgwick, Michael J. Puklavec, Robert M. Hoek, David Goulding and Gary Brooke and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Gavin J. Wright

121 papers receiving 8.4k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

Correction: Corrigendum: The blood-stage malaria antigen PfRH5 is susceptible to vaccine-inducible cross-strain neutralizing antibody

2013 833 citations Alexander D. Douglas, Cécile Crosnier et al. Nature Communications profile →
Down-Regulation of the Macrophage Lineage Through Interaction with OX2 (CD200)

2000 826 citations Gavin J. Wright, Marion H. Brown et al. Science profile →
Mind Bomb Is a Ubiquitin Ligase that Is Essential for Efficient Activation of Notch Signaling by Delta

2003 643 citations Gavin J. Wright, Julian Lewis et al. profile →
Basigin is a receptor essential for erythrocyte invasion by Plasmodium falciparum

2011 481 citations Cécile Crosnier, Leyla Y. Bustamante et al. profile →
Juno is the egg Izumo receptor and is essential for mammalian fertilization

2014 429 citations Enrica Bianchi, Gavin J. Wright et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Gavin J. Wright United Kingdom	42	3.0k	2.6k	2.6k	1.3k	731	125	8.5k
William A. Müller United States	61	5.3k 1.8×	7.2k 2.7×	480 0.2×	1.2k 1.0×	993 1.4×	158	16.2k
Alex K. Shalek United States	45	9.2k 3.1×	3.9k 1.5×	330 0.1×	734 0.6×	786 1.1×	126	15.0k
Rick A. Rogers United States	46	2.2k 0.7×	1.3k 0.5×	315 0.1×	824 0.7×	418 0.6×	110	6.3k
Paul Walther Germany	47	3.6k 1.2×	792 0.3×	896 0.4×	256 0.2×	1.4k 1.9×	256	9.9k
Na Li China	41	9.7k 3.3×	1.1k 0.4×	507 0.2×	162 0.1×	538 0.7×	263	14.2k
Mark W. Moore United States	42	5.3k 1.8×	3.6k 1.4×	360 0.1×	207 0.2×	643 0.9×	83	12.9k
Timothy Ravasi Saudi Arabia	45	3.5k 1.2×	3.2k 1.2×	257 0.1×	325 0.3×	797 1.1×	159	9.8k
Damarys Loew France	47	8.4k 2.8×	1.9k 0.7×	288 0.1×	411 0.3×	511 0.7×	159	11.2k
Peter A. Horn Germany	40	3.0k 1.0×	2.1k 0.8×	307 0.1×	175 0.1×	644 0.9×	260	7.1k
Norma Neff United States	48	9.1k 3.1×	1.6k 0.6×	237 0.1×	990 0.8×	825 1.1×	92	13.4k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Jamwal, Abhishek, Danielle J. Smyth, Gavin J. Wright, et al.. (2025). HpBoRB, a helminth-derived CCP domain protein which binds RELMβ. International Journal for Parasitology. 56(4). 104736–104736.

Powell, Gareth T., Ana Faro, Yuguang Zhao, et al.. (2024). Cachd1 interacts with Wnt receptors and regulates neuronal asymmetry in the zebrafish brain. Science. 384(6695). 573–579. 9 indexed citations

Bianchi, Enrica, et al.. (2024). No evidence for a direct extracellular interaction between human Fc receptor–like 3 (MAIA) and the sperm ligand IZUMO1. Science Advances. 10(8). eadk6352–eadk6352. 4 indexed citations

Mohring, Franziska, J. Alero Thomas, Nicole Müller, et al.. (2023). Sequential roles for red blood cell binding proteins enable phased commitment to invasion for malaria parasites. Nature Communications. 14(1). 4619–4619. 9 indexed citations

Wright, Gavin J., et al.. (2023). Single- and dual-source-strength focal boost planning in low-dose-rate prostate brachytherapy: feasibility study. Journal of Radiotherapy in Practice. 22.

Ong, Han B., Simon Clare, Cordelia Brandt, et al.. (2022). Systematic identification of genes encoding cell surface and secreted proteins that are essential for in vitro growth and infection in Leishmania donovani. PLoS Pathogens. 18(2). e1010364–e1010364. 4 indexed citations

Yang, Annie, Francis Galaway, Tom Metcalf, et al.. (2021). Systematic Identification of Plasmodium Falciparum Sporozoite Membrane Protein Interactions Reveals an Essential Role for the p24 Complex in Host Infection. Apollo (University of Cambridge). 2 indexed citations

Sharma, Sumana & Gavin J. Wright. (2020). Cell Surface Receptor Identification Using Genome-Scale CRISPR/Cas9 Genetic Screens. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 4 indexed citations

Campeotto, Ivan, Francis Galaway, Shahid Mehmood, et al.. (2020). The Structure of the Cysteine-Rich Domain of Plasmodium falciparum P113 Identifies the Location of the RH5 Binding Site. mBio. 11(5). 7 indexed citations

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Sharma, Sumana, et al.. (2020). CEN ‐tools: an integrative platform to identify the contexts of essential genes. Molecular Systems Biology. 16(10). e9698–e9698. 14 indexed citations

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Douglas, Alexander D., G. Christian Baldeviano, Jing Jin, et al.. (2019). A defined mechanistic correlate of protection against Plasmodium falciparum malaria in non-human primates. Nature Communications. 10(1). 1953–1953. 41 indexed citations

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Proto, William R., Selasi Dankwa, Weimin Liu, et al.. (2019). Adaptation of Plasmodium falciparum to humans involved the loss of an ape-specific erythrocyte invasion ligand. Nature Communications. 10(1). 4512–4512. 18 indexed citations

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Shears, Melanie J., et al.. (2018). Important Extracellular Interactions between Plasmodium Sporozoites and Host Cells Required for Infection. Trends in Parasitology. 35(2). 129–139. 26 indexed citations

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Wright, Gavin J., et al.. (2017). Validity of the use of nose tip motion as a surrogate for intracranial motion in mask-fixated frameless Gamma Knife® Icon™ therapy.. Europe PMC (PubMed Central). 4(4). 289–301. 25 indexed citations

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Bustamante, Leyla Y., Gareth T. Powell, Yen‐Chun Lin, et al.. (2017). Synergistic malaria vaccine combinations identified by systematic antigen screening. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(45). 12045–12050. 40 indexed citations

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Wanaguru, Madushi, Wei‐Min Liu, Beatrice H. Hahn, Julian C. Rayner, & Gavin J. Wright. (2013). RH5–Basigin interaction plays a major role in the host tropism of Plasmodium falciparum. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(51). 20735–20740. 77 indexed citations

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Wright, Gavin J.. (2009). Signal initiation in biological systems: the properties and detection of transient extracellularprotein interactions. Molecular BioSystems. 5(12). 1405–1412. 69 indexed citations

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Giudicelli, François, Ertuğrul M. Özbudak, Gavin J. Wright, & Julian Lewis. (2007). Setting the Tempo in Development: An Investigation of the Zebrafish Somite Clock Mechanism. PLoS Biology. 5(6). e150–e150. 154 indexed citations

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Wright, Gavin J., Holly Cherwinski, Mildred Foster‐Cuevas, et al.. (2003). Characterization of the CD200 Receptor Family in Mice and Humans and Their Interactions with CD200. The Journal of Immunology. 171(6). 3034–3046. 372 indexed citations

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Broderick, Cathryn, et al.. (2001). Distribution of OX2 antigen and OX2 receptor within retina.. PubMed. 42(1). 170–6. 68 indexed citations

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