Gideon Lack

32.9k total citations · 5 hit papers
224 papers, 15.8k citations indexed

About

Gideon Lack is a scholar working on Immunology and Allergy, Physiology and Dermatology. According to data from OpenAlex, Gideon Lack has authored 224 papers receiving a total of 15.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 189 papers in Immunology and Allergy, 70 papers in Physiology and 67 papers in Dermatology. Recurrent topics in Gideon Lack's work include Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Research (170 papers), Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization (104 papers) and Asthma and respiratory diseases (70 papers). Gideon Lack is often cited by papers focused on Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Research (170 papers), Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization (104 papers) and Asthma and respiratory diseases (70 papers). Gideon Lack collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Gideon Lack's co-authors include George Du Toit, Graham Roberts, Victor Turcanu, Adam Fox, Suzana Radulović, Alexandra F. Santos, Henry T. Bahnson, Marshall Plaut, Helen A. Brough and Hugh A. Sampson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, New England Journal of Medicine and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Gideon Lack

212 papers receiving 15.2k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Randomized Trial of Peanut Consumption in Infants at Risk for Peanut Allergy

2015 1.3k citations George Du Toit, Graham Roberts et al. profile →
Factors Associated with the Development of Peanut Allergy in Childhood

2003 641 citations Gideon Lack, Jean Golding et al. profile →
Early consumption of peanuts in infancy is associated with a low prevalence of peanut allergy

2008 541 citations George Du Toit, Soheila J. Maleki et al. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology profile →
Randomized Trial of Introduction of Allergenic Foods in Breast-Fed Infants

2016 536 citations Michael R. Perkin, Kirsty Logan et al. profile →
ICON: Food allergy

2012 434 citations A. Wesley Burks, Antonella Muraro et al. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Gideon Lack United Kingdom	66	12.2k	5.5k	4.1k	3.8k	1.5k	224	15.8k
B. Niggemann Germany	62	12.1k 1.0×	6.5k 1.2×	5.5k 1.3×	2.9k 0.8×	654 0.4×	307	15.4k
A. Wesley Burks United States	84	21.4k 1.7×	7.6k 1.4×	5.4k 1.3×	6.1k 1.6×	2.2k 1.5×	394	25.8k
Kirsten Beyer Germany	60	10.3k 0.8×	3.1k 0.6×	3.3k 0.8×	3.2k 0.8×	766 0.5×	223	11.9k
Marianne van Hage Sweden	64	9.7k 0.8×	6.3k 1.1×	3.9k 0.9×	941 0.2×	1.5k 1.0×	327	14.4k
Margitta Worm Germany	66	9.2k 0.8×	4.6k 0.8×	6.1k 1.5×	1.5k 0.4×	3.0k 2.0×	576	16.7k
Philippe Eigenmann Switzerland	43	7.3k 0.6×	3.1k 0.6×	2.5k 0.6×	2.5k 0.7×	581 0.4×	169	9.5k
Stacie M. Jones United States	49	7.7k 0.6×	3.7k 0.7×	1.7k 0.4×	2.6k 0.7×	1.0k 0.7×	235	10.1k
Lars K. Poulsen Denmark	59	6.4k 0.5×	3.7k 0.7×	3.3k 0.8×	930 0.2×	1.7k 1.1×	320	11.7k
Antonella Muraro Italy	47	7.1k 0.6×	3.0k 0.5×	2.8k 0.7×	2.0k 0.5×	513 0.3×	160	9.1k
Jonathan O’B Hourihane Ireland	50	7.9k 0.6×	2.8k 0.5×	2.9k 0.7×	2.2k 0.6×	382 0.3×	208	10.2k

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Aktaş, Ozge Nur, Allyson Mateja, Min Li, et al.. (2025). Evaluation of Intestinal Permeability Using Serum Biomarkers in Learning Early About Peanut Allergy Trial. Allergy. 80(8). 2286–2296.

Lack, Gideon, George Du Toit, Cezmi A. Akdiş, et al.. (2025). Food allergy: Update on prevention and tolerance. UNC Libraries. 1 indexed citations

Marques‐Mejias, Andreina, Irene Bartha, Christina E. Ciaccio, et al.. (2024). Skin as the target for allergy prevention and treatment. Annals of Allergy Asthma & Immunology. 133(2). 133–143. 20 indexed citations

Marques‐Mejias, Andreina, Suzana Radulović, Ru‐Xin Foong, et al.. (2023). Partial Egg Consumption Modifies the Diagnostic Performance of Allergy Tests to Predict Outcome of Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Food Challenges to Egg. The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology In Practice. 12(3). 660–669.e5. 5 indexed citations

Voskamp, Astrid, Hannah A. DeBerg, Mark Hew, et al.. (2023). Phase 1 trial supports safety and mechanism of action of peptide immunotherapy for peanut allergy. Allergy. 79(2). 485–498. 14 indexed citations

Arshad, Syed Hasan, Gideon Lack, Stephen R. Durham, et al.. (2023). Prevention Is Better than Cure: Impact of Allergen Immunotherapy on the Progression of Airway Disease. The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology In Practice. 12(1). 45–56. 11 indexed citations

Suárez‐Fariñas, Mayte, Maria Suprun, Paul Kearney, et al.. (2021). Accurate and reproducible diagnosis of peanut allergy using epitope mapping. Allergy. 76(12). 3789–3797. 50 indexed citations

Brough, Helen A., Bruce J. Lanser, Sayantani Sindher, et al.. (2021). Early intervention and prevention of allergic diseases. Allergy. 77(2). 416–441. 49 indexed citations

Brough, Helen A., Kari C. Nadeau, Sayantani Sindher, et al.. (2020). Epicutaneous sensitization in the development of food allergy: What is the evidence and how can this be prevented?. Allergy. 75(9). 2185–2205. 160 indexed citations

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Silva, Debra de, Susanne Halken, Chris Singh, et al.. (2020). Preventing food allergy in infancy and childhood: Systematic review of randomised controlled trials. Pediatric Allergy and Immunology. 31(7). 813–826. 101 indexed citations

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Burks, A. Wesley, Hugh A. Sampson, Marshall Plaut, Gideon Lack, & Cezmi A. Akdiş. (2018). Treatment for food allergy. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 141(1). 1–9. 110 indexed citations

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Santos, Alexandra F. & Gideon Lack. (2016). Basophil activation test: food challenge in a test tube or specialist research tool?. Clinical and Translational Allergy. 6(1). 10–10. 80 indexed citations

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Flohr, Carsten, Kirsty Logan, Tom Marrs, et al.. (2011). Filaggrin loss-of-function mutations and clinical eczema are associated with food sensitization at three months of age. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 131.

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Flohr, Carsten, Suzana Radulović, W.H. Irwin McLean, et al.. (2010). Filaggrin loss-of-function mutations are associated with early onset eczema, eczema severity, and transepidermal water loss at three months of age. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 130. 1 indexed citations

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Perkin, Michael R., et al.. (2006). The predictive value of early life total immunoglobulin E measurement in identifying atopic children in a population‐based birth cohort study. Pediatric Allergy and Immunology. 17(2). 118–124. 16 indexed citations

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Turcanu, Victor, Soheila J. Maleki, & Gideon Lack. (2003). Characterization of lymphocyte responses to peanuts in normal children, peanut-allergic children, and allergic children who acquired tolerance to peanuts. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 111(7). 1065–1072. 176 indexed citations

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Williams, Matthew, Balasubramanian Krishnan, J. David Clark, et al.. (2002). CORRECTION. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 87(5). 453–453. 1 indexed citations

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Georgalas, Christos, et al.. (2001). Medical treatment for adenoidal hypertrophy (AH) and rhinosinusitis in children: A evaluation of clinical response and changes on magnetic resonance imaging. UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations

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Herz, Udo, et al.. (1995). Therapeutic interference with interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) and soluble IL-4 receptor (sIL-4R) in allergic diseases.. PubMed. 118–30. 8 indexed citations

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Lack, Gideon, Akihiro Oshiba, K L Bradley, et al.. (1995). Transfer of Immediate Hypersensitivity and Airway Hyperresponsiveness by IgE-Positive B Cells. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 152(6). 1765–1773. 22 indexed citations

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