Kai Wengelnik

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Kai Wengelnik is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Molecular Biology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Kai Wengelnik has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 7 papers in Molecular Biology and 7 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Kai Wengelnik's work include Malaria Research and Control (17 papers), Mosquito-borne diseases and control (10 papers) and Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies (7 papers). Kai Wengelnik is often cited by papers focused on Malaria Research and Control (17 papers), Mosquito-borne diseases and control (10 papers) and Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies (7 papers). Kai Wengelnik collaborates with scholars based in France, United Kingdom and United States. Kai Wengelnik's co-authors include Ulla Bonas, Henri Vial, Ombeline Rossier, Corinne Marie, Oliver Billker, Marjorie Russel, Andrea Crisanti, Robert E. Sinden, George Dimopoulos and Fotis C. Kafatos and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Kai Wengelnik

30 papers receiving 2.4k 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 →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kai Wengelnik France 22 1.1k 975 570 385 362 30 2.5k
Souvik Bhattacharjee United States 17 283 0.3× 1.6k 1.7× 628 1.1× 356 0.9× 332 0.9× 36 2.4k
Ulrike Böhme United Kingdom 18 157 0.1× 835 0.9× 693 1.2× 346 0.9× 360 1.0× 23 1.7k
Douglas LaCount United States 21 174 0.2× 820 0.8× 1.4k 2.4× 361 0.9× 678 1.9× 36 2.5k
Justin A. Boddey Australia 24 137 0.1× 1.5k 1.6× 529 0.9× 492 1.3× 513 1.4× 47 2.3k
Choukri Ben Mamoun United States 32 225 0.2× 1.5k 1.6× 1.0k 1.8× 312 0.8× 570 1.6× 108 3.1k
Jean‐Philippe Semblat France 18 317 0.3× 497 0.5× 242 0.4× 229 0.6× 84 0.2× 35 995
Manlio Di Cristina Italy 23 326 0.3× 295 0.3× 762 1.3× 194 0.5× 722 2.0× 47 1.9k
Kisaburo Nagamune Japan 20 143 0.1× 410 0.4× 569 1.0× 199 0.5× 719 2.0× 49 1.7k
Alida Coppi United States 16 99 0.1× 1.1k 1.1× 371 0.7× 475 1.2× 212 0.6× 21 1.5k
Andrew M. Blagborough United Kingdom 22 112 0.1× 1.0k 1.1× 378 0.7× 408 1.1× 147 0.4× 42 1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Kai Wengelnik

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kai Wengelnik

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kai Wengelnik

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

All Works

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Berry, Laurence, Hélène Guizouarn, Rachel Cerdan, et al.. (2023). Pharmacological activation of PIEZO1 in human red blood cells prevents Plasmodium falciparum invasion. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 80(5). 124–124. 10 indexed citations
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Hanssen, Eric, Elena Deligianni, Cyrille Claudet, et al.. (2018). Sequential Membrane Rupture and Vesiculation during Plasmodium berghei Gametocyte Egress from the Red Blood Cell. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 3543–3543. 24 indexed citations
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Wengelnik, Kai, Wassim Daher, & Maryse Lebrun. (2018). Phosphoinositides and their functions in apicomplexan parasites. International Journal for Parasitology. 48(7). 493–504. 18 indexed citations
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Wein, Sharon, Corinne Buré, Marjorie Maynadier, et al.. (2018). Contribution of the precursors and interplay of the pathways in the phospholipid metabolism of the malaria parasite. Journal of Lipid Research. 59(8). 1461–1471. 27 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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Daher, Wassim, et al.. (2016). Identification of Toxoplasma TgPH1, a pleckstrin homology domain-containing protein that binds to the phosphoinositide PI(3,5)P 2. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology. 207(1). 39–44. 7 indexed citations
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Daher, Wassim, Juliette Morlon‐Guyot, Lilach Sheiner, et al.. (2014). Lipid kinases are essential for apicoplast homeostasis inToxoplasma gondii. Cellular Microbiology. 17(4). 559–578. 29 indexed citations
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Wengelnik, Kai, et al.. (2011). Multiple roles for Plasmodium berghei phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C in regulating gametocyte activation and differentiation. Cellular Microbiology. 13(7). 955–966. 45 indexed citations
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Tawk, Lina, Jean‐François Dubremetz, Philippe Montcourrier, et al.. (2011). Phosphatidylinositol 3-Monophosphate Is Involved in Toxoplasma Apicoplast Biogenesis. PLoS Pathogens. 7(2). e1001286–e1001286. 62 indexed citations
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Berry, Laurence, Lauriane Sollelis, Rachel Cerdan, et al.. (2011). Genetic and transcriptional analysis of phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C in Plasmodium. Experimental Parasitology. 129(1). 75–80. 23 indexed citations
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Wengelnik, Kai, et al.. (2010). The Kennedy phospholipid biosynthesis pathways are refractory to genetic disruption in Plasmodium berghei and therefore appear essential in blood stages. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology. 173(2). 69–80. 44 indexed citations
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Wengelnik, Kai, et al.. (2010). Glycerophospholipid acquisition in Plasmodium – A puzzling assembly of biosynthetic pathways. International Journal for Parasitology. 40(12). 1347–1365. 57 indexed citations
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Billker, Oliver, et al.. (2009). Quantitative assessment of DNA replication to monitor microgametogenesis in Plasmodium berghei. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology. 168(2). 172–176. 26 indexed citations
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Wengelnik, Kai & Henri Vial. (2006). Characterisation of the phosphatidylinositol synthase gene of Plasmodium species. Research in Microbiology. 158(1). 51–59. 18 indexed citations
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Martin, Dominique, Laïla Gannoun-Zaki, Serge Bonnefoy, et al.. (2000). Characterization of Plasmodium falciparum CDP-diacylglycerol synthase, a proteolytically cleaved enzyme. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology. 110(1). 93–105. 31 indexed citations
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Wengelnik, Kai, et al.. (2000). Analysis of a malaria sporozoite protein family required for gliding motility and cell invasion: Response. Trends in Microbiology. 8(3). 96–97. 3 indexed citations
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Dessens, Johannes T., Annette L. Beetsma, George Dimopoulos, et al.. (1999). CTRP is essential for mosquito infection by malaria ookinetes. The EMBO Journal. 18(22). 6221–6227. 234 indexed citations
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Wengelnik, Kai. (1996). HrpG, a KeyhrpRegulatory Protein ofXanthomonas campestrispv.vesicatoriaIs Homologous to Two-Component Response Regulators. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 9(8). 704–704. 212 indexed citations

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