Lucien Rufener

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 892 citations indexed

About

Lucien Rufener is a scholar working on Small Animals, Ecology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Lucien Rufener has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 892 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Small Animals, 8 papers in Ecology and 4 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Lucien Rufener's work include Helminth infection and control (9 papers), Parasite Biology and Host Interactions (8 papers) and Insect and Pesticide Research (4 papers). Lucien Rufener is often cited by papers focused on Helminth infection and control (9 papers), Parasite Biology and Host Interactions (8 papers) and Insect and Pesticide Research (4 papers). Lucien Rufener collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Canada and Australia. Lucien Rufener's co-authors include Ronald Kaminsky, Pascal Mäser, Jacques Bouvier, Sandra Weber, Isabel Roditi, Ann E. Sluder, Pierre Ducray, C Komoin-Oka, Ralph Clover and Martin Jung and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Lucien Rufener

17 papers receiving 863 citations

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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.

A new class of anthelmintics effective against drug-resistant nematodes

2008 392 citations Ronald Kaminsky, Pierre Ducray et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lucien Rufener Switzerland	13	540	374	351	185	145	19	892
Claude Charvet France	19	428 0.8×	324 0.9×	273 0.8×	101 0.5×	337 2.3×	41	1.0k
Cédric Neveu France	19	500 0.9×	379 1.0×	304 0.9×	111 0.6×	200 1.4×	50	1.0k
Gillian Stepek United Kingdom	16	382 0.7×	256 0.7×	381 1.1×	106 0.6×	223 1.5×	21	970
Pierre Ducray France	8	447 0.8×	264 0.7×	247 0.7×	170 0.9×	110 0.8×	10	687
Paul McVeigh United Kingdom	22	353 0.7×	590 1.6×	506 1.4×	101 0.5×	384 2.6×	47	1.3k
François Pautrat France	6	474 0.9×	265 0.7×	247 0.7×	172 0.9×	61 0.4×	6	658
Raymond H. Fetterer United States	20	342 0.6×	165 0.4×	365 1.0×	350 1.9×	170 1.2×	56	993
Jetty G. Veenstra Netherlands	9	631 1.2×	512 1.4×	442 1.3×	152 0.8×	319 2.2×	15	1.1k
Debra J. Woods United States	25	476 0.9×	461 1.2×	546 1.6×	112 0.6×	430 3.0×	40	1.6k
Sean G. Forrester Canada	14	231 0.4×	250 0.7×	140 0.4×	44 0.2×	132 0.9×	32	520

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19 of 19 papers shown

Sager, Heinz, et al.. (2025). Comparative analysis of isoxazoline activity on human and canine GABA receptors expressed in Xenopus oocytes. Parasites & Vectors. 18(1). 213–213.

Rufener, Lucien, et al.. (2025). Optimizing PCR amplification of GC-rich nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunits from invertebrates. Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports. 42. 102052–102052.

Harrington, Sean, Andrew R. Burns, Lucien Rufener, et al.. (2023). Nemacol is a small molecule inhibitor of C. elegans vesicular acetylcholine transporter with anthelmintic potential. Nature Communications. 14(1). 1816–1816. 11 indexed citations

Schneckener, Sebastian, Steffen Hahnel, Gabriele Schmuck, et al.. (2021). Emodepside targets SLO-1 channels of Onchocerca ochengi and induces broad anthelmintic effects in a bovine model of onchocerciasis. PLoS Pathogens. 17(6). e1009601–e1009601. 19 indexed citations

Rufener, Lucien, Kiranpreet Kaur, Anouk Sarr, Stian Mørch Aaen, & Tor Einar Horsberg. (2020). Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors: Ex-vivo expression of functional, non-hybrid, heteropentameric receptors from a marine arthropod, Lepeophtheirus salmonis. PLoS Pathogens. 16(7). e1008715–e1008715. 15 indexed citations

Alijevic, Omar, Damian McHugh, Lucien Rufener, et al.. (2019). An electrophysiological characterization of naturally occurring tobacco alkaloids and their action on human α4β2 and α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. Phytochemistry. 170. 112187–112187. 26 indexed citations

Braden, Laura M., Amber Messmer, Shona K. Whyte, et al.. (2018). High level efficacy of lufenuron against sea lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) linked to rapid impact on moulting processes. International Journal for Parasitology Drugs and Drug Resistance. 8(2). 174–188. 23 indexed citations

Junier, Thomas, Migun Shakya, Karen W. Davenport, et al.. (2018). Remedial Treatment of Corroded Iron Objects by Environmental Aeromonas Isolates. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 85(3). 11 indexed citations

Rufener, Lucien, et al.. (2017). The novel isoxazoline ectoparasiticide lotilaner (Credelio™): a non-competitive antagonist specific to invertebrates γ-aminobutyric acid-gated chloride channels (GABACls). Parasites & Vectors. 10(1). 530–530. 58 indexed citations

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Pourgholami, Mohammad H., et al.. (2014). Monepantel induces autophagy in human ovarian cancer cells through disruption of the mTOR/p70S6K signalling pathway.. PubMed. 4(5). 558–71. 16 indexed citations

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Baur, Roland, Robin N. Beech, Erwin Sigel, & Lucien Rufener. (2014). Monepantel Irreversibly Binds to and Opens Haemonchus contortus MPTL-1 and Caenorhabditis elegans ACR-20 Receptors. Molecular Pharmacology. 87(1). 96–102. 29 indexed citations

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Morris, David L., et al.. (2014). Anticancer properties of novel aminoacetonitrile derivative monepantel (ADD 1566) in pre-clinical models of human ovarian cancer.. PubMed. 4(5). 545–57. 10 indexed citations

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Rufener, Lucien, Nicola Bedoni, Roland Baur, et al.. (2013). acr-23 Encodes a Monepantel-Sensitive Channel in Caenorhabditis elegans. PLoS Pathogens. 9(8). e1003524–e1003524. 37 indexed citations

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Kaminsky, Ronald, et al.. (2013). Worms—A “license to kill”. Veterinary Parasitology. 195(3-4). 286–291. 9 indexed citations

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Rufener, Lucien, Jennifer Keiser, Ronald Kaminsky, Pascal Mäser, & Daniel Nilsson. (2010). Phylogenomics of Ligand-Gated Ion Channels Predicts Monepantel Effect. PLoS Pathogens. 6(9). e1001091–e1001091. 50 indexed citations

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Rufener, Lucien, Roland Baur, Ronald Kaminsky, Pascal Mäser, & Erwin Sigel. (2010). Monepantel Allosterically Activates DEG-3/DES-2 Channels of the Gastrointestinal Nematode Haemonchus contortus. Molecular Pharmacology. 78(5). 895–902. 40 indexed citations

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Rufener, Lucien, Pascal Mäser, Isabel Roditi, & Ronald Kaminsky. (2009). Haemonchus contortus Acetylcholine Receptors of the DEG-3 Subfamily and Their Role in Sensitivity to Monepantel. PLoS Pathogens. 5(4). e1000380–e1000380. 90 indexed citations

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Rufener, Lucien, Ronald Kaminsky, & Pascal Mäser. (2009). In vitro selection of Haemonchus contortus for benzimidazole resistance reveals a mutation at amino acid 198 of β-tubulin. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology. 168(1). 120–122. 56 indexed citations

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Kaminsky, Ronald, Pierre Ducray, Martin Jung, et al.. (2008). A new class of anthelmintics effective against drug-resistant nematodes. Nature. 452(7184). 176–180. 392 indexed citations breakdown →

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