Manu De Rycker

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Manu De Rycker is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Manu De Rycker has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Epidemiology, 18 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 13 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Manu De Rycker's work include Trypanosoma species research and implications (24 papers), Research on Leishmaniasis Studies (18 papers) and Synthesis and Biological Evaluation (8 papers). Manu De Rycker is often cited by papers focused on Trypanosoma species research and implications (24 papers), Research on Leishmaniasis Studies (18 papers) and Synthesis and Biological Evaluation (8 papers). Manu De Rycker collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Spain. Manu De Rycker's co-authors include Ian H. Gilbert, David W. Gray, Susan Wyllie, Carolyn M. Price, Kevin D. Read, Alan H. Fairlamb, David Horn, Paul G. Wyatt, Suzanne Duce and Beatriz Baragaña and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Biological Chemistry and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Manu De Rycker

30 papers receiving 1.4k 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.

Anti-trypanosomatid drug discovery: an ongoing challenge and a continuing need

2017 306 citations Mark C. Field, David Horn et al. Nature Reviews Microbiology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Manu De Rycker United Kingdom	18	762	703	517	398	122	32	1.4k
Leah S. Torrie United Kingdom	17	527 0.7×	464 0.7×	455 0.9×	308 0.8×	86 0.7×	25	1.1k
Norton Heise Brazil	22	815 1.1×	523 0.7×	594 1.1×	241 0.6×	108 0.9×	43	1.4k
Juliany Cola Fernandes Rodrigues Brazil	29	982 1.3×	1.1k 1.6×	627 1.2×	454 1.1×	266 2.2×	57	2.0k
Michael D. Urbaniak United Kingdom	21	617 0.8×	341 0.5×	660 1.3×	218 0.5×	55 0.5×	46	1.1k
Anne Gurnett United States	20	386 0.5×	349 0.5×	784 1.5×	424 1.1×	205 1.7×	34	1.5k
Ângela K. Cruz Brazil	23	1.1k 1.4×	1.2k 1.7×	724 1.4×	148 0.4×	257 2.1×	76	1.9k
Kojo Mensa‐Wilmot United States	21	576 0.8×	445 0.6×	572 1.1×	221 0.6×	72 0.6×	60	1.2k
Ariel Mariano Silber Brazil	30	1.6k 2.1×	1.1k 1.5×	1.2k 2.2×	316 0.8×	292 2.4×	111	2.4k
M. N. L. Meirelles Brazil	20	635 0.8×	604 0.9×	499 1.0×	168 0.4×	119 1.0×	41	1.4k
Mark E. Drew United States	21	1.0k 1.3×	761 1.1×	815 1.6×	89 0.2×	207 1.7×	26	1.7k

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Zulfiqar, Bilal, Fábio Antônio Colombo, Aurea Favero Ferreira, et al.. (2025). Identification of potent inhibitors of Leishmania donovani and Leishmania infantum chagasi, the causative agents of Old and New World visceral leishmaniasis. Communications Biology. 8(1). 1021–1021.

Lin, De, Sandra M. O’Neill, Lauren Webster, et al.. (2024). Identification of a potent and selective LAPTc inhibitor by RapidFire-Mass Spectrometry, with antichagasic activity. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 18(2). e0011956–e0011956. 1 indexed citations

Torrie, Leah S., Paul Rowland, E. Edgar, et al.. (2024). Pharmacological and structural understanding of the Trypanosoma cruzi proteasome provides key insights for developing site-specific inhibitors. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 301(1). 108049–108049. 1 indexed citations

MacLean, Lorna, et al.. (2024). Validation of Trypanosoma cruzi inactivation techniques for laboratory use. PLoS ONE. 19(4). e0300021–e0300021.

Rycker, Manu De, Susan Wyllie, David Horn, Kevin D. Read, & Ian H. Gilbert. (2022). Author Correction: Anti-trypanosomatid drug discovery: progress and challenges. Nature Reviews Microbiology. 20(11). 702–702. 5 indexed citations

Rycker, Manu De, Susan Wyllie, David Horn, Kevin D. Read, & Ian H. Gilbert. (2022). Anti-trypanosomatid drug discovery: progress and challenges. Nature Reviews Microbiology. 21(1). 35–50. 99 indexed citations

Svensen, Nina, Susan Wyllie, David W. Gray, & Manu De Rycker. (2021). Live-imaging rate-of-kill compound profiling for Chagas disease drug discovery with a new automated high-content assay. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 15(10). e0009870–e0009870. 6 indexed citations

Torrie, Leah S., Fabio Zuccotto, David A. Robinson, et al.. (2019). Identification of inhibitors of an unconventional Trypanosoma brucei kinetochore kinase. PLoS ONE. 14(5). e0217828–e0217828. 4 indexed citations

Rycker, Manu De, Beatriz Baragaña, Suzanne Duce, & Ian H. Gilbert. (2018). Challenges and recent progress in drug discovery for tropical diseases. Nature. 559(7715). 498–506. 153 indexed citations

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Field, Mark C., David Horn, Alan H. Fairlamb, et al.. (2018). Author Correction: Anti-trypanosomatid drug discovery: an ongoing challenge and a continuing need. Nature Reviews Microbiology. 16(11). 714–714. 3 indexed citations

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Thomas, Michael G., Manu De Rycker, John Thomas, et al.. (2018). 2,4-Diamino-6-methylpyrimidines for the potential treatment of Chagas’ disease. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 28(18). 3025–3030. 4 indexed citations

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MacLean, Lorna, John Thomas, Michael D. Lewis, et al.. (2018). Development of Trypanosoma cruzi in vitro assays to identify compounds suitable for progression in Chagas’ disease drug discovery. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 12(7). e0006612–e0006612. 81 indexed citations

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Field, Mark C., David Horn, Alan H. Fairlamb, et al.. (2017). Anti-trypanosomatid drug discovery: an ongoing challenge and a continuing need. Nature Reviews Microbiology. 15(4). 217–231. 306 indexed citations breakdown →

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Rycker, Manu De, et al.. (2016). Identification of Trypanocidal Activity for Known Clinical Compounds Using a New Trypanosoma cruzi Hit-Discovery Screening Cascade. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 10(4). e0004584–e0004584. 52 indexed citations

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Rycker, Manu De, Sujatha Manthri, Eamon Comer, et al.. (2015). Development and Validation of a Novel Leishmania donovani Screening Cascade for High-Throughput Screening Using a Novel Axenic Assay with High Predictivity of Leishmanicidal Intracellular Activity. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 9(9). e0004094–e0004094. 30 indexed citations

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Rycker, Manu De, Irene Hallyburton, John Thomas, et al.. (2013). Comparison of a High-Throughput High-Content Intracellular Leishmania donovani Assay with an Axenic Amastigote Assay. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 57(7). 2913–2922. 108 indexed citations

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Rycker, Manu De, et al.. (2012). A Static-Cidal Assay for Trypanosoma brucei to Aid Hit Prioritisation for Progression into Drug Discovery Programmes. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 6(11). e1932–e1932. 30 indexed citations

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Lachmann, Sylvie, et al.. (2011). Regulatory Domain Selectivity in the Cell-Type Specific PKN-Dependence of Cell Migration. PLoS ONE. 6(7). e21732–e21732. 64 indexed citations

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Rycker, Manu De, et al.. (2009). A High‐Content, Cell‐Based Screen Identifies Micropolyin, A New Inhibitor of Microtubule Dynamics. Chemical Biology & Drug Design. 73(6). 599–610. 13 indexed citations

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Ortíz, M. Clara, Lourdes A. Fortepiani, Manu De Rycker, et al.. (2000). Pressor and renal effects of cross-linked hemoglobin in anesthetized cirrhotic rats. Journal of Hepatology. 32(1). 32–37. 10 indexed citations

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