Melissa J. Bell

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Melissa J. Bell is a scholar working on Immunology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Melissa J. Bell has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Immunology, 7 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 6 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Melissa J. Bell's work include Immune Cell Function and Interaction (9 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (7 papers) and Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (6 papers). Melissa J. Bell is often cited by papers focused on Immune Cell Function and Interaction (9 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (7 papers) and Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (6 papers). Melissa J. Bell collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and United States. Melissa J. Bell's co-authors include Scott R. Burrows, Wolf‐Peter Schmidt, Thomas Clasen, Sophie Boisson, Parimita Routray, Rebekah M. Brennan, John J. Miles, Matthew C. Freeman, Oliver Cumming and Marion W. Jenkins and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Experimental Medicine, Blood and Immunity.

In The Last Decade

Melissa J. Bell

24 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Effectiveness of a rural sanitation programme on diarrhoea, soil-transmitted helminth infection, and child malnutrition in Odisha, India: a cluster-randomised trial

2014 362 citations Thomas Clasen, Sophie Boisson et al. The Lancet Global Health profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Melissa J. Bell Australia	17	417	405	189	188	167	24	1.3k
E. M. Demaeyer United States	15	444 1.1×	535 1.3×	208 1.1×	146 0.8×	214 1.3×	30	1.9k
Johan P. Velema Netherlands	19	108 0.3×	85 0.2×	296 1.6×	107 0.6×	60 0.4×	41	1.2k
Robert L. Tilden United States	16	82 0.2×	397 1.0×	78 0.4×	119 0.6×	166 1.0×	33	1.4k
Andrew E. Armitage United Kingdom	27	137 0.3×	713 1.8×	190 1.0×	89 0.5×	221 1.3×	53	2.2k
Conor Doherty United Kingdom	15	53 0.1×	383 0.9×	167 0.9×	68 0.4×	68 0.4×	29	950
Joann M. McDermid United States	18	70 0.2×	296 0.7×	154 0.8×	122 0.6×	61 0.4×	38	817
Andrew Hall United Kingdom	23	22 0.1×	302 0.7×	57 0.3×	217 1.2×	169 1.0×	53	1.4k
Masaaki Shimada Japan	16	60 0.1×	82 0.2×	116 0.6×	83 0.4×	53 0.3×	86	707
Parvez Ahmed Pakistan	17	56 0.1×	66 0.2×	270 1.4×	249 1.3×	132 0.8×	84	1.1k
Paul Henderson United Kingdom	21	343 0.8×	114 0.3×	660 3.5×	87 0.5×	340 2.0×	88	1.6k

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González‍, Mikel A., Melissa J. Bell, Rafael Maciel‐de‐Freitas, et al.. (2020). Synthetic sex-aggregation pheromone of Lutzomyia longipalpis, the South American sand fly vector of Leishmania infantum, attracts males and females over long-distance. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 14(10). e0008798–e0008798. 10 indexed citations

Bell, Melissa J., Seth R. Irish, Wolf‐Peter Schmidt, et al.. (2019). Comparing trap designs and methods for assessing density of synanthropic flies in Odisha, India. Parasites & Vectors. 12(1). 75–75. 8 indexed citations

González‍, Mikel A., Melissa J. Bell, Scott A. Bernhardt, et al.. (2019). Susceptibility of wild-caught Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae) sand flies to insecticide after an extended period of exposure in western São Paulo, Brazil. Parasites & Vectors. 12(1). 110–110. 14 indexed citations

Courtenay, Orin, Erin Dilger, Leo Calvo‐Bado, et al.. (2019). Sand fly synthetic sex-aggregation pheromone co-located with insecticide reduces the incidence of infection in the canine reservoir of visceral leishmaniasis: A stratified cluster randomised trial. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 13(10). e0007767–e0007767. 19 indexed citations

Bell, Melissa J., Luigi Sedda, Mikel A. González‍, et al.. (2018). Attraction of Lutzomyia longipalpis to synthetic sex-aggregation pheromone: Effect of release rate and proximity of adjacent pheromone sources. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 12(12). e0007007–e0007007. 12 indexed citations

González‍, Mikel A., Melissa J. Bell, Reginaldo Peçanha Brazil, et al.. (2017). A temporal comparison of sex-aggregation pheromone gland content and dynamics of release in three members of the Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae) species complex. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 11(12). e0006071–e0006071. 7 indexed citations

Schmidt, Wolf‐Peter, Sophie Boisson, Parimita Routray, et al.. (2015). Exposure to cows is not associated with diarrhoea or impaired child growth in rural Odisha, India: a cohort study. Epidemiology and Infection. 144(1). 53–63. 17 indexed citations

Clasen, Thomas, Sophie Boisson, Parimita Routray, et al.. (2014). Effectiveness of a rural sanitation programme on diarrhoea, soil-transmitted helminth infection, and child malnutrition in Odisha, India: a cluster-randomised trial. The Lancet Global Health. 2(11). e645–e653. 362 indexed citations breakdown →

Clasen, Thomas, Sophie Boisson, Parimita Routray, et al.. (2012). The effect of improved rural sanitation on diarrhoea and helminth infection: design of a cluster-randomized trial in Orissa, India. Emerging Themes in Epidemiology. 9(1). 114–7. 61 indexed citations

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Gras, Stéphanie, Scott R. Burrows, Lars Kjer‐Nielsen, et al.. (2009). The Shaping of T Cell Receptor Recognition by Self-Tolerance. Immunity. 30(2). 193–203. 83 indexed citations

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Orlandi‐Pradines, Eve, Christophe Rogier, Fanny Jarjaval, et al.. (2009). Major variations in malaria exposure of travellers in rural areas: an entomological cohort study in western Côte d'Ivoire. Malaria Journal. 8(1). 171–171. 19 indexed citations

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Bell, Melissa J., Jacqueline M. Burrows, Rebekah M. Brennan, et al.. (2009). The peptide length specificity of some HLA class I alleles is very broad and includes peptides of up to 25 amino acids in length. Molecular Immunology. 46(8-9). 1911–1917. 33 indexed citations

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Rist, Michael, Corey Smith, Melissa J. Bell, Scott R. Burrows, & Rajiv Khanna. (2009). Cross-recognition of HLA DR4 alloantigen by virus-specific CD8+ T cells: a new paradigm for self-/nonself-recognition. Blood. 114(11). 2244–2253. 53 indexed citations

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Bell, Melissa J., Rebekah M. Brennan, John J. Miles, et al.. (2008). Widespread Sequence Variation in Epstein‐Barr Virus Nuclear Antigen 1 Influences the Antiviral T Cell Response. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 197(11). 1594–1597. 27 indexed citations

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Burrows, Jacqueline M., Katherine K. Wynn, F.E. Tynan, et al.. (2007). The impact of HLA‐B micropolymorphism outside primary peptide anchor pockets on the CTL response to CMV. European Journal of Immunology. 37(4). 946–953. 39 indexed citations

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Brennan, Rebekah M., John J. Miles, Sharon L. Silins, et al.. (2007). Predictable αβ T-Cell Receptor Selection toward an HLA-B*3501-Restricted Human Cytomegalovirus Epitope. Journal of Virology. 81(13). 7269–7273. 16 indexed citations

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Burrows, Jacqueline M., Melissa J. Bell, Rebekah M. Brennan, et al.. (2007). Preferential binding of unusually long peptides to MHC class I and its influence on the selection of target peptides for T cell recognition. Molecular Immunology. 45(6). 1818–1824. 24 indexed citations

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Miles, John J., Natalie A. Borg, Rebekah M. Brennan, et al.. (2006). TCRα Genes Direct MHC Restriction in the Potent Human T Cell Response to a Class I-Bound Viral Epitope. The Journal of Immunology. 177(10). 6804–6814. 57 indexed citations

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Roth, Daniel, et al.. (2005). Are National Vitamin D Guidelines Sufficient to Maintain Adequate Blood Levels in Children?. Canadian Journal of Public Health. 96(6). 443–449. 71 indexed citations

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Arioǧlu, Elif, et al.. (2002). Clinical Course of the Syndrome of Autoantibodies to the Insulin Receptor (Type B Insulin Resistance). Medicine. 81(2). 87–100. 156 indexed citations

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