Neil French

12.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
194 papers, 7.2k citations indexed

About

Neil French is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Neil French has authored 194 papers receiving a total of 7.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 109 papers in Epidemiology, 79 papers in Infectious Diseases and 26 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Neil French's work include Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (72 papers), Respiratory viral infections research (47 papers) and Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment (40 papers). Neil French is often cited by papers focused on Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (72 papers), Respiratory viral infections research (47 papers) and Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment (40 papers). Neil French collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Malawi and United States. Neil French's co-authors include Charles F. Gilks, Christine Watera, Jessica Nakiyingi, Robert S. Heyderman, Eric Lugada, Amelia C. Crampin, Stephen B. Gordon, James Whitworth, Naor Bar‐Zeev and Katherine J. Gray and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Neil French

191 papers receiving 7.1k citations

Hit Papers

1 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.

Microsatellite Markers Reveal a Spectrum of Population Structures in the Malaria Parasite Plasmodium falciparum

2000 625 citations Timothy J. C. Anderson, Bernhard Haubold et al. Molecular Biology and Evolution profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Neil French United Kingdom	44	3.5k	3.0k	1.7k	835	621	194	7.2k
Jennifer S. Read United States	41	2.3k 0.7×	3.0k 1.0×	1.1k 0.7×	1.1k 1.4×	305 0.5×	177	5.5k
Robert S. Heyderman United Kingdom	51	4.3k 1.2×	3.3k 1.1×	1.5k 0.9×	583 0.7×	1.6k 2.6×	309	11.1k
Robert A. Salata United States	49	2.5k 0.7×	3.7k 1.2×	981 0.6×	1.1k 1.3×	971 1.6×	239	8.3k
Robin Broadhead Malawi	39	1.4k 0.4×	2.4k 0.8×	738 0.4×	787 0.9×	546 0.9×	108	4.9k
Jordan W. Tappero United States	61	4.3k 1.2×	6.5k 2.1×	1.9k 1.2×	1.9k 2.3×	650 1.0×	209	11.7k
William J. Moss United States	45	3.0k 0.9×	2.2k 0.7×	1.5k 0.9×	753 0.9×	172 0.3×	273	6.8k
Felicity T. Cutts United Kingdom	48	4.0k 1.2×	1.6k 0.5×	836 0.5×	328 0.4×	414 0.7×	152	6.5k
Maurizio de Martino Italy	43	2.5k 0.7×	2.4k 0.8×	603 0.4×	797 1.0×	293 0.5×	244	6.2k
Paul R. Cieslak United States	43	4.9k 1.4×	3.3k 1.1×	2.5k 1.5×	306 0.4×	2.1k 3.4×	109	10.8k
Richard Pebody United Kingdom	54	6.9k 2.0×	3.0k 1.0×	736 0.4×	757 0.9×	1.1k 1.7×	297	10.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Neil French

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Neil French

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Kalata, Newton, Tinashe K. Nyazika, Stephanie W. Lo, et al.. (2025). High Propensity for Multidrug-Resistant Pneumococcal Shedding Among Adults Living With HIV on Stable Antiretroviral Therapy in Malawi. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 12(8). ofaf422–ofaf422. 1 indexed citations

Cazares, Adrián, et al.. (2024). The Streptococcus agalactiae LytSR two-component regulatory system promotes vaginal colonization and virulence in vivo. Microbiology Spectrum. 12(11). e0197024–e0197024. 1 indexed citations

Xu, Rong, Miguel Ayala León, Xiaoqing Wei, et al.. (2023). TNFR2+ regulatory T cells protect against bacteremic pneumococcal pneumonia by suppressing IL-17A-producing γδ T cells in the lung. Cell Reports. 42(2). 112054–112054. 13 indexed citations

Thindwa, Deus, Samuel Clifford, Jackie Kleynhans, et al.. (2023). Optimal age targeting for pneumococcal vaccination in older adults; a modelling study. Nature Communications. 14(1). 888–888. 7 indexed citations

Singleton, David A., Ana Belén Ibarz-Pavón, Todd D. Swarthout, et al.. (2023). Cross-sectional health centre and community-based evaluation of the impact of pneumococcal and malaria vaccination on antibiotic prescription and usage, febrile illness and antimicrobial resistance in young children in Malawi: the IVAR study protocol. BMJ Open. 13(5). e069560–e069560. 1 indexed citations

Swarthout, Todd D., Naor Bar‐Zeev, Brigitte Denis, et al.. (2022). Changing Incidence of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in Infants Less Than 90 Days of Age Before and After Introduction of the 13-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine in Blantyre, Malawi: A 14-Year Hospital Based Surveillance Study. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 41(9). 764–768. 3 indexed citations

Thindwa, Deus, Thandie S. Mwalukomo, Kondwani Jambo, et al.. (2022). Risk factors for pneumococcal carriage in adults living with HIV on antiretroviral therapy in the infant pneumococcal vaccine era in Malawi. AIDS. 36(14). 2045–2055. 3 indexed citations

Shears, Rebecca K., et al.. (2022). Mechanistic Insights into the Impact of Air Pollution on Pneumococcal Pathogenesis and Transmission. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 206(9). 1070–1080. 27 indexed citations

Thindwa, Deus, Nicole Wolter, Amy Pinsent, et al.. (2021). Estimating the contribution of HIV-infected adults to household pneumococcal transmission in South Africa, 2016–2018: A hidden Markov modelling study. PLoS Computational Biology. 17(12). e1009680–e1009680. 11 indexed citations

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Swarthout, Todd D., Ana Belén Ibarz-Pavón, Gift Kawalazira, et al.. (2021). A pragmatic health centre-based evaluation comparing the effectiveness of a PCV13 schedule change from 3+0 to 2+1 in a high pneumococcal carriage and disease burden setting in Malawi: a study protocol. BMJ Open. 11(6). e050312–e050312. 3 indexed citations

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Divala, Titus, Katherine Fielding, Derek J. Sloan, et al.. (2020). Accuracy and consequences of usingtrial-of-antibioticsfor TB diagnosis (ACT-TB study): protocol for a randomised controlled clinical trial. BMJ Open. 10(3). e033999–e033999. 3 indexed citations

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Colbourn, Tim, Carina King, James Beard, et al.. (2020). Predictive value of pulse oximetry for mortality in infants and children presenting to primary care with clinical pneumonia in rural Malawi: A data linkage study. PLoS Medicine. 17(10). e1003300–e1003300. 23 indexed citations

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Chaguza, Chrispin, Ellen Heinsbroek, Rebecca A. Gladstone, et al.. (2019). Early Signals of Vaccine-driven Perturbation Seen in Pneumococcal Carriage Population Genomic Data. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 70(7). 1294–1303. 8 indexed citations

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Tafatatha, Terence, Miriam Taegtmeyer, Bagrey Ngwira, et al.. (2015). Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Antiretroviral Therapy and Markers of Lymphatic Filariasis Infection: A Cross-sectional Study in Rural Northern Malawi. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 9(6). e0003825–e0003825. 8 indexed citations

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Kulohoma, Benard W., Jennifer Cornick, Chrispin Chaguza, et al.. (2015). Comparative Genomic Analysis of Meningitis- and Bacteremia-Causing Pneumococci Identifies a Common Core Genome. Infection and Immunity. 83(10). 4165–4173. 12 indexed citations

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Travers, Simon, et al.. (2014). Coreceptor Usage, Diversity, and Divergence in Drug-Naive and Drug-Exposed Individuals from Malawi, Infected with HIV-1 Subtype C for More Than 20 Years. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 30(10). 975–983. 4 indexed citations

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Crampin, Amelia C., et al.. (2011). HIV Type 1 Mutational Patterns in HIV Type 1 Subtype C-Infected Long-Term Survivors in Karonga District Malawi: Further Analysis and Correction. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 28(3). 308–313. 1 indexed citations

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Drebert, Zuzanna, Simon Travers, Anna Molesworth, et al.. (2010). Drug Resistance Mutations in Drug-Naive HIV Type 1 Subtype C-Infected Individuals from Rural Malawi. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 27(4). 439–444. 7 indexed citations

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Watera, Christine, Jim Todd, Richard Muwonge, et al.. (2006). Feasibility and Effectiveness of Cotrimoxazole Prophylaxis for HIV-1-Infected Adults Attending an HIV/AIDS Clinic in Uganda. JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 42(3). 373–378. 52 indexed citations

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Anderson, Timothy J. C., Bernhard Haubold, Jeff T. Williams, et al.. (2000). Microsatellite Markers Reveal a Spectrum of Population Structures in the Malaria Parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 17(10). 1467–1482. 625 indexed citations breakdown →

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