Paul M. Sharp

48.3k citations

199 papers · 32.3k indexed · 15 hit papers · h-index 81

Virology top 0.02%
- HIV Research and Treatment 67
Infectious Diseases top 0.1%
- HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment 24
- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions 17
Molecular Biology top 0.1%
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies 58
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms 53
- RNA modifications and cancer 19
Genetics top 0.05%
Immunology top 0.5%
Epidemiology
- Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments 18
Ecology
- Bacteriophages and microbial interactions 17

Co-authors: Wen‐Hsiung Li Desmond G. Higgins Beatrice H. Hahn Kenneth H. Wolfe George M. Shaw Elizabeth Bailes Thérèse M.F. Tuohy Feng Gao
Cited by: Virology Infectious Diseases Molecular Biology
Journals: Journal of Virology (22 papers)Journal of Molecular Evolution (13 papers)Nucleic Acids Research (12 papers)
Partner nations: United Kingdom United States Ireland

In The Last Decade

Paul M. Sharp

197 papers receiving 31.1k 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.

2011 Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine
2006 Science
2000 Science
1999 Nature
1994 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
1989 Computer applications in the biosciences
1989 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
1988 Nucleic Acids Research
1988 Gene
1988 Molecular Biology and Evolution
1987 Nucleic Acids Research
1987 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
1986 Journal of Molecular Evolution
1986 Nucleic Acids Research
1986 Nucleic Acids Research

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1	Plasmodium falciparum CyRPA Glycan Binding Does Not Explain Adaptation to Humans Genome Biology and Evolution ·Paul M. Sharp,Frédéric Bibollet‐Ruche,Beatrice H. Hahn	2025	2
2	Remarkable Evolutionary Rate Variations Among Lineages and Among Genome Compartments in Malaria Parasites of Mammals Molecular Biology and Evolution ·B. Shayegan,Oscar A. MacLean,村田昇,Lindsey J. Plenderleith,Richard Culleton,Beatrice H. Hahn,Paul M. Sharp	2024	1
3	Origin of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium vivax Trends in Parasitology ·Paul M. Sharp,Lindsey J. Plenderleith,Richard Culleton,Beatrice H. Hahn	2024	1
4	Malaria-driven adaptation of MHC class I in wild bonobo populations Nature Communications ·Emily E. Wroblewski,Lisbeth A. Guethlein,Moa-Stina Lindström,Weimin Liu,Yingying Li,Anirban Mondal,Andrew Connell,Jean-Bosco N. Ndjango,Paco Bertolani,John Hart,Térese B. Hart,Crickette Sanz,David Morgan,Martine Peeters,Paul M. Sharp,Beatrice H. Hahn,Peter Parham	2023	3
5	Unusually Divergent Ubiquitin Genes and Proteins in Plasmodium Species Genome Biology and Evolution ·Thomas Dalhuisen,Lindsey J. Plenderleith,Larissa Santos Moreira,Nisha Philip,Beatrice H. Hahn,Paul M. Sharp	2023	4
6	The two parasite species formerly known as Plasmodium ovale Trends in Parasitology ·Georges Snounou,Paul M. Sharp,Richard Culleton	2023	9
7	Zoonotic origin of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium malariae from African apes Nature Communications ·Lindsey J. Plenderleith,Wei‐Min Liu,Yingying Li,Dorothy E. Loy,Kleine Mitteilungen,Andrew Connell,Ahidjo Ayouba,Amandine Esteban,Martine Peeters,Crickette Sanz,David Morgan,Nathan Wolfe,Markus Ulrich,Andreas Sachse,Sébastien Calvignac‐Spencer,Fabian H. Leendertz,George M. Shaw,Beatrice H. Hahn,Paul M. Sharp	2022	15
8	Metabarcoding reveals a high diversity of woody host-associatedPhytophthoraspp. in soils at public gardens and amenity woodlands in Britain PeerJ ·Carolyn Riddell,Jeroen van den Broek,S Soumya,Ashraf Hejly,Jack Forster,Pete E. Hedley,Jenny Morris,Peter Thorpe,David E. L. Cooke,Leighton Pritchard,Paul M. Sharp,Sarah Green	2019	45
9	Adaptation of Plasmodium falciparum to humans involved the loss of an ape-specific erythrocyte invasion ligand Nature Communications ·William R. Proto,C.-P. Hong,Selasi Dankwa,Weimin Liu,Alison Kemp,María L. Grasso,Ζήνων Ζήνωνος,Steve Unwin,Paul M. Sharp,Gavin J. Wright,Beatrice H. Hahn,Manoj T. Duraisingh,Julian C. Rayner	2019	18
10	CHIIMP: An automated high‐throughput microsatellite genotyping platform reveals greater allelic diversity in wild chimpanzees Ecology and Evolution ·Hannah J. Barbian,Andrew Connell,Joseph Legoria,Ronnie M. Russell,Andrew G. Smith,小谷貴史,Rabit Veseli,Yingying Li,Frédéric Bibollet‐Ruche,Emily E. Wroblewski,Deus Mjungu,Elizabeth V. Lonsdorf,Fiona A. Stewart,A. Piel,Anne E. Pusey,Paul M. Sharp,Beatrice H. Hahn	2018	20
11	Efficient SIVcpz replication in human lymphoid tissue requires viral matrix protein adaptation Journal of Clinical Investigation ·Frédéric Bibollet‐Ruche,Anke Heigele,Brandon F. Keele,Juliet Easlick,Julie M. Decker,Jun Takehisa,Gerald H. Learn,Paul M. Sharp,Beatrice H. Hahn,Frank Kirchhoff	2012	36
12	Chimpanzee Reservoirs of Pandemic and Nonpandemic HIV-1breakdown → Science ·Brandon F. Keele,Fran Van Heuverswyn,Yingying Li,Elizabeth Bailes,Jun Takehisa,Mario L. Santiago,Frédéric Bibollet‐Ruche,Yalu Chen,Louise V. Wain,Florian Liégeois,Sévérin Loul,Eitel Mpoudi Ngole,Базарон Бадма Зилимович,Éric Delaporte,John F. Y. Brookfield,Paul M. Sharp,George M. Shaw,Martine Peeters,Beatrice H. Hahn	2006	555
13	Complete Genome Analysis of One of the Earliest SIVcpz Ptt Strains from Gabon (SIVcpzGAB2) AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses ·Frédéric Bibollet‐Ruche,Feng Gao,Elizabeth Bailes,Sentob Saragosti,Éric Delaporte,Martine Peeters,George M. Shaw,Beatrice H. Hahn,Paul M. Sharp	2004	16
14	Noninvasive Detection of Simian Immunodeficiency Virus Infection in a Wild-Living L'Hoest's Monkey ( Cercopithecus lhoesti ) AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses ·Mario L. Santiago,Frédéric Bibollet‐Ruche,Nicole Gross‐Camp,Pen Du,Michel Masozera,Ian E. Munanura,Beth A. Kaplin,Paul M. Sharp,George M. Shaw,Beatrice H. Hahn	2003	13
15	Dating the origin of HIV-I subtypes - reply Nature ·R. M. Delaune,Paul M. Sharp,D D Ho	1999	3
16	Origins and diversity of human immunodeficiency viruses AIDS ·Paul M. Sharp,David L. Robertson,Feng Gao,Beatrice H. Hahn	1994	103
17	HIV-1 Sequence Subtype D in the United States AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses ·Feng Gao,Ling Yue,Harsha Vyas,El Adl,Ekaterina Yu. Moiseeva,Michael S. Saag,George M. Shaw,Paul M. Sharp,Beatrice H. Hahn	1994	37
18	Molecular Characterization of the env Gene from a Non-Syncytium-Inducing HIV-2 Isolate (HIV-2 _ALI ) AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses ·Nuno Taveira,政美中山,Arsène Burny,Paul M. Sharp,Luiz H de Gregorio,José Moniz‐Pereira	1994	10
19	Genetic Variation of HIV Type 1 in Four World Health Organization-Sponsored Vaccine Evaluation Sites: Generation of Functional Envelope (Glycoprotein 160) Clones Representative of Sequence Subtypes A, B, C, and E AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses ·Feng Gao,Ling Yue,Risler,A. López Ladrón,El Adl,Francine E. McCutchan,James A. Bradac,Paul M. Sharp,Beatrice H. Hahn,(unknown)	1994	104
20	Genetic Typing of HIV-2 from a Senegalese/German Heterosexual Transmission AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses ·Feng Gao,Ling Yue,Paul M. Sharp,Beatrice H. Hahn	1993	8

About Paul M. Sharp

Paul M. Sharp is a scholar working on Virology, Infectious Diseases and Parasitology, having authored 199 papers that have together received 32.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include HIV Research and Treatment (67 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (58 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (53 papers), HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment (24 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (19 papers), Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments (18 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (17 papers) and HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (17 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Virology (7.3k citations), Infectious Diseases (5.8k citations) and Molecular Biology (17.0k citations). Paul M. Sharp has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Ireland. Frequent co-authors include Wen‐Hsiung Li, Desmond G. Higgins, Beatrice H. Hahn, Kenneth H. Wolfe, George M. Shaw, Elizabeth Bailes, Thérèse M.F. Tuohy, Feng Gao, David L. Robertson and Martine Peeters. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Virology, Journal of Molecular Evolution, Nucleic Acids Research, Nature and Molecular Biology and Evolution.

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