Phillip G. Lawyer

4.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
74 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Phillip G. Lawyer is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Epidemiology and Insect Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Phillip G. Lawyer has authored 74 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 62 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 36 papers in Epidemiology and 18 papers in Insect Science. Recurrent topics in Phillip G. Lawyer's work include Research on Leishmaniasis Studies (60 papers), Trypanosoma species research and implications (32 papers) and Insect and Pesticide Research (10 papers). Phillip G. Lawyer is often cited by papers focused on Research on Leishmaniasis Studies (60 papers), Trypanosoma species research and implications (32 papers) and Insect and Pesticide Research (10 papers). Phillip G. Lawyer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Kenya and India. Phillip G. Lawyer's co-authors include David L. Sacks, Shaden Kamhawi, Nathan C. Peters, Nicola Kimblin, Nagila Secundino, Michael P. Fay, Jesús G. Valenzuela, Alain Debrabant, Jackson G. Egen and Ronald N. Germain and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Phillip G. Lawyer

72 papers receiving 3.5k 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.

In Vivo Imaging Reveals an Essential Role for Neutrophils in Leishmaniasis Transmitted by Sand Flies

2008 626 citations Nathan C. Peters, Jackson G. Egen et al. Science profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Phillip G. Lawyer United States	32	2.8k	1.8k	724	658	603	74	3.5k
Edgar Rowton United States	31	3.0k 1.1×	1.8k 1.0×	912 1.3×	605 0.9×	977 1.6×	88	4.0k
Fabiano Oliveira United States	35	2.6k 0.9×	1.3k 0.7×	903 1.2×	604 0.9×	642 1.1×	99	3.2k
Govind B. Modi United States	27	2.1k 0.7×	1.4k 0.8×	448 0.6×	320 0.5×	476 0.8×	45	2.6k
Paul A. Bates United Kingdom	44	4.7k 1.7×	3.2k 1.8×	681 0.9×	935 1.4×	870 1.4×	137	5.6k
Ricardo Molina Spain	35	4.0k 1.4×	2.2k 1.2×	363 0.5×	1.2k 1.9×	524 0.9×	110	4.5k
Ingeborg Becker Mexico	29	1.3k 0.5×	866 0.5×	555 0.8×	910 1.4×	223 0.4×	163	2.7k
Vincent Jamonneau France	35	1.9k 0.7×	2.4k 1.4×	244 0.3×	993 1.5×	582 1.0×	128	3.0k
Nelder F. Gontijo Brazil	30	1.2k 0.4×	1.0k 0.6×	413 0.6×	432 0.7×	798 1.3×	98	2.3k
Régis Gomes Brazil	25	1.6k 0.6×	827 0.5×	593 0.8×	364 0.6×	242 0.4×	38	1.9k
Catherine Ronet Switzerland	31	1.3k 0.5×	985 0.6×	818 1.1×	446 0.7×	103 0.2×	48	2.5k

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Nzelu, Chukwunonso O., Somayeh Bahrami, Phillip G. Lawyer, & Nathan C. Peters. (2025). Detection of Leishmania metacyclogenesis within the sand fly vector employing a real-time PCR for sherp gene expression: A tool for Leishmania surveillance and transmission potential. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 19(3). e0012915–e0012915. 1 indexed citations

Scorza, Breanna M., Rahul Chaubey, Shweta Srivastava, et al.. (2024). Dogs as Reservoirs for Leishmania donovani, Bihar, India, 2018–2022. Emerging infectious diseases. 30(12). 2604–2613. 3 indexed citations

Chaubey, Rahul, Puja Tiwary, Om Prakash Singh, et al.. (2023). Assessing insecticide susceptibility, diagnostic dose and time for the sand fly Phlebotomus argentipes, the vector of visceral leishmaniasis in India, using the CDC bottle bioassay. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 17(5). e0011276–e0011276. 4 indexed citations

Lawyer, Phillip G., et al.. (2017). Laboratory colonization and mass rearing of phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera, Psychodidae). Parasite. 24. 42–42. 79 indexed citations

Depaquit, Jérôme, B. Pesson, Denis Augot, et al.. (2016). Proceedings of the IX International Symposium on Phlebotomine Sandflies (ISOPS IX), Reims, France, June 28th–July 1st, 2016. Parasite. 23. E1–E1. 2 indexed citations

Li, Andrew Y., et al.. (2016). Comparison of In Vivo and In Vitro Methods for Blood Feeding ofPhlebotomus papatasi (Diptera: Psychodidae) in the Laboratory. Journal of Medical Entomology. 53(5). 1112–1116. 6 indexed citations

Lozano‐Fuentes, Saúl, et al.. (2015). Assessing Insecticide Susceptibility of LaboratoryLutzomyia longipalpisandPhlebotomus papatasiSand Flies (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae). Journal of Medical Entomology. 52(5). 1003–1012. 23 indexed citations

Minnick, Michael F., et al.. (2014). Oroya Fever and Verruga Peruana: Bartonelloses Unique to South America. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 8(7). e2919–e2919. 72 indexed citations

Inbar, Ehud, Natalia S. Akopyants, Mélanie Charmoy, et al.. (2013). The Mating Competence of Geographically Diverse Leishmania major Strains in Their Natural and Unnatural Sand Fly Vectors. PLoS Genetics. 9(7). e1003672–e1003672. 73 indexed citations

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Akopyants, Natalia S., Nicola Kimblin, Nagila Secundino, et al.. (2009). Demonstration of Genetic Exchange During Cyclical Development of Leishmania in the Sand Fly Vector. Science. 324(5924). 265–268. 230 indexed citations

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Claborn, David M., et al.. (2009). New State Records for <I>Lutzomyia shannoni</I> and <I>Lutzomyia vexator</I>. Journal of Medical Entomology. 46(4). 965–968. 20 indexed citations

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Peters, Nathan C., Jackson G. Egen, Nagila Secundino, et al.. (2008). In Vivo Imaging Reveals an Essential Role for Neutrophils in Leishmaniasis Transmitted by Sand Flies. Science. 321(5891). 970–974. 626 indexed citations breakdown →

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Robert, Leon L., Richard G. Andre, Phillip G. Lawyer, et al.. (2005). PLASMODIUM-INFECTED ANOPHELES MOSQUITOES COLLECTED IN VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND FOLLOWING LOCAL TRANSMISSION OF PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA IN LOUDOUN COUNTY, VIRGINIA. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association. 21(2). 187–193. 18 indexed citations

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Killick‐Kendrick, R., Yuxuan Tang, M. Killick‐Kendrick, et al.. (1994). Phlebotomine sandflies of Kenya (Diptera: Psychodidae). III. The identification and distribution of species of the subgenusLarroussius. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology. 88(2). 183–196. 27 indexed citations

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Mebrahtu, Yemane B., L. D. Hendricks, Charles N. Oster, et al.. (1993). Leishmania donovani Parasites in the Nasal Secretions, Tonsillopharyngeal Mucosa, and Urine Centrifugates of Visceral Leishmaniasis Patients in Kenya. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 48(4). 530–535. 28 indexed citations

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Ngumbi, Philip M., et al.. (1992). Identification of phlebotomine sandfly bloodmeals from Baringo district, Kenya, by direct enzyme‐linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Medical and Veterinary Entomology. 6(4). 385–388. 30 indexed citations

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Mebrahtu, Yemane B., Phillip G. Lawyer, Philip M. Ngumbi, et al.. (1992). A new rural focus of cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania tropica in Kenya. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 86(4). 381–387. 27 indexed citations

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Mebrahtu, Yemane B., Phillip G. Lawyer, L. D. Hendricks, et al.. (1991). Concurrent Infection with Leishmania donovani and Leishmania major in a Kenyan Patient: Clinical Description and Parasite Characterization. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 45(3). 290–296. 11 indexed citations

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Lawyer, Phillip G., J. I. Githure, C. O. Anjili, et al.. (1990). Experimental transmission of Leishmania major to vervet monkeys (Cercopithecus aethiops) by bites of Phlebotomus duboscqi (Diptera: Psychodidae). Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 84(2). 229–232. 27 indexed citations

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Mebrahtu, Yemane B., et al.. (1988). Indigenous Human Cutaneous Leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania tropica in Kenya. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 39(3). 267–273. 17 indexed citations

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