Sara N. Mitchell

4.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Sara N. Mitchell is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Insect Science and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sara N. Mitchell has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 10 papers in Insect Science and 9 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Sara N. Mitchell's work include Mosquito-borne diseases and control (12 papers), Malaria Research and Control (10 papers) and Insect Resistance and Genetics (9 papers). Sara N. Mitchell is often cited by papers focused on Mosquito-borne diseases and control (12 papers), Malaria Research and Control (10 papers) and Insect Resistance and Genetics (9 papers). Sara N. Mitchell collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Italy. Sara N. Mitchell's co-authors include Flaminia Catteruccia, Martin J. Donnelly, Hilary Ranson, Evdoxia G. Kakani, Pie Müller, Mark J. I. Paine, Bradley J. Stevenson, Janet Hemingway, Alexander E. Yawson and Robert M. Waterhouse and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Sara N. Mitchell

22 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

Extensive introgression in a malaria vector species complex revealed by phylogenomics

2014 413 citations Robert M. Waterhouse, Flaminia Catteruccia et al. Science profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sara N. Mitchell United States	16	888	832	475	357	345	22	1.6k
Yoosook Lee United States	24	849 1.0×	1.2k 1.4×	513 1.1×	330 0.9×	337 1.0×	85	1.9k
Andrea L. Smidler United States	14	1.2k 1.3×	372 0.4×	596 1.3×	305 0.9×	547 1.6×	19	1.7k
Vincenzo Petrarca Italy	16	507 0.6×	972 1.2×	206 0.4×	257 0.7×	322 0.9×	23	1.2k
Kyros Kyrou United Kingdom	12	1.6k 1.8×	629 0.8×	1.2k 2.5×	442 1.2×	265 0.8×	15	2.1k
Andrew Hammond United Kingdom	14	1.7k 1.9×	710 0.9×	1.3k 2.6×	479 1.3×	278 0.8×	20	2.2k
Nikolai Windbichler United Kingdom	24	1.9k 2.1×	816 1.0×	1.5k 3.1×	517 1.4×	255 0.7×	44	2.6k
Shengzhang Dong China	24	410 0.5×	358 0.4×	741 1.6×	155 0.4×	207 0.6×	52	1.3k
M. A. Di Deco Italy	15	917 1.0×	1.6k 1.9×	228 0.5×	400 1.1×	488 1.4×	19	2.0k
Derric Nimmo United Kingdom	17	689 0.8×	857 1.0×	1.1k 2.3×	165 0.5×	173 0.5×	31	1.5k
Paolo Gabrieli Italy	21	285 0.3×	480 0.6×	701 1.5×	198 0.6×	121 0.4×	60	1.2k

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Sánchez‐González, Liliana, Jacob E. Crawford, Laura E. Adams, et al.. (2025). Incompatible Aedes aegypti male releases as an intervention to reduce mosquito population—A field trial in Puerto Rico. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 19(1). e0012839–e0012839. 3 indexed citations

Kilpatrick, A. Marm, et al.. (2024). Transinfection of Wolbachia wAlbB into Culex quinquefasciatus mosquitoes does not alter vector competence for Hawaiian avian malaria (Plasmodium relictum GRW4). PLoS Pathogens. 20(8). e1012052–e1012052. 4 indexed citations

Peng, Duo, Evdoxia G. Kakani, Charles Vidoudez, et al.. (2022). A male steroid controls female sexual behaviour in the malaria mosquito. Nature. 608(7921). 93–97. 15 indexed citations

Trewin, Brendan, Dan Pagendam, Brian J. Johnson, et al.. (2021). Mark-release-recapture of male Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae): Use of rhodamine B to estimate movement, mating and population parameters in preparation for an incompatible male program. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 15(6). e0009357–e0009357. 13 indexed citations

Peirce, Matthew J., Sara N. Mitchell, Evdoxia G. Kakani, et al.. (2020). JNK signaling regulates oviposition in the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 14344–14344. 10 indexed citations

Marcenac, Perrine, W. Robert Shaw, Evdoxia G. Kakani, et al.. (2020). A mating-induced reproductive gene promotes Anopheles tolerance to Plasmodium falciparum infection. PLoS Pathogens. 16(12). e1008908–e1008908. 8 indexed citations

Mitchell, Sara N. & Flaminia Catteruccia. (2017). Anopheline Reproductive Biology: Impacts on Vectorial Capacity and Potential Avenues for Malaria Control. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine. 7(12). a025593–a025593. 25 indexed citations

Johnson, Brian J., Sara N. Mitchell, Christopher J. Paton, et al.. (2017). Use of rhodamine B to mark the body and seminal fluid of male Aedes aegypti for mark-release-recapture experiments and estimating efficacy of sterile male releases. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 11(9). e0005902–e0005902. 29 indexed citations

Childs, Lauren M., Evdoxia G. Kakani, Sara N. Mitchell, et al.. (2016). Disrupting Mosquito Reproduction and Parasite Development for Malaria Control. PLoS Pathogens. 12(12). e1006060–e1006060. 45 indexed citations

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Mitchell, Sara N., Evdoxia G. Kakani, Adam South, et al.. (2015). Evolution of sexual traits influencing vectorial capacity in anopheline mosquitoes. Science. 347(6225). 985–988. 51 indexed citations

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Weetman, David, Sara N. Mitchell, Craig S. Wilding, et al.. (2015). Contemporary evolution of resistance at the major insecticide target site gene Ace‐1 by mutation and copy number variation in the malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae. Molecular Ecology. 24(11). 2656–2672. 54 indexed citations

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Shaw, W. Robert, Sara N. Mitchell, Francesco Baldini, et al.. (2014). Mating activates the heme peroxidase HPX15 in the sperm storage organ to ensure fertility in Anopheles gambiae. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(16). 5854–5859. 69 indexed citations

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Mitchell, Sara N., Daniel J. Rigden, Andrew Dowd, et al.. (2014). Metabolic and Target-Site Mechanisms Combine to Confer Strong DDT Resistance in Anopheles gambiae. PLoS ONE. 9(3). e92662–e92662. 88 indexed citations

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Gabrieli, Paolo, Evdoxia G. Kakani, Sara N. Mitchell, et al.. (2014). Sexual transfer of the steroid hormone 20E induces the postmating switch in Anopheles gambiae. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(46). 16353–16358. 93 indexed citations

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Kwiatkowska, Rachel, Rodolphe Poupardin, Helen Irving, et al.. (2013). Dissecting the mechanisms responsible for the multiple insecticide resistance phenotype in Anopheles gambiae s.s., M form, from Vallée du Kou, Burkina Faso. Gene. 519(1). 98–106. 91 indexed citations

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Daborn, Phillip J., Christopher Lumb, Thomas W.R. Harrop, et al.. (2012). Using Drosophila melanogaster to validate metabolism-based insecticide resistance from insect pests. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 42(12). 918–924. 73 indexed citations

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Mitchell, Sara N., et al.. (2011). Community-based control of Aedes aegypti larvae by using Toxorhynchites larvae in selected townships of Yangon Division, Myanmar.. 23(2). 101–107. 1 indexed citations

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Lynd, Amy, David Weetman, Susana Barbosa, et al.. (2010). Field, Genetic, and Modeling Approaches Show Strong Positive Selection Acting upon an Insecticide Resistance Mutation in Anopheles gambiae s.s.. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 27(5). 1117–1125. 79 indexed citations

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Müller, Pie, Emma Warr, Bradley J. Stevenson, et al.. (2008). Field-Caught Permethrin-Resistant Anopheles gambiae Overexpress CYP6P3, a P450 That Metabolises Pyrethroids. PLoS Genetics. 4(11). e1000286–e1000286. 260 indexed citations

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Ménard, Claudine, Sara N. Mitchell, & Myron Spector. (2000). Contractile behavior of smooth muscle actin-containing osteoblasts in collagen-GAG matrices in vitro: implant-related cell contraction. Biomaterials. 21(18). 1867–1877. 45 indexed citations

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