Simon A. Babayan

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
59 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Simon A. Babayan is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Ecology and Parasitology. According to data from OpenAlex, Simon A. Babayan has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Infectious Diseases, 27 papers in Ecology and 25 papers in Parasitology. Recurrent topics in Simon A. Babayan's work include Parasite Biology and Host Interactions (23 papers), Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment (22 papers) and Parasites and Host Interactions (22 papers). Simon A. Babayan is often cited by papers focused on Parasite Biology and Host Interactions (23 papers), Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment (22 papers) and Parasites and Host Interactions (22 papers). Simon A. Babayan collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, France and United States. Simon A. Babayan's co-authors include Amy B. Pedersen, Odile Bain, Daniel G. Streicker, Judith E. Allen, Rick M. Maizels, Amy H. Buck, Juan F. Quintana, Mark Blaxter, Alasdair Ivens and Sujai Kumar and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Medicine and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Simon A. Babayan

54 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Exosomes secreted by nematode parasites transfer small RNAs to mammalian cells and modulate innate immunity

2014 570 citations Amy H. Buck, Gillian Coakley et al. Nature Communications profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Simon A. Babayan United Kingdom	24	832	809	802	575	333	59	2.2k
Benjamin L. Makepeace United Kingdom	29	696 0.8×	911 1.1×	508 0.6×	216 0.4×	235 0.7×	80	1.9k
Jeannine M. Petersen United States	36	726 0.9×	912 1.1×	714 0.9×	2.9k 5.0×	507 1.5×	98	4.2k
Michael Lierz Germany	28	916 1.1×	851 1.1×	327 0.4×	192 0.3×	350 1.1×	188	2.6k
Natalia Gomez‐Escobar United Kingdom	20	1.1k 1.3×	472 0.6×	514 0.6×	294 0.5×	697 2.1×	24	2.0k
Pascal Boireau France	32	1.4k 1.7×	1.8k 2.2×	1.2k 1.5×	373 0.6×	197 0.6×	132	2.9k
Paulo Lee Ho Brazil	43	1.0k 1.2×	675 0.8×	207 0.3×	1.7k 2.9×	356 1.1×	164	5.2k
François Renaud France	33	957 1.2×	488 0.6×	944 1.2×	291 0.5×	1.4k 4.2×	89	3.1k
Peter M. Takvorian United States	26	1.4k 1.6×	723 0.9×	224 0.3×	900 1.6×	212 0.6×	65	3.1k
Anja Taubert Germany	38	1.5k 1.8×	676 0.8×	721 0.9×	403 0.7×	332 1.0×	241	4.4k
Ann Cali United States	32	2.4k 2.8×	587 0.7×	326 0.4×	579 1.0×	128 0.4×	101	3.4k

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Bennett, Kelly L., Sanjay C. Nagi, Bilali Kabula, et al.. (2025). Genomic Analysis Reveals a New Cryptic Taxon Within the Anopheles gambiae Complex With a Distinct Insecticide Resistance Profile in the Coast of East Africa. Molecular Ecology. 34(10). e17762–e17762. 1 indexed citations

Lennon, Rachel, Rosie S. Williams, Kathryn J. Allan, et al.. (2025). An approach to using stranding data to monitor cetacean population trends and guide conservation strategies. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 28417–28417.

Jackson, F., Elihaika G. Minja, Najat F. Kahamba, et al.. (2024). Comparison of fine-scale malaria strata derived from population survey data collected using RDTs, microscopy and qPCR in South-Eastern Tanzania. Malaria Journal. 23(1). 376–376. 2 indexed citations

Mondragón-Shem, Karina, et al.. (2024). Advancing age grading techniques for Glossina morsitans morsitans, vectors of African trypanosomiasis, through mid-infrared spectroscopy and machine learning. Biology Methods and Protocols. 9(1). bpae058–bpae058.

Mwanga, Emmanuel P., Doreen J. Siria, Mario González‐Jiménez, et al.. (2024). Rapid classification of epidemiologically relevant age categories of the malaria vector, Anopheles funestus. Parasites & Vectors. 17(1). 143–143. 2 indexed citations

Mwanga, Emmanuel P., Doreen J. Siria, Mario González‐Jiménez, et al.. (2024). Reagent-free detection of Plasmodium falciparum malaria infections in field-collected mosquitoes using mid-infrared spectroscopy and machine learning. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 12100–12100.

Mwanga, Emmanuel P., Doreen J. Siria, Mario González‐Jiménez, et al.. (2023). Using transfer learning and dimensionality reduction techniques to improve generalisability of machine-learning predictions of mosquito ages from mid-infrared spectra. BMC Bioinformatics. 24(1). 11–11. 9 indexed citations

Liu, Wei, Tom N. McNeilly, Mairi C. Mitchell, et al.. (2022). Vaccine-induced time- and age-dependent mucosal immunity to gastrointestinal parasite infection. npj Vaccines. 7(1). 78–78. 7 indexed citations

Sweeny, Amy R., et al.. (2021). Supplemented nutrition decreases helminth burden and increases drug efficacy in a natural host–helminth system. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 288(1943). 20202722–20202722. 25 indexed citations

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Crowe, Jenny, Felicity E. Lumb, James Doonan, et al.. (2020). The parasitic worm product ES-62 promotes health- and life-span in a high calorie diet-accelerated mouse model of ageing. PLoS Pathogens. 16(3). e1008391–e1008391. 23 indexed citations

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Clerc, Mélanie, Andy Fenton, Simon A. Babayan, & Amy B. Pedersen. (2019). Parasitic nematodes simultaneously suppress and benefit from coccidian coinfection in their natural mouse host. Parasitology. 146(8). 1096–1106. 20 indexed citations

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Armstrong, Stuart D., Simon A. Babayan, Nicholas A. Gray, et al.. (2014). Comparative Analysis of the Secretome from a Model Filarial Nematode (Litomosoides sigmodontis) Reveals Maximal Diversity in Gravid Female Parasites. Molecular & Cellular Proteomics. 13(10). 2527–2544. 28 indexed citations

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Buck, Amy H., Gillian Coakley, Fabio Simbari, et al.. (2014). Exosomes secreted by nematode parasites transfer small RNAs to mammalian cells and modulate innate immunity. Nature Communications. 5(1). 5488–5488. 570 indexed citations breakdown →

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Comandatore, Francesco, Davide Sassera, Matteo Montagna, et al.. (2013). Phylogenomics and Analysis of Shared Genes Suggest a Single Transition to Mutualism in Wolbachia of Nematodes. Genome Biology and Evolution. 5(9). 1668–1674. 40 indexed citations

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Babayan, Simon A., Honglin Luo, Nicholas A. Gray, David W. Taylor, & Judith E. Allen. (2012). Deletion of Parasite Immune Modulatory Sequences Combined with Immune Activating Signals Enhances Vaccine Mediated Protection against Filarial Nematodes. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 6(12). e1968–e1968. 22 indexed citations

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Attout, Tarik, Coralie Martin, Simon A. Babayan, et al.. (2008). Pleural cellular reaction to the filarial infection Litomosoides sigmodontis is determined by the moulting process, the worm alteration, and the host strain. Parasitology International. 57(2). 201–211. 22 indexed citations

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Taylor, Matthew D., Anjanette Harris, Simon A. Babayan, et al.. (2007). CTLA-4 and CD4+CD25+ Regulatory T Cells Inhibit Protective Immunity to Filarial Parasites In Vivo. The Journal of Immunology. 179(7). 4626–4634. 100 indexed citations

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Houston, Katrina M., Simon A. Babayan, Judith E. Allen, & William Harnett. (2007). DoesLitomosoides sigmodontissynthesize dimethylethanolamine from choline?. Parasitology. 135(1). 55–61. 4 indexed citations

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Babayan, Simon A., Tarik Attout, Phat N. Vuong, et al.. (2005). The subcutaneous movements of filarial infective larvae are impaired in vaccinated hosts in comparison to primary infected hosts. PubMed. 4(1). 3–3. 9 indexed citations

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Attout, Tarik, Simon A. Babayan, Achim Hoerauf, et al.. (2004). Blood-feeding in the young adult filarial wormsLitomosoides sigmodontis. Parasitology. 130(4). 421–428. 13 indexed citations

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