Stuart Ainsworth

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
53 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Stuart Ainsworth is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Virology. According to data from OpenAlex, Stuart Ainsworth has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Genetics, 22 papers in Molecular Biology and 21 papers in Virology. Recurrent topics in Stuart Ainsworth's work include Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies (25 papers), Rabies epidemiology and control (21 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (9 papers). Stuart Ainsworth is often cited by papers focused on Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies (25 papers), Rabies epidemiology and control (21 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (9 papers). Stuart Ainsworth collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Netherlands and Ireland. Stuart Ainsworth's co-authors include Douwe van Sinderen, Jennifer Mahony, Robert A. Harrison, Nicholas R. Casewell, James Murphy, Arjen Nauta, Jaffer Alsolaiss, Jeroen Kool, Laura-Oana Albulescu and Michael J. Turner and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Stuart Ainsworth

47 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

  1. Strategy for a globally coordinated response to a priority neglected tropical disease: Snakebite envenoming
    2019 290 citations David J. Williams, Bernadette Abela-Ridder et al. PLoS neglected tropical diseases profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Stuart Ainsworth United Kingdom 19 928 738 663 417 226 53 1.7k
Jing Luo China 19 775 0.8× 439 0.6× 140 0.2× 358 0.9× 73 0.3× 58 2.1k
Timothy P. Jenkins United Kingdom 26 368 0.4× 770 1.0× 157 0.2× 194 0.5× 56 0.2× 70 1.6k
Dawn N. Birdsell United States 23 696 0.8× 793 1.1× 141 0.2× 308 0.7× 24 0.1× 44 1.3k
Silke R. Klee Germany 17 405 0.4× 681 0.9× 64 0.1× 341 0.8× 42 0.2× 33 1.2k
Amber Gillett Australia 21 316 0.3× 189 0.3× 168 0.3× 242 0.6× 122 0.5× 66 1.2k
Blair W. Perry United States 17 471 0.5× 371 0.5× 104 0.2× 165 0.4× 53 0.2× 47 1.4k
Guan‐Zhu Han China 24 371 0.4× 655 0.9× 121 0.2× 126 0.3× 22 0.1× 69 2.4k
Wolf D. Splettstoesser Germany 26 815 0.9× 1.1k 1.5× 325 0.5× 323 0.8× 2 0.0× 55 1.8k
Yoshinori Nakazawa United States 22 158 0.2× 1.1k 1.5× 1.5k 2.2× 153 0.4× 9 0.0× 69 2.0k
Peter Hunt Australia 28 287 0.3× 482 0.7× 48 0.1× 673 1.6× 13 0.1× 76 2.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Stuart Ainsworth

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stuart Ainsworth

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All Works

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Wilkinson, Mark C., Julien Slagboom, Choo Hock Tan, et al.. (2024). Plug and play virus-like particles for the generation of anti-toxin antibodies. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 23. 100204–100204.
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Wilkinson, Mark C., Stuart Ainsworth, Laura-Oana Albulescu, et al.. (2024). Intraspecific venom variation in the medically important puff adder (Bitis arietans): Comparative venom gland transcriptomics, in vitro venom activity and immunological recognition by antivenom. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 18(10). e0012570–e0012570. 2 indexed citations
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Gopalakrishnan, Maya, et al.. (2024). Reported snakebite mortality and state compensation payments in Madhya Pradesh, India, from 2020 to 2022. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 119(2). 158–165.
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Ainsworth, Stuart. (2024). Noma finally recognised as a neglected tropical disease. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 18(5). e0012177–e0012177. 1 indexed citations
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Menzies, Stefanie K., Edouard Crittenden, Steven R. Hall, et al.. (2022). Virus-like particles displaying conserved toxin epitopes stimulate polyspecific, murine antibody responses capable of snake venom recognition. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 11328–11328. 6 indexed citations
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Jenkins, Timothy P., Natalie Wielsch, Heiko Vogel, et al.. (2021). Hexapod Assassins’ Potion: Venom Composition and Bioactivity from the Eurasian Assassin Bug Rhynocoris iracundus. Biomedicines. 9(7). 819–819. 10 indexed citations
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Ainsworth, Stuart, et al.. (2021). Approaches for implementing society-led community interventions to mitigate snakebite envenoming burden: The SHE-India experience. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 15(2). e0009078–e0009078. 15 indexed citations
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Albulescu, Laura-Oana, Chunfang Xie, Stuart Ainsworth, et al.. (2021). Author Correction: A therapeutic combination of two small molecule toxin inhibitors provides broad preclinical efficacy against viper snakebite. Nature Communications. 12(1). 4027–4027. 2 indexed citations
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Stothard, J. Russell, et al.. (2021). Welcome to online-only production of Parasitology and future-proofing of the journal's academic standards. Parasitology. 148(13). 1529–1531. 1 indexed citations
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Ainsworth, Stuart, Stefanie K. Menzies, Nicholas R. Casewell, & Robert A. Harrison. (2020). An analysis of preclinical efficacy testing of antivenoms for sub-Saharan Africa: Inadequate independent scrutiny and poor-quality reporting are barriers to improving snakebite treatment and management. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 14(8). e0008579–e0008579. 47 indexed citations
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Albulescu, Laura-Oana, Chunfang Xie, Stuart Ainsworth, et al.. (2020). A therapeutic combination of two small molecule toxin inhibitors provides broad preclinical efficacy against viper snakebite. Nature Communications. 11(1). 6094–6094. 112 indexed citations
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Williams, David J., Bernadette Abela-Ridder, Stuart Ainsworth, et al.. (2019). Strategy for a globally coordinated response to a priority neglected tropical disease: Snakebite envenoming. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 13(2). e0007059–e0007059. 290 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ainsworth, Stuart, Daniel Petras, Mikael Engmark, et al.. (2017). The medical threat of mamba envenoming in sub-Saharan Africa revealed by genus-wide analysis of venom composition, toxicity and antivenomics profiling of available antivenoms. Journal of Proteomics. 172. 173–189. 79 indexed citations
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Harrison, Robert A., Stuart Ainsworth, Jaffer Alsolaiss, et al.. (2017). Preclinical antivenom-efficacy testing reveals potentially disturbing deficiencies of snakebite treatment capability in East Africa. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 11(10). e0005969–e0005969. 86 indexed citations
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Ainsworth, Stuart, Stephen R. Stockdale, Francesca Bottacini, Jennifer Mahony, & Douwe van Sinderen. (2014). TheLactococcus lactisplasmidome: much learnt, yet still lots to discover. FEMS Microbiology Reviews. 38(5). 1066–1088. 53 indexed citations
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Ainsworth, Stuart, et al.. (2009). It sticks in our throats too. BMJ. 338(jan05 2). a3178–a3178. 1 indexed citations
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Ainsworth, Stuart, et al.. (2003). 'Spatially Enabled Business Intelligence' for the Health Industry. 125. 1 indexed citations

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