Susan Lewallen

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Susan Lewallen is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Ophthalmology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Susan Lewallen has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 13 papers in Ophthalmology and 4 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Susan Lewallen's work include Malaria Research and Control (21 papers), Mosquito-borne diseases and control (13 papers) and Retinal and Optic Conditions (9 papers). Susan Lewallen is often cited by papers focused on Malaria Research and Control (21 papers), Mosquito-borne diseases and control (13 papers) and Retinal and Optic Conditions (9 papers). Susan Lewallen collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Malawi and United States. Susan Lewallen's co-authors include Malcolm E. Molyneux, Nicholas A. V. Beare, Terrie E. Taylor, Simon Harding, Richard Carr, Richard O. Whitten, N. George Liomba, Wenjiang J. Fu, Nedson Fosiko and Malcolm E. Molyneux and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Nature Medicine and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Susan Lewallen

25 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

Differentiating the pathologies of cerebral malaria by postmortem parasite counts

2004 513 citations Terrie E. Taylor, Wenjiang J. Fu et al. Nature Medicine profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Susan Lewallen United Kingdom	16	1.4k	376	354	249	159	25	1.7k
Nicholas A. V. Beare United Kingdom	28	1.3k 0.9×	327 0.9×	918 2.6×	234 0.9×	195 1.2×	89	2.3k
Richard O. Whitten United States	15	1.2k 0.8×	437 1.2×	63 0.2×	210 0.8×	97 0.6×	20	1.4k
N. George Liomba Malawi	16	631 0.5×	320 0.9×	34 0.1×	113 0.5×	202 1.3×	24	1.2k
Bamenla Q. Goka Ghana	24	1.1k 0.8×	641 1.7×	21 0.1×	202 0.8×	221 1.4×	62	1.8k
Andrea Hartmann Germany	20	189 0.1×	1.1k 2.8×	299 0.8×	62 0.2×	334 2.1×	31	1.8k
Steve Kamiza Malawi	14	589 0.4×	219 0.6×	31 0.1×	106 0.4×	45 0.3×	19	713
Madalitso Tembo Malawi	9	508 0.4×	193 0.5×	25 0.1×	92 0.4×	116 0.7×	14	939
Karita Haapasalo Finland	15	102 0.1×	298 0.8×	158 0.4×	74 0.3×	119 0.7×	28	654
Nedson Fosiko United Kingdom	4	515 0.4×	184 0.5×	32 0.1×	100 0.4×	43 0.3×	4	591
Emsri Pongponratn Thailand	20	1.2k 0.8×	439 1.2×	11 0.0×	263 1.1×	104 0.7×	45	1.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Susan Lewallen

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Solíz, Peter, Sheila C Nemeth, E Simon Barriga, et al.. (2016). Comparison of the effectiveness of three retinal camera technologies for malarial retinopathy detection in Malawi. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 9693. 96930B–96930B. 11 indexed citations

MacCormick, Ian J. C., Richard J. Maude, Nicholas A. V. Beare, et al.. (2015). Grading fluorescein angiograms in malarial retinopathy. Malaria Journal. 14(1). 367–367. 14 indexed citations

Beare, Nicholas A. V., et al.. (2012). Prevalence of Raised Intracranial Pressure in Cerebral Malaria Detected by Optic Nerve Sheath Ultrasound. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 87(6). 985–988. 20 indexed citations

Beare, Nicholas A. V., Susan Lewallen, Terrie E. Taylor, & Malcolm E. Molyneux. (2011). Redefining Cerebral Malaria By Including Malaria Retinopathy. Future Microbiology. 6(3). 349–355. 84 indexed citations

London, Nikolas, Moe Kyaw Kyaw, Frank Smithuis, et al.. (2011). CMV retinitis screening and treatment in a resource‐poor setting: three‐year experience from a primary care HIV/AIDS programme in Myanmar. Journal of the International AIDS Society. 14(1). 41–41. 25 indexed citations

Birbeck, Gretchen L., Nicholas A. V. Beare, Susan Lewallen, et al.. (2010). Identification of Malaria Retinopathy Improves the Specificity of the Clinical Diagnosis of Cerebral Malaria: Findings from a Prospective Cohort Study. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 82(2). 231–234. 64 indexed citations

Hall, Anthony B., et al.. (2010). Prevalence of cytomegalovirus retinitis in Tanzanians with low CD4 levels. British Journal of Ophthalmology. 95(4). 460–462. 8 indexed citations

White, Valerie A., Susan Lewallen, Nicholas A. V. Beare, Malcolm E. Molyneux, & Terrie E. Taylor. (2009). Retinal Pathology of Pediatric Cerebral Malaria in Malawi. PLoS ONE. 4(1). e4317–e4317. 76 indexed citations

Beare, Nicholas A. V., Simon Harding, Terrie E. Taylor, Susan Lewallen, & Malcolm E. Molyneux. (2008). Perfusion Abnormalities in Children with Cerebral Malaria and Malarial Retinopathy. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 199(2). 263–271. 137 indexed citations

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Lewallen, Susan, Rachel N. Bronzan, Nicholas A. V. Beare, et al.. (2008). Using malarial retinopathy to improve the classification of children with cerebral malaria. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 102(11). 1089–1094. 65 indexed citations

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Lewallen, Susan & Paul Courtright. (2007). A Overview of Ocular Leprosy After 2 Decades of Multidrug Therapy. International Ophthalmology Clinics. 47(3). 87–101. 5 indexed citations

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Beare, Nicholas A. V., Charles E. Riva, Terrie E. Taylor, et al.. (2006). Changes in optic nerve head blood flow in children with cerebral malaria and acute papilloedema. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 77(11). 1288–1290. 13 indexed citations

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Beare, Nicholas A. V., et al.. (2006). MALARIAL RETINOPATHY: A NEWLY ESTABLISHED DIAGNOSTIC SIGN IN SEVERE MALARIA. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 75(5). 790–797. 236 indexed citations

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Taylor, Terrie E., Wenjiang J. Fu, Richard Carr, et al.. (2004). Differentiating the pathologies of cerebral malaria by postmortem parasite counts. Nature Medicine. 10(2). 143–145. 513 indexed citations breakdown →

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Beare, Nicholas A. V., et al.. (2002). Inter-observer concordance in grading retinopathy in cerebral malaria. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology. 96(1). 105–108. 20 indexed citations

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Lewallen, Susan, Valerie A. White, Richard O. Whitten, et al.. (2000). Clinical-histopathological correlation of the abnormal retinal vessels in cerebral malaria.. PubMed. 118(7). 924–8. 58 indexed citations

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Lewallen, Susan, Simon Harding, Malcolm E. Molyneux, et al.. (1999). A review of the spectrum of clinical ocular fundus findings in P. falciparum malaria in African children with a proposed classification and grading system. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 93(6). 619–622. 82 indexed citations

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Lewallen, Susan. (1997). HIV and AIDS and the Eye in Developing Countries. Archives of Ophthalmology. 115(10). 1291–1291. 36 indexed citations

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Lewallen, Susan, et al.. (1993). Retinal haemorrhage in children with malaria [letter]. The Lancet. 341(8842). 1 indexed citations

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Lewallen, Susan, et al.. (1993). Ocular Fundus Findings in Malawian Children with Cerebral Malaria. Ophthalmology. 100(6). 857–861. 90 indexed citations

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