Thomas E. Wellems

24.4k total citations · 8 hit papers
174 papers, 17.2k citations indexed

About

Thomas E. Wellems is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Immunology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas E. Wellems has authored 174 papers receiving a total of 17.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 151 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 38 papers in Immunology and 32 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Thomas E. Wellems's work include Malaria Research and Control (147 papers), Mosquito-borne diseases and control (71 papers) and Computational Drug Discovery Methods (26 papers). Thomas E. Wellems is often cited by papers focused on Malaria Research and Control (147 papers), Mosquito-borne diseases and control (71 papers) and Computational Drug Discovery Methods (26 papers). Thomas E. Wellems collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Mali. Thomas E. Wellems's co-authors include Christopher V. Plowe, David S. Peterson, Xin‐zhuan Su, David A. Fidock, Kirk Deitsch, Xin Su, David Walliker, Louis H. Miller, Takashi Nomura and Ogobara K. Doumbo and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Thomas E. Wellems

171 papers receiving 16.8k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

Mutations in the P. falciparum Digestive Vacuole Transmembrane Protein PfCRT and Evidence for Their Role in Chloroquine Resistance

2000 1.1k citations David A. Fidock, Roland A. Cooper et al. profile →
The large diverse gene family var encodes proteins involved in cytoadherence and antigenic variation of plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes

1995 976 citations Xin‐zhuan Su, Thomas E. Wellems et al. Cell profile →
A Molecular Marker for Chloroquine-Resistant Falciparum Malaria

2001 778 citations Abdoulaye Djimdé, Kassoum Kayentao et al. profile →
Genetic Analysis of the Human Malaria Parasite Plasmodium falciparum

1987 594 citations Thomas E. Wellems et al. Science profile →
Chloroquine‐Resistant Malaria

2001 588 citations Thomas E. Wellems, Christopher V. Plowe profile →
Pyrimethamine and Proguanil Resistance-Conferring Mutations in Plasmodium falciparum Dihydrofolate Reductase: Polymerase Chain Reaction Methods for Surveillance in Africa

1995 541 citations Christopher V. Plowe, Abdoulaye Djimdé et al. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene profile →
Evidence that a point mutation in dihydrofolate reductase-thymidylate synthase confers resistance to pyrimethamine in falciparum malaria.

1988 528 citations Thomas E. Wellems et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Malaria biology and disease pathogenesis: insights for new treatments

2013 419 citations Louis H. Miller, Xin‐zhuan Su et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Isolation and characterization of Plasmodium falciparum blood-stage persisters by improved selection protocols using dihydroartemisinin alone 2025 ·Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy ·(unknown), Juliana M. Sá, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Bin Xi, (unknown), (unknown), Caroline M. Percopo, Jianbing Mu, Thomas E. Wellems	2
2	Infectivity of Plasmodium parasites to Aedes aegypti and Anopheles stephensi mosquitoes maintained on blood-free meals of SkitoSnack 2024 ·Parasites & Vectors ·(unknown), Juliana M. Sá, Kevin Lee, (unknown), Bingbing Deng, Carole A. Long, Tales Vicari Pascini, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Michael P. Fay, Thomas E. Wellems	0
3	Restructured Mitochondrial-Nuclear Interaction in Plasmodium falciparum Dormancy and Persister Survival after Artemisinin Exposure 2021 ·mBio ·(unknown), Javier Manzella‐Lapeira, (unknown), Joseph Brzostowski, Ludmila Krymskaya, Rifat Rahman, (unknown), (unknown), Juliana M. Sá, Thomas E. Wellems	30
4	Transcriptional heterogeneity and tightly regulated changes in gene expression duringPlasmodium bergheisporozoite development 2021 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·(unknown), Tales Vicari Pascini, Sachie Kanatani, Juliana M. Sá, Thomas E. Wellems, Photini Sinnis, Joel Vega-Rodríguez, David Serre	23
5	Regioisomerization of Antimalarial Drug WR99210 Explains the Inactivity of a Commercial Stock 2020 ·Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy ·(unknown), (unknown), Phillip Cruz, Glenn Nardone, (unknown), (unknown), Carole A. Bewley, Thomas E. Wellems, Kristin D. Lane	4
6	Modulation of Triple Artemisinin-Based Combination Therapy Pharmacodynamics by Plasmodium falciparum Genotype 2020 ·ACS Pharmacology & Translational Science ·(unknown), Zina Itkin, Lu Chen, Gergely Zahoránszky-Köhalmi, Chanaki Amaratunga, Olivo Miotto, Tyler Peryea, Charlotte V. Hobbs, Seila Suon, Juliana M. Sá, Arjen M. Dondorp, Rob W. van der Pluijm, Thomas E. Wellems, Anton Simeonov, Richard T. Eastman	7
7	Development of a Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Barcode to Genotype Plasmodium vivax Infections 2015 ·PLoS neglected tropical diseases ·Mary Lynn Baniecki, (unknown), S. F. Schaffner, Daniel J. Park, Kevin Galinsky, Rachel F. Daniels, Elizabeth Hamilton, Marcelo U. Ferreira, Nadira D. Karunaweera, David Serre, Peter A. Zimmerman, Juliana M. Sá, Thomas E. Wellems, L. Musset, Eric Legrand, Alexandre Melnikov, Daniel E. Neafsey, Sarah K. Volkman, Dyann F. Wirth, Pardis C. Sabeti	105
8	Prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum anti-malarial resistance-associated polymorphisms in pfcrt, pfmdr1 and pfnhe1 in Muheza, Tanzania, prior to introduction of artemisinin combination therapy 2015 ·Malaria Journal ·Nahla B. Gadalla, (unknown), Jianbing Mu, Edward Kabyemela, Michael Fried, (unknown), Juliana M. Sá, Thomas E. Wellems	10
9	Genetic determinants of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase activity in Kenya 2014 ·BMC Medical Genetics ·Shivang S. Shah, Alex Macharia, Johnstone Makale, Sophie Uyoga, Katja Kivinen, Rachel Craik, Christina Hubbart, Thomas E. Wellems, Kirk A. Rockett, Dominic Kwiatkowski, Thomas N. Williams	21
10	An evolving picture of the interactions between malaria parasites and their host erythrocytes 2012 ·Cell Research ·Thomas E. Wellems, Rick M. Fairhurst	2
11	Chemical Genomic Profiling for Antimalarial Therapies, Response Signatures, and Molecular Targets 2011 ·Science ·Jing Yuan, Ken Cheng, Ronald L. Johnson, Ruili Huang, Sittiporn Pattaradilokrat, Anna Liu, Rajarshi Guha, David A. Fidock, James Inglese, Thomas E. Wellems, Christopher P. Austin, Xin‐zhuan Su	114
12	Impaired cytoadherence of Plasmodium falciparum -infected erythrocytes containing sickle hemoglobin 2008 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Rushina Cholera, Nathaniel J. Brittain, Mark R. Gillrie, Tatiana M. Lopera-Mesa, Seidina A. S. Diakité, Takayuki Arie, Michael Krause, Aldiouma Guindo, (unknown), Hisashi Fujioka, Dapa A. Diallo, Ogobara K. Doumbo, May Ho, Thomas E. Wellems, Rick M. Fairhurst	169
13	Erythrocyte Binding Protein PfRH5 Polymorphisms Determine Species-Specific Pathways of Plasmodium falciparum Invasion 2008 ·Cell Host & Microbe ·Karen Hayton, Deepak Gaur, Anna Liu, (unknown), (unknown), Subhash Singh, Lynn Lambert, Tetsuya Furuya, (unknown), Michelle Doll, Fatima Nawaz, Jianbing Mu, Lubin Jiang, Louis H. Miller, Thomas E. Wellems	192
14	Community Permission for Medical Research in Developing Countries 2005 ·Clinical Infectious Diseases ·Dapa A. Diallo, Ogobara K. Doumbo, Christopher V. Plowe, Thomas E. Wellems, Ezekiel J. Emanuel, Samia Hurst	84
15	Dissecting the loci of low‐level quinine resistance in malaria parasites 2004 ·Molecular Microbiology ·Michael T. Ferdig, Roland A. Cooper, Jianbing Mu, Bingbing Deng, Deirdre A. Joy, Xin‐zhuan Su, Thomas E. Wellems	186
16	Aberrant development of Plasmodium falciparum in hemoglobin CC red cells: implications for the malaria protective effect of the homozygous state 2003 ·Blood ·Rick M. Fairhurst, Hisashi Fujioka, Karen Hayton, (unknown), Thomas E. Wellems	70
17	Chloroquine treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Mali: parasitologic resistance versus therapeutic efficacy. 2001 ·American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene ·Christopher V. Plowe, Ogobara K. Doumbo, Abdoulaye Djimdé, Kassoum Kayentao, (unknown), (unknown), Drissa Coulibaly, Mahamadou A. Théra, Thomas E. Wellems, Dapa A. Diallo	29
18	Frequent ectopic recombination of virulence factor genes in telomeric chromosome clusters of P. falciparum 2000 ·Nature ·Lúcio H. Freitas-Júnior, Emmanuel Bottius, Lindsay A. Pirrit, Kirk Deitsch, (unknown), Françoise Guinet, Ulf Nehrbass, Thomas E. Wellems, Artur Scherf	396
19	Complex Polymorphisms in an ∼330 kDa Protein Are Linked to Chloroquine-Resistant P. falciparum in Southeast Asia and Africa 1997 ·Cell ·Xin‐zhuan Su, Laura A. Kirkman, (unknown), Thomas E. Wellems	275
20	Telomeric Location of Giardia rDNA Genes 1991 ·Molecular and Cellular Biology ·Rodney D. Adam, Theodore E. Nash, Thomas E. Wellems	59

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