Yuemei Dong

8.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
65 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

Yuemei Dong is a scholar working on Insect Science, Immunology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Yuemei Dong has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Insect Science, 39 papers in Immunology and 35 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Yuemei Dong's work include Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms (38 papers), Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (35 papers) and Mosquito-borne diseases and control (32 papers). Yuemei Dong is often cited by papers focused on Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms (38 papers), Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (35 papers) and Mosquito-borne diseases and control (32 papers). Yuemei Dong collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. Yuemei Dong's co-authors include George Dimopoulos, Fabio Manfredini, Eric W. Triplett, A. Leonardo Iniguez, Chris M. Cirimotich, Jayme A. Souza‐Neto, April M. Clayton, Harry E. Taylor, Lindsey S. Garver and Zhiyong Xi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Yuemei Dong

63 papers receiving 5.2k 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.

Implication of the Mosquito Midgut Microbiota in the Defense against Malaria Parasites

2009 580 citations Yuemei Dong, George Dimopoulos et al. PLoS Pathogens profile →
Natural Microbe-Mediated Refractoriness to Plasmodium Infection in Anopheles gambiae

2011 429 citations Chris M. Cirimotich, Yuemei Dong et al. Science profile →
Wolbachia Invades Anopheles stephensi Populations and Induces Refractoriness to Plasmodium Infection

2013 344 citations Guowu Bian, Deepak Joshi et al. Science profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yuemei Dong United States	35	3.1k	2.7k	2.1k	1.2k	767	65	5.3k
Patrı́cia Azambuja Brazil	40	2.8k 0.9×	1.4k 0.5×	1.0k 0.5×	1.0k 0.9×	874 1.1×	158	4.6k
José L. Ramírez United States	30	2.8k 0.9×	2.7k 1.0×	1.5k 0.7×	918 0.8×	493 0.6×	70	4.8k
Timothy W. Flegel Thailand	50	2.4k 0.8×	1.2k 0.5×	6.7k 3.1×	2.0k 1.7×	700 0.9×	187	9.0k
Osvaldo Marinotti United States	38	2.4k 0.7×	2.1k 0.8×	1.2k 0.6×	1.7k 1.5×	410 0.5×	117	4.5k
Serap Aksoy United States	55	6.8k 2.2×	2.4k 0.9×	1.1k 0.5×	1.7k 1.5×	908 1.2×	203	9.2k
Zhiyong Xi United States	35	4.9k 1.6×	3.3k 1.2×	880 0.4×	792 0.7×	490 0.6×	74	5.9k
David W. Severson United States	43	2.5k 0.8×	2.3k 0.9×	597 0.3×	2.4k 2.1×	1.1k 1.5×	172	5.2k
Lyric C. Bartholomay United States	34	1.4k 0.4×	1.4k 0.5×	817 0.4×	937 0.8×	740 1.0×	101	3.5k
Donald V. Lightner United States	54	2.5k 0.8×	1.0k 0.4×	7.7k 3.6×	1.7k 1.5×	705 0.9×	175	10.0k
Carl Lowenberger Canada	32	1.9k 0.6×	917 0.3×	1.1k 0.5×	717 0.6×	509 0.7×	83	2.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yuemei Dong

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Camacho, Emma, Yuemei Dong, Christine Chrissian, et al.. (2025). Dietary L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (L-DOPA) augments cuticular melanization in Anopheles mosquitos reducing their lifespan and malaria burden. Nature Communications. 16(1). 8011–8011. 1 indexed citations

Tikhe, Chinmay V., Yuemei Dong, Etienne Bilgo, et al.. (2024). Chromobacterium biopesticide overcomes insecticide resistance in malaria vector mosquitoes. Science Advances. 10(49). eads3658–eads3658. 6 indexed citations

Carballar‐Lejarazú, Rebeca, Yuemei Dong, Thai Binh Pham, et al.. (2023). Dual effector population modification gene-drive strains of the African malaria mosquitoes, Anopheles gambiae and Anopheles coluzzii. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(29). e2221118120–e2221118120. 40 indexed citations

Simões, Maria L., Yuemei Dong, Godfree Mlambo, & George Dimopoulos. (2022). C-type lectin 4 regulates broad-spectrum melanization-based refractoriness to malaria parasites. PLoS Biology. 20(1). e3001515–e3001515. 30 indexed citations

Rinker, David C., et al.. (2021). Transcriptome profiles of Anopheles gambiae harboring natural low-level Plasmodium infection reveal adaptive advantages for the mosquito. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 22578–22578. 7 indexed citations

Dong, Yuemei, et al.. (2020). Field-deployable molecular diagnostic platform for arbovirus detection in Aedes aegypti. Parasites & Vectors. 13(1). 489–489. 5 indexed citations

Short, Sarah M., Sarah van Tol, Brendan D. Smith, Yuemei Dong, & George Dimopoulos. (2018). The mosquito adulticidal Chromobacterium sp. Panama causes transgenerational impacts on fitness parameters and elicits xenobiotic gene responses. Parasites & Vectors. 11(1). 229–229. 10 indexed citations

Dong, Yuemei, Maria L. Simões, Éric Marois, & George Dimopoulos. (2018). CRISPR/Cas9 -mediated gene knockout of Anopheles gambiae FREP1 suppresses malaria parasite infection. PLoS Pathogens. 14(3). e1006898–e1006898. 114 indexed citations

Angleró-Rodríguez, Yesseinia, Benjamin J. Blumberg, Yuemei Dong, et al.. (2016). A natural Anopheles-associated Penicillium chrysogenum enhances mosquito susceptibility to Plasmodium infection. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 34084–34084. 34 indexed citations

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Bian, Guowu, Deepak Joshi, Yuemei Dong, et al.. (2013). Wolbachia Invades Anopheles stephensi Populations and Induces Refractoriness to Plasmodium Infection. Science. 340(6133). 748–751. 344 indexed citations breakdown →

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Dong, Yuemei, Chris M. Cirimotich, Andrew Pike, Ramesh Chandra, & George Dimopoulos. (2012). Anopheles NF-κB-Regulated Splicing Factors Direct Pathogen-Specific Repertoires of the Hypervariable Pattern Recognition Receptor AgDscam. Cell Host & Microbe. 12(4). 521–530. 80 indexed citations

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Cirimotich, Chris M., Yuemei Dong, April M. Clayton, et al.. (2011). Natural Microbe-Mediated Refractoriness to Plasmodium Infection in Anopheles gambiae. Science. 332(6031). 855–858. 429 indexed citations breakdown →

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Dong, Yuemei, Suchismita Das, Chris M. Cirimotich, et al.. (2011). Engineered Anopheles Immunity to Plasmodium Infection. PLoS Pathogens. 7(12). e1002458–e1002458. 146 indexed citations

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Cirimotich, Chris M., Yuemei Dong, Lindsey S. Garver, Shuzhen Sim, & George Dimopoulos. (2009). Mosquito immune defenses against Plasmodium infection. Developmental & Comparative Immunology. 34(4). 387–395. 151 indexed citations

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Warr, Emma, et al.. (2007). Spatial and sex-specific dissection of the Anopheles gambiae midgut transcriptome. BMC Genomics. 8(1). 37–37. 37 indexed citations

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Xu, Xiaojin, Yuemei Dong, Eappen G. Abraham, et al.. (2005). Transcriptome analysis of Anopheles stephensi–Plasmodium berghei interactions. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology. 142(1). 76–87. 48 indexed citations

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Iniguez, A. Leonardo, Yuemei Dong, & Eric W. Triplett. (2004). Nitrogen Fixation in Wheat Provided by Klebsiella pneumoniae 342. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 17(10). 1078–1085. 190 indexed citations

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Dong, Yuemei, Marisa K. Chelius, Sylvain Brisse, et al.. (2003). Comparisons between two Klebsiella: The plant endophyte K. pneumoniae 342 and a clinical isolate, K. pneumoniae MGH78578. Symbiosis. 35. 247–259. 10 indexed citations

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Dong, Yuemei, et al.. (1998). Green Fluorescent Protein and Its Application in Plant Research. Chinese Bulletin of Botany. 15(5). 24.

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Wang, Jiwen, et al.. (1994). Characterization of Nitrogen Fixation in Maize Root Associated Klebsiella planticola 19-1. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 36(4). 1 indexed citations

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