Malaria

An interview with: Dr. Stephen Hoffman May 2006		According to our analysis of malaria research over the past decade, the work of Dr. Stephen Hoffman ranks at #1, with 80 papers cited a total of 3,842 times. Dr. Hoffman is also a co-author on the top-ranked paper on the 10-year list: "Genome sequence of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum" (Gardner MJ, et al., Nature 419[6906]:498-511, 3 October 2002). Four other papers of his on malaria are included on the 10-year list. In this interview, Dr. Hoffman talks about his highly cited work in malaria research. [read]

An interview with: Prof. Alan F. Cowman March 2006		Professor Alan Cowman talks about his highly cited work in malaria research. Two of his papers in particular have been singled out by Special Topics: "Dissecting apicoplast targeting in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum," (Foth BJ, et al., Science 299[5607]: 705-8, 2003), which ranks #2 on the 2-year papers list in the Malaria Special Topic, and "Targeting malaria virulence and remodeling proteins to the host erythrocyte," (Marti M, et al., Science 306[5703]: 1930-33, 10 December 2004), which was selected this month as the New Hot Paper in Microbiology. In Essential Science Indicators, Professor Cowman’s record includes 57 papers cited a total of 1,873 times to date in Microbiology. [read] Dr. Stephen Hoffman

An interview with: Prof. Kevin Marsh January 2006		According to our Special Topics analysis of malaria research over the past decade, Professor Kevin Marsh’s work ranks at #2, with 114 papers cited a total of 3,355 times to date. Professor Marsh also has six papers on our top papers lists in this Topic. In Essential Science Indicators, Professor Marsh’s work can be found in the field of Clinical Medicine. Professor Marsh is the Director of the KEMRI-Wellcome Research Programme in Kilifi, Kenya. In the interview below, he talks about his highly cited work on malaria. [read]

An interview with: Dr. François Nosten November 2005		According to our Special Topics analysis of malaria research over the past decade, the work of Dr. François Nosten ranks at #9, with 56 papers cited a total of 1,552 times. Two of the papers he co-authored are in our list of the 20 most-cited papers on malaria published in the past two years. In Essential Science Indicators, Dr. Nosten’s record includes 96 papers cited a total 2,020 times to date. Dr. Nosten is the Director of the Shoklo Malaria Research Unit in Thailand. In this interview, he discusses his highly cited papers as well as his current concerns. [read]