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Immunology

D-Index
95
Citations
30948
World Ranking
902
National Ranking
33

Medicine

D-Index
96
Citations
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World Ranking
9745
National Ranking
296

Alex Loukas publication distribution in Immunology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Immunology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alex Loukas sits on this spectrum.

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62 publications 807+

This scientist: 436 publications — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 807 publications or more.

Alex Loukas D-index placement in Immunology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Immunology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alex Loukas sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 157+

This scientist: 95 D-Index — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 157 D-Index or more.

Overview

Alex Loukas is affiliated with James Cook University in Australia and has a research focus predominantly within the fields of Immunology and Microbiology as well as Medicine.

Their main areas of study include Parasitology, Ecology, Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases, and Small Animals. The research topics they address primarily cover Parasites and Host Interactions, Parasite Biology and Host Interactions, Helminth infection and control, Extracellular vesicles in disease, Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment, Trace Elements in Health, and Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities.

The scientist has contributed to several recent publications, including:

  • Ulcerative colitis: clinical biomarkers, therapeutic targets, and emerging treatments (2024) published in Trends in Pharmacological Sciences
  • Cholangiocarcinoma (2021) published in Nature Reviews Disease Primers
  • The NK cell granule protein NKG7 regulates cytotoxic granule exocytosis and inflammation (2020) published in Nature Immunology
  • Revisiting Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Pathology, Treatments, Challenges and Emerging Therapeutics Including Drug Leads from Natural Products (2020) published in Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • Harnessing helminth-driven immunoregulation in the search for novel therapeutic modalities (2020) published in PLoS Pathogens

Frequent co-authors in their work include Javier Sotillo, Michael J. Smout, Paul J. Brindley, Thewarach Laha, and Paul Giacomin.

Their research has often been published in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), International Journal for Parasitology, PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Frontiers in Parasitology, and Vaccines.

Best Publications

  • Soil-transmitted helminth infections: ascariasis, trichuriasis, and hookworm

    Jeffrey Bethony;Jeffrey Bethony;Simon Brooker;Marco Albonico;Stefan M Geiger;Stefan M Geiger

  • Liver fluke induces cholangiocarcinoma.

    Banchob Sripa;Sasithorn Kaewkes;Paiboon Sithithaworn;Eimorn Mairiang

  • Current Status of Vaccines for Schistosomiasis

    Donald P. McManus;Alex Loukas

  • Tetraspanins on the surface of Schistosoma mansoni are protective antigens against schistosomiasis

    Mai H Tran;Mark S Pearson;Jeffrey M Bethony;Jeffrey M Bethony;Danielle J Smyth

  • The tumorigenic liver fluke Opisthorchis viverrini – multiple pathways to cancer

    Banchob Sripa;Paul J. Brindley;Jason Mulvenna;Thewarach Laha

  • Whole-genome sequence of Schistosoma haematobium

    Neil D Young;Aaron R Jex;Bo Li;Shiping Liu

  • The Intestinal Microbiota Contributes to the Ability of Helminths to Modulate Allergic Inflammation

    Mario M. Zaiss;Alexis Rapin;Luc Lebon;Lalit Kumar Dubey

  • Opisthorchiasis and Opisthorchis-associated cholangiocarcinoma in Thailand and Laos

    Banchob Sripa;Jeffrey M. Bethony;Paiboon Sithithaworn;Sasithorn Kaewkes

  • Hookworm infection

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  • Immune Responses in Hookworm Infections

    Alex Loukas;Paul Prociv

  • Developing vaccines to combat hookworm infection and intestinal schistosomiasis.

    Peter J. Hotez;Jeffrey M. Bethony;Jeffrey M. Bethony;David J. Diemert;David J. Diemert;Mark Pearson

  • The genome and developmental transcriptome of the strongylid nematode Haemonchus contortus

    Erich M Schwarz;Erich M Schwarz;Erich M Schwarz;Pasi K Korhonen;Bronwyn E Campbell;Neil S Young

  • Effect of Hookworm Infection on Wheat Challenge in Celiac Disease - A Randomised Double-Blinded Placebo Controlled Trial

    A. James Daveson;Dianne M. Jones;Soraya Gaze;Soraya Gaze;Henry McSorley;Henry McSorley

  • Helminth Immunomodulation in Autoimmune Disease

    Taylor B. Smallwood;Paul R. Giacomin;Alex Loukas;Jason P. Mulvenna;Jason P. Mulvenna;Jason P. Mulvenna

  • Genome of the human hookworm Necator americanus

    Yat T Tang;Xin Gao;Bruce A Rosa;Sahar Abubucker

  • Digestive proteases of blood-feeding nematodes

    Angela L. Williamson;Paul J. Brindley;David P. Knox;Peter J. Hotez

  • Immune-Mediated Mechanisms of Parasite Tissue Sequestration during Experimental Cerebral Malaria

    Fiona H Amante;Ashraful K M Nazmul Haque;Amanda C Stanley;Fabian De Labastida Rivera

  • Proteomics Analysis of the Excretory/Secretory Component of the Blood-feeding Stage of the Hookworm, Ancylostoma caninum

    Jason Mulvenna;Brett Hamilton;Shivashankar Hiriyur Nagaraj;Danielle Smyth

  • Therapeutic potential of helminth soluble proteins in TNBS-induced colitis in mice.

    Nathalie E. Ruyssers;Benedicte Y. De Winter;Joris G. De Man;Alex Loukas

  • Antibodies against a secreted protein from hookworm larvae reduce the intensity of hookworm infection in humans and vaccinated laboratory animals

    Jeffrey Bethony;Alex Loukas;Michael Smout;Simon Brooker

  • Schistosome membrane proteins as vaccines

    Alex Loukas;Mai Tran;Mark S. Pearson

  • The NK cell granule protein NKG7 regulates cytotoxic granule exocytosis and inflammation

    Susanna S. Ng;Susanna S. Ng;Susanna S. Ng;Fabian De Labastida Rivera;Juming Yan;Juming Yan;Dillon Corvino;Dillon Corvino;Dillon Corvino

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul J. Brindley
Paul J. Brindley George Washington University
Jeffrey M. Bethony
Jeffrey M. Bethony George Washington University
Peter J. Hotez
Peter J. Hotez Baylor College of Medicine
Jason Mulvenna
Jason Mulvenna QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Malcolm K. Jones
Malcolm K. Jones University of Queensland
Cinzia Cantacessi
Cinzia Cantacessi University of Cambridge
Donald P. McManus
Donald P. McManus Australian National University
Banchob Sripa
Banchob Sripa Khon Kaen University
Robin B. Gasser
Robin B. Gasser University of Melbourne
Bin Zhan
Bin Zhan Baylor College of Medicine

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