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Genetics

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90
Citations
23644
World Ranking
1081
National Ranking
520

Medicine

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93
Citations
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World Ranking
11005
National Ranking
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Dyann F. Wirth publication distribution in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Genetics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Dyann F. Wirth sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 302 publications — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more.

Dyann F. Wirth D-index placement in Genetics in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 90 D-Index — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Dyann F. Wirth is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States and has a significant body of work primarily in the field of Medicine. Their research spans multiple subfields including Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Molecular Biology, Immunology, Epidemiology, and Computational Theory and Mathematics.

The scientist's main research topics concentrate on Malaria Research and Control, with additional focus on mosquito-borne diseases and control, computational drug discovery methods, vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches, parasites and host interactions, HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment, and aquaculture disease management and microbiota.

Frequent publication venues for their work include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), where they have contributed 18 publications, Malaria Journal with 6 publications, Research Square with 5, Cell Chemical Biology with 3, and Nature Communications also with 3 publications.

Some of their recent papers reflect the focus and breadth of their contributions:

  • MalDA, Accelerating Malaria Drug Discovery, 2021, Trends in Parasitology
  • A framework for microbiome science in public health, 2021, Nature Medicine
  • Prioritization of Molecular Targets for Antimalarial Drug Discovery, 2021, ACS Infectious Diseases
  • Chemogenomics identifies acetyl-coenzyme A synthetase as a target for malaria treatment and prevention, 2021, Cell Chemical Biology
  • Malaria surveillance reveals parasite relatedness, signatures of selection, and correlates of transmission across Senegal, 2023, Nature Communications

Dyann F. Wirth has collaborated frequently with several coauthors across many publications. Regular collaborators include Sarah K. Volkman, S. F. Schaffner, Daniel L. Hartl, Amanda K. Lukens, and Elizabeth A. Winzeler.

In recognition of their contributions, Wirth was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2019.

Best Publications

  • Amplification of a gene related to mammalian mdr genes in drug-resistant Plasmodium falciparum

    Craig M. Wilson;Adelfa E. Serrano;Annemarie Wasley;Michael P. Bogenschutz

  • Amplification of kinetoplast DNA as a tool in the detection and diagnosis of Leishmania.

    Mark R. Rodgers;Stephen J. Popper;Dyann F. Wirth

  • Proposal for a common oligosaccharide intermediate in the synthesis of membrane glycoproteins.

    Phillips W. Robbins;S.Catherine Hubbard;S.J. Turco;Dyann F. Wirth

  • Genetic Diversity and Protective Efficacy of the RTS,S/AS01 Malaria Vaccine

    Daniel E Neafsey;Michal Juraska;Trevor Bedford;David Benkeser

  • Transformed mammalian cells secrete specific proteins and phosphoproteins

    Donald R. Senger;Dyann F. Wirth;Richard O. Hynes

  • A research agenda for malaria eradication: drugs.

    PL Alonso;Q Bassat

  • Halofuginone and other febrifugine derivatives inhibit prolyl-tRNA synthetase

    Tracy L. Keller;Davide Zocco;Mark S. Sundrud;Margaret Hendrick

  • A genome-wide map of diversity in Plasmodium falciparum.

    Sarah K Volkman;Pardis C Sabeti;David DeCaprio;Daniel E Neafsey

  • Amplification of pfmdr1 associated with mefloquine and halofantrine resistance in Plasmodium falciparum from Thailand

    Craig M. Wilson;Sarah K. Volkman;Sodsri Thaithong;Roger K. Martin

  • Lysophosphatidylcholine Regulates Sexual Stage Differentiation in the Human Malaria Parasite Plasmodium falciparum

    Nicolas M.B. Brancucci;Joseph P. Gerdt;ChengQi Wang;Mariana De Niz

  • Distinct physiological states of Plasmodium falciparum in malaria-infected patients

    J. P. Daily;D. Scanfeld;N. Pochet;N. Pochet;K. Le Roch

  • Drugs for neglected diseases: a failure of the market and a public health failure?

    Patrice Trouiller;Els Torreele;Piero Olliaro;Nick White

  • Rapid identification of Leishmania species by specific hybridization of kinetoplast DNA in cutaneous lesions

    Dyann F. Wirth;Diane McMahon Pratt

  • A general SNP-based molecular barcode for Plasmodium falciparum identification and tracking

    Rachel Daniels;Sarah K Volkman;Sarah K Volkman;Danny A Milner;Danny A Milner;Nira Mahesh

  • Mapping the malaria parasite druggable genome by using in vitro evolution and chemogenomics

    Annie N. Cowell;Eva S. Istvan;Amanda K. Lukens;Amanda K. Lukens;Maria G. Gomez-Lorenzo

  • A Systematic Map of Genetic Variation in Plasmodium falciparum

    Claire Kidgell;Sarah K Volkman;Johanna Daily;Justin O Borevitz

  • Diversity-oriented synthesis yields novel multistage antimalarial inhibitors

    Nobutaka Kato;Eamon Comer;Tomoyo Sakata-Kato;Arvind Sharma

  • Primary structure of the Streptomyces enzyme endo-beta-N-acetylglucosaminidase H.

    P W Robbins;R B Trimble;D F Wirth;C Hering

  • Recent Origin of Plasmodium falciparum from a Single Progenitor

    Sarah K. Volkman;Alyssa E. Barry;Alyssa E. Barry;Emily J. Lyons;Emily J. Lyons;Kaare M. Nielsen;Kaare M. Nielsen

  • A research agenda for malaria eradication: vaccines.

    S. Abdulla;P. Agre;P.L. Alonso;M. Arevalo-Herrera

Frequent Co-Authors

Sarah K. Volkman
Sarah K. Volkman Harvard University
Daniel E. Neafsey
Daniel E. Neafsey Broad Institute
Daniel L. Hartl
Daniel L. Hartl Harvard University
Pardis C. Sabeti
Pardis C. Sabeti Harvard University
Elizabeth A. Winzeler
Elizabeth A. Winzeler University of California, San Diego
Stephen F. Schaffner
Stephen F. Schaffner Broad Institute
Ralph Mazitschek
Ralph Mazitschek Harvard University
Manoj T. Duraisingh
Manoj T. Duraisingh Harvard University
Souleymane Mboup
Souleymane Mboup Institute of Health Research, Epidemiological Surveillance and Training
Matthias Marti
Matthias Marti University of Glasgow

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