2026 Graham H. Coombs: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	91	2281	2078	154	141	322	41031

Research.com Recognitions

2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United Kingdom Leader Award

Overview

Graham H. Coombs is affiliated with the University of Strathclyde in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with substantial work in several related subfields including Pharmacology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Biochemistry, Human-Computer Interaction, and Management of Technology and Innovation.

The scientist's research topics cover a broad spectrum, with notable emphasis on:

Biochemical Acid Research Studies
Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases
Malaria Research and Control
Pharmaceutical Industry and Healthcare
Clinical Practice Guidelines Implementation
Ethics in Clinical Research
Innovative Human-Technology Interaction

Graham H. Coombs has published in several academic venues, including:

International Journal for Parasitology
Drug Safety
The Design Journal
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Coombs span from 2020 to 2024 and include:

Plasmodium falciparum LipB mutants display altered redox and carbon metabolism in asexual stages and cannot complete sporogony in Anopheles mosquitoes, 2021, International Journal for Parasitology
Views on the Development and Use of a New Digital Adverse Drug Event Reporting Platform in Australia: A Qualitative Study, 2024, Drug Safety
Sequenced co-design with stakeholder communities to support the development of spaces for mental health recovery and healing, 2024, The Design Journal
Lipoic acid biosynthesis is essential for Plasmodium falciparum transmission and influences redox response and carbon metabolism of parasite asexual blood stages, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Frequent collaborators in their work include:

Marco Biddau
T. R. Santha Kumar
Philipp P. Henrich
Larissa Laine
Gavin Blackburn

Best Publications

Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy

Daniel J. Klionsky;Fabio C. Abdalla;Hagai Abeliovich;Robert T. Abraham

8665
Citations
Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

8488
Citations
Leishmaniasis– current chemotherapy and recent advances in the search for novel drugs

Simon L. Croft;Graham H. Coombs

1103
Citations
Draft genome sequence of the sexually transmitted pathogen Trichomonas vaginalis

Jane M. Carlton;Robert . Hirt;Joana C. Silva;Arthur L. Delcher

1043
Citations
Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

895
Citations
Evidence for the shikimate pathway in apicomplexan parasites

Fiona Roberts;Fiona Roberts;Craig W. Roberts;Jennifer J. Johnson;Dennis E. Kyle

633
Citations
Whole genome sequencing of multiple Leishmania donovani clinical isolates provides insights into population structure and mechanisms of drug resistance

Tim Downing;Hideo Imamura;Saskia Decuypere;Taane G. Clark

498
Citations
Proteomic analysis of rhoptry organelles reveals many novel constituents for host-parasite interactions in Toxoplasma gondii

Peter J. Bradley;Peter J. Bradley;Chris Ward;Stephen J. Cheng;David L. Alexander

478
Citations
Aspartic proteases of Plasmodium falciparum and other parasitic protozoa as drug targets

Graham H. Coombs;Daniel E. Goldberg;Michael Klemba;Colin Berry

421
Citations
Leishmania mexicana Cysteine Proteinase-Deficient Mutants Have Attenuated Virulence for Mice and Potentiate a Th1 Response

James Alexander;Graham H. Coombs;Jeremy C. Mottram

323
Citations
Cysteine peptidases as virulence factors of Leishmania

Jeremy C Mottram;Graham H Coombs;James Alexander

317
Citations
Erratum to: Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) (Autophagy, 12, 1, 1-222, 10.1080/15548627.2015.1100356

Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

287
Citations
Evidence from disruption of the lmcpb gene array of Leishmania mexicana that cysteine proteinases are virulence factors.

J C Mottram;A E Souza;J E Hutchison;R Carter

286
Citations
Non-ionic surfactant vesicles, niosomes, as a delivery system for the anti-leishmanial drug, sodium stibogluconate.

A J Baillie;G H Coombs;T F Dolan;J Laurie

271
Citations
Axenic cultivation and characterization of Leishmania mexicana amastigote-like forms.

P. A. Bates;C. D. Robertson;L. Tetley;G. H. Coombs

268
Citations
Endosome Sorting and Autophagy Are Essential for Differentiation and Virulence of Leishmania major

Sébastien Besteiro;Roderick A.M. Williams;Lesley S. Morrison;Graham H. Coombs

261
Citations
Proline metabolism in procyclic Trypanosoma brucei is down-regulated in the presence of glucose.

Nadia Lamour;Loïc Rivière;Virginie Coustou;Graham H. Coombs

256
Citations
The shikimate pathway and its branches in apicomplexan parasites.

Craig W. Roberts;Fiona Roberts;Russell E. Lyons;Michael J. Kirisits

242
Citations
Vesicular systems (niosomes and liposomes) for delivery of sodium stibogluconate in experimental murine visceral leishmaniasis.

C A Hunter;T F Dolan;G H Coombs;A J Baillie

231
Citations
Metabolism of Leishmania : proven and predicted

Frederik Opperdoes;Graham H Coombs

230
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