2026 Ivo Mueller: Immunology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Immunology	90	1082	980	39	37	500	27270
Medicine	91	11836	11135	373	365	520	27809

Overview

Ivo Mueller is affiliated with the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with particular emphasis on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Infectious Diseases, Immunology, Parasitology, and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health.

Their work extensively covers topics related to Malaria Research and Control, Mosquito-borne diseases and control, the Complement system in diseases, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, Vector-borne infectious diseases, Global Maternal and Child Health, and Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders.

Recent publications by Ivo Mueller include:

An open dataset of Plasmodium falciparum genome variation in 7,000 worldwide samples, 2021, Wellcome Open Research
Emergence of artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum with kelch13 C580Y mutations on the island of New Guinea, 2020, PLoS Pathogens
Development and validation of serological markers for detecting recent Plasmodium vivax infection, 2020, Nature Medicine
Identifying and combating the impacts of COVID-19 on malaria, 2020, BMC Medicine
Multiplex assays for the identification of serological signatures of SARS-CoV-2 infection: an antibody-based diagnostic and machine learning study, 2020, The Lancet Microbe

Ivo Mueller has collaborated frequently with several researchers including Michael White, Rhea J. Longley, Leanne J. Robinson, Marcus Lacerda, and Jetsumon Sattabongkot.

The scientist has published predominantly in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Malaria Journal, PLoS neglected tropical diseases, Scientific Reports, and Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research).

Best Publications

Key gaps in the knowledge of Plasmodium vivax, a neglected human malaria parasite

Ivo Mueller;Mary R Galinski;J Kevin Baird;Jane M Carlton

834
Citations
A long neglected world malaria map: Plasmodium vivax endemicity in 2010.

Peter W. Gething;Iqbal R. F. Elyazar;Catherine L. Moyes;David L. Smith;David L. Smith

680
Citations
Analysis of Plasmodium falciparum diversity in natural infections by deep sequencing

Magnus Manske;Magnus Manske;Olivo Miotto;Olivo Miotto;Susana Campino;Susana Campino;Sarah Auburn;Sarah Auburn;Sarah Auburn

585
Citations
Genome-wide and fine-resolution association analysis of malaria in West Africa

Muminatou Jallow;Yik Ying Teo;Yik Ying Teo;Kerrin S. Small;Kerrin S. Small;Kirk A. Rockett;Kirk A. Rockett

465
Citations
Plasmodium malariae and Plasmodium ovale – the ‘bashful’ malaria parasites

Ivo Mueller;Peter A. Zimmerman;John C. Reeder

431
Citations
Ultra-Sensitive Detection of Plasmodium falciparum by Amplification of Multi-Copy Subtelomeric Targets

Natalie E. Hofmann;Felista Mwingira;Seif Shekalaghe;Leanne J. Robinson

428
Citations
A research agenda for malaria eradication: drugs.

PL Alonso;Q Bassat

406
Citations
Small babies, big risks: global estimates of prevalence and mortality for vulnerable newborns to accelerate change and improve counting

Unknown

354
Citations
Targeting vivax malaria in the Asia Pacific: The Asia Pacific Malaria Elimination Network Vivax Working Group

NM Anstey;S Auburn;JK Baird;KE Battle

347
Citations
Reported reasons for not using a mosquito net when one is available: a review of the published literature

Justin Pulford;Justin Pulford;Manuel W Hetzel;Manuel W Hetzel;Miranda Bryant;Peter M Siba

331
Citations
Strategies for understanding and reducing the Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium ovale hypnozoite reservoir in Papua New Guinean children: a randomised placebo-controlled trial and mathematical model.

Leanne J. Robinson;Rahel Wampfler;Inoni Betuela;Stephan Karl

322
Citations
Immunoglobulin G Subclass-Specific Responses against Plasmodium falciparum Merozoite Antigens Are Associated with Control of Parasitemia and Protection from Symptomatic Illness

Danielle I. Stanisic;Jack S. Richards;Jack S. Richards;Fiona J. McCallum;Fiona J. McCallum;Pascal Michon

307
Citations
Identification and Prioritization of Merozoite Antigens as Targets of Protective Human Immunity to Plasmodium falciparum Malaria for Vaccine and Biomarker Development

Jack Richards;Thangavelu U Arumugam;Linda Reiling;Julie Healer

277
Citations
Strategies for detection of Plasmodium species gametocytes.

Rahel Wampfler;Felistas Mwingira;Sarah Javati;Sarah Javati;Sarah Javati;Leanne Robinson

257
Citations
Reappraisal of known malaria resistance loci in a large multicenter study.

Kirk A. Rockett;Geraldine M. Clarke;Kathryn Fitzpatrick

246
Citations
Insights into malaria susceptibility using genome-wide data on 17,000 individuals from Africa, Asia and Oceania

Unknown

244
Citations
Association between Naturally Acquired Antibodies to Erythrocyte-Binding Antigens of Plasmodium falciparum and Protection from Malaria and High-Density Parasitemia

Jack S. Richards;Danielle I. Stanisic;Danielle I. Stanisic;Freya J. I. Fowkes;Livingstone Tavul

237
Citations
A Trial of Combination Antimalarial Therapies in Children from Papua New Guinea

Karunajeewa Ha;Mueller I;Senn M;Lin E

229
Citations
Population genomics studies identify signatures of global dispersal and drug resistance in Plasmodium vivax

Daniel N Hupalo;Zunping Luo;Alexandre Melnikov;Patrick L Sutton

221
Citations
Genomic analysis of local variation and recent evolution in Plasmodium vivax

Richard D Pearson;Richard D Pearson;Roberto Amato;Roberto Amato;Sarah Auburn;Olivo Miotto;Olivo Miotto;Olivo Miotto

217
Citations
Association of Early Interferon-γ Production with Immunity to Clinical Malaria: A Longitudinal Study among Papua New Guinean Children

Marthe C. D'Ombrain;Marthe C. D'Ombrain;Leanne J. Robinson;Leanne J. Robinson;Danielle I. Stanisic;Jack Taraika

209
Citations
The risk of malarial infections and disease in Papua New Guinean children.

Pascal Michon;Jennifer L. Cole-Tobian;Elijah Dabod;Sonja Schoepflin

205
Citations
Naturally acquired Duffy-binding protein-specific binding inhibitory antibodies confer protection from blood-stage Plasmodium vivax infection

Christopher L. King;Pascal Michon;Ahmad Rushdi Shakri;Alexandra Marcotty

199
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Siba Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research

Ingrid Felger University of Basel

Alyssa E. Barry Deakin University

James G. Beeson Burnet Institute

Timothy M. E. Davis University of Western Australia

Stephen J. Rogerson University of Melbourne

John C. Reeder World Health Organization

Louis Schofield James Cook University

Jack S. Richards ZiP Diagnostics

Freya J. I. Fowkes Burnet Institute

External Links

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