2026 Louis Schofield: Immunology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Immunology	57	3603	3320	147	138	126	13241

Overview

Louis Schofield is a researcher affiliated with James Cook University in Australia. Their work primarily focuses on medicine, immunology, and microbiology, with an emphasis on malaria research and control as well as mosquito-borne diseases and control. The subfields of their research include public health, environmental and occupational health, immunology, plant science, insect science, and parasitology.

Schofield's research topics encompass:

Malaria Research and Control
Mosquito-borne diseases and control
Insect Pest Control Strategies
Immune Cell Function and Interaction
T-cell and B-cell Immunology
Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences

Their frequent co-authors include Lincoln Timinao, Michelle Katusele, Ivo Müeller, Stephan Karl, and Rebecca Vinit.

Schofield has published in various scientific venues, with multiple articles appearing in:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Nature Communications
Frontiers in Immunology
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
Parasites & Vectors

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Louis Schofield are:

"Decreased bioefficacy of long-lasting insecticidal nets and the resurgence of malaria in Papua New Guinea," 2020, Nature Communications
"Optimization of the feeding rate of Anopheles farauti s.s. colony mosquitoes in direct membrane feeding assays," 2021, Parasites & Vectors
"Transcriptional Memory-Like Imprints and Enhanced Functional Activity in γδ T Cells Following Resolution of Malaria Infection," 2020, Frontiers in Immunology
"Infectivity of Symptomatic Malaria Patients to Anopheles farauti Colony Mosquitoes in Papua New Guinea," 2021, Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
"Safety, infectivity and immunogenicity of a genetically attenuated blood-stage malaria vaccine," 2021, BMC Medicine

Best Publications

γ Interferon, CD8 + T cells and antibodies required for immunity to malaria sporozoites

Louis Schofield;Jaime Villaquiran;Arturo Ferreira;Huub Schellekens

903
Citations
Immunological processes in malaria pathogenesis.

Louis Schofield;Georges E. R. Grau

882
Citations
Synthetic GPI as a candidate anti-toxic vaccine in a model of malaria

Louis Schofield;Michael C. Hewitt;Krystal Evans;Mary-Anne Siomos

618
Citations
CD1d-restricted immunoglobulin G formation to GPI-anchored antigens mediated by NKT cells

Louis Schofield;Malcolm J. McConville;Diana Hansen;A. Stewart Campbell

477
Citations
Inhibition of development of exoerythrocytic forms of malaria parasites by gamma-interferon

A Ferreira;L Schofield;V Enea;H Schellekens

409
Citations
MyD88 is essential for clearance of Leishmania major: possible role for lipophosphoglycan and Toll‐like receptor 2 signaling

Michael John de Veer;Joan Curtis;Tracey M Baldwin;Joseph A DiDonato

401
Citations
Glycosylphosphatidylinositol toxin of Plasmodium induces nitric oxide synthase expression in macrophages and vascular endothelial cells by a protein tyrosine kinase-dependent and protein kinase C-dependent signaling pathway.

S D Tachado;P Gerold;M J McConville;T Baldwin

323
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
Distinct Protein Classes Including Novel Merozoite Surface Antigens in Raft-like Membranes of Plasmodium falciparum

Paul R. Sanders;Paul R. Sanders;Paul R. Gilson;Greg T. Cantin;Doron C. Greenbaum

293
Citations
Regulating immunity to malaria.

E. M. Riley;S. Wahl;D. J. Perkins;L. Schofield

270
Citations
Structural analysis of the glycosyl-phosphatidylinositol membrane anchor of the merozoite surface proteins-1 and -2 of Plasmodium falciparum.

Peter Gerold;Louis Schofield;Michael J. Blackman;Anthony A. Holder

259
Citations
Blood-stage Plasmodium infection induces CD8+ T lymphocytes to parasite-expressed antigens, largely regulated by CD8α+ dendritic cells

Rachel J. Lundie;Tania F. de Koning-Ward;Gayle M. Davey;Catherine Q. Nie

240
Citations
Regulation of murine cerebral malaria pathogenesis by CD1d-restricted NKT cells and the natural killer complex.

Diana S Hansen;Mary-Anne Siomos;Lynn Buckingham;Anthony A Scalzo

230
Citations
A research agenda for malaria eradication: vaccines.

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

217
Citations
Malaria parasite DNA-harbouring vesicles activate cytosolic immune sensors.

Xavier Sisquella;Xavier Sisquella;Yifat Ofir-Birin;Matthew A. Pimentel;Matthew A. Pimentel;Lesley Cheng;Lesley Cheng

217
Citations
NK cells stimulate recruitment of CXCR3+ T cells to the brain during Plasmodium berghei-mediated cerebral malaria.

Diana S. Hansen;Nicholas J. Bernard;Catherine Q. Nie;Louis Schofield

214
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
Differential Patterns of Infection and Disease with P. falciparum and P. vivax in Young Papua New Guinean Children

Enmoore Lin;Benson Kiniboro;Laurie Gray;Stuart Dobbie

201
Citations
Molecular evidence for the localization of Plasmodium falciparum immature gametocytes in bone marrow

Ruth Aguilar;Ariel Magallon-Tejada;Ariel H. Achtman;Ariel H. Achtman;Cinta Moraleda

192
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Ivo Mueller Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research

Peter Siba Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research

Alan F. Cowman Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research

Clara Menéndez University of Barcelona

James G. Beeson Burnet Institute

Brendan S. Crabb Monash University

Malcolm J. McConville University of Melbourne

Ralph T. Schwarz Philipp University of Marburg

Peter A. Zimmerman Case Western Reserve University

Ingrid Felger University of Basel

External Links

Personal website of Louis Schofield

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