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Sergio Wittlin publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Sergio Wittlin sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 215 publications — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Sergio Wittlin D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Sergio Wittlin sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 54 D-Index — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Sergio Wittlin is affiliated with the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute in Switzerland. Their research primarily focuses on malaria and related infectious diseases, contributing extensively to the field of medicine with a total of 123 publications.

The main fields of study for Wittlin include:

  • Medicine

More specifically, their work spans several subfields of study:

  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Epidemiology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Computational Theory and Mathematics

Wittlin's research covers various main topics, including:

  • Malaria Research and Control
  • HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment
  • Trypanosoma species research and implications
  • Research on Leishmaniasis Studies
  • Computational Drug Discovery Methods
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms

The scientist has published papers in numerous journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
  • ACS Infectious Diseases
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
  • eLife

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Wittlin include:

  • "Reaction hijacking of tyrosine tRNA synthetase as a new whole-of-life-cycle antimalarial strategy", 2022, Science
  • "The antimalarial MMV688533 provides potential for single-dose cures with a high barrier to Plasmodium falciparum parasite resistance", 2021, Science Translational Medicine
  • "Potent Antimalarials with Development Potential Identified by Structure-Guided Computational Optimization of a Pyrrole-Based Dihydroorotate Dehydrogenase Inhibitor Series", 2021, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
  • "Antimalarial Benzimidazole Derivatives Incorporating Phenolic Mannich Base Side Chains Inhibit Microtubule and Hemozoin Formation: Structure-Activity Relationship and In Vivo Oral Efficacy Studies", 2021, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
  • "The 3-phosphoinositide-dependent protein kinase 1 is an essential upstream activator of protein kinase A in malaria parasites", 2021, PLoS Biology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Wittlin include:

  • David A. Fidock
  • Tomas Yeo
  • Susan A. Charman
  • Francisco-Javier Gamo
  • Lyn-Marié Birkholtz

Best Publications

  • Identification of an antimalarial synthetic trioxolane drug development candidate.

    Jonathan L Vennerstrom;Sarah Arbe-Barnes;Reto Brun;Susan A Charman

  • A novel multiple-stage antimalarial agent that inhibits protein synthesis

    Beatriz Baragaña;Irene Hallyburton;Marcus C. S. Lee;Marcus C. S. Lee;Neil R. Norcross

  • The activities of current antimalarial drugs on the life cycle stages of Plasmodium: a comparative study with human and rodent parasites.

    Michael J Delves;David Plouffe;Christian Scheurer;Christian Scheurer;Stephan Meister

  • Synthetic ozonide drug candidate OZ439 offers new hope for a single-dose cure of uncomplicated malaria

    Susan A. Charman;Sarah Arbe-Barnes;Ian C. Bathurst;Reto Brun

  • A long-duration dihydroorotate dehydrogenase inhibitor (DSM265) for prevention and treatment of malaria

    Margaret A. Phillips;Julie Lotharius;Kennan Marsh;John White

  • Antimalarial efficacy of MMV390048, an inhibitor of Plasmodium phosphatidylinositol 4-kinase

    Tanya Paquet;Claire Le Manach;Diego González Cabrera;Yassir Younis

  • Differential hypermethylation of SOCS genes in ovarian and breast carcinomas

    Kate D Sutherland;Geoffrey J Lindeman;David Y H Choong;Sergio Wittlin

  • Discovery of dual function acridones as a new antimalarial chemotype.

    Jane X. Kelly;Martin J. Smilkstein;Reto Brun;Sergio Wittlin

  • Socs2 and elf5 mediate prolactin-induced mammary gland development.

    Jessica Harris;Prudence M. Stanford;Kate Sutherland;Samantha R. Oakes

  • In vitro and in vivo interaction of synthetic peroxide RBx11160 (OZ277) with piperaquine in Plasmodium models.

    Christopher Snyder;Jacques Chollet;Josefina Santo-Tomas;Christian Scheurer

  • Identification of a 1,2,4,5-tetraoxane antimalarial drug-development candidate (RKA 182) with superior properties to the semisynthetic artemisinins.

    Paul M O'Neill;Richard K Amewu;Gemma L Nixon;Fatima Bousejra ElGarah

  • 3,5-Diaryl-2-aminopyridines as a Novel Class of Orally Active Antimalarials Demonstrating Single Dose Cure in Mice and Clinical Candidate Potential

    Yassir Younis;Frederic Douelle;Tzu-Shean Feng;Diego Gonzalez Cabrera

  • First-in-man safety and pharmacokinetics of synthetic ozonide OZ439 demonstrates an improved exposure profile relative to other peroxide antimalarials

    Joerg J. Moehrle;Stephan Duparc;Christoph Siethoff;Paul L. M. van Giersbergen

  • Spiro and dispiro-1,2,4-trioxolanes as antimalarial peroxides: charting a workable structure-activity relationship using simple prototypes.

    Yuxiang Dong;Jacques Chollet;Hugues Matile;Susan A Charman

  • Novel Inhibitors of Plasmodium falciparum Dihydroorotate Dehydrogenase with Anti-malarial Activity in the Mouse Model

    Michael L. Booker;Cecilia M. Bastos;Martin L. Kramer;Robert H. Barker

  • SOCS1 deficiency results in accelerated mammary gland development and rescues lactation in prolactin receptor-deficient mice.

    Geoffrey J. Lindeman;Sergio Wittlin;Hania Lada;Matthew J. Naylor

  • UCT943, a Next-Generation Plasmodium falciparum PI4K Inhibitor Preclinical Candidate for the Treatment of Malaria.

    Christel Brunschwig;Nina Lawrence;Dale Taylor;Efrem Abay

  • The structure-activity relationship of the antimalarial ozonide arterolane (OZ277).

    Yuxiang Dong;Sergio Wittlin;Kamaraj Sriraghavan;Jacques Chollet

  • Antiparasitic agents: new drugs on the horizon.

    Pascal Mäser;Sergio Wittlin;Sergio Wittlin;Matthias Rottmann;Matthias Rottmann;Tanja Wenzler;Tanja Wenzler

  • A long-duration dihydroorotate dehydrogenase inhibitor (DSM265) for prevention and treatment of malaria

    M. A. Phillips;J. Lotharius;K. Marsh;J. White

Frequent Co-Authors

Kelly Chibale
Kelly Chibale University of Cape Town
Reto Brun
Reto Brun University of Basel
Susan A. Charman
Susan A. Charman Monash University
Jonathan L. Vennerstrom
Jonathan L. Vennerstrom University of Nebraska Medical Center
Vicky M. Avery
Vicky M. Avery Griffith University
Elizabeth A. Winzeler
Elizabeth A. Winzeler University of California, San Diego
Hugues Matile
Hugues Matile Roche (Switzerland)
David A. Fidock
David A. Fidock Columbia University
Pascal Mäser
Pascal Mäser Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
Marcel Kaiser
Marcel Kaiser Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute

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