Alex MacNeil

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
6 papers, 959 citations indexed

About

Alex MacNeil is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Alex MacNeil has authored 6 papers receiving a total of 959 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Molecular Biology, 2 papers in Genetics and 1 paper in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Alex MacNeil's work include Retinal Development and Disorders (4 papers), Virus-based gene therapy research (2 papers) and Porphyrin Metabolism and Disorders (1 paper). Alex MacNeil is often cited by papers focused on Retinal Development and Disorders (4 papers), Virus-based gene therapy research (2 papers) and Porphyrin Metabolism and Disorders (1 paper). Alex MacNeil collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom and United States. Alex MacNeil's co-authors include Robin R. Ali, Robert E. MacLaren, Jane C. Sowden, R. A. Pearson, T.E. Salt, Masayuki Akimoto, R.H. Douglas, Anand Swaroop, James Bainbridge and Alexander J. Smith and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Gene Therapy and Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Alex MacNeil

6 papers receiving 935 citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Retinal repair by transplantation of photoreceptor precursors

2006 828 citations Robert E. MacLaren, R. A. Pearson et al. Nature profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alex MacNeil United Kingdom	4	875	469	192	172	84	6	959
Claire Hippert United Kingdom	13	994 1.1×	483 1.0×	254 1.3×	166 1.0×	158 1.9×	17	1.2k
Kyle A. Wallace United States	7	1.4k 1.6×	568 1.2×	219 1.1×	163 0.9×	75 0.9×	8	1.4k
Jörn Lakowski United Kingdom	10	980 1.1×	540 1.2×	154 0.8×	162 0.9×	92 1.1×	14	1.0k
Carla Mellough United Kingdom	17	914 1.0×	397 0.8×	252 1.3×	173 1.0×	72 0.9×	26	1.1k
David E. Buchholz United States	10	1.2k 1.3×	331 0.7×	277 1.4×	196 1.1×	80 1.0×	10	1.3k
Christian Gutierrez United States	8	797 0.9×	326 0.7×	143 0.7×	137 0.8×	65 0.8×	10	899
Valentin M. Sluch United States	12	880 1.0×	351 0.7×	221 1.2×	164 1.0×	54 0.6×	14	1.0k
Kamil Kruczek United States	14	928 1.1×	465 1.0×	135 0.7×	105 0.6×	105 1.3×	17	1.0k
Harold J. Sheedlo United States	19	710 0.8×	339 0.7×	266 1.4×	178 1.0×	68 0.8×	49	884
Amanda C. Barber United Kingdom	11	1.1k 1.3×	686 1.5×	318 1.7×	193 1.1×	62 0.7×	15	1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Alex MacNeil

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alex MacNeil

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alex MacNeil

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alex MacNeil. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alex MacNeil based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Alex MacNeil. Alex MacNeil is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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6 of 6 papers shown

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MacNeil, Alex, et al.. (2023). The Cryptic Nature of Fe-S Clusters: A Case Study of the Hepatitis B HBx Oncoprotein. Inorganics. 11(12). 475–475. 3 indexed citations

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Balaggan, Kamaljit S., Yanaí Durán, Anastasios Georgiadis, et al.. (2011). Absence of ocular malignant transformation after sub-retinal delivery of rAAV2/2 or integrating lentiviral vectors in p53-deficient mice. Gene Therapy. 19(2). 182–188. 11 indexed citations

3.

Kokkinopoulos, Ioannis, R. A. Pearson, Alex MacNeil, et al.. (2008). Isolation and characterisation of neural progenitor cells from the adult Chx10orJ/orJ central neural retina. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience. 38(3). 359–373. 8 indexed citations

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Balaggan, Kamaljit S., Yanaí Durán, Prateek K. Buch, et al.. (2007). Specific Evaluation of the Oncogenic Potential of Aav2/2 Vectors After Intraocular Delivery in P53 Knockout Mice. 48(13). 1683–1683. 1 indexed citations

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MacLaren, Robert E., R. A. Pearson, Alex MacNeil, et al.. (2006). Retinal repair by transplantation of photoreceptor precursors. Nature. 444(7116). 203–207. 828 indexed citations breakdown →

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Schlichtenbrede, Frank C., Alex MacNeil, James Bainbridge, et al.. (2003). Intraocular gene delivery of ciliary neurotrophic factor results in significant loss of retinal function in normal mice and in the Prph2Rd2/Rd2 model of retinal degeneration. Gene Therapy. 10(6). 523–527. 108 indexed citations

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