Andrew Free

3.1k total citations
42 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Andrew Free is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Andrew Free has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Molecular Biology, 18 papers in Ecology and 15 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Andrew Free's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (12 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (11 papers) and Gut microbiota and health (9 papers). Andrew Free is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (12 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (11 papers) and Gut microbiota and health (9 papers). Andrew Free collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Ireland. Andrew Free's co-authors include Charles J. Dorman, Daniel M. Stoebel, Eulyn Pagaling, Jay C. D. Hinton, Adrian Bird, Brian O. Smith, Paul N. Barlow, Megan E. Porter, F. Bruce Ward and Helen Williamson and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, PLoS ONE and Journal of Molecular Biology.

In The Last Decade

Andrew Free

42 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Andrew Free United Kingdom 23 914 814 567 331 210 42 1.8k
Kai M. Thormann Germany 28 1.8k 1.9× 705 0.9× 786 1.4× 506 1.5× 391 1.9× 63 2.7k
Hubertus J. E. Beaumont Netherlands 15 743 0.8× 531 0.7× 722 1.3× 82 0.2× 217 1.0× 15 1.8k
Harald Meier Germany 20 1.3k 1.4× 304 0.4× 1.0k 1.8× 151 0.5× 174 0.8× 62 3.0k
Luke E. Ulrich United States 14 1.4k 1.6× 731 0.9× 676 1.2× 191 0.6× 114 0.5× 17 2.1k
Esther R. Angert United States 31 1.6k 1.7× 439 0.5× 887 1.6× 133 0.4× 31 0.1× 66 3.1k
Luke J. Tallon United States 30 1.9k 2.1× 354 0.4× 774 1.4× 256 0.8× 68 0.3× 67 3.6k
Sarah P. Preheim United States 22 1.3k 1.5× 326 0.4× 1.1k 2.0× 341 1.0× 41 0.2× 39 2.4k
John Smit Canada 27 1.1k 1.2× 409 0.5× 547 1.0× 138 0.4× 53 0.3× 58 1.7k
Andrew J. Spiers United Kingdom 24 1.7k 1.8× 1.1k 1.4× 920 1.6× 382 1.2× 76 0.4× 71 3.1k
Russell D. Monds United States 16 1.3k 1.4× 742 0.9× 429 0.8× 339 1.0× 36 0.2× 16 1.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Andrew Free

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Andrew Free

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All Works

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Sweeny, Amy R., Hannah Lemon, Anan Ibrahim, et al.. (2023). A mixed-model approach for estimating drivers of microbiota community composition and differential taxonomic abundance. mSystems. 8(4). e0004023–e0004023. 8 indexed citations
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Watkins, Craig, Johanna L. Baily, E.D. Watson, et al.. (2022). A comparative study of the fecal microbiota of gray seal pups and yearlings ‐ a marine mammal sentinel species. MicrobiologyOpen. 11(3). e1281–e1281. 7 indexed citations
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Mašek, Ondřej, et al.. (2020). Specific enrichment of hydrocarbonclastic bacteria from diesel-amended soil on biochar particles. The Science of The Total Environment. 762. 143084–143084. 17 indexed citations
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Free, Andrew, Michael McDonald, & Eulyn Pagaling. (2018). Diversity-Function Relationships in Natural, Applied, and Engineered Microbial Ecosystems. Advances in applied microbiology. 105. 131–189. 14 indexed citations
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Bird, Clare, Kate F. Darling, A. D. Russell, et al.. (2017). Cyanobacterial endobionts within a major marine planktonic calcifier ( Globigerina bulloides , Foraminifera) revealed by 16S rRNA metabarcoding. Biogeosciences. 14(4). 901–920. 43 indexed citations
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Robinson, Georgina, Gary S. Caldwell, Matthew J. Wade, et al.. (2016). Profiling bacterial communities associated with sediment-based aquaculture bioremediation systems under contrasting redox regimes. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 38850–38850. 44 indexed citations
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Bush, T., Ian B. Butler, Andrew Free, & Rosalind J. Allen. (2015). Redox regime shifts in microbially mediated biogeochemical cycles. Biogeosciences. 12(12). 3713–3724. 9 indexed citations
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Glendinning, Laura & Andrew Free. (2014). Supra-organismal interactions in the human intestine. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 4. 47–47. 14 indexed citations
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Glendinning, Laura, Norman Nausch, Andrew Free, David W. Taylor, & Francisca Mutapi. (2014). The microbiota and helminths: sharing the same niche in the human host. Parasitology. 141(10). 1255–1271. 77 indexed citations
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Sharma, Shruti, Andrew Free, Yuxia Mei, et al.. (2010). Ophthalmic. Modern Pathology. 23. 382–384. 1 indexed citations
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Porter, Megan E., Paul Mitchell, Andrew J. Roe, et al.. (2004). Direct and indirect transcriptional activation of virulence genes by an AraC‐like protein, PerA from enteropathogenic Escherichia coli. Molecular Microbiology. 54(4). 1117–1133. 74 indexed citations
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Free, Andrew, et al.. (2001). DNA Recognition by the Methyl-CpG Binding Domain of MeCP2. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276(5). 3353–3360. 86 indexed citations
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Deighan, Padraig, Andrew Free, & Charles J. Dorman. (2000). A role for the Escherichia coli H‐NS‐like protein StpA in OmpF porin expression through modulation of micF RNA stability. Molecular Microbiology. 38(1). 126–139. 60 indexed citations
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Dorman, Charles J., Jay C. D. Hinton, & Andrew Free. (1999). Domain organization and oligomerization among H-NS-like nucleoid-associated proteins in bacteria. Trends in Microbiology. 7(3). 124–128. 127 indexed citations
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Smith, Brian O., Xinsheng Nan, Andrew Free, et al.. (1999). The solution structure of the domain from MeCP2 that binds to methylated DNA. Journal of Molecular Biology. 291(5). 1055–1065. 162 indexed citations
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Free, Andrew & Charles J. Dorman. (1997). The Escherichia coli stpA gene is transiently expressed during growth in rich medium and is induced in minimal medium and by stress conditions. Journal of Bacteriology. 179(3). 909–918. 58 indexed citations
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