Colin McCaig

12.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
150 papers, 8.5k citations indexed

About

Colin McCaig is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Colin McCaig has authored 150 papers receiving a total of 8.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 93 papers in Molecular Biology, 65 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 26 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Colin McCaig's work include Planarian Biology and Electrostimulation (60 papers), Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (50 papers) and Plant and Biological Electrophysiology Studies (26 papers). Colin McCaig is often cited by papers focused on Planarian Biology and Electrostimulation (60 papers), Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (50 papers) and Plant and Biological Electrophysiology Studies (26 papers). Colin McCaig collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and China. Colin McCaig's co-authors include Min Zhao, Ann M. Rajnicek, John V. Forrester, Bing Song, Jin Pu, Entong Wang, K. R. Robinson, Stephen Britland, Brian Reid and Huai Bai and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Colin McCaig

146 papers receiving 8.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Electrical signals control wound healing through phosphatidylinositol-3-OH kinase-γ and PTEN

2006 887 citations Min Zhao, Bing Song et al. profile →
Controlling Cell Behavior Electrically: Current Views and Future Potential

2005 823 citations Colin McCaig, Ann M. Rajnicek et al. profile →

Peers

Colin McCaig

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Min Zhao United States

Bing Song United Kingdom

Ron Stewart United States

Juergen A. Knoblich Austria

Alan R. Harvey Australia

Ronald D.G. McKay United States

Hans R. Schöler Germany

Kay E. Davies United Kingdom

Peter W. Andrews United Kingdom

John A. Kessler United States

Min Zhao United States

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Colin McCaig

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Lü, Chao, Jonas Kolbenschlag, Andreas K. Nüssler, et al.. (2021). Direct Current Electrical Fields Improve Experimental Wound Healing by Activation of Cytokine Secretion and Erk1/2 Pathway Stimulation. Life. 11(11). 1195–1195. 13 indexed citations

Lang, Bing, et al.. (2021). Glioblastoma cell migration is directed by electrical signals. Experimental Cell Research. 406(1). 112736–112736. 14 indexed citations

McCaig, Colin. (2015). Marketisation and widening participation in English higher education : a critical discourse analysis of institutional access policy documents. SHURA (Sheffield Hallam University Research Archive) (Sheffield Hallam University). 48(1). 6–24. 5 indexed citations

Cao, Lin, Colin McCaig, Roderick H. Scott, et al.. (2014). Polarizing intestinal epithelial cells electrically through Ror2. Journal of Cell Science. 127(Pt 15). 3233–9. 12 indexed citations

Martín‐Granados, Cristina & Colin McCaig. (2013). Harnessing the Electric Spark of Life to Cure Skin Wounds. Advances in Wound Care. 3(2). 127–138. 58 indexed citations

Yao, Li, Abhay Pandit, Sheng Yao, & Colin McCaig. (2011). Electric Field-Guided Neuron Migration:A Novel Approach in Neurogenesis. Tissue Engineering Part B Reviews. 17(3). 143–153. 58 indexed citations

Chatzi, Christina, C.E. van den Brink, Paul T. van der Saag, Colin McCaig, & Sanbing Shen. (2010). Expression of a Mutant Retinoic Acid Receptor β Alters Lineage Differentiation in Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells. Stem Cells and Development. 19(7). 951–960. 4 indexed citations

Gamboa, Olga Lucía, Jin Pu, John Townend, et al.. (2010). Electrical estimulation of retinal pigment epithelial cells. Experimental Eye Research. 91(2). 195–204. 16 indexed citations

Lois, Noemi, Brian Reid, Bing Song, et al.. (2009). Electric currents and lens regeneration in the rat. Experimental Eye Research. 90(2). 316–323. 20 indexed citations

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Yao, Li, Colin McCaig, & Min Zhao. (2009). Electrical signals polarize neuronal organelles, direct neuron migration, and orient cell division. Hippocampus. 19(9). 855–868. 75 indexed citations

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Yao, Li, Lynne Shanley, Colin McCaig, & Min Zhao. (2008). Small applied electric fields guide migration of hippocampal neurons. Journal of Cellular Physiology. 216(2). 527–535. 110 indexed citations

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Pu, Jin, Colin McCaig, Lin Cao, et al.. (2007). EGF receptor signalling is essential for electric-field-directed migration of breast cancer cells. Journal of Cell Science. 120(19). 3395–3403. 114 indexed citations

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Leiper, Lucy J., Petr Walczysko, Romana Kucerova, et al.. (2006). The roles of calcium signaling and ERK1/2 phosphorylation in a Pax6+/-mouse model of epithelial wound-healing delay. BMC Biology. 4(1). 27–27. 65 indexed citations

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Wang, Entong, Min Zhao, John V. Forrester, & Colin McCaig. (2000). Re-orientation and Faster, Directed Migration of Lens Epithelial Cells in a Physiological Electric Field. Experimental Eye Research. 71(1). 91–98. 51 indexed citations

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Zhao, Min, Andrew D. Dick, John V. Forrester, & Colin McCaig. (1999). Electric Field–directed Cell Motility Involves Up-regulated Expression and Asymmetric Redistribution of the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptors and Is Enhanced by Fibronectin and Laminin. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 10(4). 1259–1276. 144 indexed citations

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Rajnicek, Ann M., Kenneth R. Robinson, & Colin McCaig. (1998). The Direction of Neurite Growth in a Weak DC Electric Field Depends on the Substratum: Contributions of Adhesivity and Net Surface Charge. Developmental Biology. 203(2). 412–423. 91 indexed citations

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Erskine, Lynda & Colin McCaig. (1997). Integrated interactions between chondroitin sulphate proteoglycans and weak dc electric fields regulate nerve growth cone guidance in vitro. Journal of Cell Science. 110(16). 1957–1965. 25 indexed citations

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McCaig, Colin. (1996). Nerve growth and guidance. 36 indexed citations

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Zhao, Min, Adriana Agius-Fernandez, J.V. Forrester, & Colin McCaig. (1995). P 139 Serum dramatically enhances orientation and migration of cultured bovine corneal epithelial cells in an applied electric field (EF). Vision Research. 35. S177–S177. 5 indexed citations

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Rajnicek, Ann M., K. R. Robinson, & Colin McCaig. (1994). The influence of the growth surface on the orientation of cultured Xenopus neurites exposed to weak electric fields. 26. 2 indexed citations

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