Craig Michell

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
36 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Craig Michell is a scholar working on Ecology, Molecular Biology and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Craig Michell has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Ecology, 15 papers in Molecular Biology and 7 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Craig Michell's work include Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (13 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (7 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (6 papers). Craig Michell is often cited by papers focused on Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (13 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (7 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (6 papers). Craig Michell collaborates with scholars based in Saudi Arabia, Finland and United States. Craig Michell's co-authors include Christian R. Voolstra, Amy Apprill, Matthew J. Neave, Manuel Aranda, Yi Jin Liew, Sebastian Baumgarten, Xabier Irigoien, Yong Li, Rita Rachmawati and David G. Bourne and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Craig Michell

35 papers receiving 1.8k 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.

The genome of Aiptasia , a sea anemone model for coral symbiosis

2015 289 citations Sebastian Baumgarten, Oleg Simakov et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Craig Michell Saudi Arabia	21	1.2k	524	460	275	273	36	1.8k
Galina V. Aglyamova United States	15	1.0k 0.9×	543 1.0×	518 1.1×	208 0.8×	426 1.6×	23	1.8k
Nikos Andreakis Australia	26	1.0k 0.8×	689 1.3×	461 1.0×	177 0.6×	562 2.1×	52	1.9k
Chuya Shinzato Japan	26	1.7k 1.4×	731 1.4×	626 1.4×	416 1.5×	536 2.0×	99	2.6k
David Abrego Australia	23	1.7k 1.4×	1.1k 2.2×	256 0.6×	217 0.8×	657 2.4×	35	2.1k
François Seneca Australia	17	1.9k 1.6×	1.1k 2.2×	279 0.6×	426 1.5×	474 1.7×	22	2.3k
Mauricio Rodríguez‐Lanetty United States	27	2.1k 1.7×	1.3k 2.5×	231 0.5×	377 1.4×	470 1.7×	50	2.4k
Javier Jara United States	11	1.7k 1.4×	974 1.9×	196 0.4×	200 0.7×	621 2.3×	12	1.9k
Javier del Campo Spain	30	1.9k 1.6×	548 1.0×	1.8k 3.9×	91 0.3×	143 0.5×	72	2.8k
Pedro R. Frade Austria	23	1.5k 1.2×	840 1.6×	175 0.4×	240 0.9×	397 1.5×	40	1.7k
Megan J. Huggett Australia	21	1.4k 1.1×	664 1.3×	736 1.6×	170 0.6×	355 1.3×	50	1.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Craig Michell

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Fields of papers citing papers by Craig Michell

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Craig Michell

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Craig Michell. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Craig Michell 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 Craig Michell. Craig Michell is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Michell, Craig, et al.. (2025). Chromosome-level reference genome assembly for the mountain hare (Lepus timidus). Peer Community Journal. 5. 1 indexed citations

Michell, Craig, Carlos T. Moraes, Smaranda Willcox, et al.. (2024). Linear DNA-driven recombination in mammalian mitochondria. Nucleic Acids Research. 52(6). 3088–3105. 3 indexed citations

Michell, Craig, Natascha D. Wagner, Marko Mutanen, Kyung Min Lee, & Tommi Nyman. (2023). Genomic evidence for contrasting patterns of host‐associated genetic differentiation across shared host‐plant species in leaf‐ and bud‐galling sawflies. Molecular Ecology. 32(7). 1791–1809. 1 indexed citations

Kunnasranta, Mervi, Simo N. Maduna, Tuula Sinisalo, et al.. (2023). Loss of species and genetic diversity during colonization: Insights from acanthocephalan parasites in northern European seals. Ecology and Evolution. 13(10). e10608–e10608. 5 indexed citations

Michell, Craig, Jaakko Pohjoismäki, Göran Spong, & Carl‐Gustaf Thulin. (2022). Mountain- and brown hare genetic polymorphisms to survey local adaptations and conservation status of the heath hare (Lepus timidus sylvaticus, Nilsson 1831). Scientific Data. 9(1). 667–667. 4 indexed citations

Michell, Craig, et al.. (2021). Genomes of the willow-galling sawflies Euura lappo and Eupontania aestiva (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae): a resource for research on ecological speciation, adaptation, and gall induction. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 11(5). 5 indexed citations

Nyman, Tommi, et al.. (2021). DNA barcoding reveals different cestode helminth species in northern European marine and freshwater ringed seals. International Journal for Parasitology Parasites and Wildlife. 15. 255–261. 5 indexed citations

Pohjoismäki, Jaakko, et al.. (2021). Hybridization with mountain hares increases the functional allelic repertoire in brown hares. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 15771–15771. 21 indexed citations

Liew, Yi Jin, Emily J. Howells, Xin Wang, et al.. (2020). Intergenerational epigenetic inheritance in reef-building corals. Nature Climate Change. 10(3). 254–259. 99 indexed citations

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Lehmann, Robert, Damien J. Lightfoot, Celia Schunter, et al.. (2018). Finding Nemo’s Genes: A chromosome‐scale reference assembly of the genome of the orange clownfish Amphiprion percula. Molecular Ecology Resources. 19(3). 570–585. 38 indexed citations

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Roslin, Tomas, et al.. (2018). Finding flies in the mushroom soup: Host specificity of fungus‐associated communities revisited with a novel molecular method. Molecular Ecology. 28(2). 190–202. 17 indexed citations

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Liew, Yi Jin, Didier Zoccola, Yong Li, et al.. (2018). Epigenome-associated phenotypic acclimatization to ocean acidification in a reef-building coral. Science Advances. 4(6). eaar8028–eaar8028. 121 indexed citations

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Li, Yong, Yi Jin Liew, Guoxin Cui, et al.. (2018). DNA methylation regulates transcriptional homeostasis of algal endosymbiosis in the coral model Aiptasia. Science Advances. 4(8). eaat2142–eaat2142. 62 indexed citations

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Eida, Abdul Aziz, Maren Ziegler, Feras F. Lafi, et al.. (2018). Desert plant bacteria reveal host influence and beneficial plant growth properties. PLoS ONE. 13(12). e0208223–e0208223. 85 indexed citations

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Busserolles, Fanny de, Fabio Cortesi, Jon Vidar Helvik, et al.. (2017). Pushing the limits of photoreception in twilight conditions: The rod-like cone retina of the deep-sea pearlsides. Science Advances. 3(11). eaao4709–eaao4709. 45 indexed citations

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Baumgarten, Sebastian, Maha J. Cziesielski, Ludivine Thomas, et al.. (2017). Evidence for miRNA‐mediated modulation of the host transcriptome in cnidarian–dinoflagellate symbiosis. Molecular Ecology. 27(2). 403–418. 30 indexed citations

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Neave, Matthew J., Craig Michell, Amy Apprill, & Christian R. Voolstra. (2017). Endozoicomonas genomes reveal functional adaptation and plasticity in bacterial strains symbiotically associated with diverse marine hosts. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 40579–40579. 178 indexed citations

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Parkinson, John Everett, Sebastian Baumgarten, Craig Michell, et al.. (2016). Gene Expression Variation Resolves Species and Individual Strains among Coral-Associated Dinoflagellates within the GenusSymbiodinium. Genome Biology and Evolution. 8(3). 665–680. 80 indexed citations

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Borja, Ángel, Michael Tangherlini, Antonio Dell’Anno, et al.. (2016). A bacterial community-based index to assess the ecological status of estuarine and coastal environments. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 114(2). 679–688. 113 indexed citations

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Baumgarten, Sebastian, Oleg Simakov, Yi Jin Liew, et al.. (2015). The genome of Aiptasia , a sea anemone model for coral symbiosis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(38). 11893–11898. 289 indexed citations breakdown →

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