D. Melican

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

D. Melican is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, D. Melican has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Genetics, 11 papers in Molecular Biology and 6 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in D. Melican's work include Animal Genetics and Reproduction (11 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (6 papers) and Reproductive Biology and Fertility (6 papers). D. Melican is often cited by papers focused on Animal Genetics and Reproduction (11 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (6 papers) and Reproductive Biology and Fertility (6 papers). D. Melican collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Italy. D. Melican's co-authors include W. Gavin, Yann Echelard, E. Behboodi, Carol A. Ziomek, Margaret M. Destrempes, Jennifer L. Williams, Harry Meade, Sandra L. Ayres, Catherine A. Porter and R.S. Denniston and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Biotechnology, Diabetes and The FASEB Journal.

In The Last Decade

D. Melican

18 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

Production of goats by somatic cell nuclear transfer 1999 2026 2008 2017 1999 250 500 750
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.

  1. Production of goats by somatic cell nuclear transfer
    1999 767 citations A. Baguisi, E. Behboodi et al. Nature Biotechnology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
D. Melican United States 14 945 830 698 203 124 19 1.4k
Jongki Cho South Korea 19 506 0.5× 523 0.6× 234 0.3× 369 1.8× 39 0.3× 92 1.1k
Bo Tang China 19 662 0.7× 221 0.3× 307 0.4× 91 0.4× 138 1.1× 80 1.0k
Seizo Hamano Japan 19 283 0.3× 903 1.1× 304 0.4× 643 3.2× 53 0.4× 48 1.2k
Nasser Ghanem Egypt 18 374 0.4× 754 0.9× 368 0.5× 402 2.0× 34 0.3× 70 1.2k
Christiane Neuhoff Germany 22 725 0.8× 438 0.5× 245 0.4× 216 1.1× 38 0.3× 52 1.4k
Ya Liu China 19 514 0.5× 139 0.2× 238 0.3× 188 0.9× 26 0.2× 69 1.0k
Yoshikazu Nagao Japan 18 250 0.3× 680 0.8× 143 0.2× 501 2.5× 35 0.3× 69 889
Kuiqing Cui China 14 368 0.4× 181 0.2× 213 0.3× 73 0.4× 21 0.2× 54 651
Pradeep Kumar India 18 181 0.2× 423 0.5× 159 0.2× 502 2.5× 54 0.4× 64 786
Isabelle Thérien Canada 12 194 0.2× 672 0.8× 167 0.2× 959 4.7× 24 0.2× 14 1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by D. Melican

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Fields of papers citing papers by D. Melican

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by D. Melican. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by D. Melican. The network helps show where D. Melican may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of D. Melican

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

All Works

19 of 19 papers shown
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Zeng, Wenxian, Lin Tang, Alla Bondareva, et al.. (2011). Non‐viral transfection of goat germline stem cells by nucleofection results in production of transgenic sperm after germ cell transplantation. Molecular Reproduction and Development. 79(4). 255–261. 21 indexed citations
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Melican, D. & W. Gavin. (2007). Repeat superovulation, non-surgical embryo recovery, and surgical embryo transfer in transgenic dairy goats. Theriogenology. 69(2). 197–203. 10 indexed citations
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Melican, D., S. Blash, & W. Gavin. (2007). 211 INTRODUCING NEW GENETICS INTO A CLOSED BIOSECURE HERD OF DAIRY GOATS. Reproduction Fertility and Development. 20(1). 185–185. 1 indexed citations
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Honaramooz, Ali, Susan Megee, Wenxian Zeng, et al.. (2007). Adeno‐associated virus (AAV)‐mediated transduction of male germ line stem cells results in transgene transmission after germ cell transplantation. The FASEB Journal. 22(2). 374–382. 59 indexed citations
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He, Shuyang, Disha Pant, Andrew T. Schiffmacher, et al.. (2006). Developmental expression of pluripotency determining factors in caprine embryos: Novel pattern of NANOG protein localization in the nucleolus. Molecular Reproduction and Development. 73(12). 1512–1522. 78 indexed citations
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Jellerette, Teru, et al.. (2005). Characterization of calcium oscillation patterns in caprine oocytes induced by IVF or an activation technique used in nuclear transfer. Theriogenology. 65(8). 1575–1586. 14 indexed citations
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Melican, D., N. Hawkins, & W. Gavin. (2005). 61 GENERATING A HERD OF TRANSGENIC DAIRY GOATS BY SOMATIC CELL NUCLEAR TRANSFER. Reproduction Fertility and Development. 18(2). 139–139. 3 indexed citations
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Behboodi, E., Erdoğan Memili, D. Melican, et al.. (2004). Viable Transgenic Goats Derived from Skin Cells. Transgenic Research. 13(3). 215–224. 31 indexed citations
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Pant, Disha, et al.. (2004). 105 EXPRESSION OF PLURIPOTENCY-DETERMINING FACTORS Oct-4 AND NANOG IN PRE-IMPLANTATION GOAT EMBRYOS. Reproduction Fertility and Development. 17(2). 203–203. 7 indexed citations
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Bormann, Charles L., D. Melican, W. Gavin, et al.. (2001). Development of goat embryos after in vitro fertilization and parthenogenetic activation by different methods. Theriogenology. 55(9). 1933–1945. 55 indexed citations
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Porter, Catherine A., David Gaucher, D. Melican, et al.. (2000). Hormonal induced lactation in transgenic goats. Animal Biotechnology. 11(1). 1–17. 33 indexed citations
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Blash, S., D. Melican, & W. Gavin. (2000). Cryopreservation of epididymal sperm obtained at necropsy from goats. Theriogenology. 54(6). 899–905. 84 indexed citations
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Baguisi, A., E. Behboodi, D. Melican, et al.. (1999). Production of goats by somatic cell nuclear transfer. Nature Biotechnology. 17(5). 456–461. 767 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gavin, W., B. Wilburn, Jennifer L. Williams, et al.. (1999). The effect of DNA concentration microinjected on embryo survival, number of offspring born and transgenic rate in the caprine species. Theriogenology. 51(1). 421–421. 1 indexed citations
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Melican, D., et al.. (1998). Activation of rat macrophages by Betafectin PGG-glucan requires cross-linking of membrane receptors distinct from complement receptor three (CR3). Journal of Leukocyte Biology. 64(3). 337–344. 48 indexed citations
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Waters, Simon, John J. O’Neil, D. Melican, & Michael Appel. (1992). Multiple TCR Vβ Usage by Infiltrates of Young NOD Mouse Islets of Langerhans: A Polymerase Chain Reaction Analysis. Diabetes. 41(3). 308–312. 36 indexed citations

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