David McElroy

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
36 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

David McElroy is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biotechnology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, David McElroy has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Molecular Biology, 21 papers in Biotechnology and 17 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in David McElroy's work include Transgenic Plants and Applications (20 papers), Plant tissue culture and regeneration (20 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (9 papers). David McElroy is often cited by papers focused on Transgenic Plants and Applications (20 papers), Plant tissue culture and regeneration (20 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (9 papers). David McElroy collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and United Kingdom. David McElroy's co-authors include Rongling Wu, Jean Finnegan, Ray Wü, Jianguo Cao, R. I. S. Brettell, Alan Blowers, Barnabás Jenes, S. J. Tingay, Ming‐Bo Wang and Roger Kalla and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Biotechnology, The Plant Cell and Molecular and Cellular Biology.

In The Last Decade

David McElroy

36 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Hit Papers

Isolation of an efficient actin promoter for use in rice ... 1990 2026 2002 2014 1990 100 200 300 400 500
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. Isolation of an efficient actin promoter for use in rice transformation.
    1990 572 citations David McElroy, Jianguo Cao et al. The Plant Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David McElroy United States 23 2.6k 2.2k 1.3k 111 100 36 3.0k
Alan H. Christensen United States 13 2.1k 0.8× 1.9k 0.9× 886 0.7× 61 0.5× 94 0.9× 19 2.6k
Albert P. Kausch United States 26 2.4k 0.9× 2.0k 0.9× 718 0.6× 76 0.7× 147 1.5× 58 2.9k
Jan‐Peter Nap Netherlands 25 1.6k 0.6× 2.0k 0.9× 492 0.4× 129 1.2× 235 2.4× 65 2.5k
Mieke Van Lijsebettens Belgium 41 4.0k 1.5× 4.1k 1.9× 476 0.4× 50 0.5× 219 2.2× 87 5.1k
Ko Kato Japan 26 2.0k 0.8× 1.4k 0.7× 387 0.3× 33 0.3× 100 1.0× 88 2.5k
Jeffrey M. Staub United States 21 2.0k 0.8× 1.0k 0.5× 612 0.5× 26 0.2× 109 1.1× 33 2.3k
Eric P. Beers United States 26 2.1k 0.8× 2.6k 1.2× 251 0.2× 34 0.3× 56 0.6× 41 3.3k
Wayne A. Parrott United States 45 3.3k 1.3× 4.6k 2.1× 614 0.5× 358 3.2× 482 4.8× 147 5.5k
Joaquima Messeguer Spain 24 1.3k 0.5× 1.6k 0.7× 393 0.3× 200 1.8× 202 2.0× 47 2.1k
Norihiro Mitsukawa Japan 17 2.0k 0.8× 2.4k 1.1× 172 0.1× 40 0.4× 207 2.1× 25 2.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by David McElroy

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David McElroy

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

All Works

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Oluyemi, Gbenga, et al.. (2024). Environmental Impact Assessment of a Plant Cell-Based Bio-Manufacturing Process for Producing Plant Natural Product Ingredients. Sustainability. 16(19). 8515–8515. 2 indexed citations
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Gregory‐Smith, Diana, Victoria K. Wells, Danae Manika, & David McElroy. (2017). An environmental social marketing intervention in cultural heritage tourism: a realist evaluation. Journal of Sustainable Tourism. 25(7). 1042–1059. 16 indexed citations
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He, Chengkun, Zhihong Lin, David McElroy, & Ray Wü. (2009). Identification of a rice Actin2 gene regulatory region for high‐level expression of transgenes in monocots‡. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 7(3). 227–239. 46 indexed citations
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Castle, Linda A., Gusui Wu, & David McElroy. (2006). Agricultural input traits: past, present and future. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 17(2). 105–112. 39 indexed citations
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McElroy, David. (2003). Sustaining agbiotechnology through lean times. Nature Biotechnology. 21(9). 996–1002. 15 indexed citations
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Kamo, Kathryn, Alan Blowers, & David McElroy. (2000). Effect of the cauliflower mosaic virus 35S, actin, and ubiquitin promoters on UidA expression from a bar-uidA fusion gene in transgenic Gladiolus plants. In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Plant. 36(1). 13–20. 21 indexed citations
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Koprek, Thomas, David McElroy, Jeanine Louwerse, Rosalind Williams‐Carrier, & Peggy G. Lemaux. (1999). Negative selection systems for transgenic barley (Hordeum vulgare L.): comparison of bacterial codA‐ and cytochrome P450 gene‐mediated selection. The Plant Journal. 19(6). 719–726. 35 indexed citations
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McElroy, David. (1999). Moving agbiotech downstream. Nature Biotechnology. 17(11). 1071–1074. 21 indexed citations
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Brettell, R. I. S., et al.. (1998). Comparison of three selectable marker genes for transformation of wheat by microprojectile bombardment. Australian Journal of Plant Physiology. 25(1). 39–44. 50 indexed citations
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McElroy, David, et al.. (1997). Development of a simple transient assay for Ac/Ds activity in cells of intact barley tissue. The Plant Journal. 11(1). 157–165. 40 indexed citations
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McElroy, David. (1996). The industrialization of plant transformation. Nature Biotechnology. 14(6). 715–716. 9 indexed citations
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Chamberlain, D A, et al.. (1994). The Use of the Emu Promoter With Antibiotic and Herbicide Resistance Genes for the Selection of Transgenic Wheat Callus and Rice Plants. Australian Journal of Plant Physiology. 21(1). 95–112. 35 indexed citations
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Finnegan, Jean & David McElroy. (1994). Transgene Inactivation: Plants Fight Back!. Nature Biotechnology. 12(9). 883–888. 310 indexed citations
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Xu, Deping, David McElroy, Robert W. Thornburg, & Ray Wu. (1993). Systemic induction of a potato pin2 promoter by wounding, methyl iasmonate, and abscisic acid in transgenic rice plants. Plant Molecular Biology. 22(4). 573–588. 66 indexed citations
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Kyozuka, Junko, David McElroy, T. Hayakawa, et al.. (1993). Light-Regulated and Cell-Specific Expression of Tomato rbcS-gusA and Rice rbcS-gusA Fusion Genes in Transgenic Rice. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 102(3). 991–1000. 115 indexed citations
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Cao, Jun, et al.. (1992). Characterization of cis-acting elements regulating transcription from the promoter of a constitutively active rice actin gene.. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 12(8). 3399–3406. 26 indexed citations
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McElroy, David, et al.. (1990). Isolation of an efficient actin promoter for use in rice transformation.. The Plant Cell. 2(2). 163–171. 572 indexed citations breakdown →
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Reece, Kimberly S., David McElroy, & Ray Wu. (1990). Genomic nucleotide sequence of four rice (Oryza sativa) actin genes. Plant Molecular Biology. 14(4). 621–624. 49 indexed citations
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McElroy, David, Madge Rothenberg, & Ray Wü. (1990). Structural characterization of a rice actin gene. Plant Molecular Biology. 14(2). 163–171. 86 indexed citations

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