James K. McCarthy

6.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
87 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

James K. McCarthy is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, James K. McCarthy has authored 87 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 18 papers in Instrumentation and 15 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in James K. McCarthy's work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (28 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (18 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (15 papers). James K. McCarthy is often cited by papers focused on Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (28 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (18 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (15 papers). James K. McCarthy collaborates with scholars based in United States, New Zealand and Australia. James K. McCarthy's co-authors include Bradley M. Tebo, Hope A. Johnson, Alexis S. Templeton, Judith G. Cohen, Bradford B. Behr, S. G. Djorgovski, D. J. Lennon, Kim A. Venn, Douglas E. Eveleigh and John A. Booth and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, PLoS ONE and The Astrophysical Journal.

In The Last Decade

James K. McCarthy

84 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

Geomicrobiology of manganese(II) oxidation 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 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. Geomicrobiology of manganese(II) oxidation
    2005 570 citations Bradley M. Tebo, Hope A. Johnson et al. Trends in Microbiology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
James K. McCarthy United States 28 1.1k 487 442 286 181 87 2.5k
Dirk Schulze‐Makuch United States 31 1.8k 1.7× 32 0.1× 192 0.4× 262 0.9× 531 2.9× 177 3.4k
Alfonso F. Dávila United States 40 2.0k 1.8× 12 0.0× 199 0.5× 704 2.5× 1.3k 7.0× 142 4.0k
Jack D. Farmer United States 34 2.2k 2.1× 8 0.0× 517 1.2× 344 1.2× 834 4.6× 121 4.3k
D. R. Young United States 28 527 0.5× 49 0.1× 86 0.2× 29 0.1× 548 3.0× 118 2.2k
Richard B. Hoover United States 21 860 0.8× 15 0.0× 57 0.1× 511 1.8× 548 3.0× 237 2.1k
D. J. A. Brown United Kingdom 26 493 0.5× 208 0.4× 29 0.1× 97 0.3× 188 1.0× 55 1.5k
Mary N. Parenteau United States 16 487 0.5× 17 0.0× 117 0.3× 130 0.5× 328 1.8× 36 1.0k
Bing Li China 18 176 0.2× 20 0.0× 43 0.1× 153 0.5× 137 0.8× 107 1.3k
G. A. Chapman United States 30 1.6k 1.4× 47 0.1× 12 0.0× 207 0.7× 195 1.1× 140 2.9k
Daniel Prieur France 13 300 0.3× 18 0.0× 44 0.1× 203 0.7× 234 1.3× 16 820

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of James K. McCarthy

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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McCarthy, James K., Sarah J. Richardson, Gary J. Houliston, et al.. (2025). National‐scale mapping of potential floral resources for honeybees and native pollinators in New Zealand. Ecological Applications. 35(3). e70041–e70041. 1 indexed citations
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Jo, Insu, Peter J. Bellingham, Norman W. H. Mason, et al.. (2024). Disturbance‐mediated community characteristics and anthropogenic pressure intensify understorey plant invasions in natural forests. Journal of Ecology. 112(8). 1856–1871. 8 indexed citations
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McCarthy, James K., et al.. (2024). Ecological succession shapes size–density scaling relationships of trees and soil invertebrates. Functional Ecology. 38(10). 2156–2168. 2 indexed citations
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Richardson, Sarah J., James K. McCarthy, Andrew J. Tanentzap, et al.. (2023). Gender dimorphic species flower earlier than cosexuals. Journal of Ecology. 111(11). 2401–2411. 2 indexed citations
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Heenan, Peter B., William G. Lee, Matt S. McGlone, et al.. (2023). Ecosourcing for resilience in a changing environment. New Zealand Journal of Botany. 62(4). 641–666. 6 indexed citations
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Heenan, Peter B., Matt S. McGlone, Caroline M. Mitchell, James K. McCarthy, & Gary J. Houliston. (2023). Genotypic variation, phylogeography, unified species concept, and the ‘grey zone’ of taxonomic uncertainty in kānuka: recognition of Kunzea ericoides (A.Rich.) Joy Thomps. sens. lat. (Myrtaceae). New Zealand Journal of Botany. 62(1). 53–82. 8 indexed citations
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Mokany, Karel, James K. McCarthy, Daniel S. Falster, et al.. (2022). Patterns and drivers of plant diversity across Australia. Ecography. 2022(11). 17 indexed citations
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Corringham, Thomas W., James K. McCarthy, Tamara Shulgina, et al.. (2022). Climate change contributions to future atmospheric river flood damages in the western United States. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 13747–13747. 36 indexed citations
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Jo, Insu, Peter J. Bellingham, James K. McCarthy, et al.. (2021). Ecological importance of the Myrtaceae in New Zealand's natural forests. Journal of Vegetation Science. 33(1). 15 indexed citations
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McCarthy, James K., Matt S. McGlone, & Peter B. Heenan. (2020). Lineage through time analyses have their limitations: the case of the New Zealand flora. New Zealand Journal of Botany. 59(2). 157–174. 2 indexed citations
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McCarthy, James K., Eckehard G. Brockerhoff, & Raphaël K. Didham. (2013). An Experimental Test of Insect-Mediated Colonisation of Damaged Pinus radiata Trees by Sapstain Fungi. PLoS ONE. 8(2). e55692–e55692. 13 indexed citations
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Puls, J., R. H. Méndez, A. W. A. Pauldrach, et al.. (2007). Central stars of planetary nebulae in the Galactic bulge. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 15 indexed citations
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Deheyn, Dimitri D., Kaoru Kubokawa, James K. McCarthy, et al.. (2007). Endogenous Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) in Amphioxus. Biological Bulletin. 213(2). 95–100. 80 indexed citations
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Tebo, Bradley M., Hope A. Johnson, James K. McCarthy, & Alexis S. Templeton. (2005). Geomicrobiology of manganese(II) oxidation. Trends in Microbiology. 13(9). 421–428. 570 indexed citations breakdown →
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Slater, Mel, et al.. (1998). The Virtual Ante-Room: Assessing Presence through Expectation and Surprise. UCL Discovery (University College London). 11 indexed citations
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Kudritzki, R. P., et al.. (1998). Spectral Diagnostics of Blue Stars with Winds. ASPC. 131. 245. 2 indexed citations
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Venn, Kim A., James K. McCarthy, D. J. Lennon, & R. P. Kudritzki. (1998). Extragalactic Stellar Abundances: A-Supergiant Abundances in M31 & M33. ASPC. 147. 54. 5 indexed citations
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Kudritzki, R. P., R. H. Méndez, J. Puls, & James K. McCarthy. (1997). Winds in the atmospheres of central stars of Planetary Nebulae (Invited Review). 180. 1 indexed citations
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Janesick, James R., et al.. (1985). Potential of CCDs for UV and X-ray plasma diagnostics. Review of Scientific Instruments. 56. 5 indexed citations
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McCarthy, James K. & Lawrence W. Ramsey. (1982). New radial velocity limits for FK Comae.. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 14. 780. 1 indexed citations

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