Margaret McFall‐Ngai

250 total papers · 18.3k total citations
178 papers, 10.8k citations indexed

About

Margaret McFall‐Ngai is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Endocrinology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Margaret McFall‐Ngai has authored 178 papers receiving a total of 10.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 67 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 63 papers in Endocrinology and 56 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Margaret McFall‐Ngai's work include Cephalopods and Marine Biology (64 papers), Vibrio bacteria research studies (62 papers) and Aquaculture disease management and microbiota (26 papers). Margaret McFall‐Ngai is often cited by papers focused on Cephalopods and Marine Biology (64 papers), Vibrio bacteria research studies (62 papers) and Aquaculture disease management and microbiota (26 papers). Margaret McFall‐Ngai collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Belgium. Margaret McFall‐Ngai's co-authors include Edward G. Ruby, Spencer V. Nyholm, Les Dethlefsen, David A. Relman, Mary K. Montgomery, Thomas C. G. Bosch, Eric V. Stabb, Michael A. Apicella, William E. Goldman and Joseph Horwitz and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Margaret McFall‐Ngai

174 papers receiving 10.5k citations

Hit Papers

An ecological and evoluti... 2004 2026 2011 2018 2007 2004 250 500 750 1000
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 benchmark for papers published in the same subfield and year, or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. An ecological and evolutionary perspective on human–microbe mutualism and disease
    2007 1.1k citations Les Dethlefsen, Margaret McFall‐Ngai et al. Nature profile →
  2. The winnowing: establishing the squid–vibrio symbiosis
    2004 551 citations Spencer V. Nyholm, Margaret McFall‐Ngai Nature Reviews Microbiology profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Margaret McFall‐Ngai 4.5k 2.7k 2.4k 2.1k 1.8k 178 10.8k
Edward G. Ruby 5.3k 1.2× 2.8k 1.0× 4.1k 1.7× 1.5k 0.7× 1.7k 0.9× 149 9.6k
Sergei L. Kosakovsky Pond 6.9k 1.5× 2.1k 0.8× 603 0.3× 2.0k 0.9× 2.5k 1.4× 200 21.6k
Simon D. W. Frost 4.2k 0.9× 1.2k 0.4× 634 0.3× 1.1k 0.5× 1.8k 1.0× 151 15.2k
Thomas C. G. Bosch 4.1k 0.9× 2.1k 0.8× 406 0.2× 501 0.2× 1.4k 0.8× 188 9.4k
Maria Anisimova 8.6k 1.9× 4.3k 1.6× 743 0.3× 2.8k 1.3× 969 0.5× 75 19.9k
Stéphane Audic 7.4k 1.6× 4.3k 1.6× 1.2k 0.5× 554 0.3× 660 0.4× 69 14.2k
Jean‐Michel Claverie 11.1k 2.5× 6.7k 2.5× 2.5k 1.1× 634 0.3× 1.7k 0.9× 235 22.1k
Daniel Falush 7.2k 1.6× 5.2k 1.9× 3.0k 1.3× 2.7k 1.3× 1.2k 0.7× 69 25.8k
Hidehiro Toh 6.3k 1.4× 1.4k 0.5× 590 0.2× 1.0k 0.5× 605 0.3× 105 11.1k
Toni Gabaldón 12.1k 2.7× 3.5k 1.3× 517 0.2× 2.0k 0.9× 619 0.3× 274 21.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Margaret McFall‐Ngai

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Margaret McFall‐Ngai

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