Mark A. Hanson

4.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
49 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Mark A. Hanson is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology and Insect Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark A. Hanson has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 19 papers in Ecology and 19 papers in Insect Science. Recurrent topics in Mark A. Hanson's work include Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms (18 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (18 papers) and Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (17 papers). Mark A. Hanson is often cited by papers focused on Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms (18 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (18 papers) and Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (17 papers). Mark A. Hanson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and United Kingdom. Mark A. Hanson's co-authors include Malcolm G. Butler, Bruno Lemaître, Kyle D. Zimmer, Shu Kondo, Martin Søndergaard, Steven Declerck, Erik Jeppesen, Marten Scheffer, G.J. van Geest and Luc De Meester and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, The Science of The Total Environment and Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Mark A. Hanson

46 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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. The strain on scientific publishing
    2024 68 citations Mark A. Hanson, Paolo Crosetto et al. Quantitative Science Studies profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Mark A. Hanson United States 27 1.1k 755 653 541 517 49 2.4k
Marta I. Sánchez Spain 27 2.0k 1.8× 884 1.2× 279 0.4× 210 0.4× 63 0.1× 79 2.9k
Thomas A. Jones United States 29 1.5k 1.4× 991 1.3× 601 0.9× 196 0.4× 86 0.2× 155 4.7k
Qiwei Wei China 27 566 0.5× 986 1.3× 148 0.2× 39 0.1× 610 1.2× 148 2.9k
Wolfgang Nentwig Switzerland 20 612 0.6× 596 0.8× 40 0.1× 704 1.3× 44 0.1× 35 2.4k
Ronald W. Davies Canada 26 1.7k 1.5× 984 1.3× 247 0.4× 107 0.2× 62 0.1× 163 2.7k
J. A. Beardmore United Kingdom 38 1.5k 1.3× 626 0.8× 281 0.4× 256 0.5× 142 0.3× 117 3.9k
Kevin G. Smith United States 26 1.6k 1.4× 1.4k 1.8× 131 0.2× 170 0.3× 52 0.1× 68 3.0k
Luisa Orsini United Kingdom 28 1.0k 0.9× 368 0.5× 603 0.9× 112 0.2× 27 0.1× 68 2.5k
Horst Kaiser South Africa 24 563 0.5× 493 0.7× 42 0.1× 37 0.1× 840 1.6× 94 2.4k
Brendan J. McAndrew United Kingdom 41 711 0.6× 1.1k 1.4× 47 0.1× 51 0.1× 1.1k 2.1× 126 5.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mark A. Hanson

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All Works

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Rapin, M, et al.. (2025). Layers of immunity: Deconstructing the Drosophila effector response. eLife. 14. 1 indexed citations
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Hanson, Mark A., et al.. (2025). Varying phylogenetic signal in susceptibility to four bacterial pathogens across species of Drosophilidae. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 292(2045). 20242239–20242239. 1 indexed citations
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Hanson, Mark A., et al.. (2024). The Drosophila immunity handbook. Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne). 12 indexed citations
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Hanson, Mark A.. (2024). When the microbiome shapes the host: immune evolution implications for infectious disease. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 379(1901). 20230061–20230061. 14 indexed citations
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Hanson, Mark A., et al.. (2024). The strain on scientific publishing. Quantitative Science Studies. 5(4). 823–843. 68 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hanson, Mark A. & Bruno Lemaître. (2023). Antimicrobial peptides do not directly contribute to aging in Drosophila, but improve lifespan by preventing dysbiosis. Disease Models & Mechanisms. 16(4). 27 indexed citations
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Hanson, Mark A., et al.. (2023). Ecology-relevant bacteria drive the evolution of host antimicrobial peptides in Drosophila. Science. 381(6655). eadg5725–eadg5725. 50 indexed citations
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Hanson, Mark A., Shu Kondo, & Bruno Lemaître. (2022). Drosophila immunity: the Drosocin gene encodes two host defence peptides with pathogen-specific roles. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 289(1977). 20220773–20220773. 22 indexed citations
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Hanson, Mark A. & Bruno Lemaître. (2022). Repeated truncation of a modular antimicrobial peptide gene for neural context. PLoS Genetics. 18(6). e1010259–e1010259. 8 indexed citations
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Marra, Alice, Mark A. Hanson, Shu Kondo, Berra Erkoşar, & Bruno Lemaître. (2021). Drosophila Antimicrobial Peptides and Lysozymes Regulate Gut Microbiota Composition and Abundance. mBio. 12(4). e0082421–e0082421. 99 indexed citations
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Hanson, Mark A., Lianne B. Cohen, Alice Marra, et al.. (2021). The Drosophila Baramicin polypeptide gene protects against fungal infection. PLoS Pathogens. 17(8). e1009846–e1009846. 40 indexed citations
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Dudzic, Jan P., Mark A. Hanson, Igor Iatsenko, Shu Kondo, & Bruno Lemaître. (2019). More Than Black or White: Melanization and Toll Share Regulatory Serine Proteases in Drosophila. Cell Reports. 27(4). 1050–1061.e3. 95 indexed citations
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Hanson, Mark A., Bruno Lemaître, & Robert L. Unckless. (2019). Dynamic Evolution of Antimicrobial Peptides Underscores Trade-Offs Between Immunity and Ecological Fitness. Frontiers in Immunology. 10. 2620–2620. 47 indexed citations
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Hanson, Mark A., Anna Dostálová, Camilla Ceroni, et al.. (2019). Synergy and remarkable specificity of antimicrobial peptides in vivo using a systematic knockout approach. eLife. 8. 172 indexed citations
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Hanson, Mark A., Phineas T. Hamilton, & Steve J. Perlman. (2016). Immune genes and divergent antimicrobial peptides in flies of the subgenus Drosophila. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 16(1). 228–228. 30 indexed citations
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Jacob, Donna L., et al.. (2015). Multi-Elements in Waters and Sediments of Shallow Lakes: Relationships with Water, Sediment, and Watershed Characteristics. Wetlands. 35(3). 443–457. 11 indexed citations
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Zimmer, Kyle D., et al.. (2013). Relative importance of phosphorus, fish biomass, and watershed land use as drivers of phytoplankton abundance in shallow lakes. The Science of The Total Environment. 466-467. 849–855. 21 indexed citations
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Hobbs, William O., Kyle D. Zimmer, Kevin M. Theissen, et al.. (2012). A 200‐year perspective on alternative stable state theory and lake management from a biomanipulated shallow lake. Ecological Applications. 22(5). 1483–1496. 56 indexed citations

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