Martin J. Sergeant

5.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
40 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Martin J. Sergeant is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Martin J. Sergeant has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Molecular Biology, 11 papers in Plant Science and 8 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Martin J. Sergeant's work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (10 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (6 papers) and Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology (5 papers). Martin J. Sergeant is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (10 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (6 papers) and Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology (5 papers). Martin J. Sergeant collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, France and Norway. Martin J. Sergeant's co-authors include Zhemin Zhou, Mark Achtman, Nabil-Fareed Alikhan, Mark J. Pallen, Charles W. Penn, Chrystala Constantinidou, Nina Luhmann, Alexandre P. Francisco, Cátia Vaz and João André Carriço and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Nature Communications and Bioinformatics.

In The Last Decade

Martin J. Sergeant

40 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

GrapeTree: visualization of core genomic relationships among 100,000 bacterial pathogens

2018 636 citations Zhemin Zhou, Nabil-Fareed Alikhan et al. Genome Research profile →
A genomic overview of the population structure of Salmonella

2018 375 citations Nabil-Fareed Alikhan, Zhemin Zhou et al. profile →
Extensive Microbial and Functional Diversity within the Chicken Cecal Microbiome

2014 337 citations Martin J. Sergeant, Chrystala Constantinidou et al. PLoS ONE profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Martin J. Sergeant United Kingdom	21	1.2k	759	569	553	539	40	3.0k
Dandan Zheng China	11	1.7k 1.4×	838 1.1×	622 1.1×	883 1.6×	979 1.8×	17	3.9k
Darrell O. Bayles United States	31	1.5k 1.2×	764 1.0×	1.0k 1.8×	226 0.4×	562 1.0×	126	4.0k
Carla Cummins United Kingdom	5	1.8k 1.4×	830 1.1×	786 1.4×	902 1.6×	865 1.6×	6	3.9k
Filip Boyen Belgium	33	688 0.6×	1.5k 2.0×	976 1.7×	515 0.9×	362 0.7×	197	4.4k
Mitchell J. Sullivan United States	12	1.3k 1.0×	386 0.5×	622 1.1×	662 1.2×	1.5k 2.7×	28	3.3k
Morag Graham Canada	32	1.3k 1.1×	675 0.9×	1.5k 2.7×	404 0.7×	474 0.9×	67	4.3k
James Pettengill United States	26	1.0k 0.8×	1.2k 1.6×	353 0.6×	558 1.0×	643 1.2×	65	2.8k
Tadasuke Ooka Japan	30	1.4k 1.1×	692 0.9×	1.1k 1.9×	1.7k 3.1×	651 1.2×	66	3.8k
Mandy Sanders United Kingdom	37	1.7k 1.4×	389 0.5×	707 1.2×	400 0.7×	632 1.2×	65	5.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Martin J. Sergeant

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Fields of papers citing papers by Martin J. Sergeant

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Martin J. Sergeant

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Bruce, Richard, Gerrard F. Rafferty, Sarah L. Finnegan, et al.. (2025). Incongruent virtual reality cycling exercise demonstrates a role of perceived effort in cardiovascular control. The Journal of Physiology. 603(18). 5149–5161. 2 indexed citations

Weeratunga, Praveen, Martin J. Sergeant, Joshua A. Bull, et al.. (2025). Temporo-spatial cellular atlas of the regenerating alveolar niche in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Nature Communications. 16(1). 7150–7150. 1 indexed citations

Finnegan, Sarah L., David Dearlove, Peter G. Morris, et al.. (2023). Breathlessness in a virtual world: An experimental paradigm testing how discrepancy between VR visual gradients and pedal resistance during stationary cycling affects breathlessness perception. PLoS ONE. 18(4). e0270721–e0270721. 10 indexed citations

Sergeant, Martin J., et al.. (2022). LanceOtron: a deep learning peak caller for genome sequencing experiments. Bioinformatics. 38(18). 4255–4263. 23 indexed citations

Sergeant, Martin J., et al.. (2021). Multi Locus View: an extensible web-based tool for the analysis of genomic data.. Communications Biology. 4(1). 623–623. 4 indexed citations

Downes, Damien J., Robert A. Beagrie, Matthew Gosden, et al.. (2021). High-resolution targeted 3C interrogation of cis-regulatory element organization at genome-wide scale. Nature Communications. 12(1). 531–531. 23 indexed citations

Chattaway, Marie Anne, Nastassya Chandra, Anaïs Painset, et al.. (2019). Genomic approaches used to investigate an atypical outbreak of Salmonella Adjame. Microbial Genomics. 5(1). 12 indexed citations

Zhou, Zhemin, Nabil-Fareed Alikhan, Martin J. Sergeant, et al.. (2018). GrapeTree: visualization of core genomic relationships among 100,000 bacterial pathogens. Genome Research. 28(9). 1395–1404. 636 indexed citations breakdown →

Harrison, Peter J., et al.. (2017). Promotion of Germination Using Hydroxamic Acid Inhibitors of 9-cis-Epoxycarotenoid Dioxygenase. Frontiers in Plant Science. 8. 357–357. 11 indexed citations

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Kay, Gemma L., Martin J. Sergeant, Zhemin Zhou, et al.. (2015). Eighteenth-century genomes show that mixed infections were common at time of peak tuberculosis in Europe. Nature Communications. 6(1). 6717–6717. 122 indexed citations

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Quraishi, Mohammed Nabil, Martin J. Sergeant, Gemma L. Kay, et al.. (2014). Parallel 19: Cholestatic Liver Diseases. Hepatology. 60. 264A–267A. 5 indexed citations

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Sergeant, Martin J., Chrystala Constantinidou, Tristan A. Cogan, et al.. (2014). Extensive Microbial and Functional Diversity within the Chicken Cecal Microbiome. PLoS ONE. 9(3). e91941–e91941. 337 indexed citations breakdown →

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Doughty, Emma L., et al.. (2014). Culture-independent detection and characterisation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and M. africanum in sputum samples using shotgun metagenomics on a benchtop sequencer. PeerJ. 2. e585–e585. 86 indexed citations

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Bailey, Andy M., Patrick D. Collopy, Martin J. Sergeant, et al.. (2013). Transcriptomic analysis of the interactions between Agaricus bisporus and Lecanicillium fungicola. Fungal Genetics and Biology. 55. 67–76. 18 indexed citations

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Loman, Nicholas J., Chrystala Constantinidou, Jacqueline Chan, et al.. (2012). High-throughput bacterial genome sequencing: an embarrassment of choice, a world of opportunity. Nature Reviews Microbiology. 10(9). 599–606. 288 indexed citations

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Sergeant, Martin J., Chrystala Constantinidou, Tristan A. Cogan, Charles W. Penn, & Mark J. Pallen. (2012). High-Throughput Sequencing of 16S rRNA Gene Amplicons: Effects of Extraction Procedure, Primer Length and Annealing Temperature. PLoS ONE. 7(5). e38094–e38094. 65 indexed citations

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López‐Ráez, Juan A., Wouter Kohlen, Tatsiana Charnikhova, et al.. (2010). Does abscisic acid affect strigolactone biosynthesis?. New Phytologist. 187(2). 343–354. 164 indexed citations

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Eastwood, Daniel C., Andrew Mead, Martin J. Sergeant, & Kerry S. Burton. (2008). Statistical modelling of transcript profiles of differentially regulated genes. BMC Molecular Biology. 9(1). 66–66. 12 indexed citations

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Sergeant, Martin J., Jianjun Li, Christine Fox, et al.. (2008). Selective Inhibition of Carotenoid Cleavage Dioxygenases. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 284(8). 5257–5264. 39 indexed citations

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Bell, Matthew, Andrew J. Clark, Andrew Marsh, et al.. (2007). A photoimmobilisation strategy that maximises exploration of chemical space in small molecule affinity selection and target discovery. Chemical Communications. 2808–2808. 15 indexed citations

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