Matthew J. Ballinger

1.9k total citations
20 papers, 466 citations indexed

About

Matthew J. Ballinger is a scholar working on Insect Science, Plant Science and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Matthew J. Ballinger has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 466 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Insect Science, 9 papers in Plant Science and 6 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Matthew J. Ballinger's work include Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (10 papers), Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (7 papers) and Viral Infections and Vectors (6 papers). Matthew J. Ballinger is often cited by papers focused on Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (10 papers), Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (7 papers) and Viral Infections and Vectors (6 papers). Matthew J. Ballinger collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Israel. Matthew J. Ballinger's co-authors include Steve J. Perlman, Derek J. Taylor, Jeremy A. Bruenn, Katharina Dittmar, John Hay, Alexey A. Kotov, Shaun M. Bowman, Andrew S. Medeiros, Ryan M.R. Gawryluk and Lilach Iasur‐Kruh and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Applied and Environmental Microbiology and Journal of Virology.

In The Last Decade

Matthew J. Ballinger

20 papers receiving 464 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Matthew J. Ballinger United States 14 270 151 109 66 65 20 466
Shaun Robertson United Kingdom 5 155 0.6× 93 0.6× 54 0.5× 42 0.6× 47 0.7× 7 303
Anne Xuéreb France 9 185 0.7× 101 0.7× 101 0.9× 92 1.4× 98 1.5× 17 421
Walter E. Barney United States 8 290 1.1× 187 1.2× 72 0.7× 53 0.8× 38 0.6× 8 403
Matthew W. Turnbull United States 12 309 1.1× 205 1.4× 73 0.7× 45 0.7× 49 0.8× 28 519
Jean-Louis Zeddam France 12 240 0.9× 258 1.7× 64 0.6× 99 1.5× 120 1.8× 32 549
Ruairí Donnelly United Kingdom 12 148 0.5× 179 1.2× 28 0.3× 34 0.5× 58 0.9× 18 376
Valentina Mastrantonio Italy 16 226 0.8× 163 1.1× 150 1.4× 81 1.2× 70 1.1× 34 719
Nicholas J. Campbell Australia 10 169 0.6× 51 0.3× 143 1.3× 183 2.8× 78 1.2× 31 499
Bret M. Boyd United States 14 402 1.5× 108 0.7× 33 0.3× 162 2.5× 94 1.4× 27 668
Marie Buysse France 11 353 1.3× 37 0.2× 161 1.5× 92 1.4× 37 0.6× 23 547

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Matthew J. Ballinger

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Shaw, Scott Richard, et al.. (2024). Drosophila are hosts to the first described parasitoid wasp of adult flies. Nature. 633(8031). 840–847. 3 indexed citations
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Ballinger, Matthew J., et al.. (2023). The toxins of vertically transmitted Spiroplasma. Frontiers in Microbiology. 14. 5 indexed citations
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Ballinger, Matthew J., et al.. (2022). Evolution and diversity of inherited viruses in the Nearctic phantom midge, Chaoborus americanus. Virus Evolution. 8(1). veac018–veac018. 4 indexed citations
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Krimmer, Elena, Paul D’Alvise, Martin Hasselmann, et al.. (2022). Highly transmissible cytoplasmic incompatibility by the extracellular insect symbiont Spiroplasma. iScience. 25(5). 104335–104335. 28 indexed citations
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Ballinger, Matthew J. & Derek J. Taylor. (2019). Evolutionary persistence of insect bunyavirus infection despite host acquisition and expression of the viral nucleoprotein gene. Virus Evolution. 5(2). vez017–vez017. 8 indexed citations
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Ballinger, Matthew J., et al.. (2018). Cellular production of a counterfeit viral protein confers immunity to infection by a related virus. PeerJ. 6. e5679–e5679. 4 indexed citations
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Ballinger, Matthew J., Ryan M.R. Gawryluk, & Steve J. Perlman. (2018). Toxin and Genome Evolution in aDrosophilaDefensive Symbiosis. Genome Biology and Evolution. 11(1). 253–262. 15 indexed citations
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Ballinger, Matthew J. & Steve J. Perlman. (2018). The defensive Spiroplasma. Current Opinion in Insect Science. 32. 36–41. 56 indexed citations
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Ballinger, Matthew J., et al.. (2017). Unexpected differences in the population genetics of phasmavirids (Bunyavirales) from subarctic ponds. Virus Evolution. 3(1). vex015–vex015. 5 indexed citations
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Ballinger, Matthew J. & Steve J. Perlman. (2017). Generality of toxins in defensive symbiosis: Ribosome-inactivating proteins and defense against parasitic wasps in Drosophila. PLoS Pathogens. 13(7). e1006431–e1006431. 71 indexed citations
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Gomez‐Polo, Priscila, Matthew J. Ballinger, Maya Lalzar, et al.. (2017). An exceptional family: Ophiocordyceps‐allied fungus dominates the microbiome of soft scale insects (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccidae). Molecular Ecology. 26(20). 5855–5868. 23 indexed citations
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Ballinger, Matthew J., et al.. (2017). Evolution and Diversity of Inherited Spiroplasma Symbionts in Myrmica Ants. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 84(4). 16 indexed citations
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Iasur‐Kruh, Lilach, Vered Naor, Tirtza Zahavi, et al.. (2016). Bacterial associates of Hyalesthes obsoletus (Hemiptera: Cixiidae), the insect vector of bois noir disease, with a focus on cultivable bacteria. Research in Microbiology. 168(1). 94–101. 14 indexed citations
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Taylor, Derek J., Matthew J. Ballinger, Andrew S. Medeiros, & Alexey A. Kotov. (2015). Climate‐associated tundra thaw pond formation and range expansion of boreal zooplankton predators. Ecography. 39(1). 43–53. 17 indexed citations
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Ballinger, Matthew J., et al.. (2014). Discovery and Evolution of Bunyavirids in Arctic Phantom Midges and Ancient Bunyavirid-Like Sequences in Insect Genomes. Journal of Virology. 88(16). 8783–8794. 54 indexed citations
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Taylor, Derek J., et al.. (2014). Evidence that ebolaviruses and cuevaviruses have been diverging from marburgviruses since the Miocene. PeerJ. 2. e556–e556. 22 indexed citations
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Ballinger, Matthew J., Jeremy A. Bruenn, Alexey A. Kotov, & Derek J. Taylor. (2013). Selectively maintained paleoviruses in Holarctic water fleas reveal an ancient origin for phleboviruses. Virology. 446(1-2). 276–282. 20 indexed citations
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Taylor, Derek J., Matthew J. Ballinger, Shaun M. Bowman, & Jeremy A. Bruenn. (2013). Virus-host co-evolution under a modified nuclear genetic code. PeerJ. 1. e50–e50. 28 indexed citations
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Ballinger, Matthew J., Jeremy A. Bruenn, & Derek J. Taylor. (2012). Phylogeny, integration and expression of sigma virus-like genes in Drosophila. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 65(1). 251–258. 26 indexed citations
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Taylor, Derek J., Katharina Dittmar, Matthew J. Ballinger, & Jeremy A. Bruenn. (2011). Evolutionary maintenance of filovirus-like genes in bat genomes. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 11(1). 336–336. 47 indexed citations

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