M.D. Collins

5.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
23 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

M.D. Collins is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pharmacology and Nutrition and Dietetics. According to data from OpenAlex, M.D. Collins has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Pharmacology and 7 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics. Recurrent topics in M.D. Collins's work include Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (8 papers), Vitamin K Research Studies (4 papers) and Natural product bioactivities and synthesis (3 papers). M.D. Collins is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (8 papers), Vitamin K Research Studies (4 papers) and Natural product bioactivities and synthesis (3 papers). M.D. Collins collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Germany and United States. M.D. Collins's co-authors include David E. Minnikin, Michael Goodfellow, Dorothy Jones, G. Archana, Thomas A. Langworthy, Roger A. Hutson, Prasad Gyaneshwar, R. M. Kroppenstedt, L.J. Parekh and Philip S. Poole and has published in prestigious journals such as Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, FEMS Microbiology Letters and Systematic and Applied Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

M.D. Collins

23 papers receiving 4.4k 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.

Distribution of Menaquinones in Actinomycetes and Corynebacteria

1977 2.1k citations M.D. Collins, Michael Goodfellow et al. Journal of General Microbiology profile →
Fatty Acid and Polar Lipid Composition in the Classification of Cellulomonas, Oerskovia and Related Taxa

1979 875 citations David E. Minnikin, M.D. Collins et al. Journal of Applied Bacteriology profile →
Lipids in the Classification and Identification of Coryneform Bacteria Containing Peptidoglycans Based on 2, 4‐diaminobutyric Acid

1980 815 citations M.D. Collins, Dorothy Jones Journal of Applied Bacteriology profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
M.D. Collins	3.9k	1.9k	1.1k	867	541	23	4.5k
M. Athalye	4.9k 1.3×	2.8k 1.5×	1.4k 1.2×	912 1.1×	704 1.3×	11	5.3k
USHA PREMACHANDRAN	4.2k 1.1×	2.6k 1.3×	947 0.9×	545 0.6×	416 0.8×	10	4.8k
M. Mesbah	4.0k 1.0×	2.5k 1.3×	947 0.9×	457 0.5×	407 0.8×	12	4.5k
F. A. RAINEY	2.3k 0.6×	1.1k 0.5×	617 0.6×	451 0.5×	313 0.6×	24	3.2k
David P. Labeda	2.4k 0.6×	657 0.3×	1.2k 1.1×	1.4k 1.6×	597 1.1×	99	3.8k
A. Reynaerts	2.7k 0.7×	1.2k 0.6×	1.2k 1.1×	247 0.3×	206 0.4×	19	3.3k
Takuji Kudo	1.9k 0.5×	736 0.4×	709 0.7×	714 0.8×	517 1.0×	130	2.8k
Kyung Sook Bae	2.5k 0.6×	1.5k 0.7×	942 0.9×	494 0.6×	323 0.6×	131	3.9k
E. B. SHIRLING	3.5k 0.9×	807 0.4×	2.1k 1.9×	3.3k 3.8×	1.2k 2.3×	10	6.0k
Tomohiko Tamura	1.6k 0.4×	535 0.3×	623 0.6×	835 1.0×	390 0.7×	170	2.3k

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Gyaneshwar, Prasad, L.J. Parekh, G. Archana, et al.. (1999). Involvement of a phosphate starvation inducible glucose dehydrogenase in soil phosphate solubilization byEnterobacter asburiae. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 171(2). 223–229. 120 indexed citations

Collins, M.D., Reiner M. Kroppenstedt, Jin Támaoka, Kazuo Komagata, & Takeshi Kinoshita. (1988). Structures of the tetrahydrogenated menaquinones fromActinomadura angiospora, Faenia rectivirgula, andSaccharothrix australiensis. Current Microbiology. 17(5). 275–279. 9 indexed citations

Collins, M.D., et al.. (1987). Vitamin K composition of anaerobic gut bacteria. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 41(2). 175–180. 39 indexed citations

Howarth, Oliver W., Erwin Grund, R. M. Kroppenstedt, & M.D. Collins. (1986). Structural determination of a new naturally occurring cyclic vitamin K. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 140(3). 916–923. 19 indexed citations

Collins, M.D., et al.. (1986). Respiratory Quinones of Sulphate-Reducing and Sulphur-Reducing Bacteria: A Systematic Investigation. Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 8(1-2). 8–18. 79 indexed citations

Collins, M.D., Michael Goodfellow, David E. Minnikin, & Grace Alderson. (1985). Menaquinone composition of mycolic acid‐containing actinomycetes and some sporoactinomycetes. Journal of Applied Bacteriology. 58(1). 77–86. 64 indexed citations

Shah, Haroun N., M.D. Collins, J. Watabe, & Tomotari MITSUOKA. (1985). Bacteroides oulorum sp. nov., a Nonpigmented Saccharolytic Species from the Oral Cavity. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 35(2). 193–197. 20 indexed citations

Collins, M.D. & Thomas A. Langworthy. (1983). Respiratory Quinone Composition of Some Acidophilic Bacteria. Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 4(3). 295–304. 44 indexed citations

Collins, M.D., et al.. (1983). Lipid Composition as a Guide to the Classification of Some Coryneform Bacteria-containing an A 4 α Type Peptidoglycan (Schleifer and Kandler). Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 4(1). 95–104. 31 indexed citations

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Collins, M.D., Ronald M. Keddie, & Reiner M. Kroppenstedt. (1983). Lipid Composition of Arthrobacter simplex, Arthrobacter tumescens and Possibly Related Taxa. Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 4(1). 18–26. 18 indexed citations

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Collins, M.D. & James William Gilbart. (1983). New members of the Coenzyme Q series from the Legionellaceae. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 16(2-3). 251–255. 13 indexed citations

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Collins, M.D.. (1983). Cell wall peptidoglycan and lipid composition of the phytopathogen Corynebacterium rathayi (smith). Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 4(2). 193–198. 9 indexed citations

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Collins, M.D. & Dorothy Jones. (1982). Taxonomic studies on Corynebacterium beticola (Abdou). Journal of Applied Bacteriology. 52(2). 229–233. 3 indexed citations

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Collins, M.D. & Dorothy Jones. (1982). Lipid composition ofCorynebacterium paurometabolum(Steinhaus). FEMS Microbiology Letters. 13(1). 13–16. 16 indexed citations

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Collins, M.D. & Dorothy Jones. (1980). Lipids in the Classification and Identification of Coryneform Bacteria Containing Peptidoglycans Based on 2, 4‐diaminobutyric Acid. Journal of Applied Bacteriology. 48(3). 459–470. 815 indexed citations breakdown →

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Collins, M.D. & Dorothy Jones. (1979). Isoprenoid Quinone Composition as a Guide to the Classification of Sporolactobacillus and Possibly Related Bacteria. Journal of Applied Bacteriology. 47(2). 293–297. 12 indexed citations

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Minnikin, David E., M.D. Collins, & Michael Goodfellow. (1979). Fatty Acid and Polar Lipid Composition in the Classification of Cellulomonas, Oerskovia and Related Taxa. Journal of Applied Bacteriology. 47(1). 87–95. 875 indexed citations breakdown →

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Collins, M.D., Michael Goodfellow, & David E. Minnikin. (1979). Isoprenoid Quinones in the Classification of Coryneform and Related Bacteria. Journal of General Microbiology. 110(1). 127–136. 110 indexed citations

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Collins, M.D., et al.. (1977). Distribution of Menaquinones in Actinomycetes and Corynebacteria. Journal of General Microbiology. 100(2). 221–230. 2061 indexed citations breakdown →

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Goodfellow, Michael, M.D. Collins, & David E. Minnikin. (1976). Thin-layer Chromatographic Analysis of Mycolic Acid and Other Long-chain Components in Whole-organism Methanolysates of Coryneform and Related Taxa. Journal of General Microbiology. 96(2). 351–358. 86 indexed citations

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