Michael A. Gates

5.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
55 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Michael A. Gates is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael A. Gates has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Molecular Biology, 16 papers in Ecology and 11 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Michael A. Gates's work include Protist diversity and phylogeny (23 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (11 papers) and Marine and coastal ecosystems (10 papers). Michael A. Gates is often cited by papers focused on Protist diversity and phylogeny (23 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (11 papers) and Marine and coastal ecosystems (10 papers). Michael A. Gates collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Japan. Michael A. Gates's co-authors include William S. Talbot, Alexander F. Schier, Howard I. Sirotkin, John H. Postlethwait, Elizabeth S. Egan, Scott T. Dougan, Gabriela Rennebeck, Benjamin Feldman, Stephen L. Johnson and Jacques Berger and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Michael A. Gates

54 papers receiving 3.0k citations

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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.

Zebrafish organizer development and germ-layer formation require nodal-related signals

1998 569 citations Benjamin Feldman, Michael A. Gates et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael A. Gates United States	22	2.3k	882	607	383	333	55	3.2k
Brigitte Galliot Switzerland	38	2.5k 1.1×	738 0.8×	445 0.7×	211 0.6×	273 0.8×	81	3.8k
Evelyn Houliston France	34	2.1k 0.9×	958 1.1×	446 0.7×	279 0.7×	77 0.2×	74	3.5k
Masakane Yamashita Japan	40	2.3k 1.0×	788 0.9×	1.7k 2.7×	157 0.4×	301 0.9×	156	5.4k
Jean‐Stéphane Joly France	27	2.5k 1.1×	570 0.6×	660 1.1×	163 0.4×	183 0.5×	47	3.6k
Arnau Sebé-Pedrós Spain	29	2.0k 0.9×	466 0.5×	286 0.5×	560 1.5×	279 0.8×	46	3.0k
Toshitaka Fujisawa Japan	29	1.7k 0.7×	664 0.8×	195 0.3×	368 1.0×	62 0.2×	72	3.0k
Nori Satoh Japan	45	3.9k 1.7×	348 0.4×	1.1k 1.8×	1.1k 2.9×	432 1.3×	149	6.6k
Astrid Terry United Kingdom	12	1.3k 0.6×	159 0.2×	304 0.5×	463 1.2×	284 0.9×	16	2.3k
Grigory Genikhovich Austria	21	1.3k 0.6×	312 0.4×	366 0.6×	437 1.1×	149 0.4×	37	2.4k
David R. McClay United States	54	4.7k 2.1×	944 1.1×	740 1.2×	275 0.7×	444 1.3×	144	7.4k

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Gates, Michael A., Jing Hu, Rosa Lafer-Sousa, et al.. (2014). Color-detection thresholds in rhesus macaque monkeys and humans. Journal of Vision. 14(8). 12–12. 27 indexed citations

Gates, Michael A., R. Kannan, & Edward Giniger. (2011). A genome-wide analysis reveals that the Drosophila transcription factor Lola promotes axon growth in part by suppressing expression of the actin nucleation factor Spire. Neural Development. 6(1). 37–37. 15 indexed citations

Greene, Elizabeth A., et al.. (2003). Alternative splicing of lola generates 19 transcription factors controlling axon guidance in Drosophila. Nature Neuroscience. 6(9). 917–924. 74 indexed citations

Gall, Maude Le, et al.. (2003). Notch Steers Drosophila ISNb Motor Axons by Regulating the Abl Signaling Pathway. Current Biology. 13(11). 967–972. 63 indexed citations

Sirotkin, Howard I., et al.. (2001). fast1 is required for the development of dorsal axial structures in zebrafish. Current Biology. 11(20). 1643–1643. 3 indexed citations

Sirotkin, Howard I., Michael A. Gates, Peter D. Kelly, Alexander F. Schier, & William S. Talbot. (2000). fast1 is required for the development of dorsal axial structures in zebrafish. Current Biology. 10(17). 1051–1054. 101 indexed citations

Jordan, Elaine, H. McFarland, Bobbi K. Lewis, et al.. (1999). Serial MR imaging of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis induced by human white matter or by chimeric myelin-basic and proteolipid protein in the common marmoset.. PubMed Central. 20(6). 965–76. 32 indexed citations

Gates, Michael A., Lisa Kim, Elizabeth S. Egan, et al.. (1999). A Genetic Linkage Map for Zebrafish: Comparative Analysis and Localization of Genes and Expressed Sequences. Genome Research. 9(4). 334–347. 169 indexed citations

Thompson, Margaret A., David G. Ransom, Stephen J. P. Pratt, et al.. (1998). The cloche and spadetail Genes Differentially Affect Hematopoiesis and Vasculogenesis. Developmental Biology. 197(2). 248–269. 428 indexed citations

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Postlethwait, John H., Yi‐Lin Yan, & Michael A. Gates. (1998). Chapter 9 Using Random Amplified Polymorphic DNAs in Zebrafish Genomic Analysis. Methods in cell biology. 60. 165–179. 10 indexed citations

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Risinger, Carl, et al.. (1998). Cloning of two loci for synapse protein Snap25 in zebrafish: Comparison of paralogous linkage groups suggests loss of one locus in the mammalian lineage. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 54(5). 563–573. 16 indexed citations

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Feldman, Benjamin, Michael A. Gates, Elizabeth S. Egan, et al.. (1998). Zebrafish organizer development and germ-layer formation require nodal-related signals. Nature. 395(6698). 181–185. 569 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bingulac-Popović, Jasna, Felipe Figueroa, Akie Sato, et al.. (1997). Mapping of Mhc class I and class II regions to different linkage groups in the zebrafish, Danio rerio. Immunogenetics. 46(2). 129–134. 163 indexed citations

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Johnson, Stephen L., et al.. (1996). Centromere-Linkage Analysis and Consolidation of the Zebrafish Genetic Map. Genetics. 142(4). 1277–1288. 160 indexed citations

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Jones, Thomas C. & Michael A. Gates. (1994). A Morphometric Study of Euryhalinity in Marine Populations of the Ciliate Genus Euplotes. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 41(4). 303–316. 1 indexed citations

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Keulen, Harry van, Robin R. Gutell, Michael A. Gates, et al.. (1993). Unique phylogenetic position of Diplomonadida based on the complete small subunit ribosomal RNA sequence of Giardia ardeae, G. muris, G. duodenalis and Hexamita sp.. The FASEB Journal. 7(1). 223–231. 55 indexed citations

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Martin, Ian & Michael A. Gates. (1984). PATTERNS OF MORPHOLOGICAL AND REPRODUCTIVE VARIATION IN STENONEMA MAYFLIES (EPHEMEROPTERA: HEPTAGENIIDAE) IN EASTERN LAKE HURON. The Canadian Entomologist. 116(12). 1591–1603. 1 indexed citations

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Gates, Michael A., Andrew Rogerson, & Jacques Berger. (1982). Dry to wet weight biomass conversion constant for Tetrahymena elliotti (Ciliophora, Protozoa). Oecologia. 55(2). 145–148. 50 indexed citations

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Gates, Michael A.. (1977). Analysis of positional information applied to cirral patterns of the ciliate Euplotes. Nature. 268(5618). 362–364. 22 indexed citations

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Gates, Michael A., et al.. (1976). Phenetic affinities of the wood thrush, Hylocichla mustelina (Aves: Turdinae). Canadian Journal of Zoology. 54(10). 1679–1687. 13 indexed citations

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