Michael Cunliffe

5.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
57 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Michael Cunliffe is a scholar working on Ecology, Oceanography and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Cunliffe has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Ecology, 35 papers in Oceanography and 25 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Michael Cunliffe's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (43 papers), Protist diversity and phylogeny (22 papers) and Marine and coastal ecosystems (19 papers). Michael Cunliffe is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (43 papers), Protist diversity and phylogeny (22 papers) and Marine and coastal ecosystems (19 papers). Michael Cunliffe collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Germany and United States. Michael Cunliffe's co-authors include Delphine Lobelle, John D. Taylor, Robert C. Upstill‐Goddard, J. Colin Murrell, Michael A. Kertesz, Anja Engel, Maiko Kagami, J. Colin Murrell, Hans‐Peter Grossart and Christian Wurzbacher and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Science of The Total Environment and Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Michael Cunliffe

55 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

Early microbial biofilm formation on marine plastic debris 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 2019 200 400 600
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.

  1. Early microbial biofilm formation on marine plastic debris
    2010 702 citations Michael Cunliffe et al. Marine Pollution Bulletin profile →
  2. Fungi in aquatic ecosystems
    2019 300 citations Hans‐Peter Grossart, Maiko Kagami et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael Cunliffe United Kingdom 24 1.4k 1.1k 1.0k 750 516 57 3.2k
Raeid M. M. Abed Oman 37 1.6k 1.2× 1.1k 1.0× 740 0.7× 750 1.0× 165 0.3× 111 4.0k
Michael Steinke United Kingdom 34 1.2k 0.9× 1.1k 1.0× 2.3k 2.2× 406 0.5× 594 1.2× 65 4.3k
Hendrik Schubert Germany 33 1.4k 1.0× 533 0.5× 2.0k 1.9× 773 1.0× 459 0.9× 160 4.2k
Hongyue Dang China 35 2.3k 1.7× 1.4k 1.3× 828 0.8× 1.3k 1.8× 195 0.4× 73 4.2k
Stefano Amalfitano Italy 34 1.5k 1.1× 881 0.8× 483 0.5× 417 0.6× 279 0.5× 84 3.1k
Jeff Shimeta Australia 23 597 0.4× 1.4k 1.3× 432 0.4× 170 0.2× 666 1.3× 67 2.9k
Eugenio Rastelli Italy 21 854 0.6× 668 0.6× 305 0.3× 269 0.4× 303 0.6× 45 1.7k
Masashi Tsuchiya Japan 26 874 0.6× 416 0.4× 605 0.6× 263 0.4× 288 0.6× 72 1.8k
Gavin Lear New Zealand 41 2.2k 1.6× 1.3k 1.2× 278 0.3× 1.3k 1.7× 423 0.8× 115 4.8k
Laura G. Leff United States 31 1.6k 1.2× 848 0.8× 351 0.3× 534 0.7× 179 0.3× 115 2.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Cunliffe

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Cunliffe

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All Works

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Peng, Xuefeng, Anthony S. Amend, Federico Baltar, et al.. (2024). Planktonic Marine Fungi: A Review. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. 129(3). 5 indexed citations
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Peng, Xuefeng, Anthony S. Amend, Federico Baltar, et al.. (2023). Planktonic marine fungi: A review. Plymouth Marine Science Electronic Archive (The Marine Biological Association (MBA), Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) and the Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science (SAHFOS).).
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Widdicombe, Claire E., et al.. (2023). Cryptic bacterial pathogens of diatoms peak during senescence of a winter diatom bloom. New Phytologist. 241(3). 1292–1307. 4 indexed citations
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Chrismas, Nathan, et al.. (2023). A 17-year time-series of fungal environmental DNA from a coastal marine ecosystem reveals long-term seasonal-scale and inter-annual diversity patterns. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 290(1992). 20222129–20222129. 12 indexed citations
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Chrismas, Nathan, et al.. (2023). Metatranscriptomics reveals diversity of symbiotic interaction and mechanisms of carbon exchange in the marine cyanolichen Lichina pygmaea. New Phytologist. 241(5). 2243–2257. 9 indexed citations
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Cunliffe, Michael, et al.. (2023). Lichen zonation on UK rocky seashores: a trait-based approach to delineating marine and maritime lichens. The Lichenologist. 55(2). 91–99. 3 indexed citations
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Zäncker, Birthe, Michael Cunliffe, & Anja Engel. (2021). Eukaryotic community composition in the sea surface microlayer across an east–west transect in the Mediterranean Sea. Biogeosciences. 18(6). 2107–2118. 10 indexed citations
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Cunliffe, Michael, et al.. (2021). A Call for a Better Understanding of Aquatic Chytrid Biology. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2. 708813–708813. 8 indexed citations
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Chrismas, Nathan, et al.. (2020). Chytrid rhizoid morphogenesis resembles hyphal development in multicellular fungi and is adaptive to resource availability. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 287(1928). 20200433–20200433. 13 indexed citations
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Amend, Anthony S., Gaëtan Burgaud, Michael Cunliffe, et al.. (2019). Fungi in the Marine Environment: Open Questions and Unsolved Problems. mBio. 10(2). 219 indexed citations
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Zäncker, Birthe, Michael Cunliffe, & Anja Engel. (2018). Bacterial Community Composition in the Sea Surface Microlayer Off the Peruvian Coast. Frontiers in Microbiology. 9. 2699–2699. 28 indexed citations
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Smale, Dan A., et al.. (2017). Community responses to seawater warming are conserved across diverse biological groupings and taxonomic resolutions. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 284(1862). 20170534–20170534. 22 indexed citations
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Taylor, John D. & Michael Cunliffe. (2016). Multi-year assessment of coastal planktonic fungi reveals environmental drivers of diversity and abundance. The ISME Journal. 10(9). 2118–2128. 123 indexed citations
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Cunliffe, Michael. (2015). Purine catabolic pathway revealed by transcriptomics in the model marine bacteriumRuegeria pomeroyiDSS-3. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 92(1). fiv150–fiv150. 14 indexed citations
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Kádár, Enikö, Michael Cunliffe, Andrew Fisher, et al.. (2013). Chemical interaction of atmospheric mineral dust-derived nanoparticles with natural seawater — EPS and sunlight-mediated changes. The Science of The Total Environment. 468-469. 265–271. 28 indexed citations
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Lidbury, Ian D. E. A., Vivienne R Johnson, Jason M. Hall‐Spencer, Colin B. Munn, & Michael Cunliffe. (2012). Community-level response of coastal microbial biofilms to ocean acidification in a natural carbon dioxide vent ecosystem. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 64(5). 1063–1066. 80 indexed citations
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Cunliffe, Michael, Matthew Salter, P. J. Mann, et al.. (2009). Dissolved organic carbon and bacterial populations in the gelatinous surface microlayer of a Norwegian fjord mesocosm. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 299(2). 248–254. 48 indexed citations
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