Michael E. Sparks

1.7k total citations
35 papers, 995 citations indexed

About

Michael E. Sparks is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Insect Science and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael E. Sparks has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 995 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Molecular Biology, 14 papers in Insect Science and 9 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Michael E. Sparks's work include Insect Resistance and Genetics (12 papers), Hemiptera Insect Studies (6 papers) and Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (5 papers). Michael E. Sparks is often cited by papers focused on Insect Resistance and Genetics (12 papers), Hemiptera Insect Studies (6 papers) and Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (5 papers). Michael E. Sparks collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Canada. Michael E. Sparks's co-authors include Volker Brendel, Dawn E. Gundersen‐Rindal, Stefan Kurtz, Congjun Li, Erin E. Connor, Robert W. Li, Daniel Kuhar, Michael B. Blackburn, Robert L. Harrison and Kent S. Shelby and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Bioinformatics and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Michael E. Sparks

34 papers receiving 974 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael E. Sparks United States 14 508 272 237 199 179 35 995
Mathieu Castex France 20 346 0.7× 127 0.5× 113 0.5× 116 0.6× 97 0.5× 48 2.3k
Ming He China 20 283 0.6× 188 0.7× 287 1.2× 345 1.7× 183 1.0× 35 1.3k
Paula Moolhuijzen Australia 26 564 1.1× 829 3.0× 299 1.3× 79 0.4× 152 0.8× 65 1.8k
Patricia Ayoubi United States 21 459 0.9× 704 2.6× 203 0.9× 62 0.3× 104 0.6× 24 1.4k
Valérie Monteils France 23 411 0.8× 134 0.5× 92 0.4× 734 3.7× 283 1.6× 53 1.5k
Ludovic Vial France 22 605 1.2× 792 2.9× 75 0.3× 167 0.8× 93 0.5× 43 1.4k
Stefano Tavoletti Italy 23 253 0.5× 460 1.7× 148 0.6× 192 1.0× 163 0.9× 52 1.0k
Rosanne E. Casu Australia 28 781 1.5× 1.5k 5.5× 235 1.0× 95 0.5× 218 1.2× 45 2.1k
Marisa Farber Argentina 18 215 0.4× 118 0.4× 255 1.1× 94 0.5× 60 0.3× 77 1.2k
I. Koppová Czechia 13 361 0.7× 53 0.2× 100 0.4× 127 0.6× 99 0.6× 18 668

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Blackburn, Michael B., Mélanie Tannières, Michael E. Sparks, Dawn E. Gundersen‐Rindal, & Marie‐Claude Bon. (2024). Serratia montpellierensis sp. nov., Isolated from Laboratory-Reared Parasitic Wasps Psyttalia lounsburyii Silvestri and Psyttalia ponerophaga Silvestri (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Current Microbiology. 81(6). 146–146. 2 indexed citations
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Sparks, Michael E., Yiming Wang, Juan Shi, & Robert L. Harrison. (2023). Lymantria Dispar Iflavirus 1 RNA Comprises a Large Proportion of RNA in Adult L. dispar Moths. Insects. 14(5). 466–466. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Yiming, Michael E. Sparks, Robert L. Harrison, & Juan Shi. (2022). Analyses of adult transcriptomes from four different populations of the spongy moth, Lymantria dispar L., from China and the USA. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 18232–18232. 5 indexed citations
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Khrimian, Ashot, Katrin Luck, Michael E. Sparks, et al.. (2022). Ancient origin and conserved gene function in terpene pheromone and defense evolution of stink bugs and hemipteran insects. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 152. 103879–103879. 19 indexed citations
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Wu, Shaohui, Michael B. Blackburn, Russell F. Mizell, et al.. (2021). Novel associations in antibiosis stemming from an insect pupal cell. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 184. 107655–107655. 3 indexed citations
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Hébert, François, Luca Freschi, Gwylim S. Blackburn, et al.. (2019). Expansion of LINEs and species-specific DNA repeats drives genome expansion in Asian Gypsy Moths. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 16413–16413. 9 indexed citations
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Sparks, Michael E., Kristi D. Bottner-Parker, Dawn E. Gundersen‐Rindal, & Ing‐Ming Lee. (2018). Draft genome sequence of the New Jersey aster yellows strain of ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris’. PLoS ONE. 13(2). e0192379–e0192379. 8 indexed citations
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Zahiri, Reza, Luca Freschi, Sandrine Picq, et al.. (2017). Comparative analysis of mitochondrial genomes of geographic variants of the gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar, reveals a previously undescribed genotypic entity. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 14245–14245. 35 indexed citations
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Clifford, Robert, Michael E. Sparks, Ana Ong, et al.. (2016). Correlating Cleaning Thoroughness with Effectiveness and Briefly Intervening to Affect Cleaning Outcomes: How Clean Is Cleaned?. PLoS ONE. 11(5). e0155779–e0155779. 7 indexed citations
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Blackburn, Michael B., Michael E. Sparks, & Dawn E. Gundersen‐Rindal. (2016). The genome of the insecticidal Chromobacterium subtsugae PRAA4-1 and its comparison with that of Chromobacterium violaceum ATCC 12472. Genomics Data. 10. 1–3. 7 indexed citations
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Lesho, Emil, Uzo Chukwuma, Michael E. Sparks, et al.. (2016). Anatomic, Geographic, and Taxon-Specific Relative Risks of Carbapenem Resistance in the Health Care System of the U.S. Department of Defense. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 54(6). 1546–1551. 9 indexed citations
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Lesho, Emil, Philip Carling, Ana Ong, et al.. (2015). Relationships Among Cleaning, Environmental DNA, and Healthcare-Associated Infections in a New Evidence-Based Design Hospital. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 36(10). 1130–1138. 12 indexed citations
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Sparks, Michael E., Kent S. Shelby, Daniel Kuhar, & Dawn E. Gundersen‐Rindal. (2014). Transcriptome of the Invasive Brown Marmorated Stink Bug, Halyomorpha halys (Stål) (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae). PLoS ONE. 9(11). e111646–e111646. 47 indexed citations
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Gammon, Don B., Sophie Duraffour, Dan Rozelle, et al.. (2014). A single vertebrate DNA virus protein disarms invertebrate immunity to RNA virus infection. eLife. 3. 20 indexed citations
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Sparks, Michael E., Michael B. Blackburn, Daniel Kuhar, & Dawn E. Gundersen‐Rindal. (2013). Transcriptome of the Lymantria dispar (Gypsy Moth) Larval Midgut in Response to Infection by Bacillus thuringiensis. PLoS ONE. 8(5). e61190–e61190. 48 indexed citations
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El-Sheikh, El-Sayed A., Robert L. Harrison, Daniel L. Rowley, et al.. (2012). Determination and analysis of the genome sequence of Spodoptera littoralis multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus. Virus Research. 171(1). 194–208. 21 indexed citations
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Li, Robert W., et al.. (2011). Characterization of the rumen microbiota of pre‐ruminant calves using metagenomic tools. Environmental Microbiology. 14(1). 129–139. 275 indexed citations
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Sen, Taner Z., Carson M. Andorf, Mary Schaeffer, et al.. (2009). MaizeGDB becomes 'sequence-centric'. Database. 2009(0). bap020–bap020. 44 indexed citations
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Sparks, Michael E. & Volker Brendel. (2008). MetWAMer: eukaryotic translation initiation site prediction. BMC Bioinformatics. 9(1). 381–381. 13 indexed citations
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Sparks, Michael E. & Volker Brendel. (2005). Incorporation of splice site probability models for non-canonical introns improves gene structure prediction in plants. Bioinformatics. 21(Suppl_3). iii20–iii30. 24 indexed citations

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