Michael Goodfellow

10.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 9.4k citations indexed

About

Michael Goodfellow is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Microbiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Goodfellow has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 9.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Cell Biology and 6 papers in Microbiology. Recurrent topics in Michael Goodfellow's work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (13 papers), Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (7 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (6 papers). Michael Goodfellow is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (13 papers), Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (7 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (6 papers). Michael Goodfellow collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, South Korea and Chile. Michael Goodfellow's co-authors include Erko Stackebrandt, El Sheikh Mahgoub, Ahmed Hassan Fahal, Wendy W. J. van de Sande, Oliverio Welsh, Eduard E. Zijlstra, Amanda Jones, Roland Koerner, Gilson P. Manfio and Alan C. Ward and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet Infectious Diseases, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY and Systematic and Applied Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Michael Goodfellow

22 papers receiving 9.3k citations

Hit Papers

Nucleic acid techniques in bacterial systematics 1991 2026 2002 2014 1991 2.5k 5.0k 7.5k
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. Nucleic acid techniques in bacterial systematics
    1991 8.8k citations Erko Stackebrandt, Michael Goodfellow Wiley eBooks 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 Goodfellow United Kingdom 11 4.5k 4.0k 1.6k 1.5k 1.2k 23 9.4k
Fred A. Rainey United States 52 4.5k 1.0× 3.9k 1.0× 1.3k 0.8× 942 0.6× 978 0.8× 126 8.4k
Michael Imelfort Australia 17 5.7k 1.3× 4.6k 1.1× 1.3k 0.8× 1.3k 0.9× 1.7k 1.4× 20 9.8k
Edward R. B. Moore Sweden 56 5.2k 1.2× 3.7k 0.9× 2.4k 1.5× 2.7k 1.8× 726 0.6× 226 11.3k
N. Larsen Denmark 14 6.7k 1.5× 4.2k 1.0× 1.3k 0.8× 1.2k 0.9× 953 0.8× 22 12.2k
Terence L. Marsh United States 44 8.0k 1.8× 6.0k 1.5× 2.1k 1.3× 1.6k 1.1× 1.2k 1.0× 113 15.4k
Alla Lapidus United States 53 7.1k 1.6× 4.0k 1.0× 1.0k 0.7× 2.2k 1.5× 877 0.7× 150 12.9k
Benli Chai United States 23 5.4k 1.2× 4.0k 1.0× 2.6k 1.7× 1.5k 1.1× 803 0.7× 36 11.6k
Connor T. Skennerton Australia 15 5.2k 1.2× 4.3k 1.1× 1.2k 0.7× 912 0.6× 1.2k 1.0× 18 8.5k
Doug Hyatt United States 8 5.3k 1.2× 4.1k 1.0× 1.1k 0.7× 1.2k 0.8× 817 0.7× 12 8.7k
Philip LoCascio United States 6 5.1k 1.1× 3.9k 1.0× 1.1k 0.7× 1.2k 0.8× 741 0.6× 10 8.5k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Andrews, Bárbara A., et al.. (2024). Atacama desert actinomycetes: taxonomic analysis, drought tolerance and plant growth promoting potential. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology. 40(9). 283–283. 5 indexed citations
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Carro, Lorena, Patrycja Golińska, Zaki Saati‐Santamaría, et al.. (2024). Atacama desert is a source of new Micromonospora strains: description of Micromonospora sicca sp. nov. Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 47(5). 126542–126542. 2 indexed citations
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Nouioui, Imen, Andrey V. Karlyshev, Martha E. Trujillo, et al.. (2023). Micromonospora parastrephiae sp. nov. and Micromonospora tarensis sp. nov., isolated from the rhizosphere of a Parastrephia quadrangularis plant growing in the Salar de Tara region of the Central Andes in Chile. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY. 73(12). 4 indexed citations
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Castro, Jean Franco, Imen Nouioui, Juan A. Asenjo, et al.. (2019). New genus-specific primers for PCR identification of Rubrobacter strains. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 112(12). 1863–1874. 6 indexed citations
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Zijlstra, Eduard E., Wendy W. J. van de Sande, Oliverio Welsh, et al.. (2015). Mycetoma: a unique neglected tropical disease. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 16(1). 100–112. 205 indexed citations
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Işık, Kamil & Michael Goodfellow. (2010). Molecular fingerprinting of some clinically significant Nocardia and related strains by restriction polymorphism ribosomal RNA analyses. TURKISH JOURNAL OF BIOLOGY. 3 indexed citations
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Labeda, David P., Michael Goodfellow, Jongsik Chun, Xiao‐Yang Zhi, & W.-J. Li. (2010). Reassessment of the systematics of the suborder Pseudonocardineae: transfer of the genera within the family Actinosynnemataceae Labeda and Kroppenstedt 2000 emend. Zhi et al. 2009 into an emended family Pseudonocardiaceae Embley et al. 1989 emend. Zhi et al. 2009. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY. 61(6). 1259–1264. 48 indexed citations
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Koerner, Roland, Michael Goodfellow, & Amanda Jones. (2009). The genusDietzia: a new home for some known and emerging opportunist pathogens. FEMS Immunology & Medical Microbiology. 55(3). 296–305. 79 indexed citations
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Hozzein, Wael N. & Michael Goodfellow. (2008). Nocardiopsis arabia sp. nov., a halotolerant actinomycete isolated from a sand-dune soil. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY. 58(11). 2520–2524. 19 indexed citations
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Im, Wan‐Taek, Hyun-Ju Jung, Leonid N. Ten, et al.. (2008). Deinococcus aquaticus sp. nov., isolated from fresh water, and Deinococcus caeni sp. nov., isolated from activated sludge. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY. 58(10). 2348–2353. 60 indexed citations
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Manfio, Gilson P., et al.. (2003). Classification of novel soil streptomycetes as Streptomyces aureus sp. nov., Streptomyces laceyi sp. nov. and Streptomyces sanglieri sp. nov.. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 83(3). 245–255. 37 indexed citations
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Manfio, Gilson P., et al.. (2000). Biosystematic studies on novel streptomycetes from soil. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 77(4). 337–353. 68 indexed citations
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Chun, Jongsik, Alan C. Ward, Sa-Ouk Kang, Yung Chil Hah, & Michael Goodfellow. (1997). Long-term Identification of Streptomycetes Using Pyrolysis Mass Spectrometry and Artificial Neural Networks. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie. 285(2). 258–266. 4 indexed citations
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Goodfellow, Michael, et al.. (1997). Curie-Point Pyrolysis Mass Spectrometry as a Tool in Clinical Microbiology. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie. 285(2). 133–156. 17 indexed citations
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Athalye, M., et al.. (1994). Numerical and chemical classification ofStreptosporangium and some related actinomycetes. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 64(3-4). 387–429. 5 indexed citations
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Kim, Eunjoon, et al.. (1993). Suprageneric Classification of Thermoactinomyces vulgaris by Nucleotide Sequencing of 5S Ribosomal RNA. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie. 278(4). 469–478. 10 indexed citations
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Stackebrandt, Erko & Michael Goodfellow. (1991). Nucleic acid techniques in bacterial systematics. Wiley eBooks. 8825 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lacey, J., Michael Goodfellow, & Grace Alderson. (1978). The genus Actinomadura Lechevalier and Lechevalier. 12 indexed citations

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