Michael Lee

7.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
113 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Michael Lee is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Lee has authored 113 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Molecular Biology, 29 papers in Ecology and 26 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Michael Lee's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (23 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (15 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (11 papers). Michael Lee is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (23 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (15 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (11 papers). Michael Lee collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. Michael Lee's co-authors include Jeffrey L. Bennetzen, Alexander P. Tikhonov, Zoya Avramova, Phillip SanMiguel, Admasu Melake‐Berhan, Keith J. Edwards, Patricia S. Springer, Daniel A. Peterson, Sangram S. Sisodia and Orly Lazarov and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Michael Lee

111 papers receiving 4.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Nested Retrotransposons in the Intergenic Regions of the Maize Genome

1996 1.1k citations Michael Lee, Jeffrey L. Bennetzen et al. profile →
GToTree: a user-friendly workflow for phylogenomics

2019 323 citations Michael Lee Bioinformatics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael Lee United States	30	1.7k	1.6k	744	578	529	113	4.4k
Anna Edlund United States	30	2.3k 1.3×	975 0.6×	727 1.0×	270 0.5×	160 0.3×	57	4.0k
Peter Hutzler Germany	40	2.3k 1.3×	1.8k 1.1×	558 0.8×	338 0.6×	339 0.6×	83	6.0k
Gary Xie United States	38	2.0k 1.1×	775 0.5×	937 1.3×	182 0.3×	368 0.7×	95	4.6k
Tetsuya Endo Japan	47	2.1k 1.2×	4.2k 2.7×	698 0.9×	205 0.4×	965 1.8×	248	8.4k
Ting‐Fung Chan Hong Kong	41	3.3k 1.9×	947 0.6×	649 0.9×	150 0.3×	657 1.2×	189	5.7k
Sverker Lundin Sweden	12	2.7k 1.6×	728 0.5×	854 1.1×	301 0.5×	707 1.3×	18	5.4k
Magnus Rosenquist Sweden	20	3.3k 1.9×	1.2k 0.8×	425 0.6×	215 0.4×	316 0.6×	32	4.5k
Paul A. Haynes Australia	48	4.6k 2.6×	1.8k 1.1×	309 0.4×	740 1.3×	599 1.1×	183	8.2k
William G. Farmerie United States	29	2.4k 1.4×	938 0.6×	1.5k 2.0×	236 0.4×	405 0.8×	66	4.8k
Michael G. Klein United States	42	3.5k 2.0×	913 0.6×	1.2k 1.6×	219 0.4×	382 0.7×	153	6.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Michael Lee

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Lee

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Lee

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Michael Lee. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Michael Lee based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Michael Lee. Michael Lee is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Feng, Ruopeng, Yoon Jung Kim, Michael Lee, et al.. (2025). Silencing of BCL11A by disrupting enhancer-dependent epigenetic insulation. Blood. 147(13). 1470–1484.

González, Emmanuel, Michael Lee, Braden Tierney, et al.. (2024). Spaceflight alters host-gut microbiota interactions. npj Biofilms and Microbiomes. 10(1). 71–71. 8 indexed citations

Lee, Michael, et al.. (2023). Analyzing microbial evolution through gene and genome phylogenies. Biostatistics. 25(3). 786–800.

Lee, Michael, Nathan G. Walworth, Eric A. Webb, et al.. (2023). Dual thermal ecotypes coexist within a nearly genetically identical population of the unicellular marine cyanobacteriumSynechococcus. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(47). e2315701120–e2315701120. 8 indexed citations

Webb, Eric A., Noelle A. Held, Elaina Graham, et al.. (2023). Importance of mobile genetic element immunity in numerically abundant Trichodesmium clades. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(1). 15–15. 4 indexed citations

Lee, Michael, et al.. (2023). Conserved functions of prion candidates suggest a primeval role of protein self‐templating. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 91(9). 1298–1315. 1 indexed citations

Walworth, Nathan G., Mak A. Saito, Michael Lee, et al.. (2021). Why Environmental Biomarkers Work: Transcriptome–Proteome Correlations and Modeling of Multistressor Experiments in the Marine Bacterium Trichodesmium. Journal of Proteome Research. 21(1). 77–89. 7 indexed citations

Maza‐Márquez, Paula, Michael Lee, Angela M. Detweiler, & Brad M. Bebout. (2021). Millimeter-scale vertical partitioning of nitrogen cycling in hypersaline mats reveals prominence of genes encoding multi-heme and prismane proteins. The ISME Journal. 16(4). 1119–1129. 15 indexed citations

Sapoval, Nicolae, Medhat Mahmoud, Michael D. Jochum, et al.. (2021). SARS-CoV-2 genomic diversity and the implications for qRT-PCR diagnostics and transmission. Genome Research. 31(4). 635–644. 29 indexed citations

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Crossa, José, Paulino Pérez‐Rodríguez, Thanda Dhliwayo, et al.. (2020). Genomic Prediction with Genotype by Environment Interaction Analysis for Kernel Zinc Concentration in Tropical Maize Germplasm. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 10(8). 2629–2639. 24 indexed citations

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Long, Dustin R., Daniel J. Wolter, Michael Lee, et al.. (2020). Polyclonality, Shared Strains, and Convergent Evolution in Chronic Cystic Fibrosis Staphylococcus Aureus Airway Infection. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 203(9). 1127–1137. 31 indexed citations

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Seyler, Lauren, Elizabeth B. Kujawinski, Armando Azúa-Bustos, et al.. (2020). Metabolomics as an Emerging Tool in the Search for Astrobiologically Relevant Biomarkers. Astrobiology. 20(10). 1251–1261. 17 indexed citations

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Lee, Michael. (2019). GToTree: a user-friendly workflow for phylogenomics. Bioinformatics. 35(20). 4162–4164. 323 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lee, Michael, et al.. (2019). Transient exposure to novel high temperatures reshapes coastal phytoplankton communities. The ISME Journal. 14(2). 413–424. 34 indexed citations

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Lee, Michael, Nathan G. Walworth, Fei‐Xue Fu, et al.. (2017). The Trichodesmium consortium: conserved heterotrophic co-occurrence and genomic signatures of potential interactions. The ISME Journal. 11(8). 1813–1824. 60 indexed citations

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Walworth, Nathan G., Fei‐Xue Fu, Eric A. Webb, et al.. (2016). Mechanisms of increased Trichodesmium fitness under iron and phosphorus co-limitation in the present and future ocean. Nature Communications. 7(1). 12081–12081. 69 indexed citations

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Hamilton, Michael, Michael Lee, & Karine G. Le Roch. (2014). The ubiquitin system: an essential component to unlocking the secrets of malaria parasite biology. Molecular BioSystems. 10(4). 715–723. 28 indexed citations

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Lee, Michael, H. Richard Alexander, & Allen Burke. (2013). Diffuse mesothelioma of the peritoneum: a pathological study of 64 tumours treated with cytoreductive therapy. Pathology. 45(5). 464–473. 31 indexed citations

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Liu, Renyi, Clémentine Vitte, Jianxin Ma, et al.. (2007). A GeneTrek analysis of the maize genome. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(28). 11844–11849. 45 indexed citations

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Lee, Michael, et al.. (2003). Toxicity Study of AS6, a Triterpenoid Derivative: 4-Week Repeated Oral Administration in Rats. Biomolecules & Therapeutics. 11(1). 72–79. 1 indexed citations

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