Michael Thompson

7.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
41 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Michael Thompson is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Thompson has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Genetics and 4 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. Recurrent topics in Michael Thompson's work include Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (5 papers), Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (4 papers) and Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (3 papers). Michael Thompson is often cited by papers focused on Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (5 papers), Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (4 papers) and Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (3 papers). Michael Thompson collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Israel. Michael Thompson's co-authors include Richard O. Duda, Peter E. Hart, Ralph Norman Haber, Maurice Hershenson, Richard J. Ellis, Eran Halperin, Ori Furman, Leah Briscoe, Liat Shenhav and Itzhak Mizrahi and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Nature Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Michael Thompson

34 papers receiving 4.3k 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.

Pattern Classification and Scene Analysis

1974 3.2k citations Michael Thompson et al. Leonardo profile →
FEAST: fast expectation-maximization for microbial source tracking

2019 388 citations Liat Shenhav, Michael Thompson et al. Nature Methods profile →
The Psychology of Visual Perception

1976 387 citations Michael Thompson et al. Leonardo profile →

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Massive experimental quantification allows interpretable deep learning of protein aggregation 2025 ·Science Advances ·Michael Thompson, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Peter K. Koo, Benedetta Bolognesi, Ben Lehner	4
2	Diversification, niche adaptation, and evolution of a candidate phylum thriving in the deep Critical Zone 2025 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Feng Wang, (unknown), Yiran Zhang, John F. Quensen, Tom A. Williams, Michael Thompson, (unknown), (unknown), Shuo Jiao, Gehong Wei, Yuanjun Zhu, Jie Gu, James M. Tiedje, Xun Qian	2
3	DNA methylation predicts infection risk in kidney transplant recipients 2025 ·Life Science Alliance ·Fei‐Man Hsu, Harry Pickering, Liudmilla Rubbi, Michael Thompson, Elaine F. Reed, Matteo Pellegrini, Joanna Schaenman	0
4	Phenotype integration improves power and preserves specificity in biobank-based genetic studies of major depressive disorder 2023 ·Nature Genetics ·Andrew Dahl, Michael Thompson, (unknown), Morten Dybdahl Krebs, Vivek Appadurai, Richard Border, Silviu‐Alin Bacanu, Thomas Werge, Jonathan Flint, Andrew J. Schork, Sriram Sankararaman, Kenneth S. Kendler, Na Cai	23
5	Multi-context genetic modeling of transcriptional regulation resolves novel disease loci 2022 ·Nature Communications ·Michael Thompson, (unknown), Andrew Lu, (unknown), Eran Halperin, Alexander Gusev, Chun Ye, Brunilda Balliu, Noah Zaitlen	12
6	Automated identification of clinical features from sparsely annotated 3-dimensional medical imaging 2021 ·npj Digital Medicine ·(unknown), Jeffrey N. Chiang, Muneeswar Gupta Nittala, Giulia Corradetti, Liran Tiosano, Swetha Bindu Velaga, Michael Thompson, Brian L. Hill, Sriram Sankararaman, Jonathan L. Haines, Margaret A. Pericak‐Vance, Dwight Stambolian, Srinivas R. Sadda, Eran Halperin	11
7	Instantaneous velocity estimation for the four swimming strokes using a 3-axis accelerometer: Validation on paralympic athletes 2021 ·Journal of Biomechanics ·Julien Clément, Mathieu Charbonneau, Michael Thompson	6
8	LncRNA RP11-19E11 is an E2F1 target required for proliferation and survival of basal breast cancer 2020 ·npj Breast Cancer ·Ariadna Giró‐Perafita, L Q Luo, Alireza Khodadadi‐Jamayran, Michael Thompson, Betül Akgöl Oksuz, Aristotelis Tsirigos, Brian David Dynlacht, Irma Sánchez, Francisco J. Esteva	25
9	BATMAN: Fast and Accurate Integration of Single-Cell RNA-Seq Datasets via Minimum-Weight Matching 2020 ·iScience ·Igor Mandric, Brian L. Hill, Malika Freund, Michael Thompson, Eran Halperin	5
10	CONFINED: distinguishing biological from technical sources of variation by leveraging multiple methylation datasets 2019 ·Genome biology ·Michael Thompson, (unknown), Elior Rahmani, Eran Halperin	6
11	FEAST: fast expectation-maximization for microbial source tracking breakdown → 2019 ·Nature Methods ·Liat Shenhav, Michael Thompson, Tyler Joseph, Leah Briscoe, Ori Furman, David Bogumil, Itzhak Mizrahi, Itsik Pe’er, Eran Halperin	388
12	Modeling the temporal dynamics of the gut microbial community in adults and infants 2019 ·PLoS Computational Biology ·Liat Shenhav, Ori Furman, Leah Briscoe, Michael Thompson, Justin D. Silverman, Itzhak Mizrahi, Eran Halperin	37
13	A Human Adult Stem Cell Signature Marks Aggressive Variants across Epithelial Cancers 2018 ·Cell Reports ·B. Smith, Nikolas G. Balanis, (unknown), Katherine M. Sheu, Brandon L. Tsai, Qingfu Zhang, Jung Wook Park, Michael Thompson, Jiaoti Huang, Owen N. Witte, Thomas G. Graeber	76
14	Mutations in an Innate Immunity Pathway Are Associated with Poor Overall Survival Outcomes and Hypoxic Signaling in Cancer 2018 ·Cell Reports ·Monica M. Olcina, Nikolas G. Balanis, Ryan Kim, Bülent Arman Aksoy, Julia Kodysh, Michael Thompson, Jeff Hammerbacher, Thomas G. Graeber, Amato J. Giaccia	26
15	Fully Constrained Least Squares Estimation of Target Quantifications in Hyperspectral Images. 2009 ·IPCV ·(unknown), James B. Farison, Michael Thompson	3
16	Sine-wave Current for Efficient and Safe In Vivo Gene Transfer 2007 ·Molecular Therapy ·Feng Liu, (unknown), Jue Wang, Lisa M. Shollenberger, (unknown), Xing Yuan, Shyh‐Dar Li, Michael Thompson, Paul E. Monahan	3
17	Culture Matters: Essays in Honor of Aaron Wildavsky 1997 ·IIASA PURE (International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis) ·Richard J. Ellis, Michael Thompson	111
18	Pattern Recognition: Introduction and Foundations 1976 ·Leonardo ·Michael Thompson, Jack Sklansky	4
19	Languages of Art: An Approach to a Theory of Symbols 1974 ·Leonardo ·Michael Thompson, Nelson Goodman, (unknown)	111
20	Computer Art: A Visual Model for the Modular Pictures of Manuel Barbadillo 1972 ·Leonardo ·Michael Thompson	8

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