Michaela Nelson

3.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
23 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Michaela Nelson is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Insect Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Michaela Nelson has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Plant Science and 5 papers in Insect Science. Recurrent topics in Michaela Nelson's work include Ion channel regulation and function (6 papers), Protist diversity and phylogeny (5 papers) and Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (5 papers). Michaela Nelson is often cited by papers focused on Ion channel regulation and function (6 papers), Protist diversity and phylogeny (5 papers) and Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (5 papers). Michaela Nelson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Switzerland. Michaela Nelson's co-authors include Thorunn Helgason, Alex J. Dumbrell, Alastair Fitter, Calvin Dytham, Sandra L. Baldauf, William J. Brackenbury, Peter D. Ashton, Naveed Aziz, Ming Yang and Gu Feng and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Michaela Nelson

23 papers receiving 2.2k 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.

Relative roles of niche and neutral processes in structuring a soil microbial community

2009 672 citations Alex J. Dumbrell, Michaela Nelson et al. The ISME Journal profile →
Distinct seasonal assemblages of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi revealed by massively parallel pyrosequencing

2011 381 citations Alex J. Dumbrell, Peter D. Ashton et al. New Phytologist profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michaela Nelson United Kingdom	15	1.1k	824	549	534	392	23	2.2k
Donald O. Natvig United States	29	1.3k 1.3×	935 1.1×	136 0.2×	457 0.9×	553 1.4×	68	3.0k
Michael Müller Finland	23	1.2k 1.1×	501 0.6×	249 0.5×	353 0.7×	315 0.8×	73	2.3k
François Belzile Canada	42	4.6k 4.4×	1.8k 2.2×	116 0.2×	377 0.7×	276 0.7×	171	6.1k
Jouko Rikkinen Finland	29	1.5k 1.4×	311 0.4×	150 0.3×	348 0.7×	2.0k 5.2×	117	2.7k
Martin Schnittler Germany	33	2.6k 2.5×	991 1.2×	167 0.3×	301 0.6×	1.6k 4.0×	182	3.8k
Bin Zhang China	24	553 0.5×	680 0.8×	518 0.9×	240 0.4×	147 0.4×	148	1.7k
Tomáš Pavlı́ček Israel	19	564 0.5×	321 0.4×	141 0.3×	394 0.7×	575 1.5×	98	1.5k
Scott J. Meiners United States	35	1.6k 1.5×	307 0.4×	336 0.6×	896 1.7×	952 2.4×	94	3.3k
Heiner Kuhl Germany	25	765 0.7×	1.2k 1.4×	129 0.2×	583 1.1×	182 0.5×	59	3.0k
Alan Crossley United Kingdom	27	487 0.5×	230 0.3×	228 0.4×	539 1.0×	294 0.8×	58	1.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Michaela Nelson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michaela Nelson

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Tille, Stefanie, L. G. Firbank, Martin Lappage, et al.. (2022). Experimental evaluation of biological regeneration of arable soil: The effects of grass-clover leys and arbuscular mycorrhizal inoculants on wheat growth, yield, and shoot pathology. Frontiers in Plant Science. 13. 955985–955985. 5 indexed citations

Nelson, Michaela, et al.. (2022). Microscale pedestrian environment surrounding pedestrian injury sites in Washington state, 2015–2020. Traffic Injury Prevention. 23(7). 440–445. 2 indexed citations

Rosser, Neil, Nathaniel B. Edelman, Michaela Nelson, et al.. (2021). Complex basis of hybrid female sterility and Haldane's rule in Heliconius butterflies: Z‐linkage and epistasis. Molecular Ecology. 31(3). 959–977. 8 indexed citations

Ashton, Peter D., et al.. (2019). New approaches using mass spectrometry to investigate changes to cytokinin and abscisic acid (ABA) concentrations in soil. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 135. 108–116. 7 indexed citations

Yang, Ming, Andrew D. James, Rakesh Suman, et al.. (2019). Voltage‐dependent activation of Rac1 by Na _v 1.5 channels promotes cell migration. Journal of Cellular Physiology. 235(4). 3950–3972. 42 indexed citations

Holden, Joseph, Richard Grayson, Susannah Bird, et al.. (2018). The role of hedgerows in soil functioning within agricultural landscapes. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 273. 1–12. 100 indexed citations

Thurber, Amy E., Michaela Nelson, Crystal L. Frost, et al.. (2017). IK channel activation increases tumor growth and induces differential behavioral responses in two breast epithelial cell lines. Oncotarget. 8(26). 42382–42397. 11 indexed citations

Eyres, Isobel, Julie Jaquiéry, Akiko Sugio, et al.. (2016). Differential gene expression according to race and host plant in the pea aphid. Molecular Ecology. 25(17). 4197–4215. 52 indexed citations

Nelson, Michaela, Ming Yang, Adam Dowle, Jerry R. Thomas, & William J. Brackenbury. (2015). The sodium channel-blocking antiepileptic drug phenytoin inhibits breast tumour growth and metastasis. Molecular Cancer. 14(1). 13–13. 106 indexed citations

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Brackenbury, William J., Michaela Nelson, Ming Yang, Adam Dowle, & Jerry R. Thomas. (2015). Abstract P6-03-10: Targeting voltage-gated sodium channels with the antiepileptic drug phenytoin inhibits breast tumor growth and metastasis. Cancer Research. 75(9_Supplement). P6–3. 1 indexed citations

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Nelson, Michaela, et al.. (2014). The sodium channel β1 subunit mediates outgrowth of neurite‐like processes on breast cancer cells and promotes tumour growth and metastasis. International Journal of Cancer. 135(10). 2338–2351. 63 indexed citations

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Dumbrell, Alex J., Peter D. Ashton, Naveed Aziz, et al.. (2011). Distinct seasonal assemblages of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi revealed by massively parallel pyrosequencing. New Phytologist. 190(3). 794–804. 381 indexed citations breakdown →

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Maček, Irena, Alex J. Dumbrell, Michaela Nelson, et al.. (2011). Local Adaptation to Soil Hypoxia Determines the Structure of an Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Community in Roots from Natural CO₂Springs. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 77(14). 4770–4777. 38 indexed citations

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Fiore‐Donno, Anna Maria, Sergey I. Nikolaev, Michaela Nelson, et al.. (2009). Deep Phylogeny and Evolution of Slime Moulds (Mycetozoa). Protist. 161(1). 55–70. 104 indexed citations

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Dumbrell, Alex J., Michaela Nelson, Thorunn Helgason, Calvin Dytham, & Alastair Fitter. (2009). Relative roles of niche and neutral processes in structuring a soil microbial community. The ISME Journal. 4(3). 337–345. 672 indexed citations breakdown →

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Visscher, Anne M., Anna‐Lisa Paul, Matias Kirst, et al.. (2009). Effects of a Spaceflight Environment on Heritable Changes in Wheat Gene Expression. Astrobiology. 9(4). 359–367. 7 indexed citations

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Dumbrell, Alex J., Michaela Nelson, Thorunn Helgason, Calvin Dytham, & Alastair Fitter. (2009). Idiosyncrasy and overdominance in the structure of natural communities of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: is there a role for stochastic processes?. Journal of Ecology. 98(2). 419–428. 146 indexed citations

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Carr, Martin, Michaela Nelson, B. S. C. Leadbeater, & Sandra L. Baldauf. (2008). Three Families of LTR Retrotransposons are Present in the Genome of the Choanoflagellate Monosiga brevicollis. Protist. 159(4). 579–590. 14 indexed citations

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Carr, M.J., B. S. C. Leadbeater, Ruhana Hassan, Michaela Nelson, & Sandra L. Baldauf. (2008). Molecular phylogeny of choanoflagellates, the sister group to Metazoa. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(43). 16641–16646. 147 indexed citations

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Schaap, Pauline, Thomas Winckler, Michaela Nelson, et al.. (2006). Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Morphology in the Social Amoebas. Science. 314(5799). 661–663. 194 indexed citations

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