Miller Tran

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Miller Tran is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biotechnology and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Miller Tran has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Biotechnology and 5 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Miller Tran's work include Transgenic Plants and Applications (6 papers), Algal biology and biofuel production (5 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (4 papers). Miller Tran is often cited by papers focused on Transgenic Plants and Applications (6 papers), Algal biology and biofuel production (5 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (4 papers). Miller Tran collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and Japan. Miller Tran's co-authors include Stephen P. Mayfield, Michael J. Hannon, Beth A. Rasala, Javier Gimpel, Pär L. Pettersson, David Siefker, Jack D. Bui, Andrea L. Manuell, Christina Van and Maria José González and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, International Journal of Molecular Sciences and Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology.

In The Last Decade

Miller Tran

15 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

Biofuels from algae: challenges and potential 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 100 200 300 400 500
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. Biofuels from algae: challenges and potential
    2010 536 citations Michael J. Hannon, Javier Gimpel et al. Biofuels profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Miller Tran United States 12 890 696 249 182 126 15 1.4k
Beth A. Rasala United States 16 1.1k 1.2× 1.4k 1.9× 287 1.2× 137 0.8× 119 0.9× 16 2.1k
Mutsumi Takagi Japan 21 516 0.6× 816 1.2× 495 2.0× 65 0.4× 52 0.4× 101 1.7k
Asael Herman Israel 8 192 0.2× 314 0.5× 163 0.7× 151 0.8× 76 0.6× 10 809
Yoori Kim South Korea 18 234 0.3× 982 1.4× 283 1.1× 37 0.2× 28 0.2× 45 1.7k
Ruanbao Zhou United States 22 463 0.5× 804 1.2× 113 0.5× 55 0.3× 28 0.2× 66 1.3k
Seung Seob Bae South Korea 19 185 0.2× 725 1.0× 134 0.5× 92 0.5× 33 0.3× 49 1.1k
Nam Kyu Kang South Korea 20 923 1.0× 855 1.2× 209 0.8× 33 0.2× 9 0.1× 44 1.4k
Elton P. Hudson Sweden 24 583 0.7× 1.4k 2.0× 285 1.1× 52 0.3× 33 0.3× 51 1.8k
Fayza Daboussi France 20 399 0.4× 1.3k 1.9× 103 0.4× 37 0.2× 22 0.2× 34 1.6k
Geoff Dumsday Australia 18 235 0.3× 533 0.8× 312 1.3× 140 0.8× 15 0.1× 47 1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Miller Tran

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Fields of papers citing papers by Miller Tran

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Miller Tran

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Miller Tran. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Miller Tran 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 Miller Tran. Miller Tran is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

15 of 15 papers shown
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Jiang, Rulan, Miller Tran, & Bo Lönnerdal. (2021). Recombinant Bovine and Human Osteopontin Generated by Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Exhibit Bioactivities Similar to Bovine Milk Osteopontin When Assessed in Mouse Pups Fed Osteopontin‐Deficient Milk. Molecular Nutrition & Food Research. 65(16). e2000644–e2000644. 11 indexed citations
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Fields, Francis J., Joseph T. Ostrand, Miller Tran, & Stephen P. Mayfield. (2019). Nuclear genome shuffling significantly increases production of chloroplast-based recombinant protein in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Algal Research. 41. 101523–101523. 25 indexed citations
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Wang, Mei, Brooke N Smith, B. W. Adams, et al.. (2019). Osteopontin-Enriched Algae Modulates the Gut Microbiota Composition in Weaning Piglets Infected with Enterotoxigenic Escherichia Coli (P06-069-19). Current Developments in Nutrition. 3. nzz031.P06–69. 3 indexed citations
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Fields, Francis J., Franck Lejzerowicz, Soo Ngoi, et al.. (2019). Effects of the microalgae Chlamydomonas on gastrointestinal health. Journal of Functional Foods. 65. 103738–103738. 71 indexed citations
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Rasala, Beth A., et al.. (2018). Separation Options for Phosphorylated Osteopontin from Transgenic Microalgae Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 19(2). 585–585. 15 indexed citations
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Tran, Miller, et al.. (2015). Selenocystamine improves protein accumulation in chloroplasts of eukaryotic green algae. AMB Express. 5(1). 126–126. 5 indexed citations
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O’Sullivan, Timothy E., Robert Saddawi‐Konefka, Emilie Gross, et al.. (2014). Interleukin-17D Mediates Tumor Rejection through Recruitment of Natural Killer Cells. Cell Reports. 7(4). 989–998. 73 indexed citations
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Tran, Miller, Ryan E. Henry, David Siefker, et al.. (2013). Production of anti‐cancer immunotoxins in algae: Ribosome inactivating proteins as fusion partners. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 110(11). 2826–2835. 60 indexed citations
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Jones, Carla S., Tiffany Luong, Michael J. Hannon, et al.. (2012). Heterologous expression of the C-terminal antigenic domain of the malaria vaccine candidate Pfs48/45 in the green algae Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 97(5). 1987–1995. 68 indexed citations
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Tran, Miller, Christina Van, Daniel J. Barrera, et al.. (2012). Production of unique immunotoxin cancer therapeutics in algal chloroplasts. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(1). 134 indexed citations
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Hannon, Michael J., Javier Gimpel, Miller Tran, Beth A. Rasala, & Stephen P. Mayfield. (2010). Biofuels from algae: challenges and potential. Biofuels. 1(5). 763–784. 536 indexed citations breakdown →
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Tran, Miller, Bin Zhou, Pär L. Pettersson, Maria José González, & Stephen P. Mayfield. (2009). Synthesis and assembly of a full‐length human monoclonal antibody in algal chloroplasts. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 104(4). 663–673. 117 indexed citations
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Mayfield, Stephen P., Andrea L. Manuell, Stephen S. Chen, et al.. (2007). Chlamydomonas reinhardtii chloroplasts as protein factories. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 18(2). 126–133. 138 indexed citations
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Manuell, Andrea L., Marı́a Verónica Beligni, John H. Elder, et al.. (2007). Robust expression of a bioactive mammalian protein in Chlamydomonas chloroplast. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 5(3). 402–412. 118 indexed citations

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