Robert Nicol

16.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
25 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Robert Nicol is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Nicol has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 3 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Robert Nicol's work include Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (4 papers), Biofuel production and bioconversion (4 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (3 papers). Robert Nicol is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (4 papers), Biofuel production and bioconversion (4 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (3 papers). Robert Nicol collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Philippines. Robert Nicol's co-authors include Chad Nusbaum, Daniel Aird, Eric S. Lander, Bruce J. Walker, Sante Gnerre, Sean M. Sykes, Maura Costello, Terrance Shea, Filipe J. Ribeiro and Aaron M. Berlin and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Robert Nicol

24 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.

High-quality draft assemblies of mammalian genomes from massively parallel sequence data

2010 1.0k citations Sante Gnerre, Iain MacCallum et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Bacterial droplet-based single-cell RNA-seq reveals antibiotic-associated heterogeneous cellular states

2023 137 citations Peijun Ma, Haley M. Amemiya et al. Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert Nicol United States	17	1.4k	625	371	323	202	25	2.3k
Zhouxi Wang United States	8	1.8k 1.2×	908 1.5×	338 0.9×	269 0.8×	117 0.6×	8	2.9k
D. Wade Abbott Canada	35	2.4k 1.6×	754 1.2×	323 0.9×	254 0.8×	450 2.2×	92	3.9k
Sean C. Daugherty United States	24	1.0k 0.7×	333 0.5×	514 1.4×	247 0.8×	116 0.6×	45	2.4k
Dov J. Stekel United Kingdom	29	1.2k 0.8×	398 0.6×	515 1.4×	257 0.8×	111 0.5×	75	2.8k
Max Schobert Germany	28	1.8k 1.2×	284 0.5×	626 1.7×	587 1.8×	165 0.8×	45	2.6k
Chris M. Brown New Zealand	32	3.0k 2.1×	569 0.9×	649 1.7×	635 2.0×	92 0.5×	82	4.1k
Abdul Munir Abdul Murad Malaysia	25	1.5k 1.0×	677 1.1×	335 0.9×	123 0.4×	366 1.8×	187	2.7k
Pere Puigbò Spain	23	2.1k 1.4×	535 0.9×	701 1.9×	579 1.8×	95 0.5×	50	3.1k
Chinnappa D. Kodira United States	12	1.2k 0.8×	664 1.1×	498 1.3×	328 1.0×	123 0.6×	18	2.1k
Chrystala Constantinidou United Kingdom	28	2.1k 1.5×	345 0.6×	713 1.9×	667 2.1×	200 1.0×	57	4.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Robert Nicol

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Fields of papers citing papers by Robert Nicol

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert Nicol

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

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Cabezas, Maria D., Martin Daniel-Ivad, Katherine F. Warfel, et al.. (2025). Characterizing and engineering post-translational modifications with high-throughput cell-free expression. Nature Communications. 16(1). 7215–7215. 1 indexed citations

Ma, Peijun, Haley M. Amemiya, Lorrie L. He, et al.. (2023). Bacterial droplet-based single-cell RNA-seq reveals antibiotic-associated heterogeneous cellular states. Cell. 186(4). 877–891.e14. 137 indexed citations breakdown →

Nicol, Robert, et al.. (2023). High-intensity, Low-frequency Ultrasound Treatment as Sustainable Strategy to Develop Innovative Biomaterials from Agri-food Byproducts and Wastes. Sustainable Agriculture Research. 12(2). 45–45. 1 indexed citations

Jung, Han Sae, Woo‐Bin Jung, Jun Wang, et al.. (2022). CMOS electrochemical pH localizer-imager. Science Advances. 8(30). eabm6815–eabm6815. 31 indexed citations

Jung, Woo‐Bin, Han Sae Jung, Jun Wang, et al.. (2022). An Aqueous Analog MAC Machine. Advanced Materials. 35(37). e2205096–e2205096. 4 indexed citations

Gibson, Daniel, Robert Nicol, Shyam Bayya, et al.. (2022). All-crystal fibers for high-power fiber lasers. 20–20.

Gan, Rui, Maria D. Cabezas, Ming Pan, et al.. (2022). High-Throughput Regulatory Part Prototyping and Analysis by Cell-Free Protein Synthesis and Droplet Microfluidics. ACS Synthetic Biology. 11(6). 2108–2120. 23 indexed citations

Zhu, Bo, Rui Gan, Maria D. Cabezas, et al.. (2020). Increasing cell‐free gene expression yields from linear templates in Escherichia coli and Vibrio natriegens extracts by using DNA‐binding proteins. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 117(12). 3849–3857. 28 indexed citations

Woodruff, Lauren B.A., Thomas E. Gorochowski, Nicholas Roehner, et al.. (2016). Registry in a tube: multiplexed pools of retrievable parts for genetic design space exploration. Nucleic Acids Research. 45(3). gkw1226–gkw1226. 37 indexed citations

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Smanski, Michael J., Swapnil Bhatia, Dehua Zhao, et al.. (2014). Functional optimization of gene clusters by combinatorial design and assembly. Nature Biotechnology. 32(12). 1241–1249. 266 indexed citations

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Calderwood, Michael S., Christopher A. Desjardins, George Sakoulas, et al.. (2013). Staphylococcal Enterotoxin P Predicts Bacteremia in Hospitalized Patients Colonized With Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 209(4). 571–577. 20 indexed citations

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Lubitz, William David, et al.. (2013). Utilization of Biodiesel Derived Crude Glycerol by Fungal Isolates for Biomass and Single Cell Oil Production. Journal of Biobased Materials and Bioenergy. 7(3). 415–419. 5 indexed citations

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Nicol, Robert, et al.. (2013). Anaerobic digestates are useful nutrient sources for microalgae cultivation: functional coupling of energy and biomass production. Journal of Applied Phycology. 25(5). 1523–1528. 80 indexed citations

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Nicol, Robert, et al.. (2012). Bioconversion of crude glycerol by fungi. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 93(5). 1865–1875. 67 indexed citations

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Nicol, Robert, Richard J. Heck, Mário César Guerreiro, et al.. (2012). Synergistic co-processing of Red Mud waste from the Bayer process and a crude untreated waste stream from bio-diesel production. Green Chemistry. 15(2). 496–496. 30 indexed citations

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Gnerre, Sante, Iain MacCallum, Dariusz Przybylski, et al.. (2010). High-quality draft assemblies of mammalian genomes from massively parallel sequence data. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(4). 1513–1518. 1037 indexed citations breakdown →

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Nicol, Robert, et al.. (2005). Effectiveness of health care worker training on the oral health of elderly residents of nursing homes. Community Dentistry And Oral Epidemiology. 33(2). 115–124. 110 indexed citations

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Jaffe, Jacob D., Nicole Stange-Thomann, David DeCaprio, et al.. (2004). The Complete Genome and Proteome of Mycoplasma mobile. Genome Research. 14(8). 1447–1461. 201 indexed citations

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Nicol, Robert, Lina F. Yousef, J. A. Traquair, & Mark A. Bernards. (2003). Ginsenosides stimulate the growth of soilborne pathogens of American ginseng. Phytochemistry. 64(1). 257–264. 80 indexed citations

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Nicol, Robert, et al.. (1987). Economia agrícola : o setor primário e a evolução da economia brasileira. McGraw-Hill eBooks. 3 indexed citations

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