Ronald D.G. McKay

31.9k total citations · 9 hit papers
159 papers, 24.9k citations indexed

About

Ronald D.G. McKay is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Developmental Neuroscience and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Ronald D.G. McKay has authored 159 papers receiving a total of 24.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 107 papers in Molecular Biology, 64 papers in Developmental Neuroscience and 58 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Ronald D.G. McKay's work include Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (64 papers), Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (53 papers) and Nerve injury and regeneration (22 papers). Ronald D.G. McKay is often cited by papers focused on Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (64 papers), Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (53 papers) and Nerve injury and regeneration (22 papers). Ronald D.G. McKay collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Sweden. Ronald D.G. McKay's co-authors include Urban Lendahl, Lyle B. Zimmerman, Heather A. Cameron, James Pickel, Robert Y. L. Tsai, Stefano Chimenti, Stacie M. Anderson, Jan Kajstura, Annarosa Leri and Bernardo Nadal‐Ginard and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Ronald D.G. McKay

158 papers receiving 24.2k citations

Hit Papers

Bone marrow cells regenerate infarcted myocardium 1990 2026 2002 2014 2001 1990 2007 1997 2006 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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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.

  1. Bone marrow cells regenerate infarcted myocardium
    2001 3.9k citations Ronald D.G. McKay et al. Nature profile →
  2. CNS stem cells express a new class of intermediate filament protein
    1990 2.7k citations Ronald D.G. McKay et al. Cell profile →
  3. New cell lines from mouse epiblast share defining features with human embryonic stem cells
    2007 1.6k citations Paul J. Tesar, Josh Chenoweth et al. Nature profile →
  4. Stem Cells in the Central Nervous System
    1997 1.2k citations Ronald D.G. McKay Science profile →
  5. Notch signalling regulates stem cell numbers in vitro and in vivo
    2006 794 citations Andreas Androutsellis‐Theotokis, Ronen R. Leker et al. Nature profile →
  6. Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived Glial Precursors: A Source of Myelinating Transplants
    1999 751 citations Oliver Brüstle, Randall D. Learish et al. Science profile →
  7. Development of neuronal precursor cells and functional postmitotic neurons from embryonic stem cells in vitro
    1996 607 citations Shigeo Okabe, Karin Forsberg‐Nilsson et al. Mechanisms of Development profile →
  8. Restoring production of hippocampal neurons in old age
    1999 582 citations Ronald D.G. McKay et al. profile →
  9. Global Transcription in Pluripotent Embryonic Stem Cells
    2008 512 citations Daniel J. Hoeppner, Ronald D.G. McKay et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ronald D.G. McKay United States 71 15.3k 7.8k 6.4k 4.5k 4.1k 159 24.9k
Mahendra S. Rao United States 87 18.1k 1.2× 5.5k 0.7× 4.7k 0.7× 3.5k 0.8× 3.3k 0.8× 399 27.1k
Jonas Frisén Sweden 81 13.7k 0.9× 10.2k 1.3× 9.5k 1.5× 2.8k 0.6× 3.5k 0.9× 162 30.1k
Evan Y. Snyder United States 61 9.5k 0.6× 7.1k 0.9× 5.3k 0.8× 4.4k 1.0× 2.0k 0.5× 180 17.7k
Urban Lendahl Sweden 79 15.4k 1.0× 4.9k 0.6× 4.0k 0.6× 2.1k 0.5× 2.6k 0.6× 215 24.8k
Lorenz Studer United States 75 17.9k 1.2× 5.2k 0.7× 7.1k 1.1× 1.9k 0.4× 2.4k 0.6× 181 23.5k
Angelo L. Vescovi Italy 59 10.3k 0.7× 5.4k 0.7× 4.0k 0.6× 5.1k 1.1× 1.2k 0.3× 190 18.7k
Heidi Phillips United States 60 11.1k 0.7× 3.8k 0.5× 8.0k 1.3× 3.7k 0.8× 1.5k 0.4× 140 23.3k
Freda D. Miller Canada 78 10.3k 0.7× 5.1k 0.7× 7.9k 1.2× 2.0k 0.4× 1.4k 0.3× 186 19.5k
Luis F. Parada United States 94 17.4k 1.1× 5.3k 0.7× 9.4k 1.5× 3.2k 0.7× 1.7k 0.4× 231 33.7k
David H. Rowitch United States 93 18.9k 1.2× 9.9k 1.3× 4.9k 0.8× 4.4k 1.0× 1.5k 0.4× 200 31.5k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bürli, Roland W., Huijun Wei, Abigail Mariga, et al.. (2018). Novel inhibitors of As(III) S-adenosylmethionine methyltransferase (AS3MT) identified by virtual screening. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 28(19). 3231–3235. 7 indexed citations
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Stein-O’Brien, Genevieve, Jacob Carey, Michael Considine, et al.. (2017). PatternMarkers & GWCoGAPS for novel data-driven biomarkers via whole transcriptome NMF. Bioinformatics. 33(12). 1892–1894. 25 indexed citations
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Li, Ming, Andrew E. Jaffe, Richard E. Straub, et al.. (2016). A human-specific AS3MT isoform and BORCS7 are molecular risk factors in the 10q24.32 schizophrenia-associated locus. Nature Medicine. 22(6). 649–656. 108 indexed citations
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Chen, Kevin G., Barbara S. Mallon, Kory R. Johnson, et al.. (2014). Developmental insights from early mammalian embryos and core signaling pathways that influence human pluripotent cell growth and differentiation. Stem Cell Research. 12(3). 610–621. 23 indexed citations
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Murase, Sachiko, Eun Young Kim, Lin Lin, Dax A. Hoffman, & Ronald D.G. McKay. (2012). Loss of Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription 3 (STAT3) Signaling during Elevated Activity Causes Vulnerability in Hippocampal Neurons. Journal of Neuroscience. 32(44). 15511–15520. 24 indexed citations
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Chenoweth, Josh, Ronald D.G. McKay, & Paul J. Tesar. (2010). Epiblast stem cells contribute new insight into pluripotency and gastrulation. Development Growth & Differentiation. 52(3). 293–301. 38 indexed citations
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Androutsellis‐Theotokis, Andreas, Maria Adele Rueger, Deric M. Park, et al.. (2009). Targeting neural precursors in the adult brain rescues injured dopamine neurons. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(32). 13570–13575. 74 indexed citations
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Booth, Brian W., David L. Mack, Andreas Androutsellis‐Theotokis, et al.. (2008). The mammary microenvironment alters the differentiation repertoire of neural stem cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(39). 14891–14896. 110 indexed citations
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Chou, Yu‐Fen, Maureen Eijpe, Akiko Yabuuchi, et al.. (2008). The Growth Factor Environment Defines Distinct Pluripotent Ground States in Novel Blastocyst-Derived Stem Cells. Cell. 135(3). 449–461. 168 indexed citations
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Guentchev, Marin & Ronald D.G. McKay. (2006). Notch controls proliferation and differentiation of stem cells in a dose‐dependent manner. European Journal of Neuroscience. 23(9). 2289–2296. 75 indexed citations
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Androutsellis‐Theotokis, Andreas, Ronen R. Leker, Frank Soldner, et al.. (2006). Notch signalling regulates stem cell numbers in vitro and in vivo. Nature. 442(7104). 823–826. 794 indexed citations breakdown →
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Tsai, Robert Y. L., Raja Kittappa, & Ronald D.G. McKay. (2002). Plasticity, Niches, and the Use of Stem Cells. Developmental Cell. 2(6). 707–712. 70 indexed citations
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Maskos, Uwe, Oliver Brüstle, & Ronald D.G. McKay. (2001). Long-Term Survival, Migration, and Differentiation of Neural Cells without Functional NMDA Receptors in Vivo. Developmental Biology. 231(1). 103–112. 10 indexed citations
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Brüstle, Oliver, Randall D. Learish, Khalad Karram, et al.. (1999). Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived Glial Precursors: A Source of Myelinating Transplants. Science. 285(5428). 754–756. 751 indexed citations breakdown →
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Behar, Toby, Millicent M. Dugich‐Djordjevic, YX Li, et al.. (1997). Neurotrophins Stimulate Chemotaxis of Embryonic Cortical Neurons. European Journal of Neuroscience. 9(12). 2561–2570. 75 indexed citations
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Okabe, Shigeo, Karin Forsberg‐Nilsson, Adam Spiro, Menahem Segal, & Ronald D.G. McKay. (1996). Development of neuronal precursor cells and functional postmitotic neurons from embryonic stem cells in vitro. Mechanisms of Development. 59(1). 89–102. 607 indexed citations breakdown →
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Tohyama, Taiji, et al.. (1993). Monoclonal antibodies to a rat nestin fusion protein recognize a 220-kDa polypeptide in subsets of fetal and adult human central nervous system neurons and in primitive neuroectodermal tumor cells.. PubMed Central. 143(1). 258–68. 21 indexed citations
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McKay, Ronald D.G., Martin Raff, & Louis F. Reichardt. (1981). Monoclonal antibodies to neural antigens. 27 indexed citations
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McKay, Ronald D.G. & Daniel DiMaio. (1981). Binding of an SV40 T antigen-related protein to the DNA of SV40 regulatory mutants. Nature. 289(5800). 810–813. 80 indexed citations
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McKay, Ronald D.G., Martin Bobrow, & Howard J. Cooke. (1978). The identification of a repeated DNA sequence involved in the karyotype polymorphism of the human Y chromosome. Cytogenetic and Genome Research. 21(1-2). 19–32. 53 indexed citations

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