Sarah Mackay

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 986 citations indexed

About

Sarah Mackay is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sarah Mackay has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 986 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Genetics and 5 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Sarah Mackay's work include Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities (6 papers), Sperm and Testicular Function (5 papers) and Reproductive Biology and Fertility (4 papers). Sarah Mackay is often cited by papers focused on Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities (6 papers), Sperm and Testicular Function (5 papers) and Reproductive Biology and Fertility (4 papers). Sarah Mackay collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and New Zealand. Sarah Mackay's co-authors include Alwyn Williams, Michael D. Wilson, Celia Pilar Martinez‐Jimenez, Dominic Schmidt, Claudia Kutter, Duncan T. Odom, Stephen Watt, Aileen Marshall, Benoît Ballester and Gordon D. Brown and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Development and Current Biology.

In The Last Decade

Sarah Mackay

24 papers receiving 955 citations

Hit Papers

Five-Vertebrate ChIP-seq Reveals the Evolutionary Dynamic... 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. Five-Vertebrate ChIP-seq Reveals the Evolutionary Dynamics of Transcription Factor Binding
    2010 535 citations Dominic Schmidt, Michael D. Wilson et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sarah Mackay United Kingdom 14 621 299 129 129 113 25 986
Steve Benson United States 15 400 0.6× 72 0.2× 35 0.3× 39 0.3× 41 0.4× 24 867
Andrew D. Johnson United Kingdom 26 1.0k 1.7× 523 1.7× 25 0.2× 102 0.8× 67 0.6× 62 1.7k
J. B. Burch United States 20 1.4k 2.2× 525 1.8× 12 0.1× 142 1.1× 41 0.4× 39 2.1k
Evelyne Duvernois‐Berthet France 13 563 0.9× 140 0.5× 23 0.2× 278 2.2× 19 0.2× 19 932
Xiwen Lin China 19 843 1.4× 374 1.3× 45 0.3× 82 0.6× 303 2.7× 26 1.2k
Junya Hiroi Japan 25 344 0.6× 127 0.4× 17 0.1× 16 0.1× 44 0.4× 43 2.4k
Toru Katoh Japan 18 244 0.4× 273 0.9× 37 0.3× 85 0.7× 28 0.2× 45 780
Lisa Chang United States 8 758 1.2× 149 0.5× 13 0.1× 459 3.6× 30 0.3× 10 1.2k
A Robertson United States 20 741 1.2× 69 0.2× 28 0.2× 121 0.9× 9 0.1× 48 1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Sarah Mackay

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sarah Mackay

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Sarah Mackay. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Sarah Mackay. The network helps show where Sarah Mackay may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sarah Mackay

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Mitchell, Scott A., et al.. (2023). Not so HOT Triangulations. Computer-Aided Design. 158. 103497–103497. 1 indexed citations
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Smith, Robert, et al.. (2013). Modern day relevance of William Hunter's approach to teaching “The organ of hearing”. Clinical Anatomy. 26(5). 551–555. 2 indexed citations
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Schmidt, Dominic, Michael D. Wilson, Benoît Ballester, et al.. (2010). Five-Vertebrate ChIP-seq Reveals the Evolutionary Dynamics of Transcription Factor Binding. Science. 328(5981). 1036–1040. 535 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mahadevaiah, Shantha K., Hélène Royo, John L. VandeBerg, et al.. (2009). Key Features of the X Inactivation Process Are Conserved between Marsupials and Eutherians. Current Biology. 19(17). 1478–1484. 58 indexed citations
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Mackay, Sarah & Robert A. Smith. (2007). Effects of Growth Factors on Testicular Morphogenesis. International review of cytology. 260. 113–173. 19 indexed citations
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Smith, Robert A., et al.. (2005). Effects of glial cell line‐derived neurotrophic factor on isolated developing mouse Sertoli cells in vitro. Journal of Anatomy. 206(2). 175–184. 9 indexed citations
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Mackay, Sarah, et al.. (2004). Developing Mouse Sertoli Cells in vitro: Effects on Developing Ovaries in Co-Culture and Production of Anti-Müllerian Hormone. Cells Tissues Organs. 177(2). 79–86. 5 indexed citations
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Smith, Robert A., et al.. (2004). Effects of FGF9 on embryonic Sertoli cell proliferation and testicular cord formation in the mouse. The International Journal of Developmental Biology. 48(7). 637–643. 46 indexed citations
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Mackay, Sarah, et al.. (2003). Postnatal development of the fore‐ and hindlimbs in the grey short‐tailed opossum, Monodelphis domestica. Journal of Anatomy. 202(1). 143–152. 21 indexed citations
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Mackay, Sarah. (2000). Gonadal development in mammals at the cellular and molecular levels. International review of cytology. 200. 47–99. 78 indexed citations
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Mackay, Sarah. (1998). Human embryology, 2nd edition. Clinical Anatomy. 11(3). 217–217.
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Williams, Alwyn, D. Walton, Maggie Cusack, et al.. (1997). Part H, Brachiopoda (Revised), vol. 1, Complete Volume. LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas). 1 indexed citations
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Williams, Alwyn, et al.. (1997). Part H, Brachiopoda (Revised), vol. 1, ch. 1, p. 1–188. Latin American Theatre Review (The University of Kansas). 18 indexed citations
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Williams, Alwyn, Maggie Cusack, & Sarah Mackay. (1994). Collagenous chitinophosphatic shell of the brachiopod Lingula. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 346(1316). 223–266. 57 indexed citations
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Mackay, Sarah, David I. Mackinnon, & Alwyn Williams. (1993). Ultrastructure of the loop of terebratulide brachiopods. Lethaia. 26(4). 367–378. 8 indexed citations
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Williams, Alwyn, Sarah Mackay, & Maggie Cusack. (1992). Structure of the organo-phosphatic shell of the brachiopod Discina. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 337(1279). 83–104. 27 indexed citations
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Mackay, Sarah & Robert A. Smith. (1989). Mouse gonadal differentiation in vitro in the presence of fetal calf serum. Cell Differentiation and Development. 27(1). 19–28. 16 indexed citations
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Mackay, Sarah & Robert A. Smith. (1986). The differentiation of mouse gonads in vitro : a light and electron microscopical study. Development. 97(1). 189–199. 5 indexed citations
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Mackay, Sarah & Roger A. Hewitt. (1978). Ultrastructural studies on the brachiopod pedicle. Lethaia. 11(4). 331–339. 14 indexed citations
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Williams, Alwyn & Sarah Mackay. (1978). Secretion and ultrastructure of the periostracum of some terebratulide brachiopods. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 202(1147). 191–209. 13 indexed citations

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