Sarah MacPherson

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
60 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Sarah MacPherson is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sarah MacPherson has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Plant Science, 12 papers in Molecular Biology and 8 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Sarah MacPherson's work include Light effects on plants (20 papers), Greenhouse Technology and Climate Control (12 papers) and Innovations in Aquaponics and Hydroponics Systems (8 papers). Sarah MacPherson is often cited by papers focused on Light effects on plants (20 papers), Greenhouse Technology and Climate Control (12 papers) and Innovations in Aquaponics and Hydroponics Systems (8 papers). Sarah MacPherson collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Sarah MacPherson's co-authors include Bernard Turcotte, Marc Larochelle, Mark Lefsrud, Bo-Sen Wu, Zhongju Zou, Anthony Orvedahl, Zsolt Tallóczy, Rhea Sumpter, Beth Levine and Charles W. Archer and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, ACS Nano and The Journal of Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Sarah MacPherson

59 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

Autophagy Protects against Sindbis Virus Infection of the... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 100 200 300 400
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. Autophagy Protects against Sindbis Virus Infection of the Central Nervous System
    2010 434 citations Sarah MacPherson 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
Sarah MacPherson Canada 20 1.0k 656 595 331 314 60 2.5k
Federico Navarro Spain 22 977 0.9× 372 0.6× 770 1.3× 291 0.9× 1.1k 3.6× 57 2.4k
M. Kubo Japan 25 591 0.6× 198 0.3× 185 0.3× 150 0.5× 198 0.6× 137 2.1k
Greg Brown Canada 32 2.3k 2.2× 279 0.4× 257 0.4× 89 0.3× 118 0.4× 55 3.2k
Qiang Fu China 27 943 0.9× 108 0.2× 326 0.5× 116 0.4× 140 0.4× 135 2.1k
Tove Christensen Denmark 37 1.6k 1.6× 2.1k 3.1× 397 0.7× 96 0.3× 136 0.4× 103 4.5k
Cynthia Besch‐Williford United States 30 1.1k 1.0× 120 0.2× 185 0.3× 130 0.4× 297 0.9× 103 3.2k
Masahiro Ogawa Japan 46 2.3k 2.2× 1.4k 2.1× 238 0.4× 88 0.3× 90 0.3× 221 6.3k
Naveen Arora India 32 1.3k 1.2× 230 0.4× 219 0.4× 51 0.2× 305 1.0× 154 3.6k
Zhe Zhao China 29 1.2k 1.2× 366 0.6× 146 0.2× 79 0.2× 150 0.5× 215 2.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Sarah MacPherson

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sarah MacPherson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Sarah MacPherson. 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 MacPherson. The network helps show where Sarah MacPherson may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sarah MacPherson

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sarah MacPherson. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sarah MacPherson 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 MacPherson. Sarah MacPherson 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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Didaran, Fardad, et al.. (2025). Effects of Different Light Spectra and Intensities on Stomatal Function in Lettuce and Basil. Journal of Horticultural Research. 33(1). 95–106. 1 indexed citations
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Wu, Bo-Sen, et al.. (2024). Light emitting diode effect of red, blue, and amber light on photosynthesis and plant growth parameters. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology. 256. 112939–112939. 16 indexed citations
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Wu, Bo-Sen, et al.. (2024). Updates to McCree's photosynthetically active radiation curve — 55 years later. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology. 262. 113069–113069. 3 indexed citations
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MacPherson, Sarah, et al.. (2024). Mineral nutrition for Cannabis sativa in the vegetative stage using response surface analysis. Frontiers in Plant Science. 15. 1501484–1501484. 1 indexed citations
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Goldstein, Benjamin, et al.. (2024). Estimating the global warming potential of animal waste-based organic liquid fertilizer for urban hydroponic farms. Journal of Cleaner Production. 472. 143434–143434. 6 indexed citations
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Wu, Bo-Sen, et al.. (2024). Plant Growth Optimization Using Amber Light Supplemented with Different Blue Light Spectra. Horticulturae. 10(10). 1097–1097. 2 indexed citations
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Rahman, Md Sazan, Sarah MacPherson, & Mark Lefsrud. (2023). A study on evaporative cooling capacity of a novel green wall to control ventilating air temperature. Journal of Building Engineering. 77. 107466–107466. 10 indexed citations
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Wu, Bo-Sen, et al.. (2023). Effect of Amber (595 nm) Light Supplemented with Narrow Blue (430 nm) Light on Tomato Biomass. Plants. 12(13). 2457–2457. 11 indexed citations
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MacPherson, Sarah, et al.. (2023). Relationship between Total Antioxidant Capacity, Cannabinoids and Terpenoids in Hops and Cannabis. Plants. 12(6). 1225–1225. 11 indexed citations
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Wu, Bo-Sen, et al.. (2023). How the Distribution of Photon Delivery Impacts Crops in Indoor Plant Environments: A Review. Sustainability. 15(5). 4645–4645. 13 indexed citations
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MacPherson, Sarah, et al.. (2023). Freeze-drying Cannabis sativa L. using real-time relative humidity monitoring and mathematical modeling for the cannabis industry. Industrial Crops and Products. 199. 116754–116754. 14 indexed citations
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MacPherson, Sarah, et al.. (2023). Separate Effects of Sodium on Germination in Saline–Sodic and Alkaline Forms at Different Concentrations. Plants. 12(6). 1234–1234. 3 indexed citations
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Kilgour, Marisa K., Sarah MacPherson, Lauren G. Zacharias, et al.. (2022). Principles of reproducible metabolite profiling of enriched lymphocytes in tumors and ascites from human ovarian cancer. Nature Protocols. 17(11). 2668–2698. 7 indexed citations
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Kilgour, Marisa K., Sarah MacPherson, Lauren G. Zacharias, et al.. (2021). 1-Methylnicotinamide is an immune regulatory metabolite in human ovarian cancer. Science Advances. 7(4). 51 indexed citations
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Wu, Bo-Sen, et al.. (2021). A Review of Strawberry Photobiology and Fruit Flavonoids in Controlled Environments. Frontiers in Plant Science. 12. 611893–611893. 71 indexed citations
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Tripathi, Rajiv Kumar, et al.. (2021). The effect of light quality on plant physiology, photosynthetic, and stress response in Arabidopsis thaliana leaves. PLoS ONE. 16(3). e0247380–e0247380. 58 indexed citations
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MacPherson, Sarah, et al.. (2014). Tumor vascularity in ovarian cancer. OncoImmunology. 3(4). e28272–e28272. 2 indexed citations
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Akache, Bassel, et al.. (2002). Zinc Cluster Protein Rdr1p Is a Transcriptional Repressor of the PDR5 Gene Encoding a Multidrug Transporter. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 277(20). 17671–17676. 45 indexed citations
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Hayes, Anthony J., Sarah MacPherson, Helen Morrison, Gary P. Dowthwaite, & Charles W. Archer. (2001). The development of articular cartilage: evidence for an appositional growth mechanism. Anatomy and Embryology. 203(6). 469–479. 144 indexed citations
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Sandilands, G. P., Erin Burnett, Sarah MacPherson, et al.. (1997). Demonstration of cytoplasmic CD32 (FcγRII) within human lymphocytes following microwave treatment. Immunology. 90(3). 427–434. 3 indexed citations

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