T. Martin Embley

22.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
158 papers, 12.8k citations indexed

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T. Martin Embley is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Parasitology. According to data from OpenAlex, T. Martin Embley has authored 158 papers receiving a total of 12.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 113 papers in Molecular Biology, 72 papers in Ecology and 37 papers in Parasitology. Recurrent topics in T. Martin Embley's work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (69 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (61 papers) and Protist diversity and phylogeny (56 papers). T. Martin Embley is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (69 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (61 papers) and Protist diversity and phylogeny (56 papers). T. Martin Embley collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. T. Martin Embley's co-authors include Robert P. Hirt, James I. Prosser, Peter G. Foster, William Martin, Tom A. Williams, Cymon J. Cox, J. Stephen, Bland J. Finlay, David B. Nedwell and Erko Stackebrandt and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

T. Martin Embley

158 papers receiving 12.4k citations

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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.

Analysis of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria of the beta subdivision of the class Proteobacteria in coastal sand dunes by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis and sequencing of PCR-amplified 16S ribosomal DNA fragments

1997 666 citations T. Martin Embley et al. profile →
Eukaryotic evolution, changes and challenges

2006 635 citations T. Martin Embley, William Martin Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
T. Martin Embley United Kingdom	64	7.3k	5.5k	1.9k	1.8k	1.8k	158	12.8k
C R Woese United States	28	10.9k 1.5×	6.4k 1.2×	1.1k 0.6×	2.0k 1.1×	601 0.3×	31	16.5k
Susan M. Barns United States	27	6.6k 0.9×	5.4k 1.0×	1.7k 0.9×	3.6k 2.0×	378 0.2×	29	15.0k
Thomas Rattei Austria	55	8.4k 1.1×	6.4k 1.2×	3.5k 1.8×	2.9k 1.6×	309 0.2×	177	17.7k
G J Olsen United States	25	7.4k 1.0×	5.2k 0.9×	864 0.4×	1.6k 0.9×	333 0.2×	37	11.9k
David Lane France	38	11.9k 1.6×	9.5k 1.7×	3.1k 1.6×	5.0k 2.8×	480 0.3×	100	25.4k
Frank W. Larimer United States	43	8.8k 1.2×	5.8k 1.0×	2.4k 1.2×	2.4k 1.4×	208 0.1×	97	15.4k
Valérie Barbe France	56	5.1k 0.7×	2.3k 0.4×	1.1k 0.5×	2.5k 1.4×	692 0.4×	155	11.3k
Richard Christen France	62	6.2k 0.8×	5.8k 1.0×	856 0.4×	2.4k 1.4×	209 0.1×	168	14.2k
Miriam Land United States	43	8.7k 1.2×	6.5k 1.2×	2.1k 1.1×	2.3k 1.3×	171 0.1×	108	15.3k
Konstantinos T. Konstantinidis United States	58	12.9k 1.8×	10.6k 1.9×	2.9k 1.5×	3.5k 1.9×	266 0.2×	211	22.7k

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Hacker, Christian, Kacper Sendra, James Lucocq, et al.. (2023). Biogenesis, inheritance, and 3D ultrastructure of the microsporidian mitosome. Life Science Alliance. 7(1). e202201635–e202201635. 4 indexed citations

Williams, Tom A., Dominik Schrempf, Gergely J. Szöllősi, et al.. (2021). Inferring the Deep Past from Molecular Data. Genome Biology and Evolution. 13(5). 18 indexed citations

Major, Peter, Kacper Sendra, Paul Dean, et al.. (2019). A new family of cell surface located purine transporters in Microsporidia and related fungal endoparasites. eLife. 8. 27 indexed citations

Williams, Tom A., Cymon J. Cox, Peter G. Foster, Gergely J. Szöllősi, & T. Martin Embley. (2019). Phylogenomics provides robust support for a two-domains tree of life. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 4(1). 138–147. 152 indexed citations

Dean, Paul, Kacper Sendra, Tom A. Williams, et al.. (2018). Transporter gene acquisition and innovation in the evolution of Microsporidia intracellular parasites. Nature Communications. 9(1). 1709–1709. 62 indexed citations

Dean, Paul, Robert P. Hirt, & T. Martin Embley. (2016). Microsporidia: Why Make Nucleotides if You Can Steal Them?. PLoS Pathogens. 12(11). e1005870–e1005870. 66 indexed citations

Alsmark, Cecilia, Peter G. Foster, Thomas Sicheritz‐Pontén, et al.. (2013). Patterns of prokaryotic lateral gene transfers affecting parasitic microbial eukaryotes. Genome biology. 14(2). R19–R19. 67 indexed citations

Cox, Cymon J., Peter G. Foster, Robert P. Hirt, Simon R. Harris, & T. Martin Embley. (2008). The archaebacterial origin of eukaryotes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(51). 20356–20361. 249 indexed citations

Šmíd, Ondřej, Simon R. Harris, Tomáš Kučera, et al.. (2008). Reductive Evolution of the Mitochondrial Processing Peptidases of the Unicellular Parasites Trichomonas vaginalis and Giardia intestinalis. PLoS Pathogens. 4(12). e1000243–e1000243. 48 indexed citations

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Embley, T. Martin, et al.. (2007). Golgi-associated genes in the oxymonad Monocercomonoides sp suggest the presence of a cryptic organelle.. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 1 indexed citations

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Embley, T. Martin & William Martin. (2006). Eukaryotic evolution, changes and challenges. Nature. 440(7084). 623–630. 635 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hampl, Vladimı́r, David S. Horner, Patricia Dyal, et al.. (2005). Inference of the Phylogenetic Position of Oxymonads Based on Nine Genes: Support for Metamonada and Excavata. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 22(12). 2508–2518. 52 indexed citations

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Slotboom, Dirk-Jan, T. Martin Embley, Olivier Fabre, et al.. (2005). A Novel ADP/ATP Transporter in the Mitosome of the Microaerophilic Human Parasite Entamoeba histolytica. Current Biology. 15(8). 737–742. 54 indexed citations

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Embley, T. Martin, William Martin, Jorge Tovar, et al.. (2003). Mitochondria and hydrogenosomes are two forms of the same fundamental organelle - Discussion. UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations

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Purdy, Kevin J., Mark A. Munson, David B. Nedwell, & T. Martin Embley. (2002). Comparison of the molecular diversity of the methanogenic community at the brackish and marine ends of a UK estuary. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 39(1). 17–21. 62 indexed citations

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Hirt, Robert P., Sylke Müller, T. Martin Embley, & Graham H. Coombs. (2002). The diversity and evolution of thioredoxin reductase: new perspectives. Trends in Parasitology. 18(7). 302–308. 97 indexed citations

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Purdy, Kevin J., David B. Nedwell, T. Martin Embley, & Susumu Takii. (2001). Use of 16S rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide probes to investigate the distribution of sulphate-reducing bacteria in estuarine sediments. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 36(2-3). 165–168. 48 indexed citations

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Ebert, Dieter, Paul B. Rainey, T. Martin Embley, & Dimitri Scholz. (1996). Development, life cycle, ultrastructure and phylogenetic position of Pasteuria ramosa Metchnikoff 1888: rediscovery of an obligate endoparasite of Daphnia magna Straus. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 351(1348). 1689–1701. 151 indexed citations

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Embley, T. Martin. (1992). RNA sequence analysis shows that the symbionts in the ciliate Metopus contortus are polymorphs of a single methanogen species. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 97(1-2). 57–61. 36 indexed citations

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Austin, Brian, T. Martin Embley, & Michael Goodfellow. (1983). Selective isolation ofRenibacterium salmoninarum. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 17(1-3). 111–114. 94 indexed citations

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