Thomas A McMurrough

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
5 papers, 887 citations indexed

About

Thomas A McMurrough is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Periodontics. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas A McMurrough has authored 5 papers receiving a total of 887 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Molecular Biology, 1 paper in Ecology and 1 paper in Periodontics. Recurrent topics in Thomas A McMurrough's work include CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (3 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (3 papers) and Oral microbiology and periodontitis research (1 paper). Thomas A McMurrough is often cited by papers focused on CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (3 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (3 papers) and Oral microbiology and periodontitis research (1 paper). Thomas A McMurrough collaborates with scholars based in Canada. Thomas A McMurrough's co-authors include Gregory B. Gloor, David R. Edgell, Jean M. Macklaim, Andrew D. Fernandes, Jennifer Reid, Russell J. Dickson, M.S. Junop, Kun Zhang, Christopher M. Brown and Georg Hausner and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Thomas A McMurrough

5 papers receiving 883 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.

Unifying the analysis of high-throughput sequencing datasets: characterizing RNA-seq, 16S rRNA gene sequencing and selective growth experiments by compositional data analysis

2014 838 citations Andrew D. Fernandes, Jennifer Reid et al. Microbiome profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas A McMurrough Canada	4	553	159	110	99	71	5	887
Jessica B. Henley United States	14	559 1.0×	169 1.1×	120 1.1×	55 0.6×	132 1.9×	19	1.4k
Sandra Reitmeier Germany	11	646 1.2×	190 1.2×	178 1.6×	82 0.8×	135 1.9×	20	1.1k
Manuela-Raluca Pausan Austria	12	416 0.8×	172 1.1×	81 0.7×	59 0.6×	72 1.0×	16	775
Rodrigo García-López Mexico	13	433 0.8×	243 1.5×	87 0.8×	81 0.8×	174 2.5×	20	697
Jacob T. Nearing Canada	11	734 1.3×	218 1.4×	173 1.6×	183 1.8×	99 1.4×	18	1.2k
Adam Robbins‐Pianka United States	9	718 1.3×	362 2.3×	109 1.0×	67 0.7×	135 1.9×	11	1.2k
Ravi Ranjan United States	13	714 1.3×	150 0.9×	137 1.2×	49 0.5×	129 1.8×	25	1.1k
Afrah Shafquat United States	7	588 1.1×	192 1.2×	105 1.0×	60 0.6×	99 1.4×	13	871
Salam M. Habib Canada	5	728 1.3×	246 1.5×	183 1.7×	178 1.8×	104 1.5×	5	1.4k
Alisha G. Campbell United States	8	517 0.9×	282 1.8×	69 0.6×	67 0.7×	70 1.0×	9	772

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas A McMurrough

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5 of 5 papers shown

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McMurrough, Thomas A, et al.. (2025). A buffer-tuning strategy to profile domain-specific activity of chimeric I-TevI/CRISPR gene editors in vitro. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 42742–42742. 1 indexed citations

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McMurrough, Thomas A, Michael Vu, Christopher M. Brown, et al.. (2019). Modifying a covarying protein–DNA interaction changes substrate preference of a site-specific endonuclease. Nucleic Acids Research. 47(20). 10830–10841. 6 indexed citations

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McMurrough, Thomas A, Christopher M. Brown, Kun Zhang, et al.. (2018). Active site residue identity regulates cleavage preference of LAGLIDADG homing endonucleases. Nucleic Acids Research. 15 indexed citations

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Fernandes, Andrew D., Jennifer Reid, Jean M. Macklaim, et al.. (2014). Unifying the analysis of high-throughput sequencing datasets: characterizing RNA-seq, 16S rRNA gene sequencing and selective growth experiments by compositional data analysis. Microbiome. 2(1). 15–15. 838 indexed citations breakdown →

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McMurrough, Thomas A, et al.. (2014). Control of catalytic efficiency by a coevolving network of catalytic and noncatalytic residues. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(23). E2376–83. 27 indexed citations

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