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Researcher · University of Dundee · United Kingdom

G.T. Macfarlane

G.T. Macfarlane publishes mostly in Molecular Biology, Nutrition and Dietetics and Food Science, on topics such as Gut microbiota and health, Probiotics and Fermented Foods and Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology.

OpenAlex
World rank
#34,052
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#2,642
of 367,258
Works
198
Citations
30k
Citations per work
152.2
h-index
81
i10-index 150Top 0.6% in Molecular Biology
G.T. Macfarlane

What does G.T. Macfarlane research?

G.T. Macfarlane's work is mostly in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (28%), Nursing (15%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (15%).

Life Sciences: 84 works · 42.3% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 54 works · 27.5% of their workMolecular Biology: 41 works · 20.7% of their workGenetics: 13 works · 6.8% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 29 works · 14.8% of their workFood Science: 29 works · 14.8% of their workEverything else: 65 works · 32.8% of their workHealth Sciences: 49 works · 24.9% of their workNursing: 30 works · 14.9% of their workNutrition and Dietetics: 30 works · 14.9% of their workMedicine: 20 works · 10.0% of their workSurgery: 12 works · 5.9% of their workInfectious Diseases: 8 works · 4.1% of their workTHEIR WORKG.T. Macfarlane198works
Life Sciences42%Health Sciences25%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5427.5%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2914.8%
  2. Everything else6532.8%
    1. Nursing3014.9%
    2. Medicine2010.0%
  1. 1Molecular Biology21% of their works
  2. 2Nutrition and Dietetics15% of their works
  3. 3Food Science15% of their works
  4. 4Genetics7% of their works
  5. 5Surgery6% of their works
  6. 6Infectious Diseases4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe G.T. Macfarlane's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Gut Microbiota, Prebiotics, Microbial Communities, Short-Chain Fatty Acids, Lactic Acid Bacteria, Probiotics, Fructans and Inulin.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Gut Microbiota1302 topics
  2. Prebiotics1162 topics
  3. Microbial Communities871 topic
  4. Short-Chain Fatty Acids871 topic
  5. Lactic Acid Bacteria731 topic
  6. Probiotics731 topic
  7. Fructans431 topic
  8. Inulin431 topic
  9. Genetic Adaptation251 topic
  10. Lactase Persistence251 topic
  11. Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhea221 topic
  12. Fecal Microbiota Transplantation221 topic
  13. Critical Care181 topic
  14. Nutrition Support Therapy181 topic
  15. Biotechnological Applications141 topic
  16. Ketogenic Diet141 topic
  17. Low-Carbohydrate Diet141 topic
  18. Microbial Enzymes141 topic

Where does G.T. Macfarlane work?

G.T. Macfarlane's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Dundee, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does G.T. Macfarlane have?

OpenAlex counts 198 works and 30,132 citations for G.T. Macfarlane, an h-index of 81, ranking #34,052 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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