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Shane McCarthy

Shane McCarthy publishes mostly in Genetics, Molecular Biology and Insect Science, on topics such as Genomics and Rare Diseases, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies and Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics.

World rank
#171,508
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#15,997
of 90,785
Works
20
Citations
357
Citations per work
17.9

What does Shane McCarthy research?

Genetics: 30.6%Molecular Biology: 22.2%Insect Science: 5.6%Ecology: 5.6%other fields: 36.0%31%top field
Genetics30.6%Molecular Biology22.2%Insect Science5.6%Ecology5.6%other fields36.0%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Genetics31% of their works
  2. 2Molecular Biology22% of their works
  3. 3Insect Science6% of their works
  4. 4Ecology6% of their works
  5. 5Oncology3% of their works
  6. 6Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Shane McCarthy's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Chromatin, Genetic Variants, RNA-Seq, sequence alignment, Sequence Interpretation, Transcription, Bats and Edible Insects.

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.

All 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Chromatin21 topic
  2. Genetic Variants21 topic
  3. RNA-Seq21 topic
  4. Sequence Interpretation21 topic
  5. Transcription21 topic
  6. sequence alignment21 topic
  7. Bats11 topic
  8. Edible Insects11 topic
  9. Food Security11 topic
  10. Genetic Structure11 topic
  11. Genome-wide Association Studies11 topic
  12. Hibernation11 topic
  13. Parasitism11 topic
  14. Population Genetics11 topic
  15. Quantitative Trait Loci11 topic
  16. Snails11 topic

Where does Shane McCarthy work?

Shane McCarthy's main affiliation in the publication record is Wellcome Sanger Institute, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does Shane McCarthy have?

Science Explorer counts 20 works and 357 citations for Shane McCarthy, ranking #171,508 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.

Ranked on field-normalised 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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