R. Michael L. McKay

Also affiliated with Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, University of Windsor, Great Lakes Institute of Management

Earth and Planetary SciencesEnvironmental ScienceMedicineBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Pilot corpus only

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Top 4%percentile

0.650Author DataRank

Indexed papers

2in pilot corpus

datarank_citation_only_1hop_v6· scope data_onlyMethodology

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The highest-impact dataset this researcher has shared, ranked by DataRank — the single contribution doing the most to lift their data-sharing standing.

Metatranscriptomic Sequencing of Winter and Spring Planktonic Communities from Lake Erie, a Laurentian Great Lake

Microbiology Resource Announcements(2022)10.1128/mra.00351-22

Top 48%

0.381DataRank

Top 48%11 citations

Elizabeth R Denison, Justin D. Chaffin, George S. Bullerjahn, Christa Pennacchio, Thijs Frenken +7 more

Papers

Driven by 24 papers — median percentile 47. Top paper: “Thousands of small, novel genes predicted in global phage genomes”.

Thousands of small, novel genes predicted in global phage genomes

Cell Reports(2022)10.1016/j.celrep.2022.110984

N/A

1.7DataRank · unranked

56 citations

Ami S. Bhatt, Nikos C. Kyrpides, Aditi Sengupta, Alexander Sczyrba, Aline Maria da Silva +95 more

Unraveling the functional dark matter through global metagenomics

Nature(2023)10.1038/s41586-023-06583-7

N/A

0.808DataRank · unranked

217 citations

Fotis A. Baltoumas, Sirui Liu, Oğuz Selvitopi, Antônio Pedro Camargo, Stephen Nayfach +95 more

Dissolved Microcystin Release Coincident with Lysis of a Bloom Dominated by Microcystis spp. in Western Lake Erie Attributed to a Novel Cyanophage

Applied and Environmental Microbiology(2020)10.1128/aem.01397-20

N/A

0.606DataRank · unranked

56 citations

Makayla A. Manes, Jonathan R. DeMarco, Andrew McClure, R. Michael L. McKay, Timothy W. Davis +2 more

A combined microscopy and single-cell sequencing approach reveals the ecology, morphology, and phylogeny of uncultured lineages of zoosporic fungi

mBio(2023)10.1128/mbio.01313-23

N/A

0.533DataRank · unranked

34 citations

D. Rabern Simmons, C. Alisha Quandt, Thijs Frenken, Alden C. Dirks, Rebecca A. Clemons +4 more

Metatranscriptomic Sequencing of Winter and Spring Planktonic Communities from Lake Erie, a Laurentian Great Lake

Microbiology Resource Announcements(2022)10.1128/mra.00351-22

Top 48%

0.381DataRank

Top 48%11 citations

Elizabeth R Denison, Justin D. Chaffin, George S. Bullerjahn, Christa Pennacchio, Thijs Frenken +7 more

Metagenomics reveals spatial variation in cyanobacterial composition, function, and biosynthetic potential in the Winam Gulf, Lake Victoria, Kenya

Applied and Environmental Microbiology(2025)10.1128/aem.01507-24

N/A

0.360DataRank · unranked

10 citations

Brittany N. Zepernick, Kaela E. Natwora, Katelyn M. Brown, Julia Akinyi Obuya, Davide Lomeo +46 more

Metagenomic sequencing of cyanobacterial-dominated Lake Victoria—an African Great Lake

Microbiology Resource Announcements(2024)10.1128/mra.00798-24

Top 58%

0.269DataRank

Top 58%5 citations

Lauren Hart, Kaela E. Natwora, Katelyn M. Brown, Julia Akinyi Obuya, Mark Olokotum +47 more

Molecular investigation of harmful cyanobacteria reveals hidden risks and niche partitioning in Kenyan Lakes

Harmful Algae(2024)10.1016/j.hal.2024.102757

N/A

0.269DataRank · unranked

5 citations

Lauren Hart, Emily E. Chase, Kaela E. Natwora, Julia Akinyi Obuya, Mark Olokotum +37 more

Temperature and light drive physiological and transcriptional responses, modulating infection outcomes in a freshwater diatom–chytrid system

Limnology and Oceanography(2025)10.1002/lno.70224

N/A

0.165DataRank · unranked

2 citations

Kensuke Seto, Duc-Hung NGUYEN, Timothy Y. James, R. Michael L. McKay, Katelyn M. McKindles

Metatranscriptomics reveals declines in ice cover influence winter viral community activity

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2024)10.1101/2024.04.01.587580

N/A

0.104DataRank · unranked

1 citations

Brittany N. Zepernick, R. Michael L. McKay, Steven W. Wilhelm, Elizabeth R Denison

A tale of two blooms: do ecological paradigms for algal bloom success and succession require revisiting?

Journal of Great Lakes Research(2024)10.1016/j.jglr.2024.102336

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

20 citations

R. Michael L. McKay, Robbie M. Martin, George S. Bullerjahn, Hans W. Paerl, Steven W. Wilhelm +1 more

Declines in ice cover are accompanied by light limitation responses and community change in freshwater diatoms

The ISME Journal(2024)10.1093/ismejo/wrad015

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

10 citations

Emily E. Chase, Elizabeth R Denison, Naomi E. Gilbert, Alexander R. Truchon, Thijs Frenken +7 more

Bacterial community and cyanotoxin gene distribution of the Winam Gulf, Lake Victoria, Kenya

Environmental Microbiology Reports(2024)10.1111/1758-2229.13297

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

9 citations

Katelyn B. Barker, Ryan S. Wagner, Christopher Ward, Lewis Sitoki, James Njiru +6 more

Metatranscriptomic analysis reveals dissimilarity in viral community activity between an ice-free and ice-covered winter in Lake Erie

mSystems(2024)10.1128/msystems.00753-24

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

4 citations

Brittany N. Zepernick, R. Michael L. McKay, Steven W. Wilhelm, Elizabeth R Denison

A tale of two blooms: do ecological paradigms for algal bloom success and succession require revisiting?

UNC Libraries(2025)10.17615/cq4k-p117

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

0 citations

Steven W. Wilhelm, R. Michael L. McKay, Brittany N. Zepernick, Hans W. Paerl, George S. Bullerjahn +1 more

Isolation and Characterization of Rhizophydiales (Chytridiomycota), Obligate Parasites of Planktothrix agardhii in a Laurentian Great Lakes Embayment

Applied and Environmental Microbiology(2020)10.1128/aem.02308-20

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

27 citations

Alejandro N. Jorge, R. Michael L. McKay, Timothy W. Davis, George S. Bullerjahn, Katelyn M. McKindles

Physical drivers facilitating a toxigenic cyanobacterial bloom in a major Great Lakes tributary

Limnology and Oceanography(2020)10.1002/lno.11558

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

44 citations

Gregory L. Boyer, Thomas B. Bridgeman, George S. Bullerjahn, Douglas D. Kane, R. Michael L. McKay +6 more

Bloom announcement: An early autumn cyanobacterial bloom co-dominated by Aphanizomenon flos-aquae and Planktothrix agardhii in an agriculturally-influenced Great Lakes tributary (Thames River, Ontario, Canada)

Data in Brief(2020)10.1016/j.dib.2020.105585

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

13 citations

Thijs Frenken, Ngan Diep, William R. Cody, Sophie Crévecoeur, Alice Dove +5 more

Environmental factors affecting chytrid (Chytridiomycota) infection rates on Planktothrix agardhii

Journal of Plankton Research(2021)10.1093/plankt/fbab058

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

25 citations

Makayla A. Manes, R. Michael L. McKay, Timothy W. Davis, George S. Bullerjahn, Katelyn M. McKindles

The Lake Erie HABs Grab: A binational collaboration to characterize the western basin cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms at an unprecedented high-resolution spatial scale

Harmful Algae(2021)10.1016/j.hal.2021.102080

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

44 citations

John F. Bratton, Edward M. Verhamme, Halli B. Bair, Amber A. Beecher, Caren E. Binding +25 more

Genomic comparison of Planktothrix agardhii isolates from a Lake Erie embayment

PLoS ONE(2022)10.1371/journal.pone.0273454

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

14 citations

R. Michael L. McKay, George S. Bullerjahn, Katelyn M. McKindles

Interactions between chytrids cause variable infection strategies on harmful algal bloom forming species

Harmful Algae(2023)10.1016/j.hal.2023.102381

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0DataRank · unranked

14 citations

R. Michael L. McKay, George S. Bullerjahn, Thijs Frenken, Katelyn M. McKindles

Targeting a free viral fraction enhances the early alert potential of wastewater surveillance for SARS-CoV-2: a methods comparison spanning the transition between delta and omicron variants in a large urban center

Frontiers in Public Health(2023)10.3389/fpubh.2023.1140441

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0DataRank · unranked

11 citations

Qiudi Geng, Ryland Corchis-Scott, R. Michael L. McKay, John Norton, Irene Xagoraraki +1 more

Multi-year molecular quantification and ‘omics analysis of Planktothrix-specific cyanophage sequences from Sandusky Bay, Lake Erie

Frontiers in Microbiology(2023)10.3389/fmicb.2023.1199641

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

2 citations

Makayla A. Manes, Michelle J. Neudeck, R. Michael L. McKay, George S. Bullerjahn, Katelyn M. McKindles

R. Michael L. McKay

Indexed papers

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