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62
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10755
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Colin D. McCaig publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Colin D. McCaig sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 133 publications — 18th percentile

18% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Colin D. McCaig D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Colin D. McCaig sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 62 D-Index — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Colin D. McCaig is affiliated with the University of Aberdeen in the United Kingdom. Their research activity spans multiple fields with a primary focus on Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, alongside Neuroscience. Within these broad areas, their work notably covers subfields such as Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Plant Science, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Psychiatry and Mental Health.

The scientist's research topics include Planarian Biology and Electrostimulation, Plant and Biological Electrophysiology Studies, Neuroscience and Neural Engineering, Photoreceptor and Optogenetics Research, Wound Healing and Treatments, Laser Applications in Dentistry and Medicine, and Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies.

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Reviews of physiology, biochemistry and pharmacology
  • Experimental Cell Research
  • Translational Psychiatry
  • Life
  • Journal of Pain Research

Selected recent papers by Colin D. McCaig are:

  • Glioblastoma cell migration is directed by electrical signals, 2021, Experimental Cell Research
  • Direct Current Electrical Fields Improve Experimental Wound Healing by Activation of Cytokine Secretion and Erk1/2 Pathway Stimulation, 2021, Life
  • Prefrontal cortical dopamine deficit may cause impaired glucose metabolism in schizophrenia, 2024, Translational Psychiatry
  • Percutaneous Bioelectric Current Stimulation for Chronic Cluster Headache - A Possible Transformative Approach to Cluster Headache, 2020, Journal of Pain Research
  • Microcurrent Reverses Cigarette Smoke-Induced Angiogenesis Impairment in Human Keratinocytes In Vitro, 2022, Bioengineering

Collaborations have been an integral part of their research work, with frequent co-authors including Bing Lang, Hannah Clancy, Michal Pruski, Chao Lü, and Jonas Kolbenschlag. These collaborations reflect interdisciplinary connections within their fields of study.

Best Publications

  • Low intensity transcranial electric stimulation: Safety, ethical, legal regulatory and application guidelines

    A. Antal;Ivan Alekseichuk;M. Bikson;J. Brockmöller

  • Electrical signals control wound healing through phosphatidylinositol-3-OH kinase-γ and PTEN

    Min Zhao;Bing Song;Jin Pu;Teiji Wada

  • Controlling Cell Behavior Electrically: Current Views and Future Potential

    Colin Darnley McCaig;Ann Marie Rajnicek;Bing Song;Min Zhao

  • Electrical stimulation directly induces pre-angiogenic responses in vascular endothelial cells by signaling through VEGF receptors

    Min Zhao;Huai Bai;Entong Wang;John Vincent Forrester

  • Contact guidance of CNS neurites on grooved quartz: influence of groove dimensions, neuronal age and cell type.

    Ann M. Rajnicek;Stephen Britland;Colin D. McCaig

  • Electrical dimensions in cell science.

    Colin Darnley McCaig;Bing Song;Ann Marie Rajnicek

  • Electrical cues regulate the orientation and frequency of cell division and the rate of wound healing in vivo

    Bing Song;Min Zhao;John Vincent Forrester;Colin Darnley McCaig

  • Schizophrenia-Related Neural and Behavioral Phenotypes in Transgenic Mice Expressing Truncated Disc1

    Sanbing Shen;Bing Lang;Chizu Nakamoto;Feng Zhang

  • Membrane lipids, EGF receptors, and intracellular signals colocalize and are polarized in epithelial cells moving directionally in a physiological electric field

    Min Zhao;Jin Pu;John V. Forrester;Colin D. McCaig

  • Orientation and directed migration of cultured corneal epithelial cells in small electric fields are serum dependent.

    Min Zhao;Adrians Agius-Fernandez;John V. Forrester;Colin D. McCaig

  • A small, physiological electric field orients cell division.

    Min Zhao;John V. Forrester;Colin D. McCaig

  • Wound healing in rat cornea: the role of electric currents

    Brian Reid;Bing Song;Colin D. McCaig;Min Zhao

  • Nerve regeneration and wound healing are stimulated and directed by an endogenous electrical field in vivo

    Bing Song;Min Zhao;John Vincent Forrester;Colin Darnley McCaig

  • Guidance of CNS growth cones by substratum grooves and ridges: effects of inhibitors of the cytoskeleton, calcium channels and signal transduction pathways

    Ann M. Rajnicek;Colin D. McCaig

  • Physiological electrical fields modify cell behaviour

    Colin D. McCaig;Min Zhao

  • Has electrical growth cone guidance found its potential

    Colin Darnley McCaig;Ann Marie Rajnicek;Bing Song;Min Zhao

  • EGF receptor signalling is essential for electric-field-directed migration of breast cancer cells

    Jin Pu;Colin D. McCaig;Lin Cao;Zhiqiang Zhao

  • Electric field-directed cell motility involves up-regulated expression and asymmetric redistribution of the epidermal growth factor receptors and is enhanced by fibronectin and laminin.

    Min Zhao;Andrew Dick;John V. Forrester;Colin D. McCaig

  • Directed migration of human bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells in a physiological direct current electric field.

    Zhiqiang Zhao;Carolyn Watt;Alexandra Karystinou;Anke J. Roelofs

  • DC Electric Fields Induce Distinct Preangiogenic Responses in Microvascular and Macrovascular Cells

    Huai Bai;Colin Darnley McCaig;John Vincent Forrester;Min Zhao

Frequent Co-Authors

John V. Forrester
John V. Forrester University of Aberdeen
Yu-Qiang Ding
Yu-Qiang Ding Fudan University
Hans Clevers
Hans Clevers Hubrecht Institute for Developmental Biology and Stem Cell Research
Peter N. Devreotes
Peter N. Devreotes Johns Hopkins University
Alan R. Prescott
Alan R. Prescott University of Dundee
Jens Ellrich
Jens Ellrich University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Neil A. R. Gow
Neil A. R. Gow University of Exeter
Douglas Blackwood
Douglas Blackwood University of Edinburgh

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