2026 James O. McInerney: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	51	17190	15780	1352	1250	144	9199

Overview

James O. McInerney is affiliated with the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with specific contributions across several subfields including Molecular Biology, Genetics, Ecology, Plant Science, and Mechanical Engineering.

The main topics James O. McInerney has worked on include:

Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
Advanced Materials and Mechanics
CRISPR and Genetic Engineering

The scientist has published extensively, with key recent papers including:

"Horizontal Gene Transfer as a Source of Conflict and Cooperation in Prokaryotes" (2020, Frontiers in Microbiology)
"Coinfinder: detecting significant associations and dissociations in pangenomes" (2020, Microbial Genomics)
"Mechanisms That Shape Microbial Pangenomes" (2021, Trends in Microbiology)
"Evidence for Selection in the Abundant Accessory Gene Content of a Prokaryote Pangenome" (2021, Molecular Biology and Evolution)
"Contingency, repeatability, and predictability in the evolution of a prokaryotic pangenome" (2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)

James O. McInerney frequently publishes in venues such as:

arXiv (Cornell University)
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Microbial Genomics
Molecular Biology and Evolution
Frontiers in Microbiology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with James O. McInerney include:

Rebecca J Hall
Fiona Whelan
Nathan Kallus
Elizabeth Cummins
Alan McNally

Their scholarly work emphasizes the dynamics and mechanisms of microbial pangenomes, horizontal gene transfer, and genetic selection within prokaryotic populations. Their publications address evolutionary concepts and genetic interactions influencing microbial communities and their genetic content.

Best Publications

New approaches for unravelling reassortment pathways

Victoria Svinti;Victoria Svinti;James A Cotton;James A Cotton;James O McInerney

724
Citations
Population genomics reveal recent speciation and rapid evolutionary adaptation in polar bears.

Shiping Liu;Eline D. Lorenzen;Matteo Fumagalli;Bo Li

427
Citations
Why prokaryotes have pangenomes

James O. McInerney;Alan McNally;Mary J. O'Connell

410
Citations
Endosymbiotic origin and differential loss of eukaryotic genes

Chuan Ku;Shijulal Nelson-Sathi;Mayo Roettger;Filipa L. Sousa

363
Citations
Replicational and transcriptional selection on codon usage in Borrelia burgdorferi

James O. McInerney

287
Citations
GCUA: general codon usage analysis.

James O. McInerney

271
Citations
Origins of major archaeal clades correspond to gene acquisitions from bacteria

Shijulal Nelson-Sathi;Filipa L. Sousa;Mayo Roettger;Nabor Lozada-Chávez

266
Citations
Acquisition of 1,000 eubacterial genes physiologically transformed a methanogen at the origin of Haloarchaea

Shijulal Nelson-Sathi;Tal Dagan;Giddy Landan;Arnold Janssen

264
Citations
Supertrees Disentangle the Chimerical Origin of Eukaryotic Genomes

Davide Pisani;James A. Cotton;James O. McInerney

234
Citations
Clann: investigating phylogenetic information through supertree analyses

C. J. Creevey;J. O. Mcinerney

232
Citations
Metazoan opsin evolution reveals a simple route to animal vision

Roberto Feuda;Sinead C. Hamilton;James O. McInerney;Davide Pisani

228
Citations
Networks: expanding evolutionary thinking

Eric Bapteste;Leo van Iersel;Axel Janke;Scot Kelchner

224
Citations
Combined analysis of variation in core, accessory and regulatory genome regions provides a super-resolution view into the evolution of bacterial populations

Alan McNally;Yaara Oren;Darren Kelly;Ben Pascoe

212
Citations
The Opisthokonta and the Ecdysozoa May Not Be Clades: Stronger Support for the Grouping of Plant and Animal than for Animal and Fungi and Stronger Support for the Coelomata than Ecdysozoa

Gayle K. Philip;Christopher J. Creevey;James O. McInerney

185
Citations
TOPD/FMTS

Pere Puigbò;Santiago Garcia-Vallvé;James O. McInerney

184
Citations
Genome Phylogenies Indicate a Meaningful α-Proteobacterial Phylogeny and Support a Grouping of the Mitochondria with the Rickettsiales

David A. Fitzpatrick;Christopher J. Creevey;James O. McInerney

172
Citations
Of clades and clans: terms for phylogenetic relationships in unrooted trees.

Mark Wilkinson;James O. McInerney;Robert P. Hirt;Peter G. Foster

167
Citations
The hybrid nature of the Eukaryota and a consilient view of life on Earth.

James O. McInerney;Mary J. O'Connell;Davide Pisani

161
Citations
A method for inferring the rate of evolution of homologous characters that can potentially improve phylogenetic inference, resolve deep divergence and correct systematic biases.

Carla A. Cummins;James O. McInerney

154
Citations
Does a tree-like phylogeny only exist at the tips in the prokaryotes?

Christopher J. Creevey;David A. Fitzpatrick;Gayle K. Philip;Rhoda J. Kinsella

149
Citations