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Margaret L. Kirby

Margaret L. Kirby

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
80
Citations
21047
World Ranking
4130
National Ranking
2027

Medicine

D-Index
80
Citations
20952
World Ranking
17229
National Ranking
8634

Margaret L. Kirby 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 Margaret L. Kirby sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 215 publications — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Margaret L. Kirby 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 Margaret L. Kirby sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 80 D-Index — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1992 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Margaret L. Kirby is affiliated with Duke University in the United States. Their research spans several interconnected fields, primarily focusing on medicine and neuroscience, with a particular emphasis on social psychology and behavioral neuroscience. The scientist's work also covers complementary and alternative medicine, molecular biology, and immunology and allergy.

Their research topics consistently involve stress responses and cortisol regulation, neuroendocrine regulation and behavior, and non-invasive vital sign monitoring. Additional focus areas include thermoregulation and physiological responses, cardiovascular and exercise physiology, primate behavior and ecology, and animal behavior and reproduction.

The following recent papers by Margaret L. Kirby highlight different aspects of their research:

  • An accurate wearable hydration sensor: Real-world evaluation of practical use (2022), published in PLoS ONE
  • Multidimensional nature of dominant behavior: Insights from behavioral neuroscience (2021), published in Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • Biological Sex and IgE Sensitization Influence Severity of Depression and Cortisol Levels in Atopic Dermatitis (2020), published in Dermatology
  • Antidepressant-like effects of a chlorogenic acid- and cynarine-enriched fraction from Dittrichia viscosa root extract (2022), published in Scientific Reports
  • Anti-Cancer Effects of Cyclic Peptide ALOS4 in a Human Melanoma Mouse Model (2021), published in International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Frequent publication venues for this scientist include:

  • PLoS ONE
  • Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • Scientific Reports
  • Molecular Psychiatry
  • Dermatology

Margaret L. Kirby collaborates regularly with several scientists, including Albert Pinhasov, Oryan Agranyoni, Anatoly Kreinin, Kateryna Murlanova, and Lev Libergod.

Among their awards, Kirby has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 1992.

Best Publications

  • Neural Crest Cells Contribute to Normal Aorticopulmonary Septation

    Margaret L. Kirby;Thomas F. Gale;Donald E. Stewart

  • Regulation of cardiac mesodermal and neural crest development by the bHLH transcription factor, dHAND.

    Deepak Srivastava;Tiffani Thomas;Qing Lin;Margaret L. Kirby

  • Conotruncal myocardium arises from a secondary heart field.

    Karen L. Waldo;Donna H. Kumiski;Kathleen T. Wallis;Harriett A. Stadt

  • Neural Crest and Cardiovascular Patterning

    Margaret L. Kirby;Karen L. Waldo

  • Dependence of thymus development on derivatives of the neural crest

    Dale E. Bockman;Margaret L. Kirby

  • Composition and method for in vivo and in vitro attenuation of gene expression using double stranded rna

    Yin-Xiong Li;Michael J. Farrell;Margaret L. Kirby

  • Role of neural crest in congenital heart disease.

    M L Kirby;K L Waldo

  • Characterization of conotruncal malformations following ablation of “cardiac” neural crest

    Margaret L. Kirby;Kirby L. Turnage;Beth M. Hays

  • Cardiac neural crest cells provide new insight into septation of the cardiac outflow tract: aortic sac to ventricular septal closure.

    Karen Waldo;Sachiko Miyagawa-Tomita;Donna Kumiski;Margaret L. Kirby

  • ROLE OF CARDIAC NEURAL CREST CELLS IN CARDIOVASCULAR DEVELOPMENT

    Tony L. Creazzo;Robert E. Godt;Linda Leatherbury;Simon J. Conway

  • Secondary heart field contributes myocardium and smooth muscle to the arterial pole of the developing heart.

    Karen L. Waldo;Mary R. Hutson;Cary C. Ward;Marzena Zdanowicz

  • Pathogenesis of persistent truncus arteriosus and dextroposed aorta in the chick embryo after neural crest ablation.

    M Nishibatake;M L Kirby;L H Van Mierop

  • Model systems for the study of heart development and disease Cardiac neural crest and conotruncal malformations

    Mary R. Hutson;Margaret L. Kirby

  • Neural crest and cardiovascular development: A 20-year perspective

    Mary Redmond Hutson;Margaret L. Kirby

  • Heart Field: From Mesoderm to Heart Tube

    Radwan Abu-Issa;Margaret L. Kirby

  • The role of secondary heart field in cardiac development.

    Laura A. Dyer;Margaret L. Kirby

  • Myocardial lineage development

    Sylvia M. Evans;Deborah Yelon;Frank L. Conlon;Margaret L. Kirby

  • Gap Junction–mediated Cell–Cell Communication Modulates Mouse Neural Crest Migration

    G.Y. Huang;E.S. Cooper;K. Waldo;M.L. Kirby

  • Double-Stranded RNA Injection Produces Null Phenotypes in Zebrafish

    Yin-Xiong Li;Michael J. Farrell;Ruiping Liu;Nita Mohanty

  • Effect of neural crest ablation on development of the heart and arch arteries in the chick.

    Bockman De;Redmond Me;Waldo K;Davis H

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Farrell
Michael Farrell University of New South Wales
Cecilia W. Lo
Cecilia W. Lo University of Pittsburgh
Peter J. Scambler
Peter J. Scambler University College London
Doris Dahl
Doris Dahl Harvard University
Robert G. Gourdie
Robert G. Gourdie Virginia Tech
G. Allan Johnson
G. Allan Johnson Duke University
Patricia J. McLaughlin
Patricia J. McLaughlin Pennsylvania State University
Mario Marchi
Mario Marchi University of Genoa
Joseph A. Izatt
Joseph A. Izatt Duke University

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