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D-Index
107
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62434
World Ranking
269
National Ranking
37

Michael Goodfellow publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Microbiology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michael Goodfellow sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 620 publications — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

Michael Goodfellow D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Microbiology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michael Goodfellow sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 107 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

Overview

Michael Goodfellow was affiliated with Newcastle University in the United Kingdom. Their research spanned several fields, with a primary focus on Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. The main subfields of their work included Molecular Biology, Pharmacology, Plant Science, Surgery, and Microbiology.

The scientist's research topics encompassed a variety of specialized areas such as Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis, Actinomycetales Infections and Treatment, Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics, Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes, Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments, and Liver Disease and Transplantation.

They published extensively in several academic venues, frequently contributing to the INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, where they had 11 publications. Other notable venues included the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews with 3 publications, Systematic and Applied Microbiology with 3 publications, British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery with 3 publications, and the British Journal of Surgery with 3 publications.

Michael Goodfellow's frequent co-authors included Imen Nouioui, Samuel J Tingle, Emily Thompson, Colin Wilson, and Magdalena Świecimska, each collaborating on multiple projects.

The following are some of their recent papers:

  • Hypothermic machine perfusion is superior to static cold storage in deceased donor kidney transplantation: A meta-analysis, 2020, Clinical Transplantation
  • Phylogenomic Classification and Biosynthetic Potential of the Fossil Fuel-Biodesulfurizing Rhodococcus Strain IGTS8, 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Normothermic and hypothermic machine perfusion preservation versus static cold storage for deceased donor kidney transplantation, 2024, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
  • A stable home for an equine pathogen: valid publication of the binomial Prescottella equi gen. nov., comb. nov., and reclassification of four rhodococcal species into the genus Prescottella., 2022, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY
  • Genome insights into the pharmaceutical and plant growth promoting features of the novel species Nocardia alni sp. nov, 2022, BMC Genomics

Best Publications

  • Nucleic acid techniques in bacterial systematics

    Erko Stackebrandt;Michael Goodfellow

  • AN INTEGRATED PROCEDURE FOR THE EXTRACTION OF BACTERIAL ISOPRENOID QUINONES AND POLAR LIPIDS

    D.E. Minnikin;A.G. O'Donnell;M. Goodfellow;G. Alderson

  • Distribution of Menaquinones in Actinomycetes and Corynebacteria

    M. D. Collins;T. Pirouz;M. Goodfellow;D. E. Minnikin

  • Numerical Classification of Streptomyces and Related Genera

    S. T. Williams;M. Goodfellow;G. Alderson;E. M. H. Wellington

  • ECOLOGY OF ACTINOMYCETES

    M Goodfellow;S T Williams

  • Fatty acid and polar lipid composition in the classification of Cellulomonas, Oerskovia and related taxa

    D. E. Minnikin;M. D. Collins;M. Goodfellow

  • Polar Lipid Composition in the Classification of Nocardia and Related Bacteria

    D. E. Minnikin;P. V. Patel;L. Alshamaony;M. Goodfellow

  • Chemical methods in bacterial systematics

    M. Goodfellow;David E. Minnikin

  • A phylogenetic analysis of the genus Nocardia with 16S rRNA gene sequences

    Jongsik Chun;Michael Goodfellow

  • Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria

    Imen Nouioui;Lorena Carro;Marina García-López;Jan P. Meier-Kolthoff

  • Search and Discovery Strategies for Biotechnology: the Paradigm Shift

    Alan T. Bull;Alan C. Ward;Michael Goodfellow

  • Thin-layer chromatography of methanolysates of mycolic acid-containing bacteria

    D.E. Minnikin;Iwona G. Hutchinson;A.B. Caldicott;M. Goodfellow

  • Differentiation of Mycobacterium, Nocardia, and Related Taxa by Thin-layer Chromatographic Analysis of Whole-organism Methanolysates

    D. E. Minnikin;L. Alshamaony;M. Goodfellow

  • Identification of Saccharomonospora strains by the use of genomic DNA fragments and rRNA gene probes

    Jung-Hoon Yoon;Hongik Kim;Sam-Bong Kim;Hong-Joong Kim

  • Actinomycetes for Marine Drug Discovery Isolated from Mangrove Soils and Plants in China

    Kui Hong;An Hui Gao;Qing Yi Xie;Hao Gao

  • A Numerical Classification of the Genus Bacillus

    Fergus G. Priest;Michael Goodfellow;Carole Todd

  • New primers for the class Actinobacteria: application to marine and terrestrial environments.

    James E. M. Stach;Luis A. Maldonado;Alan C. Ward;Michael Goodfellow

  • A guide to successful bioprospecting: Informed by actinobacterial systematics

    Michael Goodfellow;Hans-Peter Fiedler

  • Numerical taxonomy of some nocardioform bacteria

    M. Goodfellow

  • Biodiversity as a Source of Innovation in Biotechnology

    A T Bull;M Goodfellow;J H Slater

  • Chemical methods in prokaryotic systematics

    M. Goodfellow;A. G. O'Donnell

Frequent Co-Authors

Alan T. Bull
Alan T. Bull University of Kent
David E. Minnikin
David E. Minnikin University of Birmingham
Alan C. Ward
Alan C. Ward Newcastle University
Hans-Peter Fiedler
Hans-Peter Fiedler University of Tübingen
Jongsik Chun
Jongsik Chun Seoul National University
Fred A. Rainey
Fred A. Rainey University of Florida
Paul De Vos
Paul De Vos Ghent University
Don J. Brenner
Don J. Brenner Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Karl-Heinz Schleifer
Karl-Heinz Schleifer Technical University of Munich
George M. Garrity
George M. Garrity Michigan State University

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