Karl Kral

1.2k total citations
48 papers, 887 citations indexed

About

Karl Kral is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Karl Kral has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 887 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 29 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 19 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Karl Kral's work include Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (32 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (18 papers) and Plant and animal studies (17 papers). Karl Kral is often cited by papers focused on Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (32 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (18 papers) and Plant and animal studies (17 papers). Karl Kral collaborates with scholars based in Austria, Slovenia and Australia. Karl Kral's co-authors include Michael Poteser, Mandyam V. Srinivasan, Ian A. Meinertzhagen, Maria Anna Pabst, Dušan Devetak, Felix Walcher, Gerd Leitinger, Gordon M. Burghardt, Michael J. Kuba and Ruth A. Byrne and has published in prestigious journals such as Brain Research, Vision Research and Journal of Experimental Biology.

In The Last Decade

Karl Kral

48 papers receiving 854 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Karl Kral Austria 16 451 431 245 173 98 48 887
Samuel Rossel Germany 15 578 1.3× 519 1.2× 344 1.4× 206 1.2× 77 0.8× 17 1.0k
Roger D. Santer United Kingdom 18 384 0.9× 331 0.8× 212 0.9× 250 1.4× 96 1.0× 37 827
Robert M. Olberg United States 14 592 1.3× 346 0.8× 257 1.0× 286 1.7× 94 1.0× 16 919
Alice A. Robie United States 11 679 1.5× 507 1.2× 473 1.9× 198 1.1× 93 0.9× 15 1.4k
Norbert Boeddeker Germany 19 625 1.4× 475 1.1× 337 1.4× 385 2.2× 53 0.5× 29 1.1k
Barbara Michel Switzerland 4 286 0.6× 319 0.7× 307 1.3× 103 0.6× 37 0.4× 8 673
Miriam Lehrer Switzerland 16 359 0.8× 451 1.0× 299 1.2× 126 0.7× 80 0.8× 17 607
Martin M. Müller Germany 7 488 1.1× 474 1.1× 517 2.1× 196 1.1× 45 0.5× 12 980
Allen Cheung Australia 13 296 0.7× 215 0.5× 182 0.7× 296 1.7× 35 0.4× 20 774
John A. Bender United States 13 594 1.3× 609 1.4× 481 2.0× 137 0.8× 103 1.1× 25 1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Karl Kral

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Fields of papers citing papers by Karl Kral

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Karl Kral

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All Works

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Thonhauser, Kerstin E., Tamar Gutnick, Ruth A. Byrne, et al.. (2013). Social learning in Cartilaginous fish (stingrays Potamotrygon falkneri). Animal Cognition. 16(6). 927–932. 22 indexed citations
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Kral, Karl. (2009). Comparison of the Use of Active Vision for Depth Perception in Three Grasshopper Families (Orthoptera: Caelifera). Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 102(2). 339–345. 5 indexed citations
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Kral, Karl. (2008). Similarities and differences in the peering‐jump behavior of three grasshopper species (Orthoptera: Caelifera). Insect Science. 15(4). 369–374. 6 indexed citations
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Kral, Karl. (2003). Perspectives on the role of head movements in depth perception. Behavioural Processes. 64(1). 21–22. 4 indexed citations
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Kral, Karl. (2003). Behavioural–analytical studies of the role of head movements in depth perception in insects, birds and mammals. Behavioural Processes. 64(1). 1–12. 88 indexed citations
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Leitinger, Gerd, Maria Anna Pabst, & Karl Kral. (2000). Gold toning preserves integrity of silver enhanced immunogold particles during osmium tetroxide treatment for demonstration of a biogenic amine. Brain Research Protocols. 5(1). 30–38. 6 indexed citations
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Srinivasan, Mandyam V., Michael Poteser, & Karl Kral. (1999). Motion detection in insect orientation and navigation. Vision Research. 39(16). 2749–2766. 136 indexed citations
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Leitinger, Gerd, Maria Anna Pabst, & Karl Kral. (1999). Serotonin-immunoreactive neurones in the visual system of the praying mantis: an immunohistochemical, confocal laser scanning and electron microscopic study. Brain Research. 823(1-2). 11–23. 23 indexed citations
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Kral, Karl, et al.. (1998). Daily visual sensitivity pattern in the green lacewing Chrysoperla carnea (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae). European Journal of Entomology. 95(3). 327–333. 15 indexed citations
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Kral, Karl. (1998). Side-to-side head movements to obtain motion depth cues:. Behavioural Processes. 43(1). 71–77. 36 indexed citations
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Kral, Karl. (1998). Spatial Vision in the Course of an Insect’s Life. Brain Behavior and Evolution. 52(1). 1–6. 11 indexed citations
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Poteser, Michael, Maria Anna Pabst, & Karl Kral. (1998). Proprioceptive Contribution to Distance Estimation by Motion Parallax in a Praying Mantid. Journal of Experimental Biology. 201(9). 1483–1491. 24 indexed citations
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Kral, Karl & Michael Poteser. (1997). Motion parallax as a source of distance information in locusts and mantids. Journal of Insect Behavior. 10(1). 145–163. 68 indexed citations
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Poteser, Michael & Karl Kral. (1995). Visual distance discrimination in praying mantis larvae: An index of the use of motion parallax. Journal of Experimental Biology. 198. 15 indexed citations
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Poteser, Michael & Karl Kral. (1995). Visual Distance Discrimination Between Stationary Targets in Praying Mantis: an Index of the Use of Motion Parallax. Journal of Experimental Biology. 198(10). 2127–2137. 61 indexed citations
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Stark, G. Björn, Ulrike Stark, Manfred Windisch, et al.. (1991). Comparison of acute electrophysiological effects of amiodarone and its metabolite desethylamiodarone in Langendorff perfused guinea pig hearts. Basic Research in Cardiology. 86(2). 136–147. 13 indexed citations
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Kral, Karl, et al.. (1990). Innervation of an insect asynchronous flight muscle as seen with scanning electron microscopy.. 104(2). 287–297. 1 indexed citations
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Kral, Karl & Ian A. Meinertzhagen. (1989). Anatomical plasticity of synapses in the lamina of the optic lobe of the fly. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 323(1214). 155–183. 54 indexed citations
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Pabst, Maria Anna & Karl Kral. (1989). Intercellular junctions and rhombic particle arrays in the developing and adult dorsal ocelli of the honeybee. Tissue and Cell. 21(2). 199–210. 3 indexed citations
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Kral, Karl. (1980). Acetylcholinesterase in the ocellus of Apis mellifica. Journal of Insect Physiology. 26(12). 807–809. 10 indexed citations

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