Kellar Autumn

12.6k total citations · 6 hit papers
57 papers, 9.9k citations indexed

About

Kellar Autumn is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Kellar Autumn has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 9.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 31 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 18 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Kellar Autumn's work include Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions (36 papers), Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (31 papers) and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (16 papers). Kellar Autumn is often cited by papers focused on Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions (36 papers), Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (31 papers) and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (16 papers). Kellar Autumn collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Canada. Kellar Autumn's co-authors include Robert J. Full, Ronald S. Fearing, Thomas W. Kenny, Yiching A. Liang, S. Tonia Hsieh, W. Zesch, Jacob N. Israelachvili, F. Stuart Chapin, Francisco I. Pugnaire and Nick Gravish and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Kellar Autumn

57 papers receiving 9.5k citations

Hit Papers

Adhesive force of a single gecko foot-hair 1993 2026 2004 2015 2000 2002 1993 2006 2006 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Adhesive force of a single gecko foot-hair
    2000 2.2k citations Kellar Autumn, Yiching A. Liang et al. Nature profile →
  2. Evidence for van der Waals adhesion in gecko setae
    2002 1.5k citations Kellar Autumn, Metin Sitti et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  3. Evolution of Suites of Traits in Response to Environmental Stress
    1993 755 citations Kellar Autumn et al. profile →
  4. Adhesion and friction in gecko toe attachment and detachment
    2006 534 citations Kellar Autumn, Jacob N. Israelachvili et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  5. Frictional adhesion: a new angle on gecko attachment
    2006 522 citations Kellar Autumn, Andrew Dittmore et al. Journal of Experimental Biology profile →
  6. Evidence for self-cleaning in gecko setae
    2005 436 citations Kellar Autumn et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kellar Autumn United States 37 6.4k 3.3k 3.2k 2.2k 1.9k 57 9.9k
Robert J. Full United States 62 3.8k 0.6× 1.9k 0.6× 1.7k 0.5× 9.3k 4.2× 3.1k 1.7× 151 17.2k
Stanislav N. Gorb Germany 82 12.5k 1.9× 5.1k 1.5× 5.5k 1.7× 4.7k 2.1× 4.4k 2.4× 867 28.0k
Ronald S. Fearing United States 59 4.6k 0.7× 2.6k 0.8× 2.5k 0.8× 8.6k 3.8× 4.7k 2.5× 218 16.1k
Christoph Neinhuis Germany 44 3.8k 0.6× 378 0.1× 9.3k 2.9× 3.9k 1.7× 1.3k 0.7× 174 17.2k
Walter Federle United Kingdom 43 2.8k 0.4× 1.1k 0.3× 1.6k 0.5× 888 0.4× 618 0.3× 97 5.7k
Wilhelm Barthlott Germany 65 4.4k 0.7× 435 0.1× 11.1k 3.5× 4.3k 1.9× 1.1k 0.6× 216 24.9k
Marc A. Meyers United States 99 10.9k 1.7× 1.2k 0.4× 859 0.3× 8.2k 3.7× 19.3k 10.3× 455 43.7k
Fritz Vollrath United Kingdom 78 1.3k 0.2× 317 0.1× 1.6k 0.5× 1.8k 0.8× 1.2k 0.6× 285 18.7k
S. Tonia Hsieh United States 15 1.7k 0.3× 839 0.3× 1.0k 0.3× 895 0.4× 544 0.3× 44 3.1k
Tilo Baumbach Germany 48 1.0k 0.2× 1.2k 0.4× 661 0.2× 2.7k 1.2× 988 0.5× 349 8.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kellar Autumn

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Crandell, Kristen E., Anthony Herrel, Mahmood Sasa, Jonathan B. Losos, & Kellar Autumn. (2014). Stick or grip? Co-evolution of adhesive toepads and claws in Anolis lizards. Zoology. 117(6). 363–369. 60 indexed citations
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Gillies, Andrew G., Jonathan B. Puthoff, Michael J. Cohen, Kellar Autumn, & Ronald S. Fearing. (2013). Dry Self-Cleaning Properties of Hard and Soft Fibrillar Structures. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 5(13). 6081–6088. 37 indexed citations
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Loskill, Peter, Jonathan B. Puthoff, Matt Wilkinson, et al.. (2012). Macroscale adhesion of gecko setae reflects nanoscale differences in subsurface composition. Journal of The Royal Society Interface. 10(78). 20120587–20120587. 44 indexed citations
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Wilkinson, Matt, et al.. (2010). Effects of humidity on the mechanical properties of gecko setae. Acta Biomaterialia. 7(2). 733–738. 76 indexed citations
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Puthoff, Jonathan B., et al.. (2010). Changes in materials properties explain the effects of humidity on gecko adhesion. Journal of Experimental Biology. 213(21). 3699–3704. 122 indexed citations
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Seligmann, Hervé, Steven C. Anderson, Kellar Autumn, et al.. (2007). Analysis of the locomotor activity of a nocturnal desert lizard (Reptilia: Gekkonidae: Teratoscincus scincus) under varying moonlight. Zoology. 110(2). 104–117. 26 indexed citations
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Duncan, Rebecca P., Kellar Autumn, & Greta J. Binford. (2007). Convergent setal morphology in sand-covering spiders suggests a design principle for particle capture. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 274(1629). 3049–3057. 22 indexed citations
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Gravish, Nick, Matt Wilkinson, & Kellar Autumn. (2007). Frictional and elastic energy in gecko adhesive detachment. Journal of The Royal Society Interface. 5(20). 339–348. 112 indexed citations
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Majidi, Carmel, Richard E. Groff, Bryan Schubert, et al.. (2006). High Friction from a Stiff Polymer Using Microfiber Arrays. Physical Review Letters. 97(7). 76103–76103. 152 indexed citations
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Autumn, Kellar. (2006). How Gecko Toes Stick. American Scientist. 94(2). 124–124. 101 indexed citations
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Autumn, Kellar, Andrew Dittmore, Daniel Santos, Matthew Spenko, & Mark R. Cutkosky. (2006). Frictional adhesion: a new angle on gecko attachment. Journal of Experimental Biology. 209(18). 3569–3579. 522 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kearney, Michael, et al.. (2005). Increased Capacity for Sustained Locomotion at Low Temperature in Parthenogenetic Geckos of Hybrid Origin. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. 78(3). 316–324. 21 indexed citations
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Autumn, Kellar, et al.. (2005). Evidence for self-cleaning in gecko setae. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(2). 385–389. 436 indexed citations breakdown →
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Autumn, Kellar, Metin Sitti, Yiching A. Liang, et al.. (2002). Evidence for van der Waals adhesion in gecko setae. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 99(19). 12252–12256. 1495 indexed citations breakdown →
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Autumn, Kellar, Michael J. Ryan, & David B. Wake. (2002). Integrating Historical and Mechanistic Biology Enhances the Study of Adaptation. The Quarterly Review of Biology. 77(4). 383–408. 73 indexed citations
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Autumn, Kellar. (2002). Mechanisms of Adhesion in Geckos. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 42(6). 1081–1090. 458 indexed citations
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Autumn, Kellar, Yiching A. Liang, S. Tonia Hsieh, et al.. (2000). Adhesive force of a single gecko foot-hair. Nature. 405(6787). 681–685. 2190 indexed citations breakdown →
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Full, Robert J., et al.. (1998). Rapid negotiation of rough terrain by the death-head cockroach. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 38(5). 81. 38 indexed citations
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Autumn, Kellar, et al.. (1997). Low Cost of Locomotion in the Banded Gecko: A Test of the Nocturnality Hypothesis. Physiological Zoology. 70(6). 660–669. 36 indexed citations
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Autumn, Kellar & Jonathan B. Losos. (1997). Notes on Jumping Ability and Thermal Biology of the Enigmatic Anole Chamaelinorops barbouri. Journal of Herpetology. 31(3). 442–442. 3 indexed citations

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