Mala Murthy

7.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
44 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Mala Murthy is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Mala Murthy has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 24 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 19 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Mala Murthy's work include Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (32 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (24 papers) and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (19 papers). Mala Murthy is often cited by papers focused on Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (32 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (24 papers) and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (19 papers). Mala Murthy collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Italy. Mala Murthy's co-authors include Talmo Pereira, Joshua W. Shaevitz, Thomas L. Schwarz, Philip Coen, Jan Clemens, Samuel S.‐H. Wang, Diego A. Pacheco, Diego Aldarondo, Lindsay Willmore and Mikhail Kislin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Mala Murthy

42 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Fast animal pose estimation using deep neural networks

2018 387 citations Samuel S.‐H. Wang, Mala Murthy et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mala Murthy United States	26	1.1k	666	626	592	578	44	2.4k
Damon A. Clark United States	31	1.5k 1.3×	560 0.8×	248 0.4×	818 1.4×	424 0.7×	68	3.3k
Kristin Branson United States	24	1.3k 1.2×	851 1.3×	461 0.7×	714 1.2×	811 1.4×	39	4.2k
Arnim Jenett France	14	1.9k 1.7×	815 1.2×	273 0.4×	827 1.4×	1000 1.7×	21	2.9k
Michael B. Reiser United States	24	2.2k 1.9×	942 1.4×	246 0.4×	485 0.8×	842 1.5×	38	2.5k
Gwyneth M Card United States	21	1.5k 1.3×	803 1.2×	235 0.4×	280 0.5×	712 1.2×	37	2.0k
Eric D. Hoopfer United States	15	1.3k 1.2×	498 0.7×	246 0.4×	511 0.9×	590 1.0×	17	2.0k
Andrew Straw United States	27	1.5k 1.3×	1.1k 1.6×	186 0.3×	243 0.4×	774 1.3×	66	3.0k
Alice A. Robie United States	11	679 0.6×	507 0.8×	149 0.2×	181 0.3×	473 0.8×	15	1.4k
Pavan P Ramdya Switzerland	19	878 0.8×	323 0.5×	195 0.3×	353 0.6×	476 0.8×	30	1.6k
Amir Ayali Israel	29	1.3k 1.1×	528 0.8×	207 0.3×	282 0.5×	607 1.1×	123	2.5k

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Baker, Christa A., et al.. (2024). The role of fruitless in specifying courtship behaviors across divergent Drosophila species. Science Advances. 10(11). eadk1273–eadk1273. 6 indexed citations

Cowley, Benjamin R., et al.. (2024). Mapping model units to visual neurons reveals population code for social behaviour. Nature. 629(8014). 1100–1108. 12 indexed citations

Matsliah, Arie, Szi-chieh Yu, Krzysztof Kruk, et al.. (2024). Neuronal parts list and wiring diagram for a visual system. Nature. 634(8032). 166–180. 21 indexed citations

Pacheco, Diego A., et al.. (2023). Flexible circuit mechanisms for context-dependent song sequencing. Nature. 622(7984). 794–801. 16 indexed citations

Pacheco, Diego A., Stephan Y. Thiberge, Eftychios A. Pnevmatikakis, & Mala Murthy. (2020). Auditory activity is diverse and widespread throughout the central brain of Drosophila. Nature Neuroscience. 24(1). 93–104. 29 indexed citations

Calhoun, Adam J., Jonathan W. Pillow, & Mala Murthy. (2019). Unsupervised identification of the internal states that shape natural behavior. Nature Neuroscience. 22(12). 2040–2049. 104 indexed citations

Deutsch, David, et al.. (2019). Shared Song Detector Neurons in Drosophila Male and Female Brains Drive Sex-Specific Behaviors. Current Biology. 29(19). 3200–3215.e5. 38 indexed citations

Clemens, Jan, Nofar Ozeri-Engelhard, & Mala Murthy. (2018). Fast intensity adaptation enhances the encoding of sound in Drosophila. Nature Communications. 9(1). 134–134. 22 indexed citations

Stern, David L., Jan Clemens, Philip Coen, et al.. (2017). Experimental and statistical reevaluation provides no evidence for Drosophila courtship song rhythms. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(37). 9978–9983. 10 indexed citations

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Crocker, Amanda, et al.. (2016). Cell-Type-Specific Transcriptome Analysis in the Drosophila Mushroom Body Reveals Memory-Related Changes in Gene Expression. Cell Reports. 15(7). 1580–1596. 57 indexed citations

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Coen, Philip & Mala Murthy. (2016). Singing on the fly: sensorimotor integration and acoustic communication in Drosophila. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 38. 38–45. 22 indexed citations

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Coen, Philip, et al.. (2016). Sensorimotor Transformations Underlying Variability in Song Intensity during Drosophila Courtship. Neuron. 89(3). 629–644. 63 indexed citations

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Clemens, Jan, et al.. (2015). Connecting Neural Codes with Behavior in the Auditory System of Drosophila. Neuron. 87(6). 1332–1343. 46 indexed citations

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Sun, Xiaonan Richard, Aleksandra Badura, Diego A. Pacheco, et al.. (2013). Fast GCaMPs for improved tracking of neuronal activity. Nature Communications. 4(1). 2170–2170. 106 indexed citations

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Arthur, Benjamin, et al.. (2013). Multi-channel acoustic recording and automated analysis of Drosophila courtship songs. BMC Biology. 11(1). 11–11. 76 indexed citations

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Murthy, Mala, et al.. (2010). Sec5, a member of the exocyst complex, mediates Drosophila embryo cellularization. Development. 137(16). 2773–2783. 30 indexed citations

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Murthy, Mala. (2010). Unraveling the auditory system of Drosophila. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 20(3). 281–287. 21 indexed citations

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Menon, Kaushiki P., Shane E. Andrews, Mala Murthy, Elizabeth R. Gavis, & Kai Zinn. (2009). The Translational Repressors Nanos and Pumilio Have Divergent Effects on Presynaptic Terminal Growth and Postsynaptic Glutamate Receptor Subunit Composition. Journal of Neuroscience. 29(17). 5558–5572. 55 indexed citations

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Murthy, Mala, Ila Fiete, & Gilles Laurent. (2008). Testing Odor Response Stereotypy in the Drosophila Mushroom Body. Neuron. 59(6). 1009–1023. 119 indexed citations

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Murthy, Mala, Dan Garza, Richard H. Scheller, & Thomas L. Schwarz. (2003). Mutations in the Exocyst Component Sec5 Disrupt Neuronal Membrane Traffic, but Neurotransmitter Release Persists. Neuron. 37(3). 433–447. 167 indexed citations

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