Mark R. Brown

8.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
101 papers, 5.8k citations indexed

About

Mark R. Brown is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Insect Science and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark R. Brown has authored 101 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 63 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 54 papers in Insect Science and 35 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Mark R. Brown's work include Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (63 papers), Insect Utilization and Effects (37 papers) and Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms (34 papers). Mark R. Brown is often cited by papers focused on Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (63 papers), Insect Utilization and Effects (37 papers) and Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms (34 papers). Mark R. Brown collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and United Kingdom. Mark R. Brown's co-authors include Michael R. Strand, Joe W. Crim, Kerri L. Coon, Qi Wu, Arden O. Lea, Kevin J. Vogel, Stephen F. Garczynski, Chun Cao, Michael A. Riehle and Christian Kaufmann and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Mark R. Brown

98 papers receiving 5.7k citations

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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.

Mosquitoes rely on their gut microbiota for development

2014 386 citations Kerri L. Coon, Kevin J. Vogel et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mark R. Brown United States	45	3.3k	3.0k	1.6k	1.4k	1.4k	101	5.8k
Laurence J. Zwiebel United States	45	3.6k 1.1×	5.1k 1.7×	1000 0.6×	2.8k 2.1×	1.1k 0.8×	88	7.1k
Alexander S. Raikhel United States	64	5.6k 1.7×	4.8k 1.6×	2.2k 1.4×	2.7k 1.9×	4.2k 3.1×	170	10.9k
Fernando G. Noriega United States	38	1.6k 0.5×	1.8k 0.6×	699 0.4×	1.1k 0.8×	1.1k 0.8×	112	3.6k
Nicolas Buchon United States	35	3.5k 1.1×	1.4k 0.5×	781 0.5×	519 0.4×	1.6k 1.1×	65	6.0k
Zhen Zou China	38	3.2k 1.0×	1.3k 0.4×	588 0.4×	1.2k 0.9×	1.7k 1.2×	125	5.0k
Bruce M. Christensen United States	45	3.9k 1.2×	1.1k 0.4×	2.2k 1.4×	531 0.4×	1.7k 1.2×	180	6.5k
Christophe Antoniewski France	34	1.2k 0.4×	1.0k 0.3×	593 0.4×	780 0.6×	2.4k 1.7×	59	4.3k
Jozef Vanden Broeck Belgium	51	3.4k 1.0×	4.8k 1.6×	218 0.1×	2.5k 1.8×	3.2k 2.3×	232	8.0k
Julien Royet France	34	3.0k 0.9×	1.4k 0.5×	534 0.3×	406 0.3×	1.4k 1.1×	64	5.7k
Rickard Ignell Sweden	40	2.3k 0.7×	2.6k 0.9×	1.1k 0.7×	1.6k 1.2×	422 0.3×	143	4.8k

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Brown, Mark R., et al.. (2025). Mixed Respiratory Failure in the Setting of Necrotizing Autoimmune Myositis. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 211(Supplement_1). A3612–A3612.

Chen, Kangkang, et al.. (2024). Reciprocal interactions between neuropeptide F and RYamide regulate host attraction in the mosquito Aedes aegypti. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(28). e2408072121–e2408072121. 2 indexed citations

Chen, Kangkang, et al.. (2023). Insulin-like peptides and ovary ecdysteroidogenic hormone differentially stimulate physiological processes regulating egg formation in the mosquito Aedes aegypti. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 163. 104028–104028. 7 indexed citations

Hershberger, Courtney E., et al.. (2023). Characterization of Salivary and Plasma Metabolites as Biomarkers for HCC: A Pilot Study. Cancers. 15(18). 4527–4527. 8 indexed citations

Yang, Xiushuai, Vincent G. Martinson, Luca Valzania, et al.. (2023). The mosquito Aedes aegypti requires a gut microbiota for normal fecundity, longevity and vector competence. Communications Biology. 6(1). 1154–1154. 12 indexed citations

Valzania, Luca, et al.. (2019). Blood feeding activates the vitellogenic stage of oogenesis in the mosquito Aedes aegypti through inhibition of glycogen synthase kinase 3 by the insulin and TOR pathways. Developmental Biology. 454(1). 85–95. 50 indexed citations

Nuss, Andrew B. & Mark R. Brown. (2017). Isolation of an insulin-like peptide from the Asian malaria mosquito, Anopheles stephensi, that acts as a steroidogenic gonadotropin across diverse mosquito taxa. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 258. 140–148. 10 indexed citations

Vogel, Kevin J., Luca Valzania, Kerri L. Coon, Mark R. Brown, & Michael R. Strand. (2017). Transcriptome Sequencing Reveals Large-Scale Changes in Axenic Aedes aegypti Larvae. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 11(1). e0005273–e0005273. 44 indexed citations

Vogel, Kevin J., Mark R. Brown, & Michael R. Strand. (2013). Phylogenetic Investigation of Peptide Hormone and Growth Factor Receptors in Five Dipteran Genomes. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 4. 193–193. 38 indexed citations

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Dhara, Animesh, A.E. Robertson, Monika Gulia-Nuss, et al.. (2013). Ovary ecdysteroidogenic hormone functions independently of the insulin receptor in the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 43(12). 1100–1108. 58 indexed citations

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Nuss, Andrew B., et al.. (2009). Molecular characterization of neuropeptide F from the eastern subterranean termite Reticulitermes flavipes (Kollar) (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae). Peptides. 31(3). 419–428. 34 indexed citations

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Nuss, Andrew B., Brian T. Forschler, Joe W. Crim, & Mark R. Brown. (2008). Distribution of Neuropeptide F-Like Immunoreactivity in the Eastern Subterranean Termite,Reticulitermes flavipes. Journal of Insect Science. 8(68). 1–18. 20 indexed citations

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Kaufmann, Christian & Mark R. Brown. (2006). Adipokinetic hormones in the African malaria mosquito, Anopheles gambiae: Identification and expression of genes for two peptides and a putative receptor. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 36(6). 466–481. 72 indexed citations

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Champagne, Donald E., et al.. (2005). Evaluation of novel and traditional measures for vigor of laboratory-cultured termites, Reticulitermes flavipes (Kollar). Journal of Insect Physiology. 52(1). 51–66. 11 indexed citations

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Riehle, Michael A. & Mark R. Brown. (2003). Molecular analysis of the serine/threonine kinase Akt and its expression in the mosquito Aedes aegypti. Insect Molecular Biology. 12(3). 225–232. 39 indexed citations

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Riehle, Michael A. & Mark R. Brown. (2002). Insulin receptor expression during development and a reproductive cycle in the ovary of the mosquito Aedes aegypti. Cell and Tissue Research. 308(3). 409–420. 74 indexed citations

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Brown, Mark R. & Chun Cao. (2001). Distribution of Ovary Ecdysteroidogenic Hormone I in the nervous system and gut of mosquitoes.. Journal of Insect Science. 1. 3–3. 34 indexed citations

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Cao, Chun & Mark R. Brown. (2001). Localization of an insulin-like peptide in brains of two flies. Cell and Tissue Research. 304(2). 317–321. 134 indexed citations

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Brown, Mark R., et al.. (1998). RF-amide peptides isolated from the midgut of the corn earworm, Helicoverpa zea, resemble pancreatic polypeptide. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 28(5-6). 345–356. 42 indexed citations

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Graf, Rolf, Stefan Neuenschwander, Mark R. Brown, & Uwe Ackermann. (1997). Insulin‐mediated secretion of ecdysteroids from mosquito ovaries and molecular cloning of the insulin receptor homologue from ovaries of bloodfed Aedes aegypti. Insect Molecular Biology. 6(2). 151–163. 69 indexed citations

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