Megan L. Porter

4.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
75 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Megan L. Porter is a scholar working on Ecology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Megan L. Porter has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Ecology, 30 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 18 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Megan L. Porter's work include Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (28 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (15 papers) and Crustacean biology and ecology (14 papers). Megan L. Porter is often cited by papers focused on Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (28 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (15 papers) and Crustacean biology and ecology (14 papers). Megan L. Porter collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. Megan L. Porter's co-authors include Annette Summers Engel, Keith A. Crandall, Barbara J. Campbell, Ken Takai, Thomas W. Cronin, Marcos Pérez‐Losada, Michael J. Bok, Phyllis R. Robinson, Katharina Dittmar and Michael F. Whiting and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Megan L. Porter

72 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Hit Papers

The versatile ε-proteobacteria: key players in sulphidic ... 2006 2026 2012 2019 2006 100 200 300 400 500
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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.

  1. The versatile ε-proteobacteria: key players in sulphidic habitats
    2006 556 citations Megan L. Porter et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Megan L. Porter United States 28 1.4k 791 731 533 439 75 2.9k
Frederick W. Harrison United States 18 1.2k 0.8× 821 1.0× 340 0.5× 703 1.3× 771 1.8× 57 3.3k
Völker Storch Germany 35 1.5k 1.1× 567 0.7× 246 0.3× 536 1.0× 730 1.7× 204 4.3k
Bruce H. Robison United States 39 2.3k 1.6× 469 0.6× 331 0.5× 1.1k 2.1× 2.0k 4.5× 115 5.3k
Peter S. Cranston Australia 30 2.9k 2.0× 585 0.7× 132 0.2× 1.7k 3.1× 220 0.5× 145 5.2k
Neil W. Blackstone United States 25 767 0.5× 714 0.9× 69 0.1× 238 0.4× 355 0.8× 96 2.0k
Alan J. Kohn United States 29 886 0.6× 992 1.3× 128 0.2× 391 0.7× 999 2.3× 97 2.8k
Claus Nielsen Denmark 40 1.4k 1.0× 1.1k 1.4× 291 0.4× 970 1.8× 1.4k 3.2× 108 4.7k
Ralph Tollrian Germany 41 2.8k 2.0× 532 0.7× 235 0.3× 1.4k 2.7× 852 1.9× 107 5.7k
Hans Ramløv Denmark 28 1.1k 0.8× 225 0.3× 282 0.4× 826 1.5× 262 0.6× 73 2.5k
Michael Vecchione United States 26 1.9k 1.3× 276 0.3× 163 0.2× 1.5k 2.9× 977 2.2× 139 3.1k

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All Works

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Hoch, Hannelore, et al.. (2024). From the dark side of paradise: a new natural replication of cave planthopper evolution from Hawaiian lava tubes (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 202(3). 2 indexed citations
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Feller, Kathryn D., et al.. (2023). Investigation of the ultrastructures and retinal arrangements of larval stomatopod eyes. Arthropod Structure & Development. 73. 101251–101251. 1 indexed citations
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Porter, Megan L., et al.. (2021). Scaling and development of elastic mechanisms: the tiny strikes of larval mantis shrimp. Journal of Experimental Biology. 224(8). 13 indexed citations
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Bracken‐Grissom, Heather D., et al.. (2020). Light organ photosensitivity in deep-sea shrimp may suggest a novel role in counterillumination. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 4485–4485. 49 indexed citations
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Feller, Kathryn D., et al.. (2020). Using larval barcoding to estimate stomatopod species richness at Lizard Island, Australia for conservation monitoring. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 10990–10990. 9 indexed citations
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Porter, Megan L., et al.. (2019). Expression of extraocular opsin genes and light-dependent basal activity of blind cavefish. PeerJ. 7. e8148–e8148. 12 indexed citations
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Porter, Megan L. & Lauren Sumner‐Rooney. (2018). Evolution in the Dark: Unifying our Understanding of Eye Loss. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 58(3). 367–371. 16 indexed citations
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Bilandžija, Helena, Mara Laslo, Megan L. Porter, & Daniel W. Fong. (2017). Melanization in response to wounding is ancestral in arthropods and conserved in albino cave species. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 17148–17148. 37 indexed citations
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Porter, Megan L., Robert A. McCready, Evan G. Cameron, et al.. (2014). Characterization of visual pigments, oil droplets, lens and cornea in the whooping crane Grus americana. Journal of Experimental Biology. 217(21). 3883–3890. 9 indexed citations
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Porter, Megan L., et al.. (2013). The Evolution of Complexity in the Visual Systems of Stomatopods: Insights from Transcriptomics. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 53(1). 39–49. 39 indexed citations
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Porter, Megan L., Joseph R. Blasic, Michael J. Bok, et al.. (2011). Shedding new light on opsin evolution. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 279(1726). 3–14. 198 indexed citations
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Porter, Megan L., Michael J. Bok, Phyllis R. Robinson, & Thomas W. Cronin. (2009). Molecular diversity of visual pigments in Stomatopoda (Crustacea). Visual Neuroscience. 26(3). 255–265. 53 indexed citations
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Cronin, Thomas W. & Megan L. Porter. (2008). Exceptional Variation on a Common Theme: The Evolution of Crustacean Compound Eyes. Evolution Education and Outreach. 1(4). 463–475. 30 indexed citations
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Dittmar, Katharina, Megan L. Porter, Liz Price, Gavin J. Svenson, & Michael F. Whiting. (2005). A brief survey of invertebrates in caves of Peninsular Malaysia. 57(2). 221–233. 9 indexed citations
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Porter, Megan L., Marcos Pérez‐Losada, & Keith A. Crandall. (2005). Model-based multi-locus estimation of decapod phylogeny and divergence times. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 37(2). 355–369. 197 indexed citations
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Porter, Megan L., et al.. (2005). Characterization of the Long-Wavelength Opsin from Mecoptera and Siphonaptera: Does a Flea See?. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 22(5). 1165–1174. 26 indexed citations

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