Michael A. Long

7.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
68 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Michael A. Long is a scholar working on Developmental Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael A. Long has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Developmental Biology, 20 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 19 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Michael A. Long's work include Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (26 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (19 papers) and Marine animal studies overview (14 papers). Michael A. Long is often cited by papers focused on Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (26 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (19 papers) and Marine animal studies overview (14 papers). Michael A. Long collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. Michael A. Long's co-authors include Barry W. Connors, Michale S. Fee, Xiankai Sun, Robin Scarcella, Stephen Krashen, Jie Zheng, Yanping Qin, Daniela Vallentin, Dezhe Z. Jin and Carole E. Landisman and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Michael A. Long

66 papers receiving 4.8k 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.

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael A. Long United States	34	1.6k	1.5k	1.2k	866	727	68	4.9k
Aaron S. Andalman United States	17	1.3k 0.8×	1.1k 0.7×	880 0.7×	714 0.8×	651 0.9×	19	4.6k
Bence P. Ölveczky United States	28	1.1k 0.7×	2.2k 1.4×	777 0.6×	659 0.8×	641 0.9×	44	4.1k
Carlos Lois United States	34	3.6k 2.3×	615 0.4×	5.1k 4.2×	211 0.2×	204 0.3×	57	10.9k
B.J. Frost United States	32	900 0.6×	1.7k 1.1×	575 0.5×	283 0.3×	402 0.6×	85	3.5k
Douglas L. Oliver United States	42	1.4k 0.9×	3.1k 2.0×	471 0.4×	452 0.5×	269 0.4×	155	5.6k
Linda Wilbrecht United States	33	3.4k 2.2×	2.4k 1.6×	1.1k 0.9×	159 0.2×	153 0.2×	64	6.3k
David F. Clayton United States	48	2.4k 1.5×	795 0.5×	2.6k 2.1×	2.7k 3.2×	3.1k 4.3×	110	11.9k
Tobias Moser Germany	65	3.9k 2.5×	3.4k 2.2×	5.1k 4.2×	288 0.3×	114 0.2×	204	12.1k
Samuel S.‐H. Wang United States	36	2.4k 1.5×	2.0k 1.3×	1.4k 1.1×	70 0.1×	201 0.3×	76	5.4k
Jian Zuo United States	39	1.2k 0.8×	1.2k 0.8×	1.8k 1.5×	98 0.1×	51 0.1×	106	5.5k

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Haney, James F., Xia Zhu, Michael A. Long, et al.. (2025). The influence of flow on the amount, retention and loss of plastic pollution in an urban river. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences. 383(2307). 20230023–20230023.

Yang, Zetian & Michael A. Long. (2025). Convergent vocal representations in parrot and human forebrain motor networks. Nature. 640(8058). 427–434.

Banerjee, Arkarup, et al.. (2024). Temporal scaling of motor cortical dynamics reveals hierarchical control of vocal production. Nature Neuroscience. 27(3). 527–535. 6 indexed citations

Elmaleh, Margot, Jeong Woo Kim, Paul W. Frazel, et al.. (2024). Differential behavioral engagement of inhibitory interneuron subtypes in the zebra finch brain. Neuron. 113(3). 460–470.e7. 2 indexed citations

Guenther, Frank H., et al.. (2022). A Theoretical Framework for Human and Nonhuman Vocal Interaction. Annual Review of Neuroscience. 45(1). 295–316. 13 indexed citations

Kovach, Christopher K., et al.. (2022). A speech planning network for interactive language use. Nature. 602(7895). 117–122. 49 indexed citations

Long, Michael A., et al.. (2022). Mapping the vocal circuitry of Alston's singing mouse with pseudorabies virus. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 530(12). 2075–2099. 7 indexed citations

Burgess, Jason, Sharon Chiang, A. H. Weiss, et al.. (2020). An optimized QF-binary expression system for use in zebrafish. Developmental Biology. 465(2). 144–156. 11 indexed citations

Banerjee, Arkarup, et al.. (2019). Motor cortical control of vocal interaction in neotropical singing mice. Science. 363(6430). 983–988. 93 indexed citations

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Banerjee, Arkarup, Steven M. Phelps, & Michael A. Long. (2019). Singing mice. Current Biology. 29(6). R190–R191. 21 indexed citations

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Kornfeld, Joergen, Sam E. Benezra, Rajeevan T. Narayanan, et al.. (2017). EM connectomics reveals axonal target variation in a sequence-generating network. eLife. 6. 70 indexed citations

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Picardo, Michel A., Josh Merel, Kalman A. Katlowitz, et al.. (2016). Population-Level Representation of a Temporal Sequence Underlying Song Production in the Zebra Finch. Neuron. 90(4). 866–876. 78 indexed citations

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Long, Michael A., Kalman A. Katlowitz, Mario A. Svirsky, et al.. (2016). Functional Segregation of Cortical Regions Underlying Speech Timing and Articulation. Neuron. 89(6). 1187–1193. 100 indexed citations

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Vallentin, Daniela & Michael A. Long. (2015). Motor Origin of Precise Synaptic Inputs onto Forebrain Neurons Driving a Skilled Behavior. Journal of Neuroscience. 35(1). 299–307. 36 indexed citations

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English, Daniel F., Adrien Peyrache, Eran Stark, et al.. (2014). Excitation and Inhibition Compete to Control Spiking during Hippocampal Ripples: Intracellular Study in Behaving Mice. Journal of Neuroscience. 34(49). 16509–16517. 108 indexed citations

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Fee, Michale S. & Michael A. Long. (2011). New methods for localizing and manipulating neuronal dynamics in behaving animals. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 1 indexed citations

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Fee, Michale S. & Michael A. Long. (2011). New methods for localizing and manipulating neuronal dynamics in behaving animals. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 21(5). 693–700. 10 indexed citations

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Long, Michael A., Dezhe Z. Jin, & Michale S. Fee. (2010). Support for a synaptic chain model of neuronal sequence generation. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 1 indexed citations

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Long, Michael A. & Fábio Rossi. (2009). Silencing Inhibits Cre-Mediated Recombination of the Z/AP and Z/EG Reporters in Adult Cells. PLoS ONE. 4(5). e5435–e5435. 53 indexed citations

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Larrivée, Bruno, Kyle Niessen, Ingrid L. Pollet, et al.. (2005). Minimal Contribution of Marrow-Derived Endothelial Precursors to Tumor Vasculature. The Journal of Immunology. 175(5). 2890–2899. 57 indexed citations

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