Michael A. Mares

7.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
164 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

Michael A. Mares is a scholar working on Ecology, Paleontology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael A. Mares has authored 164 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 74 papers in Ecology, 45 papers in Paleontology and 45 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Michael A. Mares's work include Evolution and Paleontology Studies (45 papers), Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (43 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (35 papers). Michael A. Mares is often cited by papers focused on Evolution and Paleontology Studies (45 papers), Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (43 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (35 papers). Michael A. Mares collaborates with scholars based in United States, Czechia and Germany. Michael A. Mares's co-authors include Martin Horn, Janet K. Braun, Michael R. Willig, Thomas E. Lacher, Hugh H. Genoways, Bruce D. Patterson, Ricardo A. Ojeda, Bernard D. Coleman, Ying‐Hen Hsieh and Daniel Sojka and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Michael A. Mares

160 papers receiving 5.4k citations

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Mammalian Biology in South America.

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael A. Mares United States	43	2.7k	2.0k	1.3k	1.0k	964	164	6.0k
Ronald A. Van Den Bussche United States	39	1.6k 0.6×	2.3k 1.2×	785 0.6×	795 0.8×	353 0.4×	153	4.6k
Jean‐François Cosson France	49	3.8k 1.4×	2.8k 1.4×	568 0.4×	1.2k 1.2×	1.2k 1.2×	162	9.5k
Gary R. Graves United States	34	3.8k 1.4×	2.5k 1.3×	831 0.7×	603 0.6×	2.9k 3.0×	184	7.3k
Adalgisa Caccone United States	52	2.3k 0.8×	1.5k 0.7×	706 0.6×	474 0.5×	1.5k 1.6×	252	8.9k
P. R. Baverstock Australia	37	1.7k 0.6×	1.1k 0.6×	452 0.4×	581 0.6×	665 0.7×	122	4.9k
Conrad A. Matthee South Africa	41	2.0k 0.8×	1.2k 0.6×	1.0k 0.8×	418 0.4×	698 0.7×	137	4.7k
David S. Woodruff United States	38	2.4k 0.9×	1.2k 0.6×	437 0.3×	292 0.3×	612 0.6×	95	5.0k
Markku Orell Finland	33	3.2k 1.2×	2.8k 1.4×	244 0.2×	356 0.3×	881 0.9×	104	5.7k
M. Hasegawa Japan	19	1.5k 0.5×	1.5k 0.8×	696 0.6×	334 0.3×	541 0.6×	32	5.9k
Sean Nee United Kingdom	44	3.2k 1.2×	3.3k 1.7×	1.9k 1.5×	282 0.3×	2.0k 2.1×	94	9.9k

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Horn, Martin, Daniel Sojka, Stephen Lu, et al.. (2025). Proteomic Insight Into the Ontogeny of Blood-Meal Digestion in the Tick Ixodes ricinus. Molecular & Cellular Proteomics. 24(9). 101054–101054.

Kovářová, Zuzana, Pavla Bartošová‐Sojková, Petr Pachl, et al.. (2023). An evolutionary molecular adaptation of an unusual stefin from the liver fluke Fasciola hepatica redefines the cystatin superfamily. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 299(3). 102970–102970. 4 indexed citations

Martins, Larissa Almeida, Jan Kotál, Natascha Stergiou, et al.. (2023). Protease-bound structure of Ricistatin provides insights into the mechanism of action of tick salivary cystatins in the vertebrate host. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 80(11). 339–339. 3 indexed citations

Li, Mi, et al.. (2021). Structural studies of complexes of kallikrein 4 with wild-type and mutated forms of the Kunitz-type inhibitor BbKI. Acta Crystallographica Section D Structural Biology. 77(8). 1084–1098. 2 indexed citations

Horn, Martin, et al.. (2020). Structural and Functional Characterization of Schistosoma mansoni Cathepsin B1. Methods in molecular biology. 2151. 145–158. 9 indexed citations

Li, Mi, et al.. (2019). Crystal structures of the complex of a kallikrein inhibitor fromBauhinia bauhinioideswith trypsin and modeling of kallikrein complexes. Acta Crystallographica Section D Structural Biology. 75(1). 56–69. 4 indexed citations

Vondrášek, Jiřı́, Lucie Marešová, Martin Hubálek, et al.. (2018). SmSP2: A serine protease secreted by the blood fluke pathogen Schistosoma mansoni with anti-hemostatic properties. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 12(4). e0006446–e0006446. 27 indexed citations

Brynda, J., Nawsad Alam, Daniel Sojka, et al.. (2018). Novel Structural Mechanism of Allosteric Regulation of Aspartic Peptidases via an Evolutionarily Conserved Exosite. Cell chemical biology. 25(3). 318–329.e4. 18 indexed citations

Horn, Martin, et al.. (2016). Digestive proteolysis in the Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata: Activity-based profiling and imaging of a multipeptidase network. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 78. 1–11. 11 indexed citations

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Bourguignon, Thomas, Jan Šobotník, David Sillam‐Dussès, et al.. (2015). Molecular Mechanism of the Two-Component Suicidal Weapon ofNeocapritermes taracuaOld Workers. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 33(3). 809–819. 22 indexed citations

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Franta, Zdeněk, Daniel Sojka, Jan Dvořák, et al.. (2011). IrCL1 – The haemoglobinolytic cathepsin L of the hard tick, Ixodes ricinus. International Journal for Parasitology. 41(12). 1253–1262. 36 indexed citations

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Franta, Zdeněk, et al.. (2010). Dynamics of digestive proteolytic system during blood feeding of the hard tick Ixodes ricinus. Parasites & Vectors. 3(1). 119–119. 89 indexed citations

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Horn, Martin, Lubomı́r Rulı́šek, Olga Vasiljeva, et al.. (2005). Activation processing of cathepsin H impairs recognition by its propeptide. Biological Chemistry. 386(9). 941–7. 9 indexed citations

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Žďárek, Jan, et al.. (2004). Comparison of the effects of pyrokinins and related peptides identified from arthropods on pupariation behaviour in flesh fly (Sarcophaga bullata) larvae (Diptera: Sarcophagidae). Journal of Insect Physiology. 50(2-3). 233–239. 22 indexed citations

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Mares, Michael A.. (2002). A DESERT CALLING. Harvard University Press eBooks. 2 indexed citations

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Marešová, Lucie, et al.. (2000). Characterization of interaction of gH and gL glycoproteins of varicella-zoster virus: their processing and trafficking. Journal of General Virology. 81(6). 1545–1552. 21 indexed citations

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Horn, Martin, et al.. (2000). Arginine‐based structures are specific inhibitors of cathepsin C. European Journal of Biochemistry. 267(11). 3330–3336. 22 indexed citations

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Koelsch, Gerald, Michael A. Mares, Peter Metcalf, & Martin Fusek. (1994). Multiple functions of pro‐parts of aspartic proteinase zymogens. FEBS Letters. 343(1). 6–10. 82 indexed citations

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Mares, Michael A.. (1976). Convergent evolution of desert rodents: multivariate analysis and zoogeographic implications. Paleobiology. 2(1). 39–63. 53 indexed citations

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Fleharty, Eugene D. & Michael A. Mares. (1972). Fluctuation in Population Density of the Hispid Cotton Rat: Factors Influencing a "Crash". Occidental College Scholar (Occidental College). 1 indexed citations

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