Michael Balter

2.8k total citations
261 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Michael Balter is a scholar working on Archeology, Molecular Biology and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Balter has authored 261 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Archeology, 18 papers in Molecular Biology and 15 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Michael Balter's work include Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (14 papers), HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses (12 papers) and HIV Research and Treatment (8 papers). Michael Balter is often cited by papers focused on Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (14 papers), HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses (12 papers) and HIV Research and Treatment (8 papers). Michael Balter collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Australia and Canada. Michael Balter's co-authors include Gretchen Vogel, Florian Kargl, J. Drescher, Andreas Meyer, Jon Cohen, A.M. Gibbons, Elke Sondermann, Matthias Sperl, Xiang Cheng and Christoph Dreißigacker and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Review of Scientific Instruments and Scientific American.

In The Last Decade

Michael Balter

220 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael Balter Germany 19 210 190 168 148 145 261 1.3k
Ann Gibbons United Kingdom 20 193 0.9× 190 1.0× 186 1.1× 128 0.9× 232 1.6× 287 1.8k
Mark N. Grote United States 20 126 0.6× 164 0.9× 156 0.9× 144 1.0× 162 1.1× 50 1.2k
Virginia Morell United States 17 140 0.7× 75 0.4× 60 0.4× 53 0.4× 208 1.4× 127 966
Andrew Lawler United States 12 166 0.8× 87 0.5× 56 0.3× 77 0.5× 125 0.9× 340 1.0k
Connie J. Mulligan United States 27 591 2.8× 215 1.1× 184 1.1× 322 2.2× 944 6.5× 98 2.5k
Richard Walter New Zealand 21 137 0.7× 534 2.8× 245 1.5× 156 1.1× 221 1.5× 70 1.6k
Frank Rühli Switzerland 28 217 1.0× 236 1.2× 98 0.6× 1.0k 6.9× 412 2.8× 249 3.0k
Cesare de Filippo Germany 16 264 1.3× 332 1.7× 429 2.6× 417 2.8× 666 4.6× 17 1.4k
Michael A. Hoffman Israel 31 1.5k 7.3× 146 0.8× 55 0.3× 174 1.2× 322 2.2× 116 4.3k
Deborah A. Bolnick United States 24 265 1.3× 359 1.9× 228 1.4× 335 2.3× 991 6.8× 44 1.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Michael Balter

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Balter

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Balter

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Michael Balter. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Michael Balter based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Michael Balter. Michael Balter is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Balter, Michael & A.M. Gibbons. (2015). Indo-European languages tied to herders. Science. 347(6224). 814–815. 4 indexed citations
2.
Balter, Michael. (2014). Talking Back to Madness. Science. 343(6176). 1190–1193. 8 indexed citations
3.
Balter, Michael. (2013). Can Animals Envision the Future? Scientists Spar Over New Data. Science. 340(6135). 909–909. 3 indexed citations
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Balter, Michael. (2012). Early Dates for Artistic Europeans. Science. 336(6085). 1086–1087. 5 indexed citations
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Kargl, Florian, et al.. (2011). Versatile compact X-ray radiography module for materials science under microgravity conditions. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 327. 12011–12011. 10 indexed citations
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Balter, Michael. (2008). Going Deeper Into the Grotte Chauvet. Science. 321(5891). 904–905. 5 indexed citations
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Balter, Michael. (2006). The Baby Deficit. Science. 312(5782). 1894–1897. 17 indexed citations
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Balter, Michael. (2005). Expression of Endorphin Gene Favored in Human Evolution. Science. 310(5752). 1257–1257. 2 indexed citations
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Balter, Michael. (2001). Windfall for European Data Bank. Science. 292(5520). 1275–1275. 2 indexed citations
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Balter, Michael. (2000). New Chief Promises Renewal and Openness. Science. 287(5453). 567–567. 1 indexed citations
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Balter, Michael. (2000). For 'Father' of Abortion Drug, Vindication at Last. Science. 290(5489). 39–39. 1 indexed citations
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Balter, Michael. (2000). Was Lamarck Just a Little Bit Right?. Science. 288(5463). 38–38. 21 indexed citations
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Balter, Michael. (1999). AIDS Now World's Fourth Biggest Killer. Science. 284(5417). 1101–1101. 16 indexed citations
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Balter, Michael. (1998). Impending AIDS Vaccine Trial Opens Old Wounds. Science. 279(5351). 650–650. 6 indexed citations
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Balter, Michael. (1998). Global Program Struggles to Stem the Flood of New Cases. Science. 280(5371). 1863–1864. 5 indexed citations
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Balter, Michael. (1998). HIV Incidence: 'More Serious Than We Imagined'. Science. 280(5371). 1864–1864. 4 indexed citations
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Balter, Michael & Jon Cohen. (1998). International AIDS Meeting Injects a Dose of Realism. Science. 281(5374). 159–160. 3 indexed citations
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Balter, Michael. (1997). NMR maps giant molecules as they fold and flutter.. PubMed. 278(5340). 1014–5. 1 indexed citations
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Balter, Michael. (1996). New Clues to Brain Dopamine Control, Cocaine Addiction. Science. 271(5251). 909–909. 15 indexed citations
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Mellinger, Glen D., et al.. (1978). Progress report on a study of public judgments regarding ethical issues in biomedical reports [proceedings].. PubMed. 14(2). 29–30. 1 indexed citations

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