Michael D. Burns

526 total citations
26 papers, 300 citations indexed

About

Michael D. Burns is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Paleontology and Aquatic Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael D. Burns has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 300 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 9 papers in Paleontology and 7 papers in Aquatic Science. Recurrent topics in Michael D. Burns's work include Fish biology, ecology, and behavior (10 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (9 papers) and Fish Biology and Ecology Studies (7 papers). Michael D. Burns is often cited by papers focused on Fish biology, ecology, and behavior (10 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (9 papers) and Fish Biology and Ecology Studies (7 papers). Michael D. Burns collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Brazil. Michael D. Burns's co-authors include Brian L. Sidlauskas, Devin D. Bloom, Tiffany A. Schriever, Thaddaeus John Buser, J. Andrés López, José Luís Olivan Birindelli, Matthew A. Kolmann, Nathan R. Lovejoy, Benjamin W. Frable and Michael L. Collyer and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The American Naturalist and Evolution.

In The Last Decade

Michael D. Burns

22 papers receiving 298 citations

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael D. Burns United States 11 180 109 68 59 49 26 300
Maura Palacios Mejia United States 6 104 0.6× 62 0.6× 26 0.4× 133 2.3× 53 1.1× 11 229
Leslie C. Kelso‐Winemiller United States 7 272 1.5× 191 1.8× 31 0.5× 114 1.9× 28 0.6× 11 351
Rosalía Aguilar‐Medrano Mexico 10 148 0.8× 50 0.5× 37 0.5× 161 2.7× 23 0.5× 30 289
John J. Pogonoski Australia 11 204 1.1× 101 0.9× 34 0.5× 132 2.2× 34 0.7× 40 333
Antonio Machado‐Allison Venezuela 12 361 2.0× 295 2.7× 38 0.6× 64 1.1× 17 0.3× 29 416
Fábio Muniz Brazil 9 137 0.8× 24 0.2× 93 1.4× 82 1.4× 58 1.2× 21 254
Alfonso A. González‐Díaz Mexico 9 263 1.5× 140 1.3× 13 0.2× 140 2.4× 20 0.4× 28 328
Giancarlo Gibertini Italy 13 157 0.9× 121 1.1× 18 0.3× 308 5.2× 27 0.6× 42 417
Darrell J. Siebert United Kingdom 9 191 1.1× 127 1.2× 30 0.4× 51 0.9× 39 0.8× 18 269
Adriana Almirón Argentina 16 632 3.5× 537 4.9× 50 0.7× 76 1.3× 60 1.2× 65 697

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All Works

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Sidlauskas, Brian L., Bruno Francelino de Melo, José Luís Olivan Birindelli, et al.. (2025). Molecular phylogenetics, a new classification, and a new genus of the Neotropical fish family Anostomidae (Teleostei: Characiformes). Neotropical Ichthyology. 23(1). 2 indexed citations
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Burns, Michael D., et al.. (2025). Evolutionary lability of a key innovation spurs rapid diversification. Nature. 639(8056). 962–967. 6 indexed citations
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Burns, Michael D., et al.. (2025). Gut specialization for lower trophic levels shapes morphological evolution in North American minnows and suckers. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 145(2).
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Burns, Michael D., Sarah T. Friedman, Katherine A. Corn, et al.. (2024). High-latitude ocean habitats are a crucible of fish body shape diversification. Evolution Letters. 8(5). 669–679. 2 indexed citations
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Burns, Michael D., Anthony J. Barley, Michael L. Yuan, et al.. (2024). Complexity and weak integration promote the diversity of reef fish oral jaws. Communications Biology. 7(1). 1433–1433. 4 indexed citations
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Burns, Michael D., Jason H. Knouft, & Casey B. Dillman. (2023). The role of abiotic and biotic factors in the unequal body shape diversification of a Gondwanan fish radiation (Otophysi: Characiformes). Evolution. 78(2). 253–266. 1 indexed citations
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Burns, Michael D., Michael L. Collyer, & Brian L. Sidlauskas. (2022). Simultaneous integration and modularity underlie the exceptional body shape diversification of characiform fishes. Evolution. 77(3). 746–762. 10 indexed citations
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Betancur‐R, Ricardo, Michael D. Burns, Thaddaeus John Buser, et al.. (2022). Patterns of Phenotypic Evolution Associated with Marine/Freshwater Transitions in Fishes. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 62(2). 406–423. 10 indexed citations
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Faircloth, Brant C., Fernando Alda, Kendra Hoekzema, et al.. (2020). A Target Enrichment Bait Set for Studying Relationships among Ostariophysan Fishes. Copeia. 108(1). 47–47. 27 indexed citations
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Burns, Michael D. & Devin D. Bloom. (2020). Migratory lineages rapidly evolve larger body sizes than non-migratory relatives in ray-finned fishes. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 287(1918). 20192615–20192615. 27 indexed citations
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Kolmann, Matthew A., et al.. (2020). Habitat transitions alter the adaptive landscape and shape phenotypic evolution in needlefishes (Belonidae). Ecology and Evolution. 10(8). 3769–3783. 20 indexed citations
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Bloom, Devin D., Michael D. Burns, & Tiffany A. Schriever. (2018). Evolution of body size and trophic position in migratory fishes: a phylogenetic comparative analysis of Clupeiformes (anchovies, herring, shad and allies). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 125(2). 302–314. 29 indexed citations
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Buser, Thaddaeus John, Michael D. Burns, & J. Andrés López. (2017). Littorally adaptive? Testing the link between habitat, morphology, and reproduction in the intertidal sculpin subfamily Oligocottinae (Pisces: Cottoidea). PeerJ. 5. e3634–e3634. 19 indexed citations
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Burns, Michael D., et al.. (2017). Systematic assessment of the Leporinus desmotes species complex, with a description of two new species. Neotropical Ichthyology. 15(2). 21 indexed citations
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Burns, Michael D.. (2016). A pocket review of a pocket field guide. Environmental Biology of Fishes. 99(11). 907–908.
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Burns, Michael D., et al.. (2016). Long-term Isopropanol Storage Does Not Alter Fish Morphometrics. Copeia. 104(2). 411–420. 14 indexed citations
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Hopkins, Robert L., et al.. (2008). Building a Centralized Database for Kentucky Fishes: Progress and Future Applications. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 69(2). 164–169. 3 indexed citations
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Heasley, Victor L., Michael D. Burns, Nathan A. Kemalyan, et al.. (1989). AQUEOUS CHLORINATION OF RESORCINOL. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 8(12). 1159–1159.
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Heasley, Victor L., Michael D. Burns, Nathan A. Kemalyan, et al.. (1989). Aqueous chlorination of resorcinol. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 8(12). 1159–1163. 19 indexed citations

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