Michael Habib

2.6k total citations
24 papers, 570 citations indexed

About

Michael Habib is a scholar working on Paleontology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Habib has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 570 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Paleontology, 12 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 7 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Michael Habib's work include Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (20 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (12 papers) and Ichthyology and Marine Biology (9 papers). Michael Habib is often cited by papers focused on Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (20 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (12 papers) and Ichthyology and Marine Biology (9 papers). Michael Habib collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Hong Kong. Michael Habib's co-authors include Christopher B. Ruff, T. Alexander Dececchi, Hans C. E. Larsson, Luis M. Chiappe, Thomas G. Kaye, Michael Pittman, Xing Xu, Mark A. Norell, Stephen L. Brusatte and Rui Pei and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Michael Habib

22 papers receiving 548 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 Habib United States 13 486 230 111 77 71 24 570
Brandon M. Kilbourne Germany 15 385 0.8× 129 0.6× 141 1.3× 84 1.1× 117 1.6× 25 527
Mark P. Witton United Kingdom 18 828 1.7× 534 2.3× 89 0.8× 44 0.6× 108 1.5× 37 912
John B. Scannella United States 9 453 0.9× 204 0.9× 56 0.5× 67 0.9× 110 1.5× 16 513
Andreas Christian Germany 14 680 1.4× 338 1.5× 111 1.0× 94 1.2× 162 2.3× 27 845
Christian Foth Germany 19 971 2.0× 514 2.2× 69 0.6× 193 2.5× 194 2.7× 41 1.1k
Amanda R. Falk United States 12 353 0.7× 154 0.7× 73 0.7× 26 0.3× 82 1.2× 22 439
Gao Chunling China 17 821 1.7× 523 2.3× 66 0.6× 52 0.7× 76 1.1× 28 849
Francisco J. Serrano Spain 15 432 0.9× 116 0.5× 156 1.4× 145 1.9× 24 0.3× 23 513
Armand J. de Ricqlès France 7 653 1.3× 395 1.7× 72 0.6× 69 0.9× 90 1.3× 7 700
Guillermo Navalón United Kingdom 11 328 0.7× 134 0.6× 85 0.8× 123 1.6× 56 0.8× 18 424

Countries citing papers authored by Michael Habib

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Habib

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Habib

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Michael Habib. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Michael Habib 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 Habib. Michael Habib 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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Broeckhoven, Chris, Thomas J. Challands, Anton du Plessis, et al.. (2025). Palaeo-bioinspiration draws on the fossil record to advance innovation. Communications Biology. 8(1). 706–706.
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Wang, Xiaoli, Xiaoting Zheng, Thomas G. Kaye, et al.. (2025). New information on the Hind limb feathering, soft tissues and skeleton of Microraptor (Theropoda: Dromaeosauridae). BMC Ecology and Evolution. 25(1). 37–37. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Xiaoli, Xiaoting Zheng, Thomas G. Kaye, et al.. (2025). Forelimb feathering, soft tissues, and skeleton of the flying dromaeosaurid Microraptor. BMC Ecology and Evolution. 25(1). 65–65. 1 indexed citations
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Pittman, Michael, et al.. (2022). Quadrupedal water launch capability demonstrated in small Late Jurassic pterosaurs. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 6540–6540. 3 indexed citations
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Pei, Rui, Michael Pittman, Pablo A. Goloboff, et al.. (2020). Potential for Powered Flight Neared by Most Close Avialan Relatives, but Few Crossed Its Thresholds. Current Biology. 30(20). 4033–4046.e8. 86 indexed citations
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Dececchi, T. Alexander, Aleksandra M. Mloszewska, Thomas R. Holtz, Michael Habib, & Hans C. E. Larsson. (2020). The fast and the frugal: Divergent locomotory strategies drive limb lengthening in theropod dinosaurs. PLoS ONE. 15(5). e0223698–e0223698. 20 indexed citations
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Martin‐Silverstone, Elizabeth, Michael Habib, & David W. E. Hone. (2020). Volant Fossil Vertebrates: Potential for Bioinspired Flight Technology. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 35(7). 618–629. 12 indexed citations
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Dececchi, T. Alexander, Michael Pittman, Thomas G. Kaye, et al.. (2020). Aerodynamics Show Membranous-Winged Theropods Were a Poor Gliding Dead-End. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Shuo, Wei‐Ling Chang, Qiyue Zhang, et al.. (2020). Variations of Mesozoic feathers: Insights from the morphogenesis of extant feather rachises. Evolution. 74(9). 2121–2133. 6 indexed citations
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Liu, Di, et al.. (2017). Flight aerodynamics in enantiornithines: Information from a new Chinese Early Cretaceous bird. PLoS ONE. 12(10). e0184637–e0184637. 27 indexed citations
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Dececchi, T. Alexander, Hans C. E. Larsson, & Michael Habib. (2016). The wings before the bird: an evaluation of flapping-based locomotory hypotheses in bird antecedents. PeerJ. 4. e2159–e2159. 45 indexed citations
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Marchi, Damiano, et al.. (2016). The locomotion of Babakotia radofilai inferred from epiphyseal and diaphyseal morphology of the humerus and femur. Journal of Morphology. 277(9). 1199–1218. 22 indexed citations
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Han, Gang, Luis M. Chiappe, JI Shu'an, et al.. (2014). A new raptorial dinosaur with exceptionally long feathering provides insights into dromaeosaurid flight performance. Nature Communications. 5(1). 4382–4382. 56 indexed citations
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Chiappe, Luis M., Bo Zhao, Jingmai K. O’Connor, et al.. (2014). A new specimen of the Early Cretaceous bird Hongshanornis longicresta : insights into the aerodynamics and diet of a basal ornithuromorph. PeerJ. 2. e234–e234. 48 indexed citations
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Habib, Michael. (2013). Capacity for the Cretaceous pterosaur Anhanguera to launch from water. The FASEB Journal. 27(S1).
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Dyke, Gareth J., Xia Wang, & Michael Habib. (2011). Fossil Plotopterid Seabirds from the Eo-Oligocene of the Olympic Peninsula (Washington State, USA): Descriptions and Functional Morphology. PLoS ONE. 6(10). e25672–e25672. 20 indexed citations
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Habib, Michael. (2008). Comparative evidence for quadrupedal launch in pterosaurs. Open access LMU (Ludwid Maxmilian's Universitat Munchen). 40 indexed citations
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Habib, Michael & Christopher B. Ruff. (2008). The effects of locomotion on the structural characteristics of avian limb bones. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 153(3). 601–624. 110 indexed citations

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