Michael J. Kuba

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

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Michael J. Kuba is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael J. Kuba has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 11 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 10 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Michael J. Kuba's work include Cephalopods and Marine Biology (29 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (11 papers) and Chemical synthesis and alkaloids (10 papers). Michael J. Kuba is often cited by papers focused on Cephalopods and Marine Biology (29 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (11 papers) and Chemical synthesis and alkaloids (10 papers). Michael J. Kuba collaborates with scholars based in Israel, Italy and Austria. Michael J. Kuba's co-authors include Ruth A. Byrne, Daniela V. Meisel, Jennifer A. Mather, Binyamin Hochner, Tamar Gutnick, Cecilia Laschi, Marcello Calisti, Laura Margheri, Matteo Cianchetti and Ulrike Griebel and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Current Biology and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Michael J. Kuba

32 papers receiving 1.4k 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.

Guidelines for the Care and Welfare of Cephalopods in Research –A consensus based on an initiative by CephRes, FELASA and the Boyd Group

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael J. Kuba Israel	19	797	379	298	291	249	33	1.4k
Frank W. Grasso United States	14	447 0.6×	428 1.1×	311 1.0×	74 0.3×	88 0.4×	17	1.2k
Graziano Fiorito Italy	28	2.1k 2.7×	417 1.1×	912 3.1×	492 1.7×	708 2.8×	80	3.0k
Lydia M. Mäthger United States	30	1.6k 2.0×	288 0.8×	1.1k 3.7×	119 0.4×	226 0.9×	51	2.5k
Richard E. Phillips United States	30	580 0.7×	122 0.3×	360 1.2×	120 0.4×	329 1.3×	139	2.6k
Martin J. How United Kingdom	22	634 0.8×	123 0.3×	503 1.7×	138 0.5×	79 0.3×	56	1.4k
Christopher M. Comer United States	25	450 0.6×	62 0.2×	709 2.4×	310 1.1×	67 0.3×	45	1.4k
Soowon Cho South Korea	19	992 1.2×	1.0k 2.7×	66 0.2×	467 1.6×	14 0.1×	61	2.9k
J. B. Messenger United Kingdom	27	2.2k 2.7×	87 0.2×	1.5k 5.0×	210 0.7×	611 2.5×	59	2.6k
Justine J. Allen United States	14	397 0.5×	83 0.2×	226 0.8×	38 0.1×	61 0.2×	17	612
Andrew Packard Italy	16	1.0k 1.3×	64 0.2×	565 1.9×	74 0.3×	183 0.7×	25	1.3k

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Rosa, Rui, Zoë A. Doubleday, Michael J. Kuba, et al.. (2025). Advances in cephalopod research. Marine Biology. 172(9).

Gutnick, Tamar, Daniel S. Rokhsar, & Michael J. Kuba. (2023). Cephalopod behaviour. Current Biology. 33(20). R1083–R1086. 1 indexed citations

Gutnick, Tamar, et al.. (2023). Recording electrical activity from the brain of behaving octopus. Current Biology. 33(6). 1171–1178.e4. 15 indexed citations

Gutnick, Tamar, Letizia Zullo, Binyamin Hochner, & Michael J. Kuba. (2022). Protocol for controlled behavioral testing of octopuses using a single-arm tactile discrimination two-choice task. STAR Protocols. 3(1). 101192–101192. 1 indexed citations

Lajbner, Zdeněk, et al.. (2022). Squid adjust their body color according to substrate. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 5227–5227. 12 indexed citations

Lajbner, Zdeněk, et al.. (2021). Improving Keeping for Octopuses by Testing Different Escape-Proof Designs on Tanks for “Big Blue Octopus” (Octopus cyanea). Applied Sciences. 11(18). 8547–8547. 4 indexed citations

Maselli, Valeria, et al.. (2021). Identification and Characterization of a Rhodopsin Kinase Gene in the Suckers of Octopus vulgaris: Looking around Using Arms?. Biology. 10(9). 936–936. 9 indexed citations

Gutnick, Tamar, Letizia Zullo, Binyamin Hochner, & Michael J. Kuba. (2020). Use of Peripheral Sensory Information for Central Nervous Control of Arm Movement by Octopus vulgaris. Current Biology. 30(21). 4322–4327.e3. 39 indexed citations

Gutnick, Tamar, Anton Weissenbacher, & Michael J. Kuba. (2019). The underestimated giants: operant conditioning, visual discrimination and long-term memory in giant tortoises. Animal Cognition. 23(1). 159–167. 15 indexed citations

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Hochner, Binyamin, et al.. (2016). Pull or Push? Octopuses Solve a Puzzle Problem. PLoS ONE. 11(3). e0152048–e0152048. 48 indexed citations

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Cianchetti, Matteo, Marcello Calisti, Laura Margheri, Michael J. Kuba, & Cecilia Laschi. (2015). Bioinspired locomotion and grasping in water: the soft eight-arm OCTOPUS robot. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics. 10(3). 35003–35003. 235 indexed citations

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Tramacere, Francesca, Nicola M. Pugno, Michael J. Kuba, & Barbara Mazzolai. (2014). Unveiling the morphology of the acetabulum in octopus suckers and its role in attachment. Interface Focus. 5(1). 20140050–20140050. 68 indexed citations

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Thonhauser, Kerstin E., Tamar Gutnick, Ruth A. Byrne, et al.. (2013). Social learning in Cartilaginous fish (stingrays Potamotrygon falkneri). Animal Cognition. 16(6). 927–932. 22 indexed citations

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Gutnick, Tamar, Ruth A. Byrne, Binyamin Hochner, & Michael J. Kuba. (2011). Octopus vulgaris Uses Visual Information to Determine the Location of Its Arm. Current Biology. 21(6). 460–462. 69 indexed citations

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Kuba, Michael J., Ruth A. Byrne, & Gordon M. Burghardt. (2010). Introducing a new method to study problem solving and tool use in fresh water stingrays, Potamotrygon castexi. Animal Cognition. 13(4). 1 indexed citations

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Kuba, Michael J., Ruth A. Byrne, Daniela V. Meisel, & Jennifer A. Mather. (2006). Exploration and Habituation in Intact Free Moving. International Journal of Comparative Psychology. 19(4). 1 indexed citations

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Byrne, Ruth A., Michael J. Kuba, Daniela V. Meisel, Ulrike Griebel, & Jennifer A. Mather. (2006). Does Octopus vulgaris have preferred arms?. Journal of comparative psychology. 120(3). 198–204. 55 indexed citations

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Kuba, Michael J., Ruth A. Byrne, Daniela V. Meisel, & Jennifer A. Mather. (2006). When do octopuses play? Effects of repeated testing, object type, age, and food deprivation on object play in Octopus vulgaris.. Journal of comparative psychology. 120(3). 184–190. 85 indexed citations

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Byrne, Ruth A., Michael J. Kuba, Daniela V. Meisel, Ulrike Griebel, & Jennifer A. Mather. (2006). Octopus arm choice is strongly influenced by eye use. Behavioural Brain Research. 172(2). 195–201. 32 indexed citations

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Kremláček, Jan, Michael J. Kuba, & Zuzana Kubová. (1998). Electrophysiological manifestation of first-order motion perception. Perception. 27. 0–0. 5 indexed citations

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