Michael K. Musyl

4.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
50 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Michael K. Musyl is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael K. Musyl has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 35 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 24 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Michael K. Musyl's work include Marine and fisheries research (33 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (27 papers) and Ichthyology and Marine Biology (19 papers). Michael K. Musyl is often cited by papers focused on Marine and fisheries research (33 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (27 papers) and Ichthyology and Marine Biology (19 papers). Michael K. Musyl collaborates with scholars based in United States, Taiwan and Japan. Michael K. Musyl's co-authors include Richard W. Brill, Eric Gilman, Graeme C. Hays, Emily J. Southall, Nicolas E. Humphries, Victoria J. Wearmouth, David Sims, John Sibert, Daniel S. Curran and Keith Bigelow and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Scientific Reports and Journal of Experimental Biology.

In The Last Decade

Michael K. Musyl

50 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

align trajectories sort by overperformance

What are hit papers?

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.

Scaling laws of marine predator search behaviour

2008 727 citations David Sims, Emily J. Southall et al. Nature profile →
Environmental context explains Lévy and Brownian movement patterns of marine predators

2010 664 citations Nicolas E. Humphries, Nuno Queiroz et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael K. Musyl United States	25	1.6k	1.5k	1.4k	837	373	50	3.5k
Nuno Queiroz Portugal	27	1.5k 0.9×	1.3k 0.9×	1.4k 1.0×	816 1.0×	336 0.9×	63	3.8k
Andrew S. Brierley United Kingdom	42	1.2k 0.7×	3.2k 2.2×	3.4k 2.5×	639 0.8×	562 1.5×	161	6.8k
Nicolas E. Humphries United Kingdom	25	1.1k 0.7×	949 0.6×	1.2k 0.9×	1.5k 1.8×	606 1.6×	42	3.9k
Emily J. Southall United Kingdom	21	1.3k 0.8×	1.1k 0.7×	1.4k 1.0×	1.1k 1.3×	547 1.5×	33	3.4k
David Righton United Kingdom	36	2.2k 1.4×	2.4k 1.6×	2.0k 1.4×	690 0.8×	408 1.1×	97	4.4k
Jonathan D. R. Houghton United Kingdom	29	1.1k 0.7×	1.1k 0.7×	1.2k 0.9×	510 0.6×	412 1.1×	65	3.3k
Julian D. Metcalfe United Kingdom	37	2.9k 1.8×	2.3k 1.5×	2.4k 1.8×	649 0.8×	550 1.5×	64	4.8k
Matthew J. Witt United Kingdom	43	2.9k 1.8×	2.6k 1.8×	4.1k 3.0×	568 0.7×	543 1.5×	139	6.7k
Eugene J. Murphy United Kingdom	52	1.4k 0.8×	4.3k 2.9×	4.7k 3.4×	1.2k 1.4×	766 2.1×	139	9.2k
Leslie R. Noble United Kingdom	36	1.0k 0.6×	673 0.5×	1.9k 1.4×	825 1.0×	604 1.6×	114	4.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Michael K. Musyl

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Michael K. Musyl's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Michael K. Musyl with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Michael K. Musyl more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Michael K. Musyl

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Michael K. Musyl. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Michael K. Musyl. The network helps show where Michael K. Musyl may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael K. Musyl

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Michael K. Musyl. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Michael K. Musyl 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 K. Musyl. Michael K. Musyl is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

Sort: Min cites: Since: Top N: Style:

20 of 20 papers shown

Chiang, Wei‐Chuan, Keryea Soong, Te‐Yu Liao, et al.. (2023). Movement patterns and habitat use of adult giant trevally (Caranx ignobilis) in the South China Sea. Marine Biology. 170(6). 3 indexed citations

Gilman, Eric, Michael K. Musyl, Michael Wild, Rong Hua, & Milani Chaloupka. (2022). Investigating weighted fishing hooks for seabird bycatch mitigation. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 2833–2833. 2 indexed citations

Gilman, Eric, et al.. (2022). Phylogeny explains capture mortality of sharks and rays in pelagic longline fisheries: a global meta-analytic synthesis. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 18164–18164. 11 indexed citations

Kuczenski, Brandon, et al.. (2021). A model for the intensity of fishing gear. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 26(6). 1847–1857. 8 indexed citations

Wosnick, Natascha, et al.. (2021). Current status and potential contributions of fisheries statistics from artisanal fisheries for managing juvenile istiophorid billfishes in Southern Brazil. Environmental Biology of Fishes. 104(3). 375–382. 2 indexed citations

Gilman, Eric, Michael K. Musyl, Petri Suuronen, et al.. (2021). Highest risk abandoned, lost and discarded fishing gear. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 7195–7195. 114 indexed citations

Gilman, Eric, Milani Chaloupka, Pascal Bach, et al.. (2020). Effect of pelagic longline bait type on species selectivity: a global synthesis of evidence. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries. 30(3). 535–551. 29 indexed citations

Chiang, Wei‐Chuan, Michael K. Musyl, Sheng-Ping Wang, et al.. (2020). Movements and Habitat Use of Dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus) in the East China Sea. Sustainability. 12(14). 5793–5793. 4 indexed citations

Chiang, Wei‐Chuan, Daniel J. Madigan, Aaron B. Carlisle, et al.. (2020). Stable isotope analysis reveals feeding ecology and trophic position of black marlin off eastern Taiwan. Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography. 175. 104821–104821. 9 indexed citations

10.

Chiang, Wei‐Chuan, Yun‐Chen Chang, Michael K. Musyl, et al.. (2019). Stable isotope analysis reveals ontogenetic feeding shifts in Pacific blue marlin (Makaira nigricans) off eastern Taiwan. Journal of Fish Biology. 94(6). 958–965. 7 indexed citations

11.

Musyl, Michael K., Sheng-Ping Wang, Nan‐Jay Su, et al.. (2019). Movement behaviour of released wild and farm-raised dolphinfish Coryphaena hippurus tracked by pop-up satellite archival tags. Fisheries Science. 85(5). 779–790. 7 indexed citations

12.

Gilman, Eric, Milani Chaloupka, & Michael K. Musyl. (2017). Effects of pelagic longline hook size on species- and size-selectivity and survival. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries. 28(2). 417–433. 28 indexed citations

13.

Musyl, Michael K., Christopher D. Moyes, Richard W. Brill, et al.. (2014). Postrelease mortality in istiophorid billfish. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 72(4). 538–556. 28 indexed citations

14.

Belkin, Igor M., George L. Hunt, Elliott L. Hazen, et al.. (2014). Fronts, fish, and predators. Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography. 107. 1–2. 16 indexed citations

15.

Humphries, Nicolas E., Nuno Queiroz, Nicolas Pade, et al.. (2012). nature09116 Supplementary Information. 1 indexed citations

16.

Musyl, Michael K., Richard W. Brill, Daniel S. Curran, et al.. (2011). Postrelease survival, vertical and horizontal movements, and thermal habitats of five species of pelagic sharks in the central Pacific Ocean. Fishery Bulletin. 109(4). 341–368. 142 indexed citations

17.

Dewar, Heidi, Eric D. Prince, Michael K. Musyl, et al.. (2011). Movements and behaviors of swordfish in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans examined using pop-up satellite archival tags. Fisheries Oceanography. 20(3). 219–241. 107 indexed citations

18.

Musyl, Michael K., et al.. (2009). Transectional heat transfer in thermoregulating bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus) – a 2D heat flux model. Journal of Experimental Biology. 212(22). 3708–3718. 16 indexed citations

19.

Sims, David, Emily J. Southall, Nicolas E. Humphries, et al.. (2008). Scaling laws of marine predator search behaviour. Nature. 451(7182). 1098–1102. 727 indexed citations breakdown →

20.

Musyl, Michael K. & Clive P Keenan. (1996). Evidence for Cryptic Speciation in Australian Freshwater Eel-Tailed Catfish, Tandanus tandanus (Teleostei: Plotosidae). Copeia. 1996(3). 526–526. 33 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact