Michael Levin

29.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
482 papers, 20.9k citations indexed

About

Michael Levin is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Levin has authored 482 papers receiving a total of 20.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 333 papers in Molecular Biology, 154 papers in Plant Science and 110 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Michael Levin's work include Planarian Biology and Electrostimulation (215 papers), Plant and Biological Electrophysiology Studies (148 papers) and Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (65 papers). Michael Levin is often cited by papers focused on Planarian Biology and Electrostimulation (215 papers), Plant and Biological Electrophysiology Studies (148 papers) and Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (65 papers). Michael Levin collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Spain. Michael Levin's co-authors include Dany Spencer Adams, Mark Mercola, Douglas Blackiston, David L. Kaplan, Sarah Sundelacruz, Giovanni Pezzulo, Chris Fields, Laura N. Vandenberg, Joan M. Lemire and Kelly A. McLaughlin and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Michael Levin

462 papers receiving 20.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

A molecular pathway determining left-right asymmetry in chick embryogenesis

1995 632 citations Michael Levin et al. profile →
A scalable pipeline for designing reconfigurable organisms

2020 275 citations Sam Kriegman, Douglas Blackiston et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Bioelectric signaling: Reprogrammable circuits underlying embryogenesis, regeneration, and cancer

2021 245 citations Michael Levin profile →
Technological Approach to Mind Everywhere: An Experimentally-Grounded Framework for Understanding Diverse Bodies and Minds

2022 95 citations Michael Levin profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael Levin United States	77	14.1k	5.5k	4.6k	2.8k	2.7k	482	20.9k
John E. Dowling United States	79	19.0k 1.3×	2.4k 0.4×	12.2k 2.6×	493 0.2×	3.5k 1.3×	256	30.5k
Frank Jülicher Germany	86	12.6k 0.9×	1.2k 0.2×	1.4k 0.3×	5.8k 2.1×	1.0k 0.4×	317	27.5k
Michael J. Sanderson United States	81	11.8k 0.8×	4.5k 0.8×	1.8k 0.4×	601 0.2×	207 0.1×	247	25.0k
Lewis Wolpert United Kingdom	57	9.5k 0.7×	933 0.2×	1.2k 0.3×	683 0.2×	385 0.1×	214	14.2k
Sydney Brenner United Kingdom	88	25.3k 1.8×	3.9k 0.7×	4.5k 1.0×	808 0.3×	830 0.3×	305	45.1k
Hans Meinhardt Germany	42	4.6k 0.3×	1.4k 0.3×	863 0.2×	1.1k 0.4×	261 0.1×	78	9.2k
A. J. Hudspeth United States	74	6.0k 0.4×	784 0.1×	3.0k 0.6×	2.4k 0.9×	4.0k 1.5×	197	17.7k
Alexander F. Schier United States	95	26.7k 1.9×	1.3k 0.2×	3.3k 0.7×	635 0.2×	1.9k 0.7×	203	35.4k
George Oster United States	72	7.1k 0.5×	761 0.1×	860 0.2×	2.5k 0.9×	274 0.1×	187	17.3k
Eshel Ben‐Jacob Israel	72	4.6k 0.3×	461 0.1×	2.1k 0.5×	2.9k 1.0×	2.1k 0.8×	325	22.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Michael Levin

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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20 of 20 papers shown

Watson, Richard A., Michael Levin, & Tim Lewens. (2025). Evolution by natural induction II: further interactions with natural selection. Interface Focus. 15(6).

Tung, Angela, et al.. (2024). Embryos assist morphogenesis of others through calcium and ATP signaling mechanisms in collective teratogen resistance. Nature Communications. 15(1). 535–535. 6 indexed citations

O’Brien, Thomas, et al.. (2024). Machine learning for hypothesis generation in biology and medicine: exploring the latent space of neuroscience and developmental bioelectricity. Digital Discovery. 3(2). 249–263. 5 indexed citations

Solé, Ricard V., et al.. (2024). Open problems in synthetic multicellularity. npj Systems Biology and Applications. 10(1). 151–151. 1 indexed citations

Mathews, John D. & Michael Levin. (2023). Cancer's unique bioelectric properties: From cells to body-wide networks. Physics of Life Reviews. 47. 113–115. 2 indexed citations

Fields, Chris & Michael Levin. (2023). Regulative development as a model for origin of life and artificial life studies. Biosystems. 229. 104927–104927. 20 indexed citations

Cervera, Javier, Michael Levin, & Salvador Mafé. (2023). Correcting instructive electric potential patterns in multicellular systems: External actions and endogenous processes. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects. 1867(10). 130440–130440. 4 indexed citations

Marzen, Sarah, et al.. (2023). From reinforcement learning to agency: Frameworks for understanding basal cognition. Biosystems. 235. 105107–105107. 4 indexed citations

Manicka, Santosh, et al.. (2023). The nonlinearity of regulation in biological networks. npj Systems Biology and Applications. 9(1). 10–10. 18 indexed citations

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McMillen, Patrick & Michael Levin. (2023). Optical Estimation of Bioelectric Patterns in Living Embryos. Methods in molecular biology. 2745. 91–102. 2 indexed citations

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Rouleau, Nicolas & Michael Levin. (2023). The Multiple Realizability of Sentience in Living Systems and Beyond. eNeuro. 10(11). ENEURO.0375–23.2023. 8 indexed citations

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Garnier, Simon, et al.. (2023). Motile Living Biobots Self‐Construct from Adult Human Somatic Progenitor Seed Cells. Advanced Science. 11(4). e2303575–e2303575. 25 indexed citations

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Samarasinghe, Sandhya, et al.. (2021). A Comprehensive Conceptual and Computational Dynamics Framework for Autonomous Regeneration Systems. Artificial Life. 27(2). 80–104. 3 indexed citations

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Kriegman, Sam, Douglas Blackiston, Michael Levin, & Josh Bongard. (2020). A scalable pipeline for designing reconfigurable organisms. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(4). 1853–1859. 275 indexed citations breakdown →

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Leigh, Nicholas D., Duygu Payzin‐Dogru, Josane F. Sousa, et al.. (2020). von Willebrand factor D and EGF domains is an evolutionarily conserved and required feature of blastemas capable of multitissue appendage regeneration. Evolution & Development. 22(4). 297–311. 16 indexed citations

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McDowell, Gary S., et al.. (2016). From cytoskeletal dynamics to organ asymmetry: a nonlinear, regulative pathway underlies left–right patterning. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 371(1710). 20150409–20150409. 26 indexed citations

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Lobo, Daniel, Mauricio Solano, George A. Bubenik, & Michael Levin. (2014). A linear-encoding model explains the variability of the target morphology in regeneration. Journal of The Royal Society Interface. 11(92). 20130918–20130918. 70 indexed citations

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Pai, Vaibhav P., Sherry Aw, Tal Shomrat, Joan M. Lemire, & Michael Levin. (2011). Transmembrane voltage potential controls embryonic eye patterning in Xenopus laevis. Development. 139(2). 313–323. 167 indexed citations

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Adams, Dany Spencer, Alessio Masi, & Michael Levin. (2007). H+ pump-dependent changes in membrane voltage are an early mechanism necessary and sufficient to induce Xenopus tail regeneration. Development. 134(7). 1323–1335. 226 indexed citations

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Adams, Dany Spencer, Kenneth R. Robinson, Takahiro Fukumoto, et al.. (2006). Early, H+-V-ATPase-dependent proton flux is necessary for consistent left-right patterning of non-mammalian vertebrates. Development. 133(9). 1657–1671. 233 indexed citations

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