Michael Smotherman

1.3k total citations
46 papers, 857 citations indexed

About

Michael Smotherman is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Developmental Biology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Smotherman has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 857 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 33 papers in Developmental Biology and 31 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Michael Smotherman's work include Bat Biology and Ecology Studies (36 papers), Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (33 papers) and Marine animal studies overview (31 papers). Michael Smotherman is often cited by papers focused on Bat Biology and Ecology Studies (36 papers), Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (33 papers) and Marine animal studies overview (31 papers). Michael Smotherman collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and China. Michael Smotherman's co-authors include Peter M. Narins, Kirsten M. Bohn, Walter Metzner, Christine Schwartz, Shuyi Zhang, George D. Pollak, Antonio Guillén-Servent, Shu-yi Zhang, Mirjam Knörnschild and Kohta I. Kobayasi and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Neuroscience, PLoS ONE and Journal of Neurophysiology.

In The Last Decade

Michael Smotherman

44 papers receiving 834 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 Smotherman United States 18 566 548 470 116 89 46 857
M. Fabiana Kubke New Zealand 18 336 0.6× 370 0.7× 318 0.7× 168 1.4× 100 1.1× 34 692
Gimseong Koay United States 20 486 0.9× 449 0.8× 445 0.9× 230 2.0× 242 2.7× 36 928
Jessica L. Yorzinski United States 14 386 0.7× 241 0.4× 238 0.5× 78 0.7× 139 1.6× 48 749
Benjamin Arthur United States 18 511 0.9× 375 0.7× 388 0.8× 73 0.6× 153 1.7× 29 1.3k
G. Marimuthu India 23 1.0k 1.9× 347 0.6× 606 1.3× 60 0.5× 47 0.5× 90 1.4k
Laura A. Kelley United Kingdom 15 434 0.8× 221 0.4× 236 0.5× 78 0.7× 60 0.7× 41 816
Peter Schlegel Germany 14 522 0.9× 341 0.6× 397 0.8× 146 1.3× 136 1.5× 26 785
Jagmeet S. Kanwal United States 22 712 1.3× 752 1.4× 563 1.2× 204 1.8× 513 5.8× 54 1.5k
Uwe Firzlaff Germany 17 540 1.0× 410 0.7× 427 0.9× 52 0.4× 134 1.5× 45 737
Mimi H. Kao United States 9 747 1.3× 731 1.3× 558 1.2× 20 0.2× 208 2.3× 13 1.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Smotherman

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Smotherman

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Michael Smotherman. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Michael Smotherman 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 Smotherman. Michael Smotherman 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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Becker, Daniel J., Ariadna E. Morales, Michael Smotherman, et al.. (2025). Proteomic Signatures of SARS-CoV-2 Susceptibility in Mexican Free-tailed Bats and Their Application to Viral Surveillance. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 65(6). 1884–1900. 1 indexed citations
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Macías, Silvio, et al.. (2022). The prefrontal cortex of the Mexican free-tailed bat is more selective to communication calls than primary auditory cortex. Journal of Neurophysiology. 128(3). 634–648. 2 indexed citations
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Smotherman, Michael, Thomas Croft, & Silvio Macías. (2022). Biosonar discrimination of fine surface textures by echolocating free-tailed bats. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 10. 3 indexed citations
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Smotherman, Michael, et al.. (2020). Role of ecology in shaping external nasal morphology in bats and implications for olfactory tracking. PLoS ONE. 15(1). e0226689–e0226689. 18 indexed citations
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Macías, Silvio, et al.. (2020). Temporal coding of echo spectral shape in the bat auditory cortex. PLoS Biology. 18(11). e3000831–e3000831. 6 indexed citations
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Macías, Silvio, et al.. (2019). Laminar Organization of FM Direction Selectivity in the Primary Auditory Cortex of the Free-Tailed Bat. Frontiers in Neural Circuits. 13. 76–76. 4 indexed citations
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Adams, Amanda M., et al.. (2017). Suppression of emission rates improves sonar performance by flying bats. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 41641–41641. 17 indexed citations
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Smotherman, Michael, et al.. (2015). Singing away from home: Songs are used on foraging territories in the African megadermatid bat, Cardioderma cor.. Proceedings of meetings on acoustics. 10002–10002. 7 indexed citations
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Jackson, William L., et al.. (2013). Groups of bats improve sonar efficiency through mutual suppression of pulse emissions. Frontiers in Physiology. 4. 140–140. 25 indexed citations
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Schwartz, Christine & Michael Smotherman. (2011). Mapping vocalization-related immediate early gene expression in echolocating bats. Behavioural Brain Research. 224(2). 358–368. 14 indexed citations
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Bohn, Kirsten M., et al.. (2010). A mechanism for antiphonal echolocation by free-tailed bats. Animal Behaviour. 79(4). 787–796. 22 indexed citations
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Bohn, Kirsten M., et al.. (2009). Versatility and Stereotypy of Free-Tailed Bat Songs. PLoS ONE. 4(8). e6746–e6746. 71 indexed citations
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Smotherman, Michael, et al.. (2009). Context-dependent effects of noise on echolocation pulse characteristics in free-tailed bats. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 195(10). 923–934. 86 indexed citations
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Schwartz, Christine, Paul A. Bartell, Vincent M. Cassone, & Michael Smotherman. (2009). Distribution of 2-[<sup>125</sup>I]iodomelatonin Binding in the Brain of Mexican Free-Tailed Bats <i>(Tadarida brasiliensis)</i>. Brain Behavior and Evolution. 73(1). 16–25. 1 indexed citations
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Smotherman, Michael, et al.. (2006). A Mechanism for Vocal-Respiratory Coupling in the Mammalian Parabrachial Nucleus. Journal of Neuroscience. 26(18). 4860–4869. 52 indexed citations
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Smotherman, Michael & Walter Metzner. (2004). Auditory-Feedback Control of Temporal Call Patterns in Echolocating Horseshoe Bats. Journal of Neurophysiology. 93(3). 1295–1303. 9 indexed citations
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Smotherman, Michael & Walter Metzner. (2003). Fine control of call frequency by horseshoe bats. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 189(6). 435–446. 7 indexed citations
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Smotherman, Michael. (2002). Acetylcholine Mediates Excitatory Input to Chromatophore Motoneurons in the Squid,Loligo pealeii. Biological Bulletin. 203(2). 231–232. 2 indexed citations
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Smotherman, Michael & Peter M. Narins. (1999). Potassium currents in auditory hair cells of the frog basilar papilla. Hearing Research. 132(1-2). 117–130. 13 indexed citations

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