Subfield · Developmental Biology
Most cited papers in Developmental Biology
What are the most cited papers in Developmental Biology?
The most cited paper in Developmental Biology is "BORIS : a free, versatile open‐source event‐logging software for video/audio coding and live observations" (Olivier Friard, Marco Gamba, 2016), with 3,591 citations. Next come "The motor theory of speech perception revised" (2,864) and "CLINICAL ASSESSMENT OF BODY HAIR GROWTH IN WOMEN" (2,522).
Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 789 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BORIS : a free, versatile open‐source event‐logging software for video/audio coding and live observations Olivier Friard, Marco Gamba · Methods in Ecology and Evolution | 4 May 2016 | 3,591 |
| 2 | The motor theory of speech perception revised Alvin M. Liberman, Ignatius G. Mattingly · Cognition | Oct 1985 | 2,864 |
| 3 | CLINICAL ASSESSMENT OF BODY HAIR GROWTH IN WOMEN DAVID G. FERRIMAN, J. D. GALLWEY · The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism | Nov 1961 | 2,522 |
| 4 | Natural language and natural selection Steven A. Pinker, Paul Bloom · Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Dec 1990 | 2,478 |
| 5 | Sonic hedgehog mediates the polarizing activity of the ZPA Robert D. Riddle, Randy L. Johnson, Ed Laufer et al. · Cell | Dec 1993 | 2,358 |
| 6 | Cultures in chimpanzees Andrew Whiten, J. R. Goodall, William C. McGrew et al. · Nature | Jun 1999 | 2,351 |
| 7 | The bottlenose dolphin community of Doubtful Sound features a large proportion of long-lasting associations David Lusseau, Karsten Schneider, Oliver J. Boisseau et al. · Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology | Sep 2003 | 2,310 |
| 8 | Scalar expectancy theory and Weber's law in animal timing. John Gibbon · Psychological Review | May 1977 | 2,188 |
| 9 | Mutations of the Human Homolog of Drosophila patched in the Nevoid Basal Cell Carcinoma Syndrome Heidi Hahn et al. · Cell | Jun 1996 | 2,038 |
| 10 | An Ecological Model of Female-Bonded Primate Groups Richard W. Wrangham · Behaviour | 1980 | 1,991 |
| 11 | Human Homolog of patched , a Candidate Gene for the Basal Cell Nevus Syndrome Ronald L. Johnson, Alana Rothman, Jingwu Xie et al. · Science | 14 Jun 1996 | 1,868 |
| 12 | Evoked Mechanical Responses of Isolated Cochlear Outer Hair Cells William E. Brownell, Charles R. Bader, Daniel Bertrand et al. · Science | 11 Jan 1985 | 1,849 |
| 13 | Communication of emotions in vocal expression and music performance: Different channels, same code? Patrik N. Juslin, Petri Laukka · Psychological Bulletin | 2003 | 1,835 |
| 14 | The CMA Evolution Strategy: A Comparing Review Nikolaus Hansen · Studies in fuzziness and soft computing | 18 Jun 2007 | 1,814 |
| 15 | Regulation of the Hedgehog and Wingless signalling pathways by the F-box/WD40-repeat protein Slimb Jin Jiang, Gary Struhl · Nature | 1998 | 1,745 |
| 16 | Vocal affect expression: A review and a model for future research. Klaus R. Scherer · Psychological Bulletin | 1986 | 1,682 |
| 17 | BIRDSONG AND HUMAN SPEECH: Common Themes and Mechanisms Allison J. Doupe, Patricia K. Kuhl · Annual Review of Neuroscience | Mar 1999 | 1,680 |
| 18 | Central control of song in the canary, Serinus canarius Fernando Nottebohm, Tegner M. Stokes, Christiana M. Leonard · The Journal of Comparative Neurology | 15 Feb 1976 | 1,675 |
| 19 | Biological Bases of Childhood Shyness Jerome Kagan, J. Steven Reznick, Nancy C. Snidman · Science | 8 Apr 1988 | 1,592 |
| 20 | Evolution in the Social Brain Robin Dunbar, Susanne Shultz · Science | 7 Sep 2007 | 1,566 |
| 21 | AUTO‐SHAPING OF THE PIGEON'S KEY‐PECK1 Paul Brown, Herbert M. Jenkins · Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior | 1968 | 1,552 |
| 22 | Acoustic profiles in vocal emotion expression. Rainer Banse, Klaus R. Scherer · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology | 1996 | 1,535 |
| 23 | Sexual Differentiation of the Central Nervous System Neil James MacLusky, Frederick Nicholas Naftolin · Science | 20 Mar 1981 | 1,484 |
| 24 | Monkey Responses to Three Different Alarm Calls: Evidence of Predator Classification and Semantic Communication Robert M. Seyfarth, Dorothy L. Cheney, Peter Marler · Science | 14 Nov 1980 | 1,477 |
| 25 | ESC Karol J. Piczak | 13 Oct 2015 | 1,415 |
| 26 | Auditory Scene Analysis Albert S. Bregman · Elsevier eBooks | 2008 | 1,410 |
| 27 | HedgehogandBmpGenes Are Coexpressed at Many Diverse Sites of Cell–Cell Interaction in the Mouse Embryo Mark Joseph Bitgood, Andrew P. McMahon · Developmental Biology | Nov 1995 | 1,387 |
| 28 | Deep Convolutional Neural Networks and Data Augmentation for Environmental Sound Classification Justin Salamon, Juan Pablo Bello · IEEE Signal Processing Letters | 23 Jan 2017 | 1,357 |
| 29 | Evidence for a morphological sex difference within the medial preoptic area of the rat brain Roger A. Gorski, J.H. Gordon, James E. Shryne et al. · Brain Research | Jun 1978 | 1,249 |
| 30 | How animals communicate Charles T. Snowdon · Animal Behaviour | Nov 1978 | 1,243 |
| 31 | Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome caused by mutations in the transcriptional co-activator CBP Fred Petrif, Rachel H. Giles, Hans G. Dauwerse et al. · Nature | Jul 1995 | 1,228 |
| 32 | The Mentality of Crows: Convergent Evolution of Intelligence in Corvids and Apes Nathan J. Emery, Nicola Susan Clayton · Science | 10 Dec 2004 | 1,222 |
| 33 | A long-range Shh enhancer regulates expression in the developing limb and fin and is associated with preaxial polydactyly Laura A. Lettice · Human Molecular Genetics | Jul 2003 | 1,212 |
| 34 | Perceived Predation Risk Reduces the Number of Offspring Songbirds Produce per Year Liana Zanette, Aija F. White, Marek C. Allen et al. · Science | 8 Dec 2011 | 1,188 |
| 35 | Revised nomenclature for avian telencephalon and some related brainstem nuclei Anton J. Reiner et al. · The Journal of Comparative Neurology | 22 Apr 2004 | 1,163 |
| 36 | Towards a functional neuroanatomy of speech perception Gregory Hickok, Gregory Hickok, David Poeppel · Trends in Cognitive Sciences | Apr 2000 | 1,160 |
| 37 | Vervet monkey alarm calls: Semantic communication in a free-ranging primate Robert M. Seyfarth, Dorothy L. Cheney, Peter Marler · Animal Behaviour | Nov 1980 | 1,142 |
| 38 | Physical constraints on acoustic communication in the atmosphere: Implications for the evolution of animal vocalizations R. Haven Wiley, Douglas G. Richards · Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology | 1978 | 1,127 |
| 39 | Sexual Dimorphism in Vocal Control Areas of the Songbird Brain Fernando Nottebohm, Arthur P. Arnold · Science | 8 Oct 1976 | 1,124 |
| 40 | Recognizing friends by their walk: Gait perception without familiarity cues James E. Cutting, Lynn T. Kozlowski · Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society | May 1977 | 1,095 |
| 41 | Do chimpanzees know what conspecifics know? Brian A. Hare, Josep Call, Michael Tomasello · Animal Behaviour | 2001 | 1,094 |
| 42 | Hierarchical group dynamics in pigeon flocks Máté Nagy, Zsuzsa Ákos, Dora Biro et al. · Nature | 7 Apr 2010 | 1,092 |
| 43 | Neural Basis of Rhythmic Behavior in Animals Fred Delcomyn · Science | 31 Oct 1980 | 1,089 |
| 44 | Chimpanzees know what conspecifics do and do not see Hare Brian, Josep Call, Bryan Agnetta et al. · Animal Behaviour | Apr 2000 | 1,079 |
| 45 | Dorsal differentiation of neural plate cells induced by BMP-mediated signals from epidermal ectoderm Karel F. Liem, Gabi Tremml, Henk Roelink et al. · Cell | Sep 1995 | 1,079 |
| 46 | The Social Brain: Mind, Language, and Society in Evolutionary Perspective Robin Dunbar · Annual Review of Anthropology | Oct 2003 | 1,074 |
| 47 | Hedgehog-Regulated Processing of Gli3 Produces an Anterior/Posterior Repressor Gradient in the Developing Vertebrate Limb Baolin Wang, John F. Fallon, Philip A. Beachy · Cell | Feb 2000 | 1,043 |
| 48 | Birds sing at a higher pitch in urban noise Hans Slabbekoorn, Margriet Peet · Nature | 16 Jul 2003 | 1,041 |
| 49 | Why Are Diurnal Primates Living in Groups? Carel P. van Schaik · Behaviour | 1983 | 1,031 |
| 50 | Photoperiodic Control of Seasonality in Birds Alistair Dawson, Verdun M. King, George E. Bentley et al. · Journal of Biological Rhythms | Aug 2001 | 1,028 |
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