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D-Index
64
Citations
16690
World Ranking
9556
National Ranking
4219

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1977 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1963 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1953 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Carl Gans was affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research contributions included collaborative work and publications in fields related to biology and integrative studies.

Their recent scholarly output included the paper titled Awards, Scholarships, and Grants Awarded at the SICB Meeting in January 2023, published in 2023 in the journal Integrative and Comparative Biology.

The scientist often worked with a range of co-authors, including:

  • Dvm Dwight
  • Davis-Oral Presentation
  • Armita R. Manafzadeh
  • Karel F. Liem
  • Dorothy Skinner

Publications by Carl Gans appeared predominantly in the venue Integrative and Comparative Biology.

Awards received by Carl Gans included:

  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1953
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 1963
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1977

Best Publications

  • Biology of the Reptilia

    Carl Gans

  • Neural crest and the origin of vertebrates: a new head.

    Carl Gans;R. Glenn Northcutt

  • Tetrapod Limblessness: Evolution and Functional Corollaries

    Carl Gans

  • Biomechanics: An Approach to Vertebrate Biology

    Carl Gans

  • Functional bases of fiber length and angulation in muscle

    Carl Gans;Frits de Vree

  • Implications of the late Palaeozoic oxygen pulse for physiology and evolution

    Jeffrey B. Graham;Nancy M. Aguilar;Robert Dudley;Robert Dudley;Carl Gans

  • THE FEEDING MECHANISM OF SNAKES AND ITS POSSIBLE EVOLUTION

    Carl Gans

  • The characteristics and affinities of the Amphisbaenia

    Carl Gans

  • Muscle architecture in relation to function

    Carl Gans;Abbot S. Gaunt

  • Mastication in the tuatara, Sphenodon punctatus (reptilia: Rhynchocephalia): Structure and activity of the motor system.

    Gerard C. Gorniak;H. I. Rosenberg;Carl Gans

  • Quantitative assay of electromyograms during mastication in domestic cats (Felis catus).

    Gerard C. Gorniak;Carl Gans

  • Muscle activity in rat locomotion: movement analysis and electromyography of the flexors and extensors of the elbow

    Avis H. Cohen;Carl Gans

  • Studies on ventilation of Caiman crocodilus (Crocodilia: Reptilia).

    Carl Gans;Brian D. Clark

  • Architecture and consequent physiological properties of the semitendinosus muscle in domestic goats

    Carl Gans;Gerald E. Loeb;Frits de Vree

  • Mastication in the little brown bat, Myotis lucifugus.

    Frank C. Kallen;Carl Gans

  • Stages in the origin of vertebrates: analysis by means of scenarios.

    Carl Gans

  • TERRESTRIAL LOCOMOTION WITHOUT LIMBS

    Carl Gans

  • Functional morphology of lingual protrusion in marine toads (Bufo marinus)

    Carl Gans;Gerard C. Gorniak

  • ON THE ORIGIN OF THE JUMPING MECHANISM IN FROGS.

    Carl Gans;Thomas S. Parsons

  • Mechanics of respiration in the snapping turtle, Chelydra serpentina (Linné)

    Abbot S. Gaunt;Carl Gans

Frequent Co-Authors

David Crews
David Crews The University of Texas at Austin
Robert Dudley
Robert Dudley University of California, Berkeley
Paul W. Webb
Paul W. Webb University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Herbert C. Dessauer
Herbert C. Dessauer Louisiana State University
Gerald E. Loeb
Gerald E. Loeb University of Southern California
Thomas Eisner
Thomas Eisner Cornell University
R. Glenn Northcutt
R. Glenn Northcutt University of California, San Diego
Warren W. Burggren
Warren W. Burggren University of North Texas
Jerrold Meinwald
Jerrold Meinwald Cornell University
David R. Carrier
David R. Carrier University of Utah

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