| Adhesive force of a single gecko foot-hair K Autumn, YA Liang, ST Hsieh, W Zesch, WP Chan, TW Kenny, R Fearing, ... Nature 405 (6787), 681, 2000 | 2458 | 2000 |
| Evidence for van der Waals adhesion in gecko setae K Autumn, M Sitti, YA Liang, AM Peattie, WR Hansen, S Sponberg, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 99 (19), 12252-12256, 2002 | 1795 | 2002 |
| Evolution of suites of traits in response to environmental stress FS Chapin III, K Autumn, F Pugnaire The American Naturalist 142, S78-S92, 1993 | 836 | 1993 |
| Frictional adhesion: a new angle on gecko attachment K Autumn, A Dittmore, D Santos, M Spenko, M Cutkosky Journal of Experimental Biology 209 (18), 3569-3579, 2006 | 581 | 2006 |
| Evidence for self-cleaning in gecko setae WR Hansen, K Autumn Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 102 (2), 385-389, 2005 | 541 | 2005 |
| Mechanisms of adhesion in geckos K Autumn, AM Peattie Integrative and comparative biology 42 (6), 1081-1090, 2002 | 533 | 2002 |
| Adhesion and friction in gecko toe attachment and detachment Y Tian, N Pesika, H Zeng, K Rosenberg, B Zhao, P McGuiggan, K Autumn, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 103 (51), 19320-19325, 2006 | 481 | 2006 |
| Dynamics of geckos running vertically K Autumn, ST Hsieh, DM Dudek, J Chen, C Chitaphan, RJ Full Journal of experimental biology 209 (2), 260-272, 2006 | 348 | 2006 |
| Effective elastic modulus of isolated gecko setal arrays K Autumn, C Majidi, RE Groff, A Dittmore, R Fearing Journal of Experimental Biology 209 (18), 3558-3568, 2006 | 300 | 2006 |
| The adaptive significance of temperature-dependent sex determination in a reptile DA Warner, R Shine Nature 451 (7178), 566, 2008 | 258 | 2008 |
| Adhesive microstructure and method of forming same K Autumn US Patent 7,335,271, 2008 | 240* | 2008 |
| Adhesive microstructure and method of forming same K Autumn US Patent 7,335,271, 2008 | 240* | 2008 |
| Gecko adhesion: evolutionary nanotechnology K Autumn, N Gravish Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical …, 2008 | 216 | 2008 |
| Adhesive microstructure and method of forming same K Autumn US Patent 7,335,271, 2008 | 209* | 2008 |
| High friction from a stiff polymer using microfiber arrays C Majidi, RE Groff, Y Maeno, B Schubert, S Baek, B Bush, R Maboudian, ... Physical review letters 97 (7), 076103, 2006 | 204 | 2006 |
| A microfabricated wedge-shaped adhesive array displaying gecko-like dynamic adhesion, directionality and long lifetime A Parness, D Soto, N Esparza, N Gravish, M Wilkinson, K Autumn, ... Journal of the Royal Society Interface 6 (41), 1223-1232, 2009 | 193 | 2009 |
| Adhesive microstructure and method of forming same RJ Full, RS Fearing, T Kenny, K Autumn, TR the University of California, ... US Patent 7,828,982, 2010 | 170* | 2010 |
| How gecko toes stick: the powerful fantastic adhesive used by geckos is made of nanoscale hairs that engage tiny forces, inspiring envy among human imitators K Autumn American scientist 94 (2), 124-133, 2006 | 163 | 2006 |
| Properties, principles, and parameters of the gecko adhesive system K Autumn, J Puthoff Biological adhesives, 245-280, 2016 | 151 | 2016 |
| Adhesive microstructure and method of forming same RJ Full, RS Fearing, TW Kenny, K Autumn, TR the University of California, ... US Patent 7,011,723, 2006 | 144 | 2006 |