| Thin and strong! The bioengineering dilemma in the structural and functional design of the blood-gas barrier JN Maina, JB West Physiological reviews 85 (3), 811-844, 2005 | 221 | 2005 |
| What it takes to fly: the structural and functional respiratory refinements in birds and bats JN Maina Journal of Experimental Biology 203 (20), 3045-3064, 2000 | 206 | 2000 |
| Evolution of air breathing: oxygen homeostasis and the transitions from water to land and sky CCW Hsia, A Schmitz, M Lambertz, SF Perry, JN Maina Comprehensive Physiology 3 (2), 849, 2013 | 200 | 2013 |
| Structure, function and evolution of the gas exchangers: comparative perspectives JN Maina Journal of anatomy 201 (4), 281-304, 2002 | 150 | 2002 |
| Development, structure, and function of a novel respiratory organ, the lung-air sac system of birds: to go where no other vertebrate has gone JN Maina Biological Reviews 81 (4), 545-579, 2006 | 127 | 2006 |
| An allometric study of pulmonary morphometric parameters in birds, with mammalian comparisons JN Maina, AS King, G Settle Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. B, Biological …, 1989 | 121 | 1989 |
| Some recent advances on the study and understanding of the functional design of the avian lung: morphological and morphometric perspectives JN Maina Biological Reviews 77 (1), 97-152, 2002 | 111 | 2002 |
| Comparative respiratory morphology: themes and principles in the design and construction of the gas exchangers JN Maina The Anatomical Record: An Official Publication of the American Association …, 2000 | 104 | 2000 |
| A qualitative and quantitative study of the lung of an ostrich, Struthio camelus JN Maina, C Nathaniel Journal of Experimental Biology 204 (13), 2313-2330, 2001 | 95 | 2001 |
| The lung-air sac system of birds: development, structure, and function J Maina Springer Science & Business Media, 2005 | 94 | 2005 |
| The thickness of avian blood-gas barrier: qualitative and quantitative observations. JN Maina, AS King Journal of Anatomy 134 (Pt 3), 553, 1982 | 92 | 1982 |
| Urea production, acid–base regulation and their interactions in the Lake Magadi tilapia, a unique teleost adapted to a highly alkaline environment CM Wood, HL Bergman, P Laurent, JN Maina, A Narahara, PJ Walsh Journal of Experimental Biology 189 (1), 13-36, 1994 | 86 | 1994 |
| The morphometry of the avian lung JN Maina Form and function in birds 4, 307-368, 1989 | 86 | 1989 |
| The gas exchangers: structure, function, and evolution of the respiratory processes JN Maina Springer Science & Business Media, 2012 | 81 | 2012 |
| Morphometric characterization of the airway and vascular systems of the lung of the domestic pig, Sus scrofa: comparison of the airway, arterial and venous systems JN Maina, P van Gils Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative …, 2001 | 81 | 2001 |
| Morphometrics of the avian lung. 1. The domestic fowl (Gallus gallus variant domesticus) MA Abdalla, JN Maina, AS King, DZ King, J Henry Respiration Physiology 47 (3), 267-278, 1982 | 79 | 1982 |
| Factors influencing motile activities of fish chromatophores JL Arpigny, J Coyette, S Davail, G Feller, E Fonzé, EC Foulkes, JM Frère, ... Advances in Comparative and Environmental Physiology: Volume 20, 1-54, 1994 | 77 | 1994 |
| A morphometric study of the lungs of different sized bats: correlations between structure and function of the chiropteran lung JN Maina, SP Thomas, DM Hyde Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B …, 1991 | 70 | 1991 |
| Composite cellular defence stratagem in the avian respiratory system: functional morphology of the free (surface) macrophages and specialized pulmonary epithelia LN Nganpiep, JN Maina Journal of Anatomy 200 (5), 499-516, 2002 | 68 | 2002 |
| A study of the morphology of the gills of an extreme alkalinity and hyperosmotic adapted teleost Oreochromis alcalicus grahami (boulenger) with particular … JN Maina Anatomy and Embryology 181, 83-98, 1990 | 66 | 1990 |
