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Animal Behavior and Reproduction

Last updated July 15, 2026

Rising Stars

Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

1
Tom Hindmarsh Sten
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
2
Jasper S. Phelps
Harvard University
3
Joel Vizueta
University of Copenhagen
4
Samuel T. Fabian
University of Cambridge
5
Jasmine L. Loveland
University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
6
Bastienne Zaremba
Heidelberg University
7
Joseph R. Knoedler
Stanford University
8
Krish Sanghvi
University of Oxford
9
Kevin Luxem
Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology
10
Dominika Winiarska
University of Białystok

Papers

1
Publication in Nature Communications (2024) [97 citations, W4391346157]
Nature Communications|2024
97 cit.
2
Publication in Science (2025) [41 citations, W4406753550]
Science|2025
41 cit.
3
Male-male interactions shape mate selection in Drosophila
Cell|2025
32 cit.
4
Publication (2024) [W4413530342]
Unknown Journal|2024
0 cit.
5
Publication (2024) [W4413530557]
Unknown Journal|2024
0 cit.
6
Publication (2024) [W4413635417]
Unknown Journal|2024
0 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

1
Miguel Carneiro
Universidade do Porto
2
Susan J. Cunningham
University of Cape Town
3
Lyanne Brouwer
James Cook University
4
Shaul Druckmann
Stanford Medicine
5
Andrea J. Betancourt
University of Liverpool
6
Ignacio Morales‐Castilla
University of Évora
7
Alice M. I. Auersperg
University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
8
Michael B. Morrissey
University of St Andrews
9
Martin Surbeck
Harvard University
10
Yufeng Pan
Southeast University

Papers

1
Cooperation across social borders in bonobos
Science|2023
56 cit.
2
Characterization of <i>Pan</i> social systems reveals in-group/out-group distinction and out-group tolerance in bonobos
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2022
47 cit.
3
Integrating experiments to predict interactive cue effects on spring phenology with warming
New Phytologist|2022
40 cit.
4
Collapse of Breeding Success in Desert-Dwelling Hornbills Evident Within a Single Decade
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution|2022
36 cit.
5
The <i>doublesex</i> gene regulates dimorphic sexual and aggressive behaviors in <i>Drosophila</i>
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2022
33 cit.
6
Differences in expression of male aggression between wild bonobos and chimpanzees
Current Biology|2024
32 cit.
7
Analytical results for directional and quadratic selection gradients for log‐linear models of fitness functions
Evolution|2022
31 cit.
8
A neural pathway underlying hunger modulation of sexual receptivity in Drosophila females
Cell Reports|2023
29 cit.
9
Love thy neighbour: behavioural and endocrine correlates of male strategies during intergroup encounters in bonobos
Animal Behaviour|2022
26 cit.
10
Drivers of female power in bonobos
Communications Biology|2025
18 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

1
Richard Shine
Macquarie University
2
John C. Wingfield
University of California, Davis
3
Anders Pape Møller
Université Paris-Sud
4
Ben C. Sheldon
University of Oxford
5
Holger Schielzeth
Schiller International University
6
Richard O. Prum
Yale University
7
Michael J. Ryan
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
8
Gregory F. Ball
University of Maryland, College Park
9
Bart Kempenaers
University of Antwerp
10
Linda Partridge
MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing

Papers

1
A general and simple method for obtaining <i>R</i> <sup>2</sup> from generalized linear mixed‐effects models
Methods in Ecology and Evolution|2012
10.2k cit.
2
Structural absorption by barbule microstructures of super black bird of paradise feathers
Nature Communications|2017
7.5k cit.
3
Simple means to improve the interpretability of regression coefficients
Methods in Ecology and Evolution|2010
3k cit.
4
The coefficient of determination <i>R</i> <sup>2</sup> and intra-class correlation coefficient from generalized linear mixed-effects models revisited and expanded
Journal of The Royal Society Interface|2017
2.7k cit.
5
Ecological immunology: costly parasite defences and trade-offs in evolutionary ecology
Trends in Ecology & Evolution|1996
2.6k cit.
6
The "Challenge Hypothesis": Theoretical Implications for Patterns of Testosterone Secretion, Mating Systems, and Breeding Strategies
The American Naturalist|1990
2.3k cit.
7
rptR: repeatability estimation and variance decomposition by generalized linear mixed‐effects models
Methods in Ecology and Evolution|2017
1.8k cit.
8
A comprehensive phylogeny of birds (Aves) using targeted next-generation DNA sequencing
Nature|2015
1.7k cit.
9
Cost of mating in Drosophila melanogaster females is mediated by male accessory gland products
Nature|1995
1.4k cit.
10
Extension of Life-Span by Loss of CHICO, a <i>Drosophila</i> Insulin Receptor Substrate Protein
Science|2001
1.4k cit.

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