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Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior

Last updated July 15, 2026

Rising Stars

Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

1
Tom Bradfer‐Lawrence
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
2
Tristan Walter
University of Konstanz
3
Nan Zhang
Xi'an Jiaotong University
4
David Funosas
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
5
Audrey Looby
University of Victoria
6
Dominika Winiarska
University of Białystok
7
Bastienne Zaremba
Heidelberg University
8
Vesta Eleuteri
University of Vienna
9
Elie Grinfeder
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
10
Sam Lapp
University of Pittsburgh

Papers

1
Deep‐Learning Empowered Customized Chiral Metasurface for Calibration‐Free Biosensing
Advanced Materials|2024
105 cit.
2
The Acoustic Index User's Guide: A practical manual for defining, generating and understanding current and future acoustic indices
Methods in Ecology and Evolution|2024
37 cit.
3
Deriving meaning from acoustic data in hyper-diverse ecosystems
Trends in Ecology & Evolution|2025
12 cit.
4
Aquatic Soundscape Recordings Reveal Diverse Vocalizations and Nocturnal Activity of an Endangered Frog
The American Naturalist|2024
7 cit.
5
Publication in Frontiers in Psychology (2025) [7 citations, W4412100259]
Frontiers in Psychology|2025
7 cit.
6
Spillovers and legacies of land management on temperate woodland biodiversity
Nature Ecology & Evolution|2025
6 cit.
7
Intertidal Soundscapes of Hardened and Living Shorelines: A Case Study of Habitat Enhancement
Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems|2024
3 cit.
8
Publication in Ecological Indicators (2025) [3 citations, W4412496031]
Ecological Indicators|2025
3 cit.
9
Habitat-mediated noise pollution reduction in seagrass meadows
Marine Pollution Bulletin|2025
1 cit.
10
<scp>FishSounds</scp> Versions 2 and 3: Achieving the Largest Global Database of Fish Sound Production
Global Ecology and Biogeography|2025
1 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

1
Diego Llusia
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
2
Samuel A. Mehr
Harvard University
3
Zuzana Buřivalová
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
4
Karl‐Heinz Frommolt
Museum für Naturkunde
5
Arsha Nagrani
University of Oxford
6
Marvin Thielk
University of California San Diego
7
Yoko Yazaki‐Sugiyama
Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University
8
Manvir Singh
Harvard University
9
Grace Smith‐Vidaurre
New Mexico State University
10
Stephanie L. King
The University of Western Australia

Papers

1
Passive acoustic monitoring provides a fresh perspective on fundamental ecological questions
Functional Ecology|2023
215 cit.
2
Acoustic regularities in infant-directed speech and song across cultures
Nature Human Behaviour|2022
173 cit.
3
Human social organization during the Late Pleistocene: Beyond the nomadic-egalitarian model
Evolution and Human Behavior|2022
104 cit.
4
Soundscapes and deep learning enable tracking biodiversity recovery in tropical forests
Nature Communications|2023
82 cit.
5
Universality, domain-specificity and development of psychological responses to music
Nature Reviews Psychology|2023
57 cit.
6
How games can make behavioural science better
Nature|2023
54 cit.
7
Allied male dolphins use vocal exchanges to “bond at a distance”
Current Biology|2022
46 cit.
8
Classification of animal sounds in a hyperdiverse rainforest using convolutional neural networks with data augmentation
Ecological Indicators|2022
46 cit.
9
Strategic intergroup alliances increase access to a contested resource in male bottlenose dolphins
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2022
45 cit.
10
Universal interpretations of vocal music
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2023
38 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

1
Klaus Zuberbühler
Natural Resources Conservation Service
2
Arthur P. Arnold
UCLA Health
3
Michael Tomasello
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
4
Christophe Boesch
African Wildlife Foundation
5
Erich D. Jarvis
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
6
Michael J. Ryan
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
7
Gregory F. Ball
University of Maryland, College Park
8
David F. Clayton
Clemson University
9
Michale S. Fee
McGovern Institute for Brain Research
10
Richard W. Wrangham
Harvard University

Papers

1
Towards complete and error-free genome assemblies of all vertebrate species
Nature|2021
3.1k cit.
2
The "Challenge Hypothesis": Theoretical Implications for Patterns of Testosterone Secretion, Mating Systems, and Breeding Strategies
The American Naturalist|1990
2.3k cit.
3
Cultures in chimpanzees
Nature|1999
2.3k cit.
4
Whole-genome analyses resolve early branches in the tree of life of modern birds
Science|2014
2k cit.
5
An Ecological Model of Female-Bonded Primate Groups
Behaviour|1980
2k cit.
6
Cultural learning
Behavioral and Brain Sciences|1993
1.8k cit.
7
Altruistic Helping in Human Infants and Young Chimpanzees
Science|2006
1.6k cit.
8
Humans Have Evolved Specialized Skills of Social Cognition: The Cultural Intelligence Hypothesis
Science|2007
1.6k cit.
9
Joint Attention and Early Language
Child Development|1986
1.4k cit.
10
The evolution of mating preferences and the paradox of the lek
Nature|1991
1.3k cit.

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