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Animal Behavior and Reproduction

Animal Behavior and Reproduction is a research topic within Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Science Explorer counts 51k research works in it since 1950. 9.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the evolutionary ecology of animal behavior and traits, focusing on topics such as phenotypic plasticity, natural selection, evolutionary dynamics, mate choice, reproductive strategies, genetic variation, adaptive evolution, life history trade-offs, and ecological interactions.

Phenotypic Plasticity
Natural Selection
Evolutionary Dynamics
Behavioral Syndromes
Mate Choice
Reproductive Strategies
Genetic Variation
Adaptive Evolution
Life History Trade-offs
Ecological Interactions

Research works: 51k
In the world top 10%: 5k
Top-10% rate: 9.8%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25: -17%
Largest producer: United States

Animal Behavior and Reproduction

Which countries lead Animal Behavior and Reproduction research?

By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (1.8k and 465 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

1 United States 1.8k works
2 United Kingdom 465 works
3 China 451 works
4 Germany 355 works
5 France 299 works
6 Australia 296 works
7 Canada 287 works
8 Japan 279 works
9 Brazil 225 works
10 Spain 191 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

United States1,788 · 38.6%United Kingdom465 · 10.0%China451 · 9.7%Germany355 · 7.7%6 others listed1,578 · 34.0%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Animal Behavior and Reproduction research?

By volume in 2022-now, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique publishes the most Animal Behavior and Reproduction research, followed by Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas and Max Planck Society.

By volume, 2022-now

1 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 137 works
2 Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasSpain 68 works
3 Max Planck SocietyGermany 67 works
4 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 54 works
5 Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y TécnicasArgentina 46 works
6 Cornell UniversityUnited States 46 works
7 University of ExeterUnited Kingdom 44 works
8 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 42 works
9 University of California, DavisUnited States 38 works
10 Leibniz AssociationGermany 36 works

Who are the leading researchers in Animal Behavior and Reproduction?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Animal Behavior and Reproduction include Jun Wang, Mark A. Bradford and Nicholas G. Martin.

1 Jun Wang China 340k citations
2 Mark A. Bradford United States 268k citations
3 Nicholas G. Martin Australia 228k citations
4 Bruce S. McEwen United States 216k citations
5 Trevor William Robbins United Kingdom 199k citations
6 Peter M. Visscher Australia 193k citations
7 Ronald M. Evans United States 192k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Animal Behavior and Reproduction?

The most cited paper in Animal Behavior and Reproduction is "A general and simple method for obtaining R 2 from generalized linear mixed‐effects models" (Shinichi Nakagawa, Holger Schielzeth, 2012), with 10,527 citations. Next come "Structural absorption by barbule microstructures of super black bird of paradise feathers" (7,502) and "Ecology, Sexual Selection, and the Evolution of Mating Systems" (6,316).

Most cited papers
#	Paper	Released	Citations
1	A general and simple method for obtaining R 2 from generalized linear mixed‐effects models Shinichi Nakagawa, Holger Schielzeth · Methods in Ecology and Evolution	3 Dec 2012	10,527
2	Structural absorption by barbule microstructures of super black bird of paradise feathers Dakota E. McCoy, Teresa J. Feo, Todd Alan Harvey et al. · Nature Communications Open access	27 Dec 2017	7,502
3	Ecology, Sexual Selection, and the Evolution of Mating Systems Stephen T. Emlen, Lewis W. Oring · Science	15 Jul 1977	6,316
4	THE MEASUREMENT OF SELECTION ON CORRELATED CHARACTERS Russell Lande, Stevan J. Arnold · Evolution	Nov 1983	5,068
5	Mating systems, philopatry and dispersal in birds and mammals Paul J. Greenwood · Animal Behaviour	Nov 1980	3,990

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Where is Animal Behavior and Reproduction research done?

The largest centres of Animal Behavior and Reproduction research in 2022-now are Paris (France), Beijing (China), Sydney (Australia) and Tokyo (Japan).

Largest cities, 2022-now

1 ParisFrance 127 works
2 BeijingChina 97 works
3 SydneyAustralia 75 works
4 TokyoJapan 69 works
5 New YorkUnited States 65 works
6 São PauloBrazil 58 works
7 Buenos AiresArgentina 50 works
8 MelbourneAustralia 48 works
9 LondonUnited Kingdom 48 works
10 MadridSpain 48 works

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Where is the best place to study Animal Behavior and Reproduction?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Exeter, Lund University and University of Oxford score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged

40%

Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share

10%

Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale

30%

Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%

10%

Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad

10%

Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.

#	University	Score	Top 10%	Specialisation	Works	Growth
1	University of ExeterUnited Kingdom	68.7	12.8%	18.8×	44	-18.9%
2	Lund UniversitySweden	65.4	16.7%	10.3×	33	-16.2%
3	University of OxfordUnited Kingdom	62.4	13.9%	3.6×	28	-32.8%
4	University of California, DavisUnited States	61.6	14.7%	8.4×	38	-10.8%
5	Wageningen University & ResearchNetherlands	61.4	9.9%	10.4×	21	+21.8%
6	University of St AndrewsUnited Kingdom	61.3	20.0%	20.2×	24	-31.5%
7	Cornell UniversityUnited States	60.8	12.7%	6.2×	46	-26.3%
8	Princeton UniversityUnited States	59.3	17.0%	6.3×	16	+4.8%
9	Monash UniversityAustralia	57.4	24.3%	3.5×	19	-34.9%
10	University of BristolUnited Kingdom	57.3	14.8%	8.3×	26	-29.8%
11	University of BernSwitzerland	56.8	12.3%	5.8×	18	+12.7%
12	University of ZurichSwitzerland	56.3	17.3%	6.0×	24	-18.9%
13	Stockholm UniversitySweden	56.1	16.8%	10.9×	21	-24.6%
14	Macquarie UniversityAustralia	55.4	13.4%	14.9×	31	-22.8%
15	Harvard UniversityUnited States	54.8	29.4%	0.8×	14	-35.1%
16	Université de MontpellierFrance	54.7	15.9%	6.3×	12	+26.2%
17	University of GroningenNetherlands	54.4	7.9%	6.8×	26	-8.4%
18	University of Veterinary Medicine ViennaAustria	54.2	8.2%	56.2×	17	+20.6%
19	Tel Aviv UniversityIsrael	53.1	12.9%	5.1×	23	+10.2%
20	University of California, Los AngelesUnited States	53.0	18.7%	3.6×	24	-12.1%
21	Université Paris Sciences et LettresFrance	51.5	13.7%	6.6×	14	-0.4%
22	Stanford UniversityUnited States	51.1	22.3%	1.5×	13	-5.3%
23	Australian National UniversityAustralia	50.9	16.9%	7.0×	20	-41.3%
24	University of KonstanzGermany	49.8	20.4%	16.2×	12	-31.1%
25	University of British ColumbiaCanada	49.7	20.8%	2.4×	16	-45.2%
26	University of HelsinkiFinland	49.3	12.6%	4.8×	19	-6.4%
27	New York UniversityUnited States	49.3	23.8%	1.9×	12	-24.0%
28	University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom	48.9	17.5%	3.1×	15	-28.5%
29	Columbia UniversityUnited States	47.3	16.9%	2.1×	13	+10.2%
30	University of California, Santa BarbaraUnited States	47.3	15.1%	5.9×	10	-1.3%
31	The University of Western AustraliaAustralia	47.2	6.9%	10.0×	24	-27.6%
32	University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom	47.2	14.0%	2.4×	16	-47.9%
33	University of LiverpoolUnited Kingdom	46.5	15.6%	3.4×	11	-47.6%
34	University of GlasgowUnited Kingdom	46.2	16.9%	3.6×	13	-13.4%
35	Swedish University of Agricultural SciencesSweden	46.0	11.4%	11.2×	10	-0.1%
36	University of ViennaAustria	45.2	6.0%	7.4×	21	-2.1%
37	The University of MelbourneAustralia	44.9	17.4%	2.6×	16	-17.1%
38	Liverpool John Moores UniversityUnited Kingdom	44.6	12.4%	10.5×	9	+16.0%
39	University of LausanneSwitzerland	44.4	14.6%	6.0×	15	-30.2%
40	University of TorontoCanada	44.1	7.5%	2.3×	26	-28.7%
41	University of California San DiegoUnited States	43.3	27.1%	1.5×	8	-19.5%
42	Louisiana State UniversityUnited States	42.9	9.4%	6.7×	13	+26.7%
43	Hainan Normal UniversityChina	42.2	7.9%	49.2×	20	+43.6%
44	Adam Mickiewicz University in PoznańPoland	40.5	6.2%	9.2×	21	+31.2%
45	University of FloridaUnited States	40.2	8.1%	4.3×	26	-21.5%
46	Friedrich Schiller University JenaGermany	38.4	13.6%	4.8×	8	+20.6%
47	Johannes Gutenberg University MainzGermany	36.5	10.2%	4.3×	9	+26.1%
48	Universidade de São PauloBrazil	36.4	6.7%	2.5×	28	-29.6%
49	University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina	34.3	13.9%	1.1×	10	+28.3%
50	University College LondonUnited Kingdom	34.2	16.1%	0.9×	8	-41.1%
51	Flinders UniversityAustralia	32.5	8.8%	6.3×	10	+17.7%
52	Czech University of Life Sciences PragueCzechia	29.8	10.7%	16.2×	9	-28.1%
53	National University of SingaporeSingapore	23.9	3.7%	1.4×	10	-3.3%
54	University of South Bohemia in České BudějoviceCzechia	23.0	4.6%	25.1×	8	-8.8%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Animal Behavior and Reproduction, country by country

Is Animal Behavior and Reproduction research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 17% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2021.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Animal Behavior and Reproduction as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.024% in 2024.

Fractional works of Animal Behavior and Reproduction over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

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Which countries lead Animal Behavior and Reproduction research?

By volume, 2022-now

How concentrated that is

Which institutions lead Animal Behavior and Reproduction research?

By volume, 2022-now

Who are the leading researchers in Animal Behavior and Reproduction?

What are the most cited papers in Animal Behavior and Reproduction?

Where is Animal Behavior and Reproduction research done?

Largest cities, 2022-now

Where is the best place to study Animal Behavior and Reproduction?

Is Animal Behavior and Reproduction research growing?

Its share of all research

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Which topics inside it are moving

Related research

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