Standout Papers

The "Challenge Hypothesis... 1987 2026 2000 2013 1990 2001 2012 1987 2017 500 1000 1.5k
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation benchmark for papers published in the same subfield and year, or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. The "Challenge Hypothesis": Theoretical Implications for Patterns of Testosterone Secretion, Mating Systems, and Breeding Strategies
    1990 1.7k citations John C. Wingfield, Robert E. Hegner et al. The American Naturalist profile →
  2. Photoperiodic Control of Seasonality in Birds
    2001 779 citations Alistair Dawson, Verdun M. King et al. Journal of Biological Rhythms profile →
  3. Sex Differences in the Brain: The Not So Inconvenient Truth
    2012 463 citations Margaret M. McCarthy, Arthur P. Arnold et al. Journal of Neuroscience profile →
  4. Testosterone and Aggression in Birds
    1987 415 citations John C. Wingfield, Gregory F. Ball et al. American Scientist profile →
  5. Behave: The biology of humans at our best and worst
    2017 268 citations Gregory F. Ball Animal Behaviour profile →

Immediate Impact

1 by Nobel laureates 33 from Science/Nature 63 hit
Sub-graph 1 of 22

Citing Papers

An analysis of neuroscience and psychiatry papers published from 2009 and 2019 outlines opportunities for increasing discovery of sex differences
2022 Hit
Sex differences in anxiety and depression: circuits and mechanisms
2021 Hit
18 intermediate papers

Works of Gregory F. Ball being referenced

Sex Differences in the Brain: The Not So Inconvenient Truth
2012 Hit
Is brain estradiol a hormone or a neurotransmitter?
2006
and 6 more

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Gregory F. Ball 10.8k 6.9k 5.8k 3.9k 2.7k 323 17.6k
Jacques Balthazart 7.7k 0.7× 5.2k 0.8× 3.1k 0.5× 4.5k 1.2× 4.6k 1.7× 397 15.9k
Arthur P. Arnold 7.0k 0.6× 6.2k 0.9× 3.9k 0.7× 3.9k 1.0× 3.7k 1.3× 290 25.8k
John C. Wingfield 28.6k 2.6× 5.8k 0.8× 21.0k 3.6× 5.3k 1.4× 2.2k 0.8× 481 42.1k
Barney A. Schlinger 5.0k 0.5× 3.1k 0.4× 2.2k 0.4× 1.7k 0.4× 1.2k 0.4× 174 8.2k
Fernando Nottebohm 14.2k 1.3× 15.5k 2.2× 10.6k 1.8× 2.9k 0.8× 447 0.2× 155 21.9k
Andrew H. Bass 3.3k 0.3× 3.2k 0.5× 4.3k 0.7× 2.0k 0.5× 442 0.2× 184 9.4k
Russell D. Fernald 4.2k 0.4× 535 0.1× 1.9k 0.3× 2.7k 0.7× 1.7k 0.6× 184 12.6k
Kiran K. Soma 3.9k 0.4× 1.4k 0.2× 1.8k 0.3× 1.5k 0.4× 696 0.3× 140 6.7k
L. Michael Romero 9.0k 0.8× 838 0.1× 7.3k 1.3× 2.9k 0.8× 211 0.1× 201 18.2k
Charles T. Snowdon 3.5k 0.3× 3.4k 0.5× 1.7k 0.3× 5.2k 1.3× 195 0.1× 184 9.1k

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