Alejandro Kacelnik

4.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
44 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Alejandro Kacelnik is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology and Developmental Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alejandro Kacelnik has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 17 papers in Ecology and 8 papers in Developmental Biology. Recurrent topics in Alejandro Kacelnik's work include Animal Behavior and Reproduction (12 papers), Plant and animal studies (12 papers) and Avian ecology and behavior (10 papers). Alejandro Kacelnik is often cited by papers focused on Animal Behavior and Reproduction (12 papers), Plant and animal studies (12 papers) and Avian ecology and behavior (10 papers). Alejandro Kacelnik collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Argentina. Alejandro Kacelnik's co-authors include John R. Krebs, Alasdair I. Houston, Carlos Bernstein, Peter Taylor, Paul Schmid‐Hempel, Nicholas B. Davies, M. de L. Brooke, Innes C. Cuthill, Juan C. Reboreda and I. A. Todd and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Trends in Ecology & Evolution.

In The Last Decade

Alejandro Kacelnik

44 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

Test of optimal sampling by foraging great tits 1978 2026 1994 2010 1978 100 200 300 400
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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 threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Test of optimal sampling by foraging great tits
    1978 459 citations John R. Krebs, Alejandro Kacelnik et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alejandro Kacelnik United Kingdom 27 1.9k 1.2k 702 558 472 44 3.5k
C. J. Barnard United Kingdom 43 3.1k 1.6× 2.3k 1.9× 1.0k 1.5× 579 1.0× 386 0.8× 110 5.9k
David W. Stephens United States 31 2.9k 1.5× 1.9k 1.5× 1.1k 1.6× 887 1.6× 443 0.9× 72 6.2k
Wolfgang Wickler Germany 29 2.1k 1.1× 966 0.8× 870 1.2× 585 1.0× 139 0.3× 199 3.5k
Richard G. Coss United States 38 1.7k 0.9× 1.4k 1.1× 693 1.0× 296 0.5× 132 0.3× 102 4.4k
Alan B. Bond United States 24 1.5k 0.8× 436 0.4× 388 0.6× 229 0.4× 135 0.3× 50 2.5k
Russell P. Balda United States 33 1.8k 1.0× 1.8k 1.5× 239 0.3× 905 1.6× 111 0.2× 91 3.8k
Tim Halliday United Kingdom 29 2.4k 1.3× 1.7k 1.4× 703 1.0× 955 1.7× 217 0.5× 65 4.8k
Peter H. Klopfer United States 28 1.5k 0.8× 987 0.8× 499 0.7× 438 0.8× 61 0.1× 112 4.2k
Patrick W. Colgan Canada 31 1.4k 0.7× 1.4k 1.2× 510 0.7× 1.2k 2.2× 129 0.3× 101 3.6k
N. B. Davies United Kingdom 31 4.4k 2.3× 4.2k 3.5× 1.2k 1.7× 1.0k 1.9× 308 0.7× 38 7.1k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alejandro Kacelnik

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All Works

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Bernstein, Carlos, Marcelo H. Cassini, Montserrat Gomendio, et al.. (2010). Etología: introducción a la ciencia del comportamiento. 7 indexed citations
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Bautista, Luis M., Joost M. Tinbergen, & Alejandro Kacelnik. (2001). To walk or to fly? How birds choose among foraging modes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 98(3). 1089–1094. 88 indexed citations
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Kacelnik, Alejandro, et al.. (1998). Sexual differences in memory in shiny cowbirds. Animal Cognition. 1(2). 77–82. 35 indexed citations
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Driessen, Gerard, Carlos Bernstein, J.J.M. van Alphen, & Alejandro Kacelnik. (1995). A Count-Down Mechanism for Host Search in the Parasitoid Venturia canescens. Journal of Animal Ecology. 64(1). 117–117. 81 indexed citations
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Haccou, Patsy, et al.. (1994). Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) exploiting patches: response to long-term changes in travel time. Behavioral Ecology. 5(1). 81–90. 33 indexed citations
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Reboreda, Juan C. & Alejandro Kacelnik. (1993). THE ROLE OF AUTOSHAPING IN COOPERATIVE TWO‐PLAYER GAMES BETWEEN STARLINGS. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. 60(1). 67–83. 14 indexed citations
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Kacelnik, Alejandro, et al.. (1992). The ideal free distribution and predator-prey populations. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 7(2). 50–55. 192 indexed citations
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Kacelnik, Alejandro & I. A. Todd. (1992). Psychological mechanisms and the Marginal Value Theorem: effect of variability in travel time on patch exploitation. Animal Behaviour. 43(2). 313–322. 46 indexed citations
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Reboreda, Juan C. & Alejandro Kacelnik. (1991). Risk sensitivity in starlings: variability in food amount and food delay. Behavioral Ecology. 2(4). 301–308. 76 indexed citations
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Beauchamp, Guy & Alejandro Kacelnik. (1991). Effects of the knowledge of partners on learning rates in zebra finches Taeniopygia guttata. Animal Behaviour. 41(2). 247–253. 58 indexed citations
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Reboreda, Juan C. & Alejandro Kacelnik. (1990). On cooperation, tit-for-tat and mirros. Animal Behaviour. 40(6). 1188–1189. 9 indexed citations
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Kacelnik, Alejandro & Carlos Bernstein. (1988). Optimal foraging and arbitrary food distributions: Patch models gain a lease of life. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 3(10). 251–253. 23 indexed citations
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Hunter, Malcolm L., et al.. (1986). Directionality of Avian Vocalizations: A Laboratory Study. Ornithological Applications. 88(3). 371–375. 30 indexed citations
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Schmid‐Hempel, Paul, Alejandro Kacelnik, & Alasdair I. Houston. (1985). Honeybees maximize efficiency by not filling their crop. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 17(1). 61–66. 269 indexed citations
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Kacelnik, Alejandro, et al.. (1984). Some effects of energy costs on foraging strategies. Animal Behaviour. 32(2). 609–614. 115 indexed citations
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Kacelnik, Alejandro. (1979). The foraging efficiency of great tits (Parus major L.) in relation to light intensity. Animal Behaviour. 27. 237–241. 90 indexed citations
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Roberts, J.P., Alejandro Kacelnik, & Malcolm L. Hunter. (1979). A model of sound interference in relation to acoustic communication. Animal Behaviour. 27. 1271–1273. 20 indexed citations
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Segura, Enrique T. & Alejandro Kacelnik. (1977). Cardiorespiratory and electroencephalographic responses to stimulation of the mesencephalic tegmentum in toads, lizards, and rats. Experimental Neurology. 57(2). 364–373. 6 indexed citations
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Kacelnik, Alejandro, et al.. (1975). Effects of sodium pentobarbital upon cardiovascular responses to mesencephalic reticular stimulation in rats.. PubMed. 25(4). 332–8. 4 indexed citations
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Segura, Enrique T., et al.. (1971). The sexual clasp as a reticularly controlled behavior in the toad, Bufo arenarum Hensel. Physiology & Behavior. 7(2). 157–160. 4 indexed citations

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