Craig A. Walling

3.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
52 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Craig A. Walling is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Craig A. Walling has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 26 papers in Ecology and 23 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Craig A. Walling's work include Animal Behavior and Reproduction (28 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (18 papers) and Plant and animal studies (18 papers). Craig A. Walling is often cited by papers focused on Animal Behavior and Reproduction (28 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (18 papers) and Plant and animal studies (18 papers). Craig A. Walling collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Spain and Australia. Craig A. Walling's co-authors include Loeske E. B. Kruuk, Daniel H. Nussey, Alastair J. Wilson, Josephine M. Pemberton, Michael M. Morrissey, Michelle Clements, Erik Postma, Denis Réale, Joshua P. Moatt and Hannah Froy and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Craig A. Walling

52 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

An ecologist’s guide to the animal model

2009 752 citations Alastair J. Wilson, Denis Réale et al. Journal of Animal Ecology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Craig A. Walling United Kingdom	27	1.6k	1.0k	908	294	274	52	2.6k
David Mayntz Denmark	24	1.2k 0.7×	911 0.9×	844 0.9×	1.0k 3.4×	249 0.9×	34	2.6k
G. de Jong Netherlands	9	1.5k 0.9×	793 0.8×	928 1.0×	290 1.0×	514 1.9×	14	2.6k
C.M. Deerenberg Netherlands	12	1.4k 0.9×	351 0.3×	1.4k 1.5×	212 0.7×	191 0.7×	22	2.7k
Anne Peters Australia	40	3.6k 2.3×	613 0.6×	2.8k 3.1×	159 0.5×	522 1.9×	122	5.3k
Gerdien de Jong Netherlands	16	1.4k 0.9×	981 0.9×	760 0.8×	230 0.8×	434 1.6×	25	2.5k
Sandrine Meylan France	31	2.1k 1.3×	478 0.5×	1.6k 1.7×	117 0.4×	517 1.9×	73	3.3k
Rodrigo A. Vásquez Chile	31	1.4k 0.9×	318 0.3×	1.5k 1.7×	82 0.3×	384 1.4×	150	2.8k
Matthew D. Hall Australia	29	1.1k 0.7×	1.1k 1.1×	691 0.8×	601 2.0×	176 0.6×	88	2.7k
Erik Wapstra Australia	37	2.9k 1.8×	980 0.9×	1.3k 1.4×	97 0.3×	556 2.0×	169	4.2k
Sinéad English United Kingdom	23	881 0.6×	442 0.4×	634 0.7×	211 0.7×	125 0.5×	59	1.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Craig A. Walling

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Rodríguez‐Muñoz, Rolando, Paul Hopwood, Jon Slate, et al.. (2025). Fluctuating selection among years in a wild insect. Evolution. 79(6). 973–982. 2 indexed citations

Gaüzere, Julie, Josephine M. Pemberton, Jon Slate, et al.. (2023). A polygenic basis for birth weight in a wild population of red deer (Cervus elaphus). G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 13(4). 2 indexed citations

Vale, Pedro F., et al.. (2022). Larval diet affects adult reproduction, but not survival, independent of the effect of injury and infection in Drosophila melanogaster. Journal of Insect Physiology. 142. 104428–104428. 3 indexed citations

Gaüzere, Julie, Craig A. Walling, Joel L. Pick, et al.. (2021). The role of maternally transferred antibodies in maternal performance in red deer. Ecology Letters. 24(10). 2065–2076. 3 indexed citations

Waldron, Fergal M., et al.. (2020). Testing evolutionary explanations for the lifespan benefit of dietary restriction in fruit flies ( Drosophila melanogaster ). Evolution. 75(2). 450–463. 17 indexed citations

Rodríguez‐Muñoz, Rolando, Paul Hopwood, David N. Fisher, et al.. (2019). Older males attract more females but get fewer matings in a wild field cricket. Animal Behaviour. 153. 1–14. 17 indexed citations

Froy, Hannah, Craig A. Walling, Josephine M. Pemberton, Tim Clutton‐Brock, & Loeske E. B. Kruuk. (2016). Relative costs of offspring sex and offspring survival in a polygynous mammal. Biology Letters. 12(9). 20160417–20160417. 28 indexed citations

Walling, Craig A., et al.. (2015). Cortisol but not testosterone is repeatable and varies with reproductive effort in wild red deer stags. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 222. 62–68. 42 indexed citations

Parker, Darren J., Christopher B. Cunningham, Craig A. Walling, et al.. (2015). Transcriptomes of parents identify parenting strategies and sexual conflict in a subsocial beetle. Nature Communications. 6(1). 11737–11737. 69 indexed citations

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Bretman, Amanda, Anne Lizé, Craig A. Walling, & Tom A. R. Price. (2014). The Heritability of Mating Behaviour in a Fly and Its Plasticity in Response to the Threat of Sperm Competition. PLoS ONE. 9(2). e90236–e90236. 11 indexed citations

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Morrissey, Michael B., Craig A. Walling, Alastair J. Wilson, et al.. (2012). Genetic Analysis of Life-History Constraint and Evolution in a Wild Ungulate Population. The American Naturalist. 179(4). E97–E114. 41 indexed citations

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Nielsen, J. F., Sinéad English, William P. Goodall‐Copestake, et al.. (2012). Inbreeding and inbreeding depression of early life traits in a cooperative mammal. Molecular Ecology. 21(11). 2788–2804. 72 indexed citations

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Wilson, Alastair J., Michael B. Morrissey, Mark J. Adams, et al.. (2011). Indirect genetics effects and evolutionary constraint: an analysis of social dominance in red deer, Cervus elaphus. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 24(4). 772–783. 112 indexed citations

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Bretman, Amanda, Rolando Rodríguez‐Muñoz, Craig A. Walling, Jon Slate, & Tom Tregenza. (2011). Fine‐scale population structure, inbreeding risk and avoidance in a wild insect population. Molecular Ecology. 20(14). 3045–3055. 34 indexed citations

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Walling, Craig A., Daniel H. Nussey, Alison Morris, et al.. (2011). Inbreeding depression in red deer calves. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 11(1). 318–318. 70 indexed citations

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House, Clarissa M., et al.. (2009). Females benefit from multiple mating but not multiple mates in the burying beetle Nicrophorus vespilloides. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 22(9). 1961–1966. 30 indexed citations

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Wilson, Alastair J., Denis Réale, Michelle Clements, et al.. (2009). An ecologist’s guide to the animal model. Journal of Animal Ecology. 79(1). 13–26. 752 indexed citations breakdown →

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Walling, Craig A., et al.. (2008). The quantitative genetics of sex differences in parenting. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(47). 18430–18435. 78 indexed citations

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House, Clarissa M., et al.. (2008). THE EVOLUTION OF REPEATED MATING IN THE BURYING BEETLE,NICROPHORUS VESPILLOIDES. Evolution. 62(8). 2004–2014. 46 indexed citations

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Walling, Craig A., et al.. (2008). Experience does not alter alternative mating tactics in the burying beetle Nicrophorus vespilloides. Behavioral Ecology. 20(1). 153–159. 17 indexed citations

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