Cynthia J. Downs

1.3k total citations
48 papers, 834 citations indexed

About

Cynthia J. Downs is a scholar working on Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Cynthia J. Downs has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 834 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Ecology, 23 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 11 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Cynthia J. Downs's work include Animal Behavior and Reproduction (17 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (11 papers) and Physiological and biochemical adaptations (11 papers). Cynthia J. Downs is often cited by papers focused on Animal Behavior and Reproduction (17 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (11 papers) and Physiological and biochemical adaptations (11 papers). Cynthia J. Downs collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and Canada. Cynthia J. Downs's co-authors include Theodore Garland, Anthony R. Ives, Lynn B. Martin, Jack P. Hayes, Gregory E. Demas, James S. Adelman, C. Richard Tracy, Laura A. Schoenle, Ned A. Dochtermann and Kelley M. Stewart and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, The American Naturalist and Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Cynthia J. Downs

45 papers receiving 829 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Cynthia J. Downs United States 17 396 334 172 118 96 48 834
Laura V. Ferguson Canada 13 549 1.4× 283 0.8× 356 2.1× 77 0.7× 49 0.5× 29 1.1k
David Gopurenko Australia 17 312 0.8× 413 1.2× 354 2.1× 206 1.7× 168 1.8× 55 1.1k
Jennifer L. Grindstaff United States 17 465 1.2× 681 2.0× 153 0.9× 106 0.9× 114 1.2× 39 1.2k
Matthew C. Tinsley United Kingdom 22 214 0.5× 515 1.5× 416 2.4× 68 0.6× 39 0.4× 39 1.2k
María G. Palacios Argentina 19 439 1.1× 532 1.6× 83 0.5× 241 2.0× 68 0.7× 46 969
H. Bobby Fokidis United States 19 658 1.7× 714 2.1× 104 0.6× 210 1.8× 49 0.5× 39 1.2k
Sean P. Graham United States 17 213 0.5× 349 1.0× 106 0.6× 304 2.6× 218 2.3× 48 825
L. Gerardo Herrera M. Mexico 20 829 2.1× 787 2.4× 91 0.5× 93 0.8× 132 1.4× 72 1.2k
Crystal Kelehear Australia 17 504 1.3× 364 1.1× 152 0.9× 434 3.7× 81 0.8× 37 898
Hannah L. Dugdale United Kingdom 25 778 2.0× 945 2.8× 293 1.7× 79 0.7× 47 0.5× 91 1.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Cynthia J. Downs

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Cynthia J. Downs

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Miller, Carolyn A., Kevin L. Monteith, Tayler N. LaSharr, Jonathan B. Cohen, & Cynthia J. Downs. (2025). No Single Association of Constitutive Immune Defenses with Fat Condition or Protein Content. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 65(6). 1796–1809.
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Cory‐Slechta, Deborah A., Cynthia J. Downs, & Marissa Sobolewski. (2025). Cumulative risk assessment as the pathway to public health protection for behavioral neurotoxicity. NeuroToxicology. 108. 400–411.
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Yang, Anni, Dmitriy V. Volokhov, M. Brock Fenton, et al.. (2024). Bat cellular immunity varies by year and dietary habit amidst land conversion. Conservation Physiology. 12(1). coad102–coad102. 2 indexed citations
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Downs, Cynthia J. & Marissa Sobolewski. (2024). The Promise of a Pointillist Perspective for Comparative Immunology. Physiology. 39(6). 386–400. 2 indexed citations
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McMinds, Ryan, Rays H. Y. Jiang, Swamy R. Adapa, et al.. (2024). Bacterial sepsis triggers stronger transcriptomic immune responses in larger primates. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 291(2025). 20240535–20240535. 2 indexed citations
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Martin, Lynn B., et al.. (2023). Leukocyte Concentrations Are Isometric in Reptiles Unlike in Endotherms. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. 96(6). 405–417. 2 indexed citations
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Volokhov, Dmitriy V., Sebastian Stockmaier, Gerald G. Carter, et al.. (2023). Expanded diversity of novel hemoplasmas in rare and undersampled Neotropical bats. One Health. 17. 100633–100633. 6 indexed citations
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Martin, Lynn B., et al.. (2022). Leukocyte allometries in birds are not affected by captivity. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A Ecological and Integrative Physiology. 337(5). 576–582. 2 indexed citations
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Becker, Daniel J., et al.. (2021). Body size affects immune cell proportions in birds and non-volant mammals, but not bats. Journal of Experimental Biology. 224(13). 10 indexed citations
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Martin, Lynn B., et al.. (2020). The impacts of body mass on immune cell concentrations in birds. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 287(1934). 20200655–20200655. 23 indexed citations
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Downs, Cynthia J., Laura A. Schoenle, Barbara A. Han, Jon F. Harrison, & Lynn B. Martin. (2019). Scaling of Host Competence. Trends in Parasitology. 35(3). 182–192. 53 indexed citations
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Downs, Cynthia J., et al.. (2018). Investigating Relationships between Reproduction, Immune Defenses, and Cortisol in Dall Sheep. Frontiers in Immunology. 9. 105–105. 23 indexed citations
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LaDage, Lara D., Timothy C. Roth, Cynthia J. Downs, Barry Sinervo, & Vladimir V. Pravosudov. (2017). Increased Testosterone Decreases Medial Cortical Volume and Neurogenesis in Territorial Side-Blotched Lizards (Uta stansburiana). Frontiers in Neuroscience. 11. 97–97. 4 indexed citations
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Wone, Bernard, Per Lav Madsen, Marta K. Labocha, et al.. (2015). A strong response to selection on mass-independent maximal metabolic rate without a correlated response in basal metabolic rate. Heredity. 114(4). 419–427. 30 indexed citations
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Downs, Cynthia J., Kelley M. Stewart, & Brian L. Dick. (2015). Investment in Constitutive Immune Function by North American Elk Experimentally Maintained at Two Different Population Densities. PLoS ONE. 10(5). e0125586–e0125586. 21 indexed citations
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Downs, Cynthia J., Berry Pinshow, Irina S. Khokhlova, & Boris R. Krasnov. (2015). Flea fitness is reduced by high fractional concentrations of CO2 that simulate levels found in their hosts' burrows. Journal of Experimental Biology. 218(22). 3596–3603. 1 indexed citations
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Downs, Cynthia J. & Ned A. Dochtermann. (2014). Testing Hypotheses in Ecoimmunology Using Mixed Models: Disentangling Hierarchical Correlations. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 54(3). 407–418. 21 indexed citations
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Downs, Cynthia J., Jack P. Hayes, & C. Richard Tracy. (2007). Scaling metabolic rate with body mass and inverse body temperature: a test of the Arrhenius fractal supply model. Functional Ecology. 22(2). 239–244. 59 indexed citations

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