David E. Scott

11.2k total citations · 4 hit papers
128 papers, 8.0k citations indexed

About

David E. Scott is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, David E. Scott has authored 128 papers receiving a total of 8.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 26 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 24 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in David E. Scott's work include Amphibian and Reptile Biology (38 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (23 papers) and Neuroscience of respiration and sleep (16 papers). David E. Scott is often cited by papers focused on Amphibian and Reptile Biology (38 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (23 papers) and Neuroscience of respiration and sleep (16 papers). David E. Scott collaborates with scholars based in United States, Hong Kong and Sweden. David E. Scott's co-authors include James W. Petranka, Joseph H. K. Pechmann, Raymond D. Semlitsch, J. Whitfield Gibbons, Karl M. Knigge, Tracey D. Tuberville, Brian S. Metts, Kurt A. Buhlmann, Judith L. Greene and Christopher T. Winne and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

David E. Scott

126 papers receiving 7.2k 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.

The Global Decline of Reptiles, Déjà Vu Amphibians

2000 1.3k citations David E. Scott, Kurt A. Buhlmann et al. profile →
Salamanders of the United States and Canada

1999 1.2k citations David E. Scott et al. profile →
Time and Size at Metamorphosis Related to Adult Fitness in Ambystoma Talpoideum

1988 793 citations Raymond D. Semlitsch, David E. Scott et al. profile →
Declining Amphibian Populations: The Problem of Separating Human Impacts from Natural Fluctuations

1991 626 citations Joseph H. K. Pechmann, David E. Scott et al. Science profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
David E. Scott	4.4k	2.7k	2.4k	2.1k	1.8k	128	8.0k
Craig E. Franklin	2.7k 0.6×	6.0k 2.2×	2.1k 0.9×	3.4k 1.6×	1.0k 0.6×	343	9.8k
Frank Seebacher	2.0k 0.5×	4.7k 1.8×	2.7k 1.1×	1.9k 0.9×	986 0.5×	187	8.2k
Paul Licht	3.0k 0.7×	2.8k 1.0×	3.7k 1.6×	1.8k 0.8×	484 0.3×	260	9.2k
Carlos A. Navas	3.2k 0.7×	2.7k 1.0×	2.9k 1.2×	907 0.4×	1.6k 0.9×	152	5.9k
Anssi Laurila	3.9k 0.9×	2.4k 0.9×	4.0k 1.7×	1.6k 0.7×	1.5k 0.8×	171	6.6k
Francisco Bozinovic	1.1k 0.3×	5.0k 1.9×	3.4k 1.4×	986 0.5×	1.2k 0.7×	215	7.7k
Michael J. Angilletta	5.3k 1.2×	8.1k 3.0×	6.0k 2.5×	2.7k 1.3×	4.2k 2.3×	126	13.4k
Kenneth L. Gosner	4.2k 0.9×	1.4k 0.5×	2.2k 0.9×	1.2k 0.6×	1.1k 0.6×	15	5.5k
Tamar Dayan	1.3k 0.3×	5.1k 1.9×	3.2k 1.3×	1.8k 0.9×	1.3k 0.7×	151	8.9k
James R. Spotila	4.3k 1.0×	4.5k 1.7×	1.8k 0.8×	5.7k 2.7×	749 0.4×	199	8.4k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Scott, David E., et al.. (2025). Influence of hydroperiod and canopy cover on mercury accumulation and methylation in Carolina bay wetland sediments in the Southeastern United States. Environmental Research. 287. 123139–123139.

Nunziata, Schyler O., Stacey L. Lance, David E. Scott, Emily Moriarty Lemmon, & David W. Weisrock. (2016). Genomic data detect corresponding signatures of population size change on an ecological time scale in two salamander species. Molecular Ecology. 26(4). 1060–1074. 34 indexed citations

Scott, David E., et al.. (2016). Effects of metal and predator stressors in larval southern toads (Anaxyrus terrestris). Ecotoxicology. 25(6). 1278–1286. 10 indexed citations

Scott, David E., et al.. (2015). Multi-Level Effects of Low Dose Rate Ionizing Radiation on Southern Toad, Anaxyrus [Bufo] terrestris. PLoS ONE. 10(4). e0125327–e0125327. 16 indexed citations

Lance, Stacey L., et al.. (2013). Within- and among-population level differences in response to chronic copper exposure in southern toads, Anaxyrus terrestris. Environmental Pollution. 177. 135–142. 25 indexed citations

Metts, Brian S., Kurt A. Buhlmann, David E. Scott, Tracey D. Tuberville, & William A. Hopkins. (2012). Interactive effects of maternal and environmental exposure to coal combustion wastes decrease survival of larval southern toads (Bufo terrestris). Environmental Pollution. 164. 211–218. 31 indexed citations

Todd, Brian D., David E. Scott, Joseph H. K. Pechmann, & J. Whitfield Gibbons. (2010). Climate change correlates with rapid delays and advancements in reproductive timing in an amphibian community. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 278(1715). 2191–2197. 143 indexed citations

Yuan, Qiuju, David E. Scott, Kwok‐Fai So, & Wutian Wu. (2007). Differential Activation of c‐fos Immunoreactivity After Hypophysectomy in Developing and Adult Rats. The Anatomical Record. 290(9). 1050–1056. 1 indexed citations

Yuan, Qiuju, David E. Scott, Kwok‐Fai So, & Wutian Wu. (2006). The response of magnocellular neurons of the hypothalamo-neurohyphyseal system to hypophysectomy, nitric oxide synthase expression as well as survival and regeneration in developing vs. adult rats. Brain Research. 1113(1). 45–53. 5 indexed citations

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Yuan, Qiuju, David E. Scott, Kwok‐Fai So, & Wutian Wu. (2005). Developmental changes of nitric oxide synthase expression in the rat hypothalamoneurohypophyseal system. The Anatomical Record Part A Discoveries in Molecular Cellular and Evolutionary Biology. 288A(1). 36–45. 12 indexed citations

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Scott, David E., et al.. (2004). Fine structural correlates of the choroid plexus of the lateral cerebral ventricle of the human fetal brain. The Anatomical Record Part A Discoveries in Molecular Cellular and Evolutionary Biology. 282A(1). 8–12. 6 indexed citations

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Houck, Lynne D., et al.. (1996). Courtship Behavior and Plasma Levels of Androgens and Corticosterone in Male Marbled Salamanders,Ambystoma opacum(Ambystomatidae). General and Comparative Endocrinology. 104(2). 243–252. 27 indexed citations

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Scott, David E.. (1995). Neural regeneration and neuronal migration following injury I. The endocrine hypothalamus and neurohypophyseal system. Experimental Neurology. 131(1). 23–38. 20 indexed citations

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Krenz, John D. & David E. Scott. (1994). Terrestrial courtship affects mating locations in Ambystoma opacum. Herpetologica. 50(1). 46–50. 15 indexed citations

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Bass, Thomas, et al.. (1993). In Situ Fixation of the Neonatal Brain and Spinal Cord. Pediatric Pathology. 13(5). 699–705. 4 indexed citations

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Pechmann, Joseph H. K., David E. Scott, Raymond D. Semlitsch, et al.. (1991). Declining Amphibian Populations: The Problem of Separating Human Impacts from Natural Fluctuations. Science. 253(5022). 892–895. 626 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wu, Wutian, David E. Scott, & Rüssel J. Reiter. (1991). No difference in day‐night serum melatonin concentration after pineal grafting into the third cerebral ventricle of pinealectomized rats. Journal of Pineal Research. 11(2). 70–74. 7 indexed citations

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Wu, Wutian, et al.. (1989). Correlative scanning-immunoelectromicroscopic analysis of neuropeptide localization and neuronal plasticity in the endocrine hypothalamus. Brain Research Bulletin. 22(2). 399–410. 14 indexed citations

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Scott, David E. & Larry L. Jackson. (1988). Interstrain comparison of male-predominant antiaphrodisiacs in Drosophila melanogaster. Journal of Insect Physiology. 34(9). 863–871. 38 indexed citations

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Knigge, Karl M., David E. Scott, & A. Weindl. (1972). Brain-endocrine interaction. S. Karger eBooks. 263 indexed citations

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