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, Christopher T. Winne and Judith L. Greene 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 David E. Scott et al. Ecology profile →
Declining Amphibian Populations: The Problem of Separating Human Impacts from Natural Fluctuations

1991 626 citations David E. Scott et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David E. Scott

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of David E. Scott. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of David E. Scott based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with David E. Scott. David E. Scott is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Influence of hydroperiod and canopy cover on mercury accumulation and methylation in Carolina bay wetland sediments in the Southeastern United States 2025 ·Environmental Research ·(unknown), David E. Scott, Stacey L. Lance, Doris Howes Calloway, (unknown), Xiaoyu Xu	0
2	Acute toxicity of copper to the larval stage of three species of ambystomatid salamanders 2019 ·Ecotoxicology ·Scott M. Weir, Shuangying Yu, David E. Scott, Stacey L. Lance	6
3	Genomic data detect corresponding signatures of population size change on an ecological time scale in two salamander species 2016 ·Molecular Ecology ·Schyler O. Nunziata, Stacey L. Lance, David E. Scott, Emily Moriarty Lemmon, David W. Weisrock	34
4	Effects of metal and predator stressors in larval southern toads (Anaxyrus terrestris) 2016 ·Ecotoxicology ·(unknown), David E. Scott, Stacey L. Lance	10
5	Hepatic and renal trace element concentrations in American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) following chronic dietary exposure to coal fly ash contaminated prey 2016 ·Environmental Pollution ·Tracey D. Tuberville, David E. Scott, Brian S. Metts, John W. Finger, (unknown)	23
6	Environmental levels of Zn do not protect embryos from Cu toxicity in three species of amphibians 2016 ·Environmental Pollution ·Scott M. Weir, R. Wesley Flynn, David E. Scott, Shuangying Yu, Stacey L. Lance	3
7	32 species validation of a new Illumina paired-end approach for the development of microsatellites 2013 ·PLoS ONE ·Stacey L. Lance, (unknown), Schyler O. Nunziata, (unknown), David E. Scott, R. Wesley Flynn, Kenneth L. Jones	28
8	Interactive effects of maternal and environmental exposure to coal combustion wastes decrease survival of larval southern toads (Bufo terrestris) 2012 ·Environmental Pollution ·Brian S. Metts, Kurt A. Buhlmann, David E. Scott, Tracey D. Tuberville, William A. Hopkins	31
9	The Potential Role of Nitric Oxide Synthase in Survival and Regeneration of Magnocellular Neurons of Hypothalamo-Neurohypophyseal System 2009 ·Neurochemical Research ·Qiuju Yuan, David E. Scott, Kwok‐Fai So, Zhi‐Xiu Lin, Wutian Wu	2
10	A subpopulation of reactive astrocytes at affected neuronal perikarya after hypophysectomy in adult rats 2007 ·Brain Research ·Qiuju Yuan, David E. Scott, Kwok‐Fai So, Wutian Wu	7
11	Amphibian lipid levels at metamorphosis correlate to post-metamorphic terrestrial survival 2007 ·Oecologia ·David E. Scott, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	131
12	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 2006 ·Brain Research ·Qiuju Yuan, David E. Scott, Kwok‐Fai So, Wutian Wu	5
13	Courtship Behavior and Plasma Levels of Androgens and Corticosterone in Male Marbled Salamanders,Ambystoma opacum(Ambystomatidae) 1996 ·General and Comparative Endocrinology ·Lynne D. Houck, Mary T. Mendonça, (unknown), David E. Scott	27
14	Terrestrial courtship affects mating locations in Ambystoma opacum 1994 ·Herpetologica ·John D. Krenz, David E. Scott	15
15	In Situ Fixation of the Neonatal Brain and Spinal Cord 1993 ·Pediatric Pathology ·Thomas Bass, (unknown), A Werner, Francis J. Liuzzi, David E. Scott	4
16	No difference in day‐night serum melatonin concentration after pineal grafting into the third cerebral ventricle of pinealectomized rats 1991 ·Journal of Pineal Research ·Wutian Wu, David E. Scott, Rüssel J. Reiter	7
17	Transplantation of the pineal gland in the mammalian third cerebral ventricle 1990 ·Experimental Neurology ·Wutian Wu, David E. Scott, (unknown)	8
18	Correlative scanning-immunoelectromicroscopic analysis of neuropeptide localization and neuronal plasticity in the endocrine hypothalamus 1989 ·Brain Research Bulletin ·Wutian Wu, David E. Scott, (unknown)	14
19	Nitrogen Cycling as Affected by Interactions of Components in a Georgia Piedmont Agroecosystem 1986 ·Ecology ·Peter M. Groffman, Garfield J. House, Paul F. Hendrix, David E. Scott, D. A. Crossley	28
20	Brain-endocrine interaction 1972 ·S. Karger eBooks ·Karl M. Knigge, David E. Scott, A. Weindl	263

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