Devi Stuart‐Fox

8.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
143 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

Devi Stuart‐Fox is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Global and Planetary Change and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Devi Stuart‐Fox has authored 143 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 120 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 76 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 42 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Devi Stuart‐Fox's work include Animal Behavior and Reproduction (100 papers), Amphibian and Reptile Biology (76 papers) and Plant and animal studies (75 papers). Devi Stuart‐Fox is often cited by papers focused on Animal Behavior and Reproduction (100 papers), Amphibian and Reptile Biology (76 papers) and Plant and animal studies (75 papers). Devi Stuart‐Fox collaborates with scholars based in Australia, South Africa and United States. Devi Stuart‐Fox's co-authors include Adnan Moussalli, Martin J. Whiting, Luke Holman, Claire A. McLean, Cindy E. Hauser, Terry J. Ord, Ian P. F. Owens, Andrew F. Hugall, N. Justin Marshall and Gregory R. Johnston and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Devi Stuart‐Fox

139 papers receiving 5.1k citations

Hit Papers

The gender gap in science: How long until women are equal... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 100 200 300 400
What are hit papers?

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. The gender gap in science: How long until women are equally represented?
    2018 443 citations Devi Stuart‐Fox 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
Devi Stuart‐Fox Australia 35 3.6k 2.2k 1.0k 974 564 143 5.3k
Erik Wapstra Australia 37 2.9k 0.8× 2.0k 0.9× 980 1.0× 1.3k 1.3× 72 0.1× 169 4.2k
Olof Leimar Sweden 48 5.2k 1.4× 1.0k 0.5× 2.9k 2.9× 2.2k 2.3× 228 0.4× 121 8.7k
Tom Tregenza United Kingdom 48 6.7k 1.8× 1.4k 0.6× 4.0k 4.0× 2.1k 2.2× 313 0.6× 174 9.4k
Dustin J. Penn Austria 46 2.9k 0.8× 474 0.2× 1.5k 1.4× 1.3k 1.4× 384 0.7× 108 7.0k
Therésa M. Jones Australia 32 1.5k 0.4× 711 0.3× 883 0.9× 561 0.6× 215 0.4× 93 3.5k
Alexandre Roulin Switzerland 55 6.6k 1.8× 1.0k 0.5× 1.4k 1.4× 4.3k 4.4× 477 0.8× 268 9.6k
Gordon M. Burghardt United States 48 3.7k 1.0× 3.1k 1.4× 1.6k 1.6× 1.6k 1.7× 506 0.9× 235 8.0k
Robert C. Brooks Australia 57 8.0k 2.2× 1.5k 0.7× 4.1k 4.1× 2.2k 2.3× 628 1.1× 287 12.9k
András Liker Hungary 40 3.3k 0.9× 660 0.3× 567 0.6× 2.8k 2.9× 68 0.1× 116 4.9k
Daphne J. Fairbairn Canada 48 5.4k 1.5× 1.4k 0.7× 2.9k 2.8× 2.4k 2.5× 300 0.5× 118 7.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Devi Stuart‐Fox

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Fields of papers citing papers by Devi Stuart‐Fox

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Devi Stuart‐Fox

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Devi Stuart‐Fox. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Devi Stuart‐Fox 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 Devi Stuart‐Fox. Devi Stuart‐Fox is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Medina, Iliana, et al.. (2025). Body size rather than reflectivity explains thermal constraints on colour variation in an aposematic jewel bug. Evolutionary Ecology. 39(3-4). 307–322.
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Medina, Iliana, Andrew F. Hugall, Katrina J. Rankin, et al.. (2024). Polarization and reflectance are linked to climate, size and mechanistic constraints in a group of scarab beetles. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 29349–29349. 1 indexed citations
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Hugall, Andrew F., et al.. (2023). Disentangling thermal from alternative drivers of reflectance in jewel beetles: A macroecological study. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 32(3). 408–420. 4 indexed citations
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Hutchison, James A., et al.. (2023). Deconstructed beetles: Bilayered composite materials produce green coloration with remarkably high near-infrared reflectance. Materials Today Advances. 18. 100363–100363. 4 indexed citations
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Stuart‐Fox, Devi, Mark A. Elgar, Katja Hölttä‐Otto, et al.. (2023). Bio-informed materials: three guiding principles for innovation informed by biology. Nature Reviews Materials. 8(9). 565–567. 24 indexed citations
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Batabyal, Anuradha, et al.. (2023). The extent of rapid colour change in male agamid lizards is unrelated to overall sexual dichromatism. Ecology and Evolution. 13(7). e10293–e10293. 1 indexed citations
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Stuart‐Fox, Devi, et al.. (2022). The evolution of conspicuousness in frogs: When to signal toxicity?. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 35(11). 1455–1464. 9 indexed citations
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Subbiah, Jegadesan, et al.. (2022). Pretty Cool Beetles: Can Manipulation of Visible and Near-Infrared Sunlight Prevent Overheating?. Integrative Organismal Biology. 4(1). obac036–obac036. 4 indexed citations
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Roberts, Ann, et al.. (2022). A generalized approach to characterize optical properties of natural objects. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 137(3). 534–555. 14 indexed citations
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García, Jair E., et al.. (2022). Iridescence untwined: honey bees can separate hue variations in space and time. Behavioral Ecology. 33(4). 884–891. 5 indexed citations
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Kang, Changku, et al.. (2021). Climate predicts both visible and near‐infrared reflectance in butterflies. Ecology Letters. 24(9). 1869–1879. 15 indexed citations
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Stuart‐Fox, Devi, Katrina J. Rankin, Adrian Lutz, et al.. (2021). Environmental gradients predict the ratio of environmentally acquired carotenoids to self‐synthesised pteridine pigments. Ecology Letters. 24(10). 2207–2218. 16 indexed citations
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Rankin, Katrina J., et al.. (2021). Maternal reproductive output and F1 hybrid fitness may influence contact zone dynamics. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 34(4). 680–694. 1 indexed citations
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Rankin, Katrina J., et al.. (2021). Cracks in the mirror hypothesis: High specularity does not reduce detection or predation risk. Functional Ecology. 36(1). 239–248. 8 indexed citations
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Medina, Iliana, Elizabeth Newton, Michael Kearney, et al.. (2018). Reflection of near-infrared light confers thermal protection in birds. Nature Communications. 9(1). 3610–3610. 51 indexed citations
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Calsbeek, Ryan, et al.. (2017). A test of an antipredatory function of conspicuous plastron coloration in hatchling turtles. Evolutionary Ecology. 31(4). 463–476. 4 indexed citations
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Jessop, Tim S., et al.. (2017). Endocrine differences among colour morphs in a lizard with alternative behavioural strategies. Hormones and Behavior. 93. 118–127. 12 indexed citations
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Jessop, Tim S., et al.. (2009). Sex steroid correlates of female-specific colouration, behaviour and reproductive state in Lake Eyre dragon lizards, Ctenophorus maculosus. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 195(7). 619–630. 27 indexed citations
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Stuart‐Fox, Devi, Adnan Moussalli, & Martin J. Whiting. (2007). Natural Selection on Social Signals: Signal Efficacy and the Evolution of Chameleon Display Coloration. The American Naturalist. 170(6). 916–930. 99 indexed citations
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Blomberg, Simon P., Ian P. F. Owens, & Devi Stuart‐Fox. (2001). Ultraviolet reflectance in the small skink Carlia pectoralis. Herpetological review. 32(1). 8 indexed citations

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