Douglas J. Emlen

9.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
75 papers, 6.8k citations indexed

About

Douglas J. Emlen is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Douglas J. Emlen has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 6.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 36 papers in Genetics and 25 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Douglas J. Emlen's work include Animal Behavior and Reproduction (44 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (35 papers) and Plant and animal studies (23 papers). Douglas J. Emlen is often cited by papers focused on Animal Behavior and Reproduction (44 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (35 papers) and Plant and animal studies (23 papers). Douglas J. Emlen collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Australia. Douglas J. Emlen's co-authors include H. Frederik Nijhout, H. Frederik Nijhout, Leigh W. Simmons, Laura Corley Lavine, Armin P. Moczek, Erin L. McCullough, Ian Dworkin, David L. Stern, Ian A. Warren and Hiroki Gotoh and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Douglas J. Emlen

75 papers receiving 6.6k citations

Hit Papers

The Evolution of Animal Weapons 2008 2026 2014 2020 2008 100 200 300 400 500
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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.

  1. The Evolution of Animal Weapons
    2008 527 citations Douglas J. Emlen profile →

Peers

Douglas J. Emlen
William G. Eberhard Costa Rica
Paul M. Brakefield Netherlands
Mark W. Blows Australia
Sören Nylin Sweden
Andrew Pomiankowski United Kingdom
Russell Bonduriansky Australia
Daphne J. Fairbairn Canada
Wolf U. Blanckenhorn Switzerland
David W. Pfennig United States
Patricia Gibert France
William G. Eberhard Costa Rica
Douglas J. Emlen
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Countries citing papers authored by Douglas J. Emlen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Douglas J. Emlen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Douglas J. Emlen

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Katsuki, Masako, et al.. (2024). Morphological and functional analyses for investigation of sexually selected legs in the frog legged beetle Sagra femorata (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Arthropod Structure & Development. 80. 101360–101360. 1 indexed citations
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Boisseau, Romain, Sven Bradler, & Douglas J. Emlen. (2024). Divergence time and environmental similarity predict the strength of morphological convergence in stick and leaf insects. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(1). e2319485121–e2319485121. 3 indexed citations
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Boisseau, Romain, et al.. (2022). Multi-modal locomotor costs favor smaller males in a sexually dimorphic leaf-mimicking insect. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 22(1). 39–39. 17 indexed citations
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Sells, Sarah N., Michael S. Mitchell, David E. Ausband, et al.. (2022). Economical defence of resources structures territorial space use in a cooperative carnivore. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 289(1966). 20212512–20212512. 9 indexed citations
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Boisseau, Romain, et al.. (2020). Sexual dimorphism divergence between sister species is associated with a switch in habitat use and mating system in thorny devil stick insects. Behavioural Processes. 181. 104263–104263. 8 indexed citations
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Emlen, Douglas J., et al.. (2018). Sexual dimorphism and heightened conditional expression in a sexually selected weapon in the Asian rhinoceros beetle. Molecular Ecology. 27(24). 5049–5072. 27 indexed citations
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Ohde, Takahiro, Shuji Shigenobu, Takeshi Mizutani, et al.. (2018). Rhinoceros beetle horn development reveals deep parallels with dung beetles. PLoS Genetics. 14(10). e1007651–e1007651. 40 indexed citations
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Gotoh, Hiroki, Colin S. Brent, Aurora Kraus, et al.. (2016). Endocrine Control of Exaggerated Trait Growth in Rhinoceros Beetles. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 56(2). 247–259. 10 indexed citations
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Lin, Xinda, et al.. (2016). Ecological Trade-offs between Migration and Reproduction Are Mediated by the Nutrition-Sensitive Insulin-Signaling Pathway. International Journal of Biological Sciences. 12(5). 607–616. 37 indexed citations
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McCullough, Erin L., Christine W. Miller, & Douglas J. Emlen. (2016). Why Sexually Selected Weapons Are Not Ornaments. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 31(10). 742–751. 134 indexed citations
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Emlen, Douglas J., et al.. (2016). Linking Native and Invader Traits Explains Native Spider Population Responses to Plant Invasion. PLoS ONE. 11(4). e0153661–e0153661. 6 indexed citations
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Gotoh, Hiroki, Yuki Ishikawa, Hitoshi Miyakawa, et al.. (2016). The function of appendage patterning genes in mandible development of the sexually dimorphic stag beetle. Developmental Biology. 422(1). 24–32. 13 indexed citations
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Gotoh, Hiroki, Hitoshi Miyakawa, Asano Ishikawa, et al.. (2014). Developmental Link between Sex and Nutrition; doublesex Regulates Sex-Specific Mandible Growth via Juvenile Hormone Signaling in Stag Beetles. PLoS Genetics. 10(1). e1004098–e1004098. 124 indexed citations
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Warren, Ian A., J. Cristobal Vera, James H. Marden, et al.. (2014). Insights into the Development and Evolution of Exaggerated Traits Using De Novo Transcriptomes of Two Species of Horned Scarab Beetles. PLoS ONE. 9(2). e88364–e88364. 13 indexed citations
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Emlen, Douglas J., et al.. (2012). A Mechanism of Extreme Growth and Reliable Signaling in Sexually Selected Ornaments and Weapons. Science. 337(6096). 860–864. 347 indexed citations
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Simmons, Leigh W., Douglas J. Emlen, & Joseph L. Tomkins. (2007). SPERM COMPETITION GAMES BETWEEN SNEAKS AND GUARDS: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS USING DIMORPHIC MALE BEETLES. Evolution. 61(11). 2684–2692. 82 indexed citations
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Simmons, Leigh W. & Douglas J. Emlen. (2006). Evolutionary trade-off between weapons and testes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(44). 16346–16351. 260 indexed citations
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Emlen, Douglas J., et al.. (2006). Insulin signaling and limb-patterning: candidate pathways for the origin and evolutionary diversification of beetle ‘horns’. Heredity. 97(3). 179–191. 102 indexed citations
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Moczek, Armin P., John Hunt, Douglas J. Emlen, & Leigh W. Simmons. (2002). Threshold evolution in exotic populations of a polyphenic beetle. Evolutionary ecology research. 4(4). 587–601. 88 indexed citations
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Emlen, Douglas J.. (1993). A new method for observing underground and soil surface behaviors. The Coleopterists Bulletin. 47. 3 indexed citations

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