Jayne E. Yack

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
64 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Jayne E. Yack is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jayne E. Yack has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 49 papers in Genetics and 12 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Jayne E. Yack's work include Plant and animal studies (31 papers), Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy (28 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (27 papers). Jayne E. Yack is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (31 papers), Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy (28 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (27 papers). Jayne E. Yack collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Brazil. Jayne E. Yack's co-authors include James H. Fullard, Myron L. Smith, J. H. Fullard, Akito Y. Kawahara, Patrick J. Weatherhead, Jeff W. Dawson, R. N. C. Guedes, Annemarie Surlykke, Karen Meusemann and David Plotkin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Jayne E. Yack

64 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

  1. Phylogenomics reveals the evolutionary timing and pattern of butterflies and moths
    2019 284 citations Akito Y. Kawahara, David Plotkin et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jayne E. Yack Canada 23 1.2k 837 328 263 231 64 1.7k
William E. Conner United States 25 1.5k 1.3× 702 0.8× 722 2.2× 180 0.7× 391 1.7× 56 2.2k
Pavel Štys Czechia 23 1.4k 1.1× 513 0.6× 568 1.7× 185 0.7× 226 1.0× 75 1.7k
Reinhard Lakes‐Harlan Germany 21 818 0.7× 439 0.5× 197 0.6× 369 1.4× 95 0.4× 75 1.2k
Peggy S. M. Hill United States 17 901 0.7× 605 0.7× 269 0.8× 124 0.5× 160 0.7× 40 1.1k
Takuma Takanashi Japan 21 545 0.5× 440 0.5× 435 1.3× 219 0.8× 143 0.6× 57 992
Anneli Hoikkala Finland 33 1.9k 1.6× 1.6k 1.9× 574 1.8× 568 2.2× 507 2.2× 101 2.6k
Richard M. Merrill United Kingdom 22 1.1k 0.9× 1.0k 1.2× 242 0.7× 231 0.9× 183 0.8× 43 1.6k
Ximena J. Nelson New Zealand 25 1.2k 1.0× 850 1.0× 214 0.7× 394 1.5× 293 1.3× 101 1.8k
Meta Virant‐Doberlet Slovenia 27 1.6k 1.3× 1.1k 1.3× 811 2.5× 170 0.6× 170 0.7× 75 2.0k
John Skelhorn United Kingdom 29 1.7k 1.4× 555 0.7× 352 1.1× 178 0.7× 367 1.6× 55 2.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jayne E. Yack

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Turchen, Leonardo M., et al.. (2024). Acoustic communication in bark beetles (Scolytinae): 150 years of research. Physiological Entomology. 49(4). 281–300. 1 indexed citations
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Turchen, Leonardo M., et al.. (2024). Caterpillar sonic defences: diversity of vocalisations in silk and hawk moth (Bombycoidea) larvae. Bioacoustics. 33(2). 122–137. 1 indexed citations
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Yack, Jayne E., et al.. (2022). Octopamine receptor gene influences social grouping in the masked birch caterpillar. BMC Research Notes. 15(1). 211–211. 1 indexed citations
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Smith, Myron L., et al.. (2020). Transcriptome analysis of a social caterpillar, Drepana arcuata: De novo assembly, functional annotation and developmental analysis. PLoS ONE. 15(6). e0234903–e0234903. 9 indexed citations
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Smith, Myron L., et al.. (2020). Draft genome assembly and annotation of the masked birch caterpillar, Drepana arcuata (Lepidoptera: Drepanoidea). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 33. 106531–106531. 2 indexed citations
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Kawahara, Akito Y., David Plotkin, Marianne Espeland, et al.. (2019). Phylogenomics reveals the evolutionary timing and pattern of butterflies and moths. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(45). 22657–22663. 284 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mhatre, Natasha, et al.. (2018). In that vein: inflated wing veins contribute to butterfly hearing. Biology Letters. 14(10). 20180496–20180496. 6 indexed citations
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Kawahara, Akito Y., et al.. (2016). A Comparative Analysis of Sonic Defences in Bombycoidea Caterpillars. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 31469–31469. 19 indexed citations
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Yack, Jayne E., et al.. (2015). What is the password? Female bark beetles (Scolytinae) grant males access to their galleries based on courtship song. Behavioural Processes. 115. 123–131. 20 indexed citations
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Windmill, James F. C., et al.. (2014). Hearing in the crepuscular owl butterfly (Caligo eurilochus, Nymphalidae). Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 200(10). 891–898. 5 indexed citations
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Cheetham, James J., et al.. (2013). Alkamides from Echinacea disrupt the fungal cell wall-membrane complex. Phytomedicine. 21(4). 435–442. 23 indexed citations
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Kawahara, Akito Y., et al.. (2010). The evolutionary origins of ritualized acoustic signals in caterpillars. Nature Communications. 1(1). 4–4. 53 indexed citations
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Yack, Jayne E., et al.. (2010). Variation on a Theme: Vibrational Signaling in Caterpillars of the Rose Hook-Tip Moth,Oreto rosea. Journal of Insect Science. 10(54). 1–15. 9 indexed citations
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Yack, Jayne E., et al.. (2009). What’s the buzz? Ultrasonic and sonic warning signals in caterpillars of the great peacock moth (Saturnia pyri). Die Naturwissenschaften. 96(6). 713–718. 23 indexed citations
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Yack, Jayne E., Elisabeth K. V. Kalko, & Annemarie Surlykke. (2007). Neuroethology of ultrasonic hearing in nocturnal butterflies (Hedyloidea). Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 193(6). 577–590. 14 indexed citations
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Yack, Jayne E. & J. H. Fullard. (2000). Flapping ears. Current Biology. 10(7). R257–R257. 1 indexed citations
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Yack, Jayne E. & James H. Fullard. (2000). Ultrasonic hearing in nocturnal butterflies. Nature. 403(6767). 265–266. 45 indexed citations
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Yack, Jayne E. & B. I. Roots. (1992). The metathoracic wing-hinge chordotonal organ of an atympanate moth, Actias luna (Lepidoptera, Saturniidae): a light- and electron-microscopic study. Cell and Tissue Research. 267(3). 455–471. 25 indexed citations
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Yack, Jayne E. & J. H. Fullard. (1990). The mechanoreceptive origin of insect tympanal organs: A comparative study of similar nerves in tympanate and atympanate moths. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 300(4). 523–534. 46 indexed citations

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