Jeffrey Podos

8.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
77 papers, 5.6k citations indexed

About

Jeffrey Podos is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Developmental Biology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jeffrey Podos has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 5.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 65 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 47 papers in Developmental Biology and 35 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Jeffrey Podos's work include Animal Behavior and Reproduction (57 papers), Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (47 papers) and Plant and animal studies (36 papers). Jeffrey Podos is often cited by papers focused on Animal Behavior and Reproduction (57 papers), Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (47 papers) and Plant and animal studies (36 papers). Jeffrey Podos collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Belgium. Jeffrey Podos's co-authors include Stephen Nowicki, Andrew P. Hendry, Sarah K. Huber, Susan Peters, Anthony Herrel, John A. Byers, Eileen A. Hebets, Luis F. De León, Marcos R. Rossi‐Santos and Cristina Cox Fernandes and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Jeffrey Podos

77 papers receiving 5.4k citations

Hit Papers

Correlated evolution of morphology and vocal signal struc... 2001 2026 2009 2017 2001 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. Correlated evolution of morphology and vocal signal structure in Darwin's finches
    2001 576 citations Jeffrey Podos Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jeffrey Podos United States 39 4.0k 3.2k 2.4k 842 627 77 5.6k
Elizabeth P. Derryberry United States 30 1.9k 0.5× 1.2k 0.4× 1.5k 0.6× 1.1k 1.3× 628 1.0× 78 3.5k
Jack W. Bradbury United States 34 3.5k 0.9× 1.5k 0.5× 2.2k 0.9× 757 0.9× 319 0.5× 58 4.5k
Alexander V. Badyaev United States 49 5.1k 1.3× 583 0.2× 3.5k 1.5× 1.7k 2.0× 814 1.3× 130 7.6k
Robert Montgomerie Canada 56 6.4k 1.6× 717 0.2× 4.5k 1.9× 1.6k 1.9× 1.5k 2.4× 173 8.8k
Darren E. Irwin Canada 37 2.5k 0.6× 744 0.2× 2.3k 0.9× 3.3k 3.9× 854 1.4× 81 5.7k
Janette W. Boughman United States 27 2.8k 0.7× 767 0.2× 1.3k 0.6× 1.7k 2.0× 854 1.4× 62 4.0k
Sievert Rohwer United States 50 4.6k 1.1× 626 0.2× 4.6k 1.9× 2.1k 2.5× 1.2k 1.9× 168 7.5k
Carel ten Cate Netherlands 44 3.3k 0.8× 3.5k 1.1× 2.7k 1.1× 576 0.7× 340 0.5× 153 6.0k
Pierre Jouventin France 52 4.2k 1.0× 2.1k 0.7× 7.1k 3.0× 786 0.9× 931 1.5× 182 8.9k
Sandra L. Vehrencamp United States 43 5.0k 1.2× 2.6k 0.8× 3.0k 1.2× 823 1.0× 282 0.4× 83 6.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jeffrey Podos

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Podos, Jeffrey, et al.. (2025). Correlated divergence of ecology, morphology, and fine-scale vocal motor performance among sparrow subspecies. Behavioral Ecology. 36(4). 1 indexed citations
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Podos, Jeffrey, et al.. (2023). Early exposure to songs of another subspecies enhances song discrimination in wild sparrow nestlings. Animal Behaviour. 203. 123–132. 5 indexed citations
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Raeymaekers, Joost A. M., Luis F. De León, Jaime A. Chaves, et al.. (2022). The terroir of the finch: How spatial and temporal variation shapes phenotypic traits in Darwin's finches. Ecology and Evolution. 12(10). e9399–e9399. 3 indexed citations
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Podos, Jeffrey & Michael S. Webster. (2022). Ecology and evolution of bird sounds. Current Biology. 32(20). R1100–R1104. 6 indexed citations
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Frishkoff, Luke O., Leithen K. M’Gonigle, Joost A. M. Raeymaekers, et al.. (2019). Temporally varying disruptive selection in the medium ground finch (Geospiza fortis). Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 286(1916). 20192290–20192290. 9 indexed citations
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León, Luis F. De, Diana M. T. Sharpe, Kiyoko M. Gotanda, et al.. (2018). Urbanization erodes niche segregation in Darwin's finches. Evolutionary Applications. 12(7). 1329–1343. 39 indexed citations
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Moseley, Dana L., Narendra R. Joshi, Jonathan F. Prather, Jeffrey Podos, & Luke Remage‐Healey. (2017). A neuronal signature of accurate imitative learning in wild-caught songbirds (swamp sparrows, Melospiza georgiana). Scientific Reports. 7(1). 17320–17320. 6 indexed citations
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Chaves, Jaime A., Elizabeth Cooper, Andrew P. Hendry, et al.. (2016). Genomic variation at the tips of the adaptive radiation of Darwin's finches. Molecular Ecology. 25(21). 5282–5295. 76 indexed citations
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Podos, Jeffrey, et al.. (2014). Isolating the delay component of impulsive choice in adolescent rats. Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience. 8. 3–3. 52 indexed citations
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Dias, Raphael Igor, Rui F. Oliveira, Jeffrey Podos, & Regina H. Macedo. (2014). The importance of novelty: Male–female interactions among blue-black grassquits in captivity. Behavioural Processes. 103. 211–217. 1 indexed citations
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Manica, Lilian Tonelli, Rafael Maia, Alexandre C. Dias, Jeffrey Podos, & Regina H. Macedo. (2014). Vocal output predicts territory quality in a Neotropical songbird. Behavioural Processes. 109. 21–26. 24 indexed citations
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Irschick, Duncan J., R. Craig Albertson, Patricia L. R. Brennan, et al.. (2013). Evo-devo beyond morphology: from genes to resource use. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 28(5). 267–273. 23 indexed citations
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Wilson, David R., Pierre‐Paul Bitton, Jeffrey Podos, & Daniel J. Mennill. (2013). Uneven Sampling and the Analysis of Vocal Performance Constraints. The American Naturalist. 183(2). 214–228. 67 indexed citations
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León, Luis F. De, Gregor Rolshausen, Eldredge Bermingham, Jeffrey Podos, & Andrew P. Hendry. (2012). Individual specialization and the seeds of adaptive radiation in Darwin’s finches. Evolutionary ecology research. 14(4). 365–380. 18 indexed citations
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Herrel, Anthony, Matthieu Boone, Luc Van Hoorebeke, et al.. (2011). The head of the finch: the anatomy of the feeding system in two species of finches (Geospiza fortis and Padda oryzivora). Journal of Anatomy. 219(6). 676–695. 27 indexed citations
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Goodale, Eben & Jeffrey Podos. (2010). Persistence of song types in Darwin's finches, Geospiza fortis , over four decades. Biology Letters. 6(5). 589–592. 35 indexed citations
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Podos, Jeffrey, et al.. (2007). A geometric morphometric appraisal of beak shape in Darwin’s finches. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 21(1). 263–275. 73 indexed citations
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Herrel, Anthony, Jeffrey Podos, Sarah K. Huber, & Andrew P. Hendry. (2005). Evolution of bite force in Darwin's finches: a key role for head width. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 18(3). 669–675. 139 indexed citations
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Podos, Jeffrey. (2001). Correlated evolution of morphology and vocal signal structure in Darwin's finches. Nature. 409(6817). 185–188. 576 indexed citations breakdown →
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Nowicki, Stephen, et al.. (1994). Temporal patterning of within-song type and between-song type variation in song repertoires. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 34(5). 329–335. 3 indexed citations

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