John A. Lesku

3.5k total citations
66 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

John A. Lesku is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, John A. Lesku has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 30 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems and 15 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in John A. Lesku's work include Circadian rhythm and melatonin (30 papers), Sleep and Wakefulness Research (27 papers) and Marine animal studies overview (11 papers). John A. Lesku is often cited by papers focused on Circadian rhythm and melatonin (30 papers), Sleep and Wakefulness Research (27 papers) and Marine animal studies overview (11 papers). John A. Lesku collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Germany and United States. John A. Lesku's co-authors include Niels C. Rattenborg, Steven L. Lima, Charles J. Amlaner, Timothy C. Roth, Alexei L. Vyssotski, Dolores Martı́nez-González, Anne E. Aulsebrook, Therésa M. Jones, Bart Kempenaers and Kylie A. Robert and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

John A. Lesku

62 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John A. Lesku Australia 27 941 898 502 450 399 66 2.2k
Niels C. Rattenborg Germany 32 1.8k 1.9× 1.3k 1.5× 813 1.6× 753 1.7× 660 1.7× 88 3.5k
Charles J. Amlaner United States 18 765 0.8× 439 0.5× 361 0.7× 337 0.7× 233 0.6× 48 1.5k
Timothy C. Roth United States 31 614 0.7× 310 0.3× 911 1.8× 1.3k 2.9× 237 0.6× 81 2.7k
Vinod Kumar India 30 149 0.2× 1.2k 1.4× 830 1.7× 980 2.2× 361 0.9× 135 2.5k
Kamiel Spoelstra Netherlands 29 194 0.2× 987 1.1× 1.2k 2.4× 863 1.9× 298 0.7× 57 2.8k
Stéphan G. Reebs Canada 18 237 0.3× 597 0.7× 574 1.1× 625 1.4× 275 0.7× 39 1.9k
Lucia F. Jacobs United States 28 772 0.8× 115 0.1× 850 1.7× 864 1.9× 433 1.1× 59 2.9k
Steven E. Brauth United States 30 520 0.6× 206 0.2× 565 1.1× 1.2k 2.6× 891 2.2× 91 2.8k
Yukari Takeuchi Japan 36 769 0.8× 373 0.4× 233 0.5× 201 0.4× 479 1.2× 200 4.2k
Joseph Terkel Israel 38 283 0.3× 405 0.5× 749 1.5× 746 1.7× 431 1.1× 138 4.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John A. Lesku

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Sanislav, Oana, et al.. (2024). Oxygen consumption rate of flatworms under the influence of wake‐ and sleep‐promoting neurotransmitters. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A Ecological and Integrative Physiology. 341(10). 1130–1136. 2 indexed citations
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Mulder, Raoul A., et al.. (2024). Experimental playback of urban noise does not affect cognitive performance in captive Australian magpies. Biology Open. 13(8). 3 indexed citations
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Lesku, John A., et al.. (2024). Australian magpies. Current Biology. 34(2). R41–R43. 1 indexed citations
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Endler, John A., et al.. (2023). Wild Australian magpies learn to pull intact, not broken, strings to obtain food. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 77(5). 5 indexed citations
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Lesku, John A., et al.. (2023). Persistence of Nocturnality in Decapitated and Bisected Flatworms. Journal of Biological Rhythms. 38(3). 269–277. 2 indexed citations
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Lesku, John A., et al.. (2023). Why study sleep in flatworms?. Journal of Comparative Physiology B. 194(3). 233–239. 1 indexed citations
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Lesku, John A., et al.. (2022). Preliminary evidence of tool use in an Australian magpie?. Behaviour. 159(15). 1483–1497. 1 indexed citations
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Hall, Michelle L., et al.. (2022). Urban noise does not affect cognitive performance in wild Australian magpies. Animal Behaviour. 188. 35–44. 8 indexed citations
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Lesku, John A. & Markus H. Schmidt. (2022). Energetic costs and benefits of sleep. Current Biology. 32(12). R656–R661. 20 indexed citations
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Aulsebrook, Anne E., et al.. (2021). Light, Sleep and Performance in Diurnal Birds. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(1). 115–131. 27 indexed citations
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Aulsebrook, Anne E., Therésa M. Jones, Raoul A. Mulder, et al.. (2020). White and Amber Light at Night Disrupt Sleep Physiology in Birds. Current Biology. 30(18). 3657–3663.e5. 59 indexed citations
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Tisdale, Ryan K., John A. Lesku, Gabriël J. L. Beckers, Alexei L. Vyssotski, & Niels C. Rattenborg. (2018). The low-down on sleeping down low: pigeons shift to lighter forms of sleep when sleeping near the ground. Journal of Experimental Biology. 221(19). 27 indexed citations
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Tisdale, Ryan K., et al.. (2018). Spectral Properties of Brain Activity Under Two Anesthetics and Their Potential for Inducing Natural Sleep in Birds. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 12. 881–881. 3 indexed citations
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Rattenborg, Niels C., Horacio O. de la Iglesia, Bart Kempenaers, et al.. (2017). Sleep research goes wild: new methods and approaches to investigate the ecology, evolution and functions of sleep. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 372(1734). 20160251–20160251. 100 indexed citations
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Shine, Richard, Joshua J. Amiel, Adam J. Munn, et al.. (2015). Is “cooling then freezing” a humane way to kill amphibians and reptiles?. Biology Open. 4(7). 760–763. 59 indexed citations
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Lesku, John A. & Niels C. Rattenborg. (2014). Avian sleep. Current Biology. 24(1). R12–R14. 42 indexed citations
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Lesku, John A., Niels C. Rattenborg, Mihai Vâlcu, et al.. (2012). Adaptive Sleep Loss in Polygynous Pectoral Sandpipers. Science. 337(6102). 1654–1658. 178 indexed citations
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Lesku, John A., Timothy C. Roth, Niels C. Rattenborg, Charles J. Amlaner, & Steven L. Lima. (2009). History and future of comparative analyses in sleep research. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 33(7). 1024–1036. 53 indexed citations
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Martı́nez-González, Dolores, John A. Lesku, & Niels C. Rattenborg. (2008). Increased EEG spectral power density during sleep following short‐term sleep deprivation in pigeons (Columba livia): evidence for avian sleep homeostasis. Journal of Sleep Research. 17(2). 140–153. 80 indexed citations
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Lesku, John A., Timothy C. Roth, Charles J. Amlaner, & Steven L. Lima. (2006). A Phylogenetic Analysis of Sleep Architecture in Mammals: The Integration of Anatomy, Physiology, and Ecology. The American Naturalist. 168(4). 441–453. 144 indexed citations

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