Karan J. Odom

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 916 citations indexed

About

Karan J. Odom is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Developmental Biology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Karan J. Odom has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 916 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 25 papers in Developmental Biology and 14 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Karan J. Odom's work include Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (25 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (20 papers) and Plant and animal studies (15 papers). Karan J. Odom is often cited by papers focused on Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (25 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (20 papers) and Plant and animal studies (15 papers). Karan J. Odom collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Costa Rica. Karan J. Odom's co-authors include Kevin E. Omland, Michelle L. Hall, Naomi E. Langmore, Katharina Riebel, Daniel J. Mennill, Lauryn Benedict, J. Jordan Price, Marcelo Araya‐Salas, Michael S. Webster and David M. Logue and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Evolution and Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Karan J. Odom

32 papers receiving 899 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. Female song is widespread and ancestral in songbirds
    2014 286 citations Karan J. Odom, Michelle L. Hall et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Karan J. Odom United States 15 692 683 492 56 55 32 916
David M. Logue Canada 19 794 1.1× 721 1.1× 383 0.8× 69 1.2× 104 1.9× 44 977
Andrew M. R. Terry Denmark 9 569 0.8× 565 0.8× 373 0.8× 96 1.7× 55 1.0× 10 825
Sándor Zsebők Hungary 16 506 0.7× 315 0.5× 304 0.6× 70 1.3× 65 1.2× 48 668
Lauryn Benedict United States 16 633 0.9× 570 0.8× 397 0.8× 91 1.6× 43 0.8× 46 805
Anastasia H. Dalziell Australia 13 522 0.8× 456 0.7× 283 0.6× 45 0.8× 57 1.0× 27 630
Fanny Rybak France 16 551 0.8× 497 0.7× 398 0.8× 44 0.8× 147 2.7× 32 817
Benjamin J. Pitcher Australia 19 567 0.8× 546 0.8× 593 1.2× 124 2.2× 151 2.7× 41 1.0k
Bernard Lohr United States 15 585 0.8× 684 1.0× 615 1.3× 18 0.3× 39 0.7× 38 883
Nigel I. Mann United Kingdom 17 754 1.1× 715 1.0× 416 0.8× 92 1.6× 58 1.1× 21 889
David Wheatcroft Sweden 21 696 1.0× 617 0.9× 395 0.8× 119 2.1× 147 2.7× 36 998

Countries citing papers authored by Karan J. Odom

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Fields of papers citing papers by Karan J. Odom

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Karan J. Odom

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All Works

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Odom, Karan J., Marcelo Araya‐Salas, Lauryn Benedict, et al.. (2025). Global incidence of female birdsong is predicted by territoriality and biparental care in songbirds. Nature Communications. 16(1). 6157–6157. 1 indexed citations
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Hsu, Magnus T. L., et al.. (2025). Deep machine learning allows classification of male and female songbird songs in a species with highly variable repertoires. Behaviour. 162(10-11). 709–743. 1 indexed citations
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Odom, Karan J., et al.. (2024). Display court ecology in male Albert’s Lyrebirds. Emu - Austral Ornithology. 125(1). 80–87. 2 indexed citations
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Odom, Karan J., Marcelo Araya‐Salas, Janelle L. Morano, et al.. (2021). Comparative bioacoustics: a roadmap for quantifying and comparing animal sounds across diverse taxa. Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 96(4). 1135–1159. 39 indexed citations
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Odom, Karan J., et al.. (2021). Correlated evolution of distinct signals associated with increased social selection in female white‐shouldered fairywrens. Ecology and Evolution. 11(23). 17352–17363. 4 indexed citations
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Keen, Sara, et al.. (2021). A machine learning approach for classifying and quantifying acoustic diversity. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 12(7). 1213–1225. 32 indexed citations
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Odom, Karan J., Kristal E. Cain, Michelle L. Hall, et al.. (2021). Sex role similarity and sexual selection predict male and female song elaboration and dimorphism in fairy‐wrens. Ecology and Evolution. 11(24). 17901–17919. 14 indexed citations
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Odom, Karan J., Marcelo Araya‐Salas, Kyle G. Horton, et al.. (2020). Breeding season length predicts duet coordination and consistency in Neotropical wrens (Troglodytidae). Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 287(1941). 20202482–20202482. 9 indexed citations
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Wilkins, Matthew R., Karan J. Odom, Lauryn Benedict, & Rebecca J. Safran. (2020). Analysis of female song provides insight into the evolution of sex differences in a widely studied songbird. Animal Behaviour. 168. 69–82. 19 indexed citations
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Riebel, Katharina, Karan J. Odom, Naomi E. Langmore, & Michelle L. Hall. (2019). New insights from female bird song: towards an integrated approach to studying male and female communication roles. Biology Letters. 15(4). 96 indexed citations
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Odom, Karan J., et al.. (2017). Duetting behavior varies with sex, season, and singing role in a tropical oriole (Icterus icterus). Behavioral Ecology. 28(5). 1256–1265. 22 indexed citations
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Muellerklein, Oliver, et al.. (2016). Documentation of female song in a newly recognized species, the Puerto Rican Oriole (<em>Icterus portoricensis</em>). Journal of Caribbean Ornithology. 29. 28–36. 7 indexed citations
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Odom, Karan J., Michelle L. Hall, Katharina Riebel, Kevin E. Omland, & Naomi E. Langmore. (2014). Female song is widespread and ancestral in songbirds. Nature Communications. 5(1). 3379–3379. 286 indexed citations breakdown →
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Odom, Karan J., Kevin E. Omland, & J. Jordan Price. (2014). Differentiating the evolution of female song and male-female duets in the New World blackbirds: Can tropical natural history traits explain duet evolution?. Evolution. 69(3). 839–847. 38 indexed citations
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Odom, Karan J., Michelle L. Hall, Katharina Riebel, Kevin E. Omland, & Naomi E. Langmore. (2014). Data from: Female song is widespread and ancestral in songbirds. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 3 indexed citations
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Odom, Karan J. & Daniel J. Mennill. (2012). Inconsistent geographic variation in the calls and duets of Barred Owls (Strix varia) across an area of genetic introgression. The Auk. 129(3). 387–398. 11 indexed citations
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Mennill, Daniel J. & Karan J. Odom. (2010). Vocal duets in a nonpasserine: an examination of territory defence and neighbour–stranger discrimination in a neighbourhood of barred owls. Behaviour. 147(5-6). 619–639. 28 indexed citations

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