Ken Marten

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Ken Marten is a scholar working on Ecology, Developmental Biology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Ken Marten has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Ecology, 5 papers in Developmental Biology and 4 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Ken Marten's work include Marine animal studies overview (13 papers), Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (5 papers) and Ichthyology and Marine Biology (3 papers). Ken Marten is often cited by papers focused on Marine animal studies overview (13 papers), Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (5 papers) and Ichthyology and Marine Biology (3 papers). Ken Marten collaborates with scholars based in United States and France. Ken Marten's co-authors include Peter Marler, James Malcolm, Douglas B. Quine, Fabienne Delfour, Karim Shariff, Denise L. Herzing, Kerri Danil and Daniela Maldini and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific American, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology and Consciousness and Cognition.

In The Last Decade

Ken Marten

14 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

Sound transmission and its significance for animal vocali... 1977 2026 1993 2009 1977 200 400 600
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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. Sound transmission and its significance for animal vocalization
    1977 612 citations Ken Marten, Peter Marler Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ken Marten United States 11 948 863 841 249 187 15 1.5k
Tom M. Peake Denmark 16 1.1k 1.1× 1.3k 1.5× 664 0.8× 258 1.0× 149 0.8× 19 1.8k
Peter J. B. Slater United Kingdom 23 1.3k 1.4× 1.4k 1.6× 982 1.2× 125 0.5× 118 0.6× 44 1.9k
Daniel W. Leger United States 21 493 0.5× 699 0.8× 483 0.6× 338 1.4× 98 0.5× 48 1.2k
Yngve Espmark Norway 22 612 0.6× 899 1.0× 901 1.1× 128 0.5× 243 1.3× 49 1.6k
John M. Burt United States 19 1.2k 1.2× 1.2k 1.4× 680 0.8× 185 0.7× 89 0.5× 29 1.6k
Millicent S. Ficken United States 26 1.3k 1.4× 1.4k 1.6× 1.0k 1.2× 196 0.8× 104 0.6× 68 2.0k
Andrew G. Horn Canada 27 1.2k 1.3× 1.8k 2.0× 1.4k 1.6× 208 0.8× 181 1.0× 87 2.5k
Alan H. Krakauer United States 17 642 0.7× 763 0.9× 771 0.9× 135 0.5× 188 1.0× 28 1.4k
Christopher N. Templeton United States 21 1.1k 1.1× 1.3k 1.5× 775 0.9× 235 0.9× 100 0.5× 46 1.6k
Isabelle Charrier France 26 1.5k 1.6× 1.0k 1.2× 1.5k 1.7× 248 1.0× 153 0.8× 99 2.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Ken Marten

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ken Marten

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ken Marten

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ken Marten. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ken Marten based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Ken Marten. Ken Marten is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

15 of 15 papers shown
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Delfour, Fabienne & Ken Marten. (2005). Lateralized visual behavior in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) performing audio–visual tasks: The right visual field advantage. Behavioural Processes. 71(1). 41–50. 35 indexed citations
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Danil, Kerri, Daniela Maldini, & Ken Marten. (2005). Patterns of Use of Maku'a Beach, O'ahu, Hawai'i, by Spinner Dolphins (<I>Stenella longirostris</I>) and Potential Effects of Swimmers on Their Behavior. Aquatic Mammals. 31(4). 403–412. 35 indexed citations
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Marten, Ken, et al.. (1999). LONG‐TERM SITE FIDELITY AND POSSIBLE LONG‐TERM ASSOCIATIONS OF WILD SPINNER DOLPHINS (STENELLA LONGIROSTRIS) SEEN OFF OAHU, HAWAII1. Marine Mammal Science. 15(4). 1329–1336. 19 indexed citations
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Marten, Ken, et al.. (1996). Ring Bubbles of Dolphins. Scientific American. 275(2). 82–87. 52 indexed citations
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Marten, Ken, et al.. (1995). Marten and Psarakos Commentary Response. Consciousness and Cognition. 4(2). 258–269. 2 indexed citations
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Marten, Ken, et al.. (1995). Using Self-View Television to Distinguish between Self-Examination and Social Behavior in the Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus). Consciousness and Cognition. 4(2). 205–224. 43 indexed citations
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Marten, Ken, et al.. (1995). Summary of "Evidence of Self-Awareness in Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)". Consciousness and Cognition. 4(2). 225–225. 1 indexed citations
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Marten, Ken, et al.. (1992). Using self-view television to distinguish between self-examination and social behavior in the bottlenose Dolphin. 7 indexed citations
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Malcolm, James & Ken Marten. (1982). Natural selection and the communal rearing of pups in African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 10(1). 1–13. 248 indexed citations
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Marten, Ken, Douglas B. Quine, & Peter Marler. (1977). Sound transmission and its significance for animal vocalization. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 2(3). 291–302. 304 indexed citations
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Marten, Ken & Peter Marler. (1977). and Its Significance Sound Transmission for Animal Vocalization. 1 indexed citations
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Marten, Ken & Peter Marler. (1977). Sound transmission and its significance for animal vocalization. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 2(3). 271–290. 612 indexed citations breakdown →

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