Marek Špinka

5.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
95 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Marek Špinka is a scholar working on Small Animals, Genetics and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Marek Špinka has authored 95 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 76 papers in Small Animals, 41 papers in Genetics and 34 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Marek Špinka's work include Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies (76 papers), Human-Animal Interaction Studies (32 papers) and Primate Behavior and Ecology (23 papers). Marek Špinka is often cited by papers focused on Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies (76 papers), Human-Animal Interaction Studies (32 papers) and Primate Behavior and Ecology (23 papers). Marek Špinka collaborates with scholars based in Czechia, Sweden and United States. Marek Špinka's co-authors include Ruth C. Newberry, Suzanne Held, Marc Bekoff, Gudrun Illmann, Radka Šárová, Ilona Stěhulová, Bo Algers, Pavel Linhart, Petr Šimeček and Christoph Winckler and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Marek Špinka

94 papers receiving 3.7k citations

Hit Papers

Mammalian Play: Training for the Unexpected 2001 2026 2009 2017 2001 2011 2025 100 200 300 400 500
What are hit papers?

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. Mammalian Play: Training for the Unexpected
    2001 550 citations Marek Špinka, Ruth C. Newberry et al. profile →
  2. Animal play and animal welfare
    2011 396 citations Marek Špinka et al. profile →
  3. A consensus on the definition of positive animal welfare
    2025 20 citations Björn Forkman, Sara Hintze et al. Biology Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Marek Špinka Czechia 34 2.6k 1.5k 1.4k 1.0k 600 95 3.9k
Birger Puppe Germany 37 2.9k 1.1× 1.3k 0.8× 1.9k 1.3× 691 0.7× 421 0.7× 111 3.9k
Ruth C. Newberry United States 37 3.4k 1.3× 1.2k 0.7× 3.1k 2.1× 1.1k 1.0× 609 1.0× 109 5.4k
Jan Langbein Germany 30 2.9k 1.1× 1.8k 1.1× 1.8k 1.2× 601 0.6× 544 0.9× 82 4.0k
Per Jensen Sweden 47 3.5k 1.4× 1.8k 1.2× 3.1k 2.2× 982 1.0× 567 0.9× 128 5.5k
Lorenz Gygax Switzerland 33 2.0k 0.8× 1.1k 0.7× 1.4k 0.9× 530 0.5× 415 0.7× 132 3.2k
Björn Forkman Denmark 38 4.2k 1.6× 2.5k 1.6× 2.7k 1.9× 869 0.8× 774 1.3× 136 6.2k
H. Hopster Netherlands 25 2.0k 0.8× 1.1k 0.7× 1.3k 0.9× 824 0.8× 705 1.2× 48 4.2k
Elizabeth S. Paul United Kingdom 36 3.5k 1.4× 2.7k 1.8× 1.4k 1.0× 1.8k 1.8× 526 0.9× 99 6.0k
Raymond Nowak France 35 1.7k 0.6× 1.5k 0.9× 906 0.6× 782 0.8× 344 0.6× 103 3.2k
Gerhard Manteuffel Germany 26 2.5k 1.0× 1.3k 0.8× 1.6k 1.1× 489 0.5× 447 0.7× 72 3.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Marek Špinka

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Fields of papers citing papers by Marek Špinka

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Marek Špinka

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Pfaus, James G. & Marek Špinka. (2025). Not To Be Forgotten: Jaroslav Madlafousek’s Important Contributions to Sex Research. Archives of Sexual Behavior. 54(8). 3071–3078. 1 indexed citations
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Špinka, Marek, et al.. (2024). Disentangling developmental effects of play aspects in rat rough-and-tumble play. Biology Letters. 20(5). 20240037–20240037. 1 indexed citations
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Šárová, Radka, et al.. (2022). Indication of social buffering in disbudded calves. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 13348–13348. 5 indexed citations
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Briefer, Elodie F., Pavel Linhart, Lisette M. C. Leliveld, et al.. (2022). Classification of pig calls produced from birth to slaughter according to their emotional valence and context of production. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 3409–3409. 54 indexed citations
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Lawrence, A.B., et al.. (2020). Negative play contagion in calves. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 21699–21699. 12 indexed citations
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Linhart, Pavel, Tomasz S. Osiejuk, Michał Budka, et al.. (2019). Measuring individual identity information in animal signals: Overview and performance of available identity metrics. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 10(9). 1558–1570. 32 indexed citations
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Špinka, Marek, et al.. (2019). Pair housing makes calves more optimistic. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 20246–20246. 42 indexed citations
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Lawrence, A.B., et al.. (2019). Discriminating spontaneous locomotor play of dairy calves using accelerometers. Journal of Dairy Science. 103(2). 1866–1873. 15 indexed citations
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Goumon, Sébastien & Marek Špinka. (2016). Emotional contagion of distress in young pigs is potentiated by previous exposure to the same stressor. Animal Cognition. 19(3). 501–511. 51 indexed citations
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Linhart, Pavel, et al.. (2015). Expression of Emotional Arousal in Two Different Piglet Call Types. PLoS ONE. 10(8). e0135414–e0135414. 65 indexed citations
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Stěhulová, Ilona, et al.. (2015). The effect of age at separation from the dam and presence of social companions on play behavior and weight gain in dairy calves. Journal of Dairy Science. 98(8). 5545–5556. 45 indexed citations
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Illmann, Gudrun, Kurt Hammerschmidt, Marek Špinka, & Céline Tallet. (2013). Calling by Domestic Piglets during Simulated Crushing and Isolation: A Signal of Need?. PLoS ONE. 8(12). e83529–e83529. 23 indexed citations
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Fraser, David, I.J.H. Duncan, S.A. Edwards, et al.. (2013). General Principles for the welfare of animals in production systems: The underlying science and its application. The Veterinary Journal. 198(1). 19–27. 122 indexed citations
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Špinka, Marek, et al.. (2010). When to go with the crowd: Modelling synchronization of all-or-nothing activity transitions in grouped animals. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 263(4). 437–448. 11 indexed citations
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Špinka, Marek, et al.. (2008). Head rotations in the play of Hanuman langurs (semnopithecus entellus): Description and analysis of function.. Journal of comparative psychology. 122(1). 9–18. 20 indexed citations
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Knierim, Ute, Stefan Van Dongen, Björn Forkman, et al.. (2007). Fluctuating asymmetry as an animal welfare indicator — A review of methodology and validity. Physiology & Behavior. 92(3). 398–421. 91 indexed citations
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Špinka, Marek, et al.. (2002). Begging for Milk: Evolution of Teat Massaging in Suckling Pigs. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 215(3). 321–332. 8 indexed citations
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Špinka, Marek, et al.. (2001). Computer-aided method for calculating animal configurations during social interactions from two-dimensional coordinates of color-marked body parts. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers. 33(3). 364–370. 11 indexed citations
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Špinka, Marek, et al.. (1997). The role of nursing frequency in milk production in domestic pigs.. Journal of Animal Science. 75(5). 1223–1223. 87 indexed citations

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