Mark A. Elgar

13.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
257 papers, 10.3k citations indexed

About

Mark A. Elgar is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark A. Elgar has authored 257 papers receiving a total of 10.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 197 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 164 papers in Genetics and 53 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Mark A. Elgar's work include Animal Behavior and Reproduction (141 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (136 papers) and Plant and animal studies (116 papers). Mark A. Elgar is often cited by papers focused on Animal Behavior and Reproduction (141 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (136 papers) and Plant and animal studies (116 papers). Mark A. Elgar collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Mark A. Elgar's co-authors include Matthew R. E. Symonds, Marie E. Herberstein, Therésa M. Jones, Jutta M. Schneider, Bernard J. Crespi, Melanie S. Archer, Paul Harvey, Rachel A. Allan, Mélissa Thomas and Michael A. Weston and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Mark A. Elgar

252 papers receiving 9.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

PREDATOR VIGILANCE AND GROUP SIZE IN MAMMALS AND BIRDS: A CRITICAL REVIEW OF THE EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE

1989 937 citations Mark A. Elgar Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society profile →
Cannibalism : ecology and evolution among diverse taxa

1992 467 citations Bernard J. Crespi, Mark A. Elgar Oxford University Press eBooks profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mark A. Elgar Australia	55	7.0k	5.1k	2.7k	1.8k	974	257	10.3k
Johanna Mappes Finland	56	7.2k 1.0×	3.6k 0.7×	1.6k 0.6×	1.7k 1.0×	778 0.8×	225	9.1k
Marlene Zuk United States	53	9.8k 1.4×	4.2k 0.8×	3.6k 1.3×	1.6k 0.9×	612 0.6×	188	13.2k
Allen J. Moore United States	54	7.1k 1.0×	4.9k 1.0×	1.9k 0.7×	2.5k 1.4×	364 0.4×	207	10.1k
Mary Jane West‐Eberhard Costa Rica	21	5.9k 0.8×	4.5k 0.9×	2.1k 0.8×	1.3k 0.7×	421 0.4×	51	10.6k
Tom Tregenza United Kingdom	48	6.7k 1.0×	4.0k 0.8×	2.1k 0.8×	1.2k 0.7×	313 0.3×	174	9.4k
William G. Eberhard Costa Rica	54	9.7k 1.4×	7.6k 1.5×	1.8k 0.7×	2.5k 1.4×	710 0.7×	251	12.4k
Hopi E. Hoekstra United States	52	5.2k 0.7×	7.4k 1.4×	2.9k 1.1×	742 0.4×	665 0.7×	112	14.4k
Göran Arnqvist Sweden	59	11.6k 1.6×	7.6k 1.5×	2.9k 1.1×	3.4k 1.9×	418 0.4×	174	15.0k
George W. Uetz United States	49	5.7k 0.8×	4.2k 0.8×	1.5k 0.5×	917 0.5×	1.1k 1.2×	146	7.6k
Thomas N. Sherratt Canada	43	4.6k 0.7×	2.0k 0.4×	2.1k 0.8×	1.1k 0.6×	380 0.4×	168	7.4k

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Phillips, Ben L., et al.. (2023). Group resource-holding potential: worker size, colony size and the outcome of contests in ants. Animal Behaviour. 198. 85–91. 1 indexed citations

Stuart‐Fox, Devi, Mark A. Elgar, Katja Hölttä‐Otto, et al.. (2023). Bio-informed materials: three guiding principles for innovation informed by biology. Nature Reviews Materials. 8(9). 565–567. 24 indexed citations

Yan, Liping, Thomas Pape, Mark A. Elgar, Yunyun Gao, & Dong Zhang. (2019). Evolutionary history of stomach bot flies in the light of mitogenomics. Systematic Entomology. 44(4). 797–809. 41 indexed citations

Tierney, Simon M., et al.. (2018). Antennal asymmetry is not associated with social behaviour in Australian Hymenoptera. Austral Entomology. 58(3). 589–594. 6 indexed citations

Wang, Qike, Yidan Shang, Douglas J. Hilton, et al.. (2018). Antennal scales improve signal detection efficiency in moths. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 285(1874). 20172832–20172832. 30 indexed citations

Symonds, Matthew R. E., et al.. (2017). Anticipatory flexibility: larval population density in moths determines male investment in antennae, wings and testes. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 284(1866). 20172087–20172087. 27 indexed citations

Symonds, Matthew R. E., et al.. (2017). Sexual selection on receptor organ traits: younger females attract males with longer antennae. Die Naturwissenschaften. 104(5-6). 44–44. 27 indexed citations

Goodger, Jason Q. D., et al.. (2017). The potential role of web-based putrescine as a prey-attracting allomone. Animal Behaviour. 129. 205–210. 10 indexed citations

Wang, Qike, Jason Q. D. Goodger, Ian E. Woodrow, & Mark A. Elgar. (2016). Location-specific cuticular hydrocarbon signals in a social insect. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 283(1827). 20160310–20160310. 25 indexed citations

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Kuntner, Matjaž, Ren‐Chung Cheng, Simona Kralj‐Fišer, et al.. (2016). The evolution of genital complexity and mating rates in sexually size dimorphic spiders. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 16(1). 242–242. 8 indexed citations

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Sharp, John, et al.. (2015). Parasite and predator risk assessment: nuanced use of olfactory cues. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 282(1817). 20151941–20151941. 17 indexed citations

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Stefano, Julian Di, et al.. (2015). Ecological specialisation in habitat selection within a macropodid herbivore guild. Oecologia. 180(3). 823–832. 7 indexed citations

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Mulder, Raoul A., et al.. (2012). APRES: electronically managed student feedback via peer review. Proceedings of The Australian Conference on Science and Mathematics Education (formerly UniServe Science Conference). 11. 1 indexed citations

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Elgar, Mark A., et al.. (2010). Nutrient compensatory foraging in a free-living social insect. Die Naturwissenschaften. 97(10). 941–944. 13 indexed citations

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Elgar, Mark A., et al.. (2004). Own home: An evaluation of advance's home ownership scheme. Neurosurgery. 67(4). E1180–E1180.

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Herberstein, Marie E., Jutta M. Schneider, & Mark A. Elgar. (2002). Costs of courtship and mating in a sexually cannibalistic orb-web spider: female mating strategies and their consequences for males. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 51(5). 440–446. 103 indexed citations

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Herberstein, Marie E., Catherine L. Craig, & Mark A. Elgar. (2000). Foraging strategies and feeding regimes: Web and decoration investment in Argiope keyserlingi Karsch (Araneae: Araneidae). Evolutionary ecology research. 2(1). 41–67. 119 indexed citations

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Herberstein, Marie E., Catherine L. Craig, Jonathan A. Coddington, & Mark A. Elgar. (2000). The functional significance of silk decorations of orb‐web spiders: a critical review of the empirical evidence. Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 75(4). 649–669. 165 indexed citations

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Crespi, Bernard J. & Mark A. Elgar. (1992). Cannibalism : ecology and evolution among diverse taxa. Oxford University Press eBooks. 467 indexed citations breakdown →

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Elgar, Mark A., et al.. (1988). The watchmaker's guide to evolution [Book Review]. Quadrant. 32(11). 61. 1 indexed citations

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