Mark E. Laidre

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
53 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Mark E. Laidre is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark E. Laidre has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 26 papers in Ecology and 12 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Mark E. Laidre's work include Crustacean biology and ecology (22 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (17 papers) and Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (16 papers). Mark E. Laidre is often cited by papers focused on Crustacean biology and ecology (22 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (17 papers) and Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (16 papers). Mark E. Laidre collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Mark E. Laidre's co-authors include Rufus A. Johnstone, Iain D. Couzin, Sandra L. Vehrencamp, Louise Roberts, Alison L. Greggor, Lisa A. Pruitt, Geerat J. Vermeij, Eli Patten, Robert W. Elwood and Marie K. Hörnig and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Mark E. Laidre

52 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

Principles of Animal Communication 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 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. Principles of Animal Communication
    2012 731 citations Mark E. Laidre profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Mark E. Laidre United States 21 1.1k 737 620 363 306 53 1.8k
Tom M. Peake Denmark 16 1.3k 1.2× 664 0.9× 1.1k 1.7× 149 0.4× 182 0.6× 19 1.8k
Alan H. Krakauer United States 17 763 0.7× 771 1.0× 642 1.0× 188 0.5× 141 0.5× 28 1.4k
Terry J. Ord Australia 30 2.0k 1.8× 678 0.9× 708 1.1× 459 1.3× 1.1k 3.7× 73 2.7k
Ken A. Otter Canada 25 1.9k 1.8× 1.4k 2.0× 1.4k 2.2× 267 0.7× 200 0.7× 88 2.6k
Thomas W. Pike United Kingdom 29 1.4k 1.2× 740 1.0× 171 0.3× 416 1.1× 245 0.8× 75 2.3k
Robert F. Lachlan United Kingdom 23 1.1k 1.0× 487 0.7× 757 1.2× 216 0.6× 76 0.2× 40 1.5k
Todd M. Freeberg United States 28 1.8k 1.7× 1.2k 1.6× 1.8k 2.8× 222 0.6× 114 0.4× 101 2.7k
Kim L. Hoke United States 21 735 0.7× 407 0.6× 307 0.5× 313 0.9× 332 1.1× 49 1.5k
Thomas Getty United States 27 1.3k 1.2× 607 0.8× 230 0.4× 443 1.2× 194 0.6× 60 2.1k
Martin P. Gammell Ireland 19 753 0.7× 589 0.8× 180 0.3× 170 0.5× 143 0.5× 51 1.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mark E. Laidre

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Laidre, Mark E., et al.. (2023). Doors to the Homes: Signal Potential of Red Coloration of Claws in Social Hermit Crabs. Integrative Organismal Biology. 5(1). obad018–obad018. 1 indexed citations
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Laidre, Mark E., et al.. (2023). Experimentally seeded social cues in the wild: costs to bearers and potential benefits to receivers. Behavioral Ecology. 35(1). 1 indexed citations
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Laidre, Mark E., et al.. (2023). Group orientation and social order versus disorder: Perspective of outsiders toward experimental chains of social hermit crabs. Ethology. 129(7). 344–355. 3 indexed citations
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Laidre, Mark E., et al.. (2023). Wild social behavior differs following experimental loss of vision in social hermit crabs. Die Naturwissenschaften. 110(3). 20–20. 1 indexed citations
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Laidre, Mark E., et al.. (2022). Individualism versus collective movement during travel. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 7508–7508. 3 indexed citations
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Laidre, Mark E.. (2021). Social conquest of land: Sea-to-land changes in shell architecture and body morphology, with consequences for social evolution. Arthropod Structure & Development. 63. 101064–101064. 6 indexed citations
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Laidre, Mark E.. (2021). Animal architecture. Current Biology. 31(22). R1458–R1464. 15 indexed citations
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Krieger, Jakob, Marie K. Hörnig, & Mark E. Laidre. (2020). Shells as ‘extended architecture’: to escape isolation, social hermit crabs choose shells with the right external architecture. Animal Cognition. 23(6). 1177–1187. 22 indexed citations
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Laidre, Mark E., et al.. (2019). Supplementary material from "Get off my back: vibrational assessment of homeowner strength". Figshare. 1 indexed citations
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Laidre, Mark E.. (2019). Architectural modification of shells by terrestrial hermit crabs alters social dynamics in later generations. Ecology. 100(9). e02767–e02767. 20 indexed citations
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Laidre, Mark E.. (2018). Coconut crabs. Current Biology. 28(2). R58–R60. 13 indexed citations
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Laidre, Mark E. & Rufus A. Johnstone. (2013). Animal signals. Current Biology. 23(18). R829–R833. 145 indexed citations
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Laidre, Mark E., et al.. (2012). Making sense of information in noisy networks: Human communication, gossip, and distortion. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 317. 152–160. 21 indexed citations
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Laidre, Mark E.. (2011). Meaningful Gesture in Monkeys? Investigating whether Mandrills Create Social Culture. PLoS ONE. 6(2). e14610–e14610. 12 indexed citations
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Couzin, Iain D. & Mark E. Laidre. (2009). Fission–fusion populations. Current Biology. 19(15). R633–R635. 106 indexed citations
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Laidre, Mark E.. (2009). Informative breath: Olfactory cues sought during social foraging among old world monkeys (Mandrillus sphinx, M. Leucophaeus, and Papio anubis).. Journal of comparative psychology. 123(1). 34–44. 21 indexed citations
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Laidre, Mark E.. (2009). How Often Do Animals Lie about Their Intentions? An Experimental Test. The American Naturalist. 173(3). 337–346. 30 indexed citations
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Laidre, Mark E. & Sandra L. Vehrencamp. (2007). Is bird song a reliable signal of aggressive intent?. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 62(7). 1207–1211. 34 indexed citations
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Laidre, Mark E.. (2007). Spontaneous performance of wild baboons on three novel food-access puzzles. Animal Cognition. 11(2). 223–230. 27 indexed citations

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