Mark S. Witter

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Mark S. Witter is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology and Geometry and Topology. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark S. Witter has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 13 papers in Ecology and 8 papers in Geometry and Topology. Recurrent topics in Mark S. Witter's work include Animal Behavior and Reproduction (12 papers), Avian ecology and behavior (9 papers) and Morphological variations and asymmetry (8 papers). Mark S. Witter is often cited by papers focused on Animal Behavior and Reproduction (12 papers), Avian ecology and behavior (9 papers) and Morphological variations and asymmetry (8 papers). Mark S. Witter collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Spain. Mark S. Witter's co-authors include Innes C. Cuthill, John P. Swaddle, Richard H. C. Bonser, Sasha R. X. Dall, Amber E Budden, Ruth D. Warren, Raymond F. Robledo, David T. Harris, Luka A. Clarke and A. R. Goldsmith and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences and Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Mark S. Witter

23 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

The ecological costs of avian fat storage 1993 2026 2004 2015 1993 100 200 300 400 500
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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. The ecological costs of avian fat storage
    1993 558 citations Mark S. Witter, Innes C. Cuthill Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Mark S. Witter United Kingdom 18 1.3k 1.2k 411 305 251 23 2.0k
José Javier Cuervo Spain 26 1.1k 0.9× 1.3k 1.1× 74 0.2× 264 0.9× 325 1.3× 86 1.9k
José Miguel Aparicio Spain 26 1.2k 0.9× 1.2k 1.0× 82 0.2× 274 0.9× 257 1.0× 68 1.9k
J. Matthias Starck Germany 23 1.4k 1.0× 777 0.6× 73 0.2× 603 2.0× 179 0.7× 49 2.5k
Thomas J. Hayden Ireland 29 1.3k 1.0× 1.2k 1.0× 65 0.2× 156 0.5× 69 0.3× 62 2.3k
Anders Pape M⊘ller Denmark 12 763 0.6× 981 0.8× 129 0.3× 143 0.5× 112 0.4× 18 1.3k
Leszek Rychlik Poland 20 704 0.5× 635 0.5× 57 0.1× 172 0.6× 94 0.4× 71 1.2k
Eliot T. Miller United States 24 959 0.7× 806 0.7× 47 0.1× 530 1.7× 85 0.3× 60 1.9k
Paolo Galeotti Italy 32 1.4k 1.1× 2.1k 1.7× 58 0.1× 348 1.1× 151 0.6× 85 3.0k
Stephen M. Yezerinac Canada 17 948 0.7× 936 0.8× 127 0.3× 153 0.5× 49 0.2× 28 1.4k
Paul Handford Canada 27 878 0.7× 1.1k 0.9× 158 0.4× 298 1.0× 30 0.1× 56 1.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Mark S. Witter

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mark S. Witter

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Swaddle, John P. & Mark S. Witter. (1998). Cluttered habitats reduce wing asymmetry and increase flight performance in European starlings. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 42(4). 281–287. 26 indexed citations
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Dall, Sasha R. X. & Mark S. Witter. (1998). Feeding interruptions, diurnal mass changes and daily routines of behaviour in the zebra finch. Animal Behaviour. 55(3). 715–725. 67 indexed citations
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Witter, Mark S. & A. R. Goldsmith. (1997). Social stimulation and regulation of body mass in female starlings. Animal Behaviour. 54(2). 279–287. 10 indexed citations
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Harris, David T., et al.. (1997). Protection From Jp-8 Jet Fuel Induced Immunotoxicity By Administration of Aerosolized Substance P. Toxicology and Industrial Health. 13(5). 571–588. 30 indexed citations
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Swaddle, John P. & Mark S. Witter. (1997). Food availability and primary feather molt in European starlings, Sturnus vulgaris. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 75(6). 948–953. 20 indexed citations
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Swaddle, John P. & Mark S. Witter. (1997). The effects of molt on the flight performance, body mass, and behavior of European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris): an experimental approach. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 75(7). 1135–1146. 186 indexed citations
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Swaddle, John P., et al.. (1996). Plumage Condition Affects Flight Performance in Common Starlings: Implications for Developmental Homeostasis, Abrasion and Moult. Journal of Avian Biology. 27(2). 103–103. 147 indexed citations
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Swaddle, John P., Mark S. Witter, & Innes C. Cuthill. (1995). Museum studies measure FA. Animal Behaviour. 49(6). 1700–1701. 9 indexed citations
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Swaddle, John P. & Mark S. Witter. (1995). Chest plumage, dominance and fluctuating asymmetry in female starlings. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 260(1358). 219–223. 41 indexed citations
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Witter, Mark S., et al.. (1995). Habitat structure, stress and plumage development. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 261(1362). 303–308. 27 indexed citations
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Witter, Mark S.. (1995). The effect of intraspecific competition on prey load size in the European starling, Sturnus vulgaris. Animal Behaviour. 49(1). 261–264. 1 indexed citations
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Witter, Mark S. & John P. Swaddle. (1994). Fluctuating asymmetries, competition and dominance. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 256(1347). 299–303. 38 indexed citations
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Witter, Mark S., Innes C. Cuthill, & Richard H. C. Bonser. (1994). Experimental investigations of mass-dependent predation risk in the European starling, Sturnus vulgaris. Animal Behaviour. 48(1). 201–222. 262 indexed citations
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Swaddle, John P., Mark S. Witter, & Innes C. Cuthill. (1994). The analysis of fluctuating asymmetry. Animal Behaviour. 48(4). 986–989. 263 indexed citations
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Swaddle, John P. & Mark S. Witter. (1994). Food, feathers and fluctuating asymmetries. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 255(1343). 147–152. 150 indexed citations
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Witter, Mark S. & Innes C. Cuthill. (1993). The ecological costs of avian fat storage. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 340(1291). 73–92. 558 indexed citations breakdown →
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Witter, Mark S.. (1993). Motivation and Measures of Accessibility. Ornithological Applications. 95(2). 485–485. 4 indexed citations
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Cuthill, Innes C., John P. Swaddle, & Mark S. Witter. (1993). Fluctuating asymmetry. Nature. 363(6426). 217–218. 23 indexed citations
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Witter, Mark S. & Innes C. Cuthill. (1992). Strategic perch choice for bill-wiping. Animal Behaviour. 43(6). 1056–1058. 2 indexed citations
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Cuthill, Innes C., Mark S. Witter, & Luka A. Clarke. (1992). The function of bill-wiping. Animal Behaviour. 43(1). 103–115. 20 indexed citations

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