Martin Kocourek

790 total citations · 1 hit paper
8 papers, 457 citations indexed

About

Martin Kocourek is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Paleontology and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Martin Kocourek has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 457 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 3 papers in Paleontology and 2 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Martin Kocourek's work include Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (3 papers), Bat Biology and Ecology Studies (2 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (2 papers). Martin Kocourek is often cited by papers focused on Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (3 papers), Bat Biology and Ecology Studies (2 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (2 papers). Martin Kocourek collaborates with scholars based in Czechia, Austria and United States. Martin Kocourek's co-authors include Seweryn Olkowicz, Pavel Němec, Radek Lučan, Michal Porteš, W. Tecumseh Fitch, Suzana Herculano‐Houzel, Roman Vodička, Daniel Frynta, Ferran Sayol and Joan Garcia‐Porta and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Frontiers in Psychology and Nature Ecology & Evolution.

In The Last Decade

Martin Kocourek

4 papers receiving 446 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.

Birds have primate-like numbers of neurons in the forebrain

2016 335 citations Seweryn Olkowicz, Martin Kocourek et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Martin Kocourek Czechia	4	189	186	104	87	73	8	457
Michal Porteš Czechia	3	148 0.8×	134 0.7×	88 0.8×	68 0.8×	56 0.8×	4	346
Seweryn Olkowicz Czechia	7	244 1.3×	209 1.1×	106 1.0×	119 1.4×	83 1.1×	10	566
Ana F. Navarrete United Kingdom	9	233 1.2×	330 1.8×	62 0.6×	135 1.6×	59 0.8×	10	672
Alex R. DeCasien United States	10	186 1.0×	287 1.5×	66 0.6×	50 0.6×	103 1.4×	18	496
Magdalena N. Muchlinski United States	14	156 0.8×	207 1.1×	56 0.5×	145 1.7×	41 0.6×	36	490
Corina Logan United States	12	273 1.4×	265 1.4×	89 0.9×	110 1.3×	45 0.6×	39	490
Zachary J. Hall Canada	14	180 1.0×	106 0.6×	113 1.1×	108 1.2×	27 0.4×	19	394
Nicholas Nicastro United States	5	96 0.5×	179 1.0×	169 1.6×	65 0.7×	132 1.8×	7	520
Kenneth L. Chiou United States	12	142 0.8×	308 1.7×	73 0.7×	122 1.4×	37 0.5×	29	705
Carrie C. Veilleux United States	10	209 1.1×	171 0.9×	19 0.2×	92 1.1×	61 0.8×	21	418

Countries citing papers authored by Martin Kocourek

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Fields of papers citing papers by Martin Kocourek

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Martin Kocourek

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Martin Kocourek. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Martin Kocourek 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 Martin Kocourek. Martin Kocourek is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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8 of 8 papers shown

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Kocourek, Martin, Seweryn Olkowicz, Tomáš Hájek, et al.. (2025). Cellular Scaling Rules for Brains of the Galliform Birds (Aves, Galliformes) Compared to Those of Songbirds and Parrots: Distantly Related Avian Lineages Have Starkly Different Neuronal Cerebrotypes. Brain Behavior and Evolution. 100(3). 183–199.

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Třebický, Vít, et al.. (2025). Visual attention to faces during attractiveness and dominance judgements. Evolutionary Human Sciences. 7. e15–e15.

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Kocourek, Martin, et al.. (2024). The Effect of UEFA Club Competitions on the Local Hospitality Performance. TEM Journal. 1371–1377.

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Kocourek, Martin, et al.. (2024). Mild hunger elicits attentional desensitization to visual food cues in healthy, non-obese individuals. Frontiers in Psychology. 15. 1441184–1441184.

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Kocourek, Martin, et al.. (2022). The evolution of brain neuron numbers in amniotes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(11). e2121624119–e2121624119. 53 indexed citations

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Sol, Daniel, Seweryn Olkowicz, Ferran Sayol, et al.. (2022). Neuron numbers link innovativeness with both absolute and relative brain size in birds. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 6(9). 1381–1389. 47 indexed citations

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Massen, Jorg J. M., Jordan S. Martin, Martin Kocourek, et al.. (2021). Brain size and neuron numbers drive differences in yawn duration across mammals and birds. Communications Biology. 4(1). 503–503. 22 indexed citations

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Olkowicz, Seweryn, Martin Kocourek, Radek Lučan, et al.. (2016). Birds have primate-like numbers of neurons in the forebrain. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(26). 7255–7260. 335 indexed citations breakdown →

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