Matthew E. Wolak

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Matthew E. Wolak is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Matthew E. Wolak has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 16 papers in Genetics and 7 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Matthew E. Wolak's work include Animal Behavior and Reproduction (23 papers), Plant and animal studies (13 papers) and Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (6 papers). Matthew E. Wolak is often cited by papers focused on Animal Behavior and Reproduction (23 papers), Plant and animal studies (13 papers) and Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (6 papers). Matthew E. Wolak collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Matthew E. Wolak's co-authors include Daphne J. Fairbairn, Jane M. Reid, Peter Arcese, Patrick A. Carter, Theodore Garland, Vincent Careau, Lukas F. Keller, Andrew P. Hendry, Daniel J. Schoen and Pirmin Nietlisbach and has published in prestigious journals such as The American Naturalist, The FASEB Journal and Evolution.

In The Last Decade

Matthew E. Wolak

33 papers receiving 1.3k 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.

Guidelines for estimating repeatability

2011 551 citations Matthew E. Wolak, Daphne J. Fairbairn et al. Methods in Ecology and Evolution profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Matthew E. Wolak United States	17	662	488	401	154	139	34	1.3k
András Kosztolányi Hungary	21	713 1.1×	440 0.9×	832 2.1×	133 0.9×	147 1.1×	61	1.5k
Maja Tarka Sweden	18	493 0.7×	323 0.7×	479 1.2×	107 0.7×	66 0.5×	29	1.0k
Szymon M. Drobniak Poland	22	852 1.3×	216 0.4×	764 1.9×	152 1.0×	161 1.2×	85	1.5k
Samuel M. Flaxman United States	21	462 0.7×	820 1.7×	319 0.8×	208 1.4×	100 0.7×	43	1.6k
Ximena J. Nelson New Zealand	25	1.2k 1.8×	850 1.7×	293 0.7×	126 0.8×	200 1.4×	101	1.8k
Sinéad English United Kingdom	23	881 1.3×	442 0.9×	634 1.6×	125 0.8×	160 1.2×	59	1.7k
Erik Otárola‐Castillo United States	18	411 0.6×	377 0.8×	541 1.3×	398 2.6×	257 1.8×	39	2.4k
Matthew R. Orr United States	16	624 0.9×	690 1.4×	256 0.6×	159 1.0×	88 0.6×	30	1.2k
Peter Korsten Netherlands	21	857 1.3×	271 0.6×	560 1.4×	66 0.4×	66 0.5×	41	1.2k
Angela J. Crean Australia	21	641 1.0×	435 0.9×	421 1.0×	209 1.4×	249 1.8×	42	1.6k

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Warner, Daniel A., et al.. (2023). Consistent Nest Site Selection by Turtles across Habitats with Varying Levels of Human Disturbance. Diversity. 15(2). 275–275.

Wilson, Alan E., et al.. (2023). The fitness consequences of wildlife conservation translocations: a meta‐analysis. Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 99(2). 348–371. 9 indexed citations

Fairbairn, Daphne J., Derek A. Roff, & Matthew E. Wolak. (2023). Tests for associations between sexual dimorphism and patterns of quantitative genetic variation in the water strider, Aquarius remigis. Heredity. 131(2). 109–118. 2 indexed citations

Strader, Marie E., et al.. (2022). Genetic variation underlies plastic responses to global change drivers in the purple sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 289(1981). 20221249–20221249. 5 indexed citations

Parry, Hailey A., Ryan Cook, Matthew E. Wolak, et al.. (2022). Reduced Mitochondrial Respiration in Hybrid Asexual Lizards. The American Naturalist. 199(5). 719–728. 3 indexed citations

Reid, Jane M., Peter Arcese, Pirmin Nietlisbach, et al.. (2021). Immigration counter-acts local micro-evolution of a major fitness component: Migration-selection balance in free-living song sparrows. Evolution Letters. 5(1). 48–60. 20 indexed citations

Wolak, Matthew E., et al.. (2021). Rapid evolution of sexual size dimorphism facilitated by Y-linked genetic variance. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 5(10). 1394–1402. 22 indexed citations

Reid, Jane M., Pirmin Nietlisbach, Matthew E. Wolak, Lukas F. Keller, & Peter Arcese. (2019). Individuals’ expected genetic contributions to future generations, reproductive value, and short-term metrics of fitness in free-living song sparrows ( Melospiza melodia ). Evolution Letters. 3(3). 271–285. 24 indexed citations

Germain, Ryan R., Matthew E. Wolak, & Jane M. Reid. (2018). Individual repeatability and heritability of divorce in a wild population. Biology Letters. 14(6). 20180061–20180061. 6 indexed citations

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Wolak, Matthew E., Peter Arcese, Lukas F. Keller, Pirmin Nietlisbach, & Jane M. Reid. (2018). Sex‐specific additive genetic variances and correlations for fitness in a song sparrow ( Melospiza melodia ) population subject to natural immigration and inbreeding. Evolution. 72(10). 2057–2075. 28 indexed citations

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Roff, Derek A., et al.. (2017). The phenotypic correlates and quantitative genetics of masculinization in the rodent, Octodon degus. Heredity. 119(3). 136–141. 7 indexed citations

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Charmantier, Anne, Matthew E. Wolak, Arnaud Grégoire, Amélie Fargevieille, & Claire Doutrelant. (2016). Colour ornamentation in the blue tit: quantitative genetic (co)variances across sexes. Heredity. 118(2). 125–134. 16 indexed citations

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Wolak, Matthew E.. (2015). Facilitating Estimation of the Intraclass CorrelationCoefficient. 5 indexed citations

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Wolak, Matthew E.. (2015). Facilitating Estimation of the Intraclass Correlation Coefficient [R package ICC version 2.3.0]. 1 indexed citations

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Careau, Vincent, Matthew E. Wolak, Patrick A. Carter, & Theodore Garland. (2015). Evolution of the additive genetic variance–covariance matrix under continuous directional selection on a complex behavioural phenotype. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 282(1819). 20151119–20151119. 37 indexed citations

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Wolak, Matthew E.. (2012). nadiv: an R package to create relatedness matrices for estimating non‐additive genetic variances in animal models. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 3(5). 792–796. 148 indexed citations

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Careau, Vincent, Matthew E. Wolak, Patrick A. Carter, & Theodore Garland. (2012). The quantitative genetics of a complex trait under continuous directional selection. The FASEB Journal. 26(S1). 1 indexed citations

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Wolak, Matthew E., et al.. (2011). Guidelines for estimating repeatability. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 3(1). 129–137. 551 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wolak, Matthew E., et al.. (2010). A Contemporary, Sex‐Limited Change in Body Size of an Estuarine Turtle in Response to Commercial Fishing. Conservation Biology. 24(5). 1268–1277. 26 indexed citations

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Wolak, Matthew E.. (2008). Rensch's Rule Applies to Clinal Variation of Body Size in the Argentine Grasshopper Dichroplus pratensis: Correction of Bidau and Martí. Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 101(5). 801–801. 1 indexed citations

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