Melissa Bateson

12.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
142 papers, 8.3k citations indexed

About

Melissa Bateson is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Small Animals and Animal Science and Zoology. According to data from OpenAlex, Melissa Bateson has authored 142 papers receiving a total of 8.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 45 papers in Small Animals and 30 papers in Animal Science and Zoology. Recurrent topics in Melissa Bateson's work include Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies (44 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (39 papers) and Animal Nutrition and Physiology (21 papers). Melissa Bateson is often cited by papers focused on Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies (44 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (39 papers) and Animal Nutrition and Physiology (21 papers). Melissa Bateson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and United States. Melissa Bateson's co-authors include Daniel Nettle, Alex Kacelnik, Gilbert Roberts, Susan D. Healy, Ben Brilot, Lucy Asher, T. Andrew Hurly, Clare Andrews, Paul Martin and Sarah E. Gartside and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Trends in Ecology & Evolution and Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Melissa Bateson

142 papers receiving 8.1k citations

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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.

Cues of being watched enhance cooperation in a real-world setting

2006 783 citations Melissa Bateson, Daniel Nettle et al. Biology Letters profile →
A consensus on the definition of positive animal welfare

2025 20 citations Jean‐Loup Rault, Melissa Bateson et al. Biology Letters profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Evaluating enrichment use in group-housed rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta): A machine learning approach 2024 ·Animal Welfare ·(unknown), Claire L. Witham, Melissa Bateson	1
2	Experimental biology can inform our understanding of food insecurity 2024 ·Journal of Experimental Biology ·Linda Wilbrecht, Wan Chen Lin, (unknown), Melissa Bateson, Kevin P. Myers, Rachel Ross	3
3	Maternal behavior of dairy cows and suckling behavior of dairy calves in different cow-calf contact conditions 2024 ·Journal of Dairy Science ·(unknown), Heather W. Neave, Melissa Bateson, Margit Bak Jensen	6
4	Dairy cows’ motivation to nurse their calves 2024 ·Scientific Reports ·(unknown), Melissa Bateson, Heather W. Neave, Jean‐Loup Rault, Margit Bak Jensen	4
5	Concurrent invasions of European starlings in Australia and North America reveal population‐specific differentiation in shared genomic regions 2023 ·Molecular Ecology ·(unknown), (unknown), Wesley C. Warren, Scott J. Werner, Melissa Bateson, Gregory F. Ball, Katherine L. Buchanan, David W. Burt, Adam P. A. Cardilini, Phillip Cassey, Tim De Meyer, Julia M. George, Simone Meddle, Hannah M. Rowland, Craig D. H. Sherman, William B. Sherwin, Wim Vanden Berghe, Lee A. Rollins, David F. Clayton	2
6	Assessing the emotional states of dairy cows housed with or without their calves 2023 ·Journal of Dairy Science ·Heather W. Neave, Jean‐Loup Rault, Melissa Bateson, (unknown), Margit Bak Jensen	14
7	Transcript‐ and annotation‐guided genome assembly of the European starling 2022 ·Molecular Ecology Resources ·(unknown), Richard J. Edwards, Yuanyuan Cheng, Wesley C. Warren, David W. Burt, William B. Sherwin, (unknown), Scott J. Werner, Gregory F. Ball, Melissa Bateson, Matthew C. Brandley, Katherine L. Buchanan, Phillip Cassey, David F. Clayton, Tim De Meyer, Simone Meddle, Lee A. Rollins	15
8	Historical museum samples enable the examination of divergent and parallel evolution during invasion 2022 ·Molecular Ecology ·(unknown), William B. Sherwin, Jeremy J. Austin, Melissa Bateson, Marcel Eens, Matthew C. Brandley, Lee A. Rollins	16
9	Saliva metabolome alterations after acute stress 2022 ·Scientific Reports ·(unknown), Rune Isak Dupont Birkler, Shira Shaham‐Niv, Yonghui Dong, (unknown), Lior Carmi, Boris I. Yakobson, Lihi Adler‐Abramovich, Hagit Cohen, Joseph Zohar, Melissa Bateson, Ehud Gazit	8
10	Why are there associations between telomere length and behaviour? 2018 ·Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Melissa Bateson, Daniel Nettle	42
11	Opportunistic food consumption in relation to childhood and adult food insecurity: An exploratory correlational study 2018 ·Appetite ·Daniel Nettle, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Melissa Bateson	25
12	Effects of early life adversity and sex on dominance in European starlings 2017 ·Animal Behaviour ·(unknown), (unknown), Clare Andrews, Melissa Bateson, Daniel Nettle	3
13	Better the devil you know: avian predators find variation in prey toxicity aversive 2014 ·Biology Letters ·Craig A. Barnett, Melissa Bateson, Candy Rowe	30
14	Using body temperature, food and water consumption as biomarkers of disease progression in mice with Eμ-myc lymphoma 2014 ·British Journal of Cancer ·Jill V. Hunter, Joanne Butterworth, Neil D. Perkins, Melissa Bateson, Carolyn A. Richardson	19
15	The memory of hunger: developmental plasticity of dietary selectivity in the European starling, Sturnus vulgaris 2014 ·Animal Behaviour ·(unknown), Melissa Bateson, (unknown), Ben Brilot, Daniel Nettle	27
16	Humans are not fooled by size illusions in attractiveness judgements 2013 ·Evolution and Human Behavior ·Melissa Bateson, Martin J. Tovée, (unknown), André Gouws, Piers L. Cornelissen	11
17	The Evolutionary Origins of Mood and Its Disorders 2012 ·Current Biology ·Daniel Nettle, Melissa Bateson	155
18	Fear and Exploration in European Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris): A Comparison of Hand-Reared and Wild-Caught Birds 2011 ·PLoS ONE ·Gesa Feenders, Kristel Klaus, Melissa Bateson	38
19	Stereotyping starlings are more ‘pessimistic’ 2010 ·Animal Cognition ·Ben Brilot, Lucy Asher, Melissa Bateson	95
20	Timing in Free-Living Rufous Hummingbirds, Selasphorus rufus 2006 ·Current Biology ·J. Henderson, T. Andrew Hurly, Melissa Bateson, Susan D. Healy	95

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