Molly E. Cummings

4.7k total citations
79 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Molly E. Cummings is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Global and Planetary Change and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Molly E. Cummings has authored 79 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 63 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 26 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 18 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Molly E. Cummings's work include Animal Behavior and Reproduction (59 papers), Plant and animal studies (34 papers) and Amphibian and Reptile Biology (25 papers). Molly E. Cummings is often cited by papers focused on Animal Behavior and Reproduction (59 papers), Plant and animal studies (34 papers) and Amphibian and Reptile Biology (25 papers). Molly E. Cummings collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. Molly E. Cummings's co-authors include Martine E. Maan, Michael J. Ryan, Catherine R. Darst, Mary E. Ramsey, Ryan Y. Wong, Parrish Brady, Gil G. Rosenthal, David C. Cannatella, John A. Endler and Carrie C. Veilleux and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Molly E. Cummings

76 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Molly E. Cummings United States	34	2.5k	1.3k	584	507	481	79	3.4k
Martin J. Whiting Australia	35	3.2k 1.3×	2.4k 1.9×	610 1.0×	1.2k 2.3×	587 1.2×	180	4.4k
Ryan L. Earley United States	34	2.5k 1.0×	845 0.6×	770 1.3×	1.1k 2.1×	706 1.5×	131	4.1k
Michael P. Speed United Kingdom	35	4.3k 1.7×	1.0k 0.8×	1.7k 3.0×	965 1.9×	363 0.8×	80	5.2k
Tracy Langkilde United States	28	1.8k 0.7×	1.3k 1.0×	589 1.0×	885 1.7×	239 0.5×	127	2.7k
Sami Merilaita Sweden	35	3.2k 1.3×	893 0.7×	860 1.5×	1.1k 2.1×	465 1.0×	75	4.1k
Terry J. Ord Australia	30	2.0k 0.8×	1.1k 0.8×	459 0.8×	678 1.3×	331 0.7×	73	2.7k
Emilie C. Snell‐Rood United States	26	2.0k 0.8×	415 0.3×	1.3k 2.2×	1.0k 2.0×	212 0.4×	79	3.5k
Jerry F. Husak United States	30	2.6k 1.0×	1.8k 1.4×	538 0.9×	1.2k 2.5×	181 0.4×	87	3.4k
Marc Théry France	28	2.0k 0.8×	709 0.5×	489 0.8×	798 1.6×	175 0.4×	63	2.6k
Jonathan N. Pruitt United States	30	3.0k 1.2×	624 0.5×	1.8k 3.1×	818 1.6×	265 0.6×	133	3.7k

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Vuong, Ann M., et al.. (2025). Different social experiences drive the development of divergent stress coping styles in female swordtails (Xiphophorus nigrensis). Hormones and Behavior. 168. 105675–105675.

Bailey, Robert J., et al.. (2024). Courtship is associated with greater spatial cognition and decreased boldness in a swordtail fish. Animal Behaviour. 217. 109–121.

O’Connell, Lauren A., Lawrence H. Uricchio, Alexandre B. Roland, et al.. (2023). Selection on Visual Opsin Genes in Diurnal Neotropical Frogs and Loss of the SWS2 Opsin in Poison Frogs. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 40(10). 8 indexed citations

Cummings, Molly E., et al.. (2023). Life-Long Experience with Male Mating Tactics Shapes Spatial Cognition and Coercion Evasion in Female Swordtails. Fishes. 8(11). 562–562. 3 indexed citations

Young, Rebecca L., et al.. (2023). Individual variation in preference behavior in sailfin fish refines the neurotranscriptomic pathway for mate preference. Ecology and Evolution. 13(7). e10323–e10323. 1 indexed citations

Whitaker, Keith W., et al.. (2021). Courting danger: socially dominant fish adjust their escape behavior and compensate for increased conspicuousness to avian predators. Hydrobiologia. 848(16). 3667–3681. 6 indexed citations

Doan, Thuy, Armin Hinterwirth, Lee Worden, et al.. (2019). Gut microbiome alteration in MORDOR I: a community-randomized trial of mass azithromycin distribution. Nature Medicine. 25(9). 1370–1376. 96 indexed citations

Ramsey, Mary E., Dustin Fry, & Molly E. Cummings. (2019). Isotocin increases female avoidance of males in a coercive mating system: Assessing the social salience hypothesis of oxytocin in a fish species. Hormones and Behavior. 112. 1–9. 10 indexed citations

Rodríguez, Ariel, et al.. (2017). Mating status correlates with dorsal brightness in some but not all poison frog populations. Ecology and Evolution. 7(24). 10503–10512. 18 indexed citations

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Cummings, Molly E., et al.. (2015). An Analysis of Predator Selection to Affect Aposematic Coloration in a Poison Frog Species. PLoS ONE. 10(6). e0130571–e0130571. 50 indexed citations

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Wong, Ryan Y. & Molly E. Cummings. (2014). Expression Patterns of Neuroligin-3 and Tyrosine Hydroxylase across the Brain in Mate Choice Contexts in Female Swordtails. Brain Behavior and Evolution. 83(3). 231–243. 15 indexed citations

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Maan, Martine E. & Molly E. Cummings. (2011). Poison Frog Colors Are Honest Signals of Toxicity, Particularly for Bird Predators. The American Naturalist. 179(1). E1–E14. 181 indexed citations

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Brady, Parrish & Molly E. Cummings. (2010). Differential Response to Circularly Polarized Light by the Jewel Scarab BeetleChrysina gloriosa. The American Naturalist. 175(5). 614–620. 63 indexed citations

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Ramsey, Mary E., Ryan Y. Wong, & Molly E. Cummings. (2010). Estradiol, reproductive cycle and preference behavior in a northern swordtail. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 170(2). 381–390. 35 indexed citations

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Cummings, Molly E. & Rose Gelineau‐Morel. (2009). The energetic costs of alternative male reproductive strategies in Xiphophorus nigrensis. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 195(10). 935–946. 22 indexed citations

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Maan, Martine E. & Molly E. Cummings. (2008). FEMALE PREFERENCES FOR APOSEMATIC SIGNAL COMPONENTS IN A POLYMORPHIC POISON FROG. Evolution. 62(9). 2334–2345. 176 indexed citations

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Cummings, Molly E.. (2007). SENSORY TRADE-OFFS PREDICT SIGNAL DIVERGENCE IN SURFPERCH. Evolution. 61(3). 530–545. 104 indexed citations

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Cummings, Molly E., et al.. (2006). Is UV Ornamentation an Amplifier in Swordtails?. Zebrafish. 3(1). 91–100. 14 indexed citations

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Darst, Catherine R. & Molly E. Cummings. (2006). Predator learning favours mimicry of a less-toxic model in poison frogs. Nature. 440(7081). 208–211. 146 indexed citations

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Cummings, Molly E.. (2004). Modelling divergence in luminance and chromatic detection performance across measured divergence in surfperch (Embiotocidae) habitats. Vision Research. 44(11). 1127–1145. 36 indexed citations

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