Neil B. Metcalfe

31.0k total citations · 8 hit papers
309 papers, 24.0k citations indexed

About

Neil B. Metcalfe is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Neil B. Metcalfe has authored 309 papers receiving a total of 24.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 178 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 158 papers in Ecology and 133 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Neil B. Metcalfe's work include Fish Ecology and Management Studies (171 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (122 papers) and Physiological and biochemical adaptations (80 papers). Neil B. Metcalfe is often cited by papers focused on Fish Ecology and Management Studies (171 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (122 papers) and Physiological and biochemical adaptations (80 papers). Neil B. Metcalfe collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Spain. Neil B. Metcalfe's co-authors include Pat Monaghan, John E. Thorpe, Felicity A. Huntingford, J. D. Armstrong, J. E. Thorpe, Jonathan D. Blount, Roxana Torres, Shaun S. Killen, Tim Burton and Neil H. C. Fraser and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Neil B. Metcalfe

308 papers receiving 22.4k citations

Hit Papers

Compensation for a bad start: grow now, pay later? 2001 2026 2009 2017 2001 2004 2008 2011 2003 500 1000 1.5k
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.

  1. Compensation for a bad start: grow now, pay later?
    2001 1.5k citations Neil B. Metcalfe, Pat Monaghan Trends in Ecology & Evolution profile →
  2. Developmental plasticity and human health
    2004 1.2k citations Neil B. Metcalfe, Pat Monaghan et al. profile →
  3. Oxidative stress as a mediator of life history trade‐offs: mechanisms, measurements and interpretation
    2008 1.1k citations Pat Monaghan, Neil B. Metcalfe et al. Ecology Letters profile →
  4. What causes intraspecific variation in resting metabolic rate and what are its ecological consequences?
    2011 569 citations Shaun S. Killen, J. D. Armstrong et al. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences profile →
  5. Carotenoid Modulation of Immune Function and Sexual Attractiveness in Zebra Finches
    2003 546 citations Jonathan D. Blount, Neil B. Metcalfe et al. profile →
  6. Telomere length in early life predicts lifespan
    2012 541 citations Britt J. Heidinger, Jonathan D. Blount et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  7. Does individual variation in metabolic phenotype predict fish behaviour and performance?
    2015 278 citations Neil B. Metcalfe, Shaun S. Killen et al. profile →
  8. BEHAVIOR AND ECOLOGY OF PACIFIC SALMON AND TROUT
    2019 190 citations Neil B. Metcalfe profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Neil B. Metcalfe United Kingdom 78 11.3k 9.5k 9.1k 5.3k 4.7k 309 24.0k
Stephen C. Stearns United States 56 6.9k 0.6× 4.9k 0.5× 6.9k 0.8× 3.4k 0.7× 1.1k 0.2× 135 18.9k
Axel Meyer Germany 103 8.8k 0.8× 10.5k 1.1× 5.3k 0.6× 4.3k 0.8× 6.6k 1.4× 520 39.2k
John C. Wingfield United States 108 21.1k 1.9× 2.3k 0.2× 28.7k 3.1× 4.6k 0.9× 567 0.1× 480 42.3k
David N. Reznick United States 71 8.8k 0.8× 9.2k 1.0× 10.7k 1.2× 5.3k 1.0× 2.4k 0.5× 229 22.7k
Pat Monaghan United Kingdom 69 10.8k 1.0× 2.4k 0.3× 9.6k 1.1× 2.1k 0.4× 452 0.1× 284 20.1k
Anthony P. Farrell Canada 83 18.1k 1.6× 13.7k 1.4× 1.3k 0.1× 5.1k 1.0× 8.5k 1.8× 463 26.0k
Ian A. Johnston United Kingdom 68 8.4k 0.7× 3.7k 0.4× 1.1k 0.1× 1.5k 0.3× 5.8k 1.2× 327 15.8k
David Raubenheimer Australia 88 6.9k 0.6× 2.5k 0.3× 6.5k 0.7× 1.5k 0.3× 717 0.2× 412 23.4k
Theodore Garland United States 93 11.7k 1.0× 5.7k 0.6× 14.1k 1.5× 7.4k 1.4× 527 0.1× 356 33.8k
Stephen J. Simpson Australia 100 5.5k 0.5× 2.4k 0.3× 10.3k 1.1× 1.3k 0.3× 662 0.1× 524 31.8k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Burraco, Pablo, Neil B. Metcalfe, & Pat Monaghan. (2025). Telomere dynamics in maturing frogs vary among organs. Biology Letters. 21(2). 20240626–20240626. 1 indexed citations
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Pettersen, Amanda K. & Neil B. Metcalfe. (2024). Consequences of the cost of living: is variation in metabolic rate evolutionarily significant?. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 379(1896). 20220498–20220498. 5 indexed citations
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Aykanat, Tutku, Darryl McLennan, Neil B. Metcalfe, & Jenni M. Prokkola. (2024). Early survival in Atlantic salmon is associated with parental genotypes at loci linked to timing of maturation. Evolution. 78(8). 1441–1452. 1 indexed citations
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Metcalfe, Neil B.. (2024). How important is hidden phenotypic plasticity arising from alternative but converging developmental trajectories, and what limits it?. Journal of Experimental Biology. 227(Suppl_1). 7 indexed citations
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Metcalfe, Neil B.. (2024). Research on fish at the University of Glasgow. 28(Supplement). 144–146. 1 indexed citations
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Burraco, Pablo, et al.. (2023). Ageing across the great divide: tissue transformation, organismal growth and temperature shape telomere dynamics through the metamorphic transition. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 290(1992). 20222448–20222448. 6 indexed citations
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Pilakouta, Natalie, Bjarni K. Kristjánsson, Skúli Skúlason, et al.. (2022). Testing the predictability of morphological evolution in contrasting thermal environments. Evolution. 77(1). 239–253. 10 indexed citations
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Pilakouta, Natalie, Patrick O’Donnell, Amélie Crespel, et al.. (2022). A warmer environment can reduce sociability in an ectotherm. Global Change Biology. 29(1). 206–214. 13 indexed citations
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Pilakouta, Natalie, Shaun S. Killen, Bjarni K. Kristjánsson, et al.. (2020). Multigenerational exposure to elevated temperatures leads to a reduction in standard metabolic rate in the wild. Functional Ecology. 34(6). 1205–1214. 43 indexed citations
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McLennan, Darryl, J. D. Armstrong, David Stewart, et al.. (2018). Telomere elongation during early development is independent of environmental temperatures in Atlantic salmon. Journal of Experimental Biology. 221(Pt 11). 33 indexed citations
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Auer, Sonya K., Graeme J. Anderson, Simon McKelvey, et al.. (2017). Nutrients from salmon parents alter selection pressures on their offspring. Ecology Letters. 21(2). 287–295. 33 indexed citations
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Metcalfe, Neil B. & Pat Monaghan. (2013). Does reproduction cause oxidative stress? An open question. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 28(6). 347–350. 155 indexed citations
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Heidinger, Britt J., Jonathan D. Blount, Winnie Boner, et al.. (2012). Telomere length in early life predicts lifespan. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(5). 1743–1748. 541 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hoogenboom, Mia O., Neil B. Metcalfe, Ton G. G. Groothuis, Bonnie de Vries, & David Costantini. (2012). Relationship between oxidative stress and circulating testosterone and cortisol in pre-spawning female brown trout. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology. 163(3-4). 379–387. 20 indexed citations
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Pike, Thomas W., Jonathan D. Blount, Neil B. Metcalfe, & Jan Lindström. (2010). Dietary carotenoid availability and reproductive effort influence the age-related decline in performance. Behavioral Ecology. 21(5). 1048–1053. 11 indexed citations
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Pike, Thomas W., Jonathan D. Blount, Jan Lindström, & Neil B. Metcalfe. (2009). Dietary carotenoid availability, sexual signalling and functional fertility in sticklebacks. Biology Letters. 6(2). 191–193. 67 indexed citations
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Pike, Thomas W., Jonathan D. Blount, Jan Lindström, & Neil B. Metcalfe. (2007). Availability of non-carotenoid antioxidants affects the expression of a carotenoid-based sexual ornament. Biology Letters. 3(4). 353–356. 63 indexed citations
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Señar, Juan Carlos, M. Camerino, & Neil B. Metcalfe. (1997). A comparison of agonistic behaviour in two Cardueline finches: feudal species are more tolerant than despotic ones. 73–82. 6 indexed citations
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Metcalfe, Neil B.. (1989). Differential response to a competitor by Atlantic salmon adopting alternative life-history strategies. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 236(1282). 21–27. 27 indexed citations
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Metcalfe, Neil B.. (1987). Aggression in shorebirds in relation to flock density and composition. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 129. 553–563. 4 indexed citations

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