Nick J. Royle

6.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
64 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Nick J. Royle is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology and Insect Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Nick J. Royle has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 28 papers in Ecology and 16 papers in Insect Science. Recurrent topics in Nick J. Royle's work include Animal Behavior and Reproduction (37 papers), Plant and animal studies (22 papers) and Avian ecology and behavior (12 papers). Nick J. Royle is often cited by papers focused on Animal Behavior and Reproduction (37 papers), Plant and animal studies (22 papers) and Avian ecology and behavior (12 papers). Nick J. Royle collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Nick J. Royle's co-authors include Ian R. Hartley, George A. Parker, Jan Lindström, Neil B. Metcalfe, Allen J. Moore, Peter F. Surai, Thomas W. Pike, Wiebke Schuett, Sasha R. X. Dall and Megan L. Head and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Trends in Ecology & Evolution.

In The Last Decade

Nick J. Royle

64 papers receiving 3.5k 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.

An Introduction to Behavioural Ecology

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nick J. Royle United Kingdom	33	2.6k	1.5k	730	414	384	64	3.7k
Indriķis Krams Latvia	41	2.3k 0.9×	1.5k 1.0×	551 0.8×	412 1.0×	578 1.5×	153	4.3k
Patricia Adair Gowaty United States	39	2.7k 1.1×	1.6k 1.1×	1.0k 1.4×	436 1.1×	181 0.5×	93	4.2k
Gerald Borgia United States	37	3.0k 1.2×	1.1k 0.7×	916 1.3×	310 0.7×	221 0.6×	69	3.5k
Pierre‐Olivier Montiglio Canada	22	2.2k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	614 0.8×	427 1.0×	133 0.3×	45	2.9k
Anne B. Clark United States	26	2.7k 1.0×	2.2k 1.5×	660 0.9×	706 1.7×	159 0.4×	56	4.3k
G. Sander van Doorn Netherlands	30	2.6k 1.0×	1.0k 0.7×	1.9k 2.6×	370 0.9×	209 0.5×	49	4.6k
Stephen Pruett‐Jones United States	32	2.6k 1.0×	1.7k 1.2×	664 0.9×	211 0.5×	130 0.3×	94	3.4k
Ivar Folstad Norway	32	3.3k 1.3×	2.0k 1.4×	746 1.0×	443 1.1×	291 0.8×	72	5.3k
Alexei A. Maklakov Sweden	38	2.8k 1.1×	1.1k 0.8×	1.7k 2.4×	444 1.1×	818 2.1×	110	4.6k
Frank Cézilly France	40	2.3k 0.9×	3.3k 2.2×	924 1.3×	398 1.0×	384 1.0×	164	4.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nick J. Royle

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Belk, Mark C., J. Curtis Creighton, Rebecca M. Kilner, et al.. (2024). Revisiting the ecology and evolution of burying beetle behavior (Staphylinidae: Silphinae). Ecology and Evolution. 14(8). e70175–e70175. 16 indexed citations

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Houslay, Thomas M., et al.. (2020). Are older parents less flexible? Testing age-dependent plasticity in Nicrophorus vespilloides burying beetles. Animal Behaviour. 162. 79–86. 1 indexed citations

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Royle, Nick J., Suzanne H. Alonzo, & Allen J. Moore. (2016). Co-evolution, conflict and complexity: what have we learned about the evolution of parental care behaviours?. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences. 12. 30–36. 39 indexed citations

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Hopwood, Paul, et al.. (2016). Selection on an antagonistic behavioral trait can drive rapid genital coevolution in the burying beetle, Nicrophorus vespilloides. Evolution. 70(6). 1180–1188. 10 indexed citations

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Benowitz, Kyle M., et al.. (2013). Male age mediates reproductive investment and response to paternity assurance. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 280(1767). 8 indexed citations

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Baguette, Michel, et al.. (2013). BMC Ecology image competition: the winning images. BMC Ecology. 13(1). 6–6. 4 indexed citations

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Royle, Nick J., Paul Hopwood, & Megan L. Head. (2013). Burying beetles. Current Biology. 23(20). R907–R909. 15 indexed citations

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Head, Megan L., et al.. (2013). Effects of age and experience on contest behavior in the burying beetle, Nicrophorus vespilloides. Behavioral Ecology. 25(1). 172–179. 32 indexed citations

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Benowitz, Kyle M., et al.. (2013). Male age mediates reproductive investment and response to paternity assurance. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 280(1764). 20131124–20131124. 42 indexed citations

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Archer, C. Ruth, Scott K. Sakaluk, Colin Selman, Nick J. Royle, & John Hunt. (2012). OXIDATIVE STRESS AND THE EVOLUTION OF SEX DIFFERENCES IN LIFE SPAN AND AGEING IN THE DECORATED CRICKET,GRYLLODES SIGILLATUS. Evolution. 67(3). 620–634. 36 indexed citations

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Archer, C. Ruth, Felix Zajitschek, Scott K. Sakaluk, Nick J. Royle, & John Hunt. (2012). SEXUAL SELECTION AFFECTS THE EVOLUTION OF LIFESPAN AND AGEING IN THE DECORATED CRICKETGRYLLODES SIGILLATUS. Evolution. 66(10). 3088–3100. 39 indexed citations

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Head, Megan L., Lisa Berry, Nick J. Royle, & Allen J. Moore. (2012). PATERNAL CARE: DIRECT AND INDIRECT GENETIC EFFECTS OF FATHERS ON OFFSPRING PERFORMANCE. Evolution. 66(11). 3570–3581. 49 indexed citations

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Teuber, Kristin, Jürgen Schiller, Ulrike Jakop, et al.. (2011). MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry as a simple tool to determine the phospholipid/glycolipid composition of sperm: Pheasant spermatozoa as one selected example. Animal Reproduction Science. 123(3-4). 270–278. 16 indexed citations

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Wolf, Jason B., W. E. Harris, & Nick J. Royle. (2007). The capture of heritable variation for genetic quality through social competition. Genetica. 134(1). 89–97. 17 indexed citations

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Royle, Nick J., Jan Lindström, & Neil B. Metcalfe. (2005). Effect of growth compensation on subsequent physical fitness in green swordtails Xiphophorus helleri. Biology Letters. 2(1). 39–42. 32 indexed citations

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Royle, Nick J., Ian R. Hartley, & George A. Parker. (2002). Begging for control: when are offspring solicitation behaviours honest?. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 17(9). 434–440. 207 indexed citations

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Royle, Nick J., Ian R. Hartley, & George A. Parker. (2002). Sexual conflict reduces offspring fitness in zebra finches. Nature. 416(6882). 733–736. 126 indexed citations

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Parker, George A., Nick J. Royle, & Ian R. Hartley. (2002). Intrafamilial conflict and parental investment: a synthesis. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 357(1419). 295–307. 266 indexed citations

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Surai, Peter F., Nick J. Royle, & N.H.C. Sparks. (2000). Fatty acid, carotenoid and vitamin A composition of tissues of free living gulls. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology. 126(3). 387–396. 43 indexed citations

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Royle, Nick J., et al.. (1998). Hatching Asynchrony and Sibling Size Hierarchies in Gulls: Effects on Parental Investment Decisions, Brood Reduction and Reproductive Success. Journal of Avian Biology. 29(3). 266–266. 35 indexed citations

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