P.J.B. Slater

6.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
67 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

P.J.B. Slater is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Developmental Biology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, P.J.B. Slater has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 40 papers in Developmental Biology and 27 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in P.J.B. Slater's work include Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (40 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (37 papers) and Marine animal studies overview (16 papers). P.J.B. Slater is often cited by papers focused on Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (40 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (37 papers) and Marine animal studies overview (16 papers). P.J.B. Slater collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Netherlands. P.J.B. Slater's co-authors include Clive K. Catchpole, Vincent M. Janik, Şanel İnce, Nicola Lester, Henrik Brumm, Hugo Rainey, Klaus Zuberbühler, Jeff A. Graves, John K. B. Ford and Volker B. Deecke and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Trends in Ecology & Evolution and Current Biology.

In The Last Decade

P.J.B. Slater

64 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Hit Papers

Bird Song 2008 2026 2014 2020 2008 250 500 750
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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.

  1. Bird Song
    2008 904 citations P.J.B. Slater et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
P.J.B. Slater United Kingdom 32 3.1k 2.7k 2.2k 423 417 67 4.2k
Dietmar Todt Germany 36 2.5k 0.8× 2.1k 0.8× 1.2k 0.5× 131 0.3× 707 1.7× 87 3.4k
Carel ten Cate Netherlands 44 3.5k 1.1× 3.3k 1.3× 2.7k 1.2× 388 0.9× 536 1.3× 153 6.0k
Torben Dabelsteen Denmark 34 3.1k 1.0× 3.3k 1.3× 2.0k 0.9× 104 0.2× 451 1.1× 126 4.3k
Nicolas Mathevon France 35 2.6k 0.8× 2.0k 0.7× 2.0k 0.9× 119 0.3× 451 1.1× 142 3.3k
Donald E. Kroodsma United States 38 4.8k 1.5× 4.6k 1.7× 2.8k 1.3× 67 0.2× 324 0.8× 93 5.9k
Peter K. McGregor United Kingdom 43 3.7k 1.2× 4.5k 1.7× 2.5k 1.1× 204 0.5× 667 1.6× 121 6.3k
Myron Charles Baker United States 39 2.8k 0.9× 3.0k 1.1× 2.1k 0.9× 54 0.1× 262 0.6× 114 4.2k
Ronald J. Schusterman United States 33 986 0.3× 648 0.2× 1.7k 0.7× 772 1.8× 382 0.9× 113 3.2k
Daniel J. Mennill Canada 40 3.9k 1.2× 3.8k 1.4× 2.9k 1.3× 90 0.2× 420 1.0× 181 5.2k
Henrik Brumm Germany 32 3.3k 1.1× 2.8k 1.1× 2.7k 1.2× 151 0.4× 177 0.4× 67 4.0k

Countries citing papers authored by P.J.B. Slater

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Fields of papers citing papers by P.J.B. Slater

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by P.J.B. Slater. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by P.J.B. Slater. The network helps show where P.J.B. Slater may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of P.J.B. Slater

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of P.J.B. Slater. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of P.J.B. Slater based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with P.J.B. Slater. P.J.B. Slater is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Vernes, Sonja C., Vincent M. Janik, W. Tecumseh Fitch, & P.J.B. Slater. (2021). Vocal learning in animals and humans. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 376(1836). 20200234–20200234. 28 indexed citations
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Odom, Karan J., Marcelo Araya‐Salas, Kyle G. Horton, et al.. (2020). Breeding season length predicts duet coordination and consistency in Neotropical wrens (Troglodytidae). Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 287(1941). 20202482–20202482. 9 indexed citations
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Chellali, Mustapha, et al.. (2014). On open neighborhood locating-dominating in graphs. Electronic Journal of Graph Theory and Applications. 2(2). 87–98. 8 indexed citations
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Lachlan, Robert F., et al.. (2013). The Progressive Loss of Syntactical Structure in Bird Song along an Island Colonization Chain. Current Biology. 23(19). 1896–1901. 60 indexed citations
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Slater, P.J.B., et al.. (2011). Colored-independence on paths.
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Brumm, Henrik & P.J.B. Slater. (2007). Animal Communication: Timing Counts. Current Biology. 17(13). R521–R523. 37 indexed citations
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Mann, Nigel I., et al.. (2006). Molecular data delineate four genera of “Thryothorus” wrens. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 40(3). 750–759. 57 indexed citations
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Shapiro, Ari, P.J.B. Slater, & Vincent M. Janik. (2004). Call Usage Learning in Gray Seals (Halichoerus grypus).. Journal of comparative psychology. 118(4). 447–454. 25 indexed citations
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Rutstein, Alison N., Lucy Gilbert, P.J.B. Slater, & Jeff A. Graves. (2004). Sex-specific patterns of yolk androgen allocation depend on maternal diet in the zebra finch. Behavioral Ecology. 16(1). 62–69. 74 indexed citations
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Lachlan, Robert F., Vincent M. Janik, & P.J.B. Slater. (2004). The evolution of conformity-enforcing behaviour in cultural communication systems. Animal Behaviour. 68(3). 561–570. 46 indexed citations
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Shapiro, Ari, Vincent M. Janik, & P.J.B. Slater. (2003). A Gray Seal's (Halichoerus grypus) Responses to Experimenter-Given Pointing and Directional Cues.. Journal of comparative psychology. 117(4). 355–362. 43 indexed citations
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Slater, P.J.B., et al.. (1996). Generalized domination and efficient domination in graphs. Discrete Mathematics. 159(1-3). 1–11. 39 indexed citations
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Cate, Carel ten, et al.. (1996). Early experience and plasticity of song in adult male zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata).. Journal of comparative psychology. 110(4). 354–369. 84 indexed citations
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Kruijt, Jaap P., P.J.B. Slater, & Carel ten Cate. (1992). Conference Proceedings. Netherlands Journal of Zoology. 43(1-2). 1–1. 28 indexed citations
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Slater, P.J.B., et al.. (1986). Contrasts in the Songs of Two Sympatric Chaffinch Species. Behaviour. 99(1-2). 46–64. 8 indexed citations
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Lawler, Eugene L. & P.J.B. Slater. (1985). A linear time algorithm for finding an optimal dominating subforest of a tree. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. eBooks. 35(1). 501–506. 3 indexed citations
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Slater, P.J.B.. (1983). Chaffinch Imitates Canary Song Elements and Aspects of Organization. The Auk. 100(2). 493–495. 10 indexed citations
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Slater, P.J.B.. (1981). Accretion centers: A generalization of branch weight centroids. Discrete Applied Mathematics. 3(3). 187–192. 8 indexed citations
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Entringer, R. C. & P.J.B. Slater. (1979). Gossips and telegraphs. Journal of the Franklin Institute. 307(6). 353–360. 24 indexed citations
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Slater, P.J.B.. (1978). Soldering and point splitting. Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series B. 24(3). 338–343. 2 indexed citations

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