Radek Lučan

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
38 papers, 898 citations indexed

About

Radek Lučan is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology and Ecological Modeling. According to data from OpenAlex, Radek Lučan has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 898 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 17 papers in Ecology and 10 papers in Ecological Modeling. Recurrent topics in Radek Lučan's work include Bat Biology and Ecology Studies (28 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (10 papers) and Viral Infections and Vectors (8 papers). Radek Lučan is often cited by papers focused on Bat Biology and Ecology Studies (28 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (10 papers) and Viral Infections and Vectors (8 papers). Radek Lučan collaborates with scholars based in Czechia, Slovakia and Lebanon. Radek Lučan's co-authors include Seweryn Olkowicz, Michal Porteš, Pavel Němec, Suzana Herculano‐Houzel, W. Tecumseh Fitch, Martin Kocourek, Ivan Horáček, Vladimír Hanák, Tomáš Bartonička and Peter Mikula and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and Forest Ecology and Management.

In The Last Decade

Radek Lučan

35 papers receiving 863 citations

Hit Papers

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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. Birds have primate-like numbers of neurons in the forebrain
    2016 335 citations Seweryn Olkowicz, Martin Kocourek et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Radek Lučan Czechia 14 618 326 157 156 146 38 898
Polly Campbell United States 21 555 0.9× 268 0.8× 116 0.7× 317 2.0× 254 1.7× 43 1.3k
Jessica Meade United Kingdom 18 682 1.1× 791 2.4× 114 0.7× 135 0.9× 221 1.5× 45 1.3k
Leszek Rychlik Poland 20 635 1.0× 704 2.2× 111 0.7× 156 1.0× 94 0.6× 71 1.2k
Maklarin Lakim Malaysia 19 310 0.5× 410 1.3× 112 0.7× 127 0.8× 94 0.6× 49 892
Tinglei Jiang China 21 1.0k 1.7× 720 2.2× 201 1.3× 44 0.3× 576 3.9× 108 1.3k
Simon K. A. Robson Australia 25 1.1k 1.8× 580 1.8× 135 0.9× 127 0.8× 84 0.6× 73 1.7k
Thomas Breuer United States 21 442 0.7× 438 1.3× 46 0.3× 866 5.6× 364 2.5× 52 1.4k
Gloriana Chaverri Costa Rica 19 784 1.3× 461 1.4× 93 0.6× 102 0.7× 465 3.2× 53 916
Sabine Tebbich Austria 26 948 1.5× 646 2.0× 113 0.7× 723 4.6× 343 2.3× 54 1.9k
Ireneusz Ruczyński Poland 18 759 1.2× 646 2.0× 196 1.2× 76 0.5× 294 2.0× 40 987

Countries citing papers authored by Radek Lučan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Radek Lučan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Radek Lučan

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Radek Lučan. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Radek Lučan 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 Radek Lučan. Radek Lučan is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Mikula, Peter, et al.. (2025). Migrating hoverflies as potential food source for co-migrating insectivorous birds. Royal Society Open Science. 12(3). 241743–241743. 3 indexed citations
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Lučan, Radek, et al.. (2024). Use of synanthropic roosts by bats in Europe and North America. Mammal Review. 55(3). 2 indexed citations
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Lučan, Radek & Tomáš Bartonička. (2024). Diurnal activity in an insectivorous bat during migration period. Journal of Mammalogy. 105(3). 643–651. 1 indexed citations
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Špitalská, Eva, Peter Kabát, Radek Lučan, et al.. (2023). Reticulinasus salahi (Acarina: Argasidae), a tick of bats and man in the Palaearctic and Afrotropics: review of records with the first pathogens detected. Parasitology Research. 122(6). 1271–1281. 1 indexed citations
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Lučan, Radek, et al.. (2022). Autumnal migration patterns of hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae): interannual variability in timing and sex ratio. PeerJ. 10. e14393–e14393. 9 indexed citations
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Uhrín, Marcel, et al.. (2021). Spatial activity and habitat use of a marginal population of the endangered Mediterranean horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus euryale). Mammal Research. 66(3). 499–508. 3 indexed citations
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Lučan, Radek, et al.. (2021). Pipistrellus kuhlii in the Czech Republic: 2007–2020 (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). 51(1). 81–94. 3 indexed citations
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Horáček, Ivan, Pavel Hulva, Adam Konečný, et al.. (2020). Spatial networks differ when food supply changes: Foraging strategy of Egyptian fruit bats. PLoS ONE. 15(2). e0229110–e0229110. 12 indexed citations
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Lučan, Radek, Hana Banďouchová, Tomáš Bartonička, et al.. (2016). Ectoparasites may serve as vectors for the white-nose syndrome fungus. Parasites & Vectors. 9(1). 16–16. 32 indexed citations
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Olkowicz, Seweryn, Martin Kocourek, Radek Lučan, et al.. (2016). Birds have primate-like numbers of neurons in the forebrain. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(26). 7255–7260. 335 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bartonička, Tomáš, Hana Banďouchová, Hana Berková, et al.. (2016). Deeply torpid bats can change position without elevation of body temperature. Journal of Thermal Biology. 63. 119–123. 21 indexed citations
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Řeřucha, Šimon, et al.. (2015). The BAARA (Biological AutomAted RAdiotracking) System: A New Approach in Ecological Field Studies. PLoS ONE. 10(2). e0116785–e0116785. 12 indexed citations
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Lučan, Radek, Petr Benda, Antonín Reiter, & Jan Zima. (2011). Reliability of field determination in three cryptic whiskered bats (_Myotis alcathoe_, _M. mystacinus_, _M. brandtii_) and basic biometric characters: evidence from the Czech Republic. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 2 indexed citations
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Benda, Petr, Radek Lučan, Ján Obuch, et al.. (2010). Bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) of the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East. Part 8. Bats of Jordan: fauna, ecology, echolocation, ectoparasites. ASEP. 74. 185–353. 40 indexed citations
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Lučan, Radek & Jan Radil. (2010). Variability of foraging and roosting activities in adult females of Daubenton’s bat (Myotis daubentonii) in different seasons. Biologia. 65(6). 1072–1080. 21 indexed citations
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Lučan, Radek, Michal Andreas, Petr Benda, et al.. (2009). Alcathoe Bat (Myotis alcathoe) in the Czech Republic: Distributional Status, Roosting and Feeding Ecology. Acta Chiropterologica. 11(1). 61–69. 21 indexed citations
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Benda, Petr, Vladimír Hanák, Ivan Horáček, et al.. (2007). Bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) of the Eastern Mediterranean. Part 5. Bat fauna of Cyprus: review of records with confirmation of six species new for the island and description of a new subspecies. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 19 indexed citations
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