René Zayan

878 total citations
28 papers, 620 citations indexed

About

René Zayan is a scholar working on Small Animals, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, René Zayan has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 620 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Small Animals, 5 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 5 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in René Zayan's work include Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies (8 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (4 papers) and Animal Nutrition and Physiology (3 papers). René Zayan is often cited by papers focused on Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies (8 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (4 papers) and Animal Nutrition and Physiology (3 papers). René Zayan collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, France and Canada. René Zayan's co-authors include I.J.H. Duncan, Jacques P. Beaugrand, Raymond Campan, Jacques Vauclair, Jean Bégin, Patrick W. Colgan, Robert Dantzer, John T. Doyen, Monique Soffié and J. Rushen and has published in prestigious journals such as Behaviour, Behavioural Processes and Acta Biotheoretica.

In The Last Decade

René Zayan

27 papers receiving 580 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
René Zayan Belgium 12 270 156 136 123 104 28 620
Paul Martin United States 3 288 1.1× 272 1.7× 274 2.0× 118 1.0× 195 1.9× 4 777
Jaap P. Kruijt Netherlands 17 431 1.6× 172 1.1× 115 0.8× 234 1.9× 88 0.8× 23 808
Jacques P. Beaugrand Canada 15 522 1.9× 36 0.2× 110 0.8× 39 0.3× 107 1.0× 26 723
T.B. Poole United Kingdom 16 351 1.3× 133 0.9× 349 2.6× 38 0.3× 84 0.8× 19 676
Carl R. Gustavson United States 15 116 0.4× 162 1.0× 48 0.4× 72 0.6× 79 0.8× 29 747
Dieter Kruska Germany 14 143 0.5× 93 0.6× 203 1.5× 100 0.8× 258 2.5× 24 715
Paul C. Laguë Canada 14 246 0.9× 53 0.3× 60 0.4× 174 1.4× 76 0.7× 27 597
Dalila Bovet France 18 337 1.2× 112 0.7× 443 3.3× 38 0.3× 177 1.7× 60 991
J. P. Rood United States 12 523 1.9× 135 0.9× 426 3.1× 111 0.9× 162 1.6× 16 1.1k
Stanley C. Ratner United States 12 176 0.7× 62 0.4× 100 0.7× 88 0.7× 85 0.8× 44 583

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Fields of papers citing papers by René Zayan

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of René Zayan

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Cézilly, Frank & René Zayan. (2000). Integrating different levels of analysis in the study of mate choice and mating systems in vertebrates. Behavioural Processes. 51(1-3). 1–5. 2 indexed citations
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Zayan, René & Jacques Vauclair. (1998). Categories as paradigms for comparative cognition. Behavioural Processes. 42(2-3). 87–99. 48 indexed citations
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Bégin, Jean, Jacques P. Beaugrand, & René Zayan. (1996). Selecting dominants and subordinates at conflict outcome can confound the effects of prior dominance or subordination experience. Behavioural Processes. 36(3). 219–226. 42 indexed citations
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Zayan, René. (1994). Mental representations in the recognition of conspecific individuals. Behavioural Processes. 33(1-2). 233–246. 24 indexed citations
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Zayan, René. (1991). The specificity of social stress. Behavioural Processes. 25(2-3). 81–93. 67 indexed citations
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Zayan, René. (1991). Summary and perspectives: individual patterns of stress responses. Behavioural Processes. 25(2-3). 205–209. 4 indexed citations
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Zayan, René & Robert Dantzer. (1990). Social stress in domestic animals : a seminar in the Community Programme for the Coordination of Agricultural Research, held in Brussels, Belgium, 26-27 May 1988. Kluwer Academic Publishers eBooks. 53. 3 indexed citations
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Rushen, J., René Zayan, & Robert Dantzer. (1990). Social recognition, social dominance and the motivation of fighting by pigs.. 135–143. 10 indexed citations
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Zayan, René & I.J.H. Duncan. (1987). Cognitive aspects of social behaviour in the domestic fowl. Elsevier eBooks. 114 indexed citations
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Campan, Raymond & René Zayan. (1986). Relevance of models and theories in ethology. Privat eBooks. 91 indexed citations
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Colgan, Patrick W. & René Zayan. (1986). Quantitative models in ethology. Privat eBooks. 13 indexed citations
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Beaugrand, Jacques P. & René Zayan. (1985). An experimental model of aggressive dominance in (pisces, poeciliidae).. Behavioural Processes. 10(1-2). 1–52. 76 indexed citations
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Doyen, John T. & René Zayan. (1984). Measures of space in pairs of hens in battery cages. Behavioural Processes. 9(2-3). 157–170. 4 indexed citations
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Doyen, John T. & René Zayan. (1984). Observations on pushing and aggression in pairs of hens in battery cages. Behavioural Processes. 9(2-3). 171–180. 7 indexed citations
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Thinès, Georges & René Zayan. (1975). F. J. J. Buytendijk's contribution to animal behaviour: Animal psychology or ethology?. Acta Biotheoretica. 24(3-4). 86–99. 4 indexed citations
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Zayan, René. (1975). Défense Du Territoire Et Reconnaissance Individuelle Chez Xiphophorus (Pisces, Poeciliidae). Behaviour. 52(3-4). 266–311. 25 indexed citations
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Zayan, René. (1971). Le Sens Du Sens Tactile. Journal of Phenomenological Psychology. 2(1). 49–91. 1 indexed citations

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