Robyn S. Hetem

4.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
81 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Robyn S. Hetem is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology and Animal Science and Zoology. According to data from OpenAlex, Robyn S. Hetem has authored 81 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 43 papers in Ecology and 24 papers in Animal Science and Zoology. Recurrent topics in Robyn S. Hetem's work include Bat Biology and Ecology Studies (43 papers), Physiological and biochemical adaptations (22 papers) and Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock (21 papers). Robyn S. Hetem is often cited by papers focused on Bat Biology and Ecology Studies (43 papers), Physiological and biochemical adaptations (22 papers) and Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock (21 papers). Robyn S. Hetem collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, Australia and United States. Robyn S. Hetem's co-authors include Andrea Fuller, Duncan Mitchell, Shane K. Maloney, Leith C. R. Meyer, W. Maartin Strauss, Linda G. Fick, Edward P. Snelling, Matthew Chersich, Minh D. Pham and Melanie Boeckmann and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Medicine and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Robyn S. Hetem

81 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Associations between high temperatures in pregnancy and risk of preterm birth, low birth weight, and stillbirths: systematic review and meta-analysis

2020 345 citations Matthew Chersich, Minh D. Pham et al. profile →
Physiological mechanisms of the impact of heat during pregnancy and the clinical implications: review of the evidence from an expert group meeting

2022 121 citations Britt Nakstad, Matthew Chersich et al. International Journal of Biometeorology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robyn S. Hetem South Africa	29	1.1k	940	519	461	444	81	2.6k
C. Loren Buck United States	38	2.1k 1.9×	1.9k 2.1×	378 0.7×	373 0.8×	409 0.9×	155	4.0k
Andrea Fuller South Africa	35	1.5k 1.4×	1.4k 1.5×	162 0.3×	523 1.1×	835 1.9×	171	4.4k
Oliver P. Love Canada	36	2.7k 2.5×	2.3k 2.5×	214 0.4×	302 0.7×	349 0.8×	133	4.4k
Frédéric Angelier France	41	3.5k 3.1×	2.8k 3.0×	933 1.8×	253 0.5×	273 0.6×	181	5.6k
Glenn J. Tattersall Canada	33	1.9k 1.7×	1.6k 1.7×	116 0.2×	508 1.1×	315 0.7×	125	4.1k
Fiona Mathews United Kingdom	31	1.3k 1.1×	931 1.0×	122 0.2×	272 0.6×	107 0.2×	96	3.1k
Shane K. Maloney Australia	41	2.4k 2.2×	2.0k 2.1×	291 0.6×	532 1.2×	1.6k 3.7×	227	6.0k
Murray M. Humphries Canada	41	4.1k 3.7×	3.7k 4.0×	205 0.4×	615 1.3×	453 1.0×	136	6.7k
Alberto Velando Spain	39	2.5k 2.3×	2.4k 2.6×	349 0.7×	117 0.3×	192 0.4×	143	4.3k
Erica J. Crespi United States	28	687 0.6×	820 0.9×	90 0.2×	194 0.4×	101 0.2×	65	2.7k

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Hetem, Robyn S., et al.. (2025). Integrating physiology into movement ecology of large terrestrial mammals. Journal of Experimental Biology. 228(Suppl_1). 2 indexed citations

McFarland, Richard, S. Peter Henzi, Andrea Fuller, et al.. (2024). Mother–offspring conflict and body temperature regulation during gestation and lactation in a wild primate. Functional Ecology. 38(5). 1002–1017. 4 indexed citations

Craig, M., Minh D. Pham, Marjan Mosalman Haghighi, et al.. (2024). A systematic review and meta-analysis of heat exposure impacts on maternal, fetal and neonatal health. Nature Medicine. 31(2). 684–694. 18 indexed citations

Fritz, Hervé, et al.. (2024). Seasonal activity patterns of a Kalahari mammal community: Trade‐offs between environmental heat load and predation pressure. Ecology and Evolution. 14(4). e11304–e11304. 3 indexed citations

Parrini, Francesca, Peter Kamerman, Robyn S. Hetem, et al.. (2023). Temminck’s pangolins relax the precision of body temperature regulation when resources are scarce in a semi-arid environment. Conservation Physiology. 11(1). coad068–coad068. 2 indexed citations

Fuller, Andrea, et al.. (2023). Cold and Hungry: Heterothermy Is Associated with Low Leptin Levels in a Bulk Grazer during a Drought. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. 96(5). 342–355. 1 indexed citations

Pérez-Martín, Eva, Brianna R. Beechler, Fuquan Zhang, et al.. (2022). Viral dynamics and immune responses to foot-and-mouth disease virus in African buffalo (Syncerus caffer). Veterinary Research. 53(1). 63–63. 8 indexed citations

Grab, Stefan, et al.. (2021). Perceived impacts of climate change on rural poultry production: a case study in Limpopo Province, South Africa. Climate and Development. 14(4). 389–397. 6 indexed citations

Haghighi, Marjan Mosalman, Caradee Y. Wright, Julian Ayer, et al.. (2021). Impacts of High Environmental Temperatures on Congenital Anomalies: A Systematic Review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18(9). 4910–4910. 46 indexed citations

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Mathewson, Paul D., Warren P. Porter, Louise Barrett, et al.. (2020). Field data confirm the ability of a biophysical model to predict wild primate body temperature. Journal of Thermal Biology. 94. 102754–102754. 19 indexed citations

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McFarland, Richard, Louise Barrett, Andrea Fuller, et al.. (2019). Keeping their cool: Behavioral thermoregulation and body temperature patterns of wild vervet monkeys. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 168. 159–160. 1 indexed citations

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Fuller, Andrea, Robyn S. Hetem, Leith C. R. Meyer, Duncan Mitchell, & Shane K. Maloney. (2019). Ultradian oscillations in brain temperature in sheep: implications for thermoregulatory control?. Journal of Comparative Physiology B. 190(1). 125–138. 2 indexed citations

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Dangarembizi, Rachael, et al.. (2017). Measurement of body temperature in normothermic and febrile rats: Limitations of using rectal thermometry. Physiology & Behavior. 179. 162–167. 11 indexed citations

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Strauss, W. Maartin, Robyn S. Hetem, Duncan Mitchell, et al.. (2015). Selective Brain Cooling Reduces Water Turnover in Dehydrated Sheep. PLoS ONE. 10(2). e0115514–e0115514. 17 indexed citations

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Rey, Benjamin, Lewis G. Halsey, Robyn S. Hetem, et al.. (2015). Estimating resting metabolic rate by biologging core and subcutaneous temperature in a mammal. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology. 183. 72–77. 12 indexed citations

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Hetem, Robyn S., Andrea Fuller, Shane K. Maloney, & Duncan Mitchell. (2014). Responses of large mammals to climate change. Temperature. 1(2). 115–127. 102 indexed citations

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Hetem, Robyn S., Richard McFarland, Louise Barrett, et al.. (2014). Thermoregulatory plasticity in free-ranging vervet monkeys, Chlorocebus pygerythrus. Journal of Comparative Physiology B. 184(6). 799–809. 32 indexed citations

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Shrestha, Anil, Sipke E. van Wieren, Frank van Langevelde, et al.. (2013). Larger antelopes are sensitive to heat stress throughout all seasons but smaller antelopes only during summer in an African semi-arid environment. International Journal of Biometeorology. 58(1). 41–49. 32 indexed citations

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Hetem, Robyn S., W. Maartin Strauss, Linda G. Fick, et al.. (2010). Variation in the daily rhythm of body temperature of free-living Arabian oryx (Oryx leucoryx): does water limitation drive heterothermy?. Journal of Comparative Physiology B. 180(7). 1111–1119. 67 indexed citations

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Hetem, Robyn S., Shane K. Maloney, Andrea Fuller, Leith C. R. Meyer, & Duncan Mitchell. (2007). Validation of a biotelemetric technique, using ambulatory miniature black globe thermometers, to quantify thermoregulatory behaviour in ungulates. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A Ecological Genetics and Physiology. 307A(6). 342–356. 39 indexed citations

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