Roger Payne

4.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Roger Payne is a scholar working on Ecology, Oceanography and Developmental Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Roger Payne has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Ecology, 23 papers in Oceanography and 10 papers in Developmental Biology. Recurrent topics in Roger Payne's work include Marine animal studies overview (33 papers), Underwater Acoustics Research (13 papers) and Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (10 papers). Roger Payne is often cited by papers focused on Marine animal studies overview (33 papers), Underwater Acoustics Research (13 papers) and Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (10 papers). Roger Payne collaborates with scholars based in United States, Denmark and Canada. Roger Payne's co-authors include Scott McVay, Douglas C. Webb, Katharine B. Payne, Iain Kerr, Peter T. Madsen, Victoria J. Rowntree, Justin Cooke, Bertel Møhl, Magnus Wahlberg and Phil Trathan and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Communications and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Roger Payne

35 papers receiving 2.5k citations

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Songs of Humpback Whales

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Contextual and combinatorial structure in sperm whale vocalisations 2024 ·Nature Communications ·Pratyusha Sharma, Shane Gero, Roger Payne, David F. Gruber, Daniela Rus, Antonio Torralba, Jacob Andreas	10
2	Cetacean sightings and acoustic detections in the offshore waters of Sri Lanka: March–June 2003 2023 ·The journal of cetacean research and management. Special issue ·Asha de Vos, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Iain Kerr, Roger Payne, Peter T. Madsen	5
3	Cetacean sightings and acoustic detections in the offshore waters of the Maldives during the northeast monsoon seasons of 2003 and 2004 2023 ·The journal of cetacean research and management. Special issue ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Roger Payne, Iain Kerr, (unknown), (unknown), Céline Godard‐Codding, Peter T. Madsen	4
4	Toward understanding the communication in sperm whales 2022 ·iScience ·Jacob Andreas, Gašper Beguš, Michael M. Bronstein, Roee Diamant, (unknown), Shane Gero, Shafi Goldwasser, David F. Gruber, Sarah Haas, (unknown), (unknown), Roger Payne, Giovanni Petri, Daniela Rus, Pratyusha Sharma, (unknown), (unknown), Antonio Torralba, Daniel M. Vogt, Robert J. Wood	19
5	Changing patterns of habitat use by southern right whales (Eubalaena australis) on their nursery ground at Península Valdés, Argentina, and in their long-range movements 2020 ·The journal of cetacean research and management. Special issue ·Victoria J. Rowntree, Roger Payne, Donald M. Schell	26
6	Global mercury and selenium concentrations in skin from free-ranging sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) 2013 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·(unknown), David C. Evers, John Pierce Wise, Carolyne Falank, J. Wise, (unknown), Iain Kerr, Roger Payne, W. Douglas Thompson, Chris Perkins, Tongzhang Zheng, Cairong Zhu, Lucille A. Benedict	41
7	Pacific Ocean–Wide Profile of CYP1A1 Expression, Stable Carbon and Nitrogen Isotope Ratios, and Organic Contaminant Burden in Sperm Whale Skin Biopsies 2010 ·Environmental Health Perspectives ·Céline Godard‐Codding, (unknown), María Cristina Fossi, Letizia Marsili, (unknown), Adam G. West, Luciano O. Valenzuela, Victoria J. Rowntree, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Nadia T. Rubio‐Cisneros, Sarah L. Mesnick, Stephen B. Cox, Iain Kerr, Roger Payne, John J. Stegeman	31
8	A global assessment of chromium pollution using sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) as an indicator species 2009 ·Chemosphere ·John Pierce Wise, Roger Payne, (unknown), J. Wise, (unknown), W. Douglas Thompson, Chris Perkins, Tongzhang Zheng, Cairong Zhu, Lucille A. Benedict, Iain Kerr	77
9	Mitochondrial DNA Diversity and Population Structure among Southern Right Whales (Eubalaena australis) 2007 ·Journal of Heredity ·Nathalie J. Patenaude, (unknown), Catherine M. Schaeff, John Bannister, Peter B. Best, Roger Payne, (unknown), (unknown), C. Scott Baker	57
10	Global climate drives southern right whale ( Eubalaena australis ) population dynamics 2006 ·Biology Letters ·Russell Leaper, Justin Cooke, Phil Trathan, Keith Reid, Victoria J. Rowntree, Roger Payne	145
11	Sperm whale sound production studied with ultrasound time/depth-recording tags 2002 ·Journal of Experimental Biology ·Peter T. Madsen, Roger Payne, (unknown), Magnus Wahlberg, Iain Kerr, Bertel Møhl	175
12	The Music of Nature and the Nature of Music 2001 ·Science ·(unknown), Bernie Krause, Jelle Atema, Roger Payne, Carol L. Krumhansl, Luis F. Baptista	62
13	World‐wide genetic differentiation of Eubalaena: questioning the number of right whale species 2000 ·Molecular Ecology ·H. C. Rosenbaum, Robert L. Brownell, Moira W. Brown, Catherine M. Schaeff, (unknown), Bradley N. White, Sobia Malik, Luis A. Pastene, Nathalie J. Patenaude, C. Scott Baker, (unknown), Peter B. Best, Phillip J. Clapham, (unknown), Michael J. Moore, Roger Payne, (unknown), Cynthia T. Tynan, J. L. Bannister, Rob DeSalle	86
14	Comparison of genetic variability of North and South Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena), using DNA fingerprinting 1997 ·Canadian Journal of Zoology ·Catherine M. Schaeff, Scott D. Kraus, Moira W. Brown, (unknown), Roger Payne, Bradley N. White	26
15	New light on the singing whales 1982 ·National geographic/The complete National geographic/The National geographic magazine ·Roger Payne	2
16	At home with right whales 1976 ·National geographic/The complete National geographic/The National geographic magazine ·Roger Payne	21
17	A Specimen of the Tasman Beaked Whale, Tasmacetus shepherdi, from Argentina 1975 ·Journal of Mammalogy ·James G. Mead, Roger Payne	22
18	Swimming with Patagonia's right whales 1972 ·National geographic/The complete National geographic/The National geographic magazine ·Roger Payne	6
19	Underwater sounds of southern right whales 1972 ·Zoologica scientific contributions of the New York Zoological Society ·Roger Payne, Katharine B. Payne	24
20	WHALES AND THE ENDANGERED SPECIES CONSERVATION ACT 1971 ·The Sciences ·Roger Payne	1

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