Rowena Spence

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Rowena Spence is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Rowena Spence has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 16 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 11 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Rowena Spence's work include Fish Ecology and Management Studies (22 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (16 papers) and Genetic diversity and population structure (8 papers). Rowena Spence is often cited by papers focused on Fish Ecology and Management Studies (22 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (16 papers) and Genetic diversity and population structure (8 papers). Rowena Spence collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Czechia and Poland. Rowena Spence's co-authors include Carl Smith, Christian Lawrence, Gabriele Gerlach, Martin Reichard, Mst. Kaniz Fatema, Mirosław Przybylski, Anne E. Magurran, Khandaker Anisul Huq, Abdul Wahab Mohammad and R. J. Wootton and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Evolution and Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society.

In The Last Decade

Rowena Spence

28 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

The behaviour and ecology of the zebrafish,Danio rerio 2007 2026 2013 2019 2007 250 500 750
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. The behaviour and ecology of the zebrafish,Danio rerio
    2007 823 citations Rowena Spence, Gabriele Gerlach et al. Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Rowena Spence United Kingdom 16 911 834 582 405 228 28 1.9k
Barrie D. Robison United States 26 437 0.5× 398 0.5× 351 0.6× 277 0.7× 197 0.9× 42 2.1k
Rodrigo Egydio Barreto Brazil 29 291 0.3× 666 0.8× 634 1.1× 637 1.6× 112 0.5× 73 2.1k
Cristiano Bertolucci Italy 29 298 0.3× 259 0.3× 466 0.8× 621 1.5× 70 0.3× 151 3.1k
Barbara S. Zielinski Canada 26 203 0.2× 415 0.5× 300 0.5× 369 0.9× 216 0.9× 79 2.0k
Craig W. Hawryshyn Canada 36 250 0.3× 1.2k 1.4× 637 1.1× 811 2.0× 119 0.5× 100 2.9k
Erik Höglund Norway 32 259 0.3× 716 0.9× 925 1.6× 1.2k 2.9× 293 1.3× 87 3.3k
Tyrone Lucon‐Xiccato Italy 25 400 0.4× 424 0.5× 1.0k 1.8× 234 0.6× 52 0.2× 103 1.9k
Zoltán M. Varga United States 20 639 0.7× 300 0.4× 94 0.2× 250 0.6× 296 1.3× 45 1.8k
Michail Pavlidis Greece 26 240 0.3× 375 0.4× 127 0.2× 704 1.7× 411 1.8× 66 2.1k
K. Håkan Olsén Sweden 27 92 0.1× 771 0.9× 538 0.9× 400 1.0× 418 1.8× 57 1.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rowena Spence

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rowena Spence

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Rowena Spence. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Rowena Spence 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 Rowena Spence. Rowena Spence 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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Smith, Carl, Rowena Spence, Richard I. Bailey, & Martin Reichard. (2023). Male position in a sexual network reflects mating role and body size. 72(22069). 2 indexed citations
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Smith, Carl, Grzegorz Zięba, Rowena Spence, Tom Klepaker, & Mirosław Przybylski. (2020). Three‐spined stickleback armour predicted by body size, minimum winter temperature and pH. Journal of Zoology. 311(1). 13–22. 11 indexed citations
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Smith, Carl, Grzegorz Zięba, Rowena Spence, & Mirosław Przybylski. (2020). New finding of melanic three-spined sticklebacks Gasterosteus aculeatus in the Scottish Hebrides. 69(4). 1–1. 3 indexed citations
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Jones, Nick A. R., et al.. (2019). Shade as enrichment: testing preferences for shelter in two model fish species. Journal of Fish Biology. 95(4). 1161–1165. 19 indexed citations
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Smith, Carl, Rowena Spence, & Martin Reichard. (2018). Sperm is a sexual ornament in rose bitterling. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 31(11). 1610–1622. 4 indexed citations
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Klepaker, Tom, Kjartan Østbye, Rowena Spence, et al.. (2016). Selective agents in the adaptive radiation of Hebridean sticklebacks. Evolutionary ecology research. 17(2). 243–262. 8 indexed citations
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Smith, Carl & Rowena Spence. (2013). The potential additive and non-additive benefits of mate choice in the threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus). Evolutionary ecology research. 15(3). 331–341. 4 indexed citations
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Spence, Rowena, et al.. (2013). A Comparison of the Impact of Direct and Indirect Benefits of Mating Decisions in the Rose Bitterling (Rhodeus Ocellatus). Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution. 58(4). 279–288. 3 indexed citations
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Spence, Rowena, R. J. Wootton, Iain Barber, Mirosław Przybylski, & Carl Smith. (2013). Ecological causes of morphological evolution in the three‐spined stickleback. Ecology and Evolution. 3(6). 1717–1726. 58 indexed citations
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Spence, Rowena, et al.. (2012). Calcium and salinity as selective factors in plate morph evolution of the three‐spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus). Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 25(10). 1965–1974. 32 indexed citations
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Reichard, Martin, Rowena Spence, Anna Bryjová, Josef Bryja, & Carl Smith. (2012). Female Rose Bitterling Prefer MHC-Dissimilar Males: Experimental Evidence. PLoS ONE. 7(7). e40780–e40780. 14 indexed citations
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Spence, Rowena, Martin Reichard, & Carl Smith. (2012). Strategic sperm allocation and a Coolidge effect in an externally fertilizing species. Behavioral Ecology. 24(1). 82–88. 23 indexed citations
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Smith, Carl, et al.. (2011). Pathogen-mediated selection for MHC variability in wild zebrafish. Evolutionary ecology research. 13(6). 589–605. 6 indexed citations
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Spence, Rowena, Anne E. Magurran, & Carl Smith. (2011). Spatial cognition in zebrafish: the role of strain and rearing environment. Animal Cognition. 14(4). 607–612. 80 indexed citations
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Reichard, Martin, Matěj Polačik, Ali Serhan Tarkan, et al.. (2010). THE BITTERLING-MUSSEL COEVOLUTIONARY RELATIONSHIP IN AREAS OF RECENT AND ANCIENT SYMPATRY. Evolution. 64(10). no–no. 48 indexed citations
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Spence, Rowena & Carl Smith. (2008). Innate and Learned Colour Preference in the Zebrafish,Danio rerio. Ethology. 114(6). 582–588. 84 indexed citations
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Spence, Rowena, Gabriele Gerlach, Christian Lawrence, & Carl Smith. (2007). The behaviour and ecology of the zebrafish,Danio rerio. Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 83(1). 13–34. 823 indexed citations breakdown →
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Spence, Rowena, et al.. (2007). Oviposition decisions are mediated by spawning site quality in wild and domesticated zebrafish, Danio rerio. Behaviour. 144(8). 953–966. 47 indexed citations
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Spence, Rowena, William Chester Jordan, & Carl Smith. (2006). Genetic analysis of male reproductive success in relation to density in the zebrafish, Danio rerio. Frontiers in Zoology. 3(1). 5–5. 51 indexed citations
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Spence, Rowena & Carl Smith. (2005). Male territoriality mediates density and sex ratio effects on oviposition in the zebrafish, Danio rerio. Animal Behaviour. 69(6). 1317–1323. 135 indexed citations

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