Roy Swain

1.3k total citations
38 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Roy Swain is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Roy Swain has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 27 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 23 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Roy Swain's work include Amphibian and Reptile Biology (30 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (23 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (10 papers). Roy Swain is often cited by papers focused on Amphibian and Reptile Biology (30 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (23 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (10 papers). Roy Swain collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Roy Swain's co-authors include Susan Jones, Erik Wapstra, Jane Melville, David G. Chapple, Julianne M. O’Reilly-Wapstra, Richard Shine, Ashley Edwards, Mats Olsson, Jean M.P. Joss and Natalia Atkins and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Freshwater Biology and Journal of Biogeography.

In The Last Decade

Roy Swain

38 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Roy Swain Australia 19 773 683 466 240 201 38 1.1k
Howard H. Whiteman United States 21 1.1k 1.4× 888 1.3× 670 1.4× 552 2.3× 280 1.4× 62 1.7k
Yeong‐Choy Kam Taiwan 19 700 0.9× 484 0.7× 350 0.8× 249 1.0× 218 1.1× 49 956
Rory S. Telemeco United States 18 724 0.9× 603 0.9× 655 1.4× 369 1.5× 362 1.8× 32 1.2k
Matthew E. Gifford United States 14 436 0.6× 497 0.7× 413 0.9× 267 1.1× 247 1.2× 49 981
F. Braña Spain 26 1.2k 1.5× 878 1.3× 823 1.8× 862 3.6× 326 1.6× 50 1.9k
Osamu Kishida Japan 19 454 0.6× 591 0.9× 470 1.0× 281 1.2× 111 0.6× 70 1.2k
José Eduardo de Carvalho Brazil 14 481 0.6× 379 0.6× 320 0.7× 84 0.3× 146 0.7× 34 699
Néstor G. Basso Argentina 18 561 0.7× 238 0.3× 235 0.5× 239 1.0× 155 0.8× 70 940
Víctor Hugo Reynoso Mexico 13 458 0.6× 234 0.3× 320 0.7× 272 1.1× 242 1.2× 53 826
Lesley A. Alton Australia 17 284 0.4× 328 0.5× 532 1.1× 188 0.8× 169 0.8× 39 967

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Fields of papers citing papers by Roy Swain

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Roy Swain

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All Works

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Atkins, Natalia, Roy Swain, & Susan Jones. (2007). Are babies better in autumn or spring? The consequences of extending gestation in a biennially reproducing viviparous lizard. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A Ecological Genetics and Physiology. 307A(7). 397–405. 5 indexed citations
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Swain, Roy, et al.. (2005). Impacts of Shading on Larval Traits of the Frog Litoria ewingii in a Commercial Forest, Tasmania, Australia. Journal of Herpetology. 39(3). 478–486. 9 indexed citations
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Chapple, David G. & Roy Swain. (2004). Caudal autotomy does not influence thermoregulatory characteristics in the metallic skink, Niveoscincus metallicus. Amphibia-Reptilia. 25(3). 326–333. 9 indexed citations
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Chapple, David G., et al.. (2004). Effect of Tail Loss on Sprint Speed and Growth in Newborn Skinks, Niveoscincus metallicus. Journal of Herpetology. 38(1). 137–140. 34 indexed citations
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Girling, Jane E., Susan Jones, & Roy Swain. (2002). Induction of parturition in snow skinks: can low temperatures inhibit the actions of AVT?. Journal of Experimental Zoology. 293(5). 525–531. 14 indexed citations
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Chapple, David G., et al.. (2002). Changes in Reproductive Investment Following Caudal Autotomy in Viviparous Skinks (Niveoscincus metallicus): Lipid Depletion or Energetic Diversion?. Journal of Herpetology. 36(3). 480–480. 2 indexed citations
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Chapple, David G., et al.. (2002). Changes in Reproductive Investment following Caudal Autotomy in Viviparous Skinks (Niveoscincus metallicus): Lipid Depletion or Energetic Diversion?. Journal of Herpetology. 36(3). 480–486. 42 indexed citations
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Wapstra, Erik & Roy Swain. (2001). Reproductive Correlates of Abdominal Fat Body Mass in Niveoscincus ocellatus, a Skink with an Asynchronous Reproductive Cycle. Journal of Herpetology. 35(3). 403–403. 18 indexed citations
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Melville, Jane & Roy Swain. (2000). MITOCHONDRIAL DNA-SEQUENCE BASED PHYLOGENY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY OF THE SNOW SKINKS (SQUAMATA: SCINCIDAE: NIVEOSCINCUS) OF TASMANIA. Herpetologica. 56(2). 196–208. 20 indexed citations
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Jones, Susan & Roy Swain. (2000). Effects of exogenous FSH on follicular recruitment in a viviparous lizard Niveoscincus metallicus (Scincidae). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology. 127(4). 487–493. 11 indexed citations
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Swain, Roy & Susan Jones. (2000). Facultative placentotrophy: half-way house or strategic solution?. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology. 127(4). 441–451. 46 indexed citations
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Melville, Jane & Roy Swain. (2000). Evolutionary relationships between morphology, performance and habitat openness in the lizard genus Niveoscincus (Scincidae: Lygosominae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 70(4). 667–683. 135 indexed citations
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Melville, Jane & Roy Swain. (1999). Home-range characteristics of an alpine lizard, Niveoscincus microlepidotus (Scincidae), on Mt Wellington, southern Tasmania. Wildlife Research. 26(3). 263–270. 13 indexed citations
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Jones, Susan, Erik Wapstra, & Roy Swain. (1997). Asynchronous Male and Female Gonadal Cycles and Plasma Steroid Concentrations in a Viviparous Lizard,Niveoscincus ocellatus(Scincidae), from Tasmania. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 108(2). 271–281. 57 indexed citations
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Melville, Jane & Roy Swain. (1997). Daily and Seasonal Activity Patterns in Two Species of High Altitude Skink, Niveoscincus microlepidotus and N. metallicus, from Tasmania. Journal of Herpetology. 31(1). 29–29. 23 indexed citations
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Jones, Susan & Roy Swain. (1996). Annual Reproductive Cycle and Annual Cycles of Reproductive Hormones in Plasma of Female Niveoscincus metallicus (Scincidae) from Tasmania. Journal of Herpetology. 30(2). 140–140. 52 indexed citations
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Swain, Roy, et al.. (1983). Isolation, characterization and induction of metallothionein in the stonefly Eusthenia spectabilis following exposure to cadmium. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C Comparative Pharmacology. 75(2). 275–280. 14 indexed citations

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