Samuel Ellis

2.8k total citations
48 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Samuel Ellis is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Samuel Ellis has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 16 papers in Ecology and 11 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Samuel Ellis's work include Animal Behavior and Reproduction (21 papers), Marine animal studies overview (15 papers) and Plant and animal studies (11 papers). Samuel Ellis is often cited by papers focused on Animal Behavior and Reproduction (21 papers), Marine animal studies overview (15 papers) and Plant and animal studies (11 papers). Samuel Ellis collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Canada. Samuel Ellis's co-authors include R. R. Arnett, Keith Richards, Daniel W. Franks, H.S. Steyn, Elva J. H. Robinson, C. P. Burnham, Darren P. Croft, P.D. Jungerius, Peter A. Furley and Michael A. Cant and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Samuel Ellis

46 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Samuel Ellis United Kingdom 19 464 446 426 295 289 48 1.8k
Nicole Boivin Germany 41 235 0.5× 838 1.9× 809 1.9× 304 1.0× 502 1.7× 192 6.1k
Avi Gopher Israel 45 459 1.0× 521 1.2× 620 1.5× 556 1.9× 487 1.7× 182 6.6k
Jonathan G. Wynn United States 36 231 0.5× 1.4k 3.1× 1.4k 3.3× 889 3.0× 105 0.4× 87 4.5k
John D. Kingston United States 23 500 1.1× 743 1.7× 651 1.5× 618 2.1× 171 0.6× 49 2.7k
Michael D. Petraglia United Kingdom 50 157 0.3× 793 1.8× 2.1k 4.9× 618 2.1× 555 1.9× 235 8.0k
Robin Dennell United Kingdom 33 207 0.4× 596 1.3× 678 1.6× 767 2.6× 320 1.1× 100 5.3k
Mordechai E. Kislev Israel 30 365 0.8× 337 0.8× 380 0.9× 210 0.7× 262 0.9× 66 3.3k
Marion K. Bamford South Africa 31 1.2k 2.7× 445 1.0× 1.4k 3.2× 469 1.6× 145 0.5× 163 4.7k
Ofer Bar‐Yosef United States 60 201 0.4× 984 2.2× 1.8k 4.1× 560 1.9× 535 1.9× 182 11.4k
Bruce Winterhalder United States 32 223 0.5× 751 1.7× 429 1.0× 421 1.4× 110 0.4× 78 3.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Samuel Ellis

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Fields of papers citing papers by Samuel Ellis

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Samuel Ellis

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Samuel Ellis. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Samuel Ellis 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 Samuel Ellis. Samuel Ellis 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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Darden, Safi K., et al.. (2025). Biomimetic robots reveal flexible adjustment of sexual signalling in a wild invertebrate. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 292(2052). 20251570–20251570. 1 indexed citations
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Ellis, Samuel, et al.. (2024). The evolution of menopause in toothed whales. Nature. 627(8004). 579–585. 15 indexed citations
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Giles, Deborah A., Samuel Ellis, John K. B. Ford, et al.. (2023). Harassment and killing of porpoises (“phocoenacide”) by fish‐eating Southern Resident killer whales (Orcinus orca). Marine Mammal Science. 40(2). 6 indexed citations
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Grimes, Charli, Lauren J. N. Brent, Samuel Ellis, et al.. (2023). Postreproductive female killer whales reduce socially inflicted injuries in their male offspring. Current Biology. 33(15). 3250–3256.e4. 4 indexed citations
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Hughes, Emily, Samuel Ellis, & Joanne R. Smith. (2023). Connecting groups and behaviours: A network analysis of identity‐infused behaviours. British Journal of Social Psychology. 63(1). 205–233. 4 indexed citations
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Weiss, Michael N., Samuel Ellis, Daniel W. Franks, et al.. (2023). Costly lifetime maternal investment in killer whales. Current Biology. 33(4). 744–748.e3. 15 indexed citations
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Grimes, Charli, Lauren J. N. Brent, Michael N. Weiss, et al.. (2022). The effect of age, sex, and resource abundance on patterns of rake markings in resident killer whales (Orcinus orca). Marine Mammal Science. 38(3). 941–958. 8 indexed citations
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Lecheval, Valentin, et al.. (2021). From foraging trails to transport networks: how the quality-distance trade-off shapes network structure. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 288(1949). 20210430–20210430. 10 indexed citations
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Weiss, Michael N., Daniel W. Franks, Lauren J. N. Brent, et al.. (2020). Common datastream permutations of animal social network data are not appropriate for hypothesis testing using regression models. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 12(2). 255–265. 57 indexed citations
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Ellis, Samuel, Noah Snyder‐Mackler, Angelina Ruíz-Lambides, Michael L. Platt, & Lauren J. N. Brent. (2019). Deconstructing sociality: the types of social connections that predict longevity in a group-living primate. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 286(1917). 20191991–20191991. 105 indexed citations
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Montague, Michael J., Lauren J. N. Brent, Samuel Ellis, et al.. (2018). Weak effects of common genetic variation in oxytocin and vasopressin receptor genes on rhesus macaque social behavior. American Journal of Primatology. 80(10). e22873–e22873. 10 indexed citations
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Ellis, Samuel, Daniel W. Franks, Stuart Nattrass, et al.. (2018). Analyses of ovarian activity reveal repeated evolution of post-reproductive lifespans in toothed whales. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 12833–12833. 59 indexed citations
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Lü, Yuan, Mikki Boswell, William Boswell, et al.. (2017). Fluorescent light exposure incites acute and prolonged immune responses in zebrafish (Danio rerio) skin. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C Toxicology & Pharmacology. 208. 87–95. 9 indexed citations
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Croft, Darren P., Rufus A. Johnstone, Samuel Ellis, et al.. (2017). Reproductive Conflict and the Evolution of Menopause in Killer Whales. Current Biology. 27(2). 298–304. 69 indexed citations
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Ellis, Samuel, et al.. (2016). Inferring polydomy: a review of functional, spatial and genetic methods for identifying colony boundaries. Insectes Sociaux. 64(1). 19–37. 18 indexed citations
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Ellis, Samuel & Elva J. H. Robinson. (2015). Internest food sharing within wood ant colonies: resource redistribution behavior in a complex system. Behavioral Ecology. 27(2). 660–668. 15 indexed citations
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Ellis, Samuel, Daniel W. Franks, & Elva J. H. Robinson. (2014). Resource redistribution in polydomous ant nest networks: local or global?. Behavioral Ecology. 25(5). 1183–1191. 29 indexed citations
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Ellis, Samuel & H.S. Steyn. (2003). Practical significance (effect sizes) versus or in combination with statistical significance (p-values) : research note. 12(4). 51–53. 140 indexed citations
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Ellis, Samuel, et al.. (1994). Soil formation and erosion in the Murree Hills, northeast Pakistan. CATENA. 22(1). 69–78. 14 indexed citations
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Lessells, C. M., Richard M. Sibly, Myrfyn Owen, & Samuel Ellis. (1979). Weights of females Barnacle Geese during breeding. Wildfowl (Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust). 9 indexed citations

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