Scott A. MacDougall‐Shackleton

5.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
135 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

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Scott A. MacDougall‐Shackleton is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology and Developmental Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Scott A. MacDougall‐Shackleton has authored 135 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 99 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 92 papers in Ecology and 75 papers in Developmental Biology. Recurrent topics in Scott A. MacDougall‐Shackleton's work include Animal Behavior and Reproduction (96 papers), Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (75 papers) and Avian ecology and behavior (55 papers). Scott A. MacDougall‐Shackleton is often cited by papers focused on Animal Behavior and Reproduction (96 papers), Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (75 papers) and Avian ecology and behavior (55 papers). Scott A. MacDougall‐Shackleton collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Scott A. MacDougall‐Shackleton's co-authors include Elizabeth A. MacDougall‐Shackleton, Gregory F. Ball, Thomas P. Hahn, Stewart H. Hulse, David F. Sherry, Kim L. Schmidt, Karen A. Spencer, Liana Zanette, Dominique A. Potvin and Frances Bonier and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Scott A. MacDougall‐Shackleton

133 papers receiving 4.3k citations

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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.

Glucocorticoids and “Stress” Are Not Synonymous

2019 232 citations Scott A. MacDougall‐Shackleton, Frances Bonier et al. Integrative Organismal Biology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Scott A. MacDougall‐Shackleton Canada	39	3.1k	2.2k	2.0k	645	325	135	4.4k
Marc Naguib Netherlands	43	3.8k 1.2×	2.0k 0.9×	2.8k 1.4×	604 0.9×	314 1.0×	138	5.0k
Carel ten Cate Netherlands	44	3.3k 1.1×	2.7k 1.2×	3.5k 1.8×	536 0.8×	474 1.5×	153	6.0k
Alfred M. Dufty United States	27	3.2k 1.0×	2.0k 0.9×	1.0k 0.5×	899 1.4×	449 1.4×	53	4.6k
Vladimir V. Pravosudov United States	41	2.9k 0.9×	1.7k 0.8×	968 0.5×	1.8k 2.8×	425 1.3×	138	4.5k
Leonida Fusani Austria	34	2.3k 0.8×	1.7k 0.7×	976 0.5×	394 0.6×	413 1.3×	140	3.8k
Christopher S. Evans Australia	38	3.0k 1.0×	1.5k 0.7×	1.8k 0.9×	857 1.3×	869 2.7×	82	4.3k
Luke Remage‐Healey United States	30	1.5k 0.5×	1.1k 0.5×	1.1k 0.5×	647 1.0×	126 0.4×	68	3.0k
Susan Peters United States	37	3.9k 1.3×	2.2k 1.0×	3.7k 1.9×	513 0.8×	145 0.4×	77	5.0k
Kiran K. Soma Canada	50	3.9k 1.3×	1.8k 0.8×	1.4k 0.7×	1.5k 2.3×	294 0.9×	140	6.7k
Donna L. Maney United States	35	2.9k 0.9×	2.0k 0.9×	1.2k 0.6×	782 1.2×	526 1.6×	83	5.3k

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Branfireun, Brian A., et al.. (2024). Effects of sublethal methylmercury and food stress on songbird energetic performance: metabolic rates, molt and feather quality. Journal of Experimental Biology. 227(13). 1 indexed citations

MacDougall‐Shackleton, Scott A., et al.. (2023). Methylmercury effects on avian brains. NeuroToxicology. 96. 140–153. 5 indexed citations

MacDougall‐Shackleton, Scott A., et al.. (2023). Food availability influences angling vulnerability in muskellunge. Fisheries Management and Ecology. 31(1). 2 indexed citations

Fenton, M. Brock, et al.. (2022). Opening the black box of bird-window collisions: passive video recordings in a residential backyard. PeerJ. 10. e14604–e14604. 7 indexed citations

MacDougall‐Shackleton, Scott A., et al.. (2022). Leptin administration does not influence migratory behaviour in white-throated sparrows ( Zonotrichia albicollis). PeerJ. 10. e13584–e13584. 4 indexed citations

Branfireun, Brian A., et al.. (2020). Food stress, but not experimental exposure to mercury, affects songbird preen oil composition. Ecotoxicology. 29(3). 275–285. 7 indexed citations

KELLY, T. R., et al.. (2019). Long-term winter-site fidelity in Song Sparrows (Melospiza melodia). The Auk. 136(2). 10 indexed citations

MacDougall‐Shackleton, Scott A., Frances Bonier, L. Michael Romero, & Ignacio T. Moore. (2019). Glucocorticoids and “Stress” Are Not Synonymous. Integrative Organismal Biology. 1(1). obz017–obz017. 232 indexed citations breakdown →

Eng, Margaret L., et al.. (2018). Embryonic exposure to environmentally relevant concentrations of a brominated flame retardant reduces the size of song‐control nuclei in a songbird. Developmental Neurobiology. 78(8). 799–806. 2 indexed citations

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Bingman, Verner P. & Scott A. MacDougall‐Shackleton. (2017). The avian hippocampus and the hypothetical maps used by navigating migratory birds (with some reflection on compasses and migratory restlessness). Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 203(6-7). 465–474. 22 indexed citations

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Guigueno, Mélanie F., Scott A. MacDougall‐Shackleton, & David F. Sherry. (2015). Sex Differences in Spatial Memory in Brown-Headed Cowbirds: Males Outperform Females on a Touchscreen Task. PLoS ONE. 10(6). e0128302–e0128302. 27 indexed citations

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Farrell, Tara M., et al.. (2015). Developmental stress impairs performance on an association task in male and female songbirds, but impairs auditory learning in females only. Animal Cognition. 19(1). 1–14. 43 indexed citations

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Schmidt, Kim L., Elizabeth A. MacDougall‐Shackleton, Shawn P. Kubli, & Scott A. MacDougall‐Shackleton. (2014). Developmental Stress, Condition, and Birdsong: A Case Study in Song Sparrows. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 54(4). 568–577. 20 indexed citations

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Kriengwatana, Buddhamas, Haruka Wada, Kim L. Schmidt, et al.. (2014). Effects of nutritional stress during different developmental periods on song and the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis in zebra finches. Hormones and Behavior. 65(3). 285–293. 36 indexed citations

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MacDougall‐Shackleton, Scott A.. (2009). The importance of development: What songbirds can teach us.. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology/Revue canadienne de psychologie expérimentale. 63(1). 74–79. 6 indexed citations

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Hahn, Thomas P., et al.. (2009). Evolution of environmental cue response mechanisms: Adaptive variation in photorefractoriness. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 163(1-2). 193–200. 29 indexed citations

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MacDougall‐Shackleton, Scott A., et al.. (2003). Photostimulation induces rapid growth of song-control brain regions in male and female chickadees (Poecile atricapilla). Neuroscience Letters. 340(3). 165–168. 17 indexed citations

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Maney, Donna L., Elizabeth A. MacDougall‐Shackleton, Scott A. MacDougall‐Shackleton, Gregory F. Ball, & Thomas P. Hahn. (2003). Immediate early gene response to hearing song correlates with receptive behavior and depends on dialect in a female songbird. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 189(9). 667–674. 84 indexed citations

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MacDougall‐Shackleton, Scott A., et al.. (2001). Seasonal Changes in Brain GnRH Immunoreactivity and Song-Control Nuclei Volumes in an Opportunistically Breeding Songbird. Brain Behavior and Evolution. 58(1). 38–48. 43 indexed citations

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MacDougall‐Shackleton, Scott A., Stewart H. Hulse, & Gregory F. Ball. (1998). Neural bases of song preferences in female zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata). Neuroreport. 9(13). 3047–3052. 97 indexed citations

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