Scott Pitnick

8.6k total citations
83 papers, 5.9k citations indexed

About

Scott Pitnick is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics and Insect Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Scott Pitnick has authored 83 papers receiving a total of 5.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 71 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 66 papers in Genetics and 10 papers in Insect Science. Recurrent topics in Scott Pitnick's work include Animal Behavior and Reproduction (66 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (58 papers) and Plant and animal studies (56 papers). Scott Pitnick is often cited by papers focused on Animal Behavior and Reproduction (66 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (58 papers) and Plant and animal studies (56 papers). Scott Pitnick collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and United Kingdom. Scott Pitnick's co-authors include Therese A. Markow, Gary T. Miller, Greg S. Spicer, Stefan Lüpold, Mollie K. Manier, John M. Belote, T. R. Birkhead, Adam Bjork, Dawn M. Higginson and David J. Hosken and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Scott Pitnick

83 papers receiving 5.8k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Scott Pitnick United States 42 4.8k 3.6k 948 906 389 83 5.9k
Matthew J. G. Gage United Kingdom 39 4.7k 1.0× 3.0k 0.8× 1.0k 1.1× 1.1k 1.3× 624 1.6× 88 6.4k
Tommaso Pizzari United Kingdom 40 4.0k 0.8× 2.3k 0.6× 461 0.5× 817 0.9× 357 0.9× 88 5.0k
Nina Wedell United Kingdom 52 7.2k 1.5× 5.0k 1.4× 2.3k 2.5× 1.1k 1.2× 517 1.3× 157 9.0k
Rhonda R. Snook United Kingdom 32 2.6k 0.5× 2.0k 0.6× 639 0.7× 660 0.7× 196 0.5× 89 3.5k
Judith E. Mank United Kingdom 49 2.7k 0.6× 5.4k 1.5× 628 0.7× 705 0.8× 377 1.0× 123 7.3k
Tracey Chapman United Kingdom 54 7.9k 1.6× 5.9k 1.6× 2.9k 3.1× 1.2k 1.3× 359 0.9× 155 10.9k
Paul I. Ward Switzerland 43 3.3k 0.7× 1.9k 0.5× 1.1k 1.2× 1.6k 1.7× 407 1.0× 117 4.9k
Joseph L. Tomkins Australia 36 3.3k 0.7× 2.1k 0.6× 649 0.7× 976 1.1× 557 1.4× 107 4.4k
Stuart Wigby United Kingdom 29 2.5k 0.5× 1.9k 0.5× 781 0.8× 300 0.3× 90 0.2× 63 3.2k
Amanda Bretman United Kingdom 33 2.4k 0.5× 1.9k 0.5× 654 0.7× 489 0.5× 123 0.3× 64 3.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Scott Pitnick

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Scott Pitnick

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Scott Pitnick. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Scott Pitnick 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 Scott Pitnick. Scott Pitnick is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Dallai, Romano, David Mercati, Rita Sinka, et al.. (2024). Proteomic diversification of spermatostyles among six species of whirligig beetles. Molecular Reproduction and Development. 91(5). e23745–e23745. 3 indexed citations
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Syed, Zeeshan Ali, Kirill Borziak, Patrick O’Grady, et al.. (2024). Genomics of a sexually selected sperm ornament and female preference in Drosophila. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 9(2). 336–348. 2 indexed citations
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McDonough-Goldstein, Caitlin E., Scott Pitnick, & Steve Dorus. (2022). Drosophila female reproductive glands contribute to mating plug composition and the timing of sperm ejection. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 289(1968). 20212213–20212213. 11 indexed citations
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McDonough-Goldstein, Caitlin E., et al.. (2021). Pronounced Postmating Response in the Drosophila Female Reproductive Tract Fluid Proteome. Molecular & Cellular Proteomics. 20. 100156–100156. 14 indexed citations
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McDonough-Goldstein, Caitlin E., Scott Pitnick, & Steve Dorus. (2021). Drosophila oocyte proteome composition covaries with female mating status. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 3142–3142. 11 indexed citations
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Lüpold, Stefan, et al.. (2020). How female × male and male × male interactions influence competitive fertilization in Drosophila melanogaster. Evolution Letters. 4(5). 416–429. 38 indexed citations
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Lüpold, Stefan, Mollie K. Manier, Nalini Puniamoorthy, et al.. (2016). How sexual selection can drive the evolution of costly sperm ornamentation. Nature. 533(7604). 535–538. 112 indexed citations
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Belote, John M., et al.. (2016). Resolving mechanisms of short-term competitive fertilization success in the red flour beetle. Journal of Insect Physiology. 93-94. 1–10. 16 indexed citations
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Lüpold, Stefan, et al.. (2012). How Multivariate Ejaculate Traits Determine Competitive Fertilization Success in Drosophila melanogaster. Current Biology. 22(18). 1667–1672. 117 indexed citations
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Manier, Mollie K., et al.. (2012). Covariance among premating, post‐copulatory and viability fitness components in Drosophila melanogaster and their influence on paternity measurement. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 25(8). 1555–1563. 31 indexed citations
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Immler, Simone, Scott Pitnick, George A. Parker, et al.. (2011). Resolving variation in the reproductive tradeoff between sperm size and number. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(13). 5325–5330. 144 indexed citations
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Ala‐Honkola, Outi, Mollie K. Manier, Stefan Lüpold, & Scott Pitnick. (2011). NO EVIDENCE FOR POSTCOPULATORY INBREEDING AVOIDANCE IN DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER. Evolution. 65(9). 2699–2705. 30 indexed citations
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Manier, Mollie K., et al.. (2010). Resolving Mechanisms of Competitive Fertilization Success in Drosophila melanogaster. Science. 328(5976). 354–357. 275 indexed citations
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Pitnick, Scott, Ralph Dobler, & David J. Hosken. (2009). Sperm length is not influenced by haploid gene expression in the flies Drosophila melanogaster and Scathophaga stercoraria. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 276(1675). 4029–4034. 12 indexed citations
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Birkhead, T. R., David J. Hosken, & Scott Pitnick. (2009). Sperm biology : an evolutionary perspective. Elsevier eBooks. 264 indexed citations
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Dixon, Anthony F. G., Daphne J. Fairbairn, Matthias W. Foellmer, et al.. (2007). Proximate Causes of Rensch’s Rule: Does Sexual Size Dimorphism in Arthropods Result from Sex Differences in Development Time?. The American Naturalist. 169(2). 245–257. 206 indexed citations
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Pitnick, Scott, Gary T. Miller, Karin Schneider, & Therese A. Markow. (2003). Ejaculate-female coevolution in Drosophila mojavensis. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 270(1523). 1507–1512. 115 indexed citations
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Miller, Gary T. & Scott Pitnick. (2002). Sperm-Female Coevolution in Drosophila. Science. 298(5596). 1230–1233. 374 indexed citations
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Karr, Timothy L. & Scott Pitnick. (1999). Sperm competition: Defining the rules of engagement. Current Biology. 9(20). R787–R790. 13 indexed citations
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Spicer, Greg S. & Scott Pitnick. (1996). Molecular systematics of theDrosophila hydei subgroup as inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 43(3). 281–286. 16 indexed citations

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