Simon Ducatez

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
59 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Simon Ducatez is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Simon Ducatez has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 24 papers in Ecology and 16 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Simon Ducatez's work include Animal Behavior and Reproduction (38 papers), Plant and animal studies (22 papers) and Avian ecology and behavior (11 papers). Simon Ducatez is often cited by papers focused on Animal Behavior and Reproduction (38 papers), Plant and animal studies (22 papers) and Avian ecology and behavior (11 papers). Simon Ducatez collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Australia and France. Simon Ducatez's co-authors include Louis Lefebvre, Jean‐Nicolas Audet, Richard Shine, Michel Baguette, Daniel Sol, Ferran Sayol, Pierre Legagneux, Pierre Richard, Delphine Legrand and Christophe Guinet and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Simon Ducatez

59 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Life history, climate and biogeography interactively affect worldwide genetic diversity of plant and animal populations

2021 149 citations Hanne De Kort, Jérôme G. Prunier et al. Nature Communications profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Simon Ducatez Canada	25	1.2k	1.1k	482	379	374	59	2.2k
Michael Cherry South Africa	28	1.2k 1.0×	1.2k 1.1×	633 1.3×	331 0.9×	413 1.1×	140	2.4k
Jana A. Eccard Germany	29	1.6k 1.3×	1.4k 1.2×	350 0.7×	457 1.2×	260 0.7×	101	2.5k
Jason Munshi‐South United States	29	1.6k 1.4×	1.1k 1.0×	641 1.3×	404 1.1×	988 2.6×	76	3.3k
Amos Bouskila Israel	25	1.2k 1.0×	1.3k 1.2×	556 1.2×	560 1.5×	401 1.1×	75	2.4k
François Brischoux France	30	1.5k 1.3×	1.1k 1.0×	1.2k 2.5×	764 2.0×	257 0.7×	147	2.9k
Julien G. A. Martin Canada	26	1.2k 1.0×	1.5k 1.3×	339 0.7×	246 0.6×	423 1.1×	72	2.3k
Eliot T. Miller United States	24	959 0.8×	806 0.7×	280 0.6×	530 1.4×	251 0.7×	60	1.9k
Dirk H. Van Vuren United States	25	1.8k 1.6×	656 0.6×	332 0.7×	528 1.4×	446 1.2×	85	2.3k
Tracy Langkilde United States	28	885 0.8×	1.8k 1.6×	1.3k 2.8×	361 1.0×	589 1.6×	127	2.7k
John L. Koprowski United States	27	2.3k 2.0×	838 0.8×	444 0.9×	881 2.3×	343 0.9×	180	2.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Simon Ducatez

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Fields of papers citing papers by Simon Ducatez

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simon Ducatez

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Benkwitt, Cassandra E., Jayna L. DeVore, Simon Ducatez, et al.. (2025). Re-connecting ecosystems: Integrating coral reefs into monitoring of island restoration. Ecological Indicators. 170. 113042–113042. 2 indexed citations

Pittman, Simon J., Kostantinos A. Stamoulis, Cassandra E. Benkwitt, et al.. (2025). Seascape configuration determines spatial patterns of seabird‐vectored nutrient enrichment to coral reefs. Ecography. 2025(10). 1 indexed citations

Marton, Attila, Csongor I. Vágási, Orsolya Vincze, et al.. (2022). Oxidative physiology is weakly associated with pigmentation in birds. Ecology and Evolution. 12(8). e9177–e9177. 5 indexed citations

DeVore, Jayna L., Michael R. Crossland, Richard Shine, & Simon Ducatez. (2021). The evolution of targeted cannibalism and cannibal-induced defenses in invasive populations of cane toads. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(35). 18 indexed citations

Kort, Hanne De, Jérôme G. Prunier, Simon Ducatez, et al.. (2021). Life history, climate and biogeography interactively affect worldwide genetic diversity of plant and animal populations. Nature Communications. 12(1). 516–516. 149 indexed citations breakdown →

Shine, Richard, Ross A. Alford, Gregory P. Brown, et al.. (2021). Increased rates of dispersal of free-ranging cane toads (Rhinella marina) during their global invasion. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 23574–23574. 22 indexed citations

Ducatez, Simon, Daniel Sol, Ferran Sayol, & Louis Lefebvre. (2020). Behavioural plasticity is associated with reduced extinction risk in birds. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 4(6). 788–793. 110 indexed citations

Ducatez, Simon, Louis Lefebvre, Ferran Sayol, Jean‐Nicolas Audet, & Daniel Sol. (2020). Host Cognition and Parasitism in Birds: A Review of the Main Mechanisms. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 8. 7 indexed citations

Ducatez, Simon & Jayna L. DeVore. (2019). Foraging innovation in a large-brained Meliphagidae: Blue-faced Honeyeaters ( Entomyzon Cyanotis ) open sugar packets. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology. 131(2). 390–395. 1 indexed citations

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Ducatez, Simon, Jean‐Nicolas Audet, & Louis Lefebvre. (2019). Speed–accuracy trade-off, detour reaching and response to PHA in Carib grackles. Animal Cognition. 22(5). 625–633. 6 indexed citations

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Audet, Jean‐Nicolas, Simon Ducatez, Laure Cauchard, et al.. (2018). Divergence in problem-solving skills is associated with differential expression of glutamate receptors in wild finches. Science Advances. 4(3). eaao6369–eaao6369. 22 indexed citations

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Ducatez, Simon, Mathieu Giraudeau, Christophe Thébaud, & Lisa Jacquin. (2017). Colour polymorphism is associated with lower extinction risk in birds. Global Change Biology. 23(8). 3030–3039. 14 indexed citations

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Audet, Jean‐Nicolas, Simon Ducatez, & Louis Lefebvre. (2016). Bajan Birds Pull Strings: Two Wild Antillean Species Enter the Select Club of String-Pullers. PLoS ONE. 11(8). e0156112–e0156112. 7 indexed citations

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Ducatez, Simon, et al.. (2016). Innovativeness and the effects of urbanization on risk-taking behaviors in wild Barbados birds. Animal Cognition. 20(1). 33–42. 43 indexed citations

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Audet, Jean‐Nicolas, Simon Ducatez, & Louis Lefebvre. (2014). Morphological and Molecular Sexing of the Monochromatic Barbados Bullfinch,Loxigilla barbadensis. ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE. 31(10). 687–691. 8 indexed citations

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Ducatez, Simon & Louis Lefebvre. (2014). Patterns of Research Effort in Birds. PLoS ONE. 9(2). e89955–e89955. 62 indexed citations

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Ducatez, Simon. (2014). Brood parasitism: a good strategy in our changing world?. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 281(1780). 20132404–20132404. 19 indexed citations

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Ducatez, Simon, Michel Baguette, V. M. Stevens, Delphine Legrand, & Hélène Fréville. (2012). COMPLEX INTERACTIONS BETWEEN PATERNAL AND MATERNAL EFFECTS: PARENTAL EXPERIENCE AND AGE AT REPRODUCTION AFFECT FECUNDITY AND OFFSPRING PERFORMANCE IN A BUTTERFLY. Evolution. 66(11). 3558–3569. 63 indexed citations

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Ducatez, Simon, Michel Baguette, Audrey Trochet, et al.. (2012). Flight endurance and heating rate vary with both latitude and habitat connectivity in a butterfly species. Oikos. 122(4). 601–611. 30 indexed citations

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Jacquin, Lisa, et al.. (2011). Melanin‐based coloration is related to parasite intensity and cellular immune response in an urban free living bird: the feral pigeon Columba livia. Journal of Avian Biology. 42(1). 11–15. 108 indexed citations

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