Tuul Sepp

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
50 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Tuul Sepp is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Tuul Sepp has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 22 papers in Ecology and 9 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Tuul Sepp's work include Animal Behavior and Reproduction (21 papers), Avian ecology and behavior (10 papers) and Bird parasitology and diseases (8 papers). Tuul Sepp is often cited by papers focused on Animal Behavior and Reproduction (21 papers), Avian ecology and behavior (10 papers) and Bird parasitology and diseases (8 papers). Tuul Sepp collaborates with scholars based in Estonia, France and United States. Tuul Sepp's co-authors include Mathieu Giraudeau, Peeter Hõrak, Elin Sild, Ants Kaasik, Kevin J. McGraw, Beáta Újvári, Frédéric Thomas, Richard Meitern, Paul W. Ewald and Ulvi Karu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, PLoS ONE and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Tuul Sepp

47 papers receiving 1.2k citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tuul Sepp Estonia	19	426	403	191	121	118	50	1.2k
P.A. O’Brien Australia	23	158 0.4×	150 0.4×	103 0.5×	58 0.5×	17 0.1×	78	2.0k
Алессандра Гуиди Italy	26	162 0.4×	630 1.6×	90 0.5×	327 2.7×	98 0.8×	99	1.9k
Francisco Novoa Chile	16	479 1.1×	565 1.4×	95 0.5×	79 0.7×	10 0.1×	66	889
Anders Lindström Sweden	26	408 1.0×	138 0.3×	160 0.8×	14 0.1×	21 0.2×	118	2.3k
Mark Brown South Africa	24	927 2.2×	826 2.0×	110 0.6×	73 0.6×	35 0.3×	97	1.6k
Surendra Kumar Canada	20	253 0.6×	492 1.2×	26 0.1×	19 0.2×	20 0.2×	52	1.6k
Qiye Li China	24	515 1.2×	255 0.6×	90 0.5×	72 0.6×	30 0.3×	49	3.0k
Pascal Hingamp France	23	105 0.2×	988 2.5×	42 0.2×	54 0.4×	28 0.2×	33	2.0k
Andrea Armani Italy	28	83 0.2×	880 2.2×	179 0.9×	331 2.7×	114 1.0×	133	2.3k
Hajk‐Georg Drost Germany	18	225 0.5×	582 1.4×	35 0.2×	46 0.4×	47 0.4×	31	3.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tuul Sepp

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All Works

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Vincze, Orsolya, Piotr Minias, Alexandre Corthay, et al.. (2025). Immunological surveillance against cancer across mammals. Nature Communications. 16(1). 10333–10333.

Meitern, Richard, et al.. (2025). Comparative analysis of toxicity sensitivity and functional traits in fish. Aquatic Toxicology. 285. 107432–107432.

Meitern, Richard, et al.. (2023). Correlations between oxidative DNA damage and formation of hepatic tumours in two flatfish species from contaminated environments. Biology Letters. 19(5). 20220583–20220583. 2 indexed citations

Sepp, Tuul, Jörn P. Scharsack, Thomas Lang, et al.. (2023). Response to Oncogenic Pollution in Two Fish Species: Are There Differences in Adaptive Potential?. SSRN Electronic Journal.

Sepp, Tuul, Jörn P. Scharsack, Thomas Lang, et al.. (2023). Differences on the level of hepatic transcriptome between two flatfish species in response to liver cancer and environmental pollution levels. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C Toxicology & Pharmacology. 275. 109781–109781. 2 indexed citations

Meitern, Richard, et al.. (2023). The effect of environmental pollution on gene expression of seabirds: A review. Marine Environmental Research. 189. 106067–106067. 5 indexed citations

Lerebours, Adélaïde, Frédéric Thomas, Jérôme Fort, et al.. (2021). Linking pollution and cancer in aquatic environments: A review. Environment International. 149. 106391–106391. 65 indexed citations

Sepp, Tuul, Richard Meitern, Britt J. Heidinger, et al.. (2021). Parental age does not influence offspring telomeres during early life in common gulls (Larus canus). Molecular Ecology. 31(23). 6197–6207. 3 indexed citations

Sepp, Tuul, et al.. (2021). Antibiotic treatment increases yellowness of carotenoid feather coloration in male greenfinches (Chloris chloris). Scientific Reports. 11(1). 13235–13235. 3 indexed citations

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Sepp, Tuul, et al.. (2021). Light at night reduces digestive efficiency of developing birds: an experiment with king quail. Die Naturwissenschaften. 108(1). 4–4. 1 indexed citations

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Meitern, Richard, Jérôme Fort, Mathieu Giraudeau, et al.. (2020). Age‐dependent expression of cancer‐related genes in a long‐lived seabird. Evolutionary Applications. 13(7). 1708–1718. 7 indexed citations

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Giraudeau, Mathieu, Britt J. Heidinger, Camille Bonneaud, & Tuul Sepp. (2019). Telomere shortening as a mechanism of long-term cost of infectious diseases in natural animal populations. Biology Letters. 15(5). 20190190–20190190. 25 indexed citations

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Hõrak, Peeter, et al.. (2019). Corticosterone levels correlate in wild-grown and lab-grown feathers in greenfinches (Carduelis chloris) and predict behaviour and survival in captivity. Hormones and Behavior. 118. 104642–104642. 6 indexed citations

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Rattiste, Kalev, et al.. (2018). Uropygial gland size: a marker of phenotypic quality that shows no senescence in a long-lived seabird. Biogerontology. 20(2). 141–148. 3 indexed citations

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Giraudeau, Mathieu, Tuul Sepp, Beáta Újvári, Paul W. Ewald, & Frédéric Thomas. (2018). Human activities might influence oncogenic processes in wild animal populations. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 2(7). 1065–1070. 58 indexed citations

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Hutton, Pierce, et al.. (2017). Carotenoid coloration is related to fat digestion efficiency in a wild bird. Die Naturwissenschaften. 104(11-12). 96–96. 9 indexed citations

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Rattiste, Kalev, H. Klandorf, Tuul Sepp, et al.. (2015). Skin pentosidine and telomere length do not covary with age in a long-lived seabird. Biogerontology. 16(4). 435–441. 20 indexed citations

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Hõrak, Peeter, et al.. (2013). Dexamethasone inhibits corticosterone deposition in feathers of greenfinches. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 191. 210–214. 26 indexed citations

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Sild, Elin, Tuul Sepp, & Peeter Hõrak. (2011). Behavioural trait covaries with immune responsiveness in a wild passerine. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 25(7). 1349–1354. 26 indexed citations

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Hõrak, Peeter, Elin Sild, Ursel Soomets, Tuul Sepp, & Kalle Kilk. (2010). Oxidative stress and information content of black and yellow plumage coloration: an experiment with greenfinches. Journal of Experimental Biology. 213(13). 2225–2233. 65 indexed citations

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