Wouter Halfwerk

3.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
60 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Wouter Halfwerk is a scholar working on Developmental Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Wouter Halfwerk has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Developmental Biology, 46 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 28 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Wouter Halfwerk's work include Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (50 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (38 papers) and Marine animal studies overview (28 papers). Wouter Halfwerk is often cited by papers focused on Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (50 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (38 papers) and Marine animal studies overview (28 papers). Wouter Halfwerk collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Panama and United States. Wouter Halfwerk's co-authors include Hans Slabbekoorn, Leonard J. M. Holleman, C. M. Lessells, Rachel A. Page, Michael J. Ryan, Ryan C. Taylor, Sander Bot, Caroline Dingle, Jan Komdeur and Judith A. H. Smit and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Wouter Halfwerk

57 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Negative impact of traffic noise on avian reproductive success

2010 375 citations Wouter Halfwerk, Hans Slabbekoorn et al. profile →
Why conservation biology can benefit from sensory ecology

2020 180 citations Davide M. Dominoni, Wouter Halfwerk et al. Nature Ecology & Evolution profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Wouter Halfwerk Netherlands	22	1.6k	1.6k	1.4k	441	198	60	2.5k
David Luther United States	23	1.1k 0.7×	1.0k 0.6×	1.3k 0.9×	295 0.7×	95 0.5×	74	2.0k
Gail L. Patricelli United States	29	1.8k 1.1×	1.9k 1.2×	1.8k 1.2×	374 0.8×	375 1.9×	58	3.2k
Thierry Lengagne France	25	1.2k 0.7×	1.4k 0.9×	1.0k 0.7×	696 1.6×	172 0.9×	77	2.0k
Henrik Brumm Germany	32	3.3k 2.1×	2.8k 1.7×	2.7k 1.8×	287 0.7×	112 0.6×	67	4.0k
Alexander Cruz United States	24	1.0k 0.6×	959 0.6×	1.9k 1.3×	354 0.8×	136 0.7×	65	2.3k
Gonçalo C. Cardoso Portugal	29	1.3k 0.8×	1.8k 1.2×	1.2k 0.8×	204 0.5×	168 0.8×	99	2.2k
Hansjoerg P. Kunc United Kingdom	26	1.2k 0.7×	1.1k 0.7×	1.0k 0.7×	180 0.4×	132 0.7×	43	1.8k
Clinton D. Francis United States	31	2.1k 1.3×	1.8k 1.1×	2.9k 2.0×	734 1.7×	204 1.0×	88	4.2k
Andrew G. Horn Canada	27	1.2k 0.8×	1.8k 1.1×	1.4k 1.0×	125 0.3×	181 0.9×	87	2.5k
Michelle L. Hall Australia	30	1.7k 1.1×	2.5k 1.6×	1.6k 1.1×	196 0.4×	279 1.4×	80	3.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Wouter Halfwerk

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wouter Halfwerk

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20 of 20 papers shown

Halfwerk, Wouter, et al.. (2025). Effects of Anthropogenic Vibratory Noise on Plant Development and Herbivory. Acoustics. 7(3). 45–45.

Ellers, Jacintha, et al.. (2025). Tetrapod vocal evolution reveals faster rates and higher-pitched sounds for mammals. Evolution. 80(1). 40–55.

Halfwerk, Wouter, et al.. (2025). Vocal attributes of rivals and territory holders interact to drive aggression in a tropical frog. Animal Behaviour. 226. 123251–123251.

Smit, Judith A. H., et al.. (2024). Urban sensory conditions alter rival interactions and mate choice in urban and forest túngara frogs. Behavioral Ecology. 35(6). arae088–arae088. 1 indexed citations

Simon, Ralph, et al.. (2023). RoboFinch: A versatile audio‐visual synchronised robotic bird model for laboratory and field research on songbirds. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 14(4). 1092–1103. 9 indexed citations

Simon, Ralph, et al.. (2023). An ultrasound-absorbing inflorescence zone enhances echo-acoustic contrast of bat-pollinated cactus flowers. Journal of Experimental Biology. 226(5). 6 indexed citations

Groot, Astrid T., Thomas Blankers, Wouter Halfwerk, & Emily Burdfield‐Steel. (2023). The Evolutionary Importance of Intraspecific Variation in Sexual Communication Across Sensory Modalities. Annual Review of Entomology. 69(1). 21–40. 3 indexed citations

Bosse, Mirte, et al.. (2023). Genomic footprints of (pre) colonialism: Population declines in urban and forest túngara frogs coincident with historical human activity. Molecular Ecology. 33(4). e17258–e17258. 1 indexed citations

Simon, Ralph, et al.. (2023). Acoustic camouflage increases with body size and changes with bat echolocation frequency range in a community of nocturnally active Lepidoptera. Journal of Animal Ecology. 92(12). 2363–2372. 2 indexed citations

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Mendoza, Ezequiel, et al.. (2022). Multimodality during live tutoring is relevant for vocal learning in zebra finches. Animal Behaviour. 187. 263–280. 10 indexed citations

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Simon, Ralph, Ezequiel Mendoza, Martin J. How, et al.. (2021). Adding colour-realistic video images to audio playbacks increases stimulus engagement but does not enhance vocal learning in zebra finches. Animal Cognition. 25(2). 249–274. 7 indexed citations

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Goutte, Sandra, et al.. (2020). Environmental and morphological constraints interact to drive the evolution of communication signals in frogs. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 33(12). 1749–1757. 7 indexed citations

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Goutte, Sandra, et al.. (2020). Floating frogs sound larger: environmental constraints on signal production drives call frequency changes. Die Naturwissenschaften. 107(5). 41–41. 4 indexed citations

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Dominoni, Davide M., Judith A. H. Smit, Marcel E. Visser, & Wouter Halfwerk. (2019). Multisensory pollution: Artificial light at night and anthropogenic noise have interactive effects on activity patterns of great tits (Parus major). Environmental Pollution. 256. 113314–113314. 73 indexed citations

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Halfwerk, Wouter, et al.. (2019). Toward Testing for Multimodal Perception of Mating Signals. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 7. 47 indexed citations

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Halfwerk, Wouter, Ximena E. Bernal, Rachel A. Page, et al.. (2018). Adaptive changes in sexual signalling in response to urbanization. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 3(3). 374–380. 83 indexed citations

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Gomes, Dylan, Rachel A. Page, Inga Geipel, et al.. (2016). Bats perceptually weight prey cues across sensory systems when hunting in noise. Science. 353(6305). 1277–1280. 84 indexed citations

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Halfwerk, Wouter, Sander Bot, & Hans Slabbekoorn. (2012). Male great tit song perch selection in response to noise‐dependent female feedback. Functional Ecology. 26(6). 1339–1347. 50 indexed citations

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Tobias, Joseph A., Job Aben, Robb T. Brumfield, et al.. (2010). SONG DIVERGENCE BY SENSORY DRIVE IN AMAZONIAN BIRDS. Evolution. 64(10). no–no. 147 indexed citations

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Halfwerk, Wouter & Hans Slabbekoorn. (2009). A behavioural mechanism explaining noise-dependent frequency use in urban birdsong. Animal Behaviour. 78(6). 1301–1307. 203 indexed citations

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