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D-Index
31
Citations
5565
World Ranking
2228
National Ranking
184

Alejandro Kacelnik publication distribution in Animal Science and Veterinary in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Animal Science and Veterinary in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alejandro Kacelnik sits on this spectrum.

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29 publications 442+

This scientist: 48 publications — 1st percentile

1% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 442 publications or more.

Alejandro Kacelnik D-index placement in Animal Science and Veterinary in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Animal Science and Veterinary scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alejandro Kacelnik sits on this spectrum.

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20 D-Index 77+

This scientist: 31 D-Index — 30th percentile

30% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 77 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 2003 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Alejandro Kacelnik is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. The scope of their academic work includes various areas of research, although specific fields, subfields, and topics have not been detailed.

There are no recent papers, co-authors, or frequent publication venues listed for Alejandro Kacelnik. Additionally, no information is provided regarding book publications.

Alejandro Kacelnik has been recognized with notable awards including election as a Fellow of the Royal Society in the United Kingdom in 2011. Earlier, in 2003, they became a Member of Academia Europaea.

Best Publications

  • Test of optimal sampling by foraging great tits

    John R. Krebs;Alejandro Kacelnik;Peter Taylor

  • Honeybees maximize efficiency by not filling their crop

    Paul Schmid-Hempel;Alejandro Kacelnik;Alasdair I. Houston

  • Central place foraging in starlings (Sturnus vulgaris). I: Patch residence time

    Alejandro Kacelnik

  • INDIVIDUAL DECISIONS AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF PREDATORS IN A PATCHY ENVIRONMENT

    Carlos Bernstein;Alejandro Kacelnik;John R. Krebs

  • Recognition Errors and Probability of Parasitism Determine Whether Reed Warblers Should Accept or Reject Mimetic Cuckoo Eggs

    Nicholas Barry Davies;M. De L. Brooke;Alejandro Kacelnik

  • INDIVIDUAL DECISIONS AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF PREDATORS IN A PATCHY ENVIRONMENT. II. THE INFLUENCE OF TRAVEL COSTS AND STRUCTURE OF THE ENVIRONMENT

    Carlos Bernstein;Alejandro Kacelnik;John R. Krebs

  • THE DAWN CHORUS IN THE GREAT TIT (PARUS-MAJOR) - PROXIMATE AND ULTIMATE CAUSES

    Alejandro Kacelnik;John R. Krebs

  • Some effects of energy costs on foraging strategies

    Alejandro Kacelnik;Alasdair Iain Houston

  • Starlings exploiting patches: the effect of recent experience on foraging decisions

    Innes C. Cuthill;Alejandro Kacelnik;John R. Krebs;Patsy Haccou

  • Optimal foraging and territorial defence in the Great Tit ( Parus major )

    Alejandro Kacelnik;Alasdair I. Houston;John R. Krebs

  • The foraging efficiency of great tits (Parus major L.) in relation to light intensity

    Alejandro Kacelnik

  • To walk or to fly? How birds choose among foraging modes

    Luis M. Bautista;Joost M. Tinbergen;Alejandro Kacelnik

  • A count-down mechanism for host search in the parasitoid Venturia canescens

    Gerard Driessen;Carlos Bernstein;Jacques J. M. Van Alphen;Alejandro Kacelnik

  • OPTIMAL FORAGING AND BEYOND : HOW STARLINGS COPE WITH CHANGES IN FOOD AVAILABILITY

    Luis M. Bautista;Joost M. Tinbergen;Popko Wiersma;Alejandro Kacelnik

  • Central place foraging in starlings. II. Food allocation to chicks

    Alejandro Kacelnik;Innes Cuthill

  • Foraging Strategy, Worker Mortality, and the Growth of the Colony in Social Insects

    Alasdair Houston;Paul Schmid-Hempel;Alejandro Kacelnik

  • Effects of the knowledge of partners on learning rates in zebra finches Taeniopygia guttata

    Guy Beauchamp;Alejandro Kacelnik

  • Psychological mechanisms and the Marginal Value Theorem: effect of variability in travel time on patch exploitation

    Alejandro Kacelnik;Ian A. Todd

  • Central place foraging: a reappraisal of the ‘loading effect’

    Innes Cuthill;Alejandro Kacelnik

  • Foraging in a changing environment: An experiment with starlings ("sturnus vulgaris").

    Alejandro Kacelnik;John R. Krebs;Bruno Ens

  • The tale of the screaming hairy armadillo, the guinea pig and the marginal value theorem

    Marcelo H. Cassini;Alejandro Kacelnik;Enrique T. Segura

  • Psychological mechanisms and the Marginal Value Theorem : dynamics of scalar memory for travel time

    Ian A. Todd;Alejandro Kacelnik

  • Signalling via testosterone: Communicating health and vigour

    Alejandro Kacelnik;Sasha Norris

Frequent Co-Authors

John R. Krebs
John R. Krebs University of Oxford
Carlos Bernstein
Carlos Bernstein University of Lyon System
Juan C. Reboreda
Juan C. Reboreda University of Buenos Aires
Alasdair I. Houston
Alasdair I. Houston University of Bristol
Innes C. Cuthill
Innes C. Cuthill University of Bristol
Bruno J. Ens
Bruno J. Ens University of Groningen
John D. Gibbon
John D. Gibbon Imperial College London
Malcolm L. Hunter
Malcolm L. Hunter University of Maine
Marcelo H. Cassini
Marcelo H. Cassini Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Russell M. Church
Russell M. Church Brown University

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