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2026

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
84
Citations
20628
World Ranking
684
National Ranking
7

Marcel Eens publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Marcel Eens sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 448 publications — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Marcel Eens D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Marcel Eens sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 84 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Belgium Leader Award

Overview

Marcel Eens is affiliated with the University of Antwerp in Belgium and has an extensive research portfolio primarily in Environmental Science. Their work spans several subfields including Ecology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Environmental Chemistry, and Social Psychology.

The scientist's research topics focus on areas such as Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research, Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact, Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior, Marine animal studies overview, Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, and Avian ecology and behavior.

Some of the recent publications include:

  • Connecting the data landscape of long-term ecological studies: The SPI-Birds data hub (2020), Journal of Animal Ecology
  • A rapid method for the detection and quantification of legacy and emerging per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in bird feathers using UPLC-MS/MS (2021), Journal of Chromatography B
  • Bird populations most exposed to climate change are less sensitive to climatic variation (2022), Nature Communications
  • A risk assessment of the effects of mercury on Baltic Sea, Greater North Sea and North Atlantic wildlife, fish and bivalves (2020), Environment International
  • Variable and consistent traffic noise negatively affect the sleep behavior of a free-living songbird (2021), The Science of The Total Environment

Marcel Eens frequently publishes in venues such as The Science of The Total Environment, SSRN Electronic Journal, Environmental Pollution, Environmental Research, and Scientific Reports.

Frequent collaborators in research include Lieven Bervoets, Rianne Pinxten, Thimo Groffen, Nicky Staes, and David Costantini.

Best Publications

  • Male song as a cue for mate choice in the European starling

    Marcel Eens;Rianne Pinxten;Rudolf Frans Verheyen

  • Can excrement and feathers of nestling songbirds be used as biomonitors for heavy metal pollution

    T. Dauwe;L. Bervoets;R. Blust;R. Pinxten

  • Understanding the complex song of the European starling: an integrated ethological approach

    Marcel Eens

  • Testosterone, testes size, and mating success in birds: a comparative study

    László Zsolt Garamszegi;Marcel Eens;S. Hurtrez-Bousses;S. Hurtrez-Bousses;Anders Pape Moller

  • Seasonal changes in courtship song and the medial preoptic area in male European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris).

    Lauren V. Riters;Marcel Eens;Rianne Pinxten;Deborah L. Duffy

  • Behavioural syndromes and trappability in free-living collared flycatchers, Ficedula albicollis

    László Zsolt Garamszegi;Marcel Eens;János Török

  • Great and blue tits as indicators of heavy metal contamination in terrestrial ecosystems.

    Marcel Eens;Rianne Pinxten;Rudolf F. Verheyen;Ronny Blust

  • Experimental evidence of a testosterone-induced shift from paternal to mating behaviour in a facultatively polygynous songbird

    Elke De Ridder;Rianne Pinxten;Marcel Eens

  • Sex-role reversal in vertebrates: behavioural and endocrinological accounts.

    Marcel Eens;Rianne Pinxten

  • Avian Clock gene polymorphism: evidence for a latitudinal cline in allele frequencies.

    Arild Johnsen;Andrew E. Fidler;Andrew E. Fidler;Sylvia Kuhn;Kim Lois Carter

  • In vivo manganese-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging reveals connections and functional properties of the songbird vocal control system.

    A. Van der Linden;M. Verhoye;V. Van Meir;I. Tindemans

  • Heavy metals and selenium in feathers of great tits (Parus major) along a pollution gradient

    Ellen Janssens;Tom Dauwe;Lieven Bervoets;Marcel Eens

  • Relationships between metal concentrations in great tit nestlings and their environment and food

    Tom Dauwe;Ellen Janssens;Lieven Bervoets;Ronny Blust

  • Evaluation of the usefulness of bird feathers as a non-destructive biomonitoring tool for organic pollutants : A comparative and meta-analytical approach

    V. L. B. Jaspers;S. Voorspoels;Adrian Covaci;Gilles Lepoint

  • The evolution of hippocampus volume and brain size in relation to food hoarding in birds

    László Zsolt Garamszegi;Marcel Eens

  • Brain space for a learned task: strong intraspecific evidence for neural correlates of singing behavior in songbirds.

    László Zsolt Garamszegi;Marcel Eens

  • Effects of heavy metal exposure on the condition and health of nestlings of the great tit (Parus major), a small songbird species.

    Ellen Janssens;Tom Dauwe;Rianne Pinxten;Lieven Bervoets

  • Function of the Song and Song Repertoire in the European Starling (Sturnus Vulgaris) : an Aviary Experiment

    Marcel Eens;Rianne Pinxten;Rudolf Frans Verheyen

  • The evolution of song in female birds in Europe

    László Zsolt Garamszegi;Denitza Zaprianova Pavlova;Marcel Eens;Anders Pape Møller

  • Feathers as a nondestructive biomonitor for persistent organic pollutants

    Tom Dauwe;Veerle Jaspers;Adrian Covaci;Paul Schepens

  • Brominated flame retardants and organochlorine pollutants in eggs of little owls (Athene noctua) from Belgium.

    Veerle Jaspers;Adrian Covaci;Johan Maervoet;Tom Dauwe

  • Opposite Changes in Plasma Testosterone and Corticosterone Levels Following a Simulated Territorial Challenge in Male Great Tits

    E Van Duyse;R Pinxten;Veerle Darras;Lut Arckens

  • The effect of heavy metal exposure on egg size, eggshell thickness and the number of spermatozoa in blue tit Parus caeruleus eggs

    T. Dauwe;E. Janssens;Bart Kempenaers;Marcel Eens

  • Heavy metal pollution affects dawn singing behaviour in a small passerine bird.

    Leen Gorissen;Tinne Snoeijs;Els Van Duyse;Marcel Eens

  • Seasonal changes in the densities of α2-noradrenergic receptors are inversely related to changes in testosterone and the volumes of song control nuclei in male European starlings

    Lauren V. Riters;Marcel Eens;Rianne Pinxten;Gregory F. Ball

  • Birds Reveal their Personality when Singing

    László Zsolt Garamszegi;Marcel Eens;János Török

  • Short- and long-term effects of male-like concentrations of testosterone on female European Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris)

    Elke De Ridder;Rianne Pinxten;Veerle Mees;Marcel Eens

  • PFOS levels in the blood and liver of a small insectivorous songbird near a fluorochemical plant.

    Tom Dauwe;Kristin Van de Vijver;Wim De Coen;Marcel Eens

  • Age- and behavior-related variation in volumes of song control nuclei in male European starlings.

    Daniel J. Bernard;Marcel Eens;Gregory F. Ball

  • On the function of singing and wing-waving in the European Starling Sturnus vulgaris

    M. Eens;R. Pinxten;R. F. Verheyen

  • Correlated evolution of male and female testosterone profiles in birds and its consequences

    Anders Møller;László Z. Garamszegi;Diego Gil;S. Hurtrez-Boussès;S. Hurtrez-Boussès

  • The importance of exogenous contamination on heavy metal levels in bird feathers. A field experiment with free-living great tits, Parus major.

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Frequent Co-Authors

Rianne Pinxten
Rianne Pinxten University of Antwerp
Adrian Covaci
Adrian Covaci University of Antwerp
Veerle L.B. Jaspers
Veerle L.B. Jaspers Norwegian University of Science and Technology
David Costantini
David Costantini French National Museum of Natural History
Tom Dauwe
Tom Dauwe University of Antwerp
Lieven Bervoets
Lieven Bervoets University of Antwerp
János Török
János Török Eötvös Loránd University
László Zsolt Garamszegi
László Zsolt Garamszegi Centre for Ecological Research
Christian Sonne
Christian Sonne Aarhus University
Petra Quillfeldt
Petra Quillfeldt University of Giessen

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