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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
33
Citations
4238
World Ranking
1988
National Ranking
69

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
33
Citations
4257
World Ranking
7875
National Ranking
406

Mihai Valcu 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 Mihai Valcu sits on this spectrum.

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29 publications 442+

This scientist: 113 publications — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Mihai Valcu 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 Mihai Valcu sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 33 D-Index — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Mihai Valcu is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with significant work in subfields including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology, Developmental Biology, Ecological Modeling, and Genetics.

Their scholarly output includes numerous publications across multiple respected venues. Frequent publication outlets include the Journal of Evolutionary Biology, Current Biology, Behavioral Ecology, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and the Journal of Animal Ecology.

Valcu's research topics cover a wide array of biological and ecological themes. Key topics addressed in their work include:

  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change

The scientist has contributed as co-author alongside several frequent collaborators, notably Bart Kempenaers, Kaspar Delhey, Johannes Krietsch, Eunbi Kwon, and Martin Bulla.

Notable recent papers by Mihai Valcu include:

  • A global analysis of song frequency in passerines provides no support for the acoustic adaptation hypothesis but suggests a role for sexual selection, 2020, Ecology Letters
  • Evolutionary predictors of the specific colors of birds, 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • The macroecology of extra-pair paternity in birds, 2021, Molecular Ecology
  • Lunar synchronization of daily activity patterns in a crepuscular avian insectivore, 2020, Ecology and Evolution
  • What drives our aesthetic attraction to birds?, 2023, npj Biodiversity

Best Publications

  • Artificial Night Lighting Affects Dawn Song, Extra-Pair Siring Success, and Lay Date in Songbirds

    Bart Kempenaers;Pernilla Borgström;Peter Loës;Emmi Schlicht

  • The effects of life history and sexual selection on male and female plumage colouration

    James Dale;Cody J. Dey;Kaspar Delhey;Bart Kempenaers

  • Adaptive sleep loss in polygynous pectoral sandpipers

    John A. Lesku;Niels Christian Rattenborg;Mihai Valcu;Alexei L. Vyssotski

  • Avian olfactory receptor gene repertoires: evidence for a well-developed sense of smell in birds?

    Silke S Steiger;Andrew E Fidler;Mihai Valcu;Bart Kempenaers

  • Artificial night lighting rather than traffic noise affects the daily timing of dawn and dusk singing in common European songbirds

    Arnaud Da Silva;Jelmer Menno Samplonius;Emmi Schlicht;Mihai Valcu

  • Light pollution alters the phenology of dawn and dusk singing in common European songbirds

    Arnaud Da Silva;Mihai Valcu;Bart Kempenaers

  • Unexpected diversity in socially synchronized rhythms of shorebirds

    Martin Bulla;Mihai Valcu;Adriaan M. Dokter;Alexei G. Dondua

  • A global analysis of song frequency in passerines provides no support for the acoustic adaptation hypothesis but suggests a role for sexual selection.

    Peter Mikula;Peter Mikula;Mihai Valcu;Henrik Brumm;Martin Bulla;Martin Bulla

  • A spatial genetic structure and effects of relatedness on mate choice in a wild bird population

    Katharina Foerster;Mihai Valcu;Arild Johnsen;Bart Kempenaers

  • When the sun never sets: diverse activity rhythms under continuous daylight in free-living arctic-breeding birds

    Silke S. Steiger;Mihai Valcu;Kamiel Spoelstra;Barbara Helm

  • Global gradients of avian longevity support the classic evolutionary theory of ageing

    Mihai Valcu;James Dale;M. Griesser;Shinichi Nakagawa

  • Spatial autocorrelation: an overlooked concept in behavioral ecology.

    Mihai Valcu;Bart Kempenaers

  • Reconciling ecogeographical rules: rainfall and temperature predict global colour variation in the largest bird radiation

    Kaspar Delhey;James Dale;Mihai Valcu;Bart Kempenaers

  • Causes and consequences of breeding dispersal and divorce in a blue tit, Cyanistes caeruleus, population

    Mihai Valcu;Bart Kempenaers

  • Connecting the data landscape of long-term ecological studies : The SPI-Birds data hub

    Antica Culina;Frank Adriaensen;Liam D. Bailey;Malcolm D. Burgess;Malcolm D. Burgess

  • Breeding site sampling across the Arctic by individual males of a polygynous shorebird

    Bart Kempenaers;Mihai Valcu

  • Biparental incubation patterns in a high-Arctic breeding shorebird: how do pairs divide their duties?

    Martin Bulla;Mihai Valcu;Anne L. Rutten;Bart Kempenaers

  • Evolutionary predictors of the specific colors of birds

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  • Female song occurs in songbirds with more elaborate female coloration and reduced sexual dichromatism

    Wesley H. Webb;Dianne H. Brunton;J. David Aguirre;Daniel B. Thomas

  • Male extrapair nestlings fledge first

    Lotte Schlicht;Alexander Girg;Peter Loes;Mihai Valcu

  • Spatial patterns of extra‐pair paternity: beyond paternity gains and losses

    Lotte Schlicht;Mihai Valcu;Bart Kempenaers

  • Behavioural plasticity in the onset of dawn song under intermittent experimental night lighting

    Arnaud Da Silva;Mihai Valcu;Bart Kempenaers

  • Prevalence of malaria and related haemosporidian parasites in two shorebird species with different winter habitat distribution

    Elizabeth Yohannes;Asta Križanauskienė;Mihai Valcu;Staffan Bensch

  • Supporting Information for 'Unexpected diversity in socially synchronized rhythms of shorebirds'

    Martin Bulla;Mihai Valcu;Adriaan M. Dokter;Alexei G. Dondua

Frequent Co-Authors

Bart Kempenaers
Bart Kempenaers Max Planck Institute for Ornithology
Kaspar Delhey
Kaspar Delhey Max Planck Society
Tomáš Albrecht
Tomáš Albrecht Charles University
Theunis Piersma
Theunis Piersma University of Groningen
Richard B. Lanctot
Richard B. Lanctot United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Christiaan Both
Christiaan Both University of Groningen
Joël Bêty
Joël Bêty Université du Québec à Rimouski
Erica Nol
Erica Nol Trent University
Barbara Helm
Barbara Helm University of Glasgow
Brett K. Sandercock
Brett K. Sandercock Kansas State University

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