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Nicolas Mathevon

Nicolas Mathevon

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
45
Citations
4994
World Ranking
4928
National Ranking
222

Nicolas Mathevon 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 Nicolas Mathevon sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 135 publications — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Nicolas Mathevon 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 Nicolas Mathevon sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Nicolas Mathevon is affiliated with Jean Monnet University in France and has an extensive research portfolio focused on various aspects of animal communication and behavior. Their research spans several fields including Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Environmental Science, with notable contributions in subfields such as Developmental Biology, Ecology, Pharmacy, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Social Psychology.

The primary research topics covered in their work include:

  • Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Infant Health and Development
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
  • Human-Animal Interaction Studies
  • Avian ecology and behavior

Mathevon has coauthored many publications with a group of frequent collaborators, including:

  • David Reby (26 coauthored works)
  • Nicolas Grimault (19 coauthored works)
  • Léo Papet (18 coauthored works)
  • Nicolas Boyer (16 coauthored works)
  • Florence Levréro (15 coauthored works)

The scientist's recent publications illustrate a focus on vocal communication and species behavior. Notable papers include:

  • "The reliability of individual vocal signature varies across the bonobo's graded repertoire," 2020, Animal Behaviour
  • "Evolution of communication signals and information during species radiation," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Do penguins' vocal sequences conform to linguistic laws?", 2020, Biology Letters
  • "Nonlinear vocal phenomena affect human perceptions of distress, size and dominance in puppy whines," 2022, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "The genesis of giants: behavioural ontogeny of male northern elephant seals," 2020, Animal Behaviour

They frequently publish in venues such as Animal Behaviour, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, and Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. Other common publication platforms include Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) and HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe).

Mathevon has contributed to book publications with reputable academic publishers, including Springer Nature and Princeton University Press. Titles include "Coding Strategies in Vertebrate Acoustic Communication" (2020) with 59 citations and "The Voices of Nature" (2023) with 3 citations.

Best Publications

  • Audience drives male songbird response to partner's voice

    Clémentine Vignal;Nicolas Mathevon;Stéphane Mottin

  • Acoustic communication in crocodilians: from behaviour to brain

    A. L. Vergne;M. B. Pritz;N. Mathevon

  • How does a fur seal mother recognize the voice of her pup? An experimental study of Arctocephalus tropicalis.

    Isabelle Charrier;Nicolas Mathevon;Nicolas Mathevon;Pierre Jouventin

  • Mother's voice recognition by seal pups

    Isabelle Charrier;Isabelle Charrier;Nicolas Mathevon;Nicolas Mathevon;Pierre Jouventin

  • Vocal signature recognition of mothers by fur seal pups

    Isabelle Charrier;Isabelle Charrier;Nicolas Mathevon;Nicolas Mathevon;Pierre Jouventin

  • Vocal communication at the nest between mates in wild zebra finches: a private vocal duet?

    Julie E. Elie;Mylène M. Mariette;Hédi A. Soula;Simon C. Griffith

  • Mate recognition by female zebra finch: analysis of individuality in male call and first investigations on female decoding process.

    Clémentine Vignal;Nicolas Mathevon;Nicolas Mathevon;Stéphane Mottin

  • Crocodile egg sounds signal hatching time

    Amélie L. Vergne;Nicolas Mathevon;Nicolas Mathevon

  • Song Degradation during Propagation: Importance of Song Post for the Wren Troglodytes troglodytes

    Nicolas Mathevon;Nicolas Mathevon;Thierry Aubin;Thierry Aubin;Torben Dabelsteen;Torben Dabelsteen

  • The acoustic expression of stress in a songbird: does corticosterone drive isolation-induced modifications of zebra finch calls?

    Emilie C. Perez;Julie E. Elie;Christophe O. Soulage;Hédi A. Soula

  • What the hyena's laugh tells: Sex, age, dominance and individual signature in the giggling call of Crocuta crocuta

    Nicolas Mathevon;Aaron Koralek;Mary Weldele;Stephen E Glickman

  • Acoustic Communication in a Black-Headed Gull Colony: How Do Chicks Identify Their Parents?

    Isabelle Charrier;Nicolas Mathevon;Pierre Jouventin;Thierry Aubin

  • Individual acoustic monitoring of the European Eagle Owl Bubo bubo

    Thibault Grava;Nicolas Mathevon;Nicolas Mathevon;Emelyne Place;Patrick Balluet

  • Individual identity coding depends on call type in the South Polar skua Catharacta maccormicki

    Isabelle Charrier;Pierre Jouventin;Nicolas Mathevon;Thierry Aubin

  • Singing in the rain forest: how a tropical bird song transfers information.

    Nicolas Mathevon;Nicolas Mathevon;Thierry Aubin;Jacques Vielliard;Maria-Luisa da Silva

  • Why do songbirds sing intensively at dawn

    Torben Dabelsteen;Nicolas Mathevon

  • Potential for individual recognition in acoustic signals: a comparative study of two gulls with different nesting patterns

    Nicolas Mathevon;Nicolas Mathevon;Isabelle Charrier;Pierre Jouventin

  • Are high perches in the blackcap Sylvia atricapilla song or listening posts? A sound transmission study.

    Nicolas Mathevon;Torben Dabelsteen;Sandra H. Blumenrath

  • Mother-calf vocal communication in Atlantic walrus: a first field experimental study.

    Isabelle Charrier;Isabelle Charrier;Thierry Aubin;Thierry Aubin;Nicolas Mathevon;Nicolas Mathevon

  • Individuality of contact calls in the Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber and the problem of background noise in a colony

    Nicolas Mathevon

  • Dog-directed speech: why do we use it and do dogs pay attention to it?

    Tobey Ben-Aderet;Mario Gallego-Abenza;David Reby;Nicolas Mathevon

  • Potential for individual recognition in acoustic signals: a comparative study of two gulls with different nesting patterns Reconnaissance individuelle par signaux acoustiques : comparaison entre deux espèces de Laridæ différant par leur écologie de nidification

    Nicolas Mathevon;Isabelle Charrier;Pierre Jouventin

Frequent Co-Authors

Thierry Aubin
Thierry Aubin University of Paris-Saclay
Isabelle Charrier
Isabelle Charrier University of Paris-Saclay
Pierre Jouventin
Pierre Jouventin Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Frédéric E. Theunissen
Frédéric E. Theunissen University of California, Berkeley
Torben Dabelsteen
Torben Dabelsteen University of Copenhagen
Klaus Zuberbühler
Klaus Zuberbühler University of Neuchâtel
Marleen Verhoye
Marleen Verhoye University of Antwerp
Katarzyna Pisanski
Katarzyna Pisanski French National Centre for Scientific Research
Annemie Van der Linden
Annemie Van der Linden University of Antwerp
Jan Sijbers
Jan Sijbers University of Antwerp

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