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Peter M. Narins publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Peter M. Narins sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 209 publications — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Peter M. Narins D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Peter M. Narins sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 55 D-Index — 25th percentile

25% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1997 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1993 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Peter M. Narins is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research spans several interdisciplinary areas, including biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology, environmental science, and agricultural and biological sciences. The main thematic subfields of their work include developmental biology, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, global and planetary change, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and ecology.

The scientist's primary research topics focus on animal vocal communication and behavior, amphibian and reptile biology, animal behavior and reproduction, marine animal studies, bat biology and ecology, neurobiology and insect physiology, and insect and arachnid ecology and behavior.

Recent publications by Peter M. Narins demonstrate a focus on acoustic communication in various animal species. These publications include:

  • Effects of anthropogenic noise on anuran amphibians (2022) published in Bioacoustics
  • Beyond the limits: identifying the high-frequency detectors in the anuran ear (2020) published in Biology Letters
  • Allometric escape and acoustic signal features facilitate high-frequency communication in an endemic Chinese primate (2021) published in Journal of Comparative Physiology A
  • Geographic variation in the matching between call characteristics and tympanic sensitivity in the Weeping lizard (2021) published in Ecology and Evolution
  • Reciprocal Matched Filtering in the Inner Ear of the African Clawed Frog (Xenopus laevis) (2020) published in Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology

Frequent collaborators of Peter M. Narins include Ariadna Cobo-Cuan, Günther K. H. Zupanc, Andrea Megela Simmons, Rafael Márquez, and T. Ulmar Grafe. These collaborations reflect work primarily in bioacoustics, auditory neuroscience, and animal communication.

The publication venues frequently featuring Peter M. Narins's work are:

  • Journal of Comparative Physiology A
  • The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
  • Bioacoustics
  • Biology Letters
  • Ecology and Evolution

Peter M. Narins has been recognized with fellowships including Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) awarded in 1997 and Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1993.

Best Publications

  • Anthropogenic sounds differentially affect amphibian call rate

    Jennifer W.C. Sun;Peter M. Narins

  • Acoustic sequences in non-human animals: a tutorial review and prospectus.

    Arik Kershenbaum;Arik Kershenbaum;Daniel T. Blumstein;Marie A. Roch;Çağlar Akçay

  • Sexual differences in the auditory system of the tree frog Eleutherodactylus coqui.

    Peter M. Narins;Robert R. Capranica

  • Three populations of primary auditory fibers in the bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana): Their peripheral origins and frequency sensitivities

    A. S. Feng;P. M. Narins;R. R. Capranica

  • Communicative significance of the two-note call of the treefrogEleutherodactylus coqui

    Peter M. Narins;Robert R. Capranica

  • Acoustically induced call modification in the white-lipped frog, Leptodactylus albilabris

    Pamela T. Lopez;Peter M. Narins;Edwin R. Lewis;Steven W. Moore

  • Neural adaptations for processing the two-note call of the Puerto Rican treefrog, Eleutherodactylus coqui

    Peter M. Narins;Robert R. Capranica

  • Old World frog and bird vocalizations contain prominent ultrasonic harmonics

    Peter M. Narins;Albert S. Feng;Wenyu Lin;Hans-Ulrich Schnitzler

  • Chorus dynamics of a neotropical amphibian assemblage: comparison of computer simulation and natural behaviour

    Jeffrey S. Brush;Peter M. Narins

  • Accessory pathway for sound transfer in a neotropical frog.

    Peter M. Narins;Gunther Ehret;Jurgen Tautz

  • The Acoustic Periphery of Amphibians: Anatomy and Physiology

    Edwin R. Lewis;Peter M. Narins

  • Seismic signal transmission between burrows of the Cape mole-rat, Georychus capensis.

    Peter M. Narins;O. J. Reichman;Jennifer U. M. Jarvis;Edwin R. Lewis

  • The vertebrate ear as an exquisite seismic sensor.

    Peter M. Narins;Edwin R. Lewis

  • Effects of masking noise on evoked calling in the Puerto Rican coqui (Anura: Leptodactylidae)

    Peter M. Narins

  • Intensity discrimination and the precision of call timing in two species of neotropical treefrogs

    Randy D. Zelick;Peter M. Narins

  • Vocal acrobatics in a Chinese frog, Amolops tormotus

    Albert S. Feng;Peter M. Narins;Chun-He Xu

  • Analysis of acoustically evoked call suppression behaviour in a neotropical treefrog

    Randy D. Zelick;Peter M. Narins

  • Mate choice in the neotropical frog, Eleutherodactylus coqui

    Pamela T. Lopez;Peter M. Narins

  • Hair cells, hearing and hopping: a field guide to hair cell physiology in the frog

    Michael S. Smotherman;Peter M. Narins

  • Sexual hearing: the influence of sex hormones on acoustic communication in frogs.

    Victoria S. Arch;Peter M. Narins

Frequent Co-Authors

Albert S. Feng
Albert S. Feng University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Walter Hödl
Walter Hödl University of Vienna
Hans-Ulrich Schnitzler
Hans-Ulrich Schnitzler University of Tübingen
Jennifer U. M. Jarvis
Jennifer U. M. Jarvis University of Cape Town
Brenda McCowan
Brenda McCowan University of California, Davis
Kelly J. Benoit-Bird
Kelly J. Benoit-Bird Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
James F. Lynch
James F. Lynch Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Gary J. Rose
Gary J. Rose University of Utah
Catherine E. Carr
Catherine E. Carr University of Maryland, College Park
Günter Ehret
Günter Ehret University of Ulm

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