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Samantha C. Patrick 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 Samantha C. Patrick sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 110 publications — 25th percentile

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

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Samantha C. Patrick 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 Samantha C. Patrick sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 35 D-Index — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Samantha C. Patrick is affiliated with the University of Liverpool in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a strong focus on Ecology and related subfields including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Developmental Biology, Atmospheric Science, and Ecological Modeling.

Themes central to Samantha C. Patrick's work encompass a variety of topics, notably:

  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics

They have contributed multiple papers to significant journals. Some recent publications include:

  • "Ocean sentinel albatrosses locate illegal vessels and provide the first estimate of the extent of nondeclared fishing", 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Sex-specific effects of wind on the flight decisions of a sexually dimorphic soaring bird", 2020, Journal of Animal Ecology
  • "Biologging Special Feature", 2020, Journal of Animal Ecology
  • "Recent trends in movement ecology of animals and human mobility", 2022, Movement Ecology
  • "Consistent sociality but flexible social associations across temporal and spatial foraging contexts in a colonial breeder", 2020, Ecology Letters

The venues where Samantha C. Patrick frequently publishes include:

  • Ecology and Evolution
  • Journal of Animal Ecology
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Ecology Letters

Collaborations are an integral part of their research activities. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Henri Weimerskirch
  • Rocío Joo
  • Mathieu Basille
  • Denis Réale
  • Thomas A. Clay

Best Publications

  • Space partitioning without territoriality in gannets.

    Ewan D. Wakefield;Thomas W. Bodey;Stuart Bearhop;Jez Blackburn

  • Variation in personality and behavioural plasticity across four populations of the great tit Parus major

    Niels Jeroen Dingemanse;Niels Jeroen Dingemanse;Karen M. Bouwman;Martijn van de Pol;Thijs van Overveld

  • Heterogeneous selection on a heritable temperament trait in a variable environment.

    John L. Quinn;Samantha C. Patrick;Sandra Bouwhuis;Teddy A. Wilkin

  • Personality, foraging and fitness consequences in a long lived seabird.

    Samantha C. Patrick;Henri Weimerskirch

  • Individual differences in searching behaviour and spatial foraging consistency in a central place marine predator

    Samantha C. Patrick;Stuart Bearhop;David Grémillet;Amélie Lescroël

  • Inter-colony movements, at-sea behaviour and foraging in an immature seabird: results from GPS-PPT tracking, radio-tracking and stable isotope analysis

    Stephen C. Votier;W. James Grecian;Samantha Patrick;Jason Newton

  • Association between DRD4 gene polymorphism and personality variation in great tits: a test across four wild populations

    Peter Korsten;Jakob C. Mueller;Christine Hermannstädter;Karen M. Bouwman

  • A Bird’s Eye View of Discard Reforms: Bird-Borne Cameras Reveal Seabird/Fishery Interactions

    Stephen C. Votier;Stephen C. Votier;Anthony Bicknell;Samantha L. Cox;Kylie L. Scales

  • Lifetime foraging patterns of the wandering albatross: Life on the move!

    Henri Weimerskirch;Yves Cherel;Karine Delord;Audrey Jaeger

  • Effects of age and reproductive status on individual foraging site fidelity in a long-lived marine predator.

    Stephen C. Votier;Annette L. Fayet;Stuart Bearhop;Thomas W. Bodey

  • Sexual segregation in a wide-ranging marine predator is a consequence of habitat selection

    Ian R. Cleasby;Ian R. Cleasby;Ewan D. Wakefield;Ewan D. Wakefield;Tom W. Bodey;Richard D. Davies

  • Sex-specific foraging behaviour in northern gannets Morus bassanus: incidence and implications

    C. Stauss;S. Bearhop;T. W. Bodey;Stefan Garthe

  • Differences in boldness are repeatable and heritable in a long-lived marine predator.

    Samantha C. Patrick;Anne Charmantier;Henri Weimerskirch

  • Navigating through the r packages for movement

    Rocío Joo;Matthew E. Boone;Thomas A. Clay;Samantha C. Patrick

  • Scale and state dependence of the relationship between personality and dispersal in a great tit population

    John L. Quinn;Ella F. Cole;Samantha C. Patrick;Ben C. Sheldon

  • Seabird movement reveals the ecological footprint of fishing vessels

    Thomas W. Bodey;Mark J. Jessopp;Stephen C. Votier;Hans D. Gerritsen

  • Personality predicts foraging site fidelity and trip repeatability in a marine predator.

    Stephanie M. Harris;Sébastien Descamps;Lynne U. Sneddon;Philip Bertrand;Philip Bertrand

  • Promiscuity, paternity and personality in the great tit

    Samantha C. Patrick;Samantha C. Patrick;Joanne R. Chapman;Hannah L. Dugdale;John L. Quinn

  • Kin selection, not group augmentation, predicts helping in an obligate cooperatively breeding bird.

    L. E. Browning;S. C. Patrick;L. A. Rollins;S. C. Griffith

  • Understanding the distribution of marine megafauna in the English channel region: identifying key habitats for conservation within the busiest seaway on earth.

    Catherine M. McClellan;Tom Brereton;Florence Dell'Amico;David G. Johns

  • Ocean sentinel albatrosses locate illegal vessels and provide the first estimate of the extent of nondeclared fishing

    Henri Weimerskirch;Julien Collet;Alexandre Corbeau;Adrien Pajot

  • Individual seabirds show consistent foraging strategies in response to predictable fisheries discards

    Samantha C. Patrick;Stuart Bearhop;Thomas W. Bodey;W. James Grecian

  • Seabird diversity hotspot linked to ocean productivity in the Canary Current Large Marine Ecosystem

    W. James Grecian;Matthew J. Witt;Martin J. Attrill;Stuart Bearhop

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen C. Votier
Stephen C. Votier Heriot-Watt University
Henri Weimerskirch
Henri Weimerskirch Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Stuart Bearhop
Stuart Bearhop University of Exeter
Keith C. Hamer
Keith C. Hamer University of Leeds
David Grémillet
David Grémillet Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Jason Newton
Jason Newton University of Glasgow
Jonathan A. Green
Jonathan A. Green University of Liverpool
Ben C. Sheldon
Ben C. Sheldon University of Oxford
Susana Clusella-Trullas
Susana Clusella-Trullas Stellenbosch University
John L. Quinn
John L. Quinn University College Cork

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