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Sara J. Shettleworth

Sara J. Shettleworth

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Psychology

D-Index
51
Citations
10978
World Ranking
5198
National Ranking
348

Sara J. Shettleworth publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Sara J. Shettleworth sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 120 publications — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

Sara J. Shettleworth D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Sara J. Shettleworth sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2008 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science
  • 1990 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1980 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Sara J. Shettleworth is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada. Throughout their academic career, they have been recognized with several notable awards, including being named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2008 by the Academy of Science. Earlier distinctions include being a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1990, as well as a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1980.

Their body of work is characterized by connections to various academic communities, although specific publication venues and co-authors associated with their research are not listed here.

While no discrete publications or detailed research topics are provided, the awards and affiliations indicate a sustained presence in the scientific community with contributions recognized by multiple prestigious institutions.

Best Publications

  • Cognition, evolution, and behavior

    Sara J. Shettleworth

  • Animal cognition and animal behaviour

    Sara J. Shettleworth

  • Constraints on Learning

    Sara J. Shettleworth

  • Bayesian integration of spatial information

    Ken Cheng;Sara J. Shettleworth;Janellen Huttenlocher;John J. Rieser

  • How marsh tits find their hoards: the roles of site preference and spatial memory

    Sara J. Shettleworth;John R. Krebs

  • Reinforcement and the organization of behavior in golden hamsters: Hunger, environment, and food reinforcement.

    Sara J. Shettleworth

  • Cognition, evolution, and behavior, 2nd ed.

    Sara J. Shettleworth

  • Clever animals and killjoy explanations in comparative psychology

    Sara J. Shettleworth

  • Hippocampal lesions impair memory for location but not color in passerine birds.

    Robert R. Hampton;Sara J. Shettleworth

  • Varieties of learning and memory in animals.

    Sara J. Shettleworth

  • An analysis of contrast effects in multiple schedules.

    John A. Nevin;Sara J. Shettleworth

  • Learning about environmental geometry: an associative model.

    Noam Y. Miller;Sara J. Shettleworth

  • Tracking a fluctuating environment: a study of sampling

    Sara J. Shettleworth;John R. Krebs;David W. Stephens;John Gibbon

  • Detecting metamemory in nonverbal subjects: A test with pigeons.

    Alastair Inman;Sara J. Shettleworth

  • Spatial memory in food-storing birds

    Sara J. Shettleworth

  • The evolution of comparative cognition: Is the snark still a boojum?

    Sara J. Shettleworth

  • Hippocampal volume and food-storing behavior are related in parids.

    Robert R. Hampton;David F. Sherry;Sara J. Shettleworth;Moshe Khurgel

  • Detection of cryptic prey: search image or search rate?

    Pamela J. Reid;Sara J. Shettleworth

  • Risk aversion in pigeons.

    Shannon L. Hamm;Sara J. Shettleworth

  • Behavioral adaptation to fixed-interval and fixed-time food delivery in golden hamsters.

    Merrill C. Anderson;Merrill C. Anderson;Sara J. Shettleworth

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert R. Hampton
Robert R. Hampton Emory University
John R. Krebs
John R. Krebs University of Oxford
Susan D. Healy
Susan D. Healy University of St Andrews
Randolf Menzel
Randolf Menzel Freie Universität Berlin
Nora S. Newcombe
Nora S. Newcombe Temple University
Janellen Huttenlocher
Janellen Huttenlocher University of Chicago
Allison B. Sekuler
Allison B. Sekuler McMaster University
John J. Rieser
John J. Rieser Vanderbilt University
Raymond M. Klein
Raymond M. Klein Dalhousie University
Patrick J. Bennett
Patrick J. Bennett McMaster University

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