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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
46
Citations
9188
World Ranking
759
National Ranking
235

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
46
Citations
9187
World Ranking
4613
National Ranking
1603

Stephen I. Rothstein 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 Stephen I. Rothstein sits on this spectrum.

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29 publications 442+

This scientist: 131 publications — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Stephen I. Rothstein 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 Stephen I. Rothstein sits on this spectrum.

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20 D-Index 77+

This scientist: 46 D-Index — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Stephen I. Rothstein is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Barbara, United States. Their work spans multiple fields of study, focusing primarily on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, as well as agricultural and biological sciences.

Rothstein's research covers several subfields including developmental biology and ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics. Additional areas of interest include global and planetary change, cultural studies, and experimental and cognitive psychology.

The main topics addressed by their publications involve animal vocal communication and behavior, animal behavior and reproduction, and fire effects on ecosystems. Their research also touches on plant and animal studies, language and cultural evolution, multisensory perception and integration, and marine animal studies overview.

Frequent coauthors of Rothstein include Francisco R. Magdaleno, Adrian L. O'Loghlen, Brian D. Peer, Barbara E. Kus, and Mary J. Whitfield.

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Rothstein include:

  • Management of the Brown-Headed Cowbird: Implications for Endangered Species and Agricultural Damage Mitigation (2021, Human-wildlife interactions)
  • An agonistic visual signal during birdsong: Bill wiping in multimodal song displays by the male Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) (2022, The Wilson Journal of Ornithology)
  • Vocal functional flexibility in a nonprimate vocal learning species (2024, Journal of Language Evolution)
  • Birds of a song sing together: adaptive choices in the use of shared vocalizations that indicate age (2025, Frontiers in Psychology)

The venues where Rothstein has published reflect a diversity of focus areas including human-wildlife interactions, ornithology, language evolution, and psychology.

Best Publications

  • A Model System for Coevolution: Avian Brood Parasitism

    S I Rothstein

  • An Experimental and Teleonomic Investigation of Avian Brood Parasitism

    Stephen I. Rothstein

  • Conserving migratory land birds in the new world: do we know enough?

    John Faaborg;Richard T. Holmes;Angela D. Anders;Keith L. Bildstein

  • Recent advances in understanding migration systems of New World land birds

    John Faaborg;Richard T. Holmes;Angela D. Anders;Keith L. Bildstein

  • A further contribution of knowledge of the host relations of the parasitic cowbirds

    Herbert Friedmann;Lloyd F. Kiff;Stephen I. Rothstein

  • Evolutionary Rates and Host Defenses Against Avian Brood Parasitism

    Stephen I. Rothstein

  • Radio-Tracking Confirms a Unique Diurnal Pattern of Spatial Occurrence in the Parasitic Brown-Headed Cowbird

    Stephen I. Rothstein;Jared Verner;Ernest Steven

  • Parasitic birds and their hosts

    Stephen I. Rothstein;Scott Kuehner. Robinson

  • Vocal Dialects and Their Possible Relation to Honest Status Signalling in the Brown-Headed Cowbird

    Stephen I. Rothstein;Robert C. Fleischer

  • Mechanisms of avian egg recognition: Which egg parameters elicit responses by rejecter species?

    Stephen I. Rothstein

  • Ecology and behavior of cowbirds and their impact on host populations

    S. K. Robinson;S. I. Rothstein;M. C. Brittingham;L. J. Petit

  • Successes and Failures in Avian Egg and Nestling Recognition With Comments on the Utility of Optimality Reasoning

    Stephen I. Rothstein

  • Nest desertion and cowbird parasitism: evidence for evolved responses and evolutionary lag.

    S.Aki Hosoi;Stephen I. Rothstein

  • Mechanisms of avian egg-recognition: Do birds know their own eggs?

    Stephen I. Rothstein

  • Mechanisms of Avian Egg Recognition: Possible Learned and Innate Factors

    Stephen I. Rothstein

  • Social Dominance, Mating and Spacing Systems, Female Fecundity, and Vocal Dialects in Captive and Free-Ranging Brown-Headed Cowbirds

    Stephen I. Rothstein;David A. Yokel;Robert C. Fleischer

  • Culturally correct song dialects are correlated with male age and female song preferences in wild populations of brown-headed cowbirds

    Adrian L. O'Loghlen;Stephen I. Rothstein

  • Signals of status in wintering white-crowned sparrows, Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii

    Gary N. Fugle;Stephen I. Rothstein;Craig W. Osenberg;Mark A. McGinley

  • The agonistic and sexual functions of vocalizations of male brown-headed cowbirds, Molothrus ater

    Stephen I. Rothstein;David A. Yokel;Robert C. Fleischer

  • Relic behaviours, coevolution and the retention versus loss of host defences after episodes of avian brood parasitism.

    Stephen I. Rothstein

  • Mechanisms of avian egg-recognition: Additional evidence for learned components

    Stephen I. Rothstein

  • Plastic Particle Pollution of the Surface of the Atlantic Ocean: Evidence from a Seabird

    Stephen I. Rothstein

  • The Niche-Variation Model-Is It Valid?

    Stephen I. Rothstein

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert C. Fleischer
Robert C. Fleischer Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
Scott K. Robinson
Scott K. Robinson University of Florida
John C. Wingfield
John C. Wingfield University of California, Davis
Vincenzo A. Ellis
Vincenzo A. Ellis University of Delaware
Rob Slotow
Rob Slotow University of KwaZulu-Natal
Frank R. Thompson
Frank R. Thompson US Forest Service
Peter P. Marra
Peter P. Marra Georgetown University
Frédéric Angelier
Frédéric Angelier Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Douglas H. Johnson
Douglas H. Johnson United States Geological Survey
Keith L. Bildstein
Keith L. Bildstein Hawk Mountain Sanctuary

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