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Stephen Nowicki

Stephen Nowicki

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
62
Citations
12592
World Ranking
2091
National Ranking
754

Stephen Nowicki 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 Stephen Nowicki sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 141 publications — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Stephen Nowicki 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 Stephen Nowicki sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 62 D-Index — 76th percentile

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

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2010 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1999 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1990 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Stephen Nowicki is affiliated with Duke University in the United States. Their research spans multiple intersecting fields primarily within the agricultural and biological sciences, psychology, and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. They have contributed notably to subfields including ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, developmental biology, clinical psychology, and experimental and cognitive psychology.

The main topics of Nowicki's work encompass a range of areas related to animal behavior and reproduction as well as communication, along with broader ecological and health considerations. Key research topics include:

  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health

Notable recent publications by Nowicki include:

  • Behind the Mask: Emotion Recognition in Healthcare Students (2021), Medical Science Educator
  • Categorical perception in animal communication and decision-making (2020), Behavioral Ecology
  • The Relationship Between Locus of Control and Religious Behavior and Beliefs in a Large Population of Parents: An Observational Study (2020), Frontiers in Psychology
  • Variation in vocal production learning across songbirds (2021), Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Long-distance dependencies in birdsong syntax (2022), Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

Their collaborative work involves frequent coauthors such as Susan Peters, Matthew N. Zipple, Patrick A. Green, Yasmin Iles-Caven, and Jean Golding. Publications are commonly found in venues including:

  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • Behavioral Ecology
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Animal Behaviour
  • Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Nowicki has contributed to book publications, including a title published by Frontiers Media: Locus of Control: Antecedents, Consequences and Interventions Using Rotter's Definition (2021).

Recognition of Nowicki's career includes fellowships at several prestigious institutions, such as the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2010, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1999, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1990.

Best Publications

  • The Evolution of Animal Communication: Reliability and Deception in Signaling Systems

    William A. Searcy;Stephen Nowicki

  • Precise auditory–vocal mirroring in neurons for learned vocal communication

    J. F. Prather;S. Peters;S. Nowicki;R. Mooney

  • Brain development, song learning and mate choice in birds: a review and experimental test of the "nutritional stress hypothesis".

    Nowicki S;Searcy Wa;Peters S

  • Song Learning, Early Nutrition and Sexual Selection in Songbirds

    Stephen Nowicki;Susan Peters;Jeffrey Podos

  • Vocal performance influences female response to male bird song: an experimental test

    Barbara Ballentine;Jeremy Hyman;Stephen Nowicki

  • The Evolution of Animal Communication

    William A. Searcy;Stephen Nowicki

  • Vocal tract resonances in oscine bird sound production: evidence from birdsongs in a helium atmosphere.

    Stephen Nowicki

  • Song function and the evolution of female preferences: why birds sing, why brains matter.

    Stephen Nowicki;William A. Searcy

  • Individual differences and within-flock convergence in chickadee calls

    Dorothy L. Mammen;Stephen Nowicki

  • Bird song as a signal of aggressive intent

    William A. Searcy;Rindy C. Anderson;Stephen Nowicki

  • Kinematics of birdsong: functional correlation of cranial movements and acoustic features in sparrows

    M. W. Westneat;J. H. Long;W. Hoese;S. Nowicki

  • Song repertoire size in male song sparrows correlates with detour reaching, but not with other cognitive measures

    Neeltje J. Boogert;Rindy C. Anderson;Susan Peters;William A. Searcy

  • Nestling growth and song repertoire size in great reed warblers: evidence for song learning as an indicator mechanism in mate choice

    Stephen Nowicki;Dennis Hasselquist;Staffan Bensch;Susan Peters

  • Vocal plasticity in captive black-capped chickadees: The acoustic basis and rate of call convergence.

    Stephen Nowicki

  • Vocal tract function in birdsong production: experimental manipulation of beak movements.

    William J. Hoese;Jeffrey Podos;Nicholas C. Boetticher;Stephen Nowicki

  • Perceptions of competence, strength, and age influence voters to select leaders with lower-pitched voices

    Casey A. Klofstad;Casey A. Klofstad;Rindy C. Anderson;Rindy C. Anderson;Stephen Nowicki

  • How Do Birds Sing

    Stephen Nowicki;Peter Marler

  • Quality of song learning affects female response to male bird song.

    Stephen Nowicki;William A. Searcy;Susan Peters

  • Neural correlates of categorical perception in learned vocal communication

    Jonathan F Prather;Stephen Nowicki;Rindy C Anderson;Susan Peters

  • Effects of early nutrition on growth rate and adult size in song sparrows Melospiza melodia

    William A. Searcy;Susan Peters;Stephen Nowicki

  • The Organization of Song Repertoires in Song Sparrows: Themes and Variations

    Jeffrey Podos;Jeffrey Podos;Jeffrey Podos;Susan Peters;Susan Peters;Susan Peters;Tamia Rudnicky;Tamia Rudnicky;Tamia Rudnicky;Peter Marler;Peter Marler;Peter Marler

  • Reliable aggressive signalling in swamp sparrows

    Barbara Ballentine;Barbara Ballentine;William A. Searcy;Stephen Nowicki

  • Beaks, Adaptation, and Vocal Evolution in Darwin's Finches

    Jeffrey Podos;Stephen Nowicki

Frequent Co-Authors

William A. Searcy
William A. Searcy University of Miami
Jeffrey Podos
Jeffrey Podos University of Massachusetts Amherst
Richard Mooney
Richard Mooney Duke University
Sönke Johnsen
Sönke Johnsen Duke University
Peter Marler
Peter Marler University of California, Davis
Thomas Eisner
Thomas Eisner Cornell University
Randi J Hagerman
Randi J Hagerman University of California, Davis
Michael D. Beecher
Michael D. Beecher University of Washington
Flora Tassone
Flora Tassone University of California, Davis
Jerrold Meinwald
Jerrold Meinwald Cornell University

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