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D-Index
44
Citations
10563
World Ranking
4979
National Ranking
537

Susanne Shultz 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 Susanne Shultz sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 127 publications — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Susanne Shultz 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 Susanne Shultz sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 44 D-Index — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Susanne Shultz is affiliated with the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple fields including Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, with particular focus on subfields such as Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Social Psychology, Ecology, Ecological Modeling, and Small Animals.

The main topics covered in their research include Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Primate Behavior and Ecology, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies, Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior, and Gut Microbiota and Health.

Susanne Shultz has contributed to several peer-reviewed journals and publication venues frequently used in their field, such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Susanne Shultz include:

  • Socioecological complexity in primate groups and its cognitive correlates, 2022, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Social complexity and the fractal structure of group size in primate social evolution, 2021, Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • The Protected Area Paradox and refugee species: The giant panda and baselines shifted towards conserving species in marginal habitats, 2020, Conservation Science and Practice
  • The Infertility Trap: The Fertility Costs of Group-Living in Mammalian Social Evolution, 2021, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • Ecological marginalization is widespread and increases extinction risk in mammals, 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Frequent collaborators in their research include J. A. Britnell, Robin Dunbar, Rachael E. Antwis, Graham I. H. Kerley, and Nick Harvey Sky. These coauthors have contributed to multiple joint publications, indicating ongoing research partnerships.

Best Publications

  • Evolution in the Social Brain

    R. I. M. Dunbar;Susanne Shultz

  • Diclofenac poisoning as a cause of vulture population declines across the Indian subcontinent

    Rhys E. Green;Rhys E. Green;Ian Newton;Susanne Shultz;Susanne Shultz;Andrew A. Cunningham

  • Understanding primate brain evolution

    R.I.M Dunbar;Susanne Shultz

  • Stepwise evolution of stable sociality in primates

    Susanne Shultz;Christopher Opie;Quentin D. Atkinson;Quentin D. Atkinson

  • The evolution of the social brain: anthropoid primates contrast with other vertebrates

    Susanne Shultz;R.I.M Dunbar

  • Diclofenac poisoning is widespread in declining vulture populations across the Indian subcontinent.

    Susanne Shultz;Susanne Shultz;Hem Sagar Baral;Sheonaidh Charman;Andrew A. Cunningham

  • Toxicity of diclofenac to Gyps vultures.

    Gerry E Swan;Richard Cuthbert;Miguel Quevedo;Rhys E Green;Rhys E Green

  • East African climate pulses and early human evolution

    Mark A. Maslin;Chris M. Brierley;Alice M. Milner;Susanne Shultz

  • Bondedness and sociality

    Robin I M Dunbar;Susanne Shultz

  • Why are there so many explanations for primate brain evolution

    R. I. M. Dunbar;R. I. M. Dunbar;Susanne Shultz

  • Male infanticide leads to social monogamy in primates

    Christopher Opie;Quentin D. Atkinson;Robin I. M. Dunbar;Susanne Shultz

  • Evidence for coevolution of sociality and relative brain size in three orders of mammals.

    F. Javier Pérez-Barbería;Susanne Shultz;Robin I. M. Dunbar

  • Encephalization is not a universal macroevolutionary phenomenon in mammals but is associated with sociality

    Susanne Shultz;Robin Dunbar

  • Both social and ecological factors predict ungulate brain size

    Susanne Shultz;R.I.M Dunbar

  • Brain size and resource specialization predict long-term population trends in British birds

    Susanne Shultz;Richard B. Bradbury;Karl L. Evans;Richard D. Gregory

  • Hominin cognitive evolution: identifying patterns and processes in the fossil and archaeological record

    Susanne Shultz;Emma Nelson;Robin I. M. Dunbar

  • Social bonds in birds are associated with brain size and contingent on the correlated evolution of life‐history and increased parental investment

    Susanne Shultz;Robin I. M. Dunbar

  • A synthesis of the theories and concepts of early human evolution

    Mark A. Maslin;Susanne Shultz;Martin H. Trauth

  • A community-level evaluation of the impact of prey behavioural and ecological characteristics on predator diet composition.

    Susanne Shultz;Ronald Noë;W. Scott McGraw;R. I. M. Dunbar

  • Species differences in executive function correlate with hippocampus volume and neocortex ratio across nonhuman primates.

    Susanne Shultz;R. I. M. Dunbar

  • Early Human Speciation, Brain Expansion and Dispersal Influenced by African Climate Pulses

    Susanne Shultz;Mark Maslin

  • Primate remains from African crowned eagle (Stephanoaetus coronatus) nests in Ivory Coast's Tai Forest: implications for primate predation and early hominid taphonomy in South Africa.

    W. Scott McGraw;Catherine Cooke;Susanne Shultz

  • Finger length ratios (2D:4D) in anthropoids implicate reduced prenatal androgens in social bonding

    Emma Nelson;Susanne Shultz;Susanne Shultz

  • Population density, breeding chronology and diet of Crowned Eagles Stephanoaetus coronatus in Taï National Park, Ivory Coast

    Susanne Shultz

  • Notes on interactions between monkeys and African crowned eagles in Taï National Park, Ivory Coast

    Susanne Shultz

  • Social stability in semiferal ponies: networks show interannual stability alongside seasonal flexibility

    Christina R. Stanley;Claudia Mettke-Hofmann;Reinmar Hager;Susanne Shultz

  • Phylogenetic reconstruction of Bantu kinship challenges Main Sequence Theory of human social evolution

    Christopher Opie;Susanne Shultz;Quentin D Atkinson;Thomas Currie

  • Large body and small brain and group sizes are associated with predator preferences for mammalian prey

    Susanne Shultz;Susanne Shultz;Laura V. Finlayson

  • Chimpanzee and felid diet composition is influenced by prey brain size.

    Susanne Shultz;R.I.M Dunbar

Frequent Co-Authors

Robin I. M. Dunbar
Robin I. M. Dunbar University of Oxford
Quentin D. Atkinson
Quentin D. Atkinson University of Auckland
Rhys E. Green
Rhys E. Green University of Cambridge
John L. Fitzpatrick
John L. Fitzpatrick Stockholm University
Deborah J. Pain
Deborah J. Pain University of Cambridge
Mark A. Maslin
Mark A. Maslin University College London
Ronald Noë
Ronald Noë University of Strasbourg
Sigal Balshine
Sigal Balshine McMaster University
Andrew A. Cunningham
Andrew A. Cunningham Zoological Society of London
Andrew A. Meharg
Andrew A. Meharg Queen's University Belfast

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