By Dr Malgorzata Nakagawa-Lagisz

Journal articles

Scott AM; Barbrook J; Riccardi M; Zaccaria K; Pavlovic M; Thayer K; Tsaioun K; Lagisz M; Wright R; Hoffmann S, 2025, '‘Grey literature’ in systematic reviews and evidence syntheses on Environmental Health & Toxicology topics: a survey protocol', Evidence-Based Toxicology, 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/2833373x.2025.2548563

Pavlovic MD; Lagisz M; Videira NB; Menon JML; Vist GE; Omeragic E; Morgan RL; Hoffmann S; Evidence-Based Toxicology Collaboration , 2025, 'Reporting quality of systematic review protocols in environmental and occupational toxicology: a meta-epidemiology study protocol', Evidence-Based Toxicology, 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/2833373x.2025.2480543

Martin JM; Michelangeli M; Bertram MG; Blanchfield PJ; Brand JA; Brodin T; Brooks BW; Cerveny D; Fergusson KN; Lagisz M; Lovin LM; Ligocki IY; Nakagawa S; Ozeki S; Sandoval-Herrera N; Scarlett KR; Sundin J; Tan H; Thoré ESJ; Wong BBM; McCallum ES, 2025, 'Evidence of the impacts of pharmaceuticals on aquatic animal behaviour (EIPAAB): a systematic map and open access database', Environmental Evidence, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13750-025-00357-6

Nakagawa S; Armitage DW; Froese T; Yang Y; Lagisz M, 2025, 'Poor hypotheses and research waste in biology: learning from a theory crisis in psychology', BMC Biology, 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12915-025-02134-w

Gould E; Fraser HS; Parker TH; Nakagawa S; Griffith SC; Vesk PA; Fidler F; Hamilton DG; Abbey-Lee RN; Abbott JK; Aguirre LA; Alcaraz C; Aloni I; Altschul D; Arekar K; Atkins JW; Atkinson J; Baker CM; Barrett M; Bell K; Bello SK; Beltrán I; Berauer BJ; Bertram MG; Billman PD; Blake CK; Blake S; Bliard L; Bonisoli-Alquati A; Bonnet T; Bordes CNM; Bose APH; Botterill-James T; Boyd MA; Boyle SA; Bradfer-Lawrence T; Bradham J; Brand JA; Brengdahl MI; Bulla M; Bussière L; Camerlenghi E; Campbell SE; Campos LLF; Caravaggi A; Cardoso P; Carroll CJW; Catanach TA; Chen X; Chik HYJ; Choy ES; Christie AP; Chuang A; Chunco AJ; Clark BL; Contina A; Covernton GA; Cox MP; Cressman KA; Crotti M; Crouch CD; D’Amelio PB; de Sousa AA; Döbert TF; Dobler R; Dobson AJ; Doherty TS; Drobniak SM; Duffy AG; Duncan AB; Dunn RP; Dunning J; Dutta T; Eberhart-Hertel L; Elmore JA; Elsherif MM; English HM; Ensminger DC; Ernst UR; Ferguson SM; Fernandez-Juricic E; Ferreira-Arruda T; Fieberg J; Finch EA; Fiorenza EA; Fisher DN; Fontaine A; Forstmeier W; Fourcade Y; Frank GS; Freund CA; Fuentes-Lillo E; Gandy SL; Gannon DG; García-Cervigón AI; Garretson AC; Ge X; Geary WL; Géron C; Gilles M, 2025, 'Same data, different analysts: variation in effect sizes due to analytical decisions in ecology and evolutionary biology', BMC Biology, 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12915-024-02101-x

Whaley P; Alper B; Dehnbostel J; Alva-Diaz C; Antoniou S; Bognanni A; Bracchiglione J; Dalsbø TK; Grant S; Hunter J; Iorio A; Lagisz M; Lehmann H; Li S; Meerpohl J; Mokrane S; Monaco C; Neumann I; Pottie K; Sayfi S; Sekercioglu N; Singh J; Sousa-Pinto B; Tufte J; Vasanthan LT; Wang L; Xia J; Yao X; Schünemann H, 2025, 'GRADE concept paper 9: rationale and process for creating a GRADE Ontology', Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 187, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2025.111921

Pollo P; Martinig AR; Mizuno A; Morrison K; Pottier P; Ricolfi L; Tam J; Williams C; Yang Y; Drobniak SM; Lagisz M; Nakagawa S, 2025, 'Harnessing meta-analyses’ insights in ecology and evolution research', Royal Society Open Science, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.250759

Mizuno A; Lagisz M; Pollo P; Guillette L; Soma M; Nakagawa S, 2025, 'Systematic mapping and bibliometric analysis of meta-analyses on animal cognition', Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 177, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2025.106342

Pollo P; Lagisz M; Macedo-Rego RC; Mizuno A; Yang Y; Nakagawa S, 2025, 'Synthesis of Nature's Extravaganza: An Augmented Meta-Meta-Analysis on (Putative) Sexual Signals', Ecology Letters, 28, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ele.70215

Morrison K; Melhado G; Bose APH; Eastment R; Lagisz M; Manera JL; Michelangeli M; Ozeki S; Wong BBM; Yang Y; Nakagawa S, 2025, 'The impacts of pesticide exposure on fish conspecific interactions: A systematic review and meta-analysis', Environmental Pollution, 376, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2025.126353

Pollo P; Lagisz M; Macedo-Rego RC; Mizuno A; Yang Y; Nakagawa S, 2025, 'Reliability of meta-analyses in ecology and evolution: (Mostly) good news from a case study on sexual signals', Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, 292, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2024.2782

Nakagawa S; Mizuno A; Morrison K; Ricolfi L; Williams C; Drobniak SM; Lagisz M; Yang Y, 2025, 'Location-Scale Meta-Analysis and Meta-Regression as a Tool to Capture Large-Scale Changes in Biological and Methodological Heterogeneity: A Spotlight on Heteroscedasticity', Global Change Biology, 31, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.70204

Lagisz M; Bairos-Novak KR; Martinig AR; Bertram MG; Mizuno A; Shafiei Sabet S; Paquet M; Santana MS; Thoré ESJ; Trubanová N; Rutkowska J; Orr JA; Takola E; Yang Y; Pottier P; Gomes DGE; Chan YC; Xian Z; Akogwu CO; Drobniak SM; Nakagawa S, 2025, 'Priced out of belonging? Insufficient concessions on membership fees across international societies in ecology and evolution', Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, 292, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2024.1430

Noble DWA; Xirocostas ZA; Wu NC; Martinig AR; Almeida RA; Bairos-Novak KR; Balti H; Bertram MG; Bliard L; Brand JA; Byrne I; Chan YC; Clink DJ; Corbel Q; Correia RA; Crawford-Ash J; Culina A; D'bastiani E; Deme GG; De Souza Leite M; Dhellemmes F; Dimri S; Drobniak SM; Elsy AD; Everingham SE; Gascoigne SJL; Grainger MJ; Hossack GC; Hovstad KA; Ivimey-Cook ER; Jones ML; Kačergytė I; Küstner G; Leibold DC; Mair MM; Martin J; Mizuno A; Moodie IR; Moreau D; O'dea RE; Orr JA; Paquet M; Parajuli R; Pick JL; Pottier P; Purgar M; Recio P; Roche DG; Royauté R; Shafiei Sabet S; Segovia JMG; Silva I; Sánchez-Tójar A; Soares BE; Szabo B; Takola E; Thoré ESJ; Timilsina B; Van Dis NE; Verberk WCEP; Vriend SJG; Wild KH; Williams C; Yang Y; Nakagawa S; Lagisz M, 2025, 'The promise of community-driven preprints in ecology and evolution', Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, 292, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2024.1487

Yang Y; Noble DWA; Spake R; Senior AM; Lagisz M; Nakagawa S, 2025, 'A pluralistic framework for measuring, interpreting and decomposing heterogeneity in meta-analysis', Methods in Ecology and Evolution, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/2041-210x.70155

Morrison K; Yang Y; Williams C; Ricolfi L; Lagisz M; Nakagawa S, 2025, 'Mapping meta-analyses on organochlorine pesticides reveals low methodological quality', Nature Sustainability, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41893-025-01634-5

Nakagawa S; Mizuno A; Williams C; Lagisz M; Yang Y; Drobniak SM, 2025, 'Quantifying macro-evolutionary patterns of trait mean and variance with phylogenetic location–scale models', Methods in Ecology and Evolution, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.70160

Lagisz M; Yang Y; Young S; Nakagawa S, 2025, 'A practical guide to evaluating sensitivity of literature search strings for systematic reviews using relative recall', RESEARCH SYNTHESIS METHODS, 16, pp. 1 - 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/rsm.2024.6

Yang Y; Lagisz M; Nakagawa S, 2025, 'Visualization toolkits for enriching meta-analyses through evidence maps, bibliometrics, and alternative impact metrics', RESEARCH SYNTHESIS METHODS, 16, pp. 15 - 29, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/rsm.2024.3

Mizuno A; Lagisz M; Pollo P; Yang Y; Soma M; Nakagawa S, 2024, 'A systematic review and meta-analysis of eyespot anti-predator mechanisms', eLife, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/elife.96338.3

Pollo P; Lagisz M; Yang Y; Culina A; Nakagawa S, 2024, 'Synthesis of sexual selection: a systematic map of meta-analyses with bibliometric analysis', Biological Reviews, 99, pp. 2134 - 2175, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/brv.13117

Ho ML; Lagisz M; Nakagawa S; Perkins-Kirkpatrick S; Sawyers P; Page C; Leggat B; Gaston T; Hobday AJ; Richards Z; Ainsworth T, 2024, 'What is the evidence for the impact of ocean warming on subtropical and temperate corals and coral reefs? A systematic map', Environmental Evidence, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13750-024-00349-y

Williams C; Yang Y; Lagisz M; Morrison K; Ricolfi L; Warton DI; Nakagawa S, 2024, 'Transparent reporting items for simulation studies evaluating statistical methods: Foundations for reproducibility and reliability', Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 15, pp. 1926 - 1939, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.14415

Johnson S; Waterman J; Hartley S; Cooke J; Ryalls J; Lagisz M; Nakagawa S, 2024, 'Plant Silicon Defences Suppress Herbivore Performance, but Mode of Feeding Is Key', Ecology Letters, 27, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ele.14519

Lagisz M; Westgate M; Kellie D; Nakagawa S, 2024, 'Going global by going local: Impacts and opportunities of geographically focused data integration', Bioscience, 74, pp. 640 - 651, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biae070

Yang Y; Lagisz M; Williams C; Noble DWA; Pan J; Nakagawa S, 2024, 'Robust point and variance estimation for meta-analyses with selective reporting and dependent effect sizes', Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 15, pp. 1593 - 1610, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.14377

Ricolfi L; Vendl C; Bräunig J; Taylor MD; Hesselson D; Gregory Neely G; Lagisz M; Nakagawa S, 2024, 'A research synthesis of humans, animals, and environmental compartments exposed to PFAS: A systematic evidence map and bibliometric analysis of secondary literature', Environment International, 190, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2024.108860

Nakagawa S; Lagisz M, 2024, 'Blindingly transparent – anonymity in an era of openness: a reply to Cardini', Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 39, pp. 702, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2024.07.004

Ricolfi L; Taylor MD; Yang Y; Lagisz M; Nakagawa S, 2024, 'Maternal transfer of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in wild birds: A systematic review and meta-analysis', Chemosphere, 361, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.142346

Pottier P; Lagisz M; Burke S; Drobniak SM; Downing PA; Macartney EL; Martinig AR; Mizuno A; Morrison K; Pollo P; Ricolfi L; Tam J; Williams C; Yang Y; Nakagawa S, 2024, 'Title, abstract and keywords: A practical guide to maximize the visibility and impact of academic papers', Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, 291, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2024.1222

Lagisz M; Rutkowska J; Aich U; Ross RM; Santana MS; Wang J; Trubanová N; Page MJ; Pua AAY; Yang Y; Amin B; Martinig AR; Barnett A; Surendran A; Zhang J; Borg DN; Elisee J; Wrightson JG; Nakagawa S, 2024, '“Best Paper” awards lack transparency, inclusivity, and support for Open Science', Plos Biology, 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002715

Young S; Lagisz M; Callaghan MW; Nakagawa S; Haddaway NR, 2024, 'Collaboration and term usage dynamics in agricultural buffer strip research: Research weaving', Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.12376

Berger-Tal O; Wong BBM; Adams CA; Blumstein DT; Candolin U; Gibson MJ; Greggor AL; Lagisz M; Macura B; Price CJ; Putman BJ; Snijders L; Nakagawa S, 2024, 'Leveraging AI to improve evidence synthesis in conservation', Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 39, pp. 548 - 557, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2024.04.007

Pottier P; Noble DWA; Seebacher F; Wu NC; Burke S; Lagisz M; Schwanz LE; Drobniak SM; Nakagawa S, 2024, 'New horizons for comparative studies and meta-analyses', Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 39, pp. 435 - 445, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2023.12.004

Morrison K; Yang Y; Santana M; Lagisz M; Nakagawa S, 2024, 'A systematic evidence map and bibliometric analysis of the behavioural impacts of pesticide exposure on zebrafish', Environmental Pollution, 347, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2024.123630

Drobniak SM; Lagisz M; Yang Y; Nakagawa S, 2024, 'Realism and robustness require increased sample size when studying both sexes', Plos Biology, 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002456

Bretman A; Fricke C; Baur J; Berger D; Breedveld MC; Dierick D; Domenech BC; Drobniak SM; Ellers J; English S; Gasparini C; Iossa G; Lagisz M; Nakagawa S; Noble DWA; Pottier P; Ramm SA; Rowe M; Schultner E; Schou M; Simões P; Stockley P; Vasudeva R; Weaving H; Price TAR; Snook RR, 2024, 'Systematic approaches to assessing high-temperature limits to fertility in animals', Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 37, pp. 471 - 485, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jeb/voae021

Nakagawa S; Lagisz M, 2024, 'The ABC of academic writing: non-native speakers’ perspective', Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 39, pp. 307 - 310, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2024.01.008

Arenas-Castro H; Berdejo-Espinola V; Chowdhury S; Rodríguez-Contreras A; James ARM; Raja NB; Dunne EM; Bertolino S; Emidio NB; Derez CM; Drobniak SM; Fulton GR; Francisco Henao-Diaz L; Kaur A; Kim CJS; Lagisz M; Medina I; Mikula P; Narayan VP; O’Bryan CJ; Ying Oh RR; Ovsyanikova E; Pérez-Hämmerle KV; Pottier P; Powers JS; Rodriguez-Acevedo AJ; Rozak AH; Sena PHA; Sockhill NJ; Tedesco AM; Tiapa-Blanco F; Tsai JS; Villarreal-Rosas J; Wadgymar SM; Yamamichi M; Amano T, 2024, 'Academic publishing requires linguistically inclusive policies', Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, 291, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2023.2840

Macartney EL; Morrison K; Snook RR; Lagisz M; Nakagawa S, 2024, 'Intra-specific correlations between ejaculate traits and competitive fertilization success: a meta-analysis across species and fertilization modes', Evolution, 78, pp. 497 - 510, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/evolut/qpad229

Popovic G; Mason TJ; Drobniak SM; Marques TA; Potts J; Joo R; Altwegg R; Burns CCI; McCarthy MA; Johnston A; Nakagawa S; McMillan L; Devarajan K; Taggart PL; Wunderlich A; Mair MM; Martínez-Lanfranco JA; Lagisz M; Pottier P, 2024, 'Four principles for improved statistical ecology', Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 15, pp. 266 - 281, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.14270

Yang Y; Liu Q; Pan C; Chen J; Xu B; Liu K; Pan J; Lagisz M; Nakagawa S, 2024, 'Species sensitivities to artificial light at night: A phylogenetically controlled multilevel meta-analysis on melatonin suppression', Ecology Letters, 27, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ele.14387

Dougherty LR; Frost F; Maenpaa MI; Rowe M; Cole BJ; Vasudeva R; Pottier P; Schultner E; Macartney EL; Lindenbaum I; Smith JL; Carazo P; Graziano M; Weaving H; Canal Domenech B; Berger D; Meena A; Bishop TR; Noble DWA; Simões P; Baur J; Breedveld MC; Svensson EI; Lancaster LT; Ellers J; De Nardo AN; Santos MA; Ramm SA; Drobniak SM; Redana M; Tuni C; Pilakouta N; Zizzari ZV; Iossa G; Lüpold S; Koppik M; Early R; Gasparini C; Nakagawa S; Lagisz M; Bretman A; Fricke C; Snook RR; Price TAR, 2024, 'A systematic map of studies testing the relationship between temperature and animal reproduction', Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.12303

Nakagawa S; Lagisz M; Yang Y; Drobniak SM, 2024, 'Finding the right power balance: Better study design and collaboration can reduce dependence on statistical power', Plos Biology, 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002423

Vendl C; Taylor MD; Bräunig J; Ricolfi L; Ahmed R; Chin M; Gibson MJ; Hesselson D; Neely GG; Lagisz M; Nakagawa S, 2024, 'Profiling research on PFAS in wildlife: Systematic evidence map and bibliometric analysis', Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.12292

Lagisz M, 2023, 'Research prizes are opaque and rife with bias — it’s time to shake them up', Nature, 624, pp. 476, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-04027-w

L. Macartney E; M. Drobniak S; Nakagawa S; Lagisz M, 2023, 'Evidence base for non-genetic inheritance of environmental exposures in non-human animals and plants: a map of evidence syntheses with bibliometric analysis', Environmental Evidence, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13750-022-00290-y

Nakagawa S; Ivimey-Cook ER; Grainger MJ; O’Dea RE; Burke S; Drobniak SM; Gould E; Macartney EL; Martinig AR; Morrison K; Paquet M; Pick JL; Pottier P; Ricolfi L; Wilkinson DP; Willcox A; Williams C; Wilson LAB; Windecker SM; Yang Y; Lagisz M, 2023, 'Method Reporting with Initials for Transparency (MeRIT) promotes more granularity and accountability for author contributions', Nature Communications, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37039-1

Nakagawa S; Lagisz M, 2023, 'Next steps after airing disagreement on a scientific issue with policy implications: a meta-analysis, multi-lab replication and adversarial collaboration', BMC Biology, 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12915-023-01567-5

Yang Y; Sánchez-Tójar A; O’Dea RE; Noble DWA; Koricheva J; Jennions MD; Parker TH; Lagisz M; Nakagawa S, 2023, 'Publication bias impacts on effect size, statistical power, and magnitude (Type M) and sign (Type S) errors in ecology and evolutionary biology', BMC Biology, 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12915-022-01485-y

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