By Professor Shinichi Nakagawa

Journal articles

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

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

Nakagawa S; Cornwell WK; Callaghan CT, 2025, 'Decoupling both local and global abundance from global range size, challenging the abundance-occupancy relationship in birds', eLife, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/elife.95857.3

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

Noble DWA; Kar F; Bush A; Seebacher F; Nakagawa S, 2025, 'Limited plasticity but increased variance in physiological rates across ectotherm populations under climate change', Functional Ecology, 39, pp. 1176 - 1193, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.70031

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

McCune KB; Williams C; Dochtermann NA; Schielzeth H; Nakagawa S, 2025, 'Repeatability and intraclass correlations from time-to-event data: towards a standardized approach', Animal Behaviour, 222, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2025.123102

Macartney EL; Burke S; Pottier P; Hamoudi Z; Hart C; Ahmed R; Lin YQ; Neely GG; Drobniak SM; Nakagawa S, 2025, 'Sex-Specific Effects of Social Environment on Behaviour and Their Correlations in Drosophila melanogaster', Ecology and Evolution, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.71261

Chan AHH; Putra P; Schupp H; Köchling J; Straßheim J; Renner B; Schroeder J; Pearse WD; Nakagawa S; Burke T; Griesser M; Meltzer A; Lubrano S; Kano F, 2025, 'YOLO-Behaviour: A simple, flexible framework to automatically quantify animal behaviours from videos', Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 16, pp. 760 - 774, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.14502

Pottier P; Kearney MR; Wu NC; Gunderson AR; Rej JE; Rivera-Villanueva AN; Pollo P; Burke S; Drobniak SM; Nakagawa S, 2025, 'Vulnerability of amphibians to global warming', Nature, 639, pp. 954 - 961, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-08665-0

Yang Y; Liu M; Lagisz M; Nakagawa S, 2025, 'Catalysing mathematical, computing and statistical innovation towards applied sciences', Nature Reviews Electrical Engineering, 2, pp. 222 - 224, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s44287-025-00154-w

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

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

Yang Y; van Zwet E; Ignatiadis N; Nakagawa S, 2024, 'A large-scale in silico replication of ecological and evolutionary studies', Nature Ecology and Evolution, 8, pp. 2179 - 2183, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41559-024-02530-5

Mathot KJ; Arteaga-Torres JD; Besson A; Hawkshaw DM; Klappstein N; McKinnon RA; Sridharan S; Nakagawa S, 2024, 'A systematic review and meta-analysis of unimodal and multimodal predation risk assessment in birds', Nature Communications, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-48702-6

Ryalls JMW; Bishop J; Mofikoya AO; Bromfield LM; Nakagawa S; Girling RD, 2024, 'Air pollution disproportionately impairs beneficial invertebrates: a meta-analysis', Nature Communications, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-49729-5

Sanghvi K; Vega-Trejo R; Nakagawa S; Gascoigne SJL; Johnson SL; Salguero-Gómez R; Pizzari T; Sepil I, 2024, 'Meta-analysis shows no consistent evidence for senescence in ejaculate traits across animals', Nature Communications, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-44768-4

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

Vuleta S; Nakagawa S; Ainsworth TD, 2024, 'The global significance of Scleractinian corals without photoendosymbiosis', Scientific Reports, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-60794-0

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

Class B; Strickland K; Potvin D; Jackson N; Nakagawa S; Frère C, 2024, 'Sex-Specific Associations between Social Behavior, Its Predictability, and Fitness in a Wild Lizard', American Naturalist, 204, pp. 501 - 516, http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/732178

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

Purgar M; Glasziou P; Klanjscek T; Nakagawa S; Culina A, 2024, 'Supporting study registration to reduce research waste', Nature Ecology and Evolution, 8, pp. 1391 - 1399, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41559-024-02433-5

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

Dunning J; Sánchez-Tójar A; Girndt A; Burke T; Hsu YH; Nakagawa S; Winney I; Schroeder J, 2024, 'Extrapair paternity alongside social reproduction increases male lifetime fitness', Animal Behaviour, 213, pp. 117 - 123, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2024.04.007

Schaefer N; Bishop MJ; Bugnot AB; Foster-Thorpe C; Herbert B; Hoey AS; Mayer-Pinto M; Nakagawa S; Sherman CDH; Vozzo ML; Dafforn KA, 2024, 'Influence of habitat features on the colonisation of native and non-indigenous species', Marine Environmental Research, 198, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2024.106498

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

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

Hua F; Wang W; Nakagawa S; Liu S; Miao X; Yu L; Du Z; Abrahamczyk S; Arias-Sosa LA; Buda K; Budka M; Carrière SM; Chandler RB; Chiatante G; Chiawo DO; Cresswell W; Echeverri A; Goodale E; Huang G; Hulme MF; Hutto RL; Imboma TS; Jarrett C; Jiang Z; Kati VI; King DI; Kmecl P; Li N; Lövei GL; Macchi L; MacGregor-Fors I; Martin EA; Mira A; Morelli F; Ortega-Álvarez R; Quan RC; Salgueiro PA; Santos SM; Shahabuddin G; Socolar JB; Soh MCK; Sreekar R; Srinivasan U; Wilcove DS; Yamaura Y; Zhou L; Elsen PR, 2024, 'Ecological filtering shapes the impacts of agricultural deforestation on biodiversity', Nature Ecology and Evolution, 8, pp. 251 - 266, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41559-023-02280-w

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

Kar F; Nakagawa S; Noble DWA, 2024, 'Heritability and developmental plasticity of growth in an oviparous lizard', Heredity, 132, pp. 67 - 76, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41437-023-00660-3

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

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