American Naturalist

Papers
(The H4-Index of American Naturalist is 20. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Understanding the Role of Naive Learners in Cultural Change341
Using Computational Simulations to Model Deleterious Variation and Genetic Load in Natural Populations55
Acquired Phototrophy as an Evolutionary Path to Mixotrophy55
Front and Back Matter49
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Front and Back Matter37
Georgii F. Gause’s The Struggle for Existence and the Integration of Natural History and Mathematical Models36
Avian Predators Avoid Attacking Fly-Mimicking Beetles: A Field Experiment on Evasive Mimicry Using Artificial Prey34
Milking It: Repeated Postweaning Suckling Events in Galápagos Sea Lions ( Zalophus wollebaeki )28
Estimating Density Dependence, Environmental Variance, and Long-Term Selection on a Stage-Structured Life History27
Learning from Our Study Organisms about Sexual Selection: Lessons from the Ocellated Wrasse27
Front and Back Matter27
Replicated Functional Evolution in Cichlid Adaptive Radiations26
Inbreeding and Competitor’s Genetic Relatedness Affect Dynamic Male Color Ornament Expression in a Cichlid Fish25
Pyrophilic Plants Respond to Postfire Soil Conditions in a Frequently Burned Longleaf Pine Savanna23
Long-Term Decrease in Coloration: A Consequence of Climate Change?22
Soilscapes of Mortality Risk Suggest a Goldilocks Effect for Overwintering Ectotherms22
Front and Back Matter22
Higher Mortality Is Not a Universal Cost of Dispersal: A Case Study in African Wild Dogs20
Front and Back Matter20
The Origin of Asexual Brine Shrimps20
When Does the Probability of Evolutionary Rescue Increase with the Strength of Selection despite a Potential Demographic Cost?20
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