By Professor Shinichi Nakagawa

Book Chapters

Cooke SJ; Rytwinski T; Harper M; Howarth A; Nakagawa S; Hunt LM, 2026, 'Evidence Synthesis in Recreational Fisheries Science and Management', in Fish & Fisheries Series, Springer Nature Switzerland, pp. 573 - 604, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-99739-6_19

Santos ESA; Nakagawa S, 2021, 'Study of Dunnock Mating, The', in Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science, Springer International Publishing, pp. 8023 - 8027, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19650-3_2723

Santos ESA; Nakagawa S, 2017, 'Study of Dunnock Mating, The', in Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science, Springer International Publishing, pp. 1 - 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16999-6_2723-1

Gurevitch J; Nakagawa S, 2015, 'Research synthesis methods in ecology', in Ecological Statistics, Oxford University Press (OUP), pp. 200 - 227, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199672547.003.0010

Nakagawa S, 2015, 'Missing data: mechanisms, methods and messages', in Fox GA; Negrete-Yankelevich S; Sosa VJ (ed.), Ecological Statistics: contemporary theory and application, Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 81 - 105

Gurevitch J; Nakagawa S, 2015, 'Research synthesis methods in ecology', in Fox GA; Negrete-Yankelevich S; Sosa VJ (ed.), Ecological Statistics: Contemporary theory and application, Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 201 - 228

Villemereuil P; Nakagawa S, 2014, 'General Quantitative Genetic Methods for Comparative Biology', in Garamszegi LZ (ed.), Modern Phylogenetic Comparative Methods and Their Application in Evolutionary Biology, Springer, pp. 287 - 303, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-43550-2_11

Journal articles

Kung TFC; Suerte ACC; Khiabani E; Parranto M; Gannon Arnott S; Kalisvaart ACJ; Nakagawa S; Klahr AC; Colbourne F, 2026, 'A comprehensive meta-analysis of exogenous estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone in animal models of ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke', Biology of Sex Differences, 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13293-026-00828-6

Martinig AR; Burk SLP; Drobniak SM; Perry I; Morrison K; Petersohn M; Pottier P; Nakagawa S; Pollo P; Ricolfi L; Williams C; Mizuno A; Chhen A; Tam J; Yang Y; de Jong J; Ceccacci A; Cuadros S; Lagisz M, 2026, 'Dragon Kill Points: applying a transparent working template to relieve authorship stress', BMC Biology, 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12915-026-02521-x

Wooster EIF; Lundgren EJ; Nimmo DG; Cowan MA; Fricke EC; Frank ASK; Carthey AJR; Grabowski KL; Green JR; Linley GD; McEvoy TJ; Simpson A; Westaway D; Wrensford KC; Wright NS; Nakagawa S; Gaynor KM, 2026, 'Predator-prey temporal niche partitioning under human disturbance: a meta-analysis', Nature Communications, 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-69113-9

Yang Y; Nakagawa S, 2026, 'Statistical Methods for Assessing Non-Replicable, Outlying, and Influential Studies', Mathematics, 14, pp. 3436 - 3436, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/math14193436

Nakagawa S; Mizuno A; Williams C; Lagisz M; O'Dea RE; Noble DWA; Senior AM; Lundgren E; Ortega S, 2026, 'A New Effect Size for Meta-Analysis of Magnitude: lnM', Ecology Letters, 29, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ele.70428

Culina A; Foster D; Grainger M; O'Dea RE; Pescott OL; Sánchez-Tójar A; Boyd RJ; Koricheva J; Nakagawa S; Stewart G, 2026, 'Elevating the importance of Risk of Bias assessment for ecology and evolutionary biology', Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 17, pp. 2559 - 2573, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/2041-210x.70356

Lundgren EJ; Nakagawa S; Trepel J; Raymond S; le Roux E; Wooster EIF; Svenning J-C, 2026, 'Native and introduced megafauna have convergent effects on animals and ecosystems: a meta-analysis', Nature Communications, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-76981-8

Wan NF; Li M; Shen S; Zhou JX; Zhu YT; Woodcock BA; Hu YQ; Nakagawa S; Tilman D; Hector A; Loreau M; Reich PB; Dainese M; Isbell F; Schmid B; Wyckhuys KAG; Gurr GM; Wan L; Eisenhauer N; Hautier Y; Eskelinen A; Bardgett RD; Kardol P; Fraser LH; Su Q; Qiu S; Aartsma Y; Albajes R; Albrecht M; Ali MP; Alvarez HA; Anagonou C; Axmacher JC; Bahauddin D; Bai Y; Bakker ES; Batáry P; Bianchi FJJA; Boetzl FA; Brandmeier J; Bruelheide H; Butcher BA; Butt A; Cai Z; Campbell AJ; Cao F; Cesarz S; Chamorro-Lorenzo L; Chen F; Chen JT; Chen J; Chen LL; Chen Y; Clemente-Orta G; Croijmans L; Crowder D; da Silva Pachú JK; Dassou A; de Sousa Ramalho F; Döring TF; Ebeling A; Fernandes FS; Geisen S; Gidey T; Godoy WAC; Guo J; Hatt S; Heimpel G; Heinze J; Helzer C; Horgan FG; Hu X; Huang Z; Jacobsen SK; Jactel H; Joern A; Jonsson M; Kiriga AW; Kosmala M; Kuang L; Kumar S; Latiberi MH; Li C; Li FR; Li FY; Li J; Li L; Li Q; Li X; Li Y; Li Y; Liu JL; Liu J; Liu WJ; Liu Y; Liu Z; Losapio G; Lu X; Lundin O; Ma Q, 2026, 'Plant diversity modifies multi-trophic interactions in croplands, grasslands and forests', Science Advances, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aeb8680

Drobniak SM; Cendrowska-Pek M; Gudowska A; Janas K; Podkowa P; Skorb K; Gronowska M; Oleś W; Bikmurzina F; Boroń N; Zagalska-Neubauer M; Nakagawa S; Łagisz M; Arct A; Rutkowska J, 2026, 'A systematic map of generative AI guidelines and reporting in ecology and evolutionary biology: towards the framework of AI disclosure for Improved Transparency (AIdIT)', Research Integrity and Peer Review, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41073-026-00230-1

Morrison K; Lagisz M; Liu M; Santana MS; Nakagawa S; Yang Y, 2026, 'Assessing the diversity, transparency and accessibility of PRISMA guideline extensions', Nature Mental Health, 4, pp. 1164 - 1174, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s44220-026-00664-y

Chisaka A; Hammond JP; Nakagawa S; Bishop J, 2026, 'Interactive effects of heat and drought on wheat yield change from synergistic to antagonistic as their severity increases', Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 385, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2026.111189

Mizuno A; Pollo P; Lagisz M; Soma M; Nakagawa S, 2026, 'Biological and methodological pitfalls of meta-analyses in ecology and evolution: lessons from eyespot function studies', Animal Behaviour, 236, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2025.123448

Dochtermann NA; Sekhar MA; Nakagawa S, 2026, 'Ungeneralizable generalizations? A meta-meta-analysis of the influence of taxonomic bias on the study of behaviour', Animal Behaviour, 236, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2026.123542

Morrison K; Ricolfi L; Yang Y; Mizuno A; Pollo P; Lagisz M; Nakagawa S, 2026, 'The impacts of organochlorine pesticides on adverse human health outcomes: A second-order synthesis of mean effects and heterogeneity', Journal of Hazardous Materials, 509, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2026.141794

Moles A; Bonduriansky R; Bonser S; Falster D; Nakagawa S; Andrew N; Lagisz M, 2026, 'A transparent universal credit system to incentivize peer review', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 123, http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2506681123

Wang J; Nakagawa S; Wang J; Stewart R; Florea A; Dunham RA; Ling F; Wang G; Liu L; Robledo D, 2026, 'Evidence that Genome Editing is Preferable to Transgenesis for Enhancing Animal Traits', Engineering, 60, pp. 90 - 103, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eng.2025.11.032

Réale D; Allegue H; Araya-Ajoy YG; Dochtermann NA; Nakagawa S; Pick JL; Schielzeth H; Westneat DF; Dingemanse NJ, 2026, 'Avoiding misleading estimates of among-individual variance caused by non-random sampling of individuals in a changeable environment', Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 17, pp. 1161 - 1174, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/2041-210x.70202

Sanghvi K; Dean R; Nakagawa S; Reinhardt K; Sepil I; Vega-Trejo R, 2026, 'Sperm storage causes sperm senescence in human and non-human animals', Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, 293, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2025.3181

Wan NF; Wang YQ; Fu L; Liu J; Woodcock BA; Hu YQ; Eskelinen A; Hector A; Loreau M; Hautier Y; Bardgett RD; Kardol P; Zuppinger-Dingley D; Fraser LH; Bullock JM; Nakagawa S; Shen S; Xin F; Shi DP; Li Z; Zhou J; Scherber C, 2026, 'Global evidence that plant diversity suppresses pests and promotes plant performance and crop production', Nature Ecology and Evolution, 10, pp. 293 - 307, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41559-025-02964-5

Nakagawa S; Ortega S; Gazzea E; Lagisz M; Lenz A; Lundgren E; Mizuno A, 2026, 'Location–scale models in ecology and evolution: Heteroscedasticity in continuous, count and proportion data', Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 17, pp. 554 - 566, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/2041-210x.70203

Garratt M; Lagisz M; Staerk J; Neyt C; Stout MB; Isola JVV; Cowl VB; Driver-Ruiz N; Franklin AD; McDonald MM; Powell DM; Walker SL; Gaillard JM; Conde DA; Lemaître JF; Colchero F; Nakagawa S, 2026, 'Sterilization and contraception increase lifespan across vertebrates', Nature, 649, pp. 1264 - 1272, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09836-9

Nakagawa S; Westneat DF; Mizuno A; Araya-Ajoy YG; Class B; Dingemanse NJ; Dochtermann NA; Lagisz M; Laskowski KL; Pick JL; Réale D; Williams C; Wright J; Schielzeth H, 2026, 'Understanding different types of repeatability and intra-class correlation for an analysis of biological variation', Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2025.0545

Hamilton DG; Mckenzie JE; Nguyen PY; Rethlefsen ML; Mcdonald S; Brennan SE; Fidler FM; Higgins JPT; Kanukula R; Karunananthan S; Maxwell LJ; Moher D; Nakagawa S; Nunan D; Tugwell P; Welch VA; Page MJ, 2026, 'Evaluation of the replicability of systematic reviews with meta-analyses of the effects of health interventions', Research Synthesis Methods, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/rsm.2025.10064

Morrison K; Pottier P; Pollo P; Ricolfi L; Williams C; Yang Y; Beillouin D; Cardoso SJ; Ferreira V; Gallagher B; Gan JL; Hao G; Keikha M; Kozlowsky-Suzuki B; Kiran Kumara TM; Latterini F; Leverkus AB; Macartney EL; Manrique SM; Martinig AR; Mizuno A; Nanayakkara S; Ntzani E; Ouédraogo DY; Pursell E; Simpson Z; Sleight H; Woon KS; Xia Z; Ghannad M; Grames E; Hennessy EA; IntHout J; Moher D; O’Dea RE; Page MJ; Whaley P; Lagisz M; Nakagawa S, 2026, 'MATES: A tool for appraising the completeness with which a meta-analysis has been reported', Environment International, 207, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2025.109935

Pollo P; Drobniak SM; Haselimashhadi H; Lagisz M; Mizuno A; Wilson LAB; Noble DWA; Nakagawa S, 2026, 'New approaches to meta-analyze differences in skewness, kurtosis, and correlation', Plos Biology, 24, pp. 1 - 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3003653

Pick JL; Allen BJ; Bachelot B; Bairos-Novak KR; Brand JA; Class B; Dallas T; D’amelio PB; Fenollosa E; Fernández-Juricic E; Gomes DGE; Grainger MJ; Guillemaud T; John C; Krasnow R; Lagisz M; Lequime S; Maynard DS; Nakagawa S; O’dea RE; Paquet M; Petitjean Q; Sánchez-Tójar A; Van Dis NE; Wilson LAB; Ivimey-Cook ER, 2026, 'The SORTEE guidelines for data and code quality control in ecology and evolutionary biology', Peer Community Journal, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.24072/pcjournal.687

Lagisz M; Mizuno A; Morrison K; Pollo P; Ricolfi L; Yang Y; Nakagawa S, 2026, 'Using Elicit AI research assistant for data extraction in systematic reviews: A feasibility study across environmental and life sciences', Research Synthesis Methods, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/rsm.2026.10080

Lafitte A; Ouédraogo D-Y; Nakagawa S; Schatz B; Marx G; Kerbiriou C; Gros R; Froidevaux JSP; Sordello R; Reyjol Y, 2026, 'Photovoltaic panels affect arthropod and plant communities: a systematic review', Biodiversity and Conservation, 35, pp. 268, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10531-026-03411-y

Pottier P; Oh RRY; Pollo P; Rivera-Villanueva AN; Yang Y; Varon S; Longo AV; Burke S; Lin HY; Valdebenito JO; Amano T; Drobniak SM; Nakagawa S; Claunch N, 2025, 'AmphiTherm: a comprehensive database of amphibian thermal tolerance and preference', Scientific Data, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-06286-w

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

Mizuno A; Drobniak SM; Williams C; Lagisz M; Nakagawa S, 2025, 'Promoting the use of phylogenetic multinomial generalised mixed-effects model to understand the evolution of discrete traits', Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 38, pp. 1699 - 1715, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jeb/voaf116

Ricolfi L; Yang Y; Pottier P; Morrison K; Williams C; Pollo P; Hesselson D; Neely GG; Taylor MD; Nakagawa S; Lagisz M, 2025, 'Unravelling the magnitude and drivers of PFAS trophic magnification: a meta-analysis', Nature Communications, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-65746-4

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, 16, pp. 2710 - 2725, 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, 8, pp. 1270 - 1279, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41893-025-01634-5

Martin JS; Westneat DF; Nakagawa S; Schroeder J; Burke T, 2025, 'Measuring selection on reaction norms: Lack's principle and plasticity in clutch size', Evolution, 79, pp. 2460 - 2473, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/evolut/qpaf168

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, 16, pp. 2585 - 2602, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.70160

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

Williams C; Yang Y; Warton DI; Nakagawa S, 2025, 'Modelling approaches for meta-analyses with dependent effect sizes in ecology and evolution: A simulation study', Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 16, pp. 2362 - 2379, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.70156

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

Curry S; Mercado-Lara E; Arechavala-Gomeza V; Begley CG; Bernard C; Bernard R; Bertuzzi S; Bhalla N; Bowers D; Brod S; Chambers C; Dougherty MR; Bueso YF; Forner S; Freeman ALJ; Haas M; Henderson DP; Khanna K; Lawrence R; Liakath-Ali K; Liu C; Malhotra N; Merino JG; Miguel E; Miles R; Munson M; Nakagawa S; Nobles R; Owango J; Pham MT; Poe G; Ramirez AN; Sarabipour S; Silverman JL; Smith LN; Sriramarao P; Sternberg PW; Swamy GK; Tansey MG; Torres GE; Turner EH; von Klinggraeff L; Weis-Garcia F, 2025, 'Ending publication bias: A values-based approach to surface null and negative results', Plos Biology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3003368

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

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