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The social life of Norway rats (
Review in eLife, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 81 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
81 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 166 citations in OpenAlex.
- A systematic review and meta-analysis of how social memory is studied.Scientific reports · 2024Pooled it
- A Novel Cooperative Behavior Assay in Rats Reveals Distinct Social Coordination Strategies of Increasing Complexity and Social Reciprocity Deficits in a Model of Fragile X Syndrome.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2026Article
- Correlating ultrasonic communication with behavior in a small-scale rat colony living in a naturalistic habitat.iScience · 2026Article
- Multidimensional analysis of social withdrawal in the sub-chronic phencyclidine rat model for schizophrenia.Psychopharmacology · 2026Article
- Partner Choice and Context-Dependent Sex Differences in Rat Rough-and-Tumble Play.The European journal of neuroscience · 2026Article
- Assessment of Behavioral, Clinical, and Histological Outcomes in Sprague-Dawley Rats Housed in Enriched Colony Cages Versus Conventional Pair Housing over 28 Days.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- Arthropod ectoparasites of synanthropic rodents in northern-central Italy.Medical and veterinary entomology · 2025Article
- Experimental evidence for social learning in semi-natural, wild-type Norway rats.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- A rat model of volitional mutual social interactions.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2025Article
- Through Human Eyes: Owner Insights into the Social Relationships of Pet Rats.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- Hematological and biochemical profiles, infection and habitat quality in an urban rat population.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Groups of familiar male rats form unstable partner preferences when play fighting during the juvenile period.iScience · 2025Article
- Remission from addiction: erasing the wrong circuits or making new ones?Nature reviews. Neuroscience · 2025Review
- Seroprevalence and carrier status ofIranian journal of veterinary research · 2025Article
- Dynamics of Leptospirosis Transmission Within Urban Norway Rat (Transboundary and emerging diseases · 2025Article
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- Joint Simon effect in rats: Validation across two strains and exploratory analysis of the influence of familiarity.PloS one · 2025Article
- Juvenile male rats form preferences based on strain when playing in groups but not in pairs.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2025Article
- Long-term tracking of social structure in groups of rats.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Effects of single housing on behavior, corticosterone level and body weight in male and female mice.Laboratory animal research · 2024Article
21 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Authors and funding
1 author at 1 institution in 2 countries.
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Abstract
The Norway rat has important impacts on our life. They are amongst the most used research subjects, resulting in ground-breaking advances. At the same time, wild rats live in close association with us, leading to various adverse interactions. In face of this relevance, it is surprising how little is known about their natural behaviour. While recent laboratory studies revealed their complex social skills, little is known about their social behaviour in the wild. An integration of these different scientific approaches is crucial to understand their social life, which will enable us to design more valid research paradigms, develop more effective management strategies, and to provide better welfare standards. Hence, I first summarise the literature on their natural social behaviour. Second, I provide an overview of recent developments concerning their social cognition. Third, I illustrate why an integration of these areas would be beneficial to optimise our interactions with them.
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