Publications

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Published

  1. Santos ESA, Milenović A, Arct A, Lenz A, Mizuno A, Schneider C, Sosiak C, Lundgren E, Qin H, Gross I, Celeste J Jr, Morrison K, Zakir M, Purgar M, Ortega S, Hernandez SP, Nakagawa S, Lagisz M. (2026). Mate choice copying in non-human animals: an update of two meta-analyses. Biology Open. 15:bio062878. https://doi.org/10.1242/bio.062878

  2. Lacza H, Mizuno A\(^*\), Williams C, Lagisz M, Nakagawa S. (2026). One dataset, four meta-analyses: synthesising mean effects and heterogeneity within and among populations. Biology Open. 15:bio062872. https://doi.org/10.1242/bio.062872

  3. Nakagawa S, Ortega S, Mizuno A, Santos ESA, Lagisz M, Jain B, Celeste J Jr, Poo Hernandez S. (2026). prepR4pcm: An R package for preparing data and trees for phylogenetic comparative methods. Peer Community Journal. 6:e104. https://doi.org/10.24072/pcjournal.809

  4. Mizuno A\(^*\), Pollo P, Lagisz M, Guillette L, Soma M, Nakagawa S. (2026). Statistical fragility in the meta-analytic evidence base of animal cognition: a meta-meta-analytic reappraisal. Biology Open. bio.062841. https://doi.org/10.1242/bio.062841

  5. Nakagawa S, Mizuno A, Williams C, Ortega S, Drobniak SM, Lagisz M, Yang Y, Senior AM, Noble DWA, Lundgren E. (2026). Mastering a simulation-based parametric method to obtain bias-corrected point estimates and sampling variance for effect sizes. Research Synthesis Methods. 1-28. https://doi.org/10.1017/rsm.2026.10108

  6. 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:e70428. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.70428

  7. 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. 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1017/rsm.2026.10080

  8. 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. 236:123448. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2025.123448

  9. 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. 509:141794. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2026.141794

  10. 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:e3003653. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3003653

  11. Nakagawa S, Westneat DF, Mizuno A (3rd of 14 authors), Schielzeth H. (2026). Understanding different types of repeatability and intra-class correlation for an analysis of biological variation. Journal of the Royal Society Interface. 23:20250545. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2025.0545

  12. Martinig AR, …, Mizuno A (13th of 19 authors), …, Lagisz M. (2026). Dragon Kill Points: applying a transparent working template to relieve authorship stress. BMC Biology. 24:48. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-026-02521-x

  13. 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. 17:554-566. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210x.70203

  14. Holcombe AO, …, Mizuno A (21st of 74 authors), …, Kovacs M. (2025). Facilitating multilingual research publishing: Translations of the Contributor Roles Taxonomy (CRediT). MetaArXiv — peer-reviewed by MetaROR. https://doi.org/10.31222/osf.io/2rp7s_v1

  15. Morrison K, …, Mizuno A (21st of 39 authors), …, Nakagawa S. (2025). MATES: A tool for appraising the completeness with which a meta-analysis has been reported. Environment International. 207:109935. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2025.109935

  16. 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. 38:1699-1715. https://doi.org/10.1093/jeb/voaf116

  17. 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. 16:2585-2602. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.70160

  18. 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. 12:250759. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.250759

  19. 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 & Biobehavioral Reviews. 177:106342. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2025.106342

  20. 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:e70215. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.70215

  21. Goto H, Soma M, Mizuno A, Brumm H. (2025). Vocal constraints on song amplitude in star finches Bathilda ruficauda. PeerJ. 13:e19705. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.19705

  22. 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. 292:20242782. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2024.2782

  23. 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:e70204. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.70204

  24. Lagisz M, …, Mizuno A (5th of 21 authors), …, 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. 292:20241430. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2024.1430

  25. Noble DWA, …, Mizuno A (36th of 66 authors), …, Lagisz M. (2025). The promise of community-driven preprints in ecology and evolution. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 292:20241487. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2024.1487

  26. 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:RP96338. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.96338.3

  27. Pottier P, …, Mizuno A (8th of 15 authors), …, 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. 291:20241222. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2024.1222

  28. Mizuno A, Soma M. (2023). Pre-existing visual preference for white dot patterns in estrildid finches: a comparative study of a multi-species experiment. Royal Society Open Science. 10:231057. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.231057

  29. Mizuno A, Soma M. (2022). Star finches Neochmia ruficauda have a visual preference for white dot patterns: a possible case of trypophilia. Animal Cognition. 25:1271-1279. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-022-01609-5

  30. Mizuno A, Soma M. (2021). Potential role of sensory bias in plumage pattern evolution: termite-eating and polka-dots in estrildid finches. Ethology Ecology & Evolution. 33:49-61. https://doi.org/10.1080/03949370.2020.1803414

  31. Mizuno A, Maruyama Y, Soma M. (2019). Selection of food cache location by a pair of Large-billed Crow in Japan. Japanese Journal of Ornithology. 68:67-71. https://doi.org/10.3838/jjo.68.67

Accepted

  • Williams C, McGillycuddy M, Brooks M, Bolker BM, Mizuno A, Yang Y, Viechtbauer W, Warton DI, Nakagawa S. (2026). Meta-analysis with the glmmTMB R package. Research Synthesis Methods. Accepted. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2604.04084

Under review (available as preprints)

  • Santos ESA, Mizuno A, Ortega S, Burin G. (2026). Weak and species-specific morphological change in Atlantic Forest birds across two decades of warming. https://doi.org/10.32942/X2810F

  • Morrison K, Ricolfi L, Gross I, Mizuno A, Pollo P, Purgar M, Lagisz M, Nakagawa S. (2026). Integrating primary and meta-analytic effect size estimates on the effects of PFAS and organochlorine pesticides on human health outcomes. https://doi.org/10.32942/X2DT2C

  • Mizuno A\(^*\), Lundgren E, Drobniak SM, Callaghan C, Santos ESA, Lagisz M, Ortega S, Lin X, Nakagawa S. (2026). Interspecific Bergmann’s rule pattern in birds persists despite seasonal migration. https://doi.org/10.32942/X2FX0Z

  • Nakagawa S, Mizuno A, Dinnage R, Purgar M, Sosiak C, Poo Hernandez S, Gross I, Lundgren E, Lagisz M, Santos ESA, et al. (2026). Choosing the response matrix: generalised linear latent variable models for multivariate ecology and evolution. https://doi.org/10.32942/X2WM31

  • Poo Hernandez S, Santos ESA, Ortega S, Mizuno A, Young S, Lagisz M, Nakagawa S. (2026). The first systematic map of evidence syntheses on the use of artificial intelligence in ecology. https://doi.org/10.32942/X2VT11

  • Vidić R, …, Mizuno A (7th author), …, Nakagawa S. (2026). Synthesis of anthropogenic impacts on birds: systematic map and bibliometric analysis of meta-analyses. https://doi.org/10.32942/X2H96N

  • Mizuno A\(^*\), Williams C, Lagisz M, Senior AM, Nakagawa S. (2026). A unified framework for phylogenetic and spatial meta-analysis: concepts, implementation, and practical guidance. https://doi.org/10.32942/X2WT1B

  • Ortega S, Rodriguez C, Mizuno A, Arroyo L, Drummond H, Nakagawa S. (2026). The collapse of environmental predictability erodes reproductive success in a tropical seabird. https://doi.org/10.32942/X2W37C

  • Ortega S, Lenz A, Lundgren EJ, Mizuno A, Poo Hernandez S, Nakagawa S, Lagisz M. (2026). Music exposure reduces anxiety- and depression-like behaviour in rodents: a systematic review and multilevel meta-analysis. https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.02.27.708573

  • Lagisz M, …, Mizuno A (28th of 32 authors), …, Nakagawa S. (2026). Who leads diversity efforts in science? Evidence of minority tax in DEI committees of international learned societies in ecology and evolutionary biology. https://doi.org/10.32942/X29M10

  • Drobniak S, Cincotta J, Lagisz M, Martinig AR, Morrison K, Pollo P, Pottier P, Ricolfi L, Burke S, Mizuno A, Tam J, Williams C, Yang Y, Podkowa P, Nakagawa S. (2026). FIRST: Fundamentals of Improved Reproducibility, Shareability and Transparency in ecological and evolutionary research.

  • Lenz A, Mizuno A, Lundgren E, Morrison K, Ortega S, Lagisz M, Nakagawa S. (2025). A systematic map of systematic reviews on anthropogenic noise impacts on wildlife: evidence gaps, policy attention, and quality appraisal. https://doi.org/10.32942/X2435S