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Alan McElligott
PeerJ Editor, Author & Reviewer
720 Points

Contributions by role

Author 505
Reviewer 15
Editor 200

Contributions by subject area

Animal Behavior
Zoology
Agricultural Science
Ethical Issues
Science Policy
Veterinary Medicine
Marine Biology
Data Mining and Machine Learning

Alan G McElligott

PeerJ Editor, Author & Reviewer

Summary

Dr. Alan McElligott is an Associate Professor in Animal Behaviour and Welfare at the Jockey Club College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences, City University of Hong Kong. He received his BSc from University College Cork, PhD from University College Dublin, and postdoctoral training at the University of Zurich. After serving as faculty member at the University of Nottingham, Queen Mary University of London and the University of Roehampton, he joined City University of Hong Kong in 2020. Dr. McElligott's main research areas include animal behaviour and cognition, animal welfare, and vocal communication.

Animal Behavior Zoology

Editing Journals

PeerJ - the Journal of Life & Environmental Sciences

Past or current institution affiliations

Queen Mary University of London

Work details

Associate Professor of Animal Behaviour and Welfare

City University of Hong Kong
October 2020
Infectious Diseases and Public Health

Identities

@AMCELL

Websites

  • McElligott research group
  • ResearcherID
  • Google Scholar

PeerJ Contributions

  • Articles 4
  • Edited 1
December 19, 2017
Underrepresentation of women in the senior levels of Brazilian science
Jaroslava V. Valentova, Emma Otta, Maria Luisa Silva, Alan G. McElligott
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4000 PubMed 29302384
March 9, 2017
Human head orientation and eye visibility as indicators of attention for goats (Capra hircus)
Christian Nawroth, Alan G. McElligott
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3073 PubMed 28289568
October 13, 2016
Judgement bias in goats (Capra hircus): investigating the effects of human grooming
Luigi Baciadonna, Christian Nawroth, Alan G. McElligott
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2485 PubMed 27761311
September 24, 2013
Goats favour personal over social information in an experimental foraging task
Luigi Baciadonna, Alan G. McElligott, Elodie F. Briefer
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.172 PubMed 24109556

Academic Editor on

February 17, 2022
Characterizing the suckling behavior by video and 3D-accelerometry in humpback whale calves on a breeding ground
Maevatiana N. Ratsimbazafindranahaka, ChloƩ Huetz, Aristide Andrianarimisa, Joy S. Reidenberg, Anjara Saloma, Olivier Adam, Isabelle Charrier
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12945 PubMed 35194528