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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
11,379
Country Rank
5,422
Institution Rank : 2
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![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Larry J Forney](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Microbial ecology
Evolutionary biology
Human microbiome
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,089
18,783
0.417
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
23,251
Country Rank
10,775
Institution Rank : 6
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11074.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Lisette Waits](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
conservation biology
conservation genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,754
10,674
0.371
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
28,738
Country Rank
13,145
Institution Rank : 7
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11074.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Paul Hohenlohe](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/28/1632233.jpg)
evolutionary genetics
conservation genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,966
13,866
0.555
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
34,191
Country Rank
15,463
Institution Rank : 9
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11074.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Celeste J Brown](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/25/1632232.jpg)
Molecular Evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,112
6,579
0.298
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
41,997
Country Rank
18,603
Institution Rank : 11
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11074.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Luke J Harmon](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
evolution
macroevolution
phylogenetics
herpetology
comparative methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,109
8,830
0.462
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
50,801
Country Rank
22,018
Institution Rank : 2
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/3609.png)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![R Terry Bowyer](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/90/1347877.jpg)
Behavior and Ecology of Large Mammals
Sexual Segregation
Birth-Site Selection
Scale
Population Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,596
4,333
0.261
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
53,574
Country Rank
23,131
Institution Rank : 13
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11074.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![David C Tank](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/52/1632246.jpg)
plant systematics
phylogenetics
macroevolution
floristics
community phylogenetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,957
8,594
0.539
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
63,378
Country Rank
26,850
Institution Rank : 15
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11074.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Eva Top](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/d1/1632237.jpg)
microbiology
horizontal gene transfer
plasmids
evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,040
4,400
0.313
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
72,520
Country Rank
30,189
Institution Rank : 17
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11074.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Lee Vierling](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/76/1632243.jpg)
Global Ecology
Remote Sensing
Earth System Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,653
5,384
0.426
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
78,844
Country Rank
32,513
Institution Rank : 20
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11074.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Brian Dennis](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/4c/1632240.jpg)
Statistics
Ecology
Conservation Biology
Biometrics
Mathematical Modeling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,811
2,782
0.236
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
91,350
Country Rank
36,955
Institution Rank : 22
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11074.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Adam Jones](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/56/1632245.jpg)
Evolutionary Biology
Genomics
Bioinformatics
Molecular Ecology
Sexual Selection
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,450
3,290
0.315
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
104,809
Country Rank
41,666
Institution Rank : 28
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11074.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![James A Foster](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/07/1632258.jpg)
microbial ecology
evolutionary algorithms
evolutionary theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,263
4,419
0.477
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
119,221
Country Rank
46,584
Institution Rank : 32
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11074.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Edward O Oz Garton](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/f9/1632252.jpg)
Population ecology
Conservation of rare & endangered species
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,269
1,997
0.242
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
120,105
Country Rank
46,884
Institution Rank : 33
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11074.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Eo Garton](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/0e/1632251.jpg)
population ecology
wildlife management
conservation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,214
1,981
0.241
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
123,794
Country Rank
48,113
Institution Rank : 35
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11074.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Jack Sullivan](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/6c/1632253.jpg)
Evolution
phylogeography
systematics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,991
1,694
0.212
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
135,863
Country Rank
52,083
Institution Rank : 39
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11074.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Peter L Meserve](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Ecology
mammalogy
conservation biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,339
1,651
0.225
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
135,930
Country Rank
52,109
Institution Rank : 40
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11074.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Christopher J Marx](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Evolution
microbiology
metabolism
systems biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,335
3,156
0.430
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
160,606
Country Rank
60,024
Institution Rank : 46
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11074.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Timothy Link](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/ee/1632281.jpg)
ecohydrology
snow
climate change
forest hydrology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,255
3,300
0.528
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
166,065
Country Rank
61,715
Institution Rank : 51
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11074.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Scott L Nuismer](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/f7/1632273.jpg)
Coevolution
Emerging Infectious Disease
Risk Forecasting
Epidemiology
Transmissible vaccines
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,051
2,516
0.416
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
183,424
Country Rank
67,123
Institution Rank : 57
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11074.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Jan Uh Eitel](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/3d/1632295.jpg)
Remote sensing
ecology
precision agriculture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,476
3,469
0.633
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
191,826
Country Rank
69,670
Institution Rank : 60
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11074.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Daniele Tonina](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/50/1632302.jpg)
Ecohydraulics
River Morphology
Hydraulics
Hydrology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,225
3,157
0.604
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
196,878
Country Rank
71,229
Institution Rank : 62
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11074.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Christopher C Caudill](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/e3/1632293.jpg)
Migration
aquatic ecology
spatial ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,087
2,335
0.459
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
219,583
Country Rank
78,040
Institution Rank : 72
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11074.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Kerry P Reese](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,540
1,104
0.243
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
235,532
Country Rank
82,732
Institution Rank : 78
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11074.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Janet Rachlow](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/13/1632307.jpg)
Wildlife Biology
Ecology
Conservation Biology
Environment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,208
1,990
0.473
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
243,481
Country Rank
85,143
Institution Rank : 80
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11074.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Jill L Johnson](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Hsp90
molecular chaperones
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,060
1,243
0.306
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
11,379
![United States](/flags/us.png)
5,422
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11074.jpg)
2
Larry J Forney
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,089
18,783
0.417
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11074.jpg)
Microbial ecology
Evolutionary biology
Human microbiome
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
23,251
![United States](/flags/us.png)
10,775
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11074.jpg)
6
Lisette Waits
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,754
10,674
0.371
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11074.jpg)
conservation biology
conservation genetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
28,738
![United States](/flags/us.png)
13,145
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11074.jpg)
7
Paul Hohenlohe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,966
13,866
0.555
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11074.jpg)
evolutionary genetics
conservation genomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
34,191
![United States](/flags/us.png)
15,463
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11074.jpg)
9
Celeste J Brown
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,112
6,579
0.298
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
41,997
![United States](/flags/us.png)
18,603
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11074.jpg)
11
Luke J Harmon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,109
8,830
0.462
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11074.jpg)
evolution
macroevolution
phylogenetics
herpetology
comparative methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
50,801
![United States](/flags/us.png)
22,018
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/3609.png)
2
R Terry Bowyer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,596
4,333
0.261
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/3609.png)
Behavior and Ecology of Large Mammals
Sexual Segregation
Birth-Site Selection
Scale
Population Ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
53,574
![United States](/flags/us.png)
23,131
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11074.jpg)
13
David C Tank
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,957
8,594
0.539
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11074.jpg)
plant systematics
phylogenetics
macroevolution
floristics
community phylogenetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
63,378
![United States](/flags/us.png)
26,850
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11074.jpg)
15
Eva Top
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,040
4,400
0.313
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11074.jpg)
microbiology
horizontal gene transfer
plasmids
evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
72,520
![United States](/flags/us.png)
30,189
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11074.jpg)
17
Lee Vierling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,653
5,384
0.426
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11074.jpg)
Global Ecology
Remote Sensing
Earth System Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
78,844
![United States](/flags/us.png)
32,513
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11074.jpg)
20
Brian Dennis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,811
2,782
0.236
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11074.jpg)
Statistics
Ecology
Conservation Biology
Biometrics
Mathematical Modeling
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
91,350
![United States](/flags/us.png)
36,955
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11074.jpg)
22
Adam Jones
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,450
3,290
0.315
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11074.jpg)
Evolutionary Biology
Genomics
Bioinformatics
Molecular Ecology
Sexual Selection
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
104,809
![United States](/flags/us.png)
41,666
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11074.jpg)
28
James A Foster
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,263
4,419
0.477
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11074.jpg)
microbial ecology
evolutionary algorithms
evolutionary theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
119,221
![United States](/flags/us.png)
46,584
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11074.jpg)
32
Edward O Oz Garton
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,269
1,997
0.242
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11074.jpg)
Population ecology
Conservation of rare & endangered species
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
120,105
![United States](/flags/us.png)
46,884
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11074.jpg)
33
Eo Garton
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,214
1,981
0.241
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11074.jpg)
population ecology
wildlife management
conservation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
123,794
![United States](/flags/us.png)
48,113
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11074.jpg)
35
Jack Sullivan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,991
1,694
0.212
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11074.jpg)
Evolution
phylogeography
systematics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
135,863
![United States](/flags/us.png)
52,083
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11074.jpg)
39
Peter L Meserve
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,339
1,651
0.225
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Ecology
mammalogy
conservation biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
135,930
![United States](/flags/us.png)
52,109
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11074.jpg)
40
Christopher J Marx
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,335
3,156
0.430
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11074.jpg)
Evolution
microbiology
metabolism
systems biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
160,606
![United States](/flags/us.png)
60,024
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11074.jpg)
46
Timothy Link
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,255
3,300
0.528
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11074.jpg)
ecohydrology
snow
climate change
forest hydrology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
166,065
![United States](/flags/us.png)
61,715
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11074.jpg)
51
Scott L Nuismer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,051
2,516
0.416
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Coevolution
Emerging Infectious Disease
Risk Forecasting
Epidemiology
Transmissible vaccines
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
183,424
![United States](/flags/us.png)
67,123
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11074.jpg)
57
Jan Uh Eitel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,476
3,469
0.633
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11074.jpg)
Remote sensing
ecology
precision agriculture
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
191,826
![United States](/flags/us.png)
69,670
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11074.jpg)
60
Daniele Tonina
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,225
3,157
0.604
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Ecohydraulics
River Morphology
Hydraulics
Hydrology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
196,878
![United States](/flags/us.png)
71,229
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11074.jpg)
62
Christopher C Caudill
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,087
2,335
0.459
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Migration
aquatic ecology
spatial ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
219,583
![United States](/flags/us.png)
78,040
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11074.jpg)
72
Kerry P Reese
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,540
1,104
0.243
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
235,532
![United States](/flags/us.png)
82,732
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11074.jpg)
78
Janet Rachlow
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,208
1,990
0.473
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11074.jpg)
Wildlife Biology
Ecology
Conservation Biology
Environment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
243,481
![United States](/flags/us.png)
85,143
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11074.jpg)
80
Jill L Johnson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,060
1,243
0.306