World's Best Scientists 2026 revealed!
Integrative Organismal Biology
H-index 14

Integrative Organismal Biology

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Ecology and Evolution 299 54 53 12
Biology and Biochemistry 577 18 24 10

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 84
Documents by Best Scientists*: 86
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 18
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.673
Impact Factor: 1.9

Top Publications

  • Serial Homology and Segment Identity in the Arthropod Head

    (2022)
    35 Citations
  • The Effect of Locomotion Mode on Body Shape Evolution in Teleost Fishes.

    Sarah T Friedman;Samantha A Price;Peter C Wainwright

    (2021)
    28 Citations
  • Designing a Seasonal Acclimation Study Presents Challenges and Opportunities

    (2022)
    25 Citations
  • Exceptional Changes in Skeletal Anatomy under Domestication: The Case of Brachycephaly.

    M Geiger;J J Schoenebeck;R A Schneider;M J Schmidt

    (2021)
    25 Citations
  • Dermal denticle diversity in sharks: novel patterns on the interbranchial skin

    Molly K Gabler-Smith;Dylan K Wainwright;Greta A Wong;George V Lauder

    (2021)
    24 Citations
  • Crayfish Eating in Snakes: Testing How Anatomy and Behavior Affect Prey Size and Feeding Performance

    (2021)
    24 Citations
  • Scaling Relationships of Maximal Gape in Two Species of Large Invasive Snakes, Brown Treesnakes and Burmese Pythons, and Implications for Maximal Prey Size

    (2022)
    22 Citations
  • A Roadmap to Reconstructing Muscle Architecture from CT Data.

    (2022)
    18 Citations
  • Patterns of Limb and Epaxial Muscle Activity During Walking in the Fire Salamander, Salamandra salamandra.

    S E Pierce;L P Lamas;L Pelligand;N Schilling

    (2020)
    18 Citations
  • Fast and Furious: Energetic Tradeoffs and Scaling of High-Speed Foraging in Rorqual Whales

    (2022)
    15 Citations

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