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Alan R. Templeton publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alan R. Templeton sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 274 publications — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Alan R. Templeton D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alan R. Templeton sits on this spectrum.

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89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1997 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Alan R. Templeton is affiliated with Washington University in St. Louis in the United States. They focus on topics spanning environmental science as well as biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

Their research includes work in various subfields such as genetics, ecology, global and planetary change, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, and ecological modeling.

Main topics in Alan R. Templeton's work cover:

  • Amphibian and reptile biology
  • Species distribution and climate change
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Animal behavior and reproduction
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Rangeland and wildlife management
  • Wildlife ecology and conservation

Recent papers by Alan R. Templeton include:

  • The importance of gene flow in human evolution (2023, Human Population Genetics and Genomics)

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Sharlee Climer
  • Michael R. Garvin
  • Jennifer L. Neuwald
  • Daniel Jacobson
  • Amy K. Conley

Alan R. Templeton has published extensively in certain venues, with multiple publications in:

  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Human Population Genetics and Genomics
  • Evolutionary Applications
  • Human Genetics and Genomics Advances

Alan R. Templeton has been recognized by professional societies. They are a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (awarded 2012) and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS, awarded 1997).

Best Publications

  • A cladistic analysis of phenotypic associations with haplotypes inferred from restriction endonuclease mapping and DNA sequence data. III. Cladogram estimation.

    Alan R. Templeton;Keith A. Crandall;Charles F. Sing

  • PHYLOGENETIC INFERENCE FROM RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE CLEAVAGE SITE MAPS WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE EVOLUTION OF HUMANS AND THE APES.

    Alan R. Templeton

  • Separating population structure from population history: a cladistic analysis of the geographical distribution of mitochondrial DNA haplotypes in the tiger salamander, Ambystoma tigrinum.

    A R Templeton;E Routman;C A Phillips

  • Nested clade analyses of phylogeographic data: Testing hypotheses about gene flow and population history

    Alan R. Templeton

  • CORRELATION OF PAIRWISE GENETIC AND GEOGRAPHIC DISTANCE MEASURES: INFERRING THE RELATIVE INFLUENCES OF GENE FLOW AND DRIFT ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF GENETIC VARIABILITY

    Delbert W. Hutchison;Alan R. Templeton

  • GeoDis: a program for the cladistic nested analysis of the geographical distribution of genetic haplotypes.

    D. Posada;K. A. Crandall;A. R. Templeton

  • The meaning of species and speciation: a genetic perspective.

    A. R. Templeton

  • A Cladistic Analysis of Phenotypic Associations With Haplotypes Inferred From Restriction Endonuclease Mapping. I. Basic Theory and an Analysis of Alcohol Dehydrogenase Activity in Drosophila

    Alan R. Templeton;Eric Boerwinkle;Charles F. Sing

  • Estimates of Lethal Equivalents and the Cost of Inbreeding in Mammals

    Katherine Ralls;Jonathan D. Ballou;Alan Templeton

  • Empirical Tests of Some Predictions from Coalescent Theory with Applications to Intraspecific Phylogeny Reconstruction

    Keith A. Crandall;Alan R. Templeton

  • MECHANISMS OF SPECIATION­ A POPULATION GENETIC APPROACH

    Alan R. Templeton

  • The Theory of Speciation VIA the Founder Principle

    Alan R. Templeton

  • A cladistic analysis of phenotypic associations with haplotypes inferred from restriction endonuclease mapping. IV. Nested analyses with cladogram uncertainty and recombination.

    A R Templeton;C F Sing

  • Genetic Revolutions in Relation to Speciation Phenomena: The Founding of New Populations

    Hampton L. Carson;Alan R. Templeton

  • Out of Africa again and again.

    Alan R. Templeton

  • Coadaptation and outbreeding depression

    A. R. Templeton

  • Statistical phylogeography: methods of evaluating and minimizing inference errors.

    Alan R. Templeton

  • Human Races: A Genetic and Evolutionary Perspective

    Alan R. Templeton

  • The Genetic Consequences of Habitat Fragmentation

    Alan R Templeton;Kerry Shaw;Eric Routman;Scott K Davis

  • Evolutionary consequences of seed pools

    Alan R. Templeton;Donald A. Levin

Frequent Co-Authors

Leon Blaustein
Leon Blaustein University of Haifa
Charles F. Sing
Charles F. Sing University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Karl Skorecki
Karl Skorecki Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
J. Spencer Johnston
J. Spencer Johnston Texas A&M University
Juha Merilä
Juha Merilä University of Hong Kong
Keith A. Crandall
Keith A. Crandall George Washington University
Kenneth M. Weiss
Kenneth M. Weiss Pennsylvania State University
David Posada
David Posada Universidade de Vigo
Xiao Fang Yu
Xiao Fang Yu Zhejiang University
andrew g clark
andrew g clark Cornell University

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