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D-Index
59
Citations
14287
World Ranking
2399
National Ranking
9

Amots Dafni 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 Amots Dafni sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 139 publications — 45th percentile

45% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Amots Dafni 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 Amots Dafni sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 59 D-Index — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Israel Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Israel Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Israel Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Israel Leader Award

Overview

Amots Dafni is affiliated with the University of Haifa in Israel. Their research primarily concentrates within the Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a significant focus on Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Archeology, Molecular Biology, and Insect Science.

The scientist's work centers on topics including Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies, Plant and Animal Studies, Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies, Botanical Research and Chemistry, Plant Reproductive Biology, Insect and Pesticide Research, and Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies.

Recent publications by Amots Dafni include:

  • Flower Colour Polymorphism, Pollination Modes, Breeding System and Gene Flow in Anemone coronaria, 2020, Plants
  • In search of traces of the mandrake myth: the historical, and ethnobotanical roots of its vernacular names, 2021, Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
  • The Doctrine of Signatures in Israel-Revision and Spatiotemporal Patterns, 2021, Plants

Although listed among recent papers, some works by coauthors appear in the same research context, such as "The rise and fall of mandrake in medicine" (2022, Journal of Ethnopharmacology) and "Poplar trees in Israel's desert regions: Relicts of Roman and Byzantine settlement" (2021, Journal of Arid Environments).

The frequent coauthors collaborating with Amots Dafni include Guillermo Benítez, Barbara Böck, Cèsar Blanché, Salekh Aqil Khatib, and Theodora Petanidou.

The main publication venues highlighting this scientist's research include:

  • Plants
  • Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
  • Journal of Ethnobiology
  • Journal of Ethnopharmacology
  • Journal of Arid Environments

Best Publications

  • Pollination ecology: a practical approach.

    Amots Dafni

  • Practical Pollination Biology

    A. Dafni;P. G. Kevan;B. C. Husband

  • LINKING BEES AND FLOWERS: HOW DO FLORAL COMMUNITIES STRUCTURE POLLINATOR COMMUNITIES?

    Simon G. Potts;Betsy Vulliamy;Amots Dafni;Gidi Ne'eman

  • Role of nesting resources in organising diverse bee communities in a Mediterranean landscape

    Simon G. Potts;Betsy Vulliamy;Stuart Roberts;Chris O'Toole

  • Mimicry and Deception in Pollination

    Amots Dafni

  • Pollen viability and longevity: practical, ecological and evolutionary implications

    Amots Dafni;David Firmage

  • A framework for comparing pollinator performance: effectiveness and efficiency

    Gidi Ne'eman;Andreas Jürgens;Linda Newstrom-Lloyd;Simon Geoffrey Potts

  • A new procedure to asses pollen viability

    T. Rodriguez-Riano;A. Dafni

  • A rapid and simple procedure to determine stigma receptivity

    A. Dafni;Marcia Motte Maués

  • Response of plant-pollinator communities to fire: changes in diversity, abundance and floral reward structure

    Simon G. Potts;Betsy Vulliamy;Amots Dafni;Gidi Ne'eman

  • FLORAL SYMMETRY AND ITS ROLE IN PLANT-POLLINATOR SYSTEMS: Terminology, Distribution, and Hypotheses

    Paul R. Neal;Amots Dafni;Martin Giurfa

  • SPATIAL FLOWER PARAMETERS AND INSECT SPATIAL VISION

    A. Dafni;M. Lehrer;P. G. Kevan

  • A Deceptive Pollination System Targeting Drosophilids through Olfactory Mimicry of Yeast

    Johannes Stökl;Johannes Stökl;Antonia Strutz;Amots Dafni;Ales Svatos

  • Pollination ecology in the 21st Century: Key questions for future research

    Carolin Mayer;Lynn Adler;W. Scott Armbruster;Amots Dafni

  • Life-cycle variation in geophytes.

    Amots Dafni;Dan Cohen;Imanuel Noy-Mier

  • Plant coloration undermines herbivorous insect camouflage

    Simcha Lev-Yadun;Amots Dafni;Moshe A. Flaishman;Moshe Inbar

  • RED BOWL-SHAPED FLOWERS: CONVERGENCE FOR BEETLE POLLINATION IN THE MEDITERRANEAN REGION

    Amots Dafni;P. Bernhardt;A. Shmida;Y. Ivri

  • Response of bee‐flies to the shape and pattern of model flowers: implications for floral evolution in a Mediterranean herb

    S. D. Johnson;A. Dafni

  • Bombus terrestris, pollinator, invasive and pest: An assessment of problems associated with its widespread introductions for commercial purposes

    Amots Dafni;Peter Kevan;Caroline L. Gross;Koichi Goka

  • Directions in green roof research: A bibliometric study

    Lior Blank;Amiel Vasl;Shay Levy;Gary Grant

  • Floral mimicry between Orchis israelitica Baumann and Dafni (Orchidaceae) and Bellevalia flexuosa Boiss. (Liliaceae).

    Amots Dafni;Yariv Ivri

  • Pollination Ecology: A Practical Approach.

    James Cresswell;A. Dafni

Frequent Co-Authors

Gidi Ne'eman
Gidi Ne'eman University of Haifa
Simon G. Potts
Simon G. Potts University of Reading
Peter G. Kevan
Peter G. Kevan University of Guelph
Nicolas Vereecken
Nicolas Vereecken Université Libre de Bruxelles
Ido Izhaki
Ido Izhaki University of Haifa
Martin Giurfa
Martin Giurfa Sorbonne University
Ettore Pacini
Ettore Pacini University of Siena
Avi Shmida
Avi Shmida Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Andreas Jürgens
Andreas Jürgens Technical University of Darmstadt
Salvatore Cozzolino
Salvatore Cozzolino University of Naples Federico II

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