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Anthony I. Cognato

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
37
Citations
5209
World Ranking
6891
National Ranking
2322

Anthony I. Cognato publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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This scientist: 180 publications — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Anthony I. Cognato 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 Anthony I. Cognato sits on this spectrum.

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Overview

Anthony I. Cognato is affiliated with Michigan State University in the United States and focuses on research in agricultural and biological sciences as well as environmental science. Their scholarly contributions cover several subfields, including insect science, ecology, genetics, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, and ecological modeling.

The main topics addressed in their work encompass forest insect ecology and management, insect and pesticide research, insect and arachnid ecology and behavior, forest ecology and biodiversity studies, insect-plant interactions and control, coleoptera taxonomy and distribution, and plant and animal studies.

Recent notable papers authored or co-authored by Anthony I. Cognato include:

  • The Essential Role of Taxonomic Expertise in the Creation of DNA Databases for the Identification and Delimitation of Southeast Asian Ambrosia Beetle Species (Curculionidae: Scolytinae: Xyleborini), 2020, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • A monograph of the Xyleborini (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Scolytinae) of the Indochinese Peninsula (except Malaysia) and China, 2020, ZooKeys
  • Revision of the Bark Beetle Genera Within the Former Cryphalini (Curculionidae: Scolytinae), 2020, Insect Systematics and Diversity
  • Two new genera of Oriental xyleborine ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera, Curculionidae: Scolytinae), 2020, Zootaxa
  • Decline of Amateur Lepidoptera Collectors Threatens the Future of Specimen-Based Research, 2020, BioScience

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Sarah M. Smith
  • R. A. Beaver
  • Jiří Hulcr
  • Wisut Sittichaya
  • William G. Ruesink

The scientist regularly publishes in venues such as:

  • The Coleopterists Bulletin
  • Zootaxa
  • The Great Lakes Entomologist
  • ZooKeys
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Among book publications, Anthony I. Cognato has authored a taxonomic monograph titled Xyleborini of New Guinea, a Taxonomic Monograph (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae), published in 2020 by SPIE.

Best Publications

  • Review of American Xyleborina (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) Occurring North of Mexico, with an Illustrated Key

    Robert J. Rabaglia;Stephanie A. Dole;Anthony I. Cognato

  • Standard Percent DNA Sequence Difference for Insects Does Not Predict Species Boundaries

    Anthony I. Cognato

  • Exploring data interaction and nucleotide alignment in a multiple gene analysis of Ips (Coleoptera: Scolytinae).

    Anthony I. Cognato;Alfried P. Vogler

  • Morphology, Taxonomy, and Phylogenetics of Bark Beetles

    Jiri Hulcr;Thomas H. Atkinson;Anthony I. Cognato;Bjarte H. Jordal

  • Molecular phylogeny of bark and ambrosia beetles reveals multiple origins of fungus farming during periods of global warming

    Bjarte Henry Jordal;Anthony Ignacio Cognato

  • The age and phylogeny of wood boring weevils and the origin of subsociality.

    Bjarte H. Jordal;Andrea S. Sequeira;Anthony I. Cognato

  • Cladistic review of generic taxonomic characters in Xyleborina (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae)

    Jiri Hulcr;Stephanie A. Dole;Roger A. Beaver;Anthony I. Cognato

  • Phylogeny of Ips DeGeer Species (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) Inferred from Mitochondrial Cytochrome Oxidase I DNA Sequence

    Anthony I. Cognato;Felix A.H. Sperling

  • Early Detection and Rapid Response: A 10-Year Summary of the USDA Forest Service Program of Surveillance for Non-Native Bark and Ambrosia Beetles

    Robert J Rabaglia;Anthony I Cognato;E Richard Hoebeke;C Wood Johnson

  • No rest for the laurels: symbiotic invaders cause unprecedented damage to southern USA forests

    M Hughes;J Riggins;F H Koch;A I Cognato

  • REPEATED EVOLUTION OF CROP THEFT IN FUNGUS-FARMING AMBROSIA BEETLES

    Jiri Hulcr;Jiri Hulcr;Anthony I. Cognato

  • Genetic variation and origin of red turpentine beetle (Dendroctonus valens LeConte) introduced to the People's Republic of China

    Anthony I. Cognato;Jiang‐Hua Sun;Miguel A. Anducho‐Reyes;Donald R. Owen

  • 100 million years of morphological conservation in bark beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae)

    Anthony I. Cognato;David A. Grimaldi

  • A secondary structural model of the 28S rRNA expansion segments D2 and D3 from rootworms and related leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae; Galerucinae)

    J. Gillespie;J. Cannone;R. Gutell;A. Cognato

  • Phylogeny of haplo–diploid, fungus-growing ambrosia beetles (Curculionidae: Scolytinae: Xyleborini) inferred from molecular and morphological data

    Anthony I. Cognato;Jiri Hulcr;Stephanie A. Dole;Bjarte H. Jordal

  • Reassessment of the Species in the Euwallacea Fornicatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) Complex after the Rediscovery of the "Lost" Type Specimen.

    Sarah M. Smith;Demian F. Gomez;Roger A. Beaver;Jiri Hulcr

  • Genetic analysis of emerald ash borer ( Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire) populations in Asia and North America

    Alicia M. Bray;Alicia M. Bray;Leah S. Bauer;Therese M. Poland;Robert A. Haack

  • Phylogeography of the bark beetle Dendroctonus mexicanus Hopkins (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae)

    Miguel A. Anducho-Reyes;Anthony I. Cognato;Jane L. Hayes;Gerardo Zúñiga

  • Polyphyly of Xylosandrus Reitter inferred from nuclear and mitochondrial genes (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae)

    Stephanie A. Dole;Bjarte H. Jordal;Anthony I. Cognato

  • Incomplete barriers to mitochondrial gene flow between pheromone races of the North American pine engraver, Ips pini (Say) (Coleoptera, Scolytidae)

    A. I. Cognato;S. J. Seybold;F. A. H. Sperling

  • Phylogenomics clarifies repeated evolutionary origins of inbreeding and fungus farming in bark beetles (Curculionidae, Scolytinae).

    Andrew J. Johnson;Duane D McKenna;Bjarte H. Jordal;Anthony I. Cognato

Frequent Co-Authors

Jiri Hulcr
Jiri Hulcr University of Florida
Bjarte H. Jordal
Bjarte H. Jordal University of Bergen
Joseph J. Gillespie
Joseph J. Gillespie University of Maryland, Baltimore
Vojtech Novotny
Vojtech Novotny Czech Academy of Sciences
Felix A. H. Sperling
Felix A. H. Sperling University of Alberta
Yves Basset
Yves Basset Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Alfried P. Vogler
Alfried P. Vogler Imperial College London
Scott E. Miller
Scott E. Miller National Museum of Natural History
Donald L. J. Quicke
Donald L. J. Quicke Chulalongkorn University
Owen T. Lewis
Owen T. Lewis University of Oxford

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