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D-Index
68
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23565
World Ranking
1497
National Ranking
548

Armand M. Kuris 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 Armand M. Kuris sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 179 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.

Armand M. Kuris 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 Armand M. Kuris sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 68 D-Index — 82nd percentile

82% 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

  • 2020 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Armand M. Kuris is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Barbara in the United States. Their research primarily centers on Environmental Science, with a focused emphasis on Ecology, Parasitology, Molecular Biology, Global and Planetary Change, and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health.

The scientist's work extensively covers topics related to Parasite Biology and Host Interactions, Parasites and Host Interactions, Global Maternal and Child Health, Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation, Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, as well as Marine Ecology and Invasive Species.

Notable recent publications include:

  • "Snail-Related Contributions from the Schistosomiasis Consortium for Operational Research and Evaluation Program Including Xenomonitoring, Focal Mollusciciding, Biological Control, and Modeling" (2020), American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
  • "Schistosome infection in Senegal is associated with different spatial extents of risk and ecological drivers for Schistosoma haematobium and S. mansoni" (2021), PLoS neglected tropical diseases
  • "Evidence gaps and diversity among potential win-win solutions for conservation and human infectious disease control" (2022), The Lancet Planetary Health
  • "A food web including parasites for kelp forests of the Santa Barbara Channel, California" (2021), Scientific Data
  • "Different phylogenomic methods support monophyly of enigmatic 'Mesozoa' (Dicyemida + Orthonectida, Lophotrochozoa)" (2022), Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

Frequent publication venues for Kuris include:

  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Lessons in Conservation
  • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
  • PLoS neglected tropical diseases
  • The Lancet Planetary Health

Collaborations often appear with researchers Chelsea L. Wood, Kevin D. Lafferty, Danielle C. Claar, Katie L. Leslie, and Rachel L. Welicky.

In recognition of scientific contributions, Kuris was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2020.

Best Publications

  • The use of ecological terms in parasitology (report of an ad hoc committee of the American Society of Parasitologists)

    L. Margolis;G. W. Esch;J. C. Holmes;A. M. Kuris

  • Introduced species and their missing parasites

    Mark E. Torchin;Kevin D. Lafferty;Andrew P. Dobson;Valerie J. McKenzie

  • Eradication revisited: dealing with exotic species.

    Judith H. Myers;Daniel Simberloff;Armand M. Kuris;James R. Carey

  • Parasites in food webs: the ultimate missing links

    Kevin D. Lafferty;Stefano Allesina;Matias Arim;Cherie J. Briggs

  • Parasites dominate food web links

    Kevin D. Lafferty;Andrew P. Dobson;Armand M. Kuris

  • Homage to Linnaeus: How many parasites? How many hosts?

    Andrew P. Dobson;Kevin D. Lafferty;Armand M. Kuris;Ryan F. Hechinger

  • Infectious Diseases Affect Marine Fisheries and Aquaculture Economics

    Kevin D. Lafferty;C. Drew Harvell;Jonathan M. Conrad;Carolyn S. Friedman

  • Ecosystem energetic implications of parasite and free-living biomass in three estuaries

    Armand M. Kuris;Ryan F. Hechinger;Jenny C. Shaw;Kathleen L. Whitney

  • How environmental stress affects the impacts of parasites

    Kevin D. Lafferty;Armand M. Kuris

  • Trophic strategies, animal diversity and body size

    Kevin D. Lafferty;Armand M. Kuris

  • Parasites and marine invasions

    M. E. Torchin;K. D. Lafferty;A. M. Kuris

  • The rising tide of ocean diseases: unsolved problems and research priorities

    Drew Harvell;Richard Aronson;Nancy Baron;Joseph Connell

  • Hosts as Islands

    Armand M. Kuris;Andrew R. Blaustein;Jose Javier Alio

  • Evolution of local recruitment and its consequences for marine populations

    Richard R. Strathmann;Terence P. Hughes;Armand M. Kuris;Kenyon C. Lindeman

  • Parasitic castration: the evolution and ecology of body snatchers.

    Kevin D. Lafferty;Armand M. Kuris

  • Biological Control of Marine Pests

    Kevin D. Lafferty;Armand M. Kuris

  • Release from Parasites as Natural Enemies: Increased Performance of a Globally Introduced Marine Crab

    Mark E. Torchin;Kevin D. Lafferty;Armand M. Kuris

  • Parasites affect food web structure primarily through increased diversity and complexity.

    Jennifer A. Dunne;Kevin D. Lafferty;Andrew P. Dobson;Ryan F. Hechinger

  • Does biodiversity protect humans against infectious disease

    Chelsea L. Wood;Chelsea L. Wood;Kevin D. Lafferty;Giulio DeLeo;Giulio DeLeo;Hillary S. Young;Hillary S. Young

  • Morphotypic differentiation of male Malaysian giant prawns, Macrobrachium rosenbergii

    Armand M. Kuris;Ziva Ra’anan;Amir Sagi;Dan Cohen

Frequent Co-Authors

Kevin D. Lafferty
Kevin D. Lafferty United States Geological Survey
Mark E. Torchin
Mark E. Torchin Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Andrew P. Dobson
Andrew P. Dobson Princeton University
Giulio A. De Leo
Giulio A. De Leo Stanford University
Rune Knudsen
Rune Knudsen University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Per-Arne Amundsen
Per-Arne Amundsen University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Robert R. Warner
Robert R. Warner University of California, Santa Barbara
Mercedes Pascual
Mercedes Pascual University of Chicago
Alexandra S. Grutter
Alexandra S. Grutter University of Queensland

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