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Ashleigh S. Griffin

Ashleigh S. Griffin

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
51
Citations
17944
World Ranking
3540
National Ranking
391

Ashleigh S. Griffin 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 Ashleigh S. Griffin sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 82 publications — 8th percentile

8% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ashleigh S. Griffin 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 Ashleigh S. Griffin sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Ashleigh S. Griffin is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple disciplines within the broad area of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions specifically in Genetics and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Their work also intersects with Sociology and Political Science and Molecular Biology, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to life sciences.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of themes related to evolutionary biology and behavior. These include:

  • Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
  • Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research
  • Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria

Griffin has contributed papers to several publication venues, with frequent appearances in these journals:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • The American Naturalist
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Their recent papers include:

  • Ten recent insights for our understanding of cooperation, 2021, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Group formation and the evolutionary pathway to complex sociality in birds, 2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • The costs and benefits of paternal care in fish: a meta-analysis, 2020, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Why don't all animals avoid inbreeding?, 2021, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • The Benefits of Help in Cooperative Birds: Nonexistent or Difficult to Detect?, 2020, The American Naturalist

Collaborations are an important aspect of Griffin's work. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Stuart A. West
  • Melanie Ghoul
  • Charlie K. Cornwallis
  • Philip A. Downing
  • Anna E. Dewar

This collaboration network indicates ongoing multidisciplinary research linking evolutionary theory with behavioral ecology. The variety of coauthors and publication venues demonstrates active engagement with research communities focused on evolutionary processes, cooperation, and animal behavior.

Best Publications

  • Social semantics: altruism, cooperation, mutualism, strong reciprocity and group selection.

    Stuart A. West;Ashleigh S. Griffin;Andy Gardner;Andy Gardner

  • Social evolution theory for microorganisms

    Stuart A West;Ashleigh S Griffin;Andy Gardner;Andy Gardner;Stephen P Diggle

  • Cooperation and competition in pathogenic bacteria

    Ashleigh S Griffin;Stuart A West;Angus Buckling

  • Evolutionary Explanations for Cooperation

    Stuart A. West;Ashleigh S. Griffin;Andy Gardner;Andy Gardner

  • Cooperation and conflict in quorum-sensing bacterial populations

    Stephen P. Diggle;Ashleigh S. Griffin;Genevieve S. Campbell;Stuart A. West

  • Cooperation and competition between relatives.

    Stuart A. West;Ido Pen;Ashleigh S. Griffin

  • The Social Lives of Microbes

    Stuart A. West;Stephen P. Diggle;Angus Buckling;Andy Gardner

  • Selfish Sentinels in Cooperative Mammals

    T. H. Clutton-Brock;M. J. O'Riain;P. N. M. Brotherton;D. Gaynor

  • Kin discrimination and the benefit of helping in cooperatively breeding vertebrates.

    Ashleigh S. Griffin;Stuart A. West

  • Kin selection: fact and fiction

    Ashleigh S. Griffin;Stuart A. West

  • Cooperation, Control, and Concession in Meerkat Groups

    T. H. Clutton-Brock;P. N. M. Brotherton;A. F. Russell;M. J. O'Riain

  • Promiscuity and the evolutionary transition to complex societies

    Charlie K. Cornwallis;Stuart A. West;Katie E. Davis;Ashleigh S. Griffin

  • Quorum Sensing and the Social Evolution of Bacterial Virulence

    Kendra P. Rumbaugh;Stephen P. Diggle;Chase M. Watters;Adin Ross-Gillespie

  • Evolutionary theory of bacterial quorum sensing: when is a signal not a signal?

    Stephen P Diggle;Andy Gardner;Stuart A West;Ashleigh S Griffin

  • Frequency dependence and cooperation: theory and a test with bacteria.

    Adin Ross‐Gillespie;Andy Gardner;Stuart A. West;Ashleigh S. Griffin

  • Testing Hamilton's rule with competition between relatives

    Stuart A. West;Martyn G. Murray;Carlos A. Machado;Ashleigh S. Griffin

  • Viscous medium promotes cooperation in the pathogenic bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa

    Rolf Kümmerli;Ashleigh S. Griffin;Ashleigh S. Griffin;Stuart A. West;Stuart A. West;Angus Buckling

  • Contributions to cooperative rearing in meerkats

    T.H. Clutton-Brock;P.N.M. Brotherton;M.J. O'Riain;A.S. Griffin

  • Individual contributions to babysitting in a cooperative mongoose, Suricata suricatta

    T.H. Clutton-Brock;P.N.M. Brotherton;M.J. O'Riain;A.S. Griffin

  • Toward an evolutionary definition of cheating.

    Melanie Ghoul;Ashleigh S. Griffin;Stuart A. West

  • Social semantics: how useful has group selection been?

    S. A. West;A. S. Griffin;A. Gardner

Frequent Co-Authors

Stuart A. West
Stuart A. West University of Oxford
Andy Gardner
Andy Gardner University of St Andrews
Stephen P. Diggle
Stephen P. Diggle Georgia Institute of Technology
Helle Krogh Johansen
Helle Krogh Johansen University of Copenhagen
Søren Molin
Søren Molin Technical University of Denmark
Angus Buckling
Angus Buckling University of Exeter
Tim H. Clutton-Brock
Tim H. Clutton-Brock University of Cambridge
Marta B. Manser
Marta B. Manser University of Zurich
Sam P. Brown
Sam P. Brown Georgia Institute of Technology
András Liker
András Liker University of Pannonia

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