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Ben L. Phillips

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
64
Citations
14311
World Ranking
1872
National Ranking
153

Ben L. Phillips publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 176 publications — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ben L. Phillips 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 Ben L. Phillips sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 64 D-Index — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Ben L. Phillips is affiliated with the University of Melbourne in Australia. Their research primarily spans Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on multiple subfields including Ecology, Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Molecular Biology.

Their work covers a range of main topics such as Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Genetic Diversity and Population Structure, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies, Plant and Animal Studies, Species Distribution and Climate Change, and Parasite Biology and Host Interactions.

Among their recent published papers are:

  • Evolution of salmon lice in response to management strategies: a review (2021, Reviews in Aquaculture)
  • Applying genetic technologies to combat infectious diseases in aquaculture (2022, Reviews in Aquaculture)
  • Rapid evolution in predator-free conservation havens and its effects on endangered species recovery (2020, Conservation Biology)
  • Increased rates of dispersal of free-ranging cane toads (Rhinella marina) during their global invasion (2021, Scientific Reports)
  • Slow and steady wins the race: Spatial and stochastic processes and the failure of suppression gene drives (2022, Molecular Ecology)

Frequent co-authors of Ben L. Phillips include:

  • Andrew Coates
  • Tim Dempster
  • Chris J. Jolly
  • Jonathan K. Webb
  • Natasha D. Harrison

Phillips regularly publishes in venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Biological Conservation, Evolutionary Applications, Peer Community in Evolutionary Biology, and Reviews in Aquaculture.

Best Publications

  • Invasion and the evolution of speed in toads

    Benjamin L. Phillips;Gregory P. Brown;Jonathan K. Webb;Richard Shine

  • An evolutionary process that assembles phenotypes through space rather than through time

    Richard Shine;Gregory P. Brown;Benjamin L. Phillips

  • Trade-offs and the evolution of life-histories during range expansion

    Olivia J. Burton;Ben L. Phillips;Justin M. J. Travis

  • Life-history evolution in range-shifting populations.

    Benjamin L. Phillips;Gregory P. Brown;Richard Shine

  • Modelling species distributions without using species distributions: the cane toad in Australia under current and future climates

    Michael Kearney;Ben L. Phillips;Christopher R. Tracy;Keith A. Christian

  • Adapting to an invasive species: Toxic cane toads induce morphological change in Australian snakes

    Ben L. Phillips;Richard Shine

  • Stability of the wMel Wolbachia Infection following Invasion into Aedes aegypti Populations

    Ary A Hoffmann;Inaki Iturbe-Ormaetxe;Ashley G Callahan;Benjamin Lee Phillips

  • A Toad More Traveled: The Heterogeneous Invasion Dynamics of Cane Toads in Australia

    Mark C. Urban;Ben L. Phillips;David K. Skelly;Richard Shine

  • The cane toad's (Chaunus [Bufo] marinus) increasing ability to invade Australia is revealed by a dynamically updated range model

    Mark C Urban;Ben L Phillips;David K Skelly;Richard Shine

  • Reid’s Paradox Revisited: The Evolution of Dispersal Kernels during Range Expansion

    Benjamin L. Phillips;Gregory P. Brown;Justin M. J. Travis;Richard Shine

  • The capacity of refugia for conservation planning under climate change

    Gunnar Keppel;Karel Mokany;Grant W Wardell-Johnson;Ben L Phillips;Ben L Phillips

  • Evolutionarily accelerated invasions: the rate of dispersal evolves upwards during the range advance of cane toads

    B. L. Phillips;G. P. Brown;R. Shine

  • Rapid expansion of the cane toad (Bufo marinus) invasion front in tropical Australia

    Benjamin L. Phillips;Gregory P. Brown;Matthew Greenlees;Jonathan K. Webb

  • An invasive species induces rapid adaptive change in a native predator: cane toads and black snakes in Australia.

    Ben L Phillips;Richard Shine

  • Assessing the Potential Impact of Cane Toads on Australian Snakes

    Ben L. Phillips;Ben L. Phillips;Gregory P. Brown;Richard Shine

  • Parasites and pathogens lag behind their host during periods of host range advance

    Ben L. Phillips;Crystal Kelehear;Lígia Pizzatto;Gregory P. Brown

  • Toad on the road: use of roads as dispersal corridors by cane toads (Bufo marinus) at an invasion front in tropical Australia.

    Gregory P. Brown;Benjamin L. Phillips;Jonathan K. Webb;Richard Shine

  • Evolution of dispersal and life history interact to drive accelerating spread of an invasive species

    T. Alex Perkins;Benjamin L. Phillips;Marissa L. Baskett;Alan Hastings

  • Forecasting species range dynamics with process-explicit models: matching methods to applications

    Natalie J. Briscoe;Jane Elith;Roberto Salguero‐Gómez;Roberto Salguero‐Gómez;Roberto Salguero‐Gómez;José J. Lahoz‐Monfort

  • The evolution of growth rates on an expanding range edge

    Ben L. Phillips

  • Comparisons through time and space suggest rapid evolution of dispersal behaviour in an invasive species.

    Ross A. Alford;Gregory P. Brown;Lin Schwarzkopf;Benjamin L. Phillips

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard Shine
Richard Shine Macquarie University
Jonathan K. Webb
Jonathan K. Webb University of Technology Sydney
Craig Moritz
Craig Moritz Australian National University
Jeremy VanDerWal
Jeremy VanDerWal James Cook University
Gregory P. Brown
Gregory P. Brown Macquarie University
Stephen E. Williams
Stephen E. Williams James Cook University
Robert T. Mason
Robert T. Mason Oregon State University
Reid Tingley
Reid Tingley University of Melbourne
Graeme Gillespie
Graeme Gillespie Government of the Northern Territory
Conrad J. Hoskin
Conrad J. Hoskin James Cook University

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Emanuel A. Fronhofer

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Robert T. Mason

Robert T. Mason

Oregon State University

Publications: 35

Tracy Langkilde

Tracy Langkilde

Pennsylvania State University

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Justin M. J. Travis

Justin M. J. Travis

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Publications: 34

Mike Letnic

Mike Letnic

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Publications: 32

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Michael R. Kearney

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