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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
30
Citations
3160
World Ranking
8362
National Ranking
654

Benjamin L. Allen publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 118 publications — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Benjamin L. Allen 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 Benjamin L. Allen sits on this spectrum.

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1% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Benjamin L. Allen is affiliated with the University of Southern Queensland in Australia. Their research activity centers primarily within the fields of Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Notably, their subfields of expertise include Ecology, Genetics, Ecological Modeling, Small Animals, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

The scientist's research output addresses key topics such as Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Human-Animal Interaction Studies, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies, Zoonotic Diseases and Public Health, Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies, and Geographies of Human-Animal Interactions. These topics reflect a diverse interest in interactions between animals and their environments, as well as public health considerations.

Benjamin L. Allen has authored significant papers including:

  • "Impacts of exclusion fencing on target and non-target fauna: a global review," 2020, published in Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • "Middle-out ecology: small carnivores as sentinels of global change," 2022, Mammal Review
  • "Animal Harms and Food Production: Informing Ethical Choices," 2021, Animals
  • "Predicted declines in suitable habitat for greater one-horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) under future climate and land use change scenarios," 2021, Ecology and Evolution
  • "Minimizing animal welfare harms associated with predation management in agro-ecosystems," 2020, Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society

Their frequent collaborators include:

  • Deane Smith
  • Tek Maraseni
  • Linda Behrendorff
  • Rachel King
  • Peter J. S. Fleming

Benjamin L. Allen's works are published repeatedly in venues such as Animals, Global Ecology and Conservation, Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, Ecology and Evolution, and Applied Animal Behaviour Science, showing a consistent output across journals that specialize in ecological and animal welfare research.

Best Publications

  • Subtree transfer operations and their induced metrics on evolutionary trees

    Benjamin Lang Allen;Mike Steel

  • A new phylogenetic diversity measure generalizing the shannon index and its application to phyllostomid bats.

    Benjamin Allen;Mark Kon;Yaneer Bar-Yam

  • Experimental interrogation of the path dependence and stochasticity of protein evolution using phage-assisted continuous evolution.

    Bryan C. Dickinson;Aaron M. Leconte;Benjamin Allen;Benjamin Allen;Kevin M. Esvelt

  • As clear as mud: A critical review of evidence for the ecological roles of Australian dingoes

    Benjamin L.R. Allen;Peter J.S. Fleming;Lee R. Allen;Richard M. Engeman

  • Can we save large carnivores without losing large carnivore science

    Benjamin L. Allen;Lee R. Allen;Henrik Andrén;Guy Ballard

  • The success of GPS collar deployments on mammals in Australia

    Alison Matthews;Laura Ruykys;Bill Ellis;Sean FitzGibbon

  • Seven considerations about dingoes as biodiversity engineers: the socioecological niches of dogs in Australia

    Peter J. S. Fleming;Benjamin L. Allen;Guy-Anthony Ballard

  • Influence of dingoes on sheep distribution in Australia.

    B. L. Allen;P. West

  • Assessing predation risk to threatened fauna from their prevalence in predator scats: dingoes and rodents in arid Australia.

    Benjamin L. Allen;Luke K.-P. Leung

  • Reintroducing the dingo: the risk of dingo predation to threatened vertebrates of western New South Wales

    B. L. Allen;P. J. S. Fleming

  • Wild dogma: An examination of recent "evidence" for dingo regulation of invasive mesopredator release in Australia

    Benjamin L. Allen;Richard M. Engeman;Lee R. Allen

  • Right on track? Performance of satellite telemetry in terrestrial wildlife research

    Maarten P. G. Hofman;Maarten P. G. Hofman;M. W. Hayward;M. W. Hayward;M. Heim;P. Marchand

  • Impacts of exclusion fencing on target and non‐target fauna: a global review

    Deane Smith;Rachel King;Benjamin L. Allen;Benjamin L. Allen

  • Balancing dingo conservation with human safety on Fraser Island: the numerical and demographic effects of humane destruction of dingoes

    B. L. Allen;K. Higginbottom;J. H. Bracks;N. Davies

  • Middle‐out ecology: small carnivores as sentinels of global change

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  • Intraguild relationships between sympatric predators exposed to lethal control: predator manipulation experiments

    Benjamin L. Allen;Lee R. Allen;Richard M. Engeman;Luke K.-P. Leung

  • Deconstructing compassionate conservation.

    Matt W. Hayward;Matt W. Hayward;Matt W. Hayward;Alex Callen;Benjamin L. Allen;Guy Ballard;Guy Ballard

  • Games among relatives revisited.

    Benjamin Allen;Benjamin Allen;Martin A. Nowak

  • Interactions between two naturalised invasive predators in Australia: are feral cats suppressed by dingoes?

    Benjamin L. Allen;Lee R. Allen;Luke K.-P. Leung

  • The general form of Hamilton’s rule makes no predictions and cannot be tested empirically

    Martin A Nowak;Alex McAvoy;Benjamin Allen;Benjamin Allen;Edward O Wilson

  • Animal Harms and Food Production: Informing Ethical Choices

    Jordan O. Hampton;Timothy H. Hyndman;Benjamin L. Allen;Bob Fischer

  • Animal welfare considerations for using large carnivores and guardian dogs as vertebrate biocontrol tools against other animals

    Benjamin L. Allen;Benjamin L. Allen;Lee R. Allen;Guy Ballard;Guy Ballard;Marine Drouilly

  • Dingoes at the doorstep: Preliminary data on the ecology of dingoes in urban areas

    Benjamin L. Allen;Mark Goullet;Lee R. Allen;Allan Lisle

  • The molecular clock of neutral evolution can be accelerated or slowed by asymmetric spatial structure.

    Benjamin Allen;Benjamin Allen;Christine Sample;Yulia Dementieva;Ruben C. Medeiros

  • Envisioning the future with ‘compassionate conservation’: An ominous projection for native wildlife and biodiversity

    Alex Callen;Matt W. Hayward;Matt W. Hayward;Matt W. Hayward;Kaya Klop-Toker;Benjamin L. Allen

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin A. Nowak
Martin A. Nowak Harvard University
Peter J. S. Fleming
Peter J. S. Fleming University of Southern Queensland
Matt W. Hayward
Matt W. Hayward University of Newcastle Australia
Bert Vogelstein
Bert Vogelstein Johns Hopkins University
Sarah Legge
Sarah Legge Australian National University
James D. M. Speed
James D. M. Speed Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Graham I. H. Kerley
Graham I. H. Kerley Nelson Mandela University
Luis A. Diaz
Luis A. Diaz Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Krishnendu Chatterjee
Krishnendu Chatterjee Institute of Science and Technology Austria
Tek Narayan Maraseni
Tek Narayan Maraseni University of Southern Queensland

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