2026 Brent D. Mishler: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	58	13059	12014	5568	4981	160	14068

Brent D. Mishler publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Brent D. Mishler sits on this spectrum.

47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 160 publications — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Brent D. Mishler D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Brent D. Mishler sits on this spectrum.

40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 58 D-Index — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Brent D. Mishler is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within the agricultural and biological sciences and environmental science, with a strong focus on ecology, evolution, and systematics.

The main fields of study include:

Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Environmental Science

Within these broader fields, Mishler's work emphasizes subfields such as:

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Plant Science
Nature and Landscape Conservation
Molecular Biology
Ecological Modeling

Their research addresses topics covering:

Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
Plant and animal studies
Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology
Plant Diversity and Evolution
Bryophyte Studies and Records
Lichen and fungal ecology
Botany and Plant Ecology Studies

Mishler has contributed to several frequently published venues, such as:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
American Journal of Botany
Madroño
Journal of Systematics and Evolution
Journal of Biogeography

Their recent significant papers include:

To dry perchance to live: Insights from the genome of the desiccation-tolerant biocrust moss Syntrichia caninervis (2020), published in The Plant Journal
Spatial phylogenetics of the North American flora (2020), published in Journal of Systematics and Evolution
Vascular plant extinction in the continental United States and Canada (2020), published in Conservation Biology
Spatial phylogenetics of butterflies in relation to environmental drivers and angiosperm diversity across North America (2021), published in iScience
Strategies of desiccation tolerance vary across life phases in the moss Syntrichia caninervis (2020), published in American Journal of Botany

Frequent collaborators working alongside Mishler include:

Jenna T. B. Ekwealor
Pamela S. Soltis
Shawn W. Laffan
Melvin J. Oliver
Kirsten M. Fisher

Best Publications

The Physcomitrella Genome Reveals Evolutionary Insights into the Conquest of Land by Plants

Stefan A. Rensing;Daniel Lang;Andreas D. Zimmer;Astrid Terry

2104
Citations
The Perils of DNA Barcoding and the Need for Integrative Taxonomy

Kipling W. Will;Brent D. Mishler;Quentin D. Wheeler

1098
Citations
The evolution of vegetative desiccation tolerance in land plants

Melvin J. Oliver;Zoltán Tuba;Brent D. Mishler

616
Citations
Species Concepts: A Case for Pluralism

Brent D. Mishler;Michael J. Donoghue

613
Citations
Desiccation-tolerance in bryophytes: a review

Michael C. F. Proctor;Melvin J. Oliver;Andrew J. Wood;Peter Alpert

598
Citations
Individuality, Pluralism, and the Phylogenetic Species Concept

Brent D. Mishler;Robert N. Brandon

510
Citations
Desiccation Tolerance in Bryophytes: A Reflection of the Primitive Strategy for Plant Survival in Dehydrating Habitats?

Melvin J. Oliver;Jeff Velten;Brent D. Mishler

451
Citations
Phylogenetic measures of biodiversity and neo- and paleo-endemism in Australian Acacia

Brent D. Mishler;Nunzio Knerr;Carlos E. González-Orozco;Andrew H. Thornhill

346
Citations
Phylogenetic Relationships of the "Green Algae" and "Bryophytes"

Brent D. Mishler;Louise A. Lewis;Mark A. Buchheim;Karen S. Renzaglia

291
Citations
TRANSITION TO A LAND FLORA: PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS OF THE GREEN ALGAE AND BRYOPHYTES

Brent D. Mishler;Steven P. Churchill

281
Citations
Getting Rid of Species

Brent D. Mishler;Jepson Herbarium

252
Citations
Phylogenetic Relationships of the Liverworts (Hepaticae), a Basal Embryophyte Lineage, Inferred from Nucleotide Sequence Data of the Chloroplast GenerbcL

Louise A. Lewis;Brent D. Mishler;Rytas Vilgalys

250
Citations
ON CLADISTIC RELATIONSHIPS IN GREEN PLANTS

K. Bremer;C. J. Humphries;B. D. Mishler;S. P. Churchill

220
Citations
The Morphological, Developmental, and Phylogenetic Basis of Species Concepts in Bryophytes

Brent D. Mishler

202
Citations
Bryophyte phylogeny : Advancing the molecular and morphological frontiers

Karen S. Renzaglia;Scott Schuette;R. Joel Duff;Roberto Ligrone

192
Citations
Sex expression, skewed sex ratios, and microhabitat distribution in the dioecious desert moss Syntrichia caninervis (Pottiaceae)

Matthew A. Bowker;Lloyd R. Stark;D. Nicholas McLetchie;Brent D. Mishler

187
Citations
Evolution of the major moss lineages phylogenetic analyses based on multiple gene sequences and morphology

Angela E. Newton;Cymon J. Cox;Jeffrey G. Duckett;John A. Wheeler

182
Citations
Functional Constraints and rbcL Evidence for Land Plant Phylogeny

Victor A Albert;Anders Backlund;Kare Bremer;Mark W Chase

178
Citations
Character-State Weighting for Restriction Site Data in Phylogenetic Reconstruction, with an Example from Chloroplast DNA

Victor A. Albert;Brent D. Mishler;Mark W. Chase

177
Citations
The Perils of DNA Barcoding and the Need for Integrative Taxonomy - eScholarship

Kipling Will;Brent Mishler;Quentin Wheeler

1
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