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Brian S. Leander 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 Brian S. Leander sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 173 publications — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Brian S. Leander 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 Brian S. Leander sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Brian S. Leander is affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada. Their research primarily focuses on diverse aspects of environmental science and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with specific attention to molecular biology, ecology, oceanography, global and planetary change, and paleontology.

The scientist's main research topics encompass protist diversity and phylogeny, microbial community ecology and physiology, parasite biology and host interactions, marine biology and ecology research, planarian biology and electrostimulation, marine ecology and invasive species, and genomics and phylogenetic studies.

Brian S. Leander has contributed scholarly work to various reputable publication venues. Frequent venues for their publications include:

  • Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology
  • Current Biology
  • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
  • Organisms Diversity & Evolution
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Brian S. Leander are:

  • Niels W. L. Van Steenkiste
  • Patrick J. Keeling
  • María Herranz
  • Elizabeth C. Cooney
  • Eunji Park

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Brian S. Leander include:

  • "Microbiomes of microscopic marine invertebrates do not reveal signatures of phylosymbiosis," 2022, Nature Microbiology
  • "The curious and neglected soft-bodied meiofauna: Rouphozoa (Gastrotricha and Platyhelminthes)," 2020, Hydrobiologia
  • "Predatory protists," 2020, Current Biology
  • "Multigene phylogenetics of euglenids based on single-cell transcriptomics of diverse phagotrophs," 2021, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
  • "Microbial communities in sandy beaches from the three domains of life differ by microhabitat and intertidal location," 2022, Molecular Ecology

Best Publications

  • The Marine Microbial Eukaryote Transcriptome Sequencing Project (MMETSP): Illuminating the Functional Diversity of Eukaryotic Life in the Oceans through Transcriptome Sequencing

    Patrick J. Keeling;Patrick J. Keeling;Fabien Burki;Heather M. Wilcox;Bassem Allam

  • Diversity, nomenclature, and taxonomy of protists.

    Sina M. Adl;Brian S. Leander;Alastair G. B. Simpson;John M. Archibald

  • Major transitions in dinoflagellate evolution unveiled by phylotranscriptomics.

    Jan Janouškovec;Gregory S. Gavelis;Fabien Burki;Donna Dinh

  • Phylogeny of gregarines (Apicomplexa) as inferred from small-subunit rDNA and β-tubulin

    Brian S. Leander;Richard E. Clopton;Patrick J. Keeling

  • Morphostasis in alveolate evolution.

    Brian S. Leander;Patrick J. Keeling

  • Marine gregarines: evolutionary prelude to the apicomplexan radiation?

    Brian S. Leander

  • Did trypanosomatid parasites have photosynthetic ancestors

    Brian S. Leander

  • COI Barcoding of Nebelid Testate Amoebae (Amoebozoa: Arcellinida): Extensive Cryptic Diversity and Redefinition of the Hyalospheniidae Schultze

    Anush Kosakyan;Thierry J. Heger;Thierry J. Heger;Brian S. Leander;Milcho Todorov

  • Molecular phylogeny and description of the novel katablepharid Roombia truncata gen. et sp. nov., and establishment of the Hacrobia taxon nov.

    Noriko Okamoto;Chitchai Chantangsi;Aleš Horák;Brian S. Leander

  • EARLY EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY OF DINOFLAGELLATES AND APICOMPLEXANS (ALVEOLATA) AS INFERRED FROM HSP90 AND ACTIN PHYLOGENIES1

    Brian S. Leander;Patrick J. Keeling

  • Multiple Independent Origins of Apicomplexan-Like Parasites

    Varsha Mathur;Martin Kolísko;Martin Kolísko;Elisabeth Hehenberger;Elisabeth Hehenberger;Nicholas A.T. Irwin

  • The phylogeny of Colpodellids (Alveolata) using small subunit rRNA gene sequences suggests they are the free-living sister group to Apicomplexans

    Olga N. Kuvardina;Brian S. Leander;Vladimir V. Aleshin;Alexander P. Myl'nikov

  • Evolution of microtubule organizing centers across the tree of eukaryotes.

    Naoji Yubuki;Brian S. Leander

  • Cascades of convergent evolution: The corresponding evolutionary histories of euglenozoans and dinoflagellates

    Julius Lukeš;Brian S. Leander;Patrick J. Keeling

  • Eye-like ocelloids are built from different endosymbiotically acquired components

    Gregory S. Gavelis;Shiho Hayakawa;Shiho Hayakawa;Richard A. White;Richard A. White;Takashi Gojobori;Takashi Gojobori

  • Holarctic phylogeography of the testate amoeba Hyalosphenia papilio (Amoebozoa: Arcellinida) reveals extensive genetic diversity explained more by environment than dispersal limitation

    Thierry J. Heger;Edward A. D. Mitchell;Brian S. Leander

  • Dinoflagellate phylogeny as inferred from heat shock protein 90 and ribosomal gene sequences.

    Mona Hoppenrath;Brian S. Leander

  • Macroevolution of complex cytoskeletal systems in euglenids

    Brian S. Leander;Heather J. Esson;Susana A. Breglia

  • Microbiomes of microscopic marine invertebrates do not reveal signatures of phylosymbiosis

    Unknown

  • Comparative morphology and molecular phylogeny of aplanochytrids (Labyrinthulomycota)

    Celeste A. Leander;David Porter;Brian S. Leander

  • Identification of a divergent environmental DNA sequence clade using the phylogeny of gregarine parasites (Apicomplexa) from crustacean hosts.

    Sonja Rueckert;Timur G. Simdyanov;Vladimir V. Aleoshin;Brian S. Leander

Frequent Co-Authors

Patrick J. Keeling
Patrick J. Keeling University of British Columbia
Alastair G. B. Simpson
Alastair G. B. Simpson Dalhousie University
Edward A. D. Mitchell
Edward A. D. Mitchell University of Neuchâtel
Curtis A. Suttle
Curtis A. Suttle University of British Columbia
Denis H. Lynn
Denis H. Lynn University of British Columbia
John M. Archibald
John M. Archibald Dalhousie University
Jan Pawlowski
Jan Pawlowski Heidelberg University
Julius Lukeš
Julius Lukeš Czech Academy of Sciences
Shauna A. Murray
Shauna A. Murray University of Technology Sydney
Tom Artois
Tom Artois Hasselt University

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