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D-Index
49
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12816
World Ranking
3968
National Ranking
1391

Bryan C. Carstens 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 Bryan C. Carstens sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 128 publications — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Bryan C. Carstens 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 Bryan C. Carstens sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 49 D-Index — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Bryan C. Carstens is affiliated with The Ohio State University in the United States. Their research spans diverse areas within environmental science and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

The main fields of study associated with their work include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these fields, their subfields of focus are:

  • Genetics
  • Ecology
  • Ecological Modeling
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Molecular Biology

Key topics covered in their research are:

  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Amphibian and Reptile Biology
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Bryan C. Carstens include:

  • Emanuel M. Fonseca
  • Drew J. Duckett
  • Tara A. Pelletier
  • Kaiya L. Provost
  • Jack Sullivan

The venues where they have published most frequently include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Molecular Ecology
  • PeerJ
  • Molecular Ecology Resources
  • PLoS ONE

Recent publications highlight various aspects of biodiversity, genetics, and species distribution. Selected papers are:

  • "Analysis of biodiversity data suggests that mammal species are hidden in predictable places" (2022), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Pleistocene glaciations caused the latitudinal gradient of within-species genetic diversity" (2023), Evolution Letters
  • "Predicting migration routes for three species of migratory bats using species distribution models" (2021), PeerJ
  • "Phylogeographic model selection using convolutional neural networks" (2021), Molecular Ecology Resources
  • "Predicting amphibian intraspecific diversity with machine learning: Challenges and prospects for integrating traits, geography, and genetic data" (2020), Molecular Ecology Resources

Bryan C. Carstens was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2019.

Best Publications

  • How to fail at species delimitation.

    Bryan C. Carstens;Tara A. Pelletier;Noah M. Reid;Jordan D. Satler

  • Delimiting Species without Monophyletic Gene Trees

    L. Lacey Knowles;Bryan C. Carstens

  • Phylogeography's past, present, and future: 10 years after Avise, 2000

    M. J. Hickerson;B. C. Carstens;Jeannine M Cavender-Bares;K. A. Crandall

  • Applications of next-generation sequencing to phylogeography and phylogenetics

    John E. McCormack;Sarah M. Hird;Amanda J. Zellmer;Bryan C. Carstens

  • Phylogenetic estimation error can decrease the accuracy of species delimitation: a Bayesian implementation of the general mixed Yule-coalescent model

    Noah M Reid;Bryan C Carstens;Bryan C Carstens

  • STEM: species tree estimation using maximum likelihood for gene trees under coalescence

    Laura Salter Kubatko;Bryan C. Carstens;L. Lacey Knowles

  • Climate refugia: joint inference from fossil records, species distribution models and phylogeography

    Daniel G. Gavin;Matthew C. Fitzpatrick;Paul F. Gugger;Katy D. Heath

  • INTEGRATING COALESCENT AND ECOLOGICAL NICHE MODELING IN COMPARATIVE PHYLOGEOGRAPHY

    Bryan C. Carstens;Corinne L. Richards

  • Estimating Species Phylogeny from Gene-Tree Probabilities Despite Incomplete Lineage Sorting: An Example from Melanoplus Grasshoppers

    Bryan C. Carstens;L. Lacey Knowles

  • Distribution modelling and statistical phylogeography: an integrative framework for generating and testing alternative biogeographical hypotheses

    Corinne L. Richards;Bryan C. Carstens;L. Lacey Knowles

  • Comparative Gut Microbiota of 59 Neotropical Bird Species

    Sarah M. Hird;César Sánchez;Bryan C. Carstens;Robb T. Brumfield

  • Multilocus Species Delimitation in a Complex of Morphologically Conserved Trapdoor Spiders (Mygalomorphae, Antrodiaetidae, Aliatypus)

    Jordan D. Satler;Bryan C. Carstens;Marshal Hedin

  • Investigating the evolutionary history of the Pacific Northwest mesic forest ecosystem: hypothesis testing within a comparative phylogeographic framework.

    Bryan C. Carstens;Steven J. Brunsfeld;John R. Demboski;Jeffrey M. Good

  • SpedeSTEM: a rapid and accurate method for species delimitation

    Daniel D. Ence;Bryan C. Carstens

  • Species Delimitation with Gene Flow.

    Nathan D. Jackson;Bryan C. Carstens;Ariadna E. Morales;Brian C. O'Meara

  • Shifting distributions and speciation: species divergence during rapid climate change

    Bryan C. Carstens;L. Lacey Knowles

  • Species Delimitation Using a Combined Coalescent and Information-Theoretic Approach: An Example from North American Myotis Bats

    Bryan C. Carstens;Tanya A. Dewey

  • Coupling genetic and ecological-niche models to examine how past population distributions contribute to divergence.

    L. Lacey Knowles;Bryan C. Carstens;Marcia L. Keat

  • Permanent genetic resources added to molecular ecology resources database 1 May 2009-31 July 2009

    Glenn R. Almany;Maurício P. De Arruda;Wolfgang Arthofer

  • Does gene flow destroy phylogenetic signal? The performance of three methods for estimating species phylogenies in the presence of gene flow

    Andrew J. Eckert;Bryan C. Carstens

Frequent Co-Authors

Jack Sullivan
Jack Sullivan University of Idaho
Robb T. Brumfield
Robb T. Brumfield Louisiana State University
H. Lisle Gibbs
H. Lisle Gibbs The Ohio State University
Célio F. B. Haddad
Célio F. B. Haddad Sao Paulo State University
Arndt Hampe
Arndt Hampe University of Bordeaux
Michael L. Berumen
Michael L. Berumen King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues
Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues Universidade de São Paulo
Robert K. Jansen
Robert K. Jansen The University of Texas at Austin
Loren H. Rieseberg
Loren H. Rieseberg University of British Columbia
Hans Klompen
Hans Klompen The Ohio State University

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