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D-Index
39
Citations
6460
World Ranking
6347
National Ranking
2158

Chris C. Nice 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 Chris C. Nice sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 101 publications — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Chris C. Nice 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 Chris C. Nice sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 39 D-Index — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Chris C. Nice is affiliated with Texas State University in the United States and focuses their research primarily within the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Environmental Science, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans multiple subfields, including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Insect Science, Global and Planetary Change, and Plant Science.

The scientific topics covered in their research include Plant and Animal Studies, Genetic Diversity and Population Structure, Insect-Plant Interactions and Control, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Marine and Coastal Plant Biology, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, and Fire Effects on Ecosystems.

Chris C. Nice has contributed to several research papers, including:

  • "Scientists' warning on climate change and insects" (2022) published in Ecological Monographs
  • "Insects and recent climate change" (2021) published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Fewer butterflies seen by community scientists across the warming and drying landscapes of the American West" (2021) published in Science
  • "Recent hybrids recapitulate ancient hybrid outcomes" (2020) published in Nature Communications
  • "Founder effects shape linkage disequilibrium and genomic diversity of a partially clonal invader" (2021) published in Molecular Ecology

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, notably including James A. Fordyce, Matthew L. Forister, Lauren K. Lucas, Zachariah Gompert, and C. Alex Buerkle.

Chris C. Nice has published multiple articles in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Molecular Ecology, Ecology and Evolution, and Ecological Monographs. The scientist's publications demonstrate a focus on interdisciplinary ecological and genetic research, with an emphasis on the effects of environmental changes on insects and other organisms.

Best Publications

  • Plant genotypic diversity predicts community structure and governs an ecosystem process.

    Gregory M. Crutsinger;Michael D. Collins;James A. Fordyce;Zachariah Gompert

  • Scientists' warning on climate change and insects

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  • Insects and recent climate change

    Christopher A. Halsch;Arthur M. Shapiro;James A. Fordyce;Chris C. Nice

  • Homoploid hybrid speciation in an extreme habitat.

    Zachariah Gompert;James A. Fordyce;Matthew L. Forister;Arthur M. Shapiro

  • Admixture and the organization of genetic diversity in a butterfly species complex revealed through common and rare genetic variants.

    Zachariah Gompert;Lauren K. Lucas;Lauren K. Lucas;C. Alex Buerkle;Matthew L. Forister

  • Genomic regions with a history of divergent selection affect fitness of hybrids between two butterfly species.

    Zachariah Gompert;Lauren K. Lucas;Chris C. Nice;James A. Fordyce

  • Widespread mito-nuclear discordance with evidence for introgressive hybridization and selective sweeps in Lycaeides.

    Zachariah Gompert;Matthew L. Forister;James A. Fordyce;Chris C. Nice

  • Fewer butterflies seen by community scientists across the warming and drying landscapes of the American West

    M. L. Forister;C. A. Halsch;C. C. Nice;J. A. Fordyce

  • The significance of wing pattern diversity in the Lycaenidae: mate discrimination by two recently diverged species

    J. A. Fordyce;C. C. Nice;M. L. Forister;A. M. Shapiro

  • Increasing neonicotinoid use and the declining butterfly fauna of lowland California.

    Matthew L. Forister;Bruce Cousens;Joshua G. Harrison;Kayce Anderson

  • Bayesian analysis of molecular variance in pyrosequences quantifies population genetic structure across the genome of Lycaeides butterflies.

    Zachariah Gompert;Matthew L. Forister;James A. Fordyce;Chris C. Nice

  • Identifying units for conservation using molecular systematics: the cautionary tale of the Karner blue butterfly

    Zachariah Gompert;Chris C. Nice;James A. Fordyce;Matthew L. Forister

  • Intraspecific phytochemical variation shapes community and population structure for specialist caterpillars

    Andrea E. Glassmire;Christopher S. Jeffrey;Matthew L. Forister;Thomas L. Parchman

  • Host range evolution is not driven by the optimization of larval performance: the case of Lycaeides melissa (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) and the colonization of alfalfa

    Matthew L. Forister;Chris C. Nice;James A. Fordyce;Zachariah Gompert

  • Secondary contact between Lycaeides idas and L. melissa in the Rocky Mountains: extensive admixture and a patchy hybrid zone

    Zachariah Gompert;Lauren K. Lucas;James A. Fordyce;Matthew L. Forister

  • A Hierarchical Bayesian Approach to Ecological Count Data: A Flexible Tool for Ecologists

    James A. Fordyce;Zachariah Gompert;Matthew L. Forister;Chris C. Nice

  • Molecular and morphological divergence in the butterfly genus Lycaeides (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) in North America: evidence of recent speciation

    C. C. Nice;C. C. Nice;A. M. Shapiro

  • The evolution of novel host use is unlikely to be constrained by trade‐offs or a lack of genetic variation

    Zachariah Gompert;Joshua P. Jahner;Cynthia F. Scholl;Joseph S. Wilson;Joseph S. Wilson

  • How caterpillars avoid overheating: behavioral and phenotypic plasticity of pipevine swallowtail larvae

    Chris C. Nice;James A. Fordyce

  • An unseen foe in arthropod conservation efforts: The case of Wolbachia infections in the Karner blue butterfly

    Chris C. Nice;Zachariah Gompert;Matthew L. Forister;James A. Fordyce

  • Admixture Analysis of Florida Largemouth Bass and Northern Largemouth Bass using Microsatellite Loci

    Dijar J. Lutz-Carrillo;Chris C. Nice;Timothy H. Bonner;Michael R. J. Forstner

Frequent Co-Authors

James A. Fordyce
James A. Fordyce University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Matthew L. Forister
Matthew L. Forister University of Nevada Reno
Zachariah Gompert
Zachariah Gompert Utah State University
C. Alex Buerkle
C. Alex Buerkle University of Wyoming
James H. Thorne
James H. Thorne University of California, Davis
Erik E. Sotka
Erik E. Sotka College of Charleston
Richard H. ffrench-Constant
Richard H. ffrench-Constant University of Exeter
Dennis D. Murphy
Dennis D. Murphy University of Nevada Reno
Christina L. Richards
Christina L. Richards University of South Florida
Nathan J. Sanders
Nathan J. Sanders University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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