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D-Index
55
Citations
15832
World Ranking
2916
National Ranking
1035

Chris Simon 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 Simon sits on this spectrum.

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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.

Chris Simon 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 Simon sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 55 D-Index — 66th percentile

66% 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

  • 2016 - Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand

Overview

Chris Simon is affiliated with the University of Connecticut in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within agricultural and biological sciences, focusing particularly on ecology, evolution, insect science, and genetics.

The main fields of study for Chris Simon include:

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Environmental Science

Their work extends into several subfields, notably:

  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Insect Science
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Genetics
  • Plant Science

Key topics covered in their research include:

  • Plant and animal studies
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
  • Amphibian and Reptile Biology
  • Phytoplasmas and Hemiptera pathogens
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change

Chris Simon has published numerous papers in various scientific journals. Recent publications include:

  • Advances in the Evolution and Ecology of 13- and 17-Year Periodical Cicadas, 2021, Annual Review of Entomology
  • An Evolving View of Phylogenetic Support, 2020, Systematic Biology
  • The molecular systematics and diversification of a taxonomically unstable group of Asian cicada tribes related to Cicadini Latreille, 1802 (Hemiptera: Cicadidae), 2021, Invertebrate Systematics
  • Gut microbiome insights from 16S rRNA analysis of 17-year periodical cicadas (Hemiptera: Magicicada spp.) Broods II, VI, and X, 2022, Scientific Reports
  • Insights into Aotearoa New Zealand's biogeographic history provided by the study of natural hybrid zones, 2022, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand

The scientist has contributed frequently to several publication venues, including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Systematic Biology
  • Scientific Reports
  • Zootaxa
  • European Journal of Business and Management

They have collaborated repeatedly with several co-authors, such as:

  • Mark Stukel
  • Diler Haji
  • Emily Moriarty Lemmon
  • Alan R. Lemmon
  • John R. Cooley

Chris Simon was recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand in 2016.

Best Publications

  • Evolution, weighting, and phylogenetic utility of mitochondrial gene sequences and a compilation of conserved polymerase chain reaction primers

    Chris Simon;Francesco Frati;Andrew Beckenbach;Bernie Crespi

  • Incorporating molecular evolution into phylogenetic analysis, and a new compilation of conserved polymerase chain reaction primers for animal mitochondrial DNA

    Chris Simon;Thomas R. Buckley;Francesco Frati;James B. Stewart

  • The Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution of Periodical Cicadas

    Kathy S. Williams;Chris Simon

  • MASTING BY EIGHTEEN NEW ZEALAND PLANT SPECIES: THE ROLE OF TEMPERATURE AS A SYNCHRONIZING CUE

    Eric M. Schauber;Dave Kelly;Peter Turchin;Chris Simon

  • Conserved sequence motifs, alignment, and secondary structure for the third domain of animal 12S rRNA.

    R E Hickson;C Simon;A Cooper;G S Spicer

  • Evolution of the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase II gene in collembola.

    Francesco Frati;Chris Simon;Jack Sullivan;David L. Swofford

  • Differentiating between Hypotheses of Lineage Sorting and Introgression in New Zealand Alpine Cicadas (Maoricicada Dugdale)

    Thomas R. Buckley;Michael Cordeiro;David C. Marshall;Chris Simon

  • Combined data, Bayesian phylogenetics, and the origin of the New Zealand cicada genera.

    Thomas R. Buckley;Peter Arensburger;Chris Simon;Chris Simon;Geoffrey K. Chambers

  • Molecular systematics and adaptive radiation of Hawaii's endemic Damselfly genus Megalagrion (Odonata: Coenagrionidae).

    Steve Jordan;Chris Simon;Dan Polhemus

  • The Performance of Several Multiple-Sequence Alignment Programs in Relation to Secondary-Structure Features for an rRNA Sequence

    Robert E. Hickson;Chris Simon;Soren W. Perrey

  • Molecular Systematics at the Species Boundary: Exploiting Conserved and Variable Regions of the Mitochondrial Genome of Animals via Direct Sequencing from Amplified DNA

    Chris Simon;Chris Simon

  • Among-site rate variation and phylogenetic analysis of 12S rRNA in sigmodontine rodents.

    J Sullivan;K E Holsinger;C Simon

  • Accurate branch length estimation in partitioned Bayesian analyses requires accommodation of among-partition rate variation and attention to branch length priors.

    David C. Marshall;Chris Simon;Chris Simon;Thomas R. Buckley

  • Sympatric Speciation in a Bacterial Endosymbiont Results in Two Genomes with the Functionality of One

    James T T. Van Leuven;Russell C C. Meister;Chris Simon;John P P. McCutcheon;John P P. McCutcheon

  • Secondary structure and conserved motifs of the frequently sequenced domains IV and V of the insect mitochondrial large subunit rRNA gene.

    T. R. Buckley;C. Simon;C. Simon;P. K. Flook;B. Misof

  • Exploring among-site rate variation models in a maximum likelihood framework using empirical data: effects of model assumptions on estimates of topology, branch lengths, and bootstrap support.

    Thomas R. Buckley;Chris Simon;Geoffrey K. Chambers

  • Hawaiian evolutionary biology: An introduction

    Chris Simon

  • Genome expansion via lineage splitting and genome reduction in the cicada endosymbiont Hodgkinia

    Matthew A. Campbell;James T. Van Leuven;Russell C. Meister;Kaitlin M. Carey

  • Evaluating Hypotheses on the Origin and Evolution of the New Zealand Alpine Cicadas (Maoricicada) Using Multiple-Comparison Tests of Tree Topology

    Thomas R. Buckley;Chris Simon;Hidetoshi Shimodaira;Geoffrey K. Chambers

  • DIFFERING LEVELS OF AMONG-POPULATION DIVERGENCE IN THE MITOCHONDRIAL DNA OF PERIODICAL CICADAS RELATED TO HISTORICAL BIOGEOGRAPHY.

    Andrew Martin;Chris Simon

  • CONVERGENT EVOLUTION OF COURTSHIP SONGS AMONG CRYPTIC SPECIES OF THE CARNEA GROUP OF GREEN LACEWINGS (NEUROPTERA: CHRYSOPIDAE: CHRYSOPERLA).

    Charles S. Henry;Marta Lucia Martinez Wells;Chris M. Simon

  • PHYLOGEOGRAPHY OF THE NEW ZEALAND CICADA MAORICICADA CAMPBELLI BASED ON MITOCHONDRIAL DNA SEQUENCES: ANCIENT CLADES ASSOCIATED WITH CENOZOIC ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE

    Thomas R. Buckley;Chris Simon;Chris Simon;Geoffrey K. Chambers

  • Mitochondrial Genomics Reveals Shared Phylogeographic Patterns and Demographic History among Three Periodical Cicada Species Groups.

    Zhenyong Du;Hiroki Hasegawa;John R Cooley;Chris Simon

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas R. Buckley
Thomas R. Buckley Landcare Research
Teiji Sota
Teiji Sota Kyoto University
Jack Sullivan
Jack Sullivan University of Idaho
Richard A. Humber
Richard A. Humber Agricultural Research Service
Kent E. Holsinger
Kent E. Holsinger University of Connecticut
Daniel G. Panaccione
Daniel G. Panaccione West Virginia University
Krushnamegh Kunte
Krushnamegh Kunte National Centre for Biological Sciences
Timothy Y. James
Timothy Y. James University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Jason E. Stajich
Jason E. Stajich University of California, Riverside
Romano Dallai
Romano Dallai University of Siena

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