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Craig R. White

Craig R. White

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
53
Citations
13202
World Ranking
3242
National Ranking
254

Craig R. White 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 Craig R. White sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 202 publications — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Craig R. White 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 Craig R. White sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Craig R. White is affiliated with Monash University in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with significant contributions to the fields of ecology, evolution, behavior, systematics, nature and landscape conservation, genetics, and ecological modeling.

The scientist's recent publications demonstrate a concentration on physiological and biochemical adaptations, animal behavior and reproduction, fish ecology and management studies, species distribution and climate change, insect and arachnid ecology and behavior, amphibian and reptile biology, as well as plant and animal studies.

Among the recent papers authored by Craig R. White are the following:

  • Metabolic scaling is the product of life-history optimization, 2022, Science

In addition to their solo work, research collaboration is an important aspect of their scientific output. Frequent co-authors include Dustin J. Marshall, Lesley A. Alton, Candice L. Bywater, Matthew D. Hall, and David G. Chapple.

Craig R. White has published extensively in several prominent venues. These frequent publication venues are:

  • Journal of Experimental Biology
  • Functional Ecology
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

The breadth of topics and fields covered by the research reflects an interdisciplinary approach integrating life-history theory, metabolic and physiological studies, and ecological and evolutionary perspectives aimed at understanding species' responses to environmental changes and physiological constraints.

Best Publications

  • Physiological plasticity increases resilience of ectothermic animals to climate change

    Frank Seebacher;Craig R. White;Craig E. Franklin

  • Mammalian basal metabolic rate is proportional to body mass2/3

    Craig R. White;Roger S. Seymour

  • Moving towards acceleration for estimates of activity-specific metabolic rate in free-living animals: the case of the cormorant

    Rory P. Wilson;Craig R. White;Flavio Roberto Quintana;Lewis G. Halsey

  • Fish reproductive-energy output increases disproportionately with body size

    Diego R. Barneche;D. Ross Robertson;Craig R. White;Dustin J. Marshall

  • Allometric scaling of mammalian metabolism.

    Craig R. White;Roger S. Seymour

  • The scaling and temperature dependence of vertebrate metabolism.

    Craig R White;Nicole F Phillips;Roger S Seymour

  • Evolution of Plasticity: Mechanistic Link between Development and Reversible Acclimation

    Julian E. Beaman;Craig R. White;Craig R. White;Frank Seebacher

  • Metabolic scaling is the product of life-history optimization

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  • Allometric exponents do not support a universal metabolic allometry

    Craig R. White;Phillip Cassey;Phillip Cassey;Tim M. Blackburn

  • Heat reward for insect pollinators

    Roger S. Seymour;Craig R. White;Marc Gibernau

  • Determinants of inter-specific variation in basal metabolic rate

    Craig R White;Michael R Kearney

  • Understanding variation in metabolic rate

    Amanda K. Pettersen;Dustin J. Marshall;Craig R. White

  • Does Basal Metabolic Rate Contain a Useful Signal? Mammalian BMR Allometry and Correlations with a Selection of Physiological, Ecological, and Life‐History Variables

    Craig R. White;Roger S. Seymour

  • Metabolic cold adaptation in fishes occurs at the level of whole animal, mitochondria and enzyme

    Craig Robert White;Lesley Alton;Peter B Frappell

  • Phylogenetically informed analysis of the allometry of Mammalian Basal metabolic rate supports neither geometric nor quarter-power scaling.

    Craig R. White;Craig R. White;Tim M. Blackburn;Tim M. Blackburn;Roger S. Seymour

  • Metabolic Scaling in Animals: Methods, Empirical Results, and Theoretical Explanations

    Craig R White;Michael R Kearney

  • Basal metabolic rate of birds is associated with habitat temperature and precipitation, not primary productivity

    Craig R White;Tim M Blackburn;Graham R Martin;Patrick J Butler

  • Integrating Mitochondrial Aerobic Metabolism into Ecology and Evolution

    Rebecca E. Koch;Katherine L. Buchanan;Stefania Casagrande;Ondi Crino

  • Acceleration versus heart rate for estimating energy expenditure and speed during locomotion in animals: Tests with an easy model species, Homo sapiens

    Lewis G. Halsey;Emily L.C. Shepard;Carl J. Hulston;Michelle C. Venables

  • The allometry of burrow geometry

    Craig R. White

  • Competition in benthic marine invertebrates: the unrecognized role of exploitative competition for oxygen

    Nick Ferguson;Craig R. White;Dustin J. Marshall;Dustin J. Marshall

  • Evolutionary responses of discontinuous gas exchange in insects

    Craig R. White;Tim M. Blackburn;John S. Terblanche;Elrike Marais

Frequent Co-Authors

Dustin J. Marshall
Dustin J. Marshall Monash University
Patrick J. Butler
Patrick J. Butler University of Birmingham
Roger S. Seymour
Roger S. Seymour University of Adelaide
Graham P. Martin
Graham P. Martin University of Cambridge
Jonathan A. Green
Jonathan A. Green University of Liverpool
Craig E. Franklin
Craig E. Franklin University of Queensland
David Grémillet
David Grémillet Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Robbie S. Wilson
Robbie S. Wilson University of Queensland
Phillip Cassey
Phillip Cassey University of Adelaide
Steven L. Chown
Steven L. Chown Monash University

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