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Dana M. Hawley

Dana M. Hawley

Virginia Tech
United States

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
39
Citations
4605
World Ranking
6469
National Ranking
2188

Dana M. Hawley 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 Dana M. Hawley sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 92 publications — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Dana M. Hawley 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 Dana M. Hawley sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 95 scientists 31 D-Index: 123 scientists 32 D-Index: 191 scientists 33 D-Index: 245 scientists 34 D-Index: 252 scientists 35 D-Index: 244 scientists 36 D-Index: 249 scientists 37 D-Index: 244 scientists 38 D-Index: 254 scientists 39 D-Index: 254 scientists 40 D-Index: 280 scientists 41 D-Index: 274 scientists 42 D-Index: 266 scientists 43 D-Index: 233 scientists 44 D-Index: 248 scientists 45 D-Index: 208 scientists 46 D-Index: 201 scientists 47 D-Index: 213 scientists 48 D-Index: 207 scientists 49 D-Index: 172 scientists 50 D-Index: 209 scientists 51 D-Index: 199 scientists 52 D-Index: 153 scientists 53 D-Index: 169 scientists 54 D-Index: 163 scientists 55 D-Index: 148 scientists 56 D-Index: 120 scientists 57 D-Index: 146 scientists 58 D-Index: 137 scientists 59 D-Index: 140 scientists 60 D-Index: 104 scientists 61 D-Index: 119 scientists 62 D-Index: 118 scientists 63 D-Index: 99 scientists 64 D-Index: 77 scientists 65 D-Index: 100 scientists 66 D-Index: 86 scientists 67 D-Index: 83 scientists 68 D-Index: 75 scientists 69 D-Index: 94 scientists 70 D-Index: 57 scientists 71 D-Index: 68 scientists 72 D-Index: 59 scientists 73 D-Index: 63 scientists 74 D-Index: 66 scientists 75 D-Index: 60 scientists 76 D-Index: 42 scientists 77 D-Index: 49 scientists 78 D-Index: 39 scientists 79 D-Index: 37 scientists 80 D-Index: 43 scientists 81 D-Index: 41 scientists 82 D-Index: 45 scientists 83 D-Index: 34 scientists 84 D-Index: 40 scientists 85 D-Index: 35 scientists 86 D-Index: 55 scientists 87 D-Index: 24 scientists 88 D-Index: 24 scientists 89 D-Index: 30 scientists 90 D-Index: 23 scientists 91 D-Index: 25 scientists 92 D-Index: 27 scientists 93 D-Index: 27 scientists 94 D-Index: 13 scientists 95 D-Index: 23 scientists 96 D-Index: 12 scientists 97 D-Index: 14 scientists 98 D-Index: 19 scientists 99 D-Index: 16 scientists 100 D-Index: 14 scientists 101 D-Index: 5 scientists 102 D-Index: 21 scientists 103 D-Index: 16 scientists 104 D-Index: 10 scientists 105 D-Index: 7 scientists 106 D-Index: 7 scientists 107 D-Index: 7 scientists 108 D-Index: 6 scientists 109 D-Index: 9 scientists 110 D-Index: 11 scientists 111 D-Index: 12 scientists 112 D-Index: 9 scientists 113 D-Index: 7 scientists 114 D-Index: 3 scientists 115 D-Index: 8 scientists 116 D-Index: 5 scientists 117 D-Index: 11 scientists 118 D-Index: 4 scientists 119 D-Index: 2 scientists 120 D-Index: 5 scientists 121+ D-Index: 100 scientists
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

Dana M. Hawley is a researcher affiliated with Virginia Tech in the United States. Their work primarily spans the fields of Immunology and Microbiology as well as Medicine, with a significant focus on specialized subfields such as Microbiology, Infectious Diseases, Genetics, Parasitology, and Ecology.

Their research engages with several main topics, including:

  • Microbial infections and disease research
  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
  • Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
  • Zoonotic diseases and public health
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • Vector-borne infectious diseases

Dana M. Hawley has contributed to academic literature published in multiple venues, frequently publishing in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Wildlife Diseases
  • PLoS Pathogens
  • Royal Society Open Science
  • Ecology and Evolution

Their recent publications include:

  • Bidirectional interactions between host social behaviour and parasites arise through ecological and evolutionary processes (2020) - Parasitology
  • Infectious diseases and social distancing in nature (2021) - Science
  • Emerging infectious disease and the challenges of social distancing in human and non-human animals (2020) - Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Rapid adaptation to a novel pathogen through disease tolerance in a wild songbird (2023) - PLoS Pathogens
  • Host population dynamics in the face of an evolving pathogen (2021) - Journal of Animal Ecology

The researcher has collaborated extensively with several frequent co-authors, including:

  • James S. Adelman
  • Arietta Fleming-Davies
  • Marissa M. Langager
  • Anna A. Pérez-Umphrey
  • Kate E. Langwig

Best Publications

  • Disease ecology meets ecological immunology: understanding the links between organismal immunity and infection dynamics in natural populations

    Dana M. Hawley;Sonia M. Altizer

  • Host behaviour-parasite feedback: an essential link between animal behaviour and disease ecology.

    Vanessa O. Ezenwa;Elizabeth A. Archie;Meggan E. Craft;Dana M. Hawley

  • Feeder use predicts both acquisition and transmission of a contagious pathogen in a North American songbird.

    James S. Adelman;Sahnzi C. Moyers;Damien R. Farine;Dana M. Hawley

  • Compromised immune competence in free-living tree swallows exposed to mercury

    Dana M. Hawley;Kelly K. Hallinger;Daniel A. Cristol

  • Does animal behavior underlie covariation between hosts' exposure to infectious agents and susceptibility to infection? Implications for disease dynamics.

    Dana M. Hawley;Rampal S. Etienne;Vanessa O. Ezenwa;Anna E. Jolles

  • Genetic diversity predicts pathogen resistance and cell-mediated immunocompetence in house finches

    Dana M Hawley;Keila V Sydenstricker;George V Kollias;André A Dhondt

  • Dynamics of a novel pathogen in an avian host: Mycoplasmal conjunctivitis in house finches.

    André A. Dhondt;Sonia Altizer;Evan G. Cooch;Andrew K. Davis

  • An introduction to ecological immunology

    Lynn B. Martin;Dana M. Hawley;Daniel R. Ardia

  • Parallel Patterns of Increased Virulence in a Recently Emerged Wildlife Pathogen

    Dana M. Hawley;Erik E. Osnas;Andrew P. Dobson;Wesley M. Hochachka

  • Molecular evidence for a founder effect in invasive house finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) populations experiencing an emergent disease epidemic

    Dana M. Hawley;Daniel Hanley;André A. Dhondt;Irby J. Lovette

  • Sickness behaviour acting as an evolutionary trap? Male house finches preferentially feed near diseased conspecifics.

    Karen M. Bouwman;Dana M. Hawley

  • Incubation temperature affects multiple measures of immunocompetence in young wood ducks (Aix Sponsa).

    Sarah E. DuRant;William A. Hopkins;Dana M. Hawley;Gary R. Hepp

  • Experimental infection of domestic canaries (Serinus canaria domestica) with Mycoplasma gallisepticum: a new model system for a wildlife disease.

    Dana M. Hawley;Jessica Grodio;Salvatore Frasca;Laila Kirkpatrick

  • Incomplete host immunity favors the evolution of virulence in an emergent pathogen.

    Arietta E. Fleming-Davies;Arietta E. Fleming-Davies;Arietta E. Fleming-Davies;Paul D. Williams;André A. Dhondt;Andrew P. Dobson;Andrew P. Dobson

  • Stress responses and disease in three wintering house finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) populations along a latitudinal gradient

    Karin M. Lindström;Dana M. Hawley;Andrew K. Davis;Martin Wikelski

  • Infection reduces anti‐predator behaviors in house finches

    James S. Adelman;Corinne Mayer;Corinne Mayer;Dana M. Hawley

  • Tolerance of infection: A role for animal behavior, potential immune mechanisms, and consequences for parasite transmission

    James S. Adelman;Dana M. Hawley

  • Food for Contagion: Synthesis and Future Directions for Studying Host–Parasite Responses to Resource Shifts in Anthropogenic Environments

    Sonia Altizer;Daniel J. Becker;Jonathan H. Epstein;Kristian M. Forbes

  • Experimentally increased social competition compromises humoral immune responses in house finches.

    Dana M. Hawley;Karin Lindström;Martin Wikelski

  • Costs of immune responses are related to host body size and lifespan.

    Amber J. Brace;Marc J. Lajeunesse;Daniel R. Ardia;Dana M. Hawley

  • Feeder density enhances house finch disease transmission in experimental epidemics

    Sahnzi C. Moyers;James S. Adelman;Damien R. Farine;Courtney A. Thomason

  • Additive metabolic costs of thermoregulation and pathogen infection

    Dana M. Hawley;Sarah E. DuRant;Amanda F. Wilson;James S. Adelman;James S. Adelman

Frequent Co-Authors

André A. Dhondt
André A. Dhondt Cornell University
David H. Ley
David H. Ley North Carolina State University
Wesley M. Hochachka
Wesley M. Hochachka Cornell University
William A. Hopkins
William A. Hopkins Virginia Tech
Andrew P. Dobson
Andrew P. Dobson Princeton University
Damien R. Farine
Damien R. Farine University of Zurich
Ignacio T. Moore
Ignacio T. Moore Virginia Tech
Lynn B. Martin
Lynn B. Martin University of South Florida
Daniel A. Cristol
Daniel A. Cristol William & Mary
Rami A. Dalloul
Rami A. Dalloul University of Georgia

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