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Daniel Rubinoff

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
32
Citations
5589
World Ranking
8004
National Ranking
2657

Daniel Rubinoff publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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This scientist: 142 publications — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Daniel Rubinoff 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 Daniel Rubinoff sits on this spectrum.

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Overview

Daniel Rubinoff is affiliated with the University of Hawaii at Manoa in the United States. Their research primarily spans Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Environmental Science, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. The scientist's work emphasizes detailed studies within several specialized subfields including Insect Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Ecology, and Plant Science.

Their research covers a range of topics related to insect biology, ecology, and the dynamics of ecosystems. Main topics of study include Plant and Animal Studies, Forest Insect Ecology and Management, Insect Behavior and Control Techniques, Lepidoptera Biology and Taxonomy, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Insect-Plant Interactions and Control, and Species Distribution and Climate Change.

Daniel Rubinoff has contributed to various publication venues, with frequent outputs in the following journals:

  • Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society
  • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
  • Systematic Entomology
  • Biodiversity and Conservation
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Selected recent papers include:

  • Insect Radiations on Islands: Biogeographic Pattern and Evolutionary Process in Hawaiian Insects, 2021, The Quarterly Review of Biology
  • Highly variable COI haplotype diversity between three species of invasive pest fruit fly reflects remarkably incongruent demographic histories, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Wild relatives of potato may bolster its adaptation to new niches under future climate scenarios, 2022, Food and Energy Security
  • Interspecific gene flow obscures phylogenetic relationships in an important insect pest species complex, 2023, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
  • A phylogenomic approach to species delimitation in the mango fruit fly (Bactrocera frauenfeldi) complex: A new synonym of an important pest species with variable morphotypes (Diptera: Tephritidae), 2022, Systematic Entomology

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Camiel Doorenweerd
  • Michael San Jose
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  • Scott M. Geib
  • Julian R. Dupuis

This collaboration network underscores an interdisciplinary approach within the fields of molecular phylogenetics, systematics, and insect ecology.

Best Publications

  • Myth of the molecule: DNA barcodes for species cannot replace morphology for identification and classification

    Kipling W. Will;Daniel Rubinoff

  • A Genomic Perspective on the Shortcomings of Mitochondrial DNA for “Barcoding” Identification

    Daniel Rubinoff;Stephen Cameron;Kipling Will

  • Between two extremes: mitochondrial DNA is neither the panacea nor the nemesis of phylogenetic and taxonomic inference.

    Daniel Rubinoff;Brenden S. Holland

  • Utility of Mitochondrial DNA Barcodes in Species Conservation

    Daniel Rubinoff

  • Synonymization of key pest species within the Bactrocera dorsalis species complex (Diptera: Tephritidae): taxonomic changes based on a review of 20 years of integrative morphological, molecular, cytogenetic, behavioural and chemoecological data

    Mark K. Schutze;Mark K. Schutze;Nidchaya Aketarawong;Weerawan Amornsak;Karen F. Armstrong

  • Comparing Adaptive Radiations Across Space, Time, and Taxa

    Rosemary G Gillespie;Gordon M Bennett;Luc De Meester;Jeffrey L Feder

  • Are plant DNA barcodes a search for the Holy Grail

    Daniel Rubinoff;Stephen Cameron;Kipling Will

  • Evaluating the California Gnatcatcher as an Umbrella Species for Conservation of Southern California Coastal Sage Scrub

    Daniel Rubinoff

  • Vertical Transmission of a Pentatomid Caeca-Associated Symbiont

    Simone S. Prado;Daniel Rubinoff;Rodrigo P. P. Almeida

  • A global checklist of the 932 fruit fly species in the tribe Dacini (Diptera, Tephritidae)

    Camiel Doorenweerd;Luc Leblanc;Allen L. Norrbom;Michael San Jose

  • DNA barcoding evolves into the familiar.

    Daniel Rubinoff

  • An Evaluation of the Species Status of Bactrocera invadens and the Systematics of the Bactrocera dorsalis (Diptera: Tephritidae) Complex

    Michael San Jose;Luc Leblanc;Scott M. Geib;Daniel Rubinoff

  • A revised molecular phylogeny of the globally distributed hawkmoth genus Hyles (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae), based on mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences

    Anna K. Hundsdoerfer;Daniel Rubinoff;Marc Attié;Michael Wink

  • Mitochondrial DNA sequence, morphology and ecology yield contrasting conservation implications for two threatened buckmoths (Hemileuca: Saturniidae)

    Daniel Rubinoff;Felix A.H. Sperling

  • Incongruence between molecules and morphology: A seven-gene phylogeny of Dacini fruit flies paves the way for reclassification (Diptera: Tephritidae).

    Michael San Jose;Camiel Doorenweerd;Luc Leblanc;Norman Barr

  • Ancient diversification of Hyposmocoma moths in Hawaii.

    William P. Haines;Patrick Schmitz;Daniel Rubinoff

  • Insect Radiations on Islands: Biogeographic Pattern and Evolutionary Process in Hawaiian Insects

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  • Phylogeography and ecology of an endemic radiation of Hawaiian aquatic case-bearing moths (Hyposmocoma: Cosmopterigidae)

    Daniel Rubinoff

  • Captures of Pest Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) and Nontarget Insects in BioLure and Torula Yeast Traps in Hawaii

    Luc Leblanc;Roger I. Vargas;Daniel Rubinoff

  • A phylogenetic assessment of the polyphyletic nature and intraspecific color polymorphism in the Bactrocera dorsalis complex (Diptera, Tephritidae).

    Leblanc L;San Jose M;Barr N;Rubinoff D

  • Two new day-flying species of Agrotis Ochsenheimer (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) from the alpine summit of the Maunakea Volcano

    Matthew J Medeiros;Jessica Kirkpatrick;Christine H Elliott;Andersonn Prestes

  • Evolutionary Framework for Lepidoptera Model Systems

    Amanda Roe;Susan Weller;Joaquin Baixeras;John Brown

  • Synonymization of key pest species within the Bactrocera dorsalis species complex (Diptera: Tephritidae): Taxonomic changes based on a review of 20 years of integrative morphological, molecular, cytogenetic, behavioural and chemoecological data

    Mark K. Schutze;Nidchaya Aketarawon;Weerawan Amornsak;Karen F. Armstrong

Frequent Co-Authors

Akito Y. Kawahara
Akito Y. Kawahara Florida Museum of Natural History
Stephen L. Cameron
Stephen L. Cameron Purdue University West Lafayette
Ian J. Kitching
Ian J. Kitching Natural History Museum
Niklas Wahlberg
Niklas Wahlberg Lund University
Anthony I. Cognato
Anthony I. Cognato Michigan State University
Johannes J. Le Roux
Johannes J. Le Roux Macquarie University
Jocelyn G. Millar
Jocelyn G. Millar University of California, Riverside
Todd E. Shelly
Todd E. Shelly United States Department of Agriculture
Rodrigo P. P. Almeida
Rodrigo P. P. Almeida University of California, Berkeley
Sunday Ekesi
Sunday Ekesi International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology

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Rudolf Meier

Rudolf Meier

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Marko Mutanen

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