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Daphne J. Fairbairn 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 Daphne J. Fairbairn sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 126 publications — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Daphne J. Fairbairn 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 Daphne J. Fairbairn sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 59 D-Index — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Daphne J. Fairbairn is affiliated with the University of California, Riverside, in the United States. Their work primarily spans various disciplines within agricultural and biological sciences, biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology, and environmental science.

Their research has addressed topics such as fish ecology and management studies, animal behavior and reproduction, fish biology and ecology studies, genetic and clinical aspects of sex determination and chromosomal abnormalities, evolutionary psychology and human behavior, and sexual differentiation and disorders.

One recent publication includes the paper "Tests for associations between sexual dimorphism and patterns of quantitative genetic variation in the water strider, Aquarius remigis," published in 2023 in the journal Heredity.

Fairbairn has frequently published in the journal Heredity and has collaborated with several researchers, including Derek A. Roff, Matthew E. Wolak, and Robert M. Cox.

Research subfields covered in their work include nature and landscape conservation, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, aquatic science, genetics, and experimental and cognitive psychology.

  • Tests for associations between sexual dimorphism and patterns of quantitative genetic variation in the water strider, Aquarius remigis (2023, Heredity)

  • Derek A. Roff
  • Matthew E. Wolak
  • Robert M. Cox

  • Heredity

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Environmental Science

  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Aquatic Science
  • Genetics
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Fish Biology and Ecology Studies
  • Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities
  • Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
  • Sexual Differentiation and Disorders

In 2008, Fairbairn was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Best Publications

  • Allometry for Sexual Size Dimorphism: Pattern and Process in the Coevolution of Body Size in Males and Females

    D. J. Fairbairn

  • The evolution of trade-offs: where are we?

    D. A. Roff;D. J. Fairbairn

  • Guidelines for estimating repeatability

    Matthew E. Wolak;Daphne J. Fairbairn;Yale R. Paulsen

  • Sex, size, and gender roles : evolutionary studies of sexual size dimorphism

    Daphne J Fairbairn;Wolf U Blanckenhorn;Tamás Székely

  • Sex, Size and Gender Roles

    Daphne J. Fairbairn;Wolf U. Blanckenhorn;Tamás Székely

  • A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF ALLOMETRY FOR SEXUAL SIZE DIMORPHISM: ASSESSING RENSCH'S RULE

    Ehab Abouheif;Daphne J. Fairbairn

  • Wing Dimorphisms and the Evolution of Migratory Polymorphisms among the Insecta

    Derek A. Roff;Daphne J. Fairbairn

  • Proximate causes of Rensch's rule: does sexual size dimorphism in arthropods result from sex differences in development time?

    Wolf U. Blanckenhorn;Anthony F. G. Dixon;Daphne J. Fairbairn;Matthias W. Foellmer

  • Sexual Selection and the Evolution of Allometry for Sexual Size Dimorphism in the Water Strider, Aquarius remigis

    Daphne J. Fairbairn;Richard F. Preziosi

  • The Evolution and Genetics of Migration in Insects

    Derek A. Roff;Daphne J. Fairbairn

  • Time and energy constraints and the evolution of sexual size dimorphism- to eat or to mate?

    Wolf U. Blanckenhorn;Richard F. Preziosi;Daphne J. Fairbairn

  • Allometry for sexual size dimorphism: testing two hypotheses for Rensch's rule in the water strider Aquarius remigis.

    Daphne J. Fairbairn

  • Evolutionary Ecology: Concepts and Case Studies

    Charles W. Fox;Derek A. Roff;Daphne J. Fairbairn

  • Life history adaptation along a latitudinal cline in the water strider Aquarius remigis (Heteroptera: Gerridae)

    W. U. Blanckenhorn;D. J. Fairbairn

  • FACTORS INFLUENCING SEXUAL SIZE DIMORPHISM IN TEMPERATE WATERSTRIDERS

    Daphne J. Fairbairn

  • The quantitative genetics of sexual dimorphism: assessing the importance of sex-linkage.

    D J Fairbairn;D A Roff

  • Introduction: the enigma of sexual size dimorphism

    Daphne J. Fairbairn

  • Lifetime selection on adult body size and components of body size in a waterstrider: opposing selection and maintenance of sexual size dimorphism.

    Richard F. Preziosi;Daphne J. Fairbairn

  • Costs of loading associated with mate-carrying in the waterstrider, Aquarius remigis

    D. J. Fairbairn

  • SEXUAL SELECTION AND THE EVOLUTION OF SEXUAL SIZE DIMORPHISM IN THE WATER STRIDER, AQUARIUS REMIGIS

    Daphne J. Fairbairn;Richard F. Preziosi

  • Predicting the evolution of sexual size dimorphism

    J. P. Reeve;D. J. Fairbairn

Frequent Co-Authors

Derek A. Roff
Derek A. Roff University of California, Riverside
Richard F. Preziosi
Richard F. Preziosi Plymouth University
Wolf U. Blanckenhorn
Wolf U. Blanckenhorn University of Zurich
Charles W. Fox
Charles W. Fox University of Kentucky
Tamás Székely
Tamás Székely University of Bath
Rudolf Meier
Rudolf Meier Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
José Javier G. Quezada-Euán
José Javier G. Quezada-Euán Autonomous University of Yucatán
Scott Pitnick
Scott Pitnick Syracuse University
Sören Nylin
Sören Nylin Stockholm University
Serge Mostowy
Serge Mostowy London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

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