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Darren E. Irwin 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 Darren E. Irwin sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 86 publications — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Darren E. Irwin 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 Darren E. Irwin sits on this spectrum.

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35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Darren E. Irwin is affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Within these broader fields, they have contributed significantly to subfields including Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science, and Molecular Biology.

Irwin's work addresses several main topics, notably Genetic diversity and population structure, Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, Plant and animal studies, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, and Genetic and Environmental Crop Studies.

They have authored multiple recent papers, which include:

  • Assortative Mating in Hybrid Zones Is Remarkably Ineffective in Promoting Speciation, 2020, The American Naturalist
  • Hybridization and the Coexistence of Species, 2022, The American Naturalist

Moreover, their research collaboration network involves frequent coauthors such as Libby Natola, Sampath S. Seneviratne, Ellen Nikelski, David P. L. Toews, and Alexander S. Rubtsov.

Irwin's publications are regularly featured in various academic venues including bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Molecular Ecology, The American Naturalist, Journal of Evolutionary Biology, and Birds of the World. The highest number of their publications appear in bioRxiv and Molecular Ecology.

The work contributed by Irwin includes investigation into hybrid zones, genomic differentiation, and the interplay of species coexistence. Their research often involves genetic and ecological perspectives applied to animal and plant species.

Best Publications

  • The role of phenotypic plasticity in driving genetic evolution.

    Trevor D. Price;Anna Qvarnström;Darren E. Irwin

  • PHYLOGEOGRAPHIC BREAKS WITHOUT GEOGRAPHIC BARRIERS TO GENE FLOW

    Darren E. Irwin

  • Speciation in a ring

    Darren E. Irwin;Darren E. Irwin;Staffan Bensch;Trevor D. Price

  • Sexual imprinting, learning and speciation

    Darren E Irwin;Trevor Price

  • SONG VARIATION IN AN AVIAN RING SPECIES

    Darren E. Irwin

  • Speciation by Distance in a Ring Species

    Darren E. Irwin;Staffan Bensch;Jessica H. Irwin;Trevor D. Price

  • Dramatic intraspecific differences in migratory routes, stopover sites and wintering areas, revealed using light-level geolocators

    Kira E. Delmore;James W. Fox;Darren E. Irwin

  • Call divergence is correlated with geographic and genetic distance in greenish warblers (Phylloscopus trochiloides): a strong role for stochasticity in signal evolution?

    D. E. Irwin;M. P. Thimgan;J. H. Irwin

  • Ring species as bridges between microevolution and speciation.

    Darren E. Irwin;Jessica H. Irwin;Trevor D. Price

  • Hybrid songbirds employ intermediate routes in a migratory divide

    Kira E. Delmore;Darren E. Irwin

  • Cryptic speciation in a Holarctic passerine revealed by genetic and bioacoustic analyses.

    David P. L. Toews;Darren E. Irwin

  • The Genetics of Seasonal Migration and Plumage Color.

    Kira E. Delmore;David P.L. Toews;Ryan R. Germain;Gregory L. Owens

  • Sex chromosomes and speciation in birds and other ZW systems.

    Darren E. Irwin

  • Mitochondrial introgression and replacement between yellowhammers (Emberiza citrinella) and pine buntings (Emberiza leucocephalos) (Aves: Passeriformes)

    Darren E. Irwin;Alexander S. Rubtsov;Eugene N. Panov

  • Genomic divergence in a ring species complex

    Miguel Alcaide;Elizabeth S. C. Scordato;Trevor D. Price;Darren E. Irwin

  • Cryptic species in the genus Phylloscopus (Old World leaf warblers)

    Darren E. Irwin;P. E. R. Alström;Urban Olsson;Z. M. Benowitz-Fredericks

  • The use of AFLP to find an informative SNP: genetic differences across a migratory divide in willow warblers

    Staffan Bensch;Susanne Åkesson;Darren E. Irwin

  • Migration, mitochondria, and the yellow-rumped warbler

    David P. L. Toews;Milica Mandic;Jeffrey G. Richards;Darren E. Irwin

  • Hybrid origin of Audubon's warbler.

    Alan Brelsford;Borja Milá;Darren E. Irwin

  • Incipient Speciation Despite Little Assortative Mating: The Yellow-Rumped Warbler Hybrid Zone

    Alan Brelsford;Darren E. Irwin

  • A comparison of genomic islands of differentiation across three young avian species pairs

    Darren E. Irwin;Borja Milá;David P. L. Toews;David P. L. Toews;Alan Brelsford;Alan Brelsford

  • Ring species as bridges between microevolution and speciation

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  • The role of phenotypic plasticity in driving genetic

    Trevor D. Price;Darren E. Irwin

Frequent Co-Authors

Sievert Rohwer
Sievert Rohwer University of Washington
Staffan Bensch
Staffan Bensch Lund University
Trevor D. Price
Trevor D. Price University of Chicago
Borja Milá
Borja Milá Spanish National Research Council
Irby J. Lovette
Irby J. Lovette Cornell University
Susanne Åkesson
Susanne Åkesson Lund University
Kevin Winker
Kevin Winker University of Alaska Fairbanks
Rebecca J. Safran
Rebecca J. Safran University of Colorado Boulder
W. Chris Funk
W. Chris Funk Colorado State University
Roderic Guigó
Roderic Guigó Pompeu Fabra University

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