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D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
36
Citations
6312
World Ranking
7058
National Ranking
549

Darren M. Crayn publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 113 publications — 28th percentile

28% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Darren M. Crayn D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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Overview

Darren M. Crayn is affiliated with James Cook University in Australia. Their research spans multiple areas within agricultural and biological sciences with a particular focus on plant science and molecular biology.

The main fields of study in Darren M. Crayn's work include:

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

In more specific subfields, Crayn's contributions cover:

  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Molecular Biology
  • Plant Science
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Genetics

The primary research topics they have addressed include:

  • Plant Diversity and Evolution
  • Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies
  • Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics

Crayn frequently publishes in several academic venues, with the most publications found in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Australian Systematic Botany
  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Plants
  • Australian Journal of Botany

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Crayn include:

  • Elizabeth Joyce
  • Lars Nauheimer
  • Katharina Nargar
  • Karma Yeshi
  • Phurpa Wangchuk

Recent published papers reflecting the variety and scope of their research include:

  • Plant Secondary Metabolites Produced in Response to Abiotic Stresses Has Potential Application in Pharmaceutical Product Development (2022, Molecules)
  • HybPhaser: A workflow for the detection and phasing of hybrids in target capture data sets (2021, Applications in Plant Sciences)
  • Phylogenomic analyses of Sapindales support new family relationships, rapid Mid-Cretaceous Hothouse diversification, and heterogeneous histories of gene duplication (2023, Frontiers in Plant Science)
  • Plants will cross the lines: climate and available land mass are the major determinants of phytogeographical patterns in the Sunda-Sahul Convergence Zone (2020, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society)
  • Genomic insights into rapid speciation within the world's largest tree genus Syzygium (2022, Nature Communications)

Best Publications

  • Phylogeny, adaptive radiation, and historical biogeography in Bromeliaceae: Insights from an eight-locus plastid phylogeny

    Thomas J. Givnish;Michael H. J. Barfuss;Benjamin Van Ee;Benjamin Van Ee;Ricarda Riina;Ricarda Riina

  • Decline of a biome: Evolution, contraction, fragmentation, extinction and invasion of the Australian mesic zone biota

    Margaret Byrne;Dorothy Steane;Leo Joseph;David K. Yeates

  • Adaptive radiation, correlated and contingent evolution, and net species diversification in Bromeliaceae

    Thomas J. Givnish;Michael H.J. Barfuss;Benjamin Van Ee;Ricarda Riina

  • Phylogenetic Classification of Ericaceae: Molecular and Morphological Evidence

    K. A. Kron;W. S. Judd;P. F. Stevens;D. M. Crayn

  • Multiple origins of crassulacean acid metabolism and the epiphytic habit in the Neotropical family Bromeliaceae

    Darren M. Crayn;Klaus Winter;J. Andrew C. Smith

  • Speciation with gene flow on Lord Howe Island

    Alexander S. T. Papadopulos;William J. Baker;Darren Crayn;Roger K. Butlin

  • Plant DNA Barcodes Can Accurately Estimate Species Richness in Poorly Known Floras

    Craig Costion;Andrew Ford;Hugh Cross;Darren Crayn

  • Photosynthetic pathways in Bromeliaceae: phylogenetic and ecological significance of CAM and C3 based on carbon isotope ratios for 1893 species

    Darren M. Crayn;Klaus Winter;Katharina Schulte;J. Andrew C. Smith

  • Continental-scale spatial phylogenetics of Australian angiosperms provides insights into ecology, evolution and conservation

    Andrew H. Thornhill;Andrew H. Thornhill;Andrew H. Thornhill;Brent D. Mishler;Nunzio J. Knerr;Carlos E. González-Orozco

  • The Sahul–Sunda floristic exchange: dated molecular phylogenies document Cenozoic intercontinental dispersal dynamics

    Darren M. Crayn;Craig Costion;Mark G. Harrington

  • Molecular phylogeny and dating reveals an Oligo-Miocene radiation of dry-adapted shrubs (former Tremandraceae) from rainforest tree progenitors (Elaeocarpaceae) in Australia.

    Darren M. Crayn;Maurizio Rossetto;David J. Maynard

  • Paleo-Antarctic rainforest into the modern Old World tropics: the rich past and threatened future of the "southern wet forest survivors"

    Robert M. Kooyman;Robert M. Kooyman;Peter Wilf;Viviana Dora Barreda;Raymond J. Carpenter

  • Origins and evolution of cinnamon and camphor: A phylogenetic and historical biogeographical analysis of the Cinnamomum group (Lauraceae).

    Jian-Feng Huang;Jian-Feng Huang;Lang Li;Henk van der Werff;Hsi-Wen Li

  • Phylodiversity to inform conservation policy: An Australian example

    Tania Laity;Shawn W. Laffan;Carlos E. González-Orozco;Daniel P. Faith

  • Origins and Assembly of Malesian Rainforests

    Robert M. Kooyman;Robert M. Kooyman;Robert J. Morley;Darren M. Crayn;Elizabeth M. Joyce

  • Australian Oryza: Utility and Conservation

    Robert J Henry;Nicole F Rice;Daniel Le Waters;Shabana Kasem

  • Sequencing of Australian wild rice genomes reveals ancestral relationships with domesticated rice.

    Marta Brozynska;Dario Copetti;Dario Copetti;Agnelo Furtado;Rod A. Wing;Rod A. Wing

  • HybPhaser: A workflow for the detection and phasing of hybrids in target capture data sets

    Lars Nauheimer;Nicholas Weigner;Elizabeth Joyce;Darren Crayn

  • The influence of environment and life-history traits on the distribution of genes and individuals: a comparative study of 11 rainforest trees.

    M. Rossetto;D. Crayn;A. Ford;R. Mellick

  • Will tropical mountaintop plant species survive climate change? Identifying key knowledge gaps using species distribution modelling in Australia

    Craig M. Costion;Craig M. Costion;Lalita Simpson;Petina L. Pert;Petina L. Pert;Monica M. Carlsen

  • The evolution of the atpbeta-rbcL intergenic spacer in the epacrids (Ericales) and its systematic and evolutionary implications.

    D.M. Crayn;C.J. Quinn

Frequent Co-Authors

Maurizio Rossetto
Maurizio Rossetto Royal Botanic Garden Sydney
Robert J Henry
Robert J Henry University of Queensland
Robert M. Kooyman
Robert M. Kooyman Macquarie University
Klaus Winter
Klaus Winter Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Vincent Savolainen
Vincent Savolainen Imperial College London
Shawn W. Laffan
Shawn W. Laffan University of New South Wales
Andrew J. Lowe
Andrew J. Lowe University of Adelaide
J. Andrew C. Smith
J. Andrew C. Smith University of Oxford
April E. Reside
April E. Reside University of Queensland
Rod A. Wing
Rod A. Wing University of Arizona

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Margaret Byrne

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Gerhard Zotz

Gerhard Zotz

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Pamela S. Soltis

Pamela S. Soltis

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Leo Joseph

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

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Australian Museum

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