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89
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33388
World Ranking
2524
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1327

David B. Wake publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David B. Wake sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 329 publications — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

David B. Wake D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David B. Wake sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 89 D-Index — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1998 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1997 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1986 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1981 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

David B. Wake was affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research primarily focused on Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with notable contributions in subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Molecular Biology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Genetics.

The scientist's work spanned a range of topics including Amphibian and Reptile Biology, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Animal and Plant Science Education, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Plant and animal studies, Fish biology, ecology, and behavior, and Genetic diversity and population structure.

David B. Wake authored and contributed to several papers, such as:

  • "Forever young: Linking regeneration and genome size in salamanders," 2020, Developmental Dynamics
  • "Descriptions of five new species of the salamander genus Chiropterotriton (Caudata: Plethodontidae) from eastern Mexico and the status of three currently recognized taxa," 2020, PeerJ
  • "Two extremely rare new species of fossorial salamanders of the genusOedipina(Plethodontidae) from northwestern Ecuador," 2020, PeerJ
  • "Slender salamanders (genusBatrachoseps) reveal Southern California to be a center for the diversification, persistence, and introduction of salamander lineages," 2020, PeerJ
  • "Comparative multi-locus assessment of modern Asian newts (Cynops, Paramesotriton, and Pachytriton: Salamandridae) in southern China suggests a shared biogeographic history," 2022,

Frequent coauthors included Juan Carlos Cusi, Giussepe Gagliardi-Urrutia, Rudolf von May, Sean M. Rovito, and Elizabeth L. Jockusch.

Key publication venues where their work appeared frequently included:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • PeerJ
  • Developmental Dynamics
  • Northwestern Naturalist

David B. Wake received several honors during their career:

  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (1998)
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1997)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (1986)
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1981)

Best Publications

  • Size and shape in ontogeny and phylogeny

    Pere Alberch;Stephen Jay Gould;George F. Oster;David B. Wake

  • Amphibian Declines: Judging Stability, Persistence, and Susceptibility of Populations to Local and Global Extinctions

    Andrew R. Blaustein;David B. Wake;Wayne P. Sousa

  • Declining amphibian populations: A global phenomenon?

    Andrew R. Blaustein;David B. Wake

  • Functional vertebrate morphology

    Milton Hildebrand;Dennis M. Bramble;Karel F. Liem;David B. Wake

  • Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness

    Zhi-Qiang Zhang;John Na Hooper;Rob Wm Van Soest;Andrzej Pisera

  • EVOLUTIONARY RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN THE ENSATINA ESCHSCHOLTZII COMPLEX CONFIRM THE RING SPECIES INTERPRETATION

    Craig Moritz;Christopher J. Schneider;David B. Wake

  • HOMOPLASY: THE RESULT OF NATURAL SELECTION, OR EVIDENCE OF DESIGN LIMITATIONS?

    David B. Wake

  • Miniaturization of Body Size: Organismal Consequences and Evolutionary Significance

    James Hanken;David B. Wake

  • Comparative osteology and evolution of the lungless salamanders, family Plethodontidae.

    David B Wake

  • Homoplasy: From Detecting Pattern to Determining Process and Mechanism of Evolution

    David B. Wake;Marvalee H. Wake;Chelsea D. Specht

  • Coincident mass extirpation of neotropical amphibians with the emergence of the infectious fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

    Tina L. Cheng;Sean M. Rovito;David B. Wake;Vance T. Vredenburg

  • Directional selection has shaped the oral jaws of Lake Malawi cichlid fishes

    R. Craig Albertson;J. Todd Streelman;Thomas D. Kocher

  • Phylogenomics reveals rapid, simultaneous diversification of three major clades of Gondwanan frogs at the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary.

    Yan-Jie Feng;David C. Blackburn;Dan Liang;David M. Hillis

  • On the problem of stasis in organismal evolution

    David B. Wake;Gerhard Roth;Marvalee H. Wake

  • Morphological homoplasy, life history evolution, and historical biogeography of plethodontid salamanders inferred from complete mitochondrial genomes

    Rachel Lockridge Mueller;J. Robert Macey;Martin Jaekel;David B. Wake

  • Multidimensional analysis of an evolving lineage.

    David B. Wake;Allan Larson

  • Phylogeny and biogeography of the family Salamandridae (Amphibia: Caudata) inferred from complete mitochondrial genomes

    Peng Zhang;Theodore J. Papenfuss;Marvalee H. Wake;Lianghu Qu

  • Measuring Gene Flow among Populations Having High Levels of Genetic Fragmentation

    Allan Larson;David B. Wake;Kay P. Yanev

  • Evolution of Mitochondrial Relationships and Biogeography of Palearctic Green Toads (Bufo Viridis Subgroup) With Insights in Their Genomic Plasticity

    Matthias Stöck;Craig Moritz;Michael Hickerson;Daniel Frynta

  • Dispersal of viviparity across contact zones in Iberian populations of fire salamanders (Salamandra) inferred from discordance of genetic and morphological traits.

    Mario García-París;Marina Alcobendas;David Buckley;David B. Wake

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerhard Roth
Gerhard Roth University of Bremen
Theodore J. Papenfuss
Theodore J. Papenfuss University of California, Berkeley
Marvalee H. Wake
Marvalee H. Wake University of California, Berkeley
Vance T. Vredenburg
Vance T. Vredenburg San Francisco State University
Craig Moritz
Craig Moritz Australian National University
David C. Blackburn
David C. Blackburn Florida Museum of Natural History
David R. Vieites
David R. Vieites Spanish National Research Council
David C. Cannatella
David C. Cannatella The University of Texas at Austin
David M. Hillis
David M. Hillis The University of Texas at Austin
Andrew R. Blaustein
Andrew R. Blaustein Oregon State University

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