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62
Citations
14252
World Ranking
2071
National Ranking
247

David J. Hosken 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 David J. Hosken sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 212 publications — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David J. Hosken 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 David J. Hosken sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 62 D-Index — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

David J. Hosken is affiliated with the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research predominantly focuses on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Insect Science, Ecology, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's work spans several key topics, including:

  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Insect and Pesticide Research
  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Insect Utilization and Effects
  • Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research

David J. Hosken has published in various reputed venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Journal of Evolutionary Biology
  • Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Royal Society Open Science
  • Evolution

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Hosken include:

  • "Peaks in bat activity at turbines and the implications for mitigating the impact of wind energy developments on bats" (2021), Scientific Reports
  • "Mapping sex differences in the effects of protein and carbohydrates on lifespan and reproduction in Drosophila melanogaster: is measuring nutrient intake essential?" (2022), Biogerontology
  • "Natural selection increases female fitness by reversing the exaggeration of a male sexually selected trait" (2021), Nature Communications
  • "The evolutionary ecology of ethanol" (2024), Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • "Evolutionary insight from a humble fly: sperm competition and the yellow dungfly" (2020), Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

Frequent collaborators with whom they have co-authored multiple papers include:

  • Manmohan D. Sharma
  • Clarissa M. House
  • Kensuke Okada
  • C. Ruth Archer
  • John Hunt

Best Publications

  • Sexual conflict

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  • Sexual selection and genital evolution

    David J. Hosken;Paula Stockley

  • What do you mean, 'resilient'?

    Dave Hodgson;Jenni L. McDonald;David J. Hosken

  • Sperm morphological diversity

    Scott Pitnick;David J. Hosken;Tim R. Birkhead

  • Sperm biology : an evolutionary perspective

    T. R. Birkhead;David J. Hosken;Scott Pitnick

  • The costs of copulating in the dung fly Sepsis cynipsea

    Wolf U. Blanckenhorn;David J. Hosken;Oliver Y. Martin;Constanze Reim

  • Experimental evidence for testis size evolution via sperm competition

    D.J. Hosken;P.I. Ward

  • The evolution of reproductive isolation through sexual conflict.

    Oliver Y. Martin;David J. Hosken

  • Sperm competition in bats

    D. J. Hosken

  • Sexual conflict selects for male and female reproductive characters.

    D J Hosken;T W J Garner;Paul I Ward

  • Sperm death and dumping in Drosophila

    Rhonda R. Snook;David J. Hosken

  • Benefits of Polyandry: A Life History Perspective

    D. J. Hosken;P. Stockley

  • Inbreeding, inbreeding depression and extinction

    Lucy I. Wright;Tom Tregenza;David J. Hosken

  • Genetic architecture of metabolic rate: environment specific epistasis between mitochondrial and nuclear genes in an insect.

    Göran Arnqvist;Damian K. Dowling;Paul Eady

  • The role of genotype-by-environment interactions in sexual selection

    F. C. Ingleby;J. Hunt;D. J. Hosken

  • Migration and dispersal patterns of bats and their influence on genetic structure

    Caroline Moussy;D.J. Hosken;F. Mathews;G.C. Smith

  • Bushcricket spermatophores vary in accord with sperm competition and parental investment theory

    Leigh Simmons;Michael Craig;T. Llorens;M. Schinzig

  • Intralocus Sexual Conflict Unresolved by Sex-Limited Trait Expression

    Tomohiro Harano;Kensuke Okada;Kensuke Okada;Satoshi Nakayama;Takahisa Miyatake

  • Sex and death: microevolutionary trade-offs between reproductive and immune investment in dung flies.

    David J. Hosken

  • Monogamy and the battle of the sexes.

    D. J. Hosken;P. Stockley;T. Tregenza;N. Wedell

  • Co-evolution of male and female reproductive characters across the Scathophagidae (Diptera).

    A. M. Minder;D. J. Hosken;P. I. Ward

Frequent Co-Authors

Nina Wedell
Nina Wedell University of Exeter
John Hunt
John Hunt Western Sydney University
Tom Tregenza
Tom Tregenza University of Exeter
Paul I. Ward
Paul I. Ward University of Zurich
Wolf U. Blanckenhorn
Wolf U. Blanckenhorn University of Zurich
Trenton W. J. Garner
Trenton W. J. Garner Zoological Society of London
Jacek Radwan
Jacek Radwan Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
Rhonda R. Snook
Rhonda R. Snook Stockholm University
David J. Hodgson
David J. Hodgson University of Exeter
Scott Pitnick
Scott Pitnick Syracuse University

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