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David Jablonski 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 Jablonski sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 183 publications — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David Jablonski 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 Jablonski sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 77 D-Index — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2010 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2000 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1999 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

David Jablonski is affiliated with the University of Chicago in the United States and focuses primarily on Earth and Planetary Sciences with a specialization in paleontology. Their research spans various interconnected subfields including Paleontology, Oceanography, Ecology, Atmospheric Science, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Key topics addressed in their work include Evolution and Paleontology Studies, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies, Cephalopods and Marine Biology, and Morphological Variations and Asymmetry.

Their recent publications highlight a range of studies within evolutionary biology and marine biology domains. Notable papers include:

  • "Calibrating phylogenies assuming bifurcation or budding alters inferred macroevolutionary dynamics in a densely sampled phylogeny of bivalve families" (2021) published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "Evolvability and Macroevolution: Overview and Synthesis" (2022) published in Evolutionary Biology
  • "Diversity, distribution and intrinsic extinction vulnerability of exploited marine bivalves" (2023) published in Nature Communications
  • "High-throughput micro-CT scanning and deep learning segmentation workflow for analyses of shelly invertebrates and their fossils: Examples from marine Bivalvia" (2023) published in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • "Evolutionary modularity, integration and disparity in an accretionary skeleton: analysis of venerid Bivalvia" (2022) published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

Frequent collaborators in their scholarly work include Stewart M. Edie, Katie S. Collins, Nicholas M. A. Crouch, Sharon Zhou, and Shan Huang, reflecting a collaborative approach across related domains of evolutionary biology and marine sciences.

David Jablonski has contributed frequently to several publication venues. The most notable include:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Evolutionary Biology
  • Biology Letters
  • Nature Communications

Throughout their career, Jablonski has been recognized with several honors, including election as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2010. Earlier distinctions include fellowship in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2000) and the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1999).

Best Publications

  • Out of the Tropics: Evolutionary Dynamics of the Latitudinal Diversity Gradient

    David Jablonski;Kaustuv Roy;James W. Valentine

  • LARVAL ECOLOGY OF MARINE BENTHIC INVERTEBRATES: PALEOBIOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS

    David Jablonski;Richard A. Lutz

  • Background and Mass Extinctions: The Alternation of Macroevolutionary Regimes

    David Jablonski

  • Effects of sampling standardization on estimates of Phanerozoic marine diversification

    J. Alroy;C. R. Marshall;R. K. Bambach;K. Bezusko

  • Marine latitudinal diversity gradients: Tests of causal hypotheses

    Kaustuv Roy;David Jablonski;James W. Valentine;Gary Rosenberg

  • Heritability at the species level: analysis of geographic ranges of cretaceous mollusks.

    David Jablonski

  • Species Selection: Theory and Data

    David Jablonski

  • The dynamics of evolutionary stasis

    Niles Eldredge;John N. Thompson;Paul M. Brakefield;Sergey Gavrilets

  • Mass extinctions and macroevolution

    David Jablonski

  • Extinctions in the fossil record

    David Jablonski

  • Onshore-offshore patterns in the evolution of phanerozoic shelf communities.

    David Jablonski;J. John Sepkoski;David J. Bottjer;Peter M. Sheehan

  • Fossils, molecules and embryos: new perspectives on the Cambrian explosion

    James W. Valentine;David Jablonski;Douglas H. Erwin

  • Extinctions: A Paleontological Perspective

    David Jablonski

  • Biotic Interactions and Macroevolution: Extensions and Mismatches Across Scales and Levels

    David Jablonski

  • Body-size evolution in Cretaceous molluscs and the status of Cope's rule

    David Jablonski

  • Lessons from the past: Evolutionary impacts of mass extinctions

    David Jablonski

  • The tropics as a source of evolutionary novelty through geological time

    David Jablonski

  • Selectivity of end-Cretaceous marine bivalve extinctions

    David Jablonski;David M. Raup

  • Patterns and Processes in the History of Life

    D. M. Raup;D. Jablonski

  • Taphonomic Feedback Ecological Consequences of Shell Accumulation

    Susan M. Kidwell;David Jablonski

Frequent Co-Authors

James W. Valentine
James W. Valentine University of California, Berkeley
Kaustuv Roy
Kaustuv Roy University of California, San Diego
Richard A. Lutz
Richard A. Lutz Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
David M. Raup
David M. Raup University of Chicago
David J. Bottjer
David J. Bottjer University of Southern California
Douglas H. Erwin
Douglas H. Erwin National Museum of Natural History
Steven M. Holland
Steven M. Holland University of Georgia
Susan M. Kidwell
Susan M. Kidwell University of Chicago
Adam Tomašových
Adam Tomašových Slovak Academy of Sciences
Karl W. Flessa
Karl W. Flessa University of Arizona

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