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David S. Woodruff

David S. Woodruff

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
42
Citations
7480
World Ranking
5535
National Ranking
1897

David S. Woodruff 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 S. Woodruff sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 85 publications — 9th percentile

9% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David S. Woodruff 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 S. Woodruff sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 35th percentile

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

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

Best Publications

  • Kin selection, social structure, gene flow, and the evolution of chimpanzees

    Phillip A. Morin;James J. Moore;Ranajit Chakraborty;Li Jin

  • Microsatellite scoring errors associated with noninvasive genotyping based on nuclear DNA amplified from shed hair

    P. Gagneux;Christophe Boesch;D. S. Woodruff

  • Biogeography and conservation in Southeast Asia: how 2.7 million years of repeated environmental fluctuations affect today’s patterns and the future of the remaining refugial-phase biodiversity

    Unknown

  • Mitochondrial sequences show diverse evolutionary histories of African hominoids

    Pascal Gagneux;Christopher Wills;Ulrike Gerloff;Diethard Tautz

  • Estimating population sizes for elusive animals: the forest elephants of Kakum National Park, Ghana

    Unknown

  • Near-complete extinction of native small mammal fauna 25 years after forest fragmentation

    Luke Gibson;Antony J. Lynam;Corey J. A. Bradshaw;Fangliang He;Fangliang He

  • Neogene marine transgressions, palaeogeography and biogeographic transitions on the Thai–Malay Peninsula

    Unknown

  • The Indochinese–Sundaic faunal transition at the Isthmus of Kra: an analysis of resident forest bird species distributions

    Unknown

  • Genetics and conservation

    Unknown

  • The Indochinese–Sundaic zoogeographic transition: a description and analysis of terrestrial mammal species distributions

    Unknown

  • Paternity exclusion in a community of wild chimpanzees using hypervariable simple sequence repeats

    P. A. Morin;J. Wallis;J. J. Moore;David S. Woodruff

  • Female reproductive strategies, paternity and community structure in wild West African chimpanzees.

    Pascal Gagneux;Christophe Boesch;David S. Woodruff

  • Local Adaptation, Coadaptation, and Population Boundaries

    Allan R. Templeton;Helmut Hemmer;Georgina Mace;Ulysses S. Seal

  • Genetic analysis of group composition and breeding system in a wild common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) population

    Caroline M. Nievergelt;Leslie J. Digby;Uma Ramakrishnan;David S. Woodruff

  • Furtive mating in female chimpanzees

    Pascal Gagneux;David S. Woodruff;Christophe Boesch

  • Skin from Feet of Museum Specimens as a Non-Destructive Source of DNA for Avian Genotyping

    Unknown

  • The evolution and phylogeography of the African elephant inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequence and nuclear microsatellite markers

    Unknown

  • Social system of the Alaotran gentle lemur (Hapalemur griseus alaotrensis): genetic characterization of group composition and mating system.

    Caroline M. Nievergelt;Caroline M. Nievergelt;Thomas Mutschler;Thomas Mutschler;Anna T.C. Feistner;David S. Woodruff

  • Genetic and morphological evolution following a founder event in the dark-eyed junco, Junco hyemalis thurberi.

    C. A. Rasner;P. Yeh;L. S. Eggert;L. S. Eggert;K. E. Hunt

  • Non-invasive sampling and DNA amplification for paternity exclusion, community structure, and phylogeography in wild chimpanzees

    Phillip A. Morin;Janette Wallis;James J. Moore;Ranajit Chakraborty

Frequent Co-Authors

Caroline M. Nievergelt
Caroline M. Nievergelt University of California, San Diego
Phillip A. Morin
Phillip A. Morin National Marine Fisheries Service
Christophe Boesch
Christophe Boesch Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Ranajit Chakraborty
Ranajit Chakraborty University of North Texas Health Science Center
Russell F. Doolittle
Russell F. Doolittle University of California, San Diego
Theodore H. Bullock
Theodore H. Bullock University of California, San Diego
Fred H. Gage
Fred H. Gage Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Oliver A. Ryder
Oliver A. Ryder University of California, San Diego
Diethard Tautz
Diethard Tautz Max Planck Society
Li Jin
Li Jin Fudan University

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