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Derek A. Roff 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 Derek A. Roff sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 251 publications — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Derek A. Roff 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 Derek A. Roff sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 84 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2002 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2000 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

Derek A. Roff is affiliated with the University of California, Riverside in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Within these broader domains, they have contributed to subfields including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Aquatic Science, and Sociology and Political Science.

Their work addresses several main topics, notably Plant and Animal Studies, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Evolution and Genetic Dynamics, Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Fish Biology and Ecology Studies, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, and Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation.

Frequently publishing in venues such as Heredity, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), The Quarterly Review of Biology, and Research Square, their recent papers include:

  • "Tests for associations between sexual dimorphism and patterns of quantitative genetic variation in the water strider, Aquarius remigis" (2023, Heredity)
  • "Drift on holey landscapes as a dominant evolutionary process" (2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • "Drift on holey landscapes as a dominant evolutionary process" (2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory))
  • "A Primer of Life Histories: Ecology, Evolution, and Application. By Jeffrey A. Hutchings. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. $85.00 (hardcover); $42.95 (paper). xiv + 226 p.; ill.; subject and taxonomic indexes. ISBN: 978-0-19-883987-3 (hc); 978-0-19-883988-0 (pb). [A companion website is available.] 2021." (2022, The Quarterly Review of Biology)
  • "The Evolution of Female Preference, Male Traits and the G matrix: "Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore"" (2024, Research Square (Research Square))

Derek A. Roff collaborates frequently with other researchers, including Ned A. Dochtermann, Brady Klock, Raphaël Royauté, Daphne J. Fairbairn, and Matthew E. Wolak.

The scientist has been recognized with fellowships from prominent organizations: Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) awarded in 2002 and Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (Academy of Science) awarded in 2000.

Best Publications

  • The evolution of life histories : theory and analysis

    Derek A. Roff

  • Life history evolution

    Derek A Roff

  • Evolutionary Quantitative Genetics

    Derek A. Roff

  • Natural selection and the heritability of fitness components

    Timothy A Mousseau;Derek A Roff

  • The statistical analysis of mitochondrial DNA polymorphisms: chi 2 and the problem of small samples.

    Derek A. Roff;Paul Bentzen

  • Inbreeding depression in the wild

    Peter Crnokrak;Derek A Roff

  • The evolution of trade-offs: where are we?

    D. A. Roff;D. J. Fairbairn

  • The evolution of flightlessness in insects

    Derek A. Roff

  • THE EVOLUTION OF WING DIMORPHISM IN INSECTS

    Derek A. Roff

  • The Evolution of Life History Parameters in Teleosts

    Derek A. Roff

  • DISTRIBUTION-FREE AND ROBUST STATISTICAL METHODS: VIABLE ALTERNATIVES TO PARAMETRIC STATISTICS?

    Catherine Potvin;Derek A. Roff

  • Quantitative genetics and fitness: lessons from Drosophila

    Derek A Roff;Timothy A Mousseau

  • Effect of extrinsic mortality on the evolution of senescence in guppies

    David N. Reznick;Michael J. Bryant;Michael J. Bryant;Derek Roff;Cameron K. Ghalambor

  • Optimizing development time in a seasonal environment: The 'ups and downs' of clinal variation.

    Derek Roff

  • An allocation model of growth and reproduction in fish

    Derek A. Roff

  • The Evolution of Threshold Traits in Animals

    Derek A. Roff

  • Wing Dimorphisms and the Evolution of Migratory Polymorphisms among the Insecta

    Derek A. Roff;Daphne J. Fairbairn

  • On Being the Right Size

    Derek Roff

  • Trade-offs between growth and reproduction : an analysis of the quantitative genetic evidence

    D. A. Roff

  • The estimation of genetic correlations from phenotypic correlations: a test of Cheverud's conjecture

    Derek A Roff

  • Life History, Evolution of

    Derek Roff

  • Phenotypic Evolution — A Reaction Norm Perspective

    Derek Roff

Frequent Co-Authors

Daphne J. Fairbairn
Daphne J. Fairbairn University of California, Riverside
Yves Carrière
Yves Carrière University of Arizona
Timothy A. Mousseau
Timothy A. Mousseau University of South Carolina
Markus J. Rantala
Markus J. Rantala University of Turku
Denis Réale
Denis Réale University of Quebec at Montreal
Charles W. Fox
Charles W. Fox University of Kentucky
Indrikis Krams
Indrikis Krams University of Latvia
Richard F. Preziosi
Richard F. Preziosi Plymouth University
David N. Reznick
David N. Reznick University of California, Riverside
H. Frederik Nijhout
H. Frederik Nijhout Duke University

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