2026 Derek A. Roff: Ecology and Evolution Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Ecology and Evolution	84	658	626	237	220	251	38127

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

4738
Citations
Life history evolution

Derek A Roff

2999
Citations
Evolutionary Quantitative Genetics

Derek A. Roff

1885
Citations
Natural selection and the heritability of fitness components

Timothy A Mousseau;Derek A Roff

1843
Citations
The statistical analysis of mitochondrial DNA polymorphisms: chi 2 and the problem of small samples.

Derek A. Roff;Paul Bentzen

1393
Citations
Inbreeding depression in the wild

Peter Crnokrak;Derek A Roff

1140
Citations
The evolution of trade-offs: where are we?

D. A. Roff;D. J. Fairbairn

803
Citations
The evolution of flightlessness in insects

Derek A. Roff

706
Citations
THE EVOLUTION OF WING DIMORPHISM IN INSECTS

Derek A. Roff

701
Citations
The Evolution of Life History Parameters in Teleosts

Derek A. Roff

678
Citations
DISTRIBUTION-FREE AND ROBUST STATISTICAL METHODS: VIABLE ALTERNATIVES TO PARAMETRIC STATISTICS?

Catherine Potvin;Derek A. Roff

589
Citations
Quantitative genetics and fitness: lessons from Drosophila

Derek A Roff;Timothy A Mousseau

587
Citations
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

507
Citations
Optimizing development time in a seasonal environment: The 'ups and downs' of clinal variation.

Derek Roff

503
Citations
An allocation model of growth and reproduction in fish

Derek A. Roff

497
Citations
The Evolution of Threshold Traits in Animals

Derek A. Roff

467
Citations
Wing Dimorphisms and the Evolution of Migratory Polymorphisms among the Insecta

Derek A. Roff;Daphne J. Fairbairn

414
Citations
On Being the Right Size

Derek Roff

392
Citations
Trade-offs between growth and reproduction : an analysis of the quantitative genetic evidence

D. A. Roff

381
Citations
The estimation of genetic correlations from phenotypic correlations: a test of Cheverud's conjecture

Derek A Roff

352
Citations
Life History, Evolution of

Derek Roff

174
Citations
Phenotypic Evolution — A Reaction Norm Perspective

Derek Roff

9
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Daphne J. Fairbairn University of California, Riverside

Yves Carrière University of Arizona

Timothy A. Mousseau University of South Carolina

Markus J. Rantala University of Turku

Denis Réale University of Quebec at Montreal

Charles W. Fox University of Kentucky

Indrikis Krams University of Latvia

Richard F. Preziosi Plymouth University

David N. Reznick University of California, Riverside

H. Frederik Nijhout Duke University

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