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Don J. Melnick

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
46
Citations
7811
World Ranking
18943
National Ranking
7738

Don J. Melnick publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Don J. Melnick sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 101 publications — 5th percentile

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Don J. Melnick D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Don J. Melnick sits on this spectrum.

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4% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Don J. Melnick was affiliated with Columbia University in the United States. Their research covered multiple disciplines, including Environmental Science, Psychology, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these broad fields, their work focused on subfields such as Social Psychology, Global and Planetary Change, Molecular Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Developmental Biology.

The scientist's research topics spanned several areas related to animal biology and environmental science. Notable topics included Primate Behavior and Ecology, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Amphibian and Reptile Biology, Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior, Fire effects on ecosystems, and Species Distribution and Climate Change.

Among the recent papers authored or coauthored by Don J. Melnick were:

  • "Mitogenomics of macaques (Macaca) across Wallace's Line in the context of modern human dispersals," 2020, Journal of Human Evolution
  • "Mitonuclear interactions and introgression genomics of macaque monkeys ( Macaca ) highlight the influence of behaviour on genome evolution," 2021, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "Altered fire regimes modify lizard communities in globally endangered Araucaria forests of the southern Andes," 2021, Scientific Reports
  • "Evolution of genes involved in the unusual genitals of the bear macaque, Macaca arctoides," 2022, Ecology and Evolution
  • "Evolution of genes involved in the unusual genitals of the bear macaque,Macaca arctoides," 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Frequent coauthors in their publications included Ben J. Evans, Anthony J. Tosi, Laurie S. Stevison, Nick Bailey, and Zachary A. Szpiech.

Don J. Melnick's work was published in various scientific venues including the Journal of Human Evolution, Scientific Reports, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Ecology and Evolution, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

Best Publications

  • Asian primate classification

    D. Brandon-Jones;A. A. Eudey;T. Geissmann;C. P. Groves

  • A mitochondrial DNA phylogeny of African clawed frogs: phylogeography and implications for polyploid evolution.

    Ben J. Evans;Darcy B. Kelley;Richard C. Tinsley;Don J. Melnick

  • Cercopithecines in multimale groups : genetic diversity and population structure

    Don J Melnick;Mary C Pearl;Barbara Smuts;Dorothy L Cheney

  • PATERNAL, MATERNAL, AND BIPARENTAL MOLECULAR MARKERS PROVIDE UNIQUE WINDOWS ONTO THE EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY OF MACAQUE MONKEYS

    Anthony J. Tosi;Juan Carlos Morales;Don J. Melnick

  • Phylogenetics of Fanged Frogs:Testing Biogeographical Hypotheses at the Interface of the Asian and Australian Faunal Zones

    Ben J. Evans;Rafe M. Brown;Jimmy A. McGuire;Jatna Supriatna;Jatna Supriatna

  • Comparison of Y chromosome and mtDNA phylogenies leads to unique inferences of macaque evolutionary history.

    Anthony J Tosi;Juan Carlos Morales;Don J Melnick

  • Differences in male and female macaque dispersal lead to contrasting distributions of nuclear and mitochondrial DNA variation

    Don J. Melnick;Guy A. Hoelzer

  • A new west African chimpanzee subspecies

    M. Katherine Gonder;John F. Oates;Todd R. Disotell;Michael R. J. Forstner

  • Phylogenetic relationships of the macaques (Cercopithecidae: Macaca), as revealed by high resolution restriction site mapping of mitochondrial ribosomal genes.

    Juan Carlos Morales;Don J. Melnick

  • Reliable Noninvasive Genotyping: Fantasy or Reality?

    P Fernando;T N C Vidya;C Rajapakse;A Dangolla

  • Y-Chromosome and Mitochondrial Markers in Macaca fascicularis Indicate Introgression With Indochinese M. mulatta and a Biogeographic Barrier in the Isthmus of Kra

    Anthony J. Tosi;Juan Carlos Morales;Don J. Melnick

  • DNA analysis indicates that Asian elephants are native to Borneo and are therefore a high priority for conservation.

    Prithiviraj Fernando;T. N. C. Vidya;John Payne;Michael Stuewe

  • Investing in Development A Practical Plan to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals : Overview

    Jeffrey D. Sachs;Agnes Binagwaho;Nancy Birdsall;Jaap Broekmans

  • Monkeys and toads define areas of endemism on Sulawesi

    Ben J. Evans;Ben J. Evans;Jatna Supriatna;Jatna Supriatna;Noviar Andayani;Mohammed Iqbal Setiadi

  • Population differentiation within and among Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) populations in southern India.

    T N C Vidya;P Fernando;D J Melnick;R Sukumar

  • mtDNA diversity in rhesus monkeys reveals overestimates of divergence time and paraphyly with neighboring species.

    Don J. Melnick;G. A. Hoelzer;R. Absher;M. V. Ashley

  • Sex chromosome phylogenetics indicate a single transition to terrestriality in the guenons (tribe Cercopithecini)

    Anthony J Tosi;Don J Melnick;Todd R Disotell

  • Male migration and inbreeding avoidance in wild rhesus monkeys

    Don J. Melnick;Mary C. Pearl;A. F. Richard

  • HYBRIDIZATION AND POPULATION GENETICS OF TWO MACAQUE SPECIES IN SULAWESI, INDONESIA

    B. J. Evans;J. Supriatna;D. J. Melnick

  • Cercopithecine Y-chromosome data provide a test of competing morphological evolutionary hypotheses.

    Anthony J Tosi;Todd R Disotell;Juan Carlos Morales;Don J Melnick

Frequent Co-Authors

Jatna Supriatna
Jatna Supriatna University of Indonesia
David C. Cannatella
David C. Cannatella The University of Texas at Austin
Kenneth K. Kidd
Kenneth K. Kidd Yale University
Peter T. Boag
Peter T. Boag Queen's University
Raman Sukumar
Raman Sukumar Indian Institute of Science
Jeffrey A. McNeely
Jeffrey A. McNeely Society for Conservation Biology Asia Section
Mary V. Ashley
Mary V. Ashley University of Illinois at Chicago
Jonathan Dushoff
Jonathan Dushoff McMaster University
David Glenn Smith
David Glenn Smith University of California, Davis
Richard C. Tinsley
Richard C. Tinsley University of Bristol

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