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Donald L. J. Quicke

Donald L. J. Quicke

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Ecology and Evolution
Thailand
2026

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
64
Citations
11995
World Ranking
1896
National Ranking
2

Donald L. J. Quicke 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 Donald L. J. Quicke sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 304 publications — 92nd percentile

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

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

Donald L. J. Quicke 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 Donald L. J. Quicke sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 64 D-Index — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Thailand Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Thailand Leader Award

Overview

Donald L. J. Quicke is affiliated with Chulalongkorn University in Thailand and primarily conducts research in Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work encompasses various subfields such as Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Insect Science, Genetics, Ecology, and Plant Science.

The scientist's research topics include Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny, Insect-Plant Interactions and Control, Lepidoptera biology and taxonomy, Plant and animal studies, Forest Insect Ecology and Management, Insect behavior and control techniques, and Fossil Insects in Amber.

Donald L. J. Quicke has contributed to several publication venues with multiple articles, notably including:

  • ZooKeys (9 publications)
  • Zootaxa (8 publications)
  • Global Biodiversity Information Facility (8 publications)
  • CABI eBooks (6 publications)
  • Tropical Natural History (5 publications)

Frequent coauthors of Quicke include:

  • Buntikа А. Butcher (97 collaborations)
  • Scott Richard Shaw (29 collaborations)
  • Neveen S. Gadallah (26 collaborations)
  • Hassan Ghahari (26 collaborations)
  • Rachel A. Kruft Welton (24 collaborations)

The list of recent papers by Donald L. J. Quicke includes:

  • "Minimalist revision and description of 403 new species in 11 subfamilies of Costa Rican braconid parasitoid wasps, including host records for 219 species," 2021, ZooKeys
  • "Review of Venoms of Non-Polydnavirus Carrying Ichneumonoid Wasps," 2021, Biology
  • "Nocticolid cockroaches are the only known dinosaur age cave survivors," 2020, Gondwana Research
  • "Mitochondrial phylogenomics and mitogenome organization in the parasitoid wasp family Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea)," 2022, BMC Ecology and Evolution
  • "Recognition of the Trachypetidae stat.n. as a new extant family of Ichneumonoidea (Hymenoptera), based on molecular and morphological evidence," 2020, Systematic Entomology

In book publications, Quicke has contributed to CABI eBooks, including the title "Parasitoid Wasps of South East Asia" published in 2023.

Best Publications

  • History of Insects

    Alexander P. Rasnitsyn;Donald L. J. Quicke

  • Principles and Techniques of Contemporary Taxonomy

    Donald L. J. Quicke

  • A Molecular Phylogeny of the Aphidiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)

    Robert Belshaw;Donald L.J. Quicke

  • Noise and incongruence: interpreting results of the incongruence length difference test.

    K. Dolphin;R. Belshaw;C. D. L. Orme;D. L. J. Quicke;D. L. J. Quicke

  • Early tetrapod relationships revisited.

    Marcello Ruta;Michael I. Coates;Donald L. J. Quicke

  • A thousand and one wasps: a 28S rDNA and morphological phylogeny of the Ichneumonidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) with an investigation into alignment parameter space and elision

    Donald L.J. Quicke;Nina M. Laurenne;Mike G. Fitton;Gavin R. Broad

  • Wolbachia and DNA Barcoding Insects: Patterns, Potential, and Problems

    M. Alex Smith;Claudia Bertrand;Kate Crosby;Eldon S. Eveleigh

  • Phylogeny of Eulophidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea), with a reclassification of Eulophinae and the recognition that Elasmidae are derived eulophids

    N. Gauthier;N. Gauthier;J. Lasalle;D. L. J. Quicke;D. L. J. Quicke;D. L. J. Quicke;H. C. J. Godfray;H. C. J. Godfray

  • The Braconid and Ichneumonid Parasitoid Wasps: Biology, Systematics, Evolution and Ecology

    Donald L. J. Quicke

  • The Old World genera of braconine wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)

    Donald L.J. Quicke

  • A phylogenetic reconstruction of the Ichneumonoidea (Hymenoptera) based on the D2 variable region of 28S ribosomal RNA

    Robert Belshaw;Mike Fitton;Elisabeth Herniou;Carmen Gimeno

  • Robustness of ancestral state estimates: evolution of life history strategy in ichneumonoid parasitoids.

    Robert Belshaw;Donald L. J. Quicke

  • Differential Staining Of Cobalt‐ And Nickel‐Filled Neurones Using Rubeanic Acid

    D. L. J. Quicke;R. C. Brace

  • Manganese and zinc in the ovipositors and mandibles of hymenopterous insects

    Donald L. J. Quicke;Paul Wyeth;James D. Fawke;Hasan H. Basibuyuk

  • Molecular detection of trophic links in a complex insect host-parasitoid food web.

    Jan Hrcek;Scott E. Miller;Donald L. J. Quicke;Donald L. J. Quicke;M. Alex Smith

  • A turbo-taxonomic study of Thai Aleiodes (Aleiodes) and Aleiodes (Arcaleiodes) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Rogadinae) based largely on COI barcoded specimens, with rapid descriptions of 179 new species

    Buntika Areekul Butcher;M. Alex Smith;Mike J. Sharkey;Donald L. J. Quicke

  • Ovipositor structure and relationships within the Hymenoptera, with special reference to the Ichneumonoidea

    D.L.J. Quicke;M.G. Fitton;J.R. Tunstead;S.N. Ingram

  • Molecular phylogeny and historical biogeography of the cosmopolitan parasitic wasp subfamily Doryctinae (Hymenoptera:Braconidae)

    Alejandro Zaldivar-Riverón;Sergey A. Belokobylskij;Sergey A. Belokobylskij;Virginia León-Regagnon;Rosa Briceño-G.

  • Host location and oviposition in a basal group of parasitic wasps: the subgenual organ, ovipositor apparatus, and associated structures in the Orussidae (Hymenoptera, Insecta)

    L. Vilhelmsen;Nunzio Isidoro;Roberto Romani;Hasan H. Basibuyuk

  • Minimalist revision and description of 403 new species in 11 subfamilies of Costa Rican braconid parasitoid wasps, including host records for 219 species.

    Michael J. Sharkey;Daniel H. Janzen;Winnie Hallwachs;Eric G. Chapman

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark R Shaw
Mark R Shaw National Museum of Natural History
M. Alex Smith
M. Alex Smith University of Guelph
Paul D. N. Hebert
Paul D. N. Hebert University of Guelph
Andrew D. Austin
Andrew D. Austin University of Adelaide
Scott E. Miller
Scott E. Miller National Museum of Natural History
Andy Purvis
Andy Purvis Natural History Museum
Joaquín Hortal
Joaquín Hortal Spanish National Research Council
Daniel H. Janzen
Daniel H. Janzen University of Pennsylvania
Winnie Hallwachs
Winnie Hallwachs University of Pennsylvania
Mark Dowton
Mark Dowton University of Wollongong

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