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D-Index
72
Citations
16789
World Ranking
1245
National Ranking
48

Doyle McKey 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 Doyle McKey sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 220 publications — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Doyle McKey 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 Doyle McKey sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 72 D-Index — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Doyle McKey is affiliated with the University of Montpellier in France. Their research primarily addresses topics within Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, with a strong focus on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science, Global and Planetary Change, Molecular Biology, and History.

Their work covers a range of subjects including Plant and animal studies, Plant Parasitism and Resistance, Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory, Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management, Plant Diversity and Evolution, Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions, and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Doyle McKey include:

  • Genomic evidence of prevalent hybridization throughout the evolutionary history of the fig-wasp pollination mutualism, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Evidence confirms an anthropic origin of Amazonian Dark Earths, 2022, Nature Communications
  • The Amazonian Savannas of French Guiana: Cultural and Social Importance, Biodiversity, and Conservation Challenges, 2020, Tropical Conservation Science
  • Macroevolution of defense syndromes in Ficus (Moraceae), 2020, Ecological Monographs
  • A Congo Basin ethnographic analogue of pre-Columbian Amazonian raised fields shows the ephemeral legacy of organic matter management, 2020, Scientific Reports

They have frequently published in venues such as:

  • Nature Communications
  • Scientific Reports
  • Les Nouvelles de l archéologie
  • People and Nature
  • Journal of Plant Research

Collaborations are notable with co-authors who have contributed regularly to their research:

  • Rumsaïs Blatrix
  • Aroonrat Kidyoo
  • Manit Kidyoo
  • Stéphen Rostain
  • Magali Proffit

Best Publications

  • Adaptive Patterns in Alkaloid Physiology

    Doyle McKey

  • Protective ant-plant interactions as model systems in ecological and evolutionary research.

    Martin Heil;Doyle McKey

  • The ecology of coevolved seed dispersal systems

    Doyle McKey

  • The evolutionary ecology of symbiotic ant-plant relationships

    D W Davidson;D Mckey

  • The evolutionary ecology of clonally propagated domesticated plants.

    Doyle McKey;Marianne Elias;Benoît Pujol;Anne Duputié

  • Phenolic Content of Vegetation in Two African Rain Forests: Ecological Implications

    Doyle McKey;Peter G. Waterman;C. N. Mbi;J. Stephen Gartlan

  • Food selection by black colobus monkeys (Colobus satanas) in relation to plant chemistry

    Doyle B. McKEY;J. Stephen Gartlan;Peter G. Waterman;Gillian M. Choo

  • Farmer seed networks make a limited contribution to agriculture? Four common misconceptions

    Oliver T. Coomes;Shawn J. McGuire;Eric Garine;Sophie Caillon

  • Historical collections reveal patterns of diffusion of sweet potato in Oceania obscured by modern plant movements and recombination

    Caroline Roullier;Caroline Roullier;Laure Benoit;Doyle B. McKey;Doyle B. McKey;Vincent Lebot

  • Seed exchange networks for agrobiodiversity conservation. A review

    Marco Pautasso;Guntra Aistara;Adeline Barnaud;Sophie Caillon

  • Heterogeneity in Ethnoecological Knowledge and Management of Medicinal Plants in the Himalayas of Nepal: Implications for Conservation

    Suresh Kumar Ghimire;Doyle McKey;Yildiz Aumeeruddy-Thomas

  • Polydomy in ants: what we know, what we think we know, and what remains to be done

    Gabriel Debout;Bertrand Schatz;Marianne Elias;Doyle Mckey

  • Pre-Columbian agricultural landscapes, ecosystem engineers, and self-organized patchiness in Amazonia

    Doyle McKey;Stéphen Rostain;José Iriarte;Bruno Glaser

  • A comparative study of the phytochemistry of two African Rain Forests

    J.Stephen Gartlan;Doyle B. McKey;Peter G. Waterman;Thomas T. Struhsaker

  • Legumes and nitrogen : the evolutionary ecology of a nitrogen-demanding lifestyle

    D Mckey

  • Interaction of the ant-plant Leonardoxa africana (Caesalpiniaceae) with its obligate inhabitants in a rainforest in Cameroon

    Doyle Mckey

  • Unmanaged sexual reproduction and the dynamics of genetic diversity of a vegetatively propagated crop plant, cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz), in a traditional farming system

    M. Elias;L. Penet;P. Vindry;D. McKey

  • Wild Yams Revisited: Is Independence from Agriculture Possible for Rain Forest Hunter- Gatherers?

    Serge Bahuchet;Doyle McKey;Igor de Garine

  • Conservation of Himalayan medicinal plants: Harvesting patterns and ecology of two threatened species, Nardostachys grandiflora DC. and Neopicrorhiza scrophulariiflora (Pennell) Hong

    Suresh Kumar Ghimire;Suresh Kumar Ghimire;Doyle McKey;Yildiz Aumeeruddy-Thomas

  • Corner's rules revisited: ontogenetic and interspecific patterns in leaf-stem allometry

    C. Brouat;C. Brouat;Marc Gibernau;L. Amsellem;D. Mckey;D. Mckey

  • Soils, vegetation, and seed-eating by black colobus monkeys

    D. B. Mckey

Frequent Co-Authors

Martine Hossaert-McKey
Martine Hossaert-McKey Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Marianne Elias
Marianne Elias Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Bruno Glaser
Bruno Glaser Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
José Iriarte
José Iriarte University of Exeter
Peter G. Waterman
Peter G. Waterman Southern Cross University
Bertrand Schatz
Bertrand Schatz Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Finn Kjellberg
Finn Kjellberg Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Patrick Lavelle
Patrick Lavelle Sorbonne University
Terry Sunderland
Terry Sunderland University of British Columbia
Nadir Alvarez
Nadir Alvarez University of Geneva

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