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2026

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62
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World Ranking
2028
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11

Edward Allen Herre 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 Edward Allen Herre sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 127 publications — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Edward Allen Herre 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 Edward Allen Herre sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 62 D-Index — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Edward Allen Herre is affiliated with the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Environmental Science, with a focus on several related subfields including Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Molecular Biology.

Their work covers a range of topics, notably:

  • Plant and animal studies
  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
  • Nematode management and characterization studies
  • Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions
  • Plant Reproductive Biology

Edward Allen Herre's most frequently published venues include:

  • Nature Communications
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Ecology and Evolution
  • American Journal of Botany
  • PLoS Biology

Their recent papers illustrate a focus on mutualistic and parasitic interactions, evolutionary ecology, and host-microbe relationships:

  • Genomic evidence of prevalent hybridization throughout the evolutionary history of the fig-wasp pollination mutualism (2021, Nature Communications)
  • Host affinity of endophytic fungi and the potential for reciprocal interactions involving host secondary chemistry (2020, American Journal of Botany)
  • Mutualist and pathogen traits interact to affect plant community structure in a spatially explicit model (2020, Nature Communications)
  • Natural experiments and long-term monitoring are critical to understand and predict marine host-microbe ecology and evolution (2021, PLoS Biology)
  • The evolution of parasitism from mutualism in wasps pollinating the fig, Ficus microcarpa, in Yunnan Province, China (2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Carlos A. Machado
  • John D. Nason
  • John W. Schroeder
  • Daniel F. Petticord
  • Jordan D. Satler

Best Publications

  • Fungal endophytes limit pathogen damage in a tropical tree

    A. Elizabeth Arnold;Luis Carlos Mejía;Damond Kyllo;Enith I. Rojas

  • Pervasive density-dependent recruitment enhances seedling diversity in a tropical forest

    Harms Ke;Wright Sj;Calderón O;Hernández A

  • Negative plant–soil feedback predicts tree-species relative abundance in a tropical forest

    Scott A. Mangan;Stefan A. Schnitzer;Stefan A. Schnitzer;Edward A. Herre;Keenan M. L. Mack

  • The evolution of mutualisms: exploring the paths between conflict and cooperation

    Edward Allen Herre;Nancy Knowlton;Nancy Knowlton;Ulrich Gerhard Mueller;Stuart A. Rehner

  • Population Structure and the Evolution of Virulence in Nematode Parasites of Fig Wasps

    Edward Allen Herre

  • Sex ratio adjustment in fig wasps.

    Edward Allen Herre

  • Molecular diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and patterns of host association over time and space in a tropical forest

    R. Husband;E. A. Herre;S. L. Turner;R. Gallery

  • Canopy cover and leaf age affect colonization by tropical fungal endophytes: Ecological pattern and process in Theobroma cacao (Malvaceae)

    A. Elizabeth Arnold;Edward Allen Herre

  • Evolutionary Ecology of Figs and Their Associates: Recent Progress and Outstanding Puzzles

    Edward Allen Herre;K. Charlotte Jandér;Carlos Alberto Machado

  • The breeding structure of a tropical keystone plant resource

    John D. Nason;E. Allen Herre;J. L. Hamrick

  • Cryptic species of fig-pollinating wasps: Implications for the evolution of the fig–wasp mutualism, sex allocation, and precision of adaptation

    Drude Molbo;Carlos A. Machado;Jan G. Sevenster;Laurent Keller

  • Colletotrichum gloeosporioides s.l. associated with Theobroma cacao and other plants in Panama: multilocus phylogenies distinguish host-associated pathogens from asymptomatic endophytes.

    Enith I. Rojas;Stephen A. Rehner;Gary J. Samuels;Sunshine A. Van Bael

  • Ecological implications of anti-pathogen effects of tropical fungal endophytes and mycorrhizae.

    Edward Allen Herre;Luis C. Mejía;Luis C. Mejía;Damond A. Kyllo;Enith Rojas

  • Testing Hamilton's rule with competition between relatives

    Stuart A. West;Martyn G. Murray;Carlos A. Machado;Ashleigh S. Griffin

  • Critical review of host specificity and its coevolutionary implications in the fig/fig-wasp mutualism

    Carlos A. Machado;Nancy Robbins;M. Thomas P. Gilbert;Edward Allen Herre

  • Relation of fig fruit characteristics to fruit‐eating bats in the New and Old World tropics

    Elisabeth K. V. Kalko;Elisabeth K. V. Kalko;Elisabeth K. V. Kalko;Edward Allen Herre;Charles O. Handley

  • Coevolution of reproductive characteristics in 12 species of New World figs and their pollinator wasps

    E. A. Herre

  • Phylogenetic relationships, historical biogeography and character evolution of fig-pollinating wasps.

    Carlos A. Machado;Emmanuelle Jousselin;Finn Kjellberg;Stephen G. Compton

  • The evolution of parasitic diseases

    D. Ebert;E.A. Herre

  • The decline of tree diversity on newly isolated tropical islands: A test of a null hypothesis and some implications

    E. G. Leigh;S. J. Wright;E. A. Herre;F. E. Putz

Frequent Co-Authors

Stuart A. West
Stuart A. West University of Oxford
A. Elizabeth Arnold
A. Elizabeth Arnold University of Arizona
Patrick A. Jansen
Patrick A. Jansen Wageningen University & Research
Emmanuelle Jousselin
Emmanuelle Jousselin INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Finn Kjellberg
Finn Kjellberg Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Eldredge Bermingham
Eldredge Bermingham Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
John D. Nason
John D. Nason Iowa State University
William T. Wcislo
William T. Wcislo Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Mark J. Guiltinan
Mark J. Guiltinan Pennsylvania State University
Gary J. Samuels
Gary J. Samuels United States Department of Agriculture

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