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2026

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D-Index
58
Citations
13047
World Ranking
2547
National Ranking
10

Eli Geffen 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 Eli Geffen sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 147 publications — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Eli Geffen 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 Eli Geffen sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 58 D-Index — 70th percentile

70% 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 Israel Leader Award

Overview

Eli Geffen is affiliated with Tel Aviv University in Israel and has focused research efforts primarily within the realms of environmental science, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their scholarly work spans various subfields including ecology, evolution, behavior, systematics, ecology, genetics, developmental biology, and ecological modeling.

The scientist's research topics notably concentrate on animal behavior and reproduction, wildlife ecology and conservation, animal vocal communication and behavior, species distribution and climate change, primate behavior and ecology, marine animal studies, and evolutionary game theory and cooperation.

Frequent publication venues for their work include Scientific Reports, Animal Behaviour, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, Journal of Animal Ecology, and Environmental DNA.

Eli Geffen's recent papers encompass the following:

  • Male rock hyraxes that maintain an isochronous song rhythm achieve higher reproductive success (2022, Journal of Animal Ecology)
  • Shannon entropy as a robust estimator of Zipf's Law in animal vocal communication repertoires (2020, Methods in Ecology and Evolution)
  • Using eDNA presence/non-detection data to characterize the abiotic and biotic habitat requirements of a rare, elusive amphibian (2022, Environmental DNA)
  • A crescendo in the inner structure of snorts: a reflection of increasing arousal in rock hyrax songs? (2020, Animal Behaviour)
  • Both selection and drift drive the spatial pattern of adaptive genetic variation in a wild mammal (2022, Evolution)

Collaborations with other researchers are notable, with frequent co-authors including Amiyaal Ilany, Lee Koren, Vlad Demartsev, Sarig Gafny, and David W. Macdonald.

Best Publications

  • Genome-wide SNP and haplotype analyses reveal a rich history underlying dog domestication

    Bridgett M. Vonholdt;John P. Pollinger;Kirk E. Lohmueller;Eunjung Han

  • The Near Eastern Origin of Cat Domestication

    Carlos A. Driscoll;Marilyn Menotti-Raymond;Alfred L. Roca;Karsten Hupe

  • Genome Sequencing Highlights the Dynamic Early History of Dogs

    Adam H. Freedman;Ilan Gronau;Rena Schweizer;Diego Ortega-Del Vecchyo

  • Patterns of differentiation and hybridization in North American wolflike canids, revealed by analysis of microsatellite loci.

    Michael S. Roy;Eli Geffen;Deborah Smith;Elaine A. Ostrander

  • Behavior predicts genes structure in a wild primate group

    Jeanne Altmann;Susan C. Alberts;Susan A. Haines;Jean Dubach

  • A genome-wide perspective on the evolutionary history of enigmatic wolf-like canids

    Bridgett M. vonHoldt;John P. Pollinger;Dent A. Earl;James C. Knowles

  • Molecular Systematics of the Canidae

    Robert K. Wayne;Eli Geffen;Derek J. Girman;Klaus P. Koepfli

  • Climate and habitat barriers to dispersal in the highly mobile grey wolf

    Eli Geffen;Marti J. Anderson;Robert K. Wayne

  • A molecular genetic analysis of social structure, dispersal, and interpack relationships of the African wild dog (Lycaon pictus )

    Derek J. Girman;M. G. L. Mills;Eli Geffen;Robert K. Wayne

  • The Frequent 5,10-Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase C677T Polymorphism Is Associated with a Common Haplotype in Whites, Japanese, and Africans

    Nurit Rosenberg;Mitsuru Murata;Yasuo Ikeda;Ohene Opare-Sem

  • Genetic diversity and population structure of Tasmanian devils, the largest marsupial carnivore.

    Menna E. Jones;David Paetkau;Eli Geffen;Craig Moritz

  • A novel method using hair for determining hormonal levels in wildlife

    Lee Koren;Ofer Mokady;Tatyana Karaskov;Julia Klein

  • Genome-wide Evidence Reveals that African and Eurasian Golden Jackals Are Distinct Species

    Klaus Peter Koepfli;Klaus Peter Koepfli;John Pollinger;Raquel Godinho;Raquel Godinho;Jacqueline Robinson

  • Geographic variation in body size: the effects of ambient temperature and precipitation.

    Yoram Yom-Tov;Eli Geffen

  • Recent spatial and temporal changes in body size of terrestrial vertebrates: probable causes and pitfalls.

    Yoram Yom-Tov;Eli Geffen

  • Size, Life-History Traits, and Social Organization in the Canidae: A Reevaluation

    Eli Geffen;Matthew E. Gompper;John L. Gittleman;Hang-Kwang Luh

  • Extended parental care and delayed dispersal: northern, tropical, and southern passerines compared

    Eleanor M. Russell;Yoram Yom-Tov;Eli Geffen

  • What determines conformity to Bergmann's rule?

    Shai Meiri;Yoram Yom-Tov;Eli Geffen

  • Characteristics of sex-biased dispersal and gene flow in coastal river otters: implications for natural recolonization of extirpated populations.

    G. M. Blundell;M. Ben‐David;P. Groves;R. T. Bowyer

  • Relationships and Genetic Purity of the Endangered Mexican Wolf Based on Analysis of Microsatellite Loci

    Jaime García‐Moreno;Majorie D. Matocq;Michael S. Roy;Eli Geffen

Frequent Co-Authors

Yoram Yom-Tov
Yoram Yom-Tov Tel Aviv University
Robert K. Wayne
Robert K. Wayne University of California, Los Angeles
Michael Kam
Michael Kam Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
David W. Macdonald
David W. Macdonald University of Oxford
Elaine A. Ostrander
Elaine A. Ostrander National Institutes of Health
Carles Vilà
Carles Vilà Spanish National Research Council
Uri Roll
Uri Roll Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
John Novembre
John Novembre University of Chicago
Carlos Bustamante
Carlos Bustamante Stanford University
Miguel Vences
Miguel Vences Technische Universität Braunschweig

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