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Francisco Garcia-Gonzalez

Francisco Garcia-Gonzalez

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
30
Citations
3439
World Ranking
8350
National Ranking
309

Francisco Garcia-Gonzalez 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 Francisco Garcia-Gonzalez sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 77 publications — 5th percentile

5% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Francisco Garcia-Gonzalez 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 Francisco Garcia-Gonzalez sits on this spectrum.

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1% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Francisco Garcia-Gonzalez is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain and focuses primarily on research within Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work extensively covers areas such as Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, and Insect Science, with interests also extending into Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Social Psychology.

The main topics of focus in their research include plant and animal studies, animal behavior and reproduction, insect and arachnid ecology and behavior, insect and pesticide research, evolutionary psychology and human behavior, neuroendocrine regulation and behavior, and reproductive biology and fertility.

Garcia-Gonzalez has contributed to several peer-reviewed publications. Some notable recent papers include:

  • "Temperature as a modulator of sexual selection" (2020) published in Biological Reviews/Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • "Sperm sex ratio adjustment in a mammal: perceived male competition leads to elevated proportions of female-producing sperm" (2020) in Biology Letters
  • "Evolutionary consequences of pesticide exposure include transgenerational plasticity and potential terminal investment transgenerational effects" (2022) in Evolution
  • "Mitochondrial genetic variation as a potential mediator of intraspecific behavioural diversity" (2023) in Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • "Metapopulation structure modulates sexual antagonism" (2021) in Evolution Letters

Their frequent co-authors include Maider Iglesias-Carrasco, Eduardo Rodríguez-Expósito, Roberto García-Roa, Pau Carazo, and Miguel Lozano.

Key publication venues where Garcia-Gonzalez's work appears often include Evolution, Evolution Letters, Scientific Reports, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, and Biological Reviews/Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society.

Best Publications

  • Sperm Viability Matters in Insect Sperm Competition

    Francisco Garcı́a-González;Leigh W. Simmons

  • Harm to females increases with male body size in Drosophila melanogaster

    Scott Pitnick;Francisco García-González

  • Evolutionary Reduction in Testes Size and Competitive Fertilization Success in Response to the Experimental Removal of Sexual Selection in Dung Beetles

    Leigh W. Simmons;Francisco García-González

  • The total opportunity for sexual selection and the integration of pre- and post-mating episodes of sexual selection in a complex world.

    J. P. Evans;Francisco García-González;Francisco García-González

  • COMPARING EVOLVABILITIES: COMMON ERRORS SURROUNDING THE CALCULATION AND USE OF COEFFICIENTS OF ADDITIVE GENETIC VARIATION

    Francisco Garcia-Gonzalez;Francisco Garcia-Gonzalez;Leigh W. Simmons;Joseph L. Tomkins;Janne S. Kotiaho

  • Paternal Indirect Genetic Effects on Offspring Viability and the Benefits of Polyandry

    Francisco García-González;Leigh W. Simmons

  • Evolutionary Response to Sexual Selection in Male Genital Morphology

    Leigh W. Simmons;Clarissa M. House;John Hunt;Francisco García-González

  • Temperature as a modulator of sexual selection.

    Roberto García-Roa;Francisco Garcia-Gonzalez;Francisco Garcia-Gonzalez;Daniel W.A. Noble;Daniel W.A. Noble;Pau Carazo

  • The evolution of polyandry: intrinsic sire effects contribute to embryo viability

    F. Garcia-Gonzalez;L. W. Simmons

  • Infertile matings and sperm competition: the effect of "nonsperm representation" on intraspecific variation in sperm precedence patterns.

    Francisco García‐González

  • SHORTER SPERM CONFER HIGHER COMPETITIVE FERTILIZATION SUCCESS

    Francisco García-González;Leigh W. Simmons

  • Variation in paternity in the field cricket Teleogryllus oceanicus: no detectable influence of sperm numbers or sperm length

    Leigh W. Simmons;Julie Wernham;Francisco García-González;Dan Kamien

  • Assessing the potential for egg chemoattractants to mediate sexual selection in a broadcast spawning marine invertebrate

    Jonathan P. Evans;Francisco Garcia-Gonzalez;Maria Almbro;Oscar Robinson

  • Live fast die young life history in females: evolutionary trade-off between early life mating and lifespan in female Drosophila melanogaster

    Laura M. Travers;Francisco Garcia-Gonzalez;Francisco Garcia-Gonzalez;Leigh W. Simmons

  • Adjustment of copula duration and ejaculate size according to the risk of sperm competition in the golden egg bug (Phyllomorpha laciniata)

    Francisco García-González;Montserrat Gomendio

  • Linking sperm length and velocity: the importance of intramale variation

    John L. Fitzpatrick;Francisco Garcia-Gonzalez;Jonathan P. Evans

  • Experimental coevolution of male and female genital morphology

    Leigh W. Simmons;Francisco Garcia-Gonzalez

  • Model Systems, Taxonomic Bias, and Sexual Selection: Beyond Drosophila

    Marlene Zuk;Francisco Garcia-Gonzalez;Francisco Garcia-Gonzalez;Marie Elisabeth Herberstein;Leigh W. Simmons

  • Sources of genetic and phenotypic variance in fertilization rates and larval traits in a sea urchin

    Jonathan P. Evans;Francisco García-González;Dustin J. Marshall

  • Ejaculate-mediated paternal effects: evidence, mechanisms and evolutionary implications

    Jonathan P Evans;Alastair J Wilson;Andrea Pilastro;Francisco Garcia-Gonzalez;Francisco Garcia-Gonzalez

  • Mating portfolios: bet-hedging, sexual selection and female multiple mating.

    Francisco Garcia-Gonzalez;Yukio Yasui;Jonathan P. Evans

Frequent Co-Authors

Leigh W. Simmons
Leigh W. Simmons University of Western Australia
Jonathan P. Evans
Jonathan P. Evans University of Western Australia
Montserrat Gomendio
Montserrat Gomendio Spanish National Research Council
Jesús Martínez-Padilla
Jesús Martínez-Padilla Spanish National Research Council
Andrea Pilastro
Andrea Pilastro University of Padua
Eduardo R. S. Roldan
Eduardo R. S. Roldan Spanish National Research Council
John L. Fitzpatrick
John L. Fitzpatrick Stockholm University
László Zsolt Garamszegi
László Zsolt Garamszegi Centre for Ecological Research
Jutta M. Schneider
Jutta M. Schneider Universität Hamburg
Shaun P. Collin
Shaun P. Collin La Trobe University

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