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D-Index
56
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12650
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2822
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994

George K. Roderick 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 George K. Roderick sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 533+

This scientist: 142 publications — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 533 publications or more.

George K. Roderick 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 George K. Roderick sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 122+

This scientist: 56 D-Index — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 122 D-Index or more.

Overview

George K. Roderick is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, with a focus on several key subfields including Insect Science, Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecological Modeling, and Molecular Biology.

Their work covers a range of topics such as plant and animal studies, species distribution and climate change, environmental DNA in biodiversity studies, genomics and phylogenetic studies, ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, insect behavior and control techniques, and insect-plant interactions and control.

Roderick has published in various scientific journals with notable frequent appearances in Molecular Ecology and the Journal of Insect Science. Other venues include PeerJ, Current Opinion in Insect Science, and Global Ecology and Biogeography.

Some recent papers authored by or involving Roderick include:

  • The Global Museum: natural history collections and the future of evolutionary science and public education, 2020, PeerJ
  • How to better predict long-term benefits and risks in weed biocontrol: an evolutionary perspective, 2020, Current Opinion in Insect Science
  • Collective and harmonized high throughput barcoding of insular arthropod biodiversity: Toward a Genomic Observatories Network for islands, 2022, Molecular Ecology
  • Towards a genetic theory of island biogeography: Inferring processes from multidimensional community-scale data, 2022, Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • Richness and resilience in the Pacific: DNA metabarcoding enables parallelized evaluation of biogeographic patterns, 2022, Molecular Ecology

Frequent co-authors with whom Roderick has collaborated include:

  • Rosemary G. Gillespie
  • Susan Kennedy
  • Henrik Krehenwinkel
  • Evan P. Economo
  • Brent C. Emerson

Best Publications

  • Invasive phytophagous pests arising through a recent tropical evolutionary radiation: the Bactrocera dorsalis complex of fruit flies.

    Anthony R Clarke;Karen F Armstrong;Amy E Carmichael;John R Milne

  • Towards writing the encyclopaedia of life: an introduction to DNA barcoding

    Vincent Savolainen;Robyn S. Cowan;Alfried P. Vogler;George K. Roderick

  • Highways block gene flow and cause a rapid decline in genetic diversity of desert bighorn sheep

    CW Epps;PJ Palsboll;JD Wehausen;GK Roderick

  • Long-distance dispersal: A framework for hypothesis testing

    Rosemary G. Gillespie;Bruce G. Baldwin;Jonathan M. Waters;Ceridwen I. Fraser

  • Arthropods on islands: colonization, speciation, and conservation.

    Rosemary G Gillespie;George K Roderick

  • Geographic structure of insect populations: gene flow, phylogeography, and their uses.

    George K. Roderick

  • Genes in new environments: genetics and evolution in biological control.

    George K. Roderick;Maria Navajas

  • Arthropod pest resurgence: an overview of potential mechanisms

    Mark R. Hardin;Betty Benrey;Moshe Coll;William O. Lamp

  • Determining the source of individuals: multilocus genotyping in nonequilibrium population genetics.

    Neil Davies;Francis X. Villablanca;George K. Roderick

  • Population structure and colonization history of the olive fly, Bactrocera oleae (Diptera, Tephritidae).

    Francesco Nardi;Antonio Carapelli;Romano Dallai;George K. Roderick

  • Population biology of planthoppers

    Robert F. Denno;George K. Roderick

  • Microevolution in biological control: Mechanisms, patterns, and processes

    Ruth A. Hufbauer;George K. Roderick

  • Speciation and phylogeography of Hawaiian terrestrial arthropods

    G. K. Roderick;R. G. Gillespie

  • Density-Related Migration in Planthoppers (Homoptera: Delphacidae): The Role of Habitat Persistence

    Robert F. Denno;George K. Roderick;Karen L. Olmstead;Hartmut G. Dobel

  • Habitat persistence underlies intraspecific variation in the dispersal strategies of planthoppers

    Robert F. Denno;George K. Roderick;Merrill A. Peterson;Andrea F. Huberty

  • Evolution of male-killer suppression in a natural population.

    Emily A Hornett;Sylvain Charlat;Sylvain Charlat;Anne M. R Duplouy;Anne M. R Duplouy;Neil Davies

  • Extraordinary flux in sex ratio.

    Sylvain Charlat;Emily Anne Hornett;James H. Fullard;Neil Davies

  • Biodiversity dynamics in isolated island communities: interaction between natural and human-mediated processes

    Rosemary G. Gillespie;Elin M. Claridge;George K. Roderick

  • Permanent Genetic Resources added to Molecular Ecology Resources Database 1 October 2009–30 November 2009

    Junghwa An;Arnaud Bechet;Åsa Berggren;Sarah K. Brown

  • The Global Museum: natural history collections and the future of evolutionary science and public education.

    Freek T. Bakker;Alexandre Antonelli;Julia A. Clarke;Joseph A. Cook

  • Endless Forms – Species and Speciation

    Rosemary G Gillespie;George K Roderick

Frequent Co-Authors

Rosemary G. Gillespie
Rosemary G. Gillespie University of California, Berkeley
Mark S. Hoddle
Mark S. Hoddle University of California, Riverside
Gregory D. D. Hurst
Gregory D. D. Hurst University of Liverpool
Nicholas J. Mills
Nicholas J. Mills University of California, Berkeley
Maria Navajas
Maria Navajas Montpellier SupAgro
Nina Wedell
Nina Wedell University of Exeter
Robert F. Denno
Robert F. Denno University of Maryland, College Park
Judith K. Brown
Judith K. Brown University of Arizona
Per J. Palsbøll
Per J. Palsbøll University of Groningen
Romano Dallai
Romano Dallai University of Siena

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