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D-Index
53
Citations
17213
World Ranking
3216
National Ranking
1137

Gregory S. Gilbert 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 Gregory S. Gilbert sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 107 publications — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Gregory S. Gilbert 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 Gregory S. Gilbert sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Gregory S. Gilbert is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Cruz in the United States. Their research spans several interconnected fields, primarily focusing on Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. The scientist's work incorporates multiple subfields such as Nature and Landscape Conservation, Plant Science, Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Global and Planetary Change.

The main topics addressed in Gilbert's research include:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
  • Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
  • Plant and Animal Studies
  • Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
  • Forest Ecology and Management
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change

Gilbert has contributed to notable academic publications, with recent works published between 2020 and 2021. Selected papers include:

  • "ForestGEO: Understanding forest diversity and dynamics through a global observatory network" (2020, Biological Conservation)
  • "Continent-wide tree fecundity driven by indirect climate effects" (2021, Nature Communications)
  • "Is there tree senescence? The fecundity evidence" (2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • "Dilution effect of plant diversity on infectious diseases: latitudinal trend and biological context dependence" (2020, Oikos)
  • "Arbuscular mycorrhizal trees influence the latitudinal beta-diversity gradient of tree communities in forests worldwide" (2021, Nature Communications)

Frequent coauthors who have collaborated extensively with Gilbert include:

  • James A. Lutz
  • Jonathan A. Myers
  • María Uriarte
  • Jess K. Zimmerman
  • Chia-Hao Chang-Yang

Key venues for Gilbert's publications reflect a focus on high-impact journals and repositories in the biological and ecological sciences. These venues include:

  • Nature Communications
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Ecology
  • Communications Biology
  • Nature

Best Publications

  • Regime Shifts, Resilience, and Biodiversity in Ecosystem Management

    Carl Folke;Steve Carpenter;Brian Walker;Marten Scheffer

  • Are tropical fungal endophytes hyperdiverse

    A.E. Arnold;Z. Maynard;G.S. Gilbert;P.D. Coley

  • Biotic interactions and plant invasions

    Charles E. Mitchell;Anurag A. Agrawal;James D. Bever;Gregory S. Gilbert

  • Phylogenetic signal in plant pathogen–host range

    Gregory S. Gilbert;Campbell O. Webb

  • EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY OF PLANT DISEASES IN NATURAL ECOSYSTEMS

    Gregory S. Gilbert

  • CTFS-ForestGEO: A worldwide network monitoring forests in an era of global change

    Kristina J. Anderson-Teixeira;Kristina J. Anderson-Teixeira;Stuart J. Davies;Stuart J. Davies;Amy C. Bennett;Erika B. Gonzalez-Akre

  • Global importance of large‐diameter trees

    James A. Lutz;Tucker J. Furniss;Daniel J. Johnson;Stuart J. Davies

  • The Evolutionary Ecology of Novel Plant-Pathogen Interactions

    Ingrid M. Parker;Gregory S. Gilbert

  • Fungal endophytes in dicotyledonous neotropical trees: patterns of abundance and diversity

    A. Elizabeth Arnold;Zuleyka Maynard;Gregory S. Gilbert

  • Phylogenetic structure and host abundance drive disease pressure in communities

    Ingrid M. Parker;Megan Saunders;Megan Bontrager;Andrew P. Weitz

  • DIRECT AND INTERACTIVE EFFECTS OF ENEMIES AND MUTUALISTS ON PLANT PERFORMANCE: A META-ANALYSIS

    William F. Morris;Ruth A. Hufbauer;Anurag A. Agrawal;James D. Bever

  • Phylodiversity-dependent seedling mortality, size structure, and disease in a Bornean rain forest.

    Campbell O. Webb;Gregory S. Gilbert;Michael J. Donoghue

  • Density and distance-to-adult effects of a canker disease of trees in a moist tropical forest.

    G. S. Gilbert;R. B. Foster;S. P. Hubbell

  • Preserving accuracy in GenBank

    Thomas D. Bruns;Meredith Blackwell;Ivan Edwards;Andy F.S. Taylor

  • ForestGEO: Understanding forest diversity and dynamics through a global observatory network

    Stuart J. Davies;Iveren Abiem;Kamariah Abu Salim;Salomón Aguilar

  • Introduced Species, Disease Ecology, and Biodiversity-Disease Relationships.

    Hillary S. Young;Ingrid M. Parker;Gregory S. Gilbert;Ana Sofia Guerra

  • Effects of seedling size, El Niño drought, seedling density, and distance to nearest conspecific adult on 6-year survival of Ocotea whitei seedlings in Panamá

    Gregory S. Gilbert;Kyle Edward Harms;David N. Hamill;Stephen P. Hubbell

  • Evolutionary tools for phytosanitary risk analysis: phylogenetic signal as a predictor of host range of plant pests and pathogens

    Gregory S. Gilbert;Gregory S. Gilbert;Roger Magarey;Karl Suiter;Campbell O. Webb

  • When there is no escape: the effects of natural enemies on native, invasive, and noninvasive plants.

    Ingrid M. Parker;Gregory S. Gilbert

  • Effects of an Introduced Bacterium on Bacterial Communities on Roots

    Gregory S. Gilbert;Jennifer L. Parke;Murray K. Clayton;Jo Handelsman

  • Preserving accuracy in GenBank

    M. I. Bidartondo;Thomas D. Bruns;Meredith Blackwell;Ivan Edwards

Frequent Co-Authors

Ingrid M. Parker
Ingrid M. Parker University of California, Santa Cruz
Stephen P. Hubbell
Stephen P. Hubbell University of California, Los Angeles
James A. Lutz
James A. Lutz Utah State University
Jonathan Myers
Jonathan Myers VA Palo Alto Health Care System
Zhanqing Hao
Zhanqing Hao Northwestern Polytechnical University
David Kenfack
David Kenfack Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
David A. Orwig
David A. Orwig Harvard University
Kristina J. Anderson-Teixeira
Kristina J. Anderson-Teixeira Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
Don R. Reynolds
Don R. Reynolds University of Greenwich
Geoffrey G. Parker
Geoffrey G. Parker Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

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