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57
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18566
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13559
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5749

H. Allen Orr publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where H. Allen Orr sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 81 publications — 1st percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

H. Allen Orr D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where H. Allen Orr sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

H. Allen Orr is affiliated with the University of Rochester in the United States. Their recent research spans multiple interdisciplinary areas, including genetics, decision sciences, and the history and philosophy of science.

The scientist's recent publications cover a range of topics and are published in established academic venues. These papers include:

  • Evolved attitudes to risk and the demand for equity, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Ponownie darwinizm kontra inteligentny projekt, 2021, Filozoficzne Aspekty Genezy
  • A mathematical model of unintended consequences: Fisher's geometric model and social evolution, 2021, Journal of Bioeconomics

Collaboration plays a role in their work with frequent co-authors including Arthur J. Robson and Lynne H. Orr.

The research topics addressed in their publications explore a diverse set of scientific and social phenomena. Main topics of their work include:

  • Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis
  • Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
  • Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism
  • Evolution and Science Education
  • Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
  • Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
  • Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models

Their publications indicate a focus on fields concerning economic decision-making and evolutionary biology, supported by subfields such as:

  • Accounting
  • General Decision Sciences
  • Finance
  • History and Philosophy of Science
  • Genetics

Among the venues chosen for disseminating their work are:

  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Filozoficzne Aspekty Genezy
  • Journal of Bioeconomics

Best Publications

  • PATTERNS OF SPECIATION IN DROSOPHILA.

    Jerry A. Coyne;H. Allen Orr

  • The genetic theory of adaptation: a brief history

    H. Allen Orr

  • THE POPULATION GENETICS OF ADAPTATION : THE DISTRIBUTION OF FACTORS FIXED DURING ADAPTIVE EVOLUTION

    H. Allen Orr

  • PATTERNS OF SPECIATION IN DROSOPHILA REVISITED

    Jerry A. Coyne;H. Allen Orr

  • The evolutionary genetics of speciation

    Jerry A. Coyne;H. Allen Orr

  • Fitness and its role in evolutionary genetics

    H. Allen Orr

  • Adaptation and the cost of complexity.

    H. Allen Orr

  • Adaptive evolution drives divergence of a hybrid inviability gene between two species of Drosophila

    Daven C. Presgraves;Lakshmi Balagopalan;Susan M. Abmayr;H. Allen Orr

  • THE EVOLUTION OF POSTZYGOTIC ISOLATION: ACCUMULATING DOBZHANSKY-MULLER INCOMPATIBILITIES

    H. Allen Orr;Michael Turelli

  • Dominance, Epistasis and the Genetics of Postzygotic Isolation

    M Turelli;H A Orr

  • The dominance theory of Haldane's rule.

    Michael Turelli;H A Orr

  • HALDANE'S RULE

    H. Allen Orr

  • A Single Gene Causes Both Male Sterility and Segregation Distortion in Drosophila Hybrids

    Nitin Phadnis;H. Allen Orr

  • The distribution of fitness effects among beneficial mutations.

    H Allen Orr

  • THE POPULATION GENETICS OF ADAPTATION: THE ADAPTATION OF DNA SEQUENCES

    H. Allen Orr

  • Population Extinction and the Genetics of Adaptation

    H. Allen Orr;Robert L. Unckless

  • Speciation by postzygotic isolation: forces, genes and molecules

    H. Allen Orr;Daven C. Presgraves

  • The genetics of species differences.

    H. Allen Orr

  • THE PROBABILITY OF PARALLEL EVOLUTION

    H. Allen Orr

  • Gene Transposition as a Cause of Hybrid Sterility in Drosophila

    John P. Masly;Corbin D. Jones;Mohamed A. F. Noor;John Locke

Frequent Co-Authors

Jerry A. Coyne
Jerry A. Coyne University of Chicago
Craig Moritz
Craig Moritz Australian National University
Susan M. Abmayr
Susan M. Abmayr Stowers Institute for Medical Research
Pamela S. Soltis
Pamela S. Soltis University of Florida
Susanne S. Renner
Susanne S. Renner Washington University in St. Louis
Gill Bejerano
Gill Bejerano Stanford University
Mohamed A. F. Noor
Mohamed A. F. Noor Duke University
Dmitri A. Petrov
Dmitri A. Petrov Stanford University
Brian Charlesworth
Brian Charlesworth University of Edinburgh

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