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Hamish G. Spencer

Hamish G. Spencer

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
48
Citations
11676
World Ranking
4156
National Ranking
44

Hamish G. Spencer 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 Hamish G. Spencer sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 176 publications — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Hamish G. Spencer 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 Hamish G. Spencer sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 51st percentile

51% 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

  • 2009 - Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand

Overview

Hamish G. Spencer is affiliated with the University of Otago in New Zealand. Their research primarily covers Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with significant contributions spanning several subfields including Oceanography, Ecology, Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Paleontology.

Their work addresses various topics, notably Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Evolution and Genetic Dynamics, Genetic diversity and population structure, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Mollusks and Parasites Studies, Marine and coastal plant biology, and Polar Research and Ecology.

Spencer's recent research publications include:

  • The swan genome and transcriptome, it is not all black and white, 2023, Genome biology
  • Contrasting biogeographical patterns in Margarella (Gastropoda: Calliostomatidae: Margarellinae) across the Antarctic Polar Front, 2020, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
  • Epigenetic induction may speed up or slow down speciation with gene flow, 2022, Evolution
  • Avoiding extinction under nonlinear environmental change: models of evolutionary rescue with plasticity, 2021, Biology Letters
  • Seven snail species hidden in one: Biogeographic diversity in an apparently widespread periwinkle in the Southern Ocean, 2022, Journal of Biogeography

Frequent co-authors in Spencer's publications include:

  • Nicolas J. Rawlence
  • Martyn Kennedy
  • Élie Poulin
  • Sebastián Rosenfeld
  • Claudia S. Maturana

Common venues for dissemination of research findings comprise:

  • Molluscan Research
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
  • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
  • Journal of Biogeography

Over the course of their career, Hamish G. Spencer has been recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand, an honor received in 2009.

Best Publications

  • Developmental plasticity and human health.

    Patrick Bateson;David Barker;Timothy Clutton-Brock;Debal Deb

  • Predictive adaptive responses and human evolution

    Peter D. Gluckman;Mark A. Hanson;Hamish G. Spencer

  • Metapopulation Structure Favors Plasticity over Local Adaptation

    Sonia E. Sultan;Hamish G. Spencer

  • A census of mammalian imprinting

    Ian M. Morison;Joshua P. Ramsay;Hamish G. Spencer

  • Environmental influences during development and their later consequences for health and disease: implications for the interpretation of empirical studies.

    Peter D Gluckman;Mark A Hanson;Hamish G Spencer;Patrick Bateson

  • Kelp genes reveal effects of subantarctic sea ice during the Last Glacial Maximum

    Ceridwen I. Fraser;Raisa Nikula;Hamish G. Spencer;Jonathan M. Waters

  • Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding reveals strong discrimination among diverse marine habitats connected by water movement

    Gert-Jan Jeunen;Michael Knapp;Hamish G. Spencer;Miles D. Lamare

  • HOW STABLE 'SHOULD' EPIGENETIC MODIFICATIONS BE? INSIGHTS FROM ADAPTIVE PLASTICITY AND BET HEDGING

    Jacob J. Herman;Hamish G. Spencer;Kathleen Donohue;Sonia E. Sultan

  • Comparative and meta‐analytic insights into life extension via dietary restriction

    Shinichi Nakagawa;Malgorzata Lagisz;Katie L. Hector;Hamish G. Spencer

  • Circumpolar dispersal by rafting in two subantarctic kelp-dwelling crustaceans

    Raisa Nikula;Ceridwen Fraser;Hamish Spencer;Jonathan Waters

  • Contemporary habitat discontinuity and historic glacial ice drive genetic divergence in Chilean kelp

    Ceridwen I Fraser;Martin Thiel;Hamish G Spencer;Jonathan M Waters

  • Phylogeographical disjunction in abundant high‐dispersal littoral gastropods

    J. M. Waters;T. M. King;P. M. O'loughlin;H. G. Spencer

  • A THEORETICAL INVESTIGATION OF SPECIATION BY REINFORCEMENT

    Hamish G. Spencer;Brian H. McArdle;David M. Lambert

  • Speciation and the recognition concept : theory and application

    David M. Lambert;Hamish G. Spencer

  • Water stratification in the marine biome restricts vertical environmental DNA (eDNA) signal dispersal

    Gert-Jan Jeunen;Miles D. Lamare;Michael Knapp;Hamish G. Spencer

  • Cladogenesis as the result of long-distance rafting events in South Pacific topshells (Gastropoda, Trochidae).

    Kirsten M. Donald;Martyn Kennedy;Hamish G. Spencer

  • Molecular systematics of the marine gastropod families Trochidae and Calliostomatidae (Mollusca: Superfamily Trochoidea).

    S.T. Williams;K.M. Donald;H.G. Spencer;T. Nakano

  • Population-epigenetic models of selection.

    Jemma L. Geoghegan;Hamish G. Spencer

  • The hidden science of eugenics

    Diane B. Paul;Hamish G. Spencer

  • Predictive adaptive responses in perspective.

    Peter D. Gluckman;Mark A. Hanson;Alan S. Beedle;Hamish G. Spencer

  • Species‐level biodiversity assessment using marine environmental DNA metabarcoding requires protocol optimization and standardization

    Gert‐Jan Jeunen;Michael Knapp;Hamish G. Spencer;Helen R. Taylor

  • Hop, step and gape : do the social displays of the Pelecaniformes reflect phylogeny ?

    Martyn Kennedy;Hamish G. Spencer;Russell D. Gray

Frequent Co-Authors

Jonathan M. Waters
Jonathan M. Waters University of Otago
andrew g clark
andrew g clark Cornell University
Peter D. Gluckman
Peter D. Gluckman University of Auckland
Marcus W. Feldman
Marcus W. Feldman Stanford University
Mark A. Hanson
Mark A. Hanson University of Southampton
Elie Poulin
Elie Poulin University of Chile
Michael Stat
Michael Stat University of Newcastle Australia
Michael Bunce
Michael Bunce Curtin University
David M. Lambert
David M. Lambert Griffith University
Miles D. Lamare
Miles D. Lamare University of Otago

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