2026 Hopi E. Hoekstra: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	63	9985	9217	4374	3929	140	23610

Discipline name

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World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

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Biology and Biochemistry

9985

9217

4374

3929

140

23610

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index

Citations

23610

World Ranking

9985

National Ranking

4374

Research.com Recognitions

2017 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2016 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Hopi E. Hoekstra is affiliated with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in the United States. Their research spans several main fields, including Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Within these fields, Hoekstra's work covers a variety of subfields such as Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Molecular Biology, Plant Science, and Social Psychology.

Their research focuses on topics related to genetic diversity and population structure, animal behavior and reproduction, neuroendocrine regulation and behavior, chromosomal and genetic variations, genetic mapping and diversity in plants and animals, genomics and phylogenetic studies, as well as bat biology and ecology studies.

Hoekstra has published extensively with frequent appearances in notable venues. The primary publication venues include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Ecology & Evolution, Genome Biology, and Molecular Biology and Evolution.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Hoekstra include Olivia S. Harringmeyer, Jean-Marc Lassance, Kyle M. Turner, Felix Baier, and Sade McFadden.

Notable recent publications include:

A chromosomal inversion contributes to divergence in multiple traits between deer mouse ecotypes, 2022, Science
Chromosomal inversion polymorphisms shape the genomic landscape of deer mice, 2022, Nature Ecology & Evolution
Expanding evolutionary neuroscience: insights from comparing variation in behavior, 2021, Neuron
The Tug1 lncRNA locus is essential for male fertility, 2020, Genome Biology
Transposable Element Interactions Shape the Ecology of the Deer Mouse Genome, 2023, Molecular Biology and Evolution

Throughout their career, Hoekstra's contributions have been recognized by election as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2017 and as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2016.

Best Publications

Double Digest RADseq: An Inexpensive Method for De Novo SNP Discovery and Genotyping in Model and Non-Model Species

Brant K. Peterson;Jesse N. Weber;Emily H. Kay;Heidi S. Fisher

3557
Citations
The Strength of Phenotypic Selection in Natural Populations

J. G. Kingsolver;H. E. Hoekstra;J. M. Hoekstra;D. Berrigan

2095
Citations
THE LOCUS OF EVOLUTION: EVO DEVO AND THE GENETICS OF ADAPTATION

Hopi E. Hoekstra;Jerry A. Coyne

1133
Citations
Does evolutionary theory need a rethink

Kevin Laland;Tobias Uller;Marc Feldman;Kim Sterelny

1127
Citations
A Single Amino Acid Mutation Contributes to Adaptive Beach Mouse Color Pattern

Hopi E. Hoekstra;Rachel J. Hirschmann;Richard A. Bundey;Paul A. Insel

837
Citations
Combining population genomics and quantitative genetics: finding the genes underlying ecologically important traits.

J R Stinchcombe;Hopi E. Hoekstra

772
Citations
Genetics, development and evolution of adaptive pigmentation in vertebrates.

Hopi E. Hoekstra

712
Citations
Molecular spandrels: tests of adaptation at the genetic level.

Rowan D. H. Barrett;Hopi E. Hoekstra

648
Citations
The genetic basis of adaptive melanism in pocket mice

Michael W. Nachman;Hopi E. Hoekstra;Susan L. D'Agostino

629
Citations
Vertebrate pigmentation: from underlying genes to adaptive function

Joanna K. Hubbard;J. Albert C Uy;Mark Erno Hauber;Hopi E. Hoekstra

554
Citations
Strength and tempo of directional selection in the wild

H. E. Hoekstra;J. M. Hoekstra;D. Berrigan;S. N. Vignieri

496
Citations
Adaptive Variation in Beach Mice Produced by Two Interacting Pigmentation Genes

Cynthia C Steiner;Jesse N Weber;Hopi E Hoekstra

401
Citations
Convergence in pigmentation at multiple levels: mutations, genes and function.

Marie Manceau;Vera S. Domingues;Catherine R. Linnen;Erica Bree Rosenblum

349
Citations
Molecular and functional basis of phenotypic convergence in white lizards at White Sands

Erica Bree Rosenblum;Holger Römpler;Torsten Schöneberg;Hopi E. Hoekstra

340
Citations
Adaptive Evolution of Multiple Traits Through Multiple Mutations at a Single Gene

Catherine R. Linnen;Yu Ping Poh;Yu Ping Poh;Yu Ping Poh;Brant K. Peterson;Rowan D.H. Barrett

322
Citations
ADAPTIVE REPTILE COLOR VARIATION AND THE EVOLUTION OF THE MC1R GENE

Erica Bree Rosenblum;Hopi E. Hoekstra;Michael W. Nachman

314
Citations
On the origin and spread of an adaptive allele in deer mice.

Catherine Ramsay Linnen;Evan Prentice Kingsley;J. D. Jensen;Hopi E. Hoekstra

313
Citations
ECOLOGICAL GENETICS OF ADAPTIVE COLOR POLYMORPHISM IN POCKET MICE: GEOGRAPHIC VARIATION IN SELECTED AND NEUTRAL GENES

Hopi E. Hoekstra;Kristen E. Drumm;Michael W. Nachman

270
Citations
Peromyscus mice as a model for studying natural variation

Nicole L Bedford;Hopi E Hoekstra

257
Citations
Erratum: Molecular spandrels: tests of adaptation at the genetic level

Rowan D. H. Barrett;Hopi E. Hoekstra

4
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