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Ian J. Kitching

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
46
Citations
11350
World Ranking
4562
National Ranking
500

Ian J. Kitching publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 153 publications — 54th percentile

54% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ian J. Kitching 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 Ian J. Kitching sits on this spectrum.

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46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Ian J. Kitching is affiliated with the Natural History Museum in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on the biological and taxonomic study of Lepidoptera, with a significant portion of work spanning agricultural and biological sciences as well as biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. The scientist's work includes in-depth investigation in subfields such as ecology, evolution, behavior, systematics, genetics, nature and landscape conservation, molecular biology, and ecological modeling.

The main topics covered by Ian J. Kitching's research include:

  • Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Entomological Studies and Ecology
  • Bat Biology and Ecology Studies

Ian J. Kitching has contributed to several recent scientific publications, including:

  • HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants, 2023, Natural History Museum, London
  • A global phylogeny of butterflies reveals their evolutionary history, ancestral hosts and biogeographic origins, 2023, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Iran, 2023, Integrative Systematics Stuttgart Contributions to Natural History
  • First mitogenome of subfamily Langiinae (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) with its phylogenetic implications, 2021, Gene
  • Phylogenomics Illuminates the Evolutionary History of Wild Silkmoths in Space and Time (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae), 2022, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Frequent coauthors in Ian J. Kitching's research include:

  • Rodolphe Rougerie
  • Rudolf Meier
  • James M. Carpenter
  • Andrew V. Z. Brower
  • Marc Allard

Common publication venues for Ian J. Kitching are as follows:

  • Cladistics
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Insects
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • European Journal of Entomology

Best Publications

  • Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758. In : Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness

    Erik J. Van Nieukerken;Lauri Kaila;Ian J. Kitching;Niels P. Kristensen

  • Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness

    Zhi-Qiang Zhang;John Na Hooper;Rob Wm Van Soest;Andrzej Pisera

  • Cladistics: The Theory and Practice of Parsimony Analysis

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  • Phylogeny and classification of Aedini (Diptera: Culicidae), based on morphological characters of all life stages

    John F. Reinert;Ralph E. Harbach;Ian J. Kitching

  • HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants

    G. S. Robinson;I. J. Kitching;G. W. Beccaloni

  • Integration of DNA Barcoding Into An Ongoing Inventory of Complex Tropical Biodiversity

    Daniel H. Janzen;Winnie Hallwachs;Patrick Blandin;John M. Burns

  • A new molecular phylogeny offers hope for a stable family level classification of the Noctuoidea (Lepidoptera)

    Reza Zahiri;Ian J. Kitching;J. Donald Lafontaine;Marko Mutanen

  • Molecular phylogenetics of Erebidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea)

    Reza Zahiri;Jeremy D. Holloway;Ian J. Kitching;J. Donald Lafontaine

  • Toward reconstructing the evolution of advanced moths and butterflies (Lepidoptera: Ditrysia): an initial molecular study

    Jerome C. Regier;Andreas Zwick;Michael P. Cummings;Akito Y. Kawahara

  • Coefficient shifts in geographical ecology: an empirical evaluation of spatial and non-spatial regression

    L. Mauricio Bini;J. Alexandre F. Diniz-Filho;Thiago F.L.V.B. Rangel;Thomas S.B. Akre

  • Phylogeny and classification of the Culicidae (Diptera)

    Ralph E. Harbach;Ian J. Kitching

  • Hostplants of the moth and butterfly caterpillars of the Oriental region

    G. S. Robinson;P. R. Ackery;I. J. Kitching;G. W. Beccaloni

  • 19. The Noctuoidea

    Ian J. Kitching;John E. Rawlins

  • Phylogeny and classification of tribe Aedini (Diptera: Culicidae)

    John F. Reinert;Ralph E. Harbach;Ian J. Kitching

  • A GLOBAL EVALUATION OF METABOLIC THEORY AS AN EXPLANATION FOR TERRESTRIAL SPECIES RICHNESS GRADIENTS

    Bradford A. Hawkins;Fabio S. Albuquerque;Miguel B. Araújo;Miguel B. Araújo;Jan Beck

  • Phylogeny and classification of Finlaya and allied taxa (Diptera: Culicidae: Aedini) based on morphological data from all life stages

    John F. Reinert;Ralph E. Harbach;Ian J. Kitching

  • A global phylogeny of butterflies reveals their evolutionary history, ancestral hosts and biogeographic origins

    Unknown

  • Online solutions and the ‘Wallacean shortfall’: what does GBIF contribute to our knowledge of species' ranges?

    Jan Beck;Liliana Ballesteros‐Mejia;Peter Nagel;Ian J. Kitching

  • Phylogeny and Biogeography of Hawkmoths (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae): Evidence from Five Nuclear Genes

    Akito Y. Kawahara;Andre A. Mignault;Jerome C. Regier;Ian J. Kitching

  • Reproductive isolation in a native population of Petunia sensu Jussieu (Solanaceae)

    Toshio Ando;Masashi Nomura;Jun Tsukahara;Hitoshi Watanabe

  • Hawkmoths of the World: An Annotated and Illustrated Revisionary Checklist (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)

    Ian J. Kitching;Jean-Marie Cadiou

  • Mapping the biodiversity of tropical insects: species richness and inventory completeness of African sphingid moths

    Liliana Ballesteros-Mejia;Ian J. Kitching;Walter Jetz;Peter Nagel

  • Relationships among the basal lineages of Noctuidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea) based on eight gene regions

    Reza Zahiri;Reza Zahiri;Donald Lafontaine;Christian Schmidt;Jeremy D. Holloway

Frequent Co-Authors

Jan Beck
Jan Beck University of Colorado Boulder
Ralph E. Harbach
Ralph E. Harbach Natural History Museum
Akito Y. Kawahara
Akito Y. Kawahara Florida Museum of Natural History
Niklas Wahlberg
Niklas Wahlberg Lund University
Marko Mutanen
Marko Mutanen University of Oulu
Jesse W. Breinholt
Jesse W. Breinholt Florida Museum of Natural History
K. Eduard Linsenmair
K. Eduard Linsenmair University of Würzburg
Lauri Kaila
Lauri Kaila University of Helsinki
Jerome C. Regier
Jerome C. Regier University of Maryland, College Park
Jesse R. Barber
Jesse R. Barber Boise State University

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