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43
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Ido Pen 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 Ido Pen sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 108 publications — 24th percentile

24% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ido Pen 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 Ido Pen sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Ido Pen is affiliated with the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. Their research spans multiple fields primarily within Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. The work focuses significantly on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, as well as Genetics, with considerable attention to specialized subfields including Ecology and Insect Science.

The scientist's research topics encompass a variety of areas related to animal and insect studies, including:

  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
  • Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities

Ido Pen has contributed to multiple papers, some of which include:

  • Seasonal morphotypes of Drosophila suzukii differ in key life-history traits during and after a prolonged period of cold exposure, 2020, Ecology and Evolution
  • Asymmetry, division of labour and the evolution of ageing in multicellular organisms, 2021, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • DNA methylation markers of age(ing) in non-model animals, 2023, Molecular Ecology
  • The evolution of social philopatry in female primates, 2020, American Journal of Physical Anthropology
  • Antagonistic pleiotropy and the evolution of extraordinary lifespans in eusocial organisms, 2021, Evolution Letters

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Ido Pen include:

  • Jan J. Kreider
  • Boris H. Kramer
  • Jan Komdeur
  • Ella Rees-Baylis
  • Leo W. Beukeboom

Their publications are often featured in journals such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Evolution Letters
  • Journal of Animal Ecology
  • Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Best Publications

  • Cooperation and competition between relatives.

    Stuart A. West;Ido Pen;Ashleigh S. Griffin

  • Inclusive fitness theory and eusociality

    Patrick Abbot;Jun Abe;John Alcock;Samuel Alizon

  • Geographical patterns of adaptation within a species’ range: interactions between drift and gene flow

    M. Alleaume-Benharira;I. R. Pen;Ophélie Ronce

  • A Guide to Sexual Selection Theory

    Bram Kuijper;Ido Pen;Franz J. Weissing

  • An Evolutionary Perspective on Self-Organized Division of Labor in Social Insects

    Ana Duarte;Franz J. Weissing;Ido Pen;Laurent Keller

  • Sanctions and mutualism stability: when should less beneficial mutualists be tolerated?

    S. A. West;E. Toby Kiers;I. Pen;R. F. Denison

  • Adaptive sex allocation in birds: the complexities of linking theory and practice.

    Jan Komdeur;Ido Pen

  • Climate-driven population divergence in sex-determining systems

    Ido Pen;Tobias Uller;Barbara Feldmeyer;Anna Harts

  • Three epigenetic information channels and their different roles in evolution

    Nicholas Shea;Ido Pen;Tobias Uller

  • Towards a unified theory of cooperative breeding: the role of ecology and life history re-examined.

    Ido Pen;Franz J. Weissing

  • The evolution of sex ratios and sex-determining systems

    Tobias Uller;Ido Pen;Erik Wapstra;Leo W. Beukeboom

  • When is incomplete epigenetic resetting in germ cells favoured by natural selection

    Tobias Uller;Tobias Uller;Sinead English;Ido Pen

  • Genomic conflict in scale insects: the causes and consequences of bizarre genetic systems

    Laura Ross;Laura Ross;Ido Pen;David M. Shuker;David M. Shuker

  • Segregation distortion and the evolution of sex-determining mechanisms

    M.A. Kozielska;F. J. Weissing;L.W. Beukeboom;I.R. Pen

  • Optimal sex allocation: Steps towards a mechanistic theory

    Ido Pen;Franz J. Weissing

  • Caribbean mangroves and seagrass beds as daytime feeding habitats for juvenile French grunts, Haemulon flavolineatum

    Marieke C. Verweij;Ivan Nagelkerken;Suzanne L. J. Wartenbergh;Ido R. Pen

  • Sex ratios under asymmetrical local mate competition : Theory and a test with parasitoid wasps

    David M. Shuker;Ido Pen;Alison B. Duncan;Sarah E. Reece

  • The information value of non-genetic inheritance in plants and animals.

    Sinead English;Ido Pen;Nicholas Shea;Tobias Uller

  • Sex-ratio optimization with helpers at the nest

    Ido Pen;Franz J. Weissing

  • Sex ratio selection and multi‐factorial sex determination in the housefly: a dynamic model

    M.A. Kozielska;I.R. Pen;L.W. Beukeboom;F.J. Weissing

  • Parental energy expenditure in relation to manipulated brood size in the European kestrel Falco tinnunculus

    Charlotte Deerenberg;Ido Pen;Cornelis Dijkstra;Bart-Jan Arkies

Frequent Co-Authors

Franz J. Weissing
Franz J. Weissing University of Groningen
David M. Shuker
David M. Shuker University of St Andrews
Leo W. Beukeboom
Leo W. Beukeboom University of Groningen
Tobias Uller
Tobias Uller Lund University
Jan Komdeur
Jan Komdeur University of Groningen
Stuart A. West
Stuart A. West University of Oxford
Daniel J. C. Kronauer
Daniel J. C. Kronauer Rockefeller University
Erik Wapstra
Erik Wapstra University of Tasmania
Sarah E. Reece
Sarah E. Reece University of Edinburgh
Michael C. Singer
Michael C. Singer Plymouth University

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