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Irby J. Lovette

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
67
Citations
14899
World Ranking
1612
National Ranking
592

Irby J. Lovette publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 402 publications — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Irby J. Lovette 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 Irby J. Lovette sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 67 D-Index — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Irby J. Lovette is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas in ecology, evolutionary biology, and genetics, with a focus on avian species and their behavior.

The scientist's recent publications include work in prominent journals such as Nature, Science, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Notable papers include:

  • Dense sampling of bird diversity increases power of comparative genomics (2020, Nature)
  • Rapid speciation via the evolution of pre-mating isolation in the Iberá Seedeater (2021, Science)
  • Genomic islands of differentiation in a rapid avian radiation have been driven by recent selective sweeps (2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • Selection on a small genomic region underpins differentiation in multiple color traits between two warbler species (2020, Evolution Letters)
  • Extensive hybridization reveals multiple coloration genes underlying a complex plumage phenotype (2021, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences)

Frequent co-authors in Lovette's work include:

  • Shawn M. Billerman
  • David W. Winkler
  • Leonardo Campagna
  • Jennifer Walsh

Lovette's research has been published extensively in various venues, with a significant number of publications in:

  • Birds of the World
  • The Auk
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Evolution
  • Molecular Ecology

Their fields of study include ecology, evolutionary behavior, genetics, and molecular biology. Subfields reflect a strong focus on ecological and evolutionary dynamics as well as conservation:

  • Ecology
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Genetics
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Molecular Biology

The main topics addressed in Lovette's body of work cover various aspects of animal and plant ecology, genetics, and behavior. These topics include:

  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
  • Ichthyology and Marine Biology
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Best Publications

  • The roles of island area per se and habitat diversity in the species-area relationships of four Lesser Antillean faunal groups

    Robert E. Ricklefs;Robert E. Ricklefs;Irby J. Lovette;Irby J. Lovette

  • Dense sampling of bird diversity increases power of comparative genomics.

    Shaohong Feng;Josefin Stiller;Yuan Deng;Joel Armstrong;Joel Armstrong

  • Density-dependent diversification in North American wood warblers

    Daniel L Rabosky;Irby J Lovette

  • Plumage Genes and Little Else Distinguish the Genomes of Hybridizing Warblers

    David P.L. Toews;Scott A. Taylor;Rachel Vallender;Alan Brelsford

  • Experimental evidence for extreme dispersal limitation in tropical forest birds.

    R. P. Moore;W. D. Robinson;I. J. Lovette;T. R. Robinson

  • Explosive evolutionary radiations: Decreasing speciation or increasing extinction through time?

    Daniel L. Rabosky;Irby J. Lovette

  • Mitochondrial Dating and Mixed Support for the “2% Rule” in Birds

    Irby J. Lovette

  • Exceptional among-lineage variation in diversification rates during the radiation of Australia's most diverse vertebrate clade.

    Daniel L Rabosky;Stephen C Donnellan;Amanda L Talaba;Irby J Lovette

  • Temporal environmental variability drives the evolution of cooperative breeding in birds.

    Dustin R. Rubenstein;Dustin R. Rubenstein;Irby J. Lovette

  • Analysis and Visualization of Complex Macroevolutionary Dynamics: An Example from Australian Scincid Lizards

    Daniel L. Rabosky;Stephen C. Donnellan;Stephen C. Donnellan;Michael Grundler;Irby J. Lovette

  • Fifty-Second Supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union Check-List of North American Birds

    R. Terry Chesser;Richard C. Banks;F. Keith Barker;Carla Cicero

  • Clade-specific morphological diversification and adaptive radiation in Hawaiian songbirds

    Irby J Lovette;Eldredge Bermingham;Robert E Ricklefs

  • Explosive speciation in the New World Dendroica warblers

    Irby J. Lovette;Irby J. Lovette;Eldredge Bermingham

  • Congruent population structure inferred from dispersal behaviour and intensive genetic surveys of the threatened Florida scrub‐jay (Aphelocoma cœrulescens)

    A. Coulon;J. W. Fitzpatrick;R. Bowman;B. M. Stith

  • New insights into New World biogeography: An integrated view from the phylogeny of blackbirds, cardinals, sparrows, tanagers, warblers, and allies

    F. Keith Barker;F. Keith Barker;Kevin J. Burns;John Klicka;Scott M. Lanyon

  • A comprehensive multilocus phylogeny for the wood-warblers and a revised classification of the Parulidae (Aves).

    Irby J. Lovette;Jorge L. Pérez-Emán;John P. Sullivan;Richard C. Banks

  • Simultaneous effects of phylogenetic niche conservatism and competition on avian community structure.

    Irby J. Lovette;Wesley M. Hochachka

  • Glacial cycles and the tempo of avian speciation

    Irby J. Lovette

  • Fifty-First Supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union Check-List of North American Birds

    R. Terry Chesser;Richard C. Banks;F. Keith Barker;Carla Cicero

  • Going to extremes: contrasting rates of diversification in a recent radiation of new world passerine birds.

    F. Keith Barker;Kevin J. Burns;John Klicka;Scott M. Lanyon

  • Stable isotopes as indicators of altitudinal distributions and movements in an Ecuadorean hummingbird community

    Keith A. Hobson;Len I. Wassenaar;Borja Milá;Irby Lovette

  • Molecular Markers, Natural History, and Evolution. 2nd edition

    Irby J. Lovette

Frequent Co-Authors

David W. Winkler
David W. Winkler Cornell University
Eldredge Bermingham
Eldredge Bermingham Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Dustin R. Rubenstein
Dustin R. Rubenstein Columbia University
Rebecca J. Safran
Rebecca J. Safran University of Colorado Boulder
Kevin Winker
Kevin Winker University of Alaska Fairbanks
Robert E. Ricklefs
Robert E. Ricklefs University of Missouri–St. Louis
Borja Milá
Borja Milá Spanish National Research Council
Stephen C. Donnellan
Stephen C. Donnellan South Australian Museum
John Klicka
John Klicka University of Washington
Scott M. Lanyon
Scott M. Lanyon University of Minnesota

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