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3006
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J. Scott Keogh 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 J. Scott Keogh sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 173 publications — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

J. Scott Keogh 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 J. Scott Keogh sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 55 D-Index — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

J. Scott Keogh is affiliated with the Australian National University in Australia. Their research spans multiple fields including Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Key subfields they have contributed to include Global and Planetary Change, Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecological Modeling, and Molecular Biology.

Keogh's work addresses a variety of main topics such as Amphibian and Reptile Biology, Genetic Diversity and Population Structure, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Evolution and Paleontology Studies, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation.

Several recent papers illustrate the areas of focus in their research. These include:

  • Phylogenomics Reveals Ancient Gene Tree Discordance in the Amphibian Tree of Life (2020, Systematic Biology)
  • Polyploidy breaks speciation barriers in Australian burrowing frogs Neobatrachus (2020, PLoS Genetics)
  • Reptiles on the brink: identifying the Australian terrestrial snake and lizard species most at risk of extinction (2020, Pacific Conservation Biology)
  • Phylogenomics, Biogeography, and Morphometrics Reveal Rapid Phenotypic Evolution in Pythons After Crossing Wallace's Line (2020, Systematic Biology)
  • Life in the "dead heart" of Australia: The geohistory of the Australian deserts and its impact on genetic diversity of arid zone lizards (2021, Journal of Biogeography)

Frequent coauthors in Keogh's publications include Stephen C. Donnellan, Ian G. Brennan, Paul Doughty, Damien Esquerré, and Carlos J. Pavón-Vázquez.

Their research is regularly published in several venues, with the most frequent being Systematic Biology, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), and Evolution.

Best Publications

  • The conservation status of the world's reptiles

    Monika Böhm;Ben Collen;Jonathan E.M. Baillie;Philip Bowles

  • Birth of a biome: insights into the assembly and maintenance of the Australian arid zone biota.

    M. Byrne;D.K. Yeates;L. Joseph;M. Kearney

  • Decline of a biome: Evolution, contraction, fragmentation, extinction and invasion of the Australian mesic zone biota

    Margaret Byrne;Dorothy Steane;Leo Joseph;David K. Yeates

  • Interrogating Genomic-Scale Data for Squamata (Lizards, Snakes, and Amphisbaenians) Shows no Support for Key Traditional Morphological Relationships

    Frank T Burbrink;Felipe G Grazziotin;R Alexander Pyron;David Cundall

  • Molecular phylogeny and divergence dates for Australasian elapids and sea snakes (Hydrophiinae): Evidence from seven genes for rapid evolutionary radiations

    K.L. Sanders;M.S.Y. Lee;M.S.Y. Lee;Remko Leys;R. Foster

  • Phylogenomics Reveals Ancient Gene Tree Discordance in the Amphibian Tree of Life.

    Paul M Hime;Paul M Hime;Alan R Lemmon;Emily C Moriarty Lemmon;Elizabeth Prendini

  • The influence of sex and body size on food habits of a giant tropical snake, Python reticulatus

    R. Shine;P. S. Harlow;J. S. Keogh;Boeadi

  • Molecular phylogeny of elapid snakes and a consideration of their biogeographic history

    J. Scott Keogh

  • How mountains shape biodiversity: The role of the Andes in biogeography, diversification, and reproductive biology in South America's most species-rich lizard radiation (Squamata: Liolaemidae)

    Damien Esquerré;Ian G. Brennan;Renee A. Catullo;Renee A. Catullo;Fernando Torres-Pérez

  • Rapid and Repeated Origin of Insular Gigantism and Dwarfism in Australian Tiger Snakes

    J. Scott Keogh;Ian A. W. Scott;Christine Hayes

  • Phylogenetic Relationships of Elapid Snakes Based on Cytochrome b mtDNA Sequences

    Joseph B. Slowinski;J.Scott Keogh

  • Communal egg-laying in reptiles and amphibians: evolutionary patterns and hypotheses.

    J.Sean Doody;Steve Freedberg;J.Scott Keogh

  • Perched at the mito-nuclear crossroads: Divergent mitochondrial lineages correlate with environment in the face of ongoing nuclear gene flow in an Australian bird

    Alexandra Pavlova;J. Nevil Amos;Leo Joseph;Kate Loynes

  • Commercial harvesting of giant lizards: The biology of water monitors Varanus salvator in southern Sumatra

    Richard Shine;Peter S. Harlow;J.Scott Keogh;Boeadi

  • Phylogenetic Relationships of Terrestrial Australo-Papuan Elapid Snakes (Subfamily Hydrophiinae) Based on Cytochromeband 16S rRNA Sequences

    J.Scott Keogh;J.Scott Keogh;Richard Shine;Steve Donnellan

  • Geodiversity and endemism in the iconic Australian Pilbara region: a review of landscape evolution and biotic response in an ancient refugium

    Mitzy Pepper;Paul Doughty;J. Scott Keogh

  • Evaluating fossil calibrations for dating phylogenies in light of rates of molecular evolution: a comparison of three approaches

    Vimoksalehi Lukoschek;Vimoksalehi Lukoschek;J. Scott Keogh;John C. Avise

  • Current and historical patterns of drainage connectivity in eastern Australia inferred from population genetic structuring in a widespread freshwater fish Pseudomugil signifer (Pseudomugilidae).

    B. B. M. Wong;J. S. Keogh;Dugald McGlashan

  • Molecular phylogeny of sea snakes reveals a rapidly diverged adaptive radiation

    Vimoksalehi Lukoschek;J. Scott Keogh

  • Complex mating system and dispersal patterns in a social lizard, Egernia whitii

    David G. Chapple;J. Scott Keogh

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul Doughty
Paul Doughty Western Australian Museum
Stephen C. Donnellan
Stephen C. Donnellan South Australian Museum
Martin J. Whiting
Martin J. Whiting Macquarie University
Richard Shine
Richard Shine Macquarie University
David G. Chapple
David G. Chapple Monash University
Emily Moriarty Lemmon
Emily Moriarty Lemmon Florida State University
Alan R. Lemmon
Alan R. Lemmon Florida State University
Michael D. Jennions
Michael D. Jennions Australian National University
J. Dale Roberts
J. Dale Roberts University of Western Australia
Mark N. Hutchinson
Mark N. Hutchinson South Australian Museum

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