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James F. Gillooly 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 James F. Gillooly sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 81 publications — 7th percentile

7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

James F. Gillooly 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 James F. Gillooly sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 48 D-Index — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

James F. Gillooly is affiliated with the University of Florida in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with specific interests in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, and Biotechnology.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including:

  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Marine Sponges and Natural Products
  • Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis
  • Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods

Gillooly's recent publications demonstrate a diverse scope within these fields. Notable papers include:

  • "Characterizing the microbiomes of Antarctic sponges: a functional metagenomic approach" (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • "Evaluating the tradeoff between offspring number and survivorship across fishes, amphibians, reptiles and mammals" (2021, Oikos)
  • "Allometric scaling of Lyapunov exponents in chaotic populations" (2020, Population Ecology)
  • "Predicting egg size across temperatures in marine teleost fishes" (2020, Fish and Fisheries)
  • "Host cell volume explains differences in the size of DsDNA viruses" (2021, Virus Research)

They have collaborated frequently with several researchers, including David Anderson, Mario Moreno-Pino, Antonia Cristi, Nicole Trefault, and C. George Glen. Among these, David Anderson is the most frequent coauthor, with joint publications on multiple papers.

James F. Gillooly's work has appeared in a range of scientific venues, reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of their research. These include Scientific Reports, Oikos, Population Ecology, Fish and Fisheries, and Communications Biology.

Best Publications

  • Toward a metabolic theory of ecology

    James H. Brown;James H. Brown;James F. Gillooly;Andrew P. Allen;Van M. Savage;Van M. Savage

  • Effects of Size and Temperature on Metabolic Rate

    James F. Gillooly;James H. Brown;James H. Brown;Geoffrey B. West;Geoffrey B. West;Van M. Savage;Van M. Savage

  • Effects of size and temperature on developmental time

    James. F. Gillooly;Eric L. Charnov;Geoffrey B. West;Geoffrey B. West;Van M. Savage;Van M. Savage;Van M. Savage

  • Effects of Body Size and Temperature on Population Growth

    Van M. Savage;James F. Gillooly;James H. Brown;Geoffrey B. West

  • Global Biodiversity, Biochemical Kinetics, and the Energetic-Equivalence Rule

    Andrew P. Allen;James H. Brown;James F. Gillooly

  • The predominance of quarter-power scaling in biology

    V. M. Savage;V. M. Savage;J. F. Gillooly;W. H. Woodruff;W. H. Woodruff;G. B. West;G. B. West

  • Linking the global carbon cycle to individual metabolism

    A. P. Allen;J. F. Gillooly;J. H. Brown;J. H. Brown

  • The rate of DNA evolution: Effects of body size and temperature on the molecular clock

    James F. Gillooly;Andrew P. Allen;Geoffrey B. West;Geoffrey B. West;James H. Brown

  • Kinetic effects of temperature on rates of genetic divergence and speciation

    Andrew P. Allen;James F. Gillooly;Van M. Savage;James H. Brown

  • Scaling metabolism from organisms to ecosystems

    Brian J. Enquist;Evan P. Economo;Travis E. Huxman;Andrew P. Allen

  • Towards an integration of ecological stoichiometry and the metabolic theory of ecology to better understand nutrient cycling

    Andrew P. Allen;James F. Gillooly

  • The Cost of Sex: Quantifying Energetic Investment in Gamete Production by Males and Females

    April Hayward;James F. Gillooly

  • Scaling of number, size, and metabolic rate of cells with body size in mammals

    Van M. Savage;Andrew P. Allen;James H. Brown;James H. Brown;James F. Gillooly

  • Latitudinal patterns in the size distribution and seasonal dynamics of new world, freshwater cladocerans

    James F. Gillooly;Stanley I. Dodson

  • Effect of body size and temperature on generation time in zooplankton

    James F. Gillooly

  • Thermodynamic and metabolic effects on the scaling of production and population energy use

    S. K. Morgan Ernest;Brian J. Enquist;James H. Brown;Eric L. Charnov

  • Ecological food webs: High-quality data facilitate theoretical unification

    James H. Brown;James F. Gillooly

  • On Theory in Ecology

    Pablo A. Marquet;Andrew P. Allen;James H. Brown;Jennifer A. Dunne

  • Assessing latitudinal gradients in speciation rates and biodiversity at the global scale.

    Andrew P. Allen;James F. Gillooly

  • Predicting natural mortality rates of plants and animals

    Michael W. McCoy;James F. Gillooly

Frequent Co-Authors

James H. Brown
James H. Brown University of New Mexico
Andrew P. Allen
Andrew P. Allen Macquarie University
Van M. Savage
Van M. Savage University of California, Los Angeles
Brian J. Enquist
Brian J. Enquist University of Arizona
Eric L. Charnov
Eric L. Charnov University of New Mexico
Michael Kaspari
Michael Kaspari University of Oklahoma
Stanley I. Dodson
Stanley I. Dodson University of Wisconsin–Madison
Seth Finnegan
Seth Finnegan University of California, Berkeley
Jonathan L. Payne
Jonathan L. Payne Stanford University
Karl J. Niklas
Karl J. Niklas Cornell University

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