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D-Index
90
Citations
34605
World Ranking
466
National Ranking
166

James Mallet 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 Mallet sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 228 publications — 81st percentile

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

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

James Mallet 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 Mallet sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 90 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2002 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

James Mallet is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Agricultural and Biological Sciences.

The scientist's research spans multiple subfields including Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Molecular Biology, Plant Science, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

The main topics of their work cover:

  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change

Recent publications authored or coauthored by James Mallet include:

  • Prevalence and Adaptive Impact of Introgression, 2021, Annual Review of Genetics
  • Hybrid speciation driven by multilocus introgression of ecological traits, 2024, Nature
  • The Role of Hybridization in Species Formation and Persistence, 2024, Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology
  • Full-Likelihood Genomic Analysis Clarifies a Complex History of Species Divergence and Introgression: The Example of the erato-sara Group of Heliconius Butterflies, 2022, Systematic Biology
  • Anthropogenic pressures coincide with Neotropical biodiversity hotspots in a flagship butterfly group, 2021, Diversity and Distributions

James Mallet has frequently collaborated with several coauthors, including:

  • Fernando Seixas
  • Yuttapong Thawornwattana
  • Ziheng Yang
  • Kanchon K. Dasmahapatra
  • Neil Rosser

Scientific work has been published in venues such as:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Faculty of 1000 Research Ltd
  • Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • Molecular Ecology

Among recognized distinctions, James Mallet was awarded the title of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2002.

Best Publications

  • Hybridization as an invasion of the genome

    James Mallet

  • Hybridization and speciation

    R. Abbott;D. Albach;S. Ansell;J. W. Arntzen

  • Hybrid speciation

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  • Butterfly genome reveals promiscuous exchange of mimicry adaptations among species

    Kanchon K. Dasmahapatra;James R. Walters;Adriana D. Briscoe

  • A species definition for the modern synthesis

    James Mallet

  • Host races in plant–feeding insects and their importance in sympatric speciation

    Michele Drès;James Mallet

  • Taxonomic inflation: its influence on macroecology and conservation.

    Nick J.B. Isaac;James Mallet;Georgina M. Mace

  • Reproductive isolation caused by colour pattern mimicry

    Chris D. Jiggins;Chris D. Jiggins;Russell E. Naisbit;Rebecca L. Coe;James Mallet;James Mallet

  • Genome-wide evidence for speciation with gene flow in Heliconius butterflies

    Simon H. Martin;Kanchon K. Dasmahapatra;Kanchon K. Dasmahapatra;Nicola J. Nadeau;Camilo Salazar

  • Bimodal hybrid zones and speciation

    Chris D. Jiggins;James Mallet

  • How reticulated are species

    James Mallet;Nora Besansky;Matthew W. Hahn

  • Genomic architecture and introgression shape a butterfly radiation

    Nathaniel B. Edelman;Paul B. Frandsen;Paul B. Frandsen;Michael Miyagi;Bernardo Clavijo

  • Hybridization, ecological races and the nature of species: empirical evidence for the ease of speciation

    James Mallet

  • Evolution of Diversity in Warning Color and Mimicry: Polymorphisms, Shifting Balance, and Speciation

    James Mallet;Mathieu Joron

  • STRONG NATURAL SELECTION IN A WARNING-COLOR HYBRID ZONE.

    James Mallet;Nicholas H. Barton

  • Diversity in mimicry: paradox or paradigm?

    Mathieu Joron;James L.B Mallet

  • Limited performance of DNA barcoding in a diverse community of tropical butterflies

    Marianne Elias;Ryan I Hill;Keith R Willmott;Kanchon K Dasmahapatra

  • Preventing Insect Adaptation to Insect-Resistant Crops: Are Seed Mixtures or Refugia the Best Strategy?

    James Mallet;Patrick Porter

  • Taxonomy: renaissance or Tower of Babel?

    James Mallet;James Mallet;Keith Willmott

  • Biodiversity conservation and the millennium development goals.

    Jeffrey D. Sachs;Jonathan E. M. Baillie;William J. Sutherland;Paul R. Armsworth

  • Genomic islands of divergence in hybridizing Heliconius butterflies identified by large-scale targeted sequencing.

    Nicola J. Nadeau;Annabel Whibley;Robert T. Jones;Robert T. Jones;John W. Davey

  • Species: The units of biodiversity

    James Mallet

Frequent Co-Authors

Chris D. Jiggins
Chris D. Jiggins University of Cambridge
Kanchon K. Dasmahapatra
Kanchon K. Dasmahapatra University of York
Mathieu Joron
Mathieu Joron University of Montpellier
W. Owen McMillan
W. Owen McMillan Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Camilo Salazar
Camilo Salazar Universidad del Rosario
Gerardo Lamas
Gerardo Lamas National University of San Marcos
Marianne Elias
Marianne Elias Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
André V. L. Freitas
André V. L. Freitas State University of Campinas
Chris D. Thomas
Chris D. Thomas University of York
Sandra Knapp
Sandra Knapp American Museum of Natural History

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