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Janis Antonovics 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 Janis Antonovics sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 219 publications — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Janis Antonovics 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 Janis Antonovics sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 85 D-Index — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1992 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1991 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1988 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom

Overview

Janis Antonovics is affiliated with the University of Virginia in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within agricultural and biological sciences as well as biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. The main topics of their work include evolution and genetic dynamics, plant virus research studies, plant and animal studies, plant pathogens and fungal diseases, genetic diversity and population structure, zoonotic diseases and public health, and mycorrhizal fungi and plant interactions.

The scientist's subfields of study include genetics, plant science, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, cell biology, and insect science.

Janis Antonovics has published frequently in several venues, with notable appearances in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Ecology, American Fern Journal, Ecology and Evolution, and Evolution Letters.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Antonovics illustrate the diversity of their research topics and include:

  • "Myristate and the ecology of AM fungi: significance, opportunities, applications and challenges" (2020, New Phytologist)
  • "Can disease resistance evolve independently at different ages? Genetic variation in age-dependent resistance to disease in three wild plant species" (2022, Journal of Ecology)
  • "Evolution of behavioural resistance in host-pathogen systems" (2020, Biology Letters)
  • "From generalist to specialists: Variation in the host range and performance of anther-smut pathogens on Dianthus" (2021, Evolution)
  • "Specific resistance prevents the evolution of general resistance and facilitates disease emergence" (2023, Journal of Evolutionary Biology)

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Michael E. Hood
  • Emily L. Bruns
  • Caroline R. Amoroso
  • Samuel V. Hulse
  • Matthias C. Rillig

Antonovics has been recognized with several fellowships, including:

  • Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom (1988)
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1991)
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1992)

Best Publications

  • Heavy metal tolerance in plants

    J. Antonovics;A.D. Bradshaw;R.G. Turner

  • Incorporating the soil community into plant population dynamics: the utility of the feedback approach.

    James D. Bever;Kristi M. Westover;Janis Antonovics

  • Oxford Surveys in Evolutionary Biology

    Mark Ridley;Richard Dawkins;Paul H. Harvey;Linda Partridge

  • Social Organization and Parasite Risk in Mammals: Integrating Theory and Empirical Studies

    Sonia Altizer;Charles L. Nunn;Peter H. Thrall;John L. Gittleman

  • Host-Dependent Sporulation and Species Diversity of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi in a Mown Grassland

    James D. Bever;Joseph B. Morton;Janis Antonovics;Peggy A. Schultz

  • Evolution in closely adjacent plant populations

    Michelle Caisse;Michelle Caisse;Janis Antonovics

  • Evolution in closely adjacent plant populations VIII. Clinal patterns at a mine boundary

    Janis Antonovics;Janis Antonovics;A D Bradshaw

  • THE NATURE OF LIMITS TO NATURAL SELECTION

    Janis Antonovics

  • Evolution in closely adjacent plant populations V. Evolution of self-fertility

    Janis Antonovics

  • Sexually transmitted diseases in animals: ecological and evolutionary implications.

    Ann B. Lockhart;Peter H. Thrall;Janis Antonovics

  • Interchange of entire communities: microbial community coalescence.

    Matthias C. Rillig;Janis Antonovics;Tancredi Caruso;Anika Lehmann

  • Evolution in closely adjacent plant populations IV. Barriers to gene flow

    Thomas McNeilly;Janis Antonovics

  • Promiscuity and the Primate Immune System

    Charles L. Nunn;John L. Gittleman;Janis Antonovics

  • EXPERIMENTAL ECOLOGICAL GENETICS IN PLANTAGO

    Lin Wu;Janis Antonovics

  • The Cost of Resistance and the Maintenance of Genetic Polymorphism in Host-Pathogen Systems

    Janis Antonovics;Peter H. Thrall

  • DISEASE SPREAD AND POPULATION DYNAMICS OF ANTHER-SMUT INFECTION OF SILENE ALBA CAUSED BY THE FUNGUS USTILAGO VIOLACEA

    Helen Miller Alexander;Janis Antonovics

  • Fitness costs of mutations affecting the systemic acquired resistance pathway in Arabidopsis thaliana.

    Andrew J. Heidel;Joseph D. Clarke;Janis Antonovics;Xinnian Dong

  • Silene as a model system in ecology and evolution.

    G. Bernasconi;J. Antonovics;A. Biere;Deborah Charlesworth

  • Sexually transmitted diseases in polygynous mating systems: prevalence and impact on reproductive success

    Peter H. Thrall;Janis Antonovics;Andrew P. Dobson

  • EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES OF THE EVOLUTIONARY SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUAL REPRODUCTION II. A TEST OF THE DENSITY-DEPENDENT SELECTION HYPOTHESIS

    Janis Antonovics;Norman C. Ellstrand

  • Evolution in closely adjacent plant populations X: long-term persistence of prereproductive isolation at a mine boundary.

    J Antonovics

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael E. Hood
Michael E. Hood Amherst College
Peter H. Thrall
Peter H. Thrall Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Matthias C. Rillig
Matthias C. Rillig Freie Universität Berlin
James D. Bever
James D. Bever University of Kansas
Stavros D. Veresoglou
Stavros D. Veresoglou Freie Universität Berlin
Johanna Schmitt
Johanna Schmitt University of California, Davis
Erik Verbruggen
Erik Verbruggen University of Antwerp
Stefan Hempel
Stefan Hempel Freie Universität Berlin
Tatiana Giraud
Tatiana Giraud University of Paris-Saclay
Jeff R. Powell
Jeff R. Powell Western Sydney University

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