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D-Index
48
Citations
8430
World Ranking
4244
National Ranking
1476

Jeffrey K. Conner 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 Jeffrey K. Conner sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 101 publications — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jeffrey K. Conner 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 Jeffrey K. Conner sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 51st percentile

51% 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

  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Jeffrey K. Conner is affiliated with Michigan State University in the United States, contributing extensively to research in agricultural and biological sciences as well as biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work spans multiple subfields including plant science, genetics, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, molecular biology, and nature and landscape conservation.

Their research frequently addresses topics related to plant and animal studies, genetic mapping and diversity, insect and arachnid ecology and behavior, ecology and vegetation dynamics, insect resistance and genetics, entomopathogenic microorganisms in pest control, and genetically modified organisms.

Jeffrey K. Conner has coauthored several publications with frequent collaborators such as Fanrui Meng, Patrick J. Krysan, Melissa D. Lehti-Shiu, Shin-Han Shiu, and Peipei Wang.

Their recent publications include the following papers:

  • Susceptibility of Fall Armyworms (Spodoptera frugiperda J.E.) from Mexico and Puerto Rico to Bt Proteins, 2020, Insects
  • Predictive Models of Genetic Redundancy in Arabidopsis thaliana, 2021, Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • High-throughput measurement of plant fitness traits with an object detection method using Faster R-CNN, 2022, New Phytologist
  • Strong evidence for positive and negative correlational selection revealed by recreating ancestral variation, 2022, Evolution
  • Improved outcomes utilizing a novel pectin-based pleural sealant following acute lung injury, 2020, The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care

Jeffrey K. Conner has published frequently in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Evolution, New Phytologist, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), and Insects.

Their contributions to scientific knowledge have been recognized with the honor of becoming a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2011.

Best Publications

  • A Primer of Ecological Genetics

    Jeffrey K Conner;Daniel L Hartl

  • Effects of flower size and number on pollinator visitation to wild radish, Raphanus raphanistrum

    Jeffrey K. Conner;Scott Rush

  • Foliar Herbivory Affects Floral Characters and Plant Attractiveness to Pollinators: Implications for Male and Female Plant Fitness

    Sharon Y. Strauss;Jeffrey K. Conner;Scott L. Rush

  • PATTERNS OF PHENOTYPIC AND GENETIC CORRELATIONS AMONG MORPHOLOGICAL AND LIFE-HISTORY TRAITS IN WILD RADISH, RAPHANUS RAPHANISTRUM.

    Jeffrey Conner;Jeffrey Conner;Sara Via;Sara Via

  • Ecological genetics of an induced plant defense against herbivores: additive genetic variance and costs of phenotypic plasticity.

    Anurag A. Agrawal;Jeffrey K. Conner;Marc T. J. Johnson;Roger Wallsgrove

  • Toward a more trait-centered approach to diffuse (co)evolution

    Sharon Y. Strauss;Heather Sahli;Jeffrey K. Conner

  • Visitation, effectiveness, and efficiency of 15 genera of visitors to wild radish, Raphanus raphanistrum (Brassicaceae)

    Heather F. Sahli;Jeffrey K. Conner

  • The scope of Baker's law

    John R Pannell;Josh R Auld;Yaniv Brandvain;Martin Christopher Burd

  • Genetic mechanisms of floral trait correlations in a natural population.

    Jeffrey K. Conner

  • ARTIFICIAL SELECTION: A POWERFUL TOOL FOR ECOLOGISTS

    Jeffrey K. Conner

  • The effect of wild radish floral morphology on pollination efficiency by four taxa of pollinators.

    Jeffrey K. Conner;Rachel Davis;Scott Rush

  • MEASUREMENTS OF NATURAL SELECTION ON FLORAL TRAITS IN WILD RADISH (RAPHANUS RAPHANISTRUM). I. SELECTION THROUGH LIFETIME FEMALE FITNESS.

    Jeffrey K. Conner;Scott Rush;Peter Jennetten

  • Evolution of plant resistance and tolerance to frost damage

    Anurag A. Agrawal;Jeffrey K. Conner;John R. Stinchcombe

  • Consequences of Whole-Genome Triplication as Revealed by Comparative Genomic Analyses of the Wild Radish Raphanus raphanistrum and Three Other Brassicaceae Species

    Gaurav D. Moghe;David E. Hufnagel;Haibao Tang;Yongli Xiao

  • EXPRESSION OF ADDITIVE GENETIC VARIANCES AND COVARIANCES FOR WILD RADISH FLORAL TRAITS: COMPARISON BETWEEN FIELD AND GREENHOUSE ENVIRONMENTS

    Jeffrey K. Conner;Rachael Franks;Christy Stewart

  • FIELD MEASUREMENTS OF NATURAL AND SEXUAL SELECTION IN THE FUNGUS BEETLE, BOLITOTHERUS CORNUTUS.

    Jeffrey Conner

  • Self‐compatibility is over‐represented on islands

    Dena L Grossenbacher;Dena L Grossenbacher;Dena L Grossenbacher;Yaniv Brandvain;Josh R Auld;Martin Burd

  • USING GENETIC MARKERS TO DIRECTLY ESTIMATE MALE SELECTION GRADIENTS

    Martin T. Morgan;Jeffrey K. Conner

  • Measurements of natural selection on floral traits in wild radish (Raphanus raphanistrum). II. Selection through lifetime male and total fitness

    Jeffrey K. Conner;Scott Rush;Suzanne Kercher;Peter Jennetten

  • Characterizing ecological generalization in plant-pollination systems

    Heather F. Sahli;Jeffrey K. Conner

  • The Natural History of Pollination.

    Jeffrey K. Conner;Michael Proctor;Peter Yeo;Andrew Lack

Frequent Co-Authors

Anurag A. Agrawal
Anurag A. Agrawal Cornell University
Sara Via
Sara Via University of Maryland, College Park
Thomas Eisner
Thomas Eisner Cornell University
Meghan A. Duffy
Meghan A. Duffy University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Sharon Y. Strauss
Sharon Y. Strauss University of California, Davis
Shin-Han Shiu
Shin-Han Shiu Michigan State University
Ruth G. Shaw
Ruth G. Shaw University of Minnesota
Martin Morgan
Martin Morgan Roswell Park Cancer Institute
David Crews
David Crews The University of Texas at Austin
Pierre-Olivier Cheptou
Pierre-Olivier Cheptou Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

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