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Jeffrey M. Leis 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 M. Leis sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 143 publications — 48th percentile

48% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jeffrey M. Leis 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 M. Leis 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.

Overview

Jeffrey M. Leis is affiliated with the University of Tasmania in Australia. Their research primarily falls within the field of Environmental Science, with a focus on various subfields including Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Oceanography.

The main topics covered by their work include:

  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Ichthyology and Marine Biology
  • Fish biology, ecology, and behavior
  • Physiological and biochemical adaptations

Recent publications authored or co-authored by Jeffrey M. Leis include:

  • Perspectives on Larval Behaviour in Biophysical Modelling of Larval Dispersal in Marine, Demersal Fishes, 2020, Oceans
  • The influence of habitat association on swimming performance in marine teleost fish larvae, 2021, Fish and Fisheries
  • Measurement of swimming ability in larval marine fishes: comparison of critical speed with in situ speed, 2020, Marine Ecology Progress Series
  • Individual variation in marine larval-fish swimming speed and the emergence of dispersal kernels, 2021, Oikos
  • Tropical larval and juvenile fish critical swimming speed (U-crit) and morphology data, 2022, Scientific Data

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Jeffrey M. Leis are:

  • Michael Bode
  • Luciano B. Mason
  • Igal Berenshtein
  • Robin Faillettaz
  • Moshe Kiflawi

Key venues where Jeffrey M. Leis has published include:

  • NOAA professional paper NMFS
  • Oceans
  • Fish and Fisheries
  • Oikos
  • Scientific Data

Best Publications

  • Sensory environments, larval abilities and local self-recruitment

    Michael J. Kingsford;Jeffrey M. Leis;Alan Shanks;Kenyon C. Lindeman

  • CHAPTER 8 – The Pelagic Stage of Reef Fishes: The Larval Biology of Coral Reef Fishes

    Jeffrey M. Leis

  • Predicting self-recruitment in marine populations: Biophysical correlates and mechanisms

    Su Sponaugle;Robert K. Cowen;Alan Shanks;Steven G. Morgan

  • Are larvae of demersal fishes plankton or nekton

    Jeffrey M Leis

  • The larvae of Indo-Pacific coastal fishes : an identification guide to marine fish larvae

    Jeffrey M. Leis;Brooke M. Carson-Ewart

  • The biology, behaviour and ecology of the pelagic, larval stage of coral-reef fishes

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  • Climate change and coral reef connectivity

    P. L. Munday;J. M. Leis;J. M. Lough;J. M. Lough;C. B. Paris

  • Specimen collection: An essential tool

    L. A. Rocha;A. Aleixo;G. Allen;F. Almeda

  • The larvae of Indo-Pacific shorefishes

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  • What the pelagic stages of coral reef fishes are doing out in blue water: Daytime field observations of larval behavioural capabilities

    JM Leis;Hpa Sweatman;SE Reader

  • In situ swimming speeds of the late larvae of some Indo-Pacific coral reef fishes

    Jeffrey M. Leis;Brooke M. Carson-Ewart

  • Behaviour as input for modelling dispersal of fish larvae: behaviour, biogeography, hydrodynamics, ontogeny, physiology and phylogeny meet hydrography

    Jeffrey M. Leis

  • Management under uncertainty: guide-lines for incorporating connectivity into the protection of coral reefs

    L. J McCook;L. J McCook;G. R Almany;M. L Berumen;M. L Berumen;J. C Day

  • Understanding interactions between plasticity, adaptation and range shifts in response to marine environmental change.

    Jennifer M. Donelson;Jennifer M. Sunday;Will F. Figueira;Juan Diego Gaitán-Espitia

  • Critical swimming speeds of late-stage coral reef fish larvae: variation within species, among species and between locations

    Rebecca Fisher;Rebecca Fisher;Jeffrey M. Leis;Domine L. Clark;Shaun K. Wilson

  • Vertical and horizontal distribution of fish larvae near coral reefs at Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef

    J M Leis

  • Offshore distributional patterns of Hawaiian fish larvae

    J.M Leis;J.M. Miller

  • How Nemo Finds Home: The Neuroecology of Dispersal and of Population Connectivity in Larvae of Marine Fishes

    Jeffrey M. Leis;Ulrike Siebeck;Danielle L. Dixson

  • Vertical distribution of fish larvae in the Great Barrier Reef Lagoon, Australia

    J M Leis

  • Auditory and olfactory abilities of pre-settlement larvae and post-settlement juveniles of a coral reef damselfish (Pisces: Pomacentridae)

    K. J. Wright;K. J. Wright;Dennis M. Higgs;A. J. Belanger;J. M. Leis

  • Orientation of pelagic larvae of coral-reef fishes in the ocean

    Jeffrey M. Leis;Brooke M. Carson-Ewart

  • In situ swimming and settlement behaviour of larvae of an Indo-Pacific coral-reef fish, the coral trout Plectropomus leopardus (Pisces: Serranidae)

    J. M. Leis;B. M. Carson-Ewart

Frequent Co-Authors

Claire B. Paris
Claire B. Paris University of Miami
Geoffrey P. Jones
Geoffrey P. Jones James Cook University
Lynnath E. Beckley
Lynnath E. Beckley Murdoch University
Michael J. Kingsford
Michael J. Kingsford James Cook University
Michael L. Berumen
Michael L. Berumen King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Alan L. Shanks
Alan L. Shanks University of Oregon
David H. Williamson
David H. Williamson James Cook University
Glenn R. Almany
Glenn R. Almany Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
René Galzin
René Galzin University of Perpignan
Rebecca Fisher
Rebecca Fisher Australian Institute of Marine Science

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