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D-Index
45
Citations
8884
World Ranking
4810
National Ranking
1663

Jeffrey Podos 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 Podos sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 91 publications — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jeffrey Podos 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 Podos sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Jeffrey Podos is affiliated with the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields within agricultural and biological sciences, environmental science, and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Specifically, their work focuses on ecology, evolution, behavior, systematics, and developmental biology, with additional contributions to experimental and cognitive psychology and ecological modeling.

The primary areas of study in their research include animal behavior and reproduction, animal vocal communication and behavior, plant and animal studies, marine animal studies, avian ecology and behavior, evolutionary psychology and human behavior, and species distribution and climate change.

The scientist's recent publications encompass diverse topics related to animal behavior and evolutionary biology. Notable papers include:

  • Costs, constraints and sexual trait elaboration, 2021, Animal Behaviour
  • A Collection of Best Practices for the Collection and Analysis of Bioacoustic Data, 2022, Applied Sciences
  • The fitness landscape of a community of Darwin's finches, 2023, Evolution
  • Ecology and evolution of bird sounds, 2022, Current Biology
  • Ecological speciation in Darwin's finches: Ghosts of finches future, 2024, Science

Jeffrey Podos has published multiple papers in leading journals, with frequent contributions to Animal Behaviour, Current Biology, and Behavioral Ecology, as well as publications in Applied Sciences and Evolution.

Collaboration is a significant component of their work. Frequent coauthors include Joost A. M. Raeymaekers, Jaime A. Chaves, Jennifer A. H. Koop, Diana M. T. Sharpe, and Kiyoko M. Gotanda, each contributing to multiple joint publications.

Best Publications

  • Correlated evolution of morphology and vocal signal structure in Darwin's finches

    Jeffrey Podos

  • A PERFORMANCE CONSTRAINT ON THE EVOLUTION OF TRILLED VOCALIZATIONS IN A SONGBIRD FAMILY (PASSERIFORMES: EMBERIZIDAE)

    Jeffrey Podos

  • Song Learning, Early Nutrition and Sexual Selection in Songbirds

    Stephen Nowicki;Susan Peters;Jeffrey Podos

  • Female mate choice based upon male motor performance

    John Byers;Eileen Hebets;Jeffrey Podos

  • The evolution of geographic variation in birdsong

    Jeffrey Podos;Paige S. Warren

  • Bird Song: The Interface of Evolution and Mechanism

    Jeffrey Podos;Sarah K. Huber;Benjamin Taft

  • Bite performance and morphology in a population of Darwin's finches: implications for the evolution of beak shape

    A. Herrel;J. Podos;S. K. Huber;A. P. Hendry

  • On the relationship between, and measurement of, amplitude and frequency in birdsong

    Sue Anne Zollinger;Jeffrey Podos;Erwin Nemeth;Franz Goller

  • Amazonian ecology: Tributaries enhance the diversity of electric fishes

    Cristina Cox Fernandes;Cristina Cox Fernandes;Jeffrey Podos;John G. Lundberg

  • Motor constraints on vocal development in a songbird

    Jeffrey Podos

  • Vocal tract function in birdsong production: experimental manipulation of beak movements.

    William J. Hoese;Jeffrey Podos;Nicholas C. Boetticher;Stephen Nowicki

  • Beak morphology and song features covary in a population of Darwin’s finches (Geospiza fortis)

    Sarah K. Huber;Jeffrey Podos

  • Evolution of bite force in Darwin's finches: a key role for head width.

    A. Herrel;J. Podos;S. K. Huber;A. P. Hendry

  • Possible human impacts on adaptive radiation: beak size bimodality in Darwin's finches

    Andrew P Hendry;Peter R Grant;B Rosemary Grant;Hugh A Ford

  • Reproductive isolation of sympatric morphs in a population of Darwin's finches

    Sarah K Huber;Luis Fernando De León;Luis Fernando De León;Andrew P Hendry;Eldredge Bermingham

  • Vocal mechanics in Darwin's finches: correlation of beak gape and song frequency

    Jeffrey Podos;Joel A. Southall;Marcos R. Rossi-Santos

  • Chapter 5 Vocal Performance and Sensorimotor Learning in Songbirds

    Jeffrey Podos;David C. Lahti;Dana L. Moseley

  • The Organization of Song Repertoires in Song Sparrows: Themes and Variations

    Jeffrey Podos;Jeffrey Podos;Jeffrey Podos;Susan Peters;Susan Peters;Susan Peters;Tamia Rudnicky;Tamia Rudnicky;Tamia Rudnicky;Peter Marler;Peter Marler;Peter Marler

  • Force–velocity trade-off in Darwin's finch jaw function: a biomechanical basis for ecological speciation?

    Anthony Herrel;Jeffrey Podos;Bieke Vanhooydonck;Andrew P. Hendry

  • Disruptive selection in a bimodal population of Darwin's finches.

    Andrew P Hendry;Sarah K Huber;Sarah K Huber;Luis F De León;Anthony Herrel

Frequent Co-Authors

Anthony Herrel
Anthony Herrel Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Andrew P. Hendry
Andrew P. Hendry McGill University
Stephen Nowicki
Stephen Nowicki Duke University
Peter Aerts
Peter Aerts University of Antwerp
Regina H. Macedo
Regina H. Macedo University of Brasília
Eldredge Bermingham
Eldredge Bermingham Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Jeff A. Graves
Jeff A. Graves University of St Andrews
Duncan J. Irschick
Duncan J. Irschick University of Massachusetts Amherst
Bieke Vanhooydonck
Bieke Vanhooydonck University of Antwerp

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