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Jeffrey R. Powell

Jeffrey R. Powell

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
79
Citations
24070
World Ranking
873
National Ranking
324

Jeffrey R. Powell 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 R. Powell sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 230 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.

Jeffrey R. Powell 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 R. Powell sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 79 D-Index — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1997 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Jeffrey R. Powell is affiliated with Yale University in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines within the biological sciences, with a focus on topics related to mosquito-borne diseases and control as well as insect symbiosis and bacterial influences.

Their recent publications include the following papers:

  • Climate and Urbanization Drive Mosquito Preference for Humans, 2020, Current Biology
  • Improved reference genome of the arboviral vector Aedes albopictus, 2020, Genome biology
  • Genetic evidence for the origin of Aedes aegypti, the yellow fever mosquito, in the southwestern Indian Ocean, 2020, Molecular Ecology
  • Evolution of kdr haplotypes in worldwide populations of Aedes aegypti: Independent origins of the F1534C kdr mutation, 2020, PLoS neglected tropical diseases
  • Dating the origin and spread of specialization on human hosts in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, 2023, eLife

Frequent co-authors of their work include:

  • Andrea Gloria-Soria
  • Noah H. Rose
  • Carolyn S. McBride
  • Athanase Badolo
  • Joel Lutomiah

Jeffrey R. Powell's publications commonly appear in the following venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • PLoS neglected tropical diseases
  • Ecology and Evolution
  • Genome biology
  • Current Biology

Their research is principally situated within the fields of Medicine and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. More specifically, subfields include Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Insect Science, Molecular Biology, Ecology, and Plant Science.

Key topics explored in their work cover:

  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
  • Malaria Research and Control
  • Insect Pest Control Strategies
  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • Primate Behavior and Ecology
  • Insect Resistance and Genetics

Jeffrey R. Powell was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1997.

Best Publications

  • Evolution of genes and genomes on the Drosophila phylogeny.

    Andrew G. Clark;Michael B. Eisen;Michael B. Eisen;Douglas R. Smith;Casey M. Bergman

  • ENZYME VARIABILITY IN THE DROSOPHILA WILLISTONI GROUP. IV. GENIC VARIATION IN NATURAL POPULATIONS OF DROSOPHILA WILLISTONI

    Francisco J. Ayala;Jeffrey R. Powell;Martin L. Tracey;Celso A. Mourão

  • Progress and Prospects in Evolutionary Biology: The Drosophila Model

    Jeffrey R. Powell

  • History of domestication and spread of Aedes aegypti--a review.

    Jeffrey R Powell;Walter J Tabachnick

  • Improved reference genome of Aedes aegypti informs arbovirus vector control

    Benjamin J. Matthews;Benjamin J. Matthews;Olga Dudchenko;Olga Dudchenko;Sarah B. Kingan;Sergey Koren

  • Aedes aegypti vector competence studies: A review.

    Jayme A. Souza-Neto;Jeffrey R. Powell;Mariangela Bonizzoni

  • Intraspecific nuclear DNA variation in Drosophila.

    Etsuko N. Moriyama;Jeffrey R. Powell

  • Drosophila Inversion Polymorphism

    Costas B. Krimbas;Jeffrey R. Powell

  • Codon usage bias and tRNA abundance in Drosophila.

    Etsuko N. Moriyama;Jeffrey R. Powell

  • Evolution of codon usage bias in Drosophila

    Jeffrey R. Powell;Etsuko N. Moriyama

  • Allozymes as Diagnostic Characters of Sibling Species of Drosophila

    Francisco J. Ayala;Jeffrey R. Powell

  • Human impacts have shaped historical and recent evolution in Aedes aegypti, the dengue and yellow fever mosquito

    Julia E. Brown;Benjamin R. Evans;Wei Zheng;Vanessa Obas

  • Gene length and codon usage bias in Drosophila melanogaster, Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Escherichia coli

    Etsuko N. Moriyama;Jeffrey R. Powell

  • Worldwide patterns of genetic differentiation imply multiple ‘domestications’ of Aedes aegypti, a major vector of human diseases

    Julia E. Brown;Carolyn S. McBride;Petrina Johnson;Scott Ritchie

  • Malaria Control with Genetically Manipulated Insect Vectors

    Luke Alphey;C. Ben Beard;Peter Billingsley;Maureen Coetzee

  • Interspecific cytoplasmic gene flow in the absence of nuclear gene flow: evidence from Drosophila.

    Jeffrey R. Powell

  • DNA DIVERGENCE AMONG HOMINOIDS.

    Adalgisa Caccone;Jeffrey R. Powell

  • Climate and Urbanization Drive Mosquito Preference for Humans

    Noah H. Rose;Massamba Sylla;Athanase Badolo;Joel Lutomiah

  • Global genetic diversity of Aedes aegypti

    Andrea Gloria-Soria;Diego Ayala;Ambicadutt Bheecarry;Olger Calderon-Arguedas

  • Genetic polymorphisms in varied environments.

    Jeffrey R. Powell

  • Speciation Within Anopheles gambiae-- the Glass Is Half Full

    A. della Torre;C. Costantini;N. J. Besansky;A. Caccone

  • Codon usage in twelve species of Drosophila

    Saverio Vicario;Etsuko N Moriyama;Jeffrey R Powell

Frequent Co-Authors

Adalgisa Caccone
Adalgisa Caccone Yale University
James P. Gibbs
James P. Gibbs SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Theodosius Dobzhansky
Theodosius Dobzhansky University of California, Davis
Etsuko N. Moriyama
Etsuko N. Moriyama University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Michel C. Milinkovitch
Michel C. Milinkovitch University of Geneva
Michael A. Russello
Michael A. Russello University of British Columbia
Luciano B. Beheregaray
Luciano B. Beheregaray Flinders University
J. Spencer Johnston
J. Spencer Johnston Texas A&M University
Francisco J. Ayala
Francisco J. Ayala University of California, Irvine
Adam M. Phillippy
Adam M. Phillippy National Institutes of Health

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