2026 Joan E. Roughgarden: Ecology and Evolution Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Ecology and Evolution	63	1921	1839	699	660	132	24757

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Ecology and Evolution

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Research.com Recognitions

1993 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1985 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Joan E. Roughgarden is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their academic career is marked by recognition from notable institutions, including being named a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1993 and a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1985.

While specific details on publications, co-authors, and research topics are not provided, the honors indicate a level of engagement and contribution within the scientific community. The fellowships awarded suggest involvement in advanced research and scholarship recognized by peers.

Further data about research papers, main fields and subfields of study, frequent publication venues, co-authors, and book publications are not available at this time.

Best Publications

Climate Change, Human Impacts, and the Resilience of Coral Reefs

T.P. Hughes;A.H. Baird;D.R. Bellwood;M. Card

5006
Citations
Recruitment dynamics in complex life cycles

Jonathan Roughgarden;Steven Gaines;Hugh Possingham

1622
Citations
Theory of Population Genetics and Evolutionary Ecology: An Introduction

Joan Roughgarden

1594
Citations
Evolution of Niche Width

Jonathan Roughgarden

1329
Citations
Larval settlement rate: A leading determinant of structure in an ecological community of the marine intertidal zone

S. Gaines;J. Roughgarden

1094
Citations
Demographic Theory for an Open Marine Population with Space-Limited Recruitment

Jonathan Roughgarden;Yoh Iwasa;Charles Baxter

705
Citations
Density-Dependent Natural Selection

Jonathan Roughgarden

534
Citations
Resource partitioning among competing species--a coevolutionary approach.

Jonathan Roughgarden

520
Citations
Biodiversity loss: Biodiversity in the functioning of ecosystems: an ecological synthesis

C. S. Holling;D. W. Schindler;Brian W. Walker;Jonathan Roughgarden

501
Citations
Competition and Theory in Community Ecology

Jonathan Roughgarden

498
Citations
Spatial variation in larval concentrations as a cause of spatial variation in settlement for the barnacle, Balanus glandula.

Steven Gaines;Stephen Brown;Jonathan Roughgarden

471
Citations
NICHE WIDTH: BIOGEOGRAPHIC PATTERNS AMONG ANOLIS LIZARD POPULATIONS

Jonathan Roughgarden

413
Citations
Cross-shelf transport causes recruitment to intertidal populations in central California

Terence M. Farrell;David Bracher;Jonathan Roughgarden

358
Citations
The Community Structure of Coral Reef Fishes

G. R. V. Anderson;A. H. Ehrlich;P. R. Ehrlich;J. D. Roughgarden

356
Citations
Shoot/root balance of plants: Optimal growth of a system with many vegetative organs

Yoh Iwasa;Jonathan Roughgarden

327
Citations
Construction and Analysis of a Large Caribbean Food Web

Lloyd Goldwasser;Jonathan Roughgarden

326
Citations
What does Remote Sensing Do for Ecology

J. Roughgarden;Steven W Running;P. A. Matson

320
Citations
Fish in Offshore Kelp Forests Affect Recruitment to Intertidal Barnacle Populations

Steven D. Gaines;Jonathan Roughgarden

286
Citations
A Simple Model for Population Dynamics in Stochastic Environments

Jonathan Roughgarden

282
Citations
Species Packing and Predation Pressure

Jonathan Roughgarden;Marcus Feldman

280
Citations
Perspectives in Ecological Theory

Jonathan Roughgarden;Robert M. May;Simon A. Levin

145
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen W. Pacala Princeton University

Sally Blower University of California, Los Angeles

David G. Heckel Max Planck Society

Hugh P. Possingham University of Queensland

Yoh Iwasa Kwansei Gakuin University

Sean R. Connolly James Cook University

Jeremy B. C. Jackson American Museum of Natural History

Robert M. May University of Oxford

Janice M. Lough Australian Institute of Marine Science

Marcus W. Feldman Stanford University

External Links

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