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D-Index
90
Citations
31436
World Ranking
472
National Ranking
168

Joel S. Brown 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 Joel S. Brown sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 344 publications — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Joel S. Brown 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 Joel S. Brown sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 90 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Joel S. Brown is affiliated with the University of Illinois at Chicago in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Medicine.

Their work covers significant subfields including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Genetics; Ecology; Molecular Biology; and Sociology and Political Science.

Key research topics explored by Joel S. Brown include:

  • Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
  • Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Mathematical Biology Tumor Growth
  • Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

They have contributed to a range of academic journals, with frequent publications in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Dynamic Games and Applications
  • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • Scientific Reports
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Joel S. Brown has collaborated often with several coauthors, including:

  • Robert A. Gatenby
  • Kateřina Staňková
  • Anuraag Bukkuri
  • Alexander R.A. Anderson
  • Margaret A. Malone

Some of the recent papers by Joel S. Brown include:

  • The context dependence of non-consumptive predator effects, 2020, Ecology Letters
  • The Contribution of Evolutionary Game Theory to Understanding and Treating Cancer, 2021, Dynamic Games and Applications
  • A survey of open questions in adaptive therapy: Bridging mathematics and clinical translation, 2023, eLife
  • Optimal control to reach eco-evolutionary stability in metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer, 2020, PLoS ONE
  • Stackelberg evolutionary game theory: how to manage evolving systems, 2023, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

Best Publications

  • Patch use as an indicator of habitat preference, predation risk, and competition

    Joel S. Brown

  • The Ecology of Fear: Optimal Foraging, Game Theory, and Trophic Interactions

    Joel S. Brown;John W. Laundré;Mahesh Gurung

  • Hazardous duty pay and the foraging cost of predation

    Joel S. Brown;Burt P. Kotler

  • The Selective Interactions of Dispersal, Dormancy, and Seed Size as Adaptations for Reducing Risk in Variable Environments

    D. L. Venable;J. S. Brown

  • Foraging : behavior and ecology

    David W. Stephens;Joel S. Brown;Ronald C Ydenberg

  • Vigilance, patch use and habitat selection: Foraging under predation risk

    Joel S. Brown

  • Integrating evolutionary dynamics into treatment of metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer

    Jingsong Zhang;Jessica J. Cunningham;Joel S. Brown;Robert A. Gatenby

  • Evolutionary Game Theory, Natural Selection, and Darwinian Dynamics

    Thomas L. Vincent;Joel Steven Brown

  • Landscapes of Fear: Spatial Patterns of Risk Perception and Response

    Kaitlyn M. Gaynor;Joel S. Brown;Arthur D. Middleton;Mary E. Power

  • Factors Affecting Gerbil Foraging Behavior and Rates of Owl Predation

    Burt P. Kotler;Joel S. Brown;Oren Hasson

  • Tragedy of the commons as a result of root competition

    Mordechai Gersani;Joel s. Brown;Erin E. O'Brien;Godfrey M. Maina

  • The effects of owl predation on the foraging behavior of heteromyid rodents

    Joel S. Brown;Burt P. Kotler;Rosemary J. Smith;William O. Wirtz

  • Environmental Heterogeneity and the Coexistence of Desert Rodents

    Burt P. Kotler;Joel S. Brown

  • Classifying the evolutionary and ecological features of neoplasms

    Carlo C. Maley;Athena Aktipis;Trevor A. Graham;Andrea Sottoriva

  • ASSESSING EFFECTS OF PREDATION RISK ON FORAGING BEHAVIOR OF MULE DEER

    Kelly B. Altendorf;John W. Laundré;Carlos A. López González;Joel S. Brown

  • Evolutionarily enlightened management

    Mary V Ashley;Mary F Willson;Oliver R W Pergams;Dennis Jefferie O'Dowd

  • Desert rodent community structure : a test of four mechanisms of coexistence

    Joel S. Brown

  • EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY OF SEED-BANK ANNUALS IN TEMPORALLY VARYING ENVIRONMENTS

    Joel S. Brown;D. Lawrence Venable

  • Darwinian dynamics of intratumoral heterogeneity: not solely random mutations but also variable environmental selection forces

    Mark C. Lloyd;Jessica J. Cunningham;Marilyn M. Bui;Robert J. Gillies

  • Evolutionary Game Theory and Adaptive Dynamics of Continuous Traits

    Brian J. McGill;Joel S. Brown

  • The Ecology of Fear: Optimal Foraging, Game Theory, and Trophic Interactions

    Joel S. Brown

  • THE SELECTIVE INTERACTIONS OF DISPERSAL, DORMANCY, AND SEED SIZE AS ADAPTATIONS FOR REDUCING RISK

    D. Lawrence Venable;Joel S. Brown

Frequent Co-Authors

Burt P. Kotler
Burt P. Kotler Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Robert A. Gatenby
Robert A. Gatenby Moffitt Cancer Center
Christopher J. Whelan
Christopher J. Whelan University of Illinois at Chicago
Robert J. Gillies
Robert J. Gillies Moffitt Cancer Center
Alexander R. A. Anderson
Alexander R. A. Anderson Moffitt Cancer Center
Zvika Abramsky
Zvika Abramsky Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Douglas W. Morris
Douglas W. Morris Lakehead University
Graham I. H. Kerley
Graham I. H. Kerley Nelson Mandela University
Kenneth J. Pienta
Kenneth J. Pienta Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Miquel A. Gonzalez-Meler
Miquel A. Gonzalez-Meler University of Illinois at Chicago

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