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D-Index
52
Citations
9658
World Ranking
3472
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1220

John A. Vucetich 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 John A. Vucetich sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 158 publications — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

John A. Vucetich 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 John A. Vucetich sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 52 D-Index — 60th percentile

60% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

John A. Vucetich is affiliated with Michigan Technological University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with significant contributions in the subfields of ecology, genetics, global and planetary change, nature and landscape conservation, and social psychology.

The scientist's work covers multiple research topics, including:

  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Environmental Philosophy and Ethics
  • Animal and Plant Science Education
  • Human-Animal Interaction Studies

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • BioScience
  • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • Biological Conservation
  • Biodiversity and Conservation
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Among their recent papers are:

  • Finding Purpose in the Conservation of Biodiversity by the Commingling of Science and Ethics, 2021, Animals
  • How scholars prioritize the competing values of conservation and sustainability, 2021, Biological Conservation
  • Territoriality drives preemptive habitat selection in recovering wolves: Implications for carnivore conservation, 2020, Journal of Animal Ecology
  • Genomic Underpinnings of Population Persistence in Isle Royale Moose, 2023, Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • Rewilding the American West, 2022, BioScience

The scientist frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Jeremy T. Bruskotter
  • Rolf O. Peterson
  • Sarah R. Hoy
  • Kristin E. Brzeski
  • Leah M. Vucetich

In addition to articles, John A. Vucetich has contributed to books, notably publishing with Johns Hopkins University Press. One such publication is The Biology and Conservation of Animal Populations, released in 2024.

Best Publications

  • Spatial patterns of demography and genetic processes across the species' range: Null hypotheses for landscape conservation genetics

    John A. Vucetich;Thomas A. Waite

  • Genomic signatures of extensive inbreeding in Isle Royale wolves, a population on the threshold of extinction.

    Jacqueline A. Robinson;Jannikke Räikkönen;Leah M. Vucetich;John A. Vucetich

  • Influence of harvest, climate and wolf predation on Yellowstone elk, 1961‐2004

    John A. Vucetich;Douglas W. Smith;Daniel R. Stahler

  • Saving the World's Terrestrial Megafauna

    William J Ripple;Guillaume Chapron;José Vicente López-Bao;Sarah M. Durant

  • Evaluating whether nature's intrinsic value is an axiom of or anathema to conservation

    John A. Vucetich;Jeremy T. Bruskotter;Michael Paul Nelson

  • THE EFFECT OF PREY AND PREDATOR DENSITIES ON WOLF PREDATION

    John A. Vucetich;Rolf O. Peterson;Carrie L. Schaefer

  • Is one migrant per generation sufficient for the genetic management of fluctuating populations

    John A. Vucetich;Thomas A. Waite

  • Raven scavenging favours group foraging in wolves

    John A. Vucetich;Rolf O. Peterson;Thomas A. Waite

  • On Advocacy by Environmental Scientists: What, Whether, Why, and How

    Michael P. Nelson;John A. Vucetich

  • Population limitation and the wolves of Isle Royale

    Rolf O. Peterson;Nancy J. Thomas;Joanne M. Thurber;John A. Vucetich

  • FLUCTUATING POPULATION SIZE AND THE RATIO OF EFFECTIVE TO CENSUS POPULATION SIZE.

    John A. Vucetich;Thomas A. Waite;Leonard Nunney

  • Wolves modulate soil nutrient heterogeneity and foliar nitrogen by configuring the distribution of ungulate carcasses

    Joseph K. Bump;Rolf O. Peterson;John A. Vucetich

  • Predator disease out-break modulates top-down, bottom-up and climatic effects on herbivore population dynamics

    Christopher C. Wilmers;Eric Post;Rolf O. Peterson;John A. Vucetich

  • Seasonal patterns of predation for gray wolves in the multi-prey system of Yellowstone National Park

    Matthew C. Metz;Douglas W. Smith;John A. Vucetich;Daniel R. Stahler

  • The influence of top–down, bottom–up and abiotic factors on the moose (Alces alces) population of Isle Royale

    John A. Vucetich;Rolf O. Peterson

  • Just conservation: What is it and should we pursue it?

    John A. Vucetich;Dawn Burnham;Ewan A. Macdonald;Jeremy T. Bruskotter

  • Nonlinear effects of group size on the success of wolves hunting elk

    Daniel R. MacNulty;Douglas W. Smith;L. David Mech;John A. Vucetich

  • Sustainability: Virtuous or Vulgar?

    John A. Vucetich;Michael P. Nelson

  • Genomic sweep and potential genetic rescue during limiting environmental conditions in an isolated wolf population

    Jennifer R. Adams;Leah M. Vucetich;Philip W. Hedrick;Rolf O. Peterson

  • Trophic cascades in a multicausal world: Isle Royale and Yellowstone

    Rolf O. Peterson;John A. Vucetich;Joseph M. Bump;Douglas W. Smith

  • Predicting prey population dynamics from kill rate, predation rate and predator–prey ratios in three wolf‐ungulate systems

    John A. Vucetich;Mark Hebblewhite;Douglas W. Smith;Rolf O. Peterson

Frequent Co-Authors

Rolf O. Peterson
Rolf O. Peterson Michigan Technological University
Jeremy T. Bruskotter
Jeremy T. Bruskotter The Ohio State University
Douglas W. Smith
Douglas W. Smith National Park Service
Daniel R. Stahler
Daniel R. Stahler National Park Service
David W. Macdonald
David W. Macdonald University of Oxford
Peter A. Lindsey
Peter A. Lindsey Griffith University
Fiona Maisels
Fiona Maisels Wildlife Conservation Society
Matt W. Hayward
Matt W. Hayward University of Newcastle Australia
Philip W. Hedrick
Philip W. Hedrick Arizona State University
Guillaume Chapron
Guillaume Chapron Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

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