World's Best Scientists 2026 revealed!

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
39
Citations
7135
World Ranking
6318
National Ranking
2141

John D. Parker 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 D. Parker sits on this spectrum.

37–41 publications: 2 scientists 42–46 publications: 9 scientists 47–51 publications: 10 scientists 52–56 publications: 31 scientists 57–61 publications: 56 scientists 62–66 publications: 91 scientists 67–71 publications: 92 scientists 72–76 publications: 127 scientists 77–81 publications: 173 scientists 82–86 publications: 236 scientists 87–91 publications: 227 scientists 92–96 publications: 240 scientists 97–101 publications: 333 scientists 102–106 publications: 280 scientists 107–111 publications: 300 scientists 112–116 publications: 285 scientists 117–121 publications: 305 scientists 122–126 publications: 287 scientists 127–131 publications: 278 scientists 132–136 publications: 289 scientists 137–141 publications: 273 scientists 142–146 publications: 262 scientists 147–151 publications: 246 scientists 152–156 publications: 235 scientists 157–161 publications: 205 scientists 162–166 publications: 199 scientists 167–171 publications: 174 scientists 172–176 publications: 164 scientists 177–181 publications: 173 scientists 182–186 publications: 189 scientists 187–191 publications: 170 scientists 192–196 publications: 139 scientists 197–201 publications: 128 scientists 202–206 publications: 117 scientists 207–211 publications: 115 scientists 212–216 publications: 107 scientists 217–221 publications: 124 scientists 222–226 publications: 81 scientists 227–231 publications: 82 scientists 232–236 publications: 85 scientists 237–241 publications: 75 scientists 242–246 publications: 66 scientists 247–251 publications: 81 scientists 252–256 publications: 69 scientists 257–261 publications: 70 scientists 262–266 publications: 55 scientists 267–271 publications: 64 scientists 272–276 publications: 49 scientists 277–281 publications: 48 scientists 282–286 publications: 44 scientists 287–291 publications: 45 scientists 292–296 publications: 36 scientists 297–301 publications: 39 scientists 302–306 publications: 38 scientists 307–311 publications: 30 scientists 312–316 publications: 34 scientists 317–321 publications: 25 scientists 322–326 publications: 22 scientists 327–331 publications: 28 scientists 332–336 publications: 30 scientists 337–341 publications: 22 scientists 342–346 publications: 30 scientists 347–351 publications: 26 scientists 352–356 publications: 22 scientists 357–361 publications: 29 scientists 362–366 publications: 21 scientists 367–371 publications: 12 scientists 372–376 publications: 18 scientists 377–381 publications: 17 scientists 382–386 publications: 13 scientists 387–391 publications: 21 scientists 392–396 publications: 13 scientists 397–401 publications: 10 scientists 402–406 publications: 15 scientists 407–411 publications: 8 scientists 412–416 publications: 9 scientists 417–421 publications: 8 scientists 422–426 publications: 4 scientists 427–431 publications: 10 scientists 432–436 publications: 10 scientists 437–441 publications: 5 scientists 442–446 publications: 4 scientists 447–451 publications: 10 scientists 452–456 publications: 2 scientists 457–461 publications: 4 scientists 462–466 publications: 7 scientists 467–471 publications: 7 scientists 472–476 publications: 6 scientists 477–481 publications: 6 scientists 482–486 publications: 3 scientists 487–491 publications: 3 scientists 492–496 publications: 4 scientists 497–501 publications: 4 scientists 502–506 publications: 8 scientists 507–511 publications: 5 scientists 512–516 publications: 4 scientists 517–521 publications: 5 scientists 522–526 publications: 4 scientists 527–530 publications: 5 scientists 531+ publications: 100 scientists
37 publications 531+

This scientist: 72 publications — 4th percentile

4% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

John D. Parker 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 D. Parker sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 95 scientists 31 D-Index: 123 scientists 32 D-Index: 191 scientists 33 D-Index: 245 scientists 34 D-Index: 252 scientists 35 D-Index: 244 scientists 36 D-Index: 249 scientists 37 D-Index: 244 scientists 38 D-Index: 254 scientists 39 D-Index: 254 scientists 40 D-Index: 280 scientists 41 D-Index: 274 scientists 42 D-Index: 266 scientists 43 D-Index: 233 scientists 44 D-Index: 248 scientists 45 D-Index: 208 scientists 46 D-Index: 201 scientists 47 D-Index: 213 scientists 48 D-Index: 207 scientists 49 D-Index: 172 scientists 50 D-Index: 209 scientists 51 D-Index: 199 scientists 52 D-Index: 153 scientists 53 D-Index: 169 scientists 54 D-Index: 163 scientists 55 D-Index: 148 scientists 56 D-Index: 120 scientists 57 D-Index: 146 scientists 58 D-Index: 137 scientists 59 D-Index: 140 scientists 60 D-Index: 104 scientists 61 D-Index: 119 scientists 62 D-Index: 118 scientists 63 D-Index: 99 scientists 64 D-Index: 77 scientists 65 D-Index: 100 scientists 66 D-Index: 86 scientists 67 D-Index: 83 scientists 68 D-Index: 75 scientists 69 D-Index: 94 scientists 70 D-Index: 57 scientists 71 D-Index: 68 scientists 72 D-Index: 59 scientists 73 D-Index: 63 scientists 74 D-Index: 66 scientists 75 D-Index: 60 scientists 76 D-Index: 42 scientists 77 D-Index: 49 scientists 78 D-Index: 39 scientists 79 D-Index: 37 scientists 80 D-Index: 43 scientists 81 D-Index: 41 scientists 82 D-Index: 45 scientists 83 D-Index: 34 scientists 84 D-Index: 40 scientists 85 D-Index: 35 scientists 86 D-Index: 55 scientists 87 D-Index: 24 scientists 88 D-Index: 24 scientists 89 D-Index: 30 scientists 90 D-Index: 23 scientists 91 D-Index: 25 scientists 92 D-Index: 27 scientists 93 D-Index: 27 scientists 94 D-Index: 13 scientists 95 D-Index: 23 scientists 96 D-Index: 12 scientists 97 D-Index: 14 scientists 98 D-Index: 19 scientists 99 D-Index: 16 scientists 100 D-Index: 14 scientists 101 D-Index: 5 scientists 102 D-Index: 21 scientists 103 D-Index: 16 scientists 104 D-Index: 10 scientists 105 D-Index: 7 scientists 106 D-Index: 7 scientists 107 D-Index: 7 scientists 108 D-Index: 6 scientists 109 D-Index: 9 scientists 110 D-Index: 11 scientists 111 D-Index: 12 scientists 112 D-Index: 9 scientists 113 D-Index: 7 scientists 114 D-Index: 3 scientists 115 D-Index: 8 scientists 116 D-Index: 5 scientists 117 D-Index: 11 scientists 118 D-Index: 4 scientists 119 D-Index: 2 scientists 120 D-Index: 5 scientists 121+ D-Index: 100 scientists
30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 39 D-Index — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

John D. Parker is affiliated with the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a focus on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Plant Science, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The scientist's work covers several main topics including Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Forest Ecology and Management, Forest Management and Policy, Coastal Wetland Ecosystem Dynamics, Plant and Animal Studies, Species Distribution and Climate Change, and Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies.

John D. Parker has contributed to the following recent papers:

  • Mapping carbon accumulation potential from global natural forest regrowth, 2020, Nature
  • For the sake of resilience and multifunctionality, let's diversify planted forests!, 2021, Conservation Letters
  • Foliar water uptake by coastal wetland plants: A novel water acquisition mechanism in arid and humid subtropical mangroves, 2020, Journal of Ecology
  • Effects of plant diversity on productivity strengthen over time due to trait-dependent shifts in species overyielding, 2024, Nature Communications
  • Variability in the fundamental versus realized niches of North American mangroves, 2020, Journal of Biogeography

The scientist frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Ecology
  • Journal of Ecology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature
  • Ecosphere

Among frequent co-authors collaborating with John D. Parker are:

  • Jamie Pullen
  • Michael Scherer-Lorenzen
  • Kris Verheyen
  • Alain Paquette
  • Nico Eisenhauer

Best Publications

  • Opposing Effects of Native and Exotic Herbivores on Plant Invasions

    John D. Parker;Deron E. Burkepile;Mark E. Hay

  • Poleward expansion of mangroves is a threshold response to decreased frequency of extreme cold events

    Kyle C. Cavanaugh;Kyle C. Cavanaugh;James R. Kellner;Alexander J. Forde;Daniel S. Gruner

  • Mapping carbon accumulation potential from global natural forest regrowth

    Susan C. Cook-Patton;Susan C. Cook-Patton;Sara M. Leavitt;David Gibbs;Nancy L. Harris

  • Biotic resistance to plant invasions? Native herbivores prefer non‐native plants

    John D. Parker;Mark E. Hay

  • For the sake of resilience and multifunctionality, let's diversify planted forests!

    Christian Messier;Christian Messier;Jürgen Bauhus;Rita Sousa-Silva;Harald Auge

  • Do invasive species perform better in their new ranges

    John D. Parker;Mark E. Torchin;Ruth A. Hufbauer;Nathan P. Lemoine

  • GRAZER DIVERSITY, FUNCTIONAL REDUNDANCY, AND PRODUCTIVITY IN SEAGRASS BEDS: AN EXPERIMENTAL TEST

    J. Emmett Duffy;Kenneth S. Macdonald;Jennifer M. Rhode;John D. Parker

  • Contributions of a global network of tree diversity experiments to sustainable forest plantations

    Kris Verheyen;Margot Vanhellemont;Harald Auge;Lander Baeten

  • Mutualisms and aquatic community structure: The enemy of my enemy is my friend

    Mark E. Hay;John D. Parker;Deron E. Burkepile;Christopher C. Caudill

  • Plant species diversity and composition: experimental effects on marine epifaunal assemblages

    John D. Parker;J. Emmett Duffy;Robert J. Orth

  • CHEMICALLY MEDIATED COMPETITION BETWEEN MICROBES AND ANIMALS: MICROBES AS CONSUMERS IN FOOD WEBS

    Deron E. Burkepile;John D. Parker;C. Brock Woodson;Heath J. Mills

  • Climate-driven regime shifts in a mangrove–salt marsh ecotone over the past 250 years

    Kyle C Cavanaugh;Emily M Dangremond;Cheryl L Doughty;A Park Williams

  • Synthesis and future research directions linking tree diversity to growth, survival, and damage in a global network of tree diversity experiments

    Jake J. Grossman;Margot Vanhellemont;Nadia Barsoum;Jürgen Bauhus

  • Variable effects of temperature on insect herbivory

    Nathan P. Lemoine;Deron E. Burkepile;John D. Parker

  • Increased temperature alters feeding behavior of a generalist herbivore

    Nathan P. Lemoine;Willem A. Drews;Deron E. Burkepile;John D. Parker

  • Integrating physiological threshold experiments with climate modeling to project mangrove species’ range expansion

    Kyle C. Cavanaugh;Kyle C. Cavanaugh;Kyle C. Cavanaugh;John D. Parker;Susan C. Cook-Patton;Ilka C. Feller

  • Comparative evolutionary diversity and phylogenetic structure across multiple forest dynamics plots: a mega-phylogeny approach

    David L. Erickson;Frank A. Jones;Frank A. Jones;Nathan G. Swenson;Nancai Pei

  • Beaver herbivory on aquatic plants

    John D. Parker;John D. Parker;Christopher C. Caudill;Christopher C. Caudill;Mark E. Hay

  • Quantifying the invasiveness of species

    Robert I. Colautti;John D. Parker;Marc W. Cadotte;Petr Pyšek

  • Novel Weapons Testing: Are Invasive Plants More Chemically Defended than Native Plants?

    Eric M. Lind;John D. Parker

  • Response to Comment on “Opposing Effects of Native and Exotic Herbivores on Plant Invasions”

    John D. Parker;Deron E. Burkepile;Mark E. Hay

  • STRUCTURE: The Enemy of My Enemy is My Friend

    Mark E. Hay;John D. Parker;Deron E. Burkepile;Christopher C. Caudill

Frequent Co-Authors

Deron E. Burkepile
Deron E. Burkepile University of California, Santa Barbara
Kyle C. Cavanaugh
Kyle C. Cavanaugh University of California, Los Angeles
Mark E. Hay
Mark E. Hay Georgia Institute of Technology
Ilka C. Feller
Ilka C. Feller Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Christian Messier
Christian Messier University of Quebec at Montreal
Peter B. Reich
Peter B. Reich University of Minnesota
Michael P. Perring
Michael P. Perring Ghent University
James R. Kellner
James R. Kellner Brown University
Hervé Jactel
Hervé Jactel University of Bordeaux
Juha-Pekka Salminen
Juha-Pekka Salminen University of Turku

If you think any of the details on this page are incorrect, let us know.

Report an issue

We appreciate your kind effort to assist us to improve this page, it would be helpful providing us with as much detail as possible in the text box below:

Related Online Degrees & Career Pathways

Exploring Ecology and Evolution opens the door to a range of online learning options and diverse career tracks. Many students seek out not for profit online colleges for quality programs that offer rigorous coursework in biology, environment, and related sciences.

For military members or veterans, military friendly online schools provide unique support and flexible schedules to suit demanding lifestyles. These programs make advanced education in ecology, conservation, or allied specialties more accessible.

Those interested in applying ecological knowledge to social or community impact may consider a masters in social work online. This pathway equips graduates to tackle environmental justice, policy, or advocacy roles.

Alternatively, ecology intersects with psychology in areas like animal behavior or human-nature dynamics. Some students opt for accelerated psychology degree online programs to swiftly gain expertise and complement their ecological studies.

Best Scientists Citing John D. Parker

Trending Scientists

Recently Published Articles