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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
116
Citations
49226
World Ranking
126
National Ranking
55

John J. Wiens publications per year

1989: 1 publications 1990: 0 publications 1991: 0 publications 1992: 1 publications 1993: 2 publications 1994: 2 publications 1995: 3 publications 1996: 2 publications 1997: 2 publications 1998: 5 publications 1999: 4 publications 2000: 6 publications 2001: 4 publications 2002: 3 publications 2003: 7 publications 2004: 11 publications 2005: 6 publications 2006: 8 publications 2007: 8 publications 2008: 10 publications 2009: 11 publications 2010: 10 publications 2011: 11 publications 2012: 11 publications 2013: 17 publications 2014: 9 publications 2015: 10 publications 2016: 13 publications 2017: 14 publications 2018: 12 publications 2019: 11 publications 2020: 13 publications 2021: 17 publications 2022: 10 publications 2023: 13 publications 2024: 16 publications 2025: 14 publications 2026: 2 publications
1989 2026

299 publications in total across all disciplines

John J. Wiens 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 J. Wiens sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 268 publications — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

John J. Wiens 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 J. Wiens sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 116 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in United States Leader Award

Overview

John J. Wiens is affiliated with the University of Arizona in the United States. Their research spans primarily the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a focus on subfields such as Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecological Modeling, Genetics, Global and Planetary Change, and Ecology.

The main topics covered by their work include Plant and Animal Studies, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Amphibian and Reptile Biology, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Evolution and Paleontology Studies, and Genetic Diversity and Population Structure.

Wiens has contributed publications to several notable journals and venues frequently, including:

  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Evolution
  • Biological Reviews/Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • Nature Communications
  • Systematic Biology

Some of the recent papers associated with Wiens include:

  • Recent responses to climate change reveal the drivers of species extinction and survival (2020) - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Niche Breadth: Causes and Consequences for Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation (2020) - The Quarterly Review of Biology
  • The origins of acoustic communication in vertebrates (2020) - Nature Communications
  • Frog phylogeny: A time-calibrated, species-level tree based on hundreds of loci and 5,242 species (2023) - Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
  • Estimating Global Biodiversity: The Role of Cryptic Insect Species (2022) - Systematic Biology

Regular collaborators in Wiens's research efforts include Zachary Emberts, Jeffrey W. Streicher, Kristen E. Saban, Daniel M. Portik, and Elizabeth Christina Miller.

Best Publications

  • Niche Conservatism: Integrating Evolution, Ecology, and Conservation Biology

    John J. Wiens;Catherine H. Graham

  • Historical biogeography, ecology and species richness

    John J. Wiens;Michael J. Donoghue

  • A phylogeny and revised classification of Squamata, including 4161 species of lizards and snakes

    R A Pyron;Frank T Burbrink;John J Wiens

  • Niche conservatism as an emerging principle in ecology and conservation biology.

    John J. Wiens;David D. Ackerly;Andrew P. Allen;Brian L. Anacker

  • A large-scale phylogeny of Amphibia including over 2800 species, and a revised classification of extant frogs, salamanders, and caecilians

    R. Alexander Pyron;John J. Wiens

  • How does climate change cause extinction

    Abigail E. Cahill;Matthew E. Aiello-Lammens;M. Caitlin Fisher-Reid;Xia Hua

  • Speciation and ecology revisited: phylogenetic niche conservatism and the origin of species.

    John J. Wiens

  • Climate-Related Local Extinctions Are Already Widespread among Plant and Animal Species.

    John J. Wiens

  • Delimiting Species Using DNA and Morphological Variation and Discordant Species Limits in Spiny Lizards (Sceloporus)

    John J. Wiens;Tonya A. Penkrot

  • Missing Data, Incomplete Taxa, and Phylogenetic Accuracy

    John J. Wiens

  • Combining data sets with different phylogenetic histories

    John J. Wiens

  • Combining phylogenomic and supermatrix approaches, and a time-calibrated phylogeny for squamate reptiles (lizards and snakes) based on 52 genes and 4162 species.

    Yuchi Zheng;Yuchi Zheng;John J. Wiens

  • Recent responses to climate change reveal the drivers of species extinction and survival

    Cristian Román-Palacios;John J. Wiens

  • Integrating GIS-based environmental data into evolutionary biology.

    Kenneth H. Kozak;Catherine H. Graham;John J. Wiens

  • DOES NICHE CONSERVATISM PROMOTE SPECIATION? A CASE STUDY IN NORTH AMERICAN SALAMANDERS

    Kenneth H. Kozak;John J. Wiens

  • Missing data and the design of phylogenetic analyses

    John J. Wiens

  • Species delimitation: new approaches for discovering diversity.

    John J. Wiens

  • Evolutionary and Ecological Causes of the Latitudinal Diversity Gradient in Hylid Frogs: Treefrog Trees Unearth the Roots of High Tropical Diversity

    John J. Wiens;Catherine H. Graham;Daniel S. Moen;Sarah A. Smith

  • The niche, biogeography and species interactions

    John J. Wiens

  • The role of morphological data in phylogeny reconstruction.

    John J. Wiens

  • Herpetology. An Introductory Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles.—G. R. Zug. 1993. Academic Press, San Diego, xii + 527 pp. $50.00 (cloth)

    John J. Wiens

  • DOES NICHE CONSERVATISM PROMOTE SPECIATION? A CASE STUDY IN NORTH

    Kenneth H. Kozak;John J. Wiens

Frequent Co-Authors

R. Alexander Pyron
R. Alexander Pyron George Washington University
Jack W. Sites
Jack W. Sites Brigham Young University
Brice P. Noonan
Brice P. Noonan University of Mississippi
William E. Duellman
William E. Duellman University of Kansas
T. Jonathan Davies
T. Jonathan Davies University of British Columbia
Ivan Gomez-Mestre
Ivan Gomez-Mestre Spanish National Research Council
Ellen I. Damschen
Ellen I. Damschen University of Wisconsin–Madison
Maria R. Servedio
Maria R. Servedio University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Hisayoshi Nozaki
Hisayoshi Nozaki University of Tokyo
Richard E. Michod
Richard E. Michod University of Arizona

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