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Joseph A. Tobias

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
69
Citations
17499
World Ranking
1441
National Ranking
187

Joseph A. Tobias publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 388 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Joseph A. Tobias 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 Joseph A. Tobias sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 69 D-Index — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Joseph A. Tobias is affiliated with Imperial College London in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with extensive work in ecology and various related subfields.

The main fields of study in Tobias's work include:

  • Environmental Science

Within this framework, notable subfields of their research are:

  • Ecology
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Ecological Modeling
  • Genetics

The topics frequently addressed across their publications highlight areas such as:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Evolution and Paleontology Studies

Tobias has contributed to several notable papers, including:

  • "AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds" (2022), published in Ecology Letters
  • "Macroevolutionary convergence connects morphological form to ecological function in birds" (2020), published in Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • "Ecological drivers of global gradients in avian dispersal inferred from wing morphology" (2020), published in Nature Communications
  • "Open Science principles for accelerating trait-based science across the Tree of Life" (2020), published in Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • "Complexity of avian evolution revealed by family-level genomes" (2024), published in Nature

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Lincoln Fishpool
  • Guy M. Kirwan
  • Josep del Hoyo
  • Nigel Collar
  • Thomas Züchner

Tobias often publishes in a range of venues, notably:

  • Birds of the World
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Ecology Letters
  • Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Global Ecology and Biogeography

Best Publications

  • TRY plant trait database : Enhanced coverage and open access

    Jens Kattge;Gerhard Bönisch;Sandra Díaz;Sandra Lavorel

  • The Impact of Conservation on the Status of the World’s Vertebrates

    Michael Hoffmann;Craig Hilton-Taylor;Ariadne Angulo;Monika Böhm

  • AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds.

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  • Quantitative criteria for species delimitation

    Joseph A. Tobias;Nathalie Seddon;Claire N. Spottiswoode;John D. Pilgrim

  • Macroevolutionary convergence connects morphological form to ecological function in birds.

    Alex L Pigot;Catherine Sheard;Catherine Sheard;Eliot T Miller;Tom P Bregman

  • The evolution of female ornaments and weaponry: social selection, sexual selection and ecological competition.

    Joseph A. Tobias;Robert Montgomerie;Bruce E. Lyon

  • Threatened Birds of Asia; The BirdLife International Red Data Book

    N. J. Collar;A. V. Andreev;S. Chan;M. J. Crosby

  • Maintaining ecosystem function and services in logged tropical forests

    David P. Edwards;David P. Edwards;Joseph A. Tobias;Douglas Sheil;Douglas Sheil;Douglas Sheil;Erik Meijaard;Erik Meijaard

  • Global patterns and predictors of bird species responses to forest fragmentation: Implications for ecosystem function and conservation

    Tom P. Bregman;Cagan H. Sekercioglu;Joseph A. Tobias

  • Ecological drivers of global gradients in avian dispersal inferred from wing morphology.

    Catherine Sheard;Catherine Sheard;Montague H. C. Neate-Clegg;Montague H. C. Neate-Clegg;Nico Alioravainen;Nico Alioravainen;Samuel E. I. Jones;Samuel E. I. Jones

  • Reductions in global biodiversity loss predicted from conservation spending

    Anthony Waldron;Anthony Waldron;Daniel Charles Miller;Dave Redding;Arne Mooers

  • Functional traits reveal the expansion and packing of ecological niche space underlying an elevational diversity gradient in passerine birds

    Alex L. Pigot;Christopher H. Trisos;Joseph A. Tobias

  • Species interactions constrain geographic range expansion over evolutionary time.

    Alex L. Pigot;Joseph A. Tobias

  • Bird and bat species' global vulnerability to collision mortality at wind farms revealed through a trait-based assessment

    Chris B. Thaxter;Graeme M. Buchanan;Jamie Carr;Stuart H. M. Butchart;Stuart H. M. Butchart

  • Extinction filters mediate the global effects of habitat fragmentation on animals.

    Matthew G. Betts;Christopher Wolf;Marion Pfeifer;Cristina Banks-Leite

  • Complexity of avian evolution revealed by family-level genomes.

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  • Threatened birds of Asia

    N. J. Collar;A. V. Andreev;S. Chan;M. J. Crosby

  • Avian egg shape: Form, function, and evolution

    Mary Caswell Stoddard;Ee Hou Yong;Derya Akkaynak;Catherine Sheard

  • Sexual selection accelerates signal evolution during speciation in birds

    Nathalie Seddon;Carlos A. Botero;Joseph A. Tobias;Peter O. Dunn

  • Species coexistence and the dynamics of phenotypic evolution in adaptive radiation.

    Joseph A. Tobias;Charlie K. Cornwallis;Elizabeth P. Derryberry;Santiago Claramunt

  • Deforestation and bird extinctions in the Atlantic forest

    Thomas Brooks;Joe Tobias;Andrew Balmford

  • Open Science principles for accelerating trait-based science across the Tree of Life

    Rachael V. Gallagher;Daniel S. Falster;Brian S. Maitner;Roberto Salguero-Gómez;Roberto Salguero-Gómez;Roberto Salguero-Gómez

  • SONG DIVERGENCE BY SENSORY DRIVE IN AMAZONIAN BIRDS

    Joseph A. Tobias;Job Aben;Robb T. Brumfield;Elizabeth P. Derryberry

Frequent Co-Authors

Nathalie Seddon
Nathalie Seddon University of Oxford
Stuart H. M. Butchart
Stuart H. M. Butchart BirdLife international, UK
Jos Barlow
Jos Barlow Lancaster University
Alexander C. Lees
Alexander C. Lees Manchester Metropolitan University
Elizabeth P. Derryberry
Elizabeth P. Derryberry University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Roberto Salguero-Gómez
Roberto Salguero-Gómez University of Oxford
Luca Santini
Luca Santini Sapienza University of Rome
Brian J. Enquist
Brian J. Enquist University of Arizona
Thomas J. Matthews
Thomas J. Matthews University of Birmingham
Ian J. Wright
Ian J. Wright Western Sydney University

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Piero Visconti

Piero Visconti

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Alexandre Aleixo

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Daniel J. Mennill

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