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5581
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446

Joseph L. Tomkins 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 Joseph L. Tomkins sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 113 publications — 28th percentile

28% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Joseph L. Tomkins 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 L. Tomkins sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 42 D-Index — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Joseph L. Tomkins is a researcher affiliated with the University of Western Australia. Their scholarly contributions span diverse areas within the agricultural and biological sciences, with a focus on ecology, evolution, behavior, and genetics. Their work intersects prominently with animal behavior and reproduction, insect ecology, and broader plant and animal studies.

Their publication record includes research in multiple specialized fields such as agricultural and biological sciences, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Within these domains, Tomkins has contributed extensively to the subfields of ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, genetics, oceanography, insect science, and ecology specifically.

Major topics explored in Tomkins' research are:

  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Insect and Pesticide Research
  • Assisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy
  • Family Dynamics and Relationships
  • Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences

Their work is published in several notable scientific journals, with frequent contributions to:

  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Behavioral Ecology
  • Heredity
  • Biological Conservation
  • Journal of Applied Phycology

Some recent representative papers authored by or involving Tomkins include:

  • "How sperm competition shapes the evolution of testes and sperm: a meta-analysis" (2020), published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "Genome-wide SNPs detect no evidence of genetic population structure for reef manta rays (Mobula alfredi) in southern Mozambique" (2020), published in Heredity
  • "An age-dependent ovulatory strategy explains the evolution of dizygotic twinning in humans" (2020), published in Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • "Identification of seminal proteins related to the inhibition of mate searching in female crickets" (2020), published in Behavioral Ecology
  • "Nongenetic inheritance of behavioural variability is context specific and sex specific" (2021), published in Functional Ecology

Tomkins frequently collaborates with other researchers, including:

  • Leigh W. Simmons
  • W. Jason Kennington
  • Joe A. Moschilla
  • Blake W. Wyber
  • Robert J. Dugand

Best Publications

  • Genic capture and resolving the lek paradox

    Joseph L. Tomkins;Jacek Radwan;Janne S. Kotiaho;Tom Tregenza

  • Towards a resolution of the lek paradox

    Janne S. Kotiaho;Janne S. Kotiaho;Leigh W. Simmons;Joseph L. Tomkins;Joseph L. Tomkins

  • Sperm competition games played by dimorphic male beetles

    Leigh Simmons;Joseph Tomkins;J. Hunt

  • The status of the conditional evolutionarily stable strategy

    Joseph L. Tomkins;Wade Hazel

  • Population density drives the local evolution of a threshold dimorphism.

    Joseph L. Tomkins;Gordon S. Brown

  • Measuring relative investment: a case study of testes investment in species with alternative male reproductive tactics

    Joseph L. Tomkins;Leigh W. Simmons

  • Female monopolization mediates the relationship between pre- and postcopulatory sexual traits

    Stefan Lüpold;Joseph L. Tomkins;Leigh W. Simmons;John L. Fitzpatrick

  • Sexual selection and the allometry of earwig forceps

    L. W. Simmons;J. L. Tomkins

  • Climate of origin affects tick (Ixodes ricinus) host-seeking behavior in response to temperature: Implications for resilience to climate change?

    Lucy Gilbert;Jennifer Aungier;Joseph L. Tomkins

  • Reduced heterozygosity depresses sperm quality in wild rabbits, Oryctolagus cuniculus

    Matthew J.G. Gage;Alison K. Surridge;Joseph L. Tomkins;Emma Green

  • How sperm competition shapes the evolution of testes and sperm: a meta-analysis.

    Stefan Lüpold;Raïssa A. de Boer;Jonathan P. Evans;Joseph L. Tomkins

  • COMPARING EVOLVABILITIES: COMMON ERRORS SURROUNDING THE CALCULATION AND USE OF COEFFICIENTS OF ADDITIVE GENETIC VARIATION

    Francisco Garcia-Gonzalez;Francisco Garcia-Gonzalez;Leigh W. Simmons;Joseph L. Tomkins;Janne S. Kotiaho

  • Mate choice or polyandry: reconciling genetic compatibility and good genes sexual selection

    Nick Colegrave;Janne S. Kotiaho;Joseph L. Tomkins

  • Males influence maternal effects that promote sexual selection : a quantitative genetic experiment with dung beetles Onthophagus taurus

    Janne Sakari Kotiaho;Leigh Simmons;John Hunt;Joseph Tomkins

  • Sperm competition games between sneaks and guards: a comparative analysis using dimorphic male beetles.

    Leigh W. Simmons;Douglas J. Emlen;Joseph L. Tomkins

  • The limits of elaboration: curved allometries reveal the constraints on mandible size in stag beetles.

    Robert J. Knell;Joanne C. Pomfret;Joseph L. Tomkins

  • On the resolution of the lek paradox

    Janne S. Kotiaho;Natasha R. LeBas;Mikael Puurtinen;Joseph L. Tomkins

  • Environmental and genetic determinants of the male forceps length dimorphism in the European earwig Forficula auricularia L.

    Joseph L. Tomkins

  • Matters of Scale: Positive Allometry and the Evolution of Male Dimorphisms

    Joseph Tomkins;Janne Sakari Kotiaho;Natasha LeBas

  • Sexual selection in prehistoric animals: detection and implications

    Robert J. Knell;Darren Naish;Joseph L. Tomkins;David W.E. Hone

Frequent Co-Authors

Leigh W. Simmons
Leigh W. Simmons University of Western Australia
Janne S. Kotiaho
Janne S. Kotiaho University of Jyväskylä
Jacek Radwan
Jacek Radwan Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
John L. Fitzpatrick
John L. Fitzpatrick Stockholm University
Robert J. Knell
Robert J. Knell Queen Mary University of London
Stefan Lüpold
Stefan Lüpold University of Zurich
John Hunt
John Hunt Western Sydney University
Lucy Gilbert
Lucy Gilbert University of Glasgow
Amanda Bretman
Amanda Bretman University of Leeds
Robert Black
Robert Black University of Western Australia

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