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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
36
Citations
4271
World Ranking
7201
National Ranking
727

Kathryn R. Elmer publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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This scientist: 117 publications — 30th percentile

30% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Kathryn R. Elmer 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 Kathryn R. Elmer sits on this spectrum.

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17% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Kathryn R. Elmer is affiliated with the University of Glasgow in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily intersects Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a strong emphasis on genetics and ecological studies.

Their recent publications highlight a focus on evolutionary biology, gene expression, and ecological genomics. Notable papers include:

  • Parallelism in eco-morphology and gene expression despite variable evolutionary and genomic backgrounds in a Holarctic fish, 2020, published in PLoS Genetics
  • Alternative splicing and gene expression play contrasting roles in the parallel phenotypic evolution of a salmonid fish, 2021, published in Molecular Ecology
  • The functional genetic architecture of egg-laying and live-bearing reproduction in common lizards, 2021, published in Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Phylogenomic inference of species and subspecies diversity in the Palearctic salamander genus Salamandra, 2020, published in Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
  • Functional colour genes and signals of selection in colour-polymorphic salamanders, 2020, published in Molecular Ecology

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Kathryn R. Elmer include:

  • Colin E. Adams
  • Hans Recknagel
  • Arne Jacobs
  • Colin W. Bean
  • Kevin Schneider

Their publications often appear in the following venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Molecular Ecology
  • Journal of Evolutionary Biology
  • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
  • Journal of Fish Biology

Kathryn R. Elmer's main fields of study encompass Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these, their subfields of focus include:

  • Genetics
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Molecular Biology
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Ecology

Their work covers a range of topics, prominently featuring:

  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Amphibian and Reptile Biology
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Fish Biology and Ecology Studies

Best Publications

  • Adaptation in the age of ecological genomics: insights from parallelism and convergence.

    Kathryn R. Elmer;Axel Meyer

  • Local variation and parallel evolution: morphological and genetic diversity across a species complex of neotropical crater lake cichlid fishes.

    Kathryn R. Elmer;Henrik Kusche;Henrik Kusche;Topi K. Lehtonen;Axel Meyer

  • Rapid evolution and selection inferred from the transcriptomes of sympatric crater lake cichlid fishes

    Kathryn Elmer;Shaohua Fan;Helen Gunter;Julia Jones

  • Parallel evolution of Nicaraguan crater lake cichlid fishes via non-parallel routes

    Kathryn R. Elmer;Kathryn R. Elmer;Shaohua Fan;Henrik Kusche;Henrik Kusche;Maria Luise Spreitzer

  • Color assortative mating contributes to sympatric divergence of neotropical cichlid fish.

    Kathryn R. Elmer;Topi K. Lehtonen;Axel Meyer

  • Rapid sympatric ecological differentiation of crater lake cichlid fishes within historic times

    Kathryn R Elmer;Topi K Lehtonen;Topi K Lehtonen;Andreas F Kautt;Chris Harrod

  • Cryptic diversity and deep divergence in an upper Amazonian leaflitter frog, Eleutherodactylus ockendeni.

    Kathryn R Elmer;Kathryn R Elmer;José A Dávila;Stephen C Lougheed

  • Genomic architecture of ecologically divergent body shape in a pair of sympatric crater lake cichlid fishes

    Paolo Franchini;Carm Elo Fruciano;Maria L. Spreitzer;Julia C. Jones

  • Parallelism in eco-morphology and gene expression despite variable evolutionary and genomic backgrounds in a Holarctic fish.

    Arne Jacobs;Madeleine Carruthers;Andrey Yurchenko;Natalia V. Gordeeva

  • A Hybrid Genetic Linkage Map of Two Ecologically and Morphologically Divergent Midas Cichlid Fishes (Amphilophus spp.) Obtained by Massively Parallel DNA Sequencing (ddRADSeq)

    Hans Recknagel;Kathryn R. Elmer;Axel Meyer

  • Parsing parallel evolution: ecological divergence and differential gene expression in the adaptive radiations of thick‐lipped Midas cichlid fishes from Nicaragua

    Tereza Manousaki;Pincelli M. Hull;Pincelli M. Hull;Henrik Kusche;Henrik Kusche;Gonzalo Machado-Schiaffino

  • De novo transcriptome assembly, annotation and comparison of four ecological and evolutionary model salmonid fish species.

    Madeleine Carruthers;Andrey A. Yurchenko;Julian J. Augley;Colin E. Adams

  • Pleistocene desiccation in East Africa bottlenecked but did not extirpate the adaptive radiation of Lake Victoria haplochromine cichlid fishes

    Kathryn R. Elmer;Chiara Reggio;Thierry Wirth;Erik Verheyen

  • Alternative splicing and gene expression play contrasting roles in the parallel phenotypic evolution of a salmonid fish

    Arne Jacobs;Arne Jacobs;Kathryn R Elmer

  • Genetic structure and gene flow in an endangered native tilapia fish ( Oreochromis esculentus ) compared to invasive Nile tilapia ( Oreochromis niloticus ) in Yala swamp, East Africa

    Paul O. Angienda;Paul O. Angienda;Hyuk Je Lee;Kathryn R. Elmer;Romulus Abila

  • Three new species of leaflitter frogs from the upper Amazon forests: cryptic diversity within Pristimantis "ockendeni" (Anura: Strabomantidae) in Ecuador

    Kathryn R. Elmer;David C. Cannatella

  • Rapid and Parallel Adaptive Evolution of the Visual System of Neotropical Midas Cichlid Fishes

    Julian Torres-Dowdall;Michele E. R. Pierotti;Andreas Härer;Nidal Karagic

  • Genomics of adaptation and speciation in cichlid fishes: recent advances and analyses in African and Neotropical lineages

    Shaohua Fan;Kathryn R. Elmer;Axel Meyer

  • Early Miocene origin and cryptic diversification of South American salamanders

    Kathryn R Elmer;Kathryn R Elmer;Kathryn R Elmer;Ronald M Bonett;Ronald M Bonett;David B Wake;Stephen C Lougheed

  • Genomic signatures of divergent selection and speciation patterns in a 'natural experiment', the young parallel radiations of Nicaraguan crater lake cichlid fishes.

    Andreas F. Kautt;Andreas F. Kautt;Kathryn R. Elmer;Axel Meyer

Frequent Co-Authors

Axel Meyer
Axel Meyer University of Konstanz
Colin E. Adams
Colin E. Adams University of Glasgow
Sebastian Steinfartz
Sebastian Steinfartz Leipzig University
Chris Harrod
Chris Harrod University of Glasgow
Stephen C. Lougheed
Stephen C. Lougheed Queen's University
Miguel Vences
Miguel Vences Technische Universität Braunschweig
Kim Præbel
Kim Præbel University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Ian J. Winfield
Ian J. Winfield Lancaster University
Pawel Herzyk
Pawel Herzyk University of Glasgow
Pincelli M. Hull
Pincelli M. Hull Yale University

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