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Kent E. Holsinger

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
51
Citations
14626
World Ranking
3558
National Ranking
1248

Kent E. Holsinger 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 Kent E. Holsinger sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 155 publications — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kent E. Holsinger 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 Kent E. Holsinger sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 51 D-Index — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2003 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Kent E. Holsinger is affiliated with the University of Connecticut in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields within agricultural and biological sciences, biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology, and environmental science. Holsinger's work engages with several subfields including genetics, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, aquatic science, ecological modeling, and plant science.

The scientist's main research topics include genetic diversity and population structure, plant and animal studies, species distribution and climate change, aquaculture nutrition and growth, botanical research and chemistry, animal diversity and health studies, and ecology and vegetation dynamics studies.

Recent publications by Holsinger cover a range of ecological and genetic subjects. These include:

  • Herbarium records demonstrate changes in flowering phenology associated with climate change over the past century within the Cape Floristic Region, South Africa (2021, Climate Change Ecology)
  • Intraspecific trait variation influences physiological performance and fitness in the South Africa shrub genus Protea (Proteaceae) (2020, Annals of Botany)
  • Genetic structure in patchy populations of a candidate foundation plant: a case study of Leymus chinensis using genetic and clonal diversity (2021, American Journal of Botany)
  • River drying influences genetic variation and population structure in an Arctic freshwater fish (2021, Conservation Genetics)
  • Impact of different breeding strategies on the accuracy of genomic selection in a population of pacific white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei): A simulation study (2024, Aquaculture Reports)

Holsinger has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including Issabelle Ampofo, Shauneen O'Neill, Arun K. Dhar, Breno Fragomeni, and Jian Guo.

The scientist has been published in various venues multiple times. Notable frequent publication venues are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Climate Change Ecology
  • American Journal of Botany
  • Annals of Botany

In addition to research articles, Holsinger has contributed to academic literature with a book titled Lecture notes in population genetics published by La Trobe University in 2022, which has been cited in other research 35 times.

Among honors, Kent E. Holsinger was awarded the title of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2003.

Best Publications

  • Genetics in geographically structured populations: defining, estimating and interpreting FST

    Kent E. Holsinger;Bruce S. Weir

  • Genetic and evolutionary consequences of small population size in plants: implications for conservation.

    S. C. H. Barrett;J. R. Kohn;D. A. Falk;K. E. Holsinger

  • EXTRACTING MORE OUT OF RELOCATION DATA: BUILDING MOVEMENT MODELS AS MIXTURES OF RANDOM WALKS

    Juan Manuel Morales;Daniel T. Haydon;Jacqui Frair;Kent E. Holsinger

  • Genetics and conservation of rare plants.

    Donald A. Falk;Kent E. Holsinger

  • Correlations between species traits and allozyme diversity: implications for conservation biology.

    J. L. Hamrick;M. J. W. Godt;D. A. Murawski;M. D. Loveless

  • A Bayesian approach to inferring population structure from dominant markers

    Kent E. Holsinger;Paul O. Lewis;Dipak K. Dey

  • Ecological implications of genetic variation in plant populations.

    L. F. Huenneke;D. A. Falk;K. E. Holsinger

  • Reproductive systems and evolution in vascular plants

    Kent E. Holsinger

  • Conservation of rare and endangered plants: principles and prospects.

    K. E. Holsinger;L. D. Gottlieb;D. A. Falk

  • Polytomies and bayesian phylogenetic inference

    Paul O Lewis;Mark T. Holder;Kent E. Holsinger

  • Mass-action models of plant mating systems : the evolutionary stability of mixed mating systems

    Kent E. Holsinger

  • The Evolution of Self-Fertilization in Plants: A Population Genetic Model

    Kent E. Holsinger;Marcus W. Feldman;Freddy B. Christiansen

  • Inbreeding depression doesn't matter: the genetic basis of mating-system evolution

    Kent E. Holsinger

  • Patterns of genetic variation and breeding systems in rare plant species.

    J. D. Karron;D. A. Falk;K. E. Holsinger

  • S-RNase–mediated Gametophytic Self-Incompatibility is Ancestral in Eudicots

    J. E. Steinbachs;K. E. Holsinger

  • Bayesian approaches for the analysis of population genetic structure: an example from Platanthera leucophaea (Orchidaceae).

    Kent E. Holsinger;Lisa E. Wallace

  • Among-site rate variation and phylogenetic analysis of 12S rRNA in sigmodontine rodents.

    J Sullivan;K E Holsinger;C Simon

  • Intraspecific variation in stomatal traits, leaf traits and physiology reflects adaptation along aridity gradients in a South African shrub

    Jane E. Carlson;Christopher A. Adams;Kent E. Holsinger

  • PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF CHLOROPLAST DNA RESTRICTION SITE DATA AT HIGHER TAXONOMIC LEVELS: AN EXAMPLE FROM THE ASTERACEAE.

    Robert K. Jansen;Kent E. Holsinger;Helen J. Michaels;Jeffrey D. Palmer

  • Analysis of Genetic Diversity in Geographically Structured Populations: A Bayesian Perspective

    Kent E. Holsinger

  • Genetic Consequences of Tropical Second-Growth Forest Regeneration

    Uzay U. Sezen;Robin L. Chazdon;Kent E. Holsinger

  • Molecular Systematics of Plants.

    Kent E. Holsinger;Pamela S. Soltis;Douglas E. Soltis;Jeff J. Doyle

Frequent Co-Authors

Donald A. Falk
Donald A. Falk University of Arizona
Dipak K. Dey
Dipak K. Dey University of Connecticut
Marcus W. Feldman
Marcus W. Feldman Stanford University
Robert K. Jansen
Robert K. Jansen The University of Texas at Austin
Chris Simon
Chris Simon University of Connecticut
Robin L. Chazdon
Robin L. Chazdon University of Connecticut
Jack Sullivan
Jack Sullivan University of Idaho
Alan E. Gelfand
Alan E. Gelfand Duke University
David Goldstein
David Goldstein University of New South Wales
Robert K. Jansen
Robert K. Jansen The University of Texas at Austin

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Spencer C. H. Barrett

Spencer C. H. Barrett

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Robert K. Jansen

Robert K. Jansen

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Publications: 23

James L. Hamrick

James L. Hamrick

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Publications: 22

Emily Moriarty Lemmon

Emily Moriarty Lemmon

Florida State University

Publications: 20

Alan R. Lemmon

Alan R. Lemmon

Florida State University

Publications: 20

Mevin B. Hooten

Mevin B. Hooten

The University of Texas at Austin

Publications: 20

Deborah Charlesworth

Deborah Charlesworth

University of Edinburgh

Publications: 18

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Thomas R. Buckley

Landcare Research

Publications: 18

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José Alexandre Felizola Diniz-Filho

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Publications: 18

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Jack Sullivan

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