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Kerry L. Shaw 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 Kerry L. Shaw sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 96 publications — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kerry L. Shaw 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 Kerry L. Shaw sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 39 D-Index — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2010 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Kerry L. Shaw is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States. Their research contributions span several fields primarily within agricultural and biological sciences, as well as biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Shaw's work frequently intersects with multiple subfields such as ecology, evolution, behavior, systematics, genetics, molecular biology, and plant science.

The main topics covered by Shaw's research include plant and animal studies, orthoptera research and taxonomy, ecology and vegetation dynamics, genetic diversity and population structure, animal behavior and reproduction, fossil insects in amber, and plant molecular biology research.

Among their publications, several papers stand out by publication year and venue:

  • In 2021, "Insect Radiations on Islands: Biogeographic Pattern and Evolutionary Process in Hawaiian Insects," published in The Quarterly Review of Biology
  • In 2021, "Extensive Linkage and Genetic Coupling of Song and Preference Loci Underlying Rapid Speciation in Laupala Crickets," published in Journal of Heredity
  • In 2022, "P1446: PHASE I STUDY DATA UPDATE OF PHE885, A FULLY HUMAN BCMA-DIRECTED CAR-T CELL THERAPY MANUFACTURED USING THE T-CHARGETM PLATFORM FOR PATIENTS WITH RELAPSED/REFRACTORY (R/R) MULTIPLE MYELOMA (MM)," published in HemaSphere
  • In 2024, "Coupling of Barriers to Gene Exchange: Causes and Consequences," published in Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology
  • In 2024, "How Important Is Sexual Isolation to Speciation?" published in Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Shaw has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Mingzi Xu
  • Erik B. Dopman
  • Maria R. Servedio
  • Roger K. Butlin
  • Carole M. Smadja

The most common publication venues for Shaw's work include Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), The Quarterly Review of Biology, Journal of Heredity, and Molecular Ecology.

In recognition of contributions to their fields, Shaw was awarded the fellowship of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 2010.

Best Publications

  • Conflict between nuclear and mitochondrial DNA phylogenies of a recent species radiation: What mtDNA reveals and conceals about modes of speciation in Hawaiian crickets

    Kerry L. Shaw

  • Genealogical perspectives on the species problem

    D. Baum;K. L. Shaw;P. C. Hoch;A. G. Stephenson

  • The Genetic Consequences of Habitat Fragmentation

    Alan R Templeton;Kerry Shaw;Eric Routman;Scott K Davis

  • Sexual behaviour: rapid speciation in an arthropod.

    Tamra C. Mendelson;Tamra C. Mendelson;Kerry L. Shaw

  • Evidence for DNA loss as a determinant of genome size.

    Dmitri A. Petrov;Todd A. Sangster;J. Spencer Johnston;Daniel L. Hartl

  • A GENEALOGICAL APPROACH TO QUANTIFYING LINEAGE DIVERGENCE

    Michael P. Cummings;Maile C. Neel;Kerry L. Shaw;Kerry L. Shaw

  • Comparing Adaptive Radiations Across Space, Time, and Taxa

    Rosemary G Gillespie;Gordon M Bennett;Luc De Meester;Jeffrey L Feder

  • The (mis)concept of species recognition

    Tamra C. Mendelson;Kerry L. Shaw

  • Acoustic preference functions and song variability in the Hawaiian cricket Laupala cerasina.

    Kerry L. Shaw;Daniel P. Herlihy

  • Species boundaries and genetic diversity among Hawaiian crickets of the genus Laupala identified using amplified fragment length polymorphism.

    Y. M. Parsons;K. L. Shaw

  • Comparative phylogeography of oceanic archipelagos: Hotspots for inferences of evolutionary process

    Kerry L. Shaw;Rosemary G. Gillespie

  • Genomic linkage of male song and female acoustic preference QTL underlying a rapid species radiation

    Kerry L. Shaw;Sky C. Lesnick

  • Phylogeny of Ensifera (Hexapoda: Orthoptera) using three ribosomal loci, with implications for the evolution of acoustic communication

    M.C. Jost;K.L. Shaw

  • POLYGENIC INHERITANCE OF A BEHAVIORAL PHENOTYPE: INTERSPECIFIC GENETICS OF SONG IN THE HAWAIIAN CRICKET GENUS LAUPALA.

    Kerry L. Shaw

  • SEQUENTIAL RADIATIONS AND PATTERNS OF SPECIATION IN THE HAWAIIAN CRICKET GENUS LAUPALA INFERRED FROM DNA SEQUENCES.

    Kerry L. Shaw

  • RAPID EVOLUTION OF CUTICULAR HYDROCARBONS IN A SPECIES RADIATION OF ACOUSTICALLY DIVERSE HAWAIIAN CRICKETS (GRYLLIDAE: TRIGONIDIINAE: LAUPALA)

    Sean P. Mullen;Tamra C. Mendelson;Coby Schal;Kerry L. Shaw

  • INTERSPECIFIC GENETICS OF MATE RECOGNITION: INHERITANCE OF FEMALE ACOUSTIC PREFERENCE IN HAWAIIAN CRICKETS

    Kerry L. Shaw

  • Genetic and behavioral components of the cryptic species boundary between Laupala cerasina and L. kohalensis (Orthoptera: Gryllidae).

    Tamra C. Mendelson;Kerry L. Shaw

  • Phylogenetic tests of the sensory exploitation model of sexual selection.

    Kerry Shaw

  • Divergence of Mate Recognition Behavior and Its Consequences for Genetic Architectures of Speciation

    Kerry L. Shaw;Yvonne M. Parsons

  • Community assembly on isolated islands: macroecology meets evolution

    A. J. Rominger;K. R. Goodman;J. Y. Lim;E. E. Armstrong

Frequent Co-Authors

Rosemary G. Gillespie
Rosemary G. Gillespie University of California, Berkeley
Ole Seehausen
Ole Seehausen University of Bern
Coby Schal
Coby Schal North Carolina State University
David M. Rand
David M. Rand Brown University
David A. Baum
David A. Baum University of Wisconsin–Madison
Michael P. Cummings
Michael P. Cummings University of Maryland, College Park
Mohamed A. F. Noor
Mohamed A. F. Noor Duke University
Dmitri A. Petrov
Dmitri A. Petrov Stanford University
John Quackenbush
John Quackenbush Harvard University
Daniel L. Hartl
Daniel L. Hartl Harvard University

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