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Leo Joseph

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
48
Citations
10354
World Ranking
4185
National Ranking
327

Leo Joseph publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 222 publications — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Leo Joseph 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 Leo Joseph sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Leo Joseph is affiliated with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation in Australia. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Environmental Science, with significant contributions in Genetics, Ecology, Molecular Biology, Ecological Modeling, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

Their work encompasses a variety of key topics, including:

  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Identification and Quantification in Food
  • Plant and animal studies

Leo Joseph has published numerous papers, some of the recent notable ones include:

  • Implications of the 2019-2020 megafires for the biogeography and conservation of Australian vegetation, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Phylogenomic Analysis of the Parrots of the World Distinguishes Artifactual from Biological Sources of Gene Tree Discordance, 2022, Systematic Biology
  • Complex histories of gene flow and a mitochondrial capture event in a nonsister pair of birds, 2021, Molecular Ecology
  • Specimen collection is essential for modern science, 2023, PLoS Biology
  • Mitonuclear discordance results from incomplete lineage sorting, with no detectable evidence for gene flow, in a rapid radiation of Todiramphus kingfishers, 2023, Molecular Ecology

The frequent venues for publishing their research include:

  • Emu - Austral Ornithology
  • Molecular Ecology
  • Systematic Biology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Collaboration is a significant part of Leo Joseph's work. Frequent coauthors listed include:

  • Alex Drew
  • Michael J. Andersen
  • Robert G. Moyle
  • Brian Tilston Smith
  • Anna M. Kearns

Best Publications

  • Declining body size: a third universal response to warming?

    Janet L. Gardner;Anne Peters;Michael R. Kearney;Leo Joseph

  • Genome 10K: A Proposal to Obtain Whole-Genome Sequence for 10 000 Vertebrate Species

    David Haussler;Stephen J. O'Brien;Oliver A. Ryder;F. Keith Barker

  • Birth of a biome: insights into the assembly and maintenance of the Australian arid zone biota.

    M. Byrne;D.K. Yeates;L. Joseph;M. Kearney

  • Decline of a biome: Evolution, contraction, fragmentation, extinction and invasion of the Australian mesic zone biota

    Margaret Byrne;Dorothy Steane;Leo Joseph;David K. Yeates

  • Integrative taxonomy, or iterative taxonomy?

    David K. Yeates;Ainsley Seago;Leigh Nelson;Stephen L. Cameron

  • Earth history and the passerine superradiation

    Carl H Oliveros;Daniel Jared Field;Daniel Jared Field;Daniel T Ksepka;F Keith Barker

  • Biogeography of the Australian monsoon tropics

    David M.J.S. Bowman;G.K. Brown;G.K. Brown;Michael Braby;J.R. Brown

  • A framework for incorporating evolutionary genomics into biodiversity conservation and management

    Ary Anthony Hoffmann;Philippa C Griffin;Shannon Dillon;Renee A Catullo

  • Molecular support for vicariance as a source of diversity in rainforest.

    Leo Joseph;Craig Moritz;Andrew Hugall

  • Impacts of recent climate change on terrestrial flora and fauna: Some emerging Australian examples

    Ary A. Hoffmann;Paul D. Rymer;Margaret Byrne;Katinka X. Ruthrof

  • Positive and purifying selection in mitochondrial genomes of a bird with mitonuclear discordance.

    Hernan Morales;Alexandra Pavlova;Leo George Joseph;Paul Sunnucks

  • Biogeography and speciation of terrestrial fauna in the south-western Australian biodiversity hotspot

    Michael G. Rix;Michael G. Rix;Danielle L. Edwards;Margaret Byrne;Mark S. Harvey;Mark S. Harvey

  • Shifting latitudinal clines in avian body size correlate with global warming in Australian passerines

    Janet Gardner;Robert Heinsohn;Leo George Joseph

  • Implications of the 2019-2020 megafires for the biogeography and conservation of Australian vegetation.

    Robert C. Godfree;Nunzio Knerr;Francisco Encinas-Viso;David Albrecht

  • Perched at the mito-nuclear crossroads: Divergent mitochondrial lineages correlate with environment in the face of ongoing nuclear gene flow in an Australian bird

    Alexandra Pavlova;J. Nevil Amos;Leo Joseph;Kate Loynes

  • A revised nomenclature and classification for family-group taxa of parrots (Psittaciformes)

    Leo Joseph;Alicia Toon;Erin E. Schirtzinger;Timothy F. Wright

  • Phylogeography: its development and impact in Australo-Papuan ornithology with special reference to paraphyly in Australian birds

    Leo Joseph;Kevin E. Omland

  • Where and when does a ring start and end? Testing the ring-species hypothesis in a species complex of Australian parrots.

    Leo Joseph;Gaynor Dolman;Stephen Donnellan;Kathleen M Saint

  • Phylogeny and evolution of the Meliphagoidea, the largest radiation of Australasian songbirds.

    Janet Gardner;John W H Trueman;Daniel Ebert;Leo George Joseph

  • Multilocus analysis of honeyeaters (Aves: Meliphagidae) highlights spatio-temporal heterogeneity in the influence of biogeographic barriers in the Australian monsoonal zone

    Alicia Toon;Jane Hughes;Leo Joseph

Frequent Co-Authors

Craig Moritz
Craig Moritz Australian National University
Jeremy J. Austin
Jeremy J. Austin University of Adelaide
Jane M. Hughes
Jane M. Hughes Griffith University
Thomas Wilke
Thomas Wilke University of Giessen
Robert Heinsohn
Robert Heinsohn Australian National University
Paul Sunnucks
Paul Sunnucks Monash University
Andrew T. D. Bennett
Andrew T. D. Bennett Deakin University
Kevin E. Omland
Kevin E. Omland University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Stephen C. Donnellan
Stephen C. Donnellan South Australian Museum
Katherine L. Buchanan
Katherine L. Buchanan Deakin University

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Craig Moritz

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Steven J. B. Cooper

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University of Adelaide

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Mark S. Harvey

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Australian Museum

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Margaret Byrne

Margaret Byrne

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Publications: 46

Stephen C. Donnellan

Stephen C. Donnellan

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Publications: 36

William F. Humphreys

William F. Humphreys

Australian Museum

Publications: 34

Mark D. B. Eldridge

Mark D. B. Eldridge

Australian Museum

Publications: 30

Leslie Christidis

Leslie Christidis

Southern Cross University

Publications: 28

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Ary A. Hoffmann

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Jeremy J. Austin

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Publications: 27

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Paul Doughty

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Publications: 26

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