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D-Index
41
Citations
6899
World Ranking
5816
National Ranking
67

Lloyd S. Davis 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 Lloyd S. Davis sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 115 publications — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Lloyd S. Davis 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 Lloyd S. Davis sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 41 D-Index — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Lloyd S. Davis is affiliated with the University of Otago in New Zealand and has contributed extensively to research in environmental science and social sciences. Their scholarly work primarily focuses on topics such as climate change communication and perception, animal and plant science education, media influence and health, avian ecology and behavior, media studies and communication, coral and marine ecosystems studies, and animal behavior and reproduction.

Their recent publications include the following:

  • Transformation of the media landscape: Infotainment versus expository narrations for communicating science in online videos, 2020, Public Understanding of Science
  • Citizen Science: Is It Good Science?, 2023, Sustainability
  • Strategies for climate change communication through social media: Objectives, approach, and interaction, 2021, Media International Australia
  • A picture is not always worth a thousand words: The visual quality of photographs affects the effectiveness of interpretive signage for science communication, 2021, Public Understanding of Science
  • Climate and human stressors on global penguin hotspots: Current assessments for future conservation, 2024, Global Change Biology

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Davis include:

  • Wiebke Finkler
  • Lei Zhu
  • Bienvenido León
  • Michael Bourk
  • André Chiaradia

The venues where Davis has published most frequently are:

  • Sustainability
  • Public Understanding of Science
  • PLoS ONE
  • Media International Australia
  • Global Change Biology

Main fields of study represented in their work are environmental science and social sciences. Subfields within these areas include sociology and political science, ecology, communication, social psychology, and literature and literary theory. These domains reflect a multidisciplinary approach to research that intersects ecological topics with communication and social theory.

The research topics most consistently explored in Davis's work cover climate change communication and perception, animal and plant science education, media influence and health, avian ecology and behavior, media studies and communication, coral and marine ecosystems studies, and animal behavior and reproduction. This range suggests a broad interest in both ecological systems and the social mechanisms that influence scientific understanding and environmental awareness.

Best Publications

  • Encoding multiple unnatural amino acids via evolution of a quadruplet-decoding ribosome

    Heinz Neumann;Kaihang Wang;Lloyd Davis;Maria Garcia-Alai

  • Genetic Encoding of bicyclononynes and trans-cyclooctenes for site-specific protein labeling in vitro and in live mammalian cells via rapid fluorogenic Diels-Alder reactions.

    Kathrin Lang;Lloyd Davis;Stephen Wallace;Mohan Mahesh

  • Genetically encoded norbornene directs site-specific cellular protein labelling via a rapid bioorthogonal reaction

    Kathrin Lang;Lloyd Davis;Jessica Torres-Kolbus;Chungjung Chou

  • Designer proteins: applications of genetic code expansion in cell biology.

    Lloyd Davis;Jason W. Chin

  • Pollution, habitat loss, fishing, and climate change as critical threats to penguins.

    Phil N. Trathan;Pablo García-Borboroglu;Dee Boersma;Charles-André Bost

  • Climate impacts on global hot spots of marine biodiversity.

    Francisco Ramírez;Isabel Afán;Lloyd S. Davis;André Chiaradia

  • Genetic code expansion enables live-cell and super-resolution imaging of site-specifically labeled cellular proteins.

    Chayasith Uttamapinant;Jonathan D. Howe;Kathrin Lang;Václav Beránek

  • Foraging ecology of a generalist predator the female New Zealand fur seal

    Robert G Harcourt;Corey J. A Bradshaw;Kate Dickson;Lloyd S Davis

  • PENGUINS: PARADOXES AND PATTERNS

    J. P. Croxall;L. S. Davis

  • Effects of food variability on growth rates, fledging sizes and reproductive success in the Yellow-eyed Penguin Megadyptes antipodes

    Yolanda Van Heezik;Lloyd Davis

  • Genetically encoding an aliphatic diazirine for protein photocrosslinking

    Chungjung Chou;Rajendra Uprety;Lloyd Davis;Jason W. Chin

  • Influence of maternal mass and condition on energy transfer in Weddell seals

    Kathryn E. Wheatley;Corey J. A. Bradshaw;Corey J. A. Bradshaw;Lloyd S. Davis;Robert G. Harcourt

  • Survival Analysis of Eggs and Chicks of AdÉlie Penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae)

    Lloyd S. Davis;Frances T. McCaffrey

  • Consistent foraging routes and benthic foraging behaviour in yellow-eyed penguins

    Thomas Mattern;Ursula Ellenberg;David M. Houston;Lloyd S. Davis

  • Carotenoid-derived ornaments reflect parental quality in male and female yellow-eyed penguins (Megadyptes antipodes)

    Melanie Massaro;Lloyd S. Davis;John T. Darby

  • Alarm Calling in Richardson's Ground Squirrels (Spermophilus richardsonii)

    Lloyd S. Davis

  • Timing of Nest Relief and Its Effect on Breeding Success in Adelie Penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae)

    Lloyd S. Davis

  • Satellite telemetry of the winter migration of Adélie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae)

    Lloyd S. Davis;P. Dee Boersma;Gordon S. Court

  • Geographic and temporal variation in the condition of pups of the New Zealand fur seal (Arctocephalus forsteri): evidence for density dependence and differences in the marine environment

    Corey J. A. Bradshaw;Lloyd S. Davis;Chris Lalas;Robert G. Harcourt

  • Coordination of Incubation Routines and Mate Choice in Adélie Penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae)

    Lloyd S. Davis

Frequent Co-Authors

Corey J. A. Bradshaw
Corey J. A. Bradshaw Flinders University
Robert Harcourt
Robert Harcourt Macquarie University
Jason W. Chin
Jason W. Chin MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Philip J. Seddon
Philip J. Seddon University of Otago
Philippe I. H. Bastiaens
Philippe I. H. Bastiaens Max Planck Society
P. Dee Boersma
P. Dee Boersma University of Washington
Jan O. Murie
Jan O. Murie University of Alberta
John P. Croxall
John P. Croxall BirdLife international, UK
Graeme Martin
Graeme Martin University of Western Australia
Alexander Deiters
Alexander Deiters University of Pittsburgh

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