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2022

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
49
Citations
9601
World Ranking
4019
National Ranking
27

Lounès Chikhi 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 Lounès Chikhi sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 161 publications — 58th percentile

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

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

Lounès Chikhi 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 Lounès Chikhi sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2022 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Portugal Leader Award

Overview

Lounès Chikhi is affiliated with the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência in Portugal. Their academic work primarily focuses on the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Environmental Science. They have published extensively within several subfields, including Genetics, Ecology, Social Psychology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Primate Behavior and Ecology
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Evolution and Paleontology Studies
  • Amphibian and Reptile Biology
  • Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies

Chikhi has published papers in a variety of scientific venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Heredity
  • Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • American Journal of Primatology
  • Molecular Ecology

Frequently collaborating with other researchers, Chikhi has worked most often with Jordi Salmona, Gabriele Maria Sgarlata, Armando Arredondo, Olivier Mazet, and Ute Radespiel.

Some recent publications illustrate the scope of Chikhi's research:

  • Cryptic Patterns of Speciation in Cryptic Primates: Microendemic Mouse Lemurs and the Multispecies Coalescent, 2021, PubMed
  • Inferring number of populations and changes in connectivity under the n-island model, 2021, Heredity
  • Ecology and morphology of mouse lemurs (Microcebus spp.) in a hotspot of microendemism in northeastern Madagascar, with the description of a new species, 2020, American Journal of Primatology
  • Past environmental changes affected lemur population dynamics prior to human impact in Madagascar, 2021, Communications Biology
  • Integrative taxonomy clarifies the evolution of a cryptic primate clade, 2024, Nature Ecology & Evolution

Best Publications

  • Effects of chemical contaminants on genetic diversity in natural populations: implications for biomonitoring and ecotoxicology.

    John W Bickham;Shabeg Sandhu;Paul D.N Hebert;Lounes Chikhi

  • Did our species evolve in subdivided populations across Africa, and why does it matter?

    Eleanor M.L. Scerri;Eleanor M.L. Scerri;Mark G. Thomas;Andrea Manica;Philipp Gunz

  • Y genetic data support the Neolithic demic diffusion model

    Lounès Chikhi;Richard A. Nichols;Guido Barbujani;Mark A. Beaumont

  • The confounding effect of population structure on Bayesian skyline plot inferences of demographic history.

    Rasmus Heller;Rasmus Heller;Lounes Chikhi;Hans Redlef Siegismund

  • The confounding effects of population structure, genetic diversity and the sampling scheme on the detection and quantification of population size changes.

    Lounès Chikhi;Lounès Chikhi;Lounès Chikhi;Vitor C. Sousa;Vitor C. Sousa;Pierre Luisi;Pierre Luisi;Benoit Goossens;Benoit Goossens

  • On the importance of being structured: instantaneous coalescence rates and human evolution--lessons for ancestral population size inference?

    O Mazet;W Rodríguez;S Grusea;S Boitard;S Boitard

  • Genetic Signature of Anthropogenic Population Collapse in Orang-utans

    Benoit Goossens;Lounes Chikhi;Marc Ancrenaz;Isabelle Lackman-Ancrenaz

  • Averting Lemur Extinctions amid Madagascar's Political Crisis

    Christoph Schwitzer;Russell Mittermeier;Steig Johnson;Giuseppe Donati

  • Clines of nuclear DNA markers suggest a largely neolithic ancestry of the European gene pool.

    Lounès Chikhi;Giovanni Destro-Bisol;Giorgio Bertorelle;Vincenzo Pascali

  • In defence of model-based inference in phylogeography.

    Mark A. Beaumont;Rasmus Nielsen;Christian Robert;Jody Hey

  • Microsatellite polymorphism and population subdivision in natural populations of European sea bass Dicentrarchus labrax (Linnaeus, 1758)

    F. J. García De León;L. Chikhi;F. Bonhomme

  • Patterns of genetic diversity and migration in increasingly fragmented and declining orang-utan (Pongo pygmaeus) populations from Sabah, Malaysia.

    Benoit Goossens;Lounes Chikhi;M. F. Jalil;M. F. Jalil;Marc Ancrenaz

  • Human migrations and population structure: what we know and why it matters.

    David B. Goldstein;Lounès Chikhi

  • A DNA metabarcoding study of a primate dietary diversity and plasticity across its entire fragmented range.

    Erwan Quéméré;Erwan Quéméré;Fabrice Hibert;Christian Miquel;Emeline Lhuillier

  • Ancient DNA from an Early Neolithic Iberian population supports a pioneer colonization by first farmers.

    C. Gamba;E. Fernández;E. Fernández;M. Tirado;M. F. Deguilloux

  • Estimation of admixture proportions: a likelihood-based approach using Markov chain Monte Carlo.

    Lounès Chikhi;Michael William Bruford;Mark A. Beaumont

  • Landscape genetics of an endangered lemur (Propithecus tattersalli) within its entire fragmented range.

    Erwan Quéméré;Brigitte Crouau-Roy;Brigitte Crouau-Roy;Clément Rabarivola;Edward E. Louis

  • Evidence for Paleolithic and Neolithic Gene Flow in Europe

    Guido Barbujani;Giorgio Bertorelle;Giorgio Bertorelle;Lounès Chikhi;Lounès Chikhi

  • Estimating the Impact of Prehistoric Admixture on the Genome of Europeans

    Isabelle Dupanloup;Giorgio Bertorelle;Lounès Chikhi;Guido Barbujani

  • A multi-samples, multi-extracts approach for microsatellite analysis of faecal samples in an arboreal ape

    Benoit Goossens;L. Chikhi;S. S. Utami;S. S. Utami;J. De Ruiter

  • Approximate bayesian computation without summary statistics: the case of admixture.

    Vitor Martins Conde Sousa;Marielle Fritz;Mark Ashton Beaumont;Lounès Chikhi;Lounès Chikhi

  • Did our species evolve in subdivided populations across Africa, and Why does it matter?

    Eleanor M.L. Scerri;Mark G. Thomas;Andrea Manica;Philipp Gunz

Frequent Co-Authors

Benoit Goossens
Benoit Goossens Cardiff University
Vitor C. Sousa
Vitor C. Sousa University of Lisbon
Michael William Bruford
Michael William Bruford Cardiff University
Mark A. Beaumont
Mark A. Beaumont University of Bristol
Guido Barbujani
Guido Barbujani University of Ferrara
Mark G. Thomas
Mark G. Thomas University College London
François Bonhomme
François Bonhomme University of Montpellier
Ute Radespiel
Ute Radespiel University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
Edward E. Louis
Edward E. Louis University of Leicester
Huw S. Groucutt
Huw S. Groucutt Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology

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