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D-Index
33
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8334
World Ranking
7753
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602

Lyn G. Cook 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 Lyn G. Cook sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 104 publications — 21st percentile

21% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Lyn G. Cook 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 Lyn G. Cook sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 33 D-Index — 8th percentile

8% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Lyn G. Cook is affiliated with the University of Queensland in Australia and contributes extensively to the field of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, focusing on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Their research spans several subfields including Insect Science, Genetics, Plant Science, and Molecular Biology.

The main topics in their work include:

  • Plant Diversity and Evolution
  • Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
  • Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions
  • Genetic diversity and population structure

Lyn G. Cook has published research in a variety of scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Austral Entomology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Austral Ecology
  • Journal of Systematics and Evolution
  • Australian Systematic Botany

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Insect pollination of cycads" (2020), Austral Ecology
  • "Understanding Diversity and Systematics in Australian Fabaceae Tribe Mirbelieae" (2021), Diversity
  • "Perianth evolution and implications for generic delimitation in the eucalypts (Myrtaceae), including the description of the new genus, Blakella" (2024), Journal of Systematics and Evolution
  • "Wolbachia in scale insects: a distinct pattern of infection frequencies and potential transfer routes via ant associates" (2021), Environmental Microbiology
  • "Genomic data resolve phylogenetic relationships of Australian mat-rushes, Lomandra (Asparagaceae: Lomandroideae)" (2023), Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Lyn G. Cook include:

  • Michael D. Crisp
  • Alicia Toon
  • Ehsan Sanaei
  • Jan Engelstädter
  • Russell L. Barrett

Their research integrates ecological, taxonomic, and genetic approaches to better understand the evolution and systematics of both plant and insect species, particularly focusing on interactions such as pollination and symbiosis.

Best Publications

  • Refined global analysis of Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Aleyrodoidea: Aleyrodidae) mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase 1 to identify species level genetic boundaries.

    A. Dinsdale;A. Dinsdale;L. Cook;C. Riginos;Y. M. Buckley

  • Phylogenetic biome conservatism on a global scale

    Michael D. Crisp;Mary T. K. Arroyo;Lyn G. Cook;Maria A. Gandolfo

  • Phylogenetic endemism: a new approach for identifying geographical concentrations of evolutionary history.

    Dan Rosauer;Shawn Laffan;Michael Crisp;Stephen C. Donnellan;Stephen C. Donnellan

  • Radiation of the Australian flora: what can comparisons of molecular phylogenies across multiple taxa tell us about the evolution of diversity in present–day communities?

    Michael D. Crisp;Lyn G. Cook;Dorothy A. Steane

  • 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

  • Biogeography of the Australian monsoon tropics

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

  • Flammable biomes dominated by eucalypts originated at the Cretaceous-Palaeogene boundary

    Michael Crisp;Geoffrey E. Burrows;Lynette Gai Cook;Andrew Thornhill

  • Phylogenetic niche conservatism: what are the underlying evolutionary and ecological causes?

    Michael Crisp;Lynette Gai Cook

  • Hypothesis testing in biogeography

    Michael Crisp;Steve A. Trewick;Lynette Gai Cook

  • Do early branching lineages signify ancestral traits

    Michael D. Crisp;Lyn G. Cook

  • Cenozoic extinctions account for the low diversity of extant gymnosperms compared with angiosperms

    Michael Crisp;Lynette Gai Cook

  • Phylogeny and higher classification of the scale insects (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccoidea)*

    P. J. Gullan;L. G. Cook

  • Not so ancient: the extant crown group of Nothofagus represents a post-Gondwanan radiation

    Lyn G Cook;Michael D Crisp

  • Directional asymmetry of long-distance dispersal and colonization could mislead reconstructions of biogeography

    Lyn G. Cook;Michael D. Crisp

  • EXPLOSIVE RADIATION OR CRYPTIC MASS EXTINCTION? INTERPRETING SIGNATURES IN MOLECULAR PHYLOGENIES

    Michael Crisp;Lynette Gai Cook

  • Need morphology always be required for new species descriptions

    Lynette Gai Cook;R.D. Edwards;Michael Crisp;N.B. Hardy

  • How Was the Australian Flora Assembled Over the Last 65 Million Years? A Molecular Phylogenetic Perspective

    Michael Crisp;Lynette Gai Cook

  • A congruent molecular signature of vicariance across multiple plant lineages.

    Michael D. Crisp;Lyn G. Cook

  • A preliminary phylogeny of the scale insects (Hemiptera : Sternorrhyncha : Coccoidea) based on nuclear small-subunit ribosomal DNA

    Lyn G Cook;Penny J Gullan;Holly E Trueman

  • Tree thinking for all biology: the problem with reading phylogenies as ladders of progress

    Kevin Omland;Kevin Omland;Lynette Gai Cook;Michael Crisp

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael D. Crisp
Michael D. Crisp Australian National University
Leo Joseph
Leo Joseph Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Dianne Cook
Dianne Cook Monash University
Roderick J. Fensham
Roderick J. Fensham University of Queensland
Cynthia Riginos
Cynthia Riginos University of Queensland
Karen Meusemann
Karen Meusemann University of Freiburg
Yvonne M. Buckley
Yvonne M. Buckley Trinity College Dublin
David M. J. S. Bowman
David M. J. S. Bowman University of Tasmania
Peter Wilf
Peter Wilf Pennsylvania State University
Maria A. Gandolfo
Maria A. Gandolfo Cornell University

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