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Mark Kirkpatrick 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 Mark Kirkpatrick sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 160 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.

Mark Kirkpatrick 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 Mark Kirkpatrick sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 76 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% 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

  • 2020 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2016 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1997 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Mark Kirkpatrick is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Environmental Science, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Within these broader fields, their work focuses on Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Molecular Biology, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

The scientist has contributed to multiple topics including:

  • Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies

Mark Kirkpatrick's recent papers include the following publications:

  • Amplification is the primary mode of gene-by-sex interaction in complex human traits, 2023, Cell Genomics
  • Heterogeneous Histories of Recombination Suppression on Stickleback Sex Chromosomes, 2021, Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • Molecular evolution and the decline of purifying selection with age, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Limited Introgression between Rock-Wallabies with Extensive Chromosomal Rearrangements, 2021, Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • Searching for signatures of sexually antagonistic selection on stickleback sex chromosomes, 2022, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

Frequent co-authors working with Mark Kirkpatrick include:

  • Douglas J. Futuyma
  • Matthew J. Ming
  • Arbel Harpak
  • Jared M. Cole
  • Carrie Zhu

The scientist has published extensively in various venues with the most frequent being:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Cell Genomics

Mark Kirkpatrick has also authored a book titled Evolution, published by Oxford University Press in 2022.

The scientist's work has been recognized through a number of awards including:

  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 2020
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2016
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2008
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1997

Best Publications

  • Evolution of a Species' Range

    Mark Kirkpatrick;N. H. Barton

  • The evolution of mating preferences and the paradox of the lek

    Mark A Kirkpatrick;Michael J Ryan

  • SEXUAL SELECTION AND THE EVOLUTION OF FEMALE CHOICE.

    Mark Kirkpatrick

  • Chromosome Inversions, Local Adaptation and Speciation

    Mark Kirkpatrick;Nicholas H Barton

  • Sex Determination: Why So Many Ways of Doing It?

    Doris Bachtrog;Judith E. Mank;Catherine L. Peichel;Mark Kirkpatrick

  • Analysis of the inheritance, selection and evolution of growth trajectories.

    Mark Kirkpatrick;David Lofsvold;Michael Bulmer

  • The evolution of maternal characters

    Mark Kirkpatrick;Russell Lande

  • Speciation by natural and sexual selection: models and experiments.

    Mark A Kirkpatrick;Virginie Ravigné

  • Directional selection and the evolution of breeding date in birds

    Trevor Price;Mark Kirkpatrick;Steven J. Arnold

  • GENETIC MODELS OF ADAPTATION AND GENE FLOW IN PERIPHERAL POPULATIONS.

    Gisela García-Ramos;Mark Kirkpatrick

  • What do we need to know about speciation

    Roger Butlin;Allan Debelle;Claudius Kerth;Rhonda R. Snook

  • Quantitative genetics and the evolution of reaction norms

    Richard Gomulkiewicz;Mark Kirkpatrick

  • A quantitative genetic model for growth, shape, reaction norms, and other infinite-dimensional characters

    Mark A Kirkpatrick;Nancy Heckman

  • THE STRENGTH OF INDIRECT SELECTION ON FEMALE MATING PREFERENCES

    Mark A Kirkpatrick;N. H. Barton

  • Assortative Mating in Animals

    Yuexin X. Jiang;Daniel I. Bolnick;Mark Kirkpatrick

  • Are all sex chromosomes created equal

    Doris Bachtrog;Mark Kirkpatrick;Judith E. Mank;Stuart F. McDaniel

  • SEXUAL SELECTION BY FEMALE CHOICE IN POLYGYNOUS ANIMALS

    Mark A Kirkpatrick

  • Turnover of sex chromosomes induced by sexual conflict.

    van Sander Doorn;Mark Kirkpatrick

  • The Evolution of Infidelity in Socially Monogamous Passerines: The Strength of Direct and Indirect Selection on Extrapair Copulation Behavior in Females

    Göran Arnqvist;Mark A Kirkpatrick

  • The Effects of a Bottleneck on Inbreeding Depression and the Genetic Load.

    Mark Kirkpatrick;Philippe Jarne

  • On the accumulation of deleterious mutations during range expansions

    S. Peischl;S. Peischl;S. Peischl;I. Dupanloup;I. Dupanloup;M. Kirkpatrick;L. Excoffier;L. Excoffier

Frequent Co-Authors

Karin Meyer
Karin Meyer University of New England
Catherine L. Peichel
Catherine L. Peichel University of Bern
Nicholas H. Barton
Nicholas H. Barton Institute of Science and Technology Austria
Russell Lande
Russell Lande Imperial College London
Laurent Excoffier
Laurent Excoffier University of Bern
Nicole Valenzuela
Nicole Valenzuela Iowa State University
Judith E. Mank
Judith E. Mank University of British Columbia
Trevor D. Price
Trevor D. Price University of Chicago
Nicolas Perrin
Nicolas Perrin University of Lausanne
Montgomery Slatkin
Montgomery Slatkin University of California, Berkeley

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