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Marla B. Sokolowski

Marla B. Sokolowski

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
63
Citations
10925
World Ranking
2000
National Ranking
127

Marla B. Sokolowski 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 Marla B. Sokolowski sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 166 publications — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Marla B. Sokolowski 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 Marla B. Sokolowski sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 63 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% 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

  • 1998 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

Marla B. Sokolowski is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada and conducts research primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work spans several subfields including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Immunology.

The research topics covered by Sokolowski include Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, Plant and Animal Studies, CRISPR and Genetic Engineering, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, and Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders.

Frequent publication venues for this scientist include:

  • Journal of Neurogenetics
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Fly
  • Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
  • Nucleic Acids Research

Collaborations feature several frequent co-authors such as:

  • Ina Anreiter
  • Aaron M. Allen
  • Oscar Vasquez
  • Dustin Sokolowski
  • Gene E. Robinson

Notable recent papers by Marla B. Sokolowski include:

  • Genes and environments, development and time (2020), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Behavior-related gene regulatory networks: A new level of organization in the brain (2020), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • How Social Experience and Environment Impacts Behavioural Plasticity in Drosophila (2021), published in Fly
  • OUP accepted manuscript (2021), published in Nucleic Acids Research
  • The Drosophila melanogaster foraging gene affects social networks (2021), published in Journal of Neurogenetics

In 1998, Sokolowski was recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in the Academy of Science.

Best Publications

  • Influence of Gene Action Across Different Time Scales on Behavior

    Y. Ben-Shahar;A. Robichon;M. B. Sokolowski;G. E. Robinson

  • Drosophila : Genetics meets behaviour

    Marla B. Sokolowski

  • Foraging strategies of Drosophila melanogaster: a chromosomal analysis.

    Marla B. Sokolowski

  • Candidate genes for behavioural ecology

    Mark J. Fitzpatrick;Yehuda Ben-Shahar;Hans M. Smid;Louise E.M. Vet

  • Biological embedding of experience: A primer on epigenetics

    Maria J. Aristizabal;Maria J. Aristizabal;Maria J. Aristizabal;Ina Anreiter;Ina Anreiter;Thorhildur Halldorsdottir;Thorhildur Halldorsdottir;Candice L. Odgers;Candice L. Odgers;Candice L. Odgers

  • Evolution of foraging behavior in Drosophila by density-dependent selection.

    M.B. Sokolowski;H.S. Pereira;K. Hughes

  • Maintaining a behaviour polymorphism by frequency-dependent selection on a single gene

    Mark J. Fitzpatrick;Elah Feder;Locke Rowe;Marla B. Sokolowski

  • Epigenetic Regulation of Learning and Memory by Drosophila EHMT/G9a

    Jamie M. Kramer;Korinna Kochinke;Merel A. W. Oortveld;Hendrik Marks

  • Natural polymorphism affecting learning and memory in Drosophila

    Frederic Mery;Amsale T. Belay;Anthony K.-C. So;Marla B. Sokolowski

  • Social Interactions in “Simple” Model Systems

    Marla B. Sokolowski

  • cGMP-dependent changes in phototaxis: a possible role for the foraging gene in honey bee division of labor.

    Y. Ben-Shahar;H.-T. Leung;W. L. Pak;M. B. Sokolowski

  • Genetic localization of foraging (for): a major gene for larval behavior in Drosophila melanogaster.

    J S de Belle;A J Hilliker;M B Sokolowski

  • Mutations in the larval foraging gene affect adult locomotory behavior after feeding in Drosophila melanogaster.

    H S Pereira;M B Sokolowski

  • Natural variation in Drosophila melanogaster diapause due to the insulin-regulated PI3-kinase

    Karen D. Williams;Macarena Busto;Maximiliano L. Suster;Anthony K.-C. So

  • Refining GAL4-driven transgene expression in Drosophila with a GAL80 enhancer-trap.

    Maximiliano L. Suster;Maximiliano L. Suster;Laurent Seugnet;Michael Bate;Marla B. Sokolowski

  • Heredity of rover/sitter: Alternative foraging strategies of Drosophila melanogaster larvae

    J. S. De Belle;M. B. Sokolowski

  • Characterization and genetic analysis of Drosophila melanogaster photobehavior during larval development.

    Elena P. Sawin-McCormack;Marla B. Sokolowski;Ana Regina Campos

  • Natural variation in food acquisition mediated via a Drosophila cGMP-dependent protein kinase.

    Karla R. Kaun;Craig A. L. Riedl;Munmun Chakaborty-Chatterjee;Amsale T. Belay

  • Molecular basis for changes in behavioral state in ant social behaviors

    Christophe Lucas;Marla B. Sokolowski

  • Activity of cGMP-dependent protein kinase (PKG) affects sucrose responsiveness and habituation in Drosophila melanogaster.

    Ricarda Scheiner;Marla B. Sokolowski;Joachim Erber

  • Genetic variation in oxytocin rs2740210 and early adversity associated with postpartum depression and breastfeeding duration

    W. Jonas;W. Jonas;V. Mileva-Seitz;A. W. Girard;R. Bisceglia

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael J. Meaney
Michael J. Meaney McGill University
Meir Steiner
Meir Steiner McMaster University
James L. Kennedy
James L. Kennedy Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Robert D. Levitan
Robert D. Levitan Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Alison S. Fleming
Alison S. Fleming University of Toronto
Leslie Atkinson
Leslie Atkinson Toronto Metropolitan University
Gene E. Robinson
Gene E. Robinson University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
W. Thomas Boyce
W. Thomas Boyce University of California, San Francisco
Stephen G. Matthews
Stephen G. Matthews University of Toronto
Ellen Moss
Ellen Moss University of Quebec at Montreal

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