2026 Massimo Pigliucci: Ecology and Evolution Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Ecology and Evolution	62	2021	1935	733	690	199	23373

Research.com Recognitions

2004 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Massimo Pigliucci is affiliated with the City College of New York in the United States. Their work spans multiple disciplines within the broad field of Arts and Humanities, with a specialized focus on Philosophy and Ecology-related subfields. Their research includes contributions to Philosophy, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Cell Biology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

Their scholarly output addresses a range of topics, prominently covering Plant and Animal Studies, Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Classical Philosophy and Thought, Mediterranean and Iberian Flora and Fauna, Race, Genetics, and Society, and Language, Metaphor, and Cognition.

Recent publications by Massimo Pigliucci include:

Irrationality: A History of the Dark Side of Reason, 2020, The Philosophers Magazine
Epigenetic Inheritance. A Decade into the Extended Evolutionary Synthesis, 2020, PARADIGMI
Rapid phenotypic differentiation in the iconic Japanese knotweed s.l. invading novel habitats, 2024, Scientific Reports
More than provocative, less than scientific: A commentary on the editorial decision to publish Cofnas (2020), 2020, Philosophical Psychology
Rapid phenotypic differentiation and local adaptation in Japanese knotweed s.l. (Reynoutria japonica and R. × bohemica, Polygonaceae) invading novel habitats, 2022, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Their frequent coauthors include:

Christina L. Richards
Wei Yuan
Rasmus Rosenberg Larsen
Helen De Cruz
Jonathan Michael Kaplan

Massimo Pigliucci's work has been published predominantly in the Journal of Cognitive Historiography, with two publications there, as well as in various other venues including PARADIGMI, Scientific Reports, Philosophical Psychology, and Human Affairs.

In recognition of their contributions to science, they were named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2004.

Best Publications

Phenotypic Evolution: A Reaction Norm Perspective

Carl Schlichting;Massimo Pigliucci

2740
Citations
Phenotypic Plasticity: Beyond Nature and Nurture

Massimo Pigliucci

2386
Citations
Evolution of phenotypic plasticity: where are we going now?

Massimo Pigliucci

1572
Citations
Jack of all trades, master of some? On the role of phenotypic plasticity in plant invasions

Christina L. Richards;Oliver Bossdorf;Norris Z. Muth;Jessica Gurevitch

1519
Citations
Phenotypic plasticity and evolution by genetic assimilation

Massimo Pigliucci;Courtney J. Murren;Carl D. Schlichting

1370
Citations
Evolution, the Extended Synthesis

Massimo Pigliucci;Gerd B. Müller

1239
Citations
Epigenetics for ecologists

Oliver Bossdorf;Christina L. Richards;Massimo Pigliucci

1128
Citations
Is evolvability evolvable

Massimo Pigliucci

757
Citations
Phenotypic integration: studying the ecology and evolution of complex phenotypes

Massimo Pigliucci

729
Citations
Do we need an extended evolutionary synthesis

Massimo Pigliucci

590
Citations
Perspective: Genetic assimilation and a possible evolutionary paradox: can macroevolution sometimes be so fast as to pass us by?

Massimo Pigliucci;Courtney J. Murren;Courtney J. Murren

375
Citations
Invasion of diverse habitats by few Japanese knotweed genotypes is correlated with epigenetic differentiation

Christina L. Richards;Aaron W. Schrey;Massimo Pigliucci

331
Citations
Genotype–phenotype mapping and the end of the ‘genes as blueprint’ metaphor

Massimo Pigliucci

320
Citations
Making Sense of Evolution: The Conceptual Foundations of Evolutionary Biology

Massimo Pigliucci;Jonathan Michael Kaplan

316
Citations
Manipulative Approaches to Testing Adaptive Plasticity: Phytochrome-Mediated Shade-Avoidance Responses in Plants.

Johanna Schmitt;Susan A. Dudley;Massimo Pigliucci

298
Citations
Control of phenotypic plasticity via regulatory genes.

Carl D. Schlichting;Massimo Pigliucci

289
Citations
Gene regulation, quantitative genetics and the evolution of reaction norms

Carl D. Schlichting;Massimo Pigliucci

259
Citations
What Role Does Heritable Epigenetic Variation Play in Phenotypic Evolution

Christina L. Richards;Oliver Bossdorf;Massimo Pigliucci

257
Citations
Experimental alteration of DNA methylation affects the phenotypic plasticity of ecologically relevant traits in Arabidopsis thaliana

Oliver Bossdorf;Davide Arcuri;Christina L. Richards;Massimo Pigliucci

256
Citations
Nonsense on Stilts: How to Tell Science from Bunk

Massimo Pigliucci

250
Citations
Phenotypic Evolution: A Reaction Norm Perspective.

Larry Hufford;Richard Gomulkiewicz;Carl D. Schlichting;Massimo Pigliucci

31
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Carl D. Schlichting University of Connecticut

Christina L. Richards University of South Florida

Oliver Bossdorf University of Tübingen

Mitchell B. Cruzan Portland State University

Johanna Schmitt University of California, Davis

Kim Sterelny Australian National University

Adrienne B. Nicotra Australian National University

Richard Gomulkiewicz Washington State University

Jessica Gurevitch Stony Brook University

External Links

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