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Massimo Pigliucci 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 Massimo Pigliucci sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 199 publications — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Massimo Pigliucci 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 Massimo Pigliucci sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 62 D-Index — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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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

  • Phenotypic Plasticity: Beyond Nature and Nurture

    Massimo Pigliucci

  • Evolution of phenotypic plasticity: where are we going now?

    Massimo Pigliucci

  • 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

  • Phenotypic plasticity and evolution by genetic assimilation

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

  • Evolution, the Extended Synthesis

    Massimo Pigliucci;Gerd B. Müller

  • Epigenetics for ecologists

    Oliver Bossdorf;Christina L. Richards;Massimo Pigliucci

  • Is evolvability evolvable

    Massimo Pigliucci

  • Phenotypic integration: studying the ecology and evolution of complex phenotypes

    Massimo Pigliucci

  • Do we need an extended evolutionary synthesis

    Massimo Pigliucci

  • 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

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

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

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

    Massimo Pigliucci

  • Making Sense of Evolution: The Conceptual Foundations of Evolutionary Biology

    Massimo Pigliucci;Jonathan Michael Kaplan

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

    Johanna Schmitt;Susan A. Dudley;Massimo Pigliucci

  • Control of phenotypic plasticity via regulatory genes.

    Carl D. Schlichting;Massimo Pigliucci

  • Gene regulation, quantitative genetics and the evolution of reaction norms

    Carl D. Schlichting;Massimo Pigliucci

  • What Role Does Heritable Epigenetic Variation Play in Phenotypic Evolution

    Christina L. Richards;Oliver Bossdorf;Massimo Pigliucci

  • 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

  • Nonsense on Stilts: How to Tell Science from Bunk

    Massimo Pigliucci

  • Phenotypic Evolution: A Reaction Norm Perspective.

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Carl D. Schlichting
Carl D. Schlichting University of Connecticut
Christina L. Richards
Christina L. Richards University of South Florida
Oliver Bossdorf
Oliver Bossdorf University of Tübingen
Mitchell B. Cruzan
Mitchell B. Cruzan Portland State University
Johanna Schmitt
Johanna Schmitt University of California, Davis
Kim Sterelny
Kim Sterelny Australian National University
Adrienne B. Nicotra
Adrienne B. Nicotra Australian National University
Richard Gomulkiewicz
Richard Gomulkiewicz Washington State University
Jessica Gurevitch
Jessica Gurevitch Stony Brook University

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