2026 Michael D. Jennions: 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	75	1042	993	84	82	255	26279

Overview

Michael D. Jennions is affiliated with the Australian National University in Australia. Their research spans various fields with a strong focus on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, supported by a substantial number of publications.

Their main fields of study include:

Environmental Science
Agricultural and Biological Sciences

They have made significant contributions to several subfields, notably:

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Ecology
Nature and Landscape Conservation
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Genetics

The core topics of their work involve:

Animal Behavior and Reproduction
Fish Ecology and Management Studies
Plant and animal studies
Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
Reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species
Physiological and biochemical adaptations
Species Distribution and Climate Change

Michael D. Jennions has published frequently in several venues, including:

Behavioral Ecology
Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
Journal of Evolutionary Biology
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Trends in Ecology & Evolution

Their recent papers cover various subjects in ecology and evolutionary biology. Examples include:

Preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses in ecology and evolutionary biology: a PRISMA extension, 2021, Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
Methods for testing publication bias in ecological and evolutionary meta-analyses, 2021, Methods in Ecology and Evolution
Protected areas and the future of insect conservation, 2022, Trends in Ecology & Evolution
Sex roles and sex ratios in animals, 2022, Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
Publication bias impacts on effect size, statistical power, and magnitude (Type M) and sign (Type S) errors in ecology and evolutionary biology, 2023, BMC Biology

The scientist has collaborated extensively with several colleagues including:

Megan L. Head
Meng-Han Joseph Chung
Rebecca J. Fox
Daniel W. A. Noble
Lauren M. Harrison

Best Publications

Why do females mate multiply? A review of the genetic benefits.

Michael D. Jennions;Marion Petrie

2114
Citations
Variation in mate choice and mating preferences: a review of causes and consequences.

Michael D. Jennions;Marion Petrie

1578
Citations
Do invasive species show higher phenotypic plasticity than native species and, if so, is it adaptive? A meta‐analysis

Amy Michelle Davidson;Michael Jennions;Adrienne B. Nicotra

1427
Citations
Parental investment, sexual selection and sex ratios

Hanna Kokko;Michael D. Jennions

1135
Citations
The evolution of mate choice and mating biases

Hanna Kokko;Robert Brooks;Michael D. Jennions;Josephine Morley

1096
Citations
How much variance can be explained by ecologists and evolutionary biologists

Anders Pape Møller;Michael D. Jennions;Michael D. Jennions

688
Citations
Unifying and Testing Models of Sexual Selection

Hanna Kokko;Michael D. Jennions;Robert Brooks

622
Citations
High-quality male field crickets invest heavily in sexual display but die young

John Hunt;Robert Brooks;Michael D Jennions;Michael J Smith;Michael J Smith

566
Citations
Preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses in ecology and evolutionary biology: a PRISMA extension.

Rose E. O'Dea;Malgorzata Lagisz;Michael D. Jennions;Julia Koricheva

557
Citations
What is genetic quality

John Hunt;Luc F. Bussière;Michael D. Jennions;Robert Brooks

541
Citations
The h index and career assessment by numbers

Clint D. Kelly;Michael D. Jennions

518
Citations
It takes two to tango

Hanna Kokko;Hanna Kokko;Michael Jennions

516
Citations
Sexually selected traits and adult survival: a meta-analysis.

Michael Jennions;Anders Pope Moller;Marion Petrie

471
Citations
Testing and adjusting for publication bias

Anders Pape Møller;Michael D. Jennions

465
Citations
How important are direct fitness benefits of sexual selection

Anders Pope Moller;Michael Jennions

401
Citations
Methods for testing publication bias in ecological and evolutionary meta-analyses

Shinichi Nakagawa;Malgorzata Lagisz;Michael D. Jennions;Julia Koricheva

379
Citations
Sexual selection and sperm quantity: meta-analyses of strategic ejaculation

Clint D. Kelly;Clint D. Kelly;Michael D. Jennions

357
Citations
Estimating genetic benefits of polyandry from experimental studies: A meta-analysis

Rachel A. Slatyer;Brian S. Mautz;Patricia R.Y. Backwell;Michael D. Jennions

335
Citations
Relationships fade with time: a meta-analysis of temporal trends in publication in ecology and evolution.

Michael Jennions;Michael Jennions;Anders Pope Moller

327
Citations
Cooperative breeding in mammals

Michael D. Jennions;David W. Macdonald

322
Citations
Female Mate Choice as a Condition-Dependent Life-History Trait

John Hunt;Robert Brooks;Michael D. Jennions

307
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Patricia R. Y. Backwell Australian National University

Hanna Kokko Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz

John Hunt Western Sydney University

Robert Brooks University of New South Wales

Bob B. M. Wong Monash University

J. Scott Keogh Australian National University

Loeske E. B. Kruuk University of Edinburgh

John H. Christy Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

Shinichi Nakagawa University of New South Wales

Julia Koricheva Royal Holloway University of London

External Links

Personal website of Michael D. Jennions Google Scholar page

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