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D-Index
67
Citations
17227
World Ranking
1591
National Ranking
584

Michael E. Alfaro 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 Michael E. Alfaro sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 155 publications — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michael E. Alfaro 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 Michael E. Alfaro sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 67 D-Index — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Michael E. Alfaro is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these fields, they have contributed notably to subfields such as Nature and Landscape Conservation, Molecular Biology, Paleontology, Genetics, and Aquatic Science.

The scientist's work encompasses a variety of main topics, including:

  • Fish biology, ecology, and behavior
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Evolution and Paleontology Studies
  • Ichthyology and Marine Biology
  • Aquatic life and conservation
  • Marine and coastal plant biology

Michael E. Alfaro has authored and co-authored several research papers published in notable venues. Some recent papers include:

  • "Prolonged morphological expansion of spiny-rayed fishes following the end-Cretaceous," 2022, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • "Accelerated Diversification Explains the Exceptional Species Richness of Tropical Characoid Fishes," 2021, Systematic Biology
  • "Phylogenomic analysis of trichomycterid catfishes (Teleostei: Siluriformes) inferred from ultraconserved elements," 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "Supermatrix phylogeny resolves goby lineages and reveals unstable root of Gobiaria," 2020, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
  • "A Target Enrichment Bait Set for Studying Relationships among Ostariophysan Fishes," 2020, Copeia

The frequent co-authors associated with Michael E. Alfaro include:

  • Brant C. Faircloth
  • Thomas J. Near
  • Richard Harrington
  • W. Tyler McCraney
  • Christine E. Thacker

The scholar has published multiple works in key scientific venues where they regularly contribute. These venues include:

  • Systematic Biology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Scientific Reports
  • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Among book publications, Michael E. Alfaro has contributed to a title published by Dykinson eBooks: "Los objetivos de desarrollo sostenible desde el modelo de las Naciones Unidas. Pensamiento crítico e interdisciplinariedad," released in 2023.

Best Publications

  • Bayes or Bootstrap? A Simulation Study Comparing the Performance of Bayesian Markov Chain Monte Carlo Sampling and Bootstrapping in Assessing Phylogenetic Confidence

    Michael E. Alfaro;Stefan Zoller;François Lutzoni

  • geiger v2.0: an expanded suite of methods for fitting macroevolutionary models to phylogenetic trees

    Matthew W. Pennell;Jonathan M. Eastman;Graham J. Slater;Joseph W. Brown

  • Nine exceptional radiations plus high turnover explain species diversity in jawed vertebrates

    Michael E. Alfaro;Francesco Santini;Chad Brock;Hugo Alamillo

  • An inverse latitudinal gradient in speciation rate for marine fishes

    Daniel L. Rabosky;Jonathan Chang;Pascal O. Title;Peter F. Cowman;Peter F. Cowman

  • Rates of speciation and morphological evolution are correlated across the largest vertebrate radiation

    Daniel L. Rabosky;Francesco Santini;Jonathan Eastman;Stephen A. Smith

  • Bayesian Phylogenetic Model Selection Using Reversible Jump Markov Chain Monte Carlo

    John P. Huelsenbeck;Bret Larget;Michael E. Alfaro

  • Many-to-One Mapping of Form to Function: A General Principle in Organismal Design?

    Peter C. Wainwright;Michael E. Alfaro;Daniel I. Bolnick;C. Darrin Hulsey

  • Phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary history of the reef fish family Labridae.

    Mark W. Westneat;Michael E. Alfaro;Michael E. Alfaro

  • INTEGRATING FOSSILS WITH MOLECULAR PHYLOGENIES IMPROVES INFERENCE OF TRAIT EVOLUTION

    Graham J. Slater;Luke J. Harmon;Michael E. Alfaro

  • Did Genome Duplication Drive the Origin of Teleosts? A Comparative Study of Diversification in Ray-Finned Fishes

    Francesco Santini;Luke J Harmon;Giorgio Carnevale;Michael E Alfaro

  • EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY OF THE PARROTFISHES: BIOGEOGRAPHY, ECOMORPHOLOGY, AND COMPARATIVE DIVERSITY

    J. T. Streelman;M. Alfaro;M. W. Westneat;D. R. Bellwood

  • Diversity versus disparity and the radiation of modern cetaceans

    Graham J. Slater;Samantha A. Price;Francesco Santini;Michael E. Alfaro

  • A Phylogenomic Perspective on the Radiation of Ray-Finned Fishes Based upon Targeted Sequencing of Ultraconserved Elements (UCEs).

    Brant C. Faircloth;Laurie Sorenson;Francesco Santini;Michael E. Alfaro

  • Contemporaneous radiations of fungi and plants linked to symbiosis

    François Lutzoni;Michael D. Nowak;Michael E. Alfaro;Valérie Reeb

  • Explosive Pleistocene range expansion leads to widespread Amazonian sympatry between robust and gracile capuchin monkeys

    Jessica W. Lynch Alfaro;Jean P. Boubli;Link E. Olson;Anthony F Di Fiore

  • Evolutionary consequences of many-to-one mapping of jaw morphology to mechanics in labrid fishes.

    Michael E. Alfaro;Daniel I. Bolnick;Peter C. Wainwright

  • A NOVEL COMPARATIVE METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING SHIFTS IN THE RATE OF CHARACTER EVOLUTION ON TREES

    Jonathan M. Eastman;Michael E. Alfaro;Paul Joyce;Andrew L. Hipp;Andrew L. Hipp

  • DO REEFS DRIVE DIVERSIFICATION IN MARINE TELEOSTS? EVIDENCE FROM THE PUFFERFISH AND THEIR ALLIES (ORDER TETRAODONTIFORMES)

    Michael E. Alfaro;Francesco Santini;Chad D. Brock

  • The Posterior and the Prior in Bayesian Phylogenetics

    Michael E. Alfaro;Mark T. Holder

  • Clade Age and Species Richness Are Decoupled Across the Eukaryotic Tree of Life

    Daniel L. Rabosky;Graham J. Slater;Michael E. Alfaro

  • Spatial and temporal patterns of diversification on the Amazon: A test of the riverine hypothesis for all diurnal primates of Rio Negro and Rio Branco in Brazil.

    Jean P. Boubli;Jean P. Boubli;Camila Ribas;Jessica W. Lynch Alfaro;Michael E. Alfaro

Frequent Co-Authors

Brant C. Faircloth
Brant C. Faircloth Louisiana State University
Peter C. Wainwright
Peter C. Wainwright University of California, Davis
Thomas J. Near
Thomas J. Near Yale University
Luke J. Harmon
Luke J. Harmon University of Idaho
Mark W. Westneat
Mark W. Westneat University of Chicago
Graham J. Slater
Graham J. Slater University of Chicago
Izeni Pires Farias
Izeni Pires Farias Federal University of Amazonas
Claudio Oliveira
Claudio Oliveira Sao Paulo State University
Harold K. Voris
Harold K. Voris Field Museum of Natural History
Marc A. Suchard
Marc A. Suchard University of California, Los Angeles

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