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Molly E. Cummings

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
40
Citations
5124
World Ranking
6197
National Ranking
2102

Molly E. Cummings publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 93 publications — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Molly E. Cummings 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 Molly E. Cummings sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 40 D-Index — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Molly E. Cummings is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States. Their research spans multiple domains within the agricultural and biological sciences and environmental science fields, emphasizing ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics.

Their work covers a range of subfields, including:

  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Genetics
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience

Molly E. Cummings' research topics notably center on animal behavior and reproduction, amphibian and reptile biology, neurobiology and insect physiology, insect and arachnid ecology and behavior, neuroendocrine regulation and behavior, fish ecology and management studies, and genetic diversity and population structure. Specific areas of study include:

  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Amphibian and Reptile Biology
  • Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Genetic diversity and population structure

The scientist has published in several journals, with frequent contributions to:

  • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • Animal Behaviour
  • Animal Cognition
  • Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • Evolution

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Molly E. Cummings are:

  • "Sex differences in cognitive performance and style across domains in mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis)" (2020), published in Animal Cognition
  • "Selection on Visual Opsin Genes in Diurnal Neotropical Frogs and Loss of the SWS2 Opsin in Poison Frogs" (2023), published in Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • "Complex sexual-social environments produce high boldness and low aggression behavioral syndromes" (2022), published in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • "Courting danger: socially dominant fish adjust their escape behavior and compensate for increased conspicuousness to avian predators" (2021), published in Hydrobiologia
  • "Recurrent evolution of small body size and loss of the sword ornament in Northern swordtail fish" (2024), published in Evolution

They frequently collaborate with a select group of co-authors, including:

  • Sunishka Thakur
  • Molly Schumer
  • Callen M. Inman
  • Philip S. Queller
  • Kelly J. Wallace

Best Publications

  • Perceptual Biases and Mate Choice

    Michael J. Ryan;Molly E. Cummings

  • Poison Frog Colors Are Honest Signals of Toxicity, Particularly for Bird Predators

    Martine E. Maan;Martine E. Maan;Molly E. Cummings

  • FEMALE PREFERENCES FOR APOSEMATIC SIGNAL COMPONENTS IN A POLYMORPHIC POISON FROG

    Martine E. Maan;Molly E. Cummings

  • A private ultraviolet channel in visual communication

    Molly E. Cummings;Gil G. Rosenthal;Michael J. Ryan

  • Sexual dimorphism and directional sexual selection on aposematic signals in a poison frog

    Martine E. Maan;Molly E. Cummings

  • A mechanism for diversity in warning signals: conspicuousness versus toxicity in poison frogs.

    Catherine R. Darst;Molly E. Cummings;David C. Cannatella

  • Predator learning favours mimicry of a less-toxic model in poison frogs.

    Catherine R. Darst;Molly E. Cummings

  • Sexual and social stimuli elicit rapid and contrasting genomic responses.

    Molly E Cummings;Jonah Larkins-Ford;Jonah Larkins-Ford;Christian R.L Reilly;Ryan Y Wong

  • SENSORY TRADE-OFFS PREDICT SIGNAL DIVERGENCE IN SURFPERCH

    Molly E. Cummings

  • 25 Years of sensory drive: the evidence and its watery bias.

    Molly E Cummings;John A Endler

  • Repeatability and consistency of female preference behaviours in a northern swordtail, Xiphophorus nigrensis

    Molly Cummings;Diane Mollaghan

  • Nocturnal light environments and species ecology: implications for nocturnal color vision in forests

    Carrie C Veilleux;Molly E Cummings

  • Visual pigments and optical habitats of surfperch (Embiotocidae) in the California kelp forest.

    Molly E Cummings;J. Partridge

  • Differential Response to Circularly Polarized Light by the Jewel Scarab Beetle Chrysina gloriosa

    Parrish Brady;Molly Cummings

  • Visual sensitivity to a conspicuous male cue varies by reproductive state in Physalaemus pustulosus females.

    Molly E. Cummings;Ximena E. Bernal;Roberto Reynaga;A. Stanley Rand

  • Adaptation of visual pigments to the aquatic environment

    Julian C. Partridge;Molly E. Cummings

  • Light harvesting and the package effect in the seagrasses Thalassia testudinum Banks ex König and Zostera marina L.: optical constraints on photoacclimation

    Molly E Cummings;Richard C Zimmerman

  • Countergradient variation in the sexual coloration of guppies (Poecilia reticulata): drosopterin synthesis balances carotenoid availability.

    Gregory F. Grether;Molly E. Cummings;Jocelyn Hudon

  • Visual ecology of the fiddler crab, Uca tangeri: effects of sex, viewer and background on conspicuousness

    Molly E. Cummings;Joana M. Jordão;Thomas W. Cronin;Rui F. Oliveira

  • Aposematic signal variation predicts male-male interactions in a polymorphic poison frog.

    Laura Crothers;Eben Gering;Molly E Cummings

  • Interacting selection diversifies warning signals in a polytypic frog: an examination with the strawberry poison frog

    Molly E. Cummings;Laura R. Crothers

  • COUNTERGRADIENT VARIATION IN THE SEXUAL COLORATION OF GUPPIES (POECILIA RETICULATA): DROSOPTERIN SYNTHESIS BALANCES

    Carotenoid Availability;Gregory F. Grether;Molly E. Cummings;Jocelyn Hudon

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael J. Ryan
Michael J. Ryan The University of Texas at Austin
James M. Sullivan
James M. Sullivan Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
Heidi M. Dierssen
Heidi M. Dierssen University of Connecticut
Jason L. Brown
Jason L. Brown Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Michael S. Twardowski
Michael S. Twardowski Florida Atlantic University
Hans A. Hofmann
Hans A. Hofmann The University of Texas at Austin
Kyle Summers
Kyle Summers East Carolina University
Julian C. Partridge
Julian C. Partridge University of Western Australia
Gregory F. Grether
Gregory F. Grether University of California, Los Angeles
Daniel I. Bolnick
Daniel I. Bolnick University of Connecticut

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