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41
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6829
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5821
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117

Nadir Alvarez 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 Nadir Alvarez sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 135 publications — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Nadir Alvarez 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 Nadir Alvarez sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 41 D-Index — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Nadir Alvarez is affiliated with the University of Geneva in Switzerland and has contributed extensively to the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with significant work also in Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their research spans multiple subfields including Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Molecular Biology, Plant Science, and Ecology.

Their main topics of work include:

  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies
  • Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications

Among their recent publications are the following papers:

  • The era of reference genomes in conservation genomics, 2022, Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • The origins and spread of domestic horses from the Western Eurasian steppes, 2021, Nature
  • The taxonomic impediment: a shortage of taxonomists, not the lack of technical approaches, 2021, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
  • How genomics can help biodiversity conservation, 2023, Trends in Genetics
  • Museomics identifies genetic erosion in two butterfly species across the 20th century in Finland, 2020, Molecular Ecology Resources

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Jérémy Gauthier
  • Julia Bilat
  • Giulio Formenti
  • Iliana Bista
  • Claúdio Ciofi

The most common publication venues where Alvarez's research appears are:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Molecular Ecology Resources
  • Molecular Ecology
  • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Best Publications

  • The era of reference genomes in conservation genomics.

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  • Restriction site-associated DNA sequencing, genotyping error estimation and de novo assembly optimization for population genetic inference

    Alicia Mastretta-Yanes;Nils Arrigo;Nadir Álvarez;Tove H. Jorgensen

  • The taxonomic impediment: a shortage of taxonomists, not the lack of technical approaches

    Michael S. Engel;Luis M.P. Ceríaco;Gimo M. Daniel;Pablo M. Dellapé

  • History or ecology? Substrate type as a major driver of spatial genetic structure in Alpine plants

    Nadir Alvarez;Conny Thiel-Egenter;Andreas Tribsch;Rolf Holderegger

  • An evaluation of new parsimony‐based versus parametric inference methods in biogeography: a case study using the globally distributed plant family Sapindaceae

    Sven Buerki;Félix Forest;Nadir Alvarez;Johan A. A. Nylander

  • Plastid and nuclear DNA markers reveal intricate relationships at subfamilial and tribal levels in the soapberry family (Sapindaceae)

    Sven Buerki;Félix Forest;Pedro Acevedo-Rodríguez;Martin W. Callmander

  • Genetic diversity in widespread species is not congruent with species richness in alpine plant communities.

    Pierre Taberlet;Niklaus E. Zimmermann;Thorsten Englisch;Andreas Tribsch

  • Evaluating the impact of scoring parameters on the structure of intra-specific genetic variation using RawGeno, an R package for automating AFLP scoring

    Nils Arrigo;Jarek W Tuszynski;Dorothee Ehrich;Tommy Gerdes

  • Forecasting changes in population genetic structure of alpine plants in response to global warming

    Flora Jay;Stéphanie Manel;Stéphanie Manel;Nadir Alvarez;Eric Y. Durand

  • Broad-scale adaptive genetic variation in alpine plants is driven by temperature and precipitation

    Stéphanie Manel;Stéphanie Manel;Felix Gugerli;Wilfried Thuiller;Nadir Alvarez

  • Hybridization Capture Using RAD Probes (hyRAD), a New Tool for Performing Genomic Analyses on Collection Specimens.

    Tomasz Suchan;Camille Pitteloud;Nadezhda S. Gerasimova;Anna Kostikova

  • Phylogeny and circumscription of Sapindaceae revisited: molecular sequence data, morphology and biogeography support recognition of a new family, Xanthoceraceae.

    Sven Buerki;Porter P. Lowry;Nadir Alvarez;Sylvain G. Razafimandimbison

  • Farmers’ practices, metapopulation dynamics, and conservation of agricultural biodiversity on-farm: a case study of sorghum among the Duupa in sub-sahelian Cameroon

    Nadir Alvarez;Eric Garine;Celestin Khasah;Edmond Dounias

  • Break zones in the distributions of alleles and species in alpine plants

    C Thiel-Egenter;N Alvarez;N Alvarez;R Holderegger;A Tribsch;A Tribsch

  • Predicting present and future intra-specific genetic structure through niche hindcasting across 24 millennia

    Anahí Espíndola;Loïc Pellissier;Luigi Maiorano;Wim Hordijk

  • A mirage of cryptic species: Genomics uncover striking mitonuclear discordance in the butterfly Thymelicus sylvestris

    Joan Carles Hinojosa;Darina Koubínová;Mark A. Szenteczki;Camille Pitteloud

  • THE ALTITUDINAL NICHE-BREADTH HYPOTHESIS IN INSECT-PLANT INTERACTIONS

    Sergio Rasmann;Sergio Rasmann;Nadir Alvarez;Loïc Pellissier

  • Reconstructing the origins of high-alpine niches and cushion life form in the genus Androsace S.L. (Primulaceae).

    Florian C. Boucher;Wilfried Thuiller;Cristina Roquet;Rolland Douzet

  • Gene flow among wild and domesticated almond species: insights from chloroplast and nuclear markers.

    Malou Delplancke;Nadir Alvarez;Anahí Espíndola;Hélène Joly

  • Effects of species traits on the genetic diversity of high‐mountain plants: a multi‐species study across the Alps and the Carpathians

    Conny Thiel-Egenter;Felix Gugerli;Nadir Alvarez;Sabine Brodbeck

  • Ancient and recent evolutionary history of the bruchid beetle, Acanthoscelides obtectus Say, a cosmopolitan pest of beans.

    Nadir Alvarez;Doyle Mckey;Martine Hossaert-Mckey;Céline Born

Frequent Co-Authors

Sven Buerki
Sven Buerki Boise State University
Brent C. Emerson
Brent C. Emerson Spanish National Research Council
Martine Hossaert-McKey
Martine Hossaert-McKey Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Vlad Dincă
Vlad Dincă University of Oulu
Pierre Taberlet
Pierre Taberlet Grenoble Alpes University
Felix Gugerli
Felix Gugerli Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
Peter Schönswetter
Peter Schönswetter University of Innsbruck
Stéphanie Manel
Stéphanie Manel PSL University

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