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Panayiotis Pafilis 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 Panayiotis Pafilis sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 129 publications — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Panayiotis Pafilis 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 Panayiotis Pafilis sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 32 D-Index — 5th percentile

5% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Panayiotis Pafilis is affiliated with the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in Greece. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a notable focus on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecological Modeling, Genetics, and Ecology.

The main topics covered in their work include Amphibian and Reptile Biology, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Lepidoptera Biology and Taxonomy, Genetic Diversity and Population Structure, and broader Plant and Animal Studies.

Frequent co-authors in their publications are:

  • Raoul Van Damme
  • Petros Lymberakis
  • Kinsey M. Brock
  • Johannes Foufopoulos
  • Apostolos Christopoulos

Notable publication venues where Panayiotis Pafilis has frequently published include:

  • Herpetozoa
  • Animals
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Russian Journal of Herpetology
  • Amphibia-Reptilia

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Panayiotis Pafilis encompass several topics primarily related to reptiles and animal behavior:

  • Conservation status of the world's skinks (Scincidae): Taxonomic and geographic patterns in extinction risk, 2021, Biological Conservation
  • Trait differences among discrete morphs of a color polymorphic lizard, Podarcis erhardii, 2020, PeerJ
  • Colour morph predicts social behaviour and contest outcomes in a polymorphic lizard (Podarcis erhardii), 2022, Animal Behaviour
  • Bold and bright: shy and supple? The effect of habitat type on personality-cognition covariance in the Aegean wall lizard (Podarcis erhardii), 2022, Animal Cognition
  • Evolutionary Variability of W-Linked Repetitive Content in Lacertid Lizards, 2020, Genes

Best Publications

  • Intraspecific competition and high food availability are associated with insular gigantism in a lizard

    Panayiotis Pafilis;Shai Meiri;Johannes Foufopoulos;Efstratios Valakos

  • Are lizards feeling the heat? A tale of ecology and evolution under two temperatures

    Shai Meiri;Aaron M. Bauer;Laurent Chirio;Guarino R. Colli

  • Environmental temperatures shape thermal physiology as well as diversification and genome-wide substitution rates in lizards

    Joan Garcia-Porta;Iker Irisarri;Martin Kirchner;Ariel Rodríguez

  • Phylogeography of Balkan wall lizard (Podarcis taurica) and its relatives inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences.

    N. Poulakakis;P. Lymberakis;Efstratios D. Valakos;P. Pafilis

  • New Mediterranean Biodiversity Records (October, 2014)

    S. Katsanevakis;Ü. Acar;I. Ammar;B. A. Balci

  • Island biology and morphological divergence of the Skyros wall lizard Podarcis gaigeae: a combined role for local selection and genetic drift on color morph frequency divergence?

    Anna Runemark;Bengt Hansson;Panayiotis Pafilis;Efstratios D Valakos

  • Evolution of antipredator behavior in an island lizard species, Podarcis erhardii (Reptilia: Lacertidae): The sum of all fears?

    Kinsey M. Brock;Peter A. Bednekoff;Panayiotis Pafilis;Johannes Foufopoulos

  • Tail shedding in island lizards [Lacertidae, Reptilia]: decline of antipredator defenses in relaxed predation environments.

    Panayiotis Pafilis;Johannes Foufopoulos;Nikos Poulakakis;Petros Lymberakis

  • Sex, Age, and Population Density Affect Aggressive Behaviors in Island Lizards Promoting Cannibalism

    William E. Cooper;Ioannis Dimopoulos;Panayiotis Pafilis

  • Intraspecific competition, not predation, drives lizard tail loss on islands

    Yuval Itescu;Rachel Schwarz;Shai Meiri;Panayiotis Pafilis

  • Insularity affects head morphology, bite force and diet in a Mediterranean lizard

    Kostas Sagonas;Panayiotis Pafilis;Petros Lymberakis;Colin M. Donihue

  • Digestive performance in five Mediterranean lizard species: effects of temperature and insularity

    P. Pafilis;J. Foufopoulos;N. Poulakakis;P. Lymberakis

  • Effects of fragmentation on genetic diversity in island populations of the Aegean wall lizard Podarcis erhardii (Lacertidae, Reptilia).

    H. Hurston;L. Voith;J. Bonanno;J. Foufopoulos

  • Reproductive Biology of Insular Reptiles: Marine Subsidies Modulate Expression of the ''Island Syndrome''

    Panayiotis Pafilis;Johannes Foufopoulos;Kostas Sagonas;Anna Runemark

  • Environmental conditions shape the chemical signal design of lizards

    Simon Baeckens;Simon Baeckens;José Martín;Roberto García‐Roa;Panayiotis Pafilis

  • The diverse nature of island isolation and its effect on land bridge insular faunas

    Yuval Itescu;Yuval Itescu;Johannes Foufopoulos;Panayiotis Pafilis;Shai Meiri;Shai Meiri

  • Effects of feral cats on the evolution of anti-predator behaviours in island reptiles: insights from an ancient introduction.

    Binbin Li;Anat Belasen;Panayiotis Pafilis;Peter Bednekoff

  • ECOLOGICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL ADAPTATIONS OF THE LAND SNAIL ALBINARIA CAERULEA (PULMONATA: CLAUSILIIDAE)

    Sinos Giokas;Panayiotis Pafilis;Efstratios Valakos

  • Anatomical and Physiological Changes Associated with a Recent Dietary Shift in the Lizard Podarcis sicula

    Bart Vervust;Panayiotis Pafilis;Efstratios D. Valakos;Raoul Van Damme

  • Conservation status of the world's skinks (Scincidae): Taxonomic and geographic patterns in extinction risk

    David G. Chapple;Uri Roll;Monika Böhm;Rocío Aguilar;Rocío Aguilar

  • The effect of body size on the thermoregulation of lizards on hot, dry Mediterranean islands

    Kostas Sagonas;Shai Meiri;Efstratios D. Valakos;Panayiotis Pafilis

  • Grazing by goats on islands affects the populations of an endemic Mediterranean lizard

    P. Pafilis;I. Anastasiou;K. Sagonas;E. D. Valakos

Frequent Co-Authors

Johannes Foufopoulos
Johannes Foufopoulos University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Shai Meiri
Shai Meiri Tel Aviv University
Petros Lymberakis
Petros Lymberakis University of Crete
Nikos Poulakakis
Nikos Poulakakis University of Crete
Anthony Herrel
Anthony Herrel Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Miguel A. Carretero
Miguel A. Carretero University of Porto
Raoul Van Damme
Raoul Van Damme University of Antwerp
Erik I. Svensson
Erik I. Svensson Lund University
José Martín
José Martín Spanish National Research Council
Geoffrey M. While
Geoffrey M. While University of Tasmania

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