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Raoul Van Damme

Raoul Van Damme

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
40
Citations
5860
World Ranking
6145
National Ranking
80

Raoul Van Damme 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 Raoul Van Damme sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 105 publications — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Raoul Van Damme 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 Raoul Van Damme 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

Raoul Van Damme is affiliated with the University of Antwerp in Belgium and has a research focus primarily in the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work spans several subfields, including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Ecological Modeling, and Social Psychology.

Their scientific contributions cover key topics such as Amphibian and Reptile Biology, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research, Plant and Animal Studies, Animal and Plant Science Education, and Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies.

Their recent publications include:

  • The island syndrome (2020, Current Biology)
  • How to behave when marooned: the behavioural component of the island syndrome remains underexplored (2022, Biology Letters)
  • 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)
  • Proton-transfer-reaction time-of-flight mass spectrometry (PTR-TOF-MS) as a tool for studying animal volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions (2021, Methods in Ecology and Evolution)
  • Evolutionary and biogeographical support for species-specific proteins in lizard chemical signals (2021, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society)

Raoul Van Damme frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Simon Baeckens
  • Ioanna Gavriilidi
  • Gilles De Meester
  • Panayiotis Pafilis
  • José Martín

Their work is also distributed across various publication venues, with multiple contributions to:

  • Biology Letters
  • Animal Cognition
  • Amphibia-Reptilia
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Current Biology

Best Publications

  • EVOLUTION OF SPRINT SPEED IN LACERTID LIZARDS: MORPHOLOGICAL, PHYSIOLOGICAL, AND BEHAVIORAL COVARIATION.

    Dirk Bauwens;Theodore Garland;Aurora M. Castilla;Raoul Van Damme

  • Rapid large-scale evolutionary divergence in morphology and performance associated with exploitation of a different dietary resource

    Anthony Herrel;Katleen Huyghe;Bieke Vanhooydonck;Thierry Backeljau

  • Performance constraints in decathletes

    Raoul Van Damme;Robbie S. Wilson;Bieke Vanhooydonck;Peter Aerts

  • SPEED AND STAMINA TRADE-OFF IN LACERTID LIZARDS

    Bieke Vanhooydonck;Raoul Van Damme;Peter Aerts

  • Altitudinal variation of the thermal biology and running performance in the lizard Podarcis tiliguerta

    Raoul Van Damme;Dirk Bauwens;Aurora M. Castilla;Rudolf F. Verheyen

  • Omnivory in lacertid lizards: adaptive evolution or constraint?

    A. Herrel;B. Vanhooydonck;R. Van Damme

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

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

  • Effects of habitat fragmentation on provisioning rates, diet and breeding success in two species of tit (great tit and blue tit)

    Nadia Nour;David Currie;Erik Matthysen;Raoul Van Damme

  • Sexual Dimorphism of Head Size in Podarcis Hispanica Atrata: Testing the Dietary Divergence Hypothesis By Bite Force Analysis

    Raoul Van Damme;Frits De Vree;Anthony Herrel

  • Spatio-temporal gait characteristics of the hind-limb cycles during voluntary bipedal and quadrupedal walking in bonobos (Pan paniscus).

    Peter Aerts;Raoul Van Damme;Linda Van Elsacker;Vicky Duchêne

  • Morphology, performance, behavior and ecology of three color morphs in males of the lizard Podarcis melisellensis

    Katleen Huyghe;Bieke Vanhooydonck;Anthony Herrel;Zoran Tadić

  • Differences in morphology, performance and behaviour between recently diverged populations of Podarcis sicula mirror differences in predation pressure

    Bart Vervust;Irena Grbac;Raoul Van Damme

  • It is all in the head : morphological basis for differences in bite force among colour morphs of the Dalmatian wall lizard

    Katleen Huyghe;Anthony Herrel;Anthony Herrel;Dominique Adriaens;Zoran Tadić

  • Fight versus flight: physiological basis for temperature-dependent behavioral shifts in lizards.

    A. Herrel;R. S. James;R. Van Damme

  • Responses of the lizard Lacerta vivipara to predator chemical cues: The effects of temperature

    Raoul van Damme;Dirk Bauwens;Dirk Vanderstighelen;Rudolf F. Verheyen

  • Micro-scale differences in thermal habitat quality and a possible case of evolutionary flexibility in the thermal physiology of lacertid lizards

    Hans Scheers;Raoul Van Damme

  • No trade‐off between sprinting and climbing in two populations of the Lizard Podarcis hispanica (Reptilia: Lacertidae).

    Raoul Van Damme;Peter Aerts;Bieke Vanhooydonck

  • Bipedalism in lizards: whole-body modelling reveals a possible spandrel.

    Peter Aerts;Raoul Van Damme;Kristiaan D'Août;Bieke Van Hooydonck

  • Variation in speed, gait characteristics and microhabitat use in lacertid lizards

    Bieke Vanhooydonck;Raoul Van Damme;Peter Aerts

  • THE QUICK AND THE FAST: THE EVOLUTION OF ACCELERATION CAPACITY IN ANOLIS LIZARDS

    Bieke Vanhooydonck;Bieke Vanhooydonck;Anthony Herrel;Anthony Herrel;Raoul Van Damme;Duncan J. Irschick

  • Relationships between hormones, physiological performance and immunocompetence in a color-polymorphic lizard species, Podarcis melisellensis.

    Katleen Huyghe;Jerry F. Husak;A. Herrel;Zoran Tadić

  • Chemical signalling in lizards: an interspecific comparison of femoral pore numbers in Lacertidae

    Simon Baeckens;Shelley Edwards;Katleen Huyghe;Raoul Van Damme

Frequent Co-Authors

Anthony Herrel
Anthony Herrel Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Bieke Vanhooydonck
Bieke Vanhooydonck University of Antwerp
Peter Aerts
Peter Aerts University of Antwerp
José Martín
José Martín Spanish National Research Council
Panayiotis Pafilis
Panayiotis Pafilis National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Dirk Bauwens
Dirk Bauwens University of Antwerp
Robbie S. Wilson
Robbie S. Wilson University of Queensland
Erik Matthysen
Erik Matthysen University of Antwerp
Rupert Palme
Rupert Palme University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
Thierry Backeljau
Thierry Backeljau Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences

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