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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
53
Citations
10848
World Ranking
3290
National Ranking
1162

Rebecca T. Kimball 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 Rebecca T. Kimball sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 164 publications — 60th percentile

60% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Rebecca T. Kimball 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 Rebecca T. Kimball sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 53 D-Index — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Rebecca T. Kimball is a researcher affiliated with the University of Florida in the United States. Their work spans multiple fields within biological sciences, focusing primarily on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions to agricultural and biological sciences. The research covers several subfields including ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, genetics, molecular biology, and paleontology.

Key topics in their research include genetic diversity and population structure, genomics and phylogenetic studies, plant and animal studies, animal behavior and reproduction, evolution and paleontology studies, hemiptera insect studies, and insect and arachnid ecology and behavior.

The scientist's recent published papers include:

  • "Tempo and Pattern of Avian Brain Size Evolution" (2020) published in Current Biology
  • "Data Types and the Phylogeny of Neoaves" (2021) published in Birds
  • "Divergence time estimation of Galliformes based on the best gene shopping scheme of ultraconserved elements" (2021) published in BMC Ecology and Evolution
  • "A phylogenomic supermatrix of Galliformes (Landfowl) reveals biased branch lengths" (2021) published in Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
  • "A near-complete and time-calibrated phylogeny of the Old World flycatchers, robins and chats (Aves, Muscicapidae)" (2022) published in Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Frequent collaborators in their work include Edward L. Braun, Peter A. Hosner, Michael Forthman, Min Zhao, and Christine W. Miller.

The venues where Rebecca T. Kimball frequently publishes research include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
  • Royal Society Open Science
  • The Auk
  • Avian Research

Best Publications

  • A Phylogenomic Study of Birds Reveals Their Evolutionary History

    Shannon J. Hackett;Rebecca T. Kimball;Sushma Reddy;Rauri C.K. Bowie

  • Earth history and the passerine superradiation

    Carl H Oliveros;Daniel Jared Field;Daniel Jared Field;Daniel T Ksepka;F Keith Barker

  • Phylogeny and Systematics of Lemnaceae, the Duckweed Family

    Donald H. Les;Daniel J. Crawford;Daniel J. Crawford;Elias Landolt;John D. Gabel

  • Why Do Phylogenomic Data Sets Yield Conflicting Trees? Data Type Influences the Avian Tree of Life more than Taxon Sampling.

    Sushma Reddy;Rebecca T. Kimball;Akanksha Pandey;Peter A. Hosner;Peter A. Hosner

  • Phylogenomic evidence for multiple losses of flight in ratite birds

    John Harshman;Edward L. Braun;Michael J. Braun;Michael J. Braun;Christopher J. Huddleston

  • Mitochondrial Genomes and Avian Phylogeny: Complex Characters and Resolvability without Explosive Radiations

    Gillian C. Gibb;Olga Kardailsky;Rebecca T. Kimball;Edward L. Braun

  • Avoiding missing data biases in phylogenomic inference: an empirical study in the landfowl (Aves: Galliformes)

    Peter A. Hosner;Brant C. Faircloth;Travis C. Glenn;Edward L. Braun

  • A Molecular Phylogeny of the Pheasants and Partridges Suggests That These Lineages Are Not Monophyletic

    R.T. Kimball;E.L. Braun;E.L. Braun;P.W. Zwartjes;T.M. Crowe;T.M. Crowe

  • Co‐phylogeography and comparative population genetics of the threatened Galápagos hawk and three ectoparasite species: ecology shapes population histories within parasite communities

    Noah Kerness Whiteman;Rebecca T. Kimball;Patricia G. Parker

  • Dispersers shape fruit diversity in Ficus (Moraceae)

    Silvia Beatriz Lomascolo;Douglas J. Levey;Rebecca T. Kimball;Benjamin M. Bolker

  • A well-tested set of primers to amplify regions spread across the avian genome.

    Rebecca T. Kimball;Edward L. Braun;F. Keith Barker;Rauri C.K. Bowie

  • Evolution of Avian Plumage Dichromatism from a Proximate Perspective

    Rebecca T. Kimball;J. David Ligon

  • BIOGEOGRAPHY OF DISCONTINUOUSLY DISTRIBUTED HYDROPHYTES: A MOLECULAR APPRAISAL OF INTERCONTINENTAL DISJUNCTIONS

    Donald H. Les;Daniel J. Crawford;Rebecca T. Kimball;Michael L. Moody

  • Building the avian tree of life using a large-scale, sparse supermatrix.

    J. Gordon Burleigh;Rebecca T. Kimball;Edward L. Braun

  • Analysis of a Rapid Evolutionary Radiation Using Ultraconserved Elements: Evidence for a Bias in Some Multispecies Coalescent Methods.

    Kelly A. Meiklejohn;Brant C. Faircloth;Travis C. Glenn;Rebecca T. Kimball

  • A Phylogenomic Supertree of Birds

    Rebecca T Kimball;Carl H Oliveros;Ning Wang;Noor D White

  • Tempo and pattern of avian brain size evolution

    Daniel T. Ksepka;Amy M. Balanoff;Amy M. Balanoff;N. Adam Smith;N. Adam Smith;Gabriel S. Bever;Gabriel S. Bever

  • Parsimony and Model-Based Analyses of Indels in Avian Nuclear Genes Reveal Congruent and Incongruent Phylogenetic Signals

    Tamaki Yuri;Rebecca T. Kimball;John Harshman;Rauri C. K. Bowie

  • Error in Phylogenetic Estimation for Bushes in the Tree of Life

    Swati Patel;Rebecca T. Kimball;Edward L Braun

  • Assessing phylogenetic relationships among galliformes: a multigene phylogeny with expanded taxon sampling in Phasianidae.

    Ning Wang;Rebecca T. Kimball;Edward L. Braun;Bin Liang

  • Introns outperform exons in analyses of basal avian phylogeny using clathrin heavy chain genes.

    Jena L. Chojnowski;Rebecca T. Kimball;Edward L. Braun

Frequent Co-Authors

Edward L. Braun
Edward L. Braun University of Florida
Michael J. Braun
Michael J. Braun University of Maryland, College Park
James D. Ellis
James D. Ellis University of Florida
Rauri C. K. Bowie
Rauri C. K. Bowie University of California, Berkeley
Daniel J. Crawford
Daniel J. Crawford University of Kansas
Brant C. Faircloth
Brant C. Faircloth Louisiana State University
Frederick H. Sheldon
Frederick H. Sheldon Louisiana State University
Travis C. Glenn
Travis C. Glenn University of Georgia
Patricia G. Parker
Patricia G. Parker University of Missouri–St. Louis
Donald H. Les
Donald H. Les University of Connecticut

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