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D-Index
46
Citations
13320
World Ranking
4536
National Ranking
1577

Richard H. Ree 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 Richard H. Ree sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 84 publications — 9th percentile

9% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Richard H. Ree 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 Richard H. Ree sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 46 D-Index — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Richard H. Ree is affiliated with the Field Museum of Natural History in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines within agricultural and biological sciences, with a primary focus on environmental science. They have contributed extensively to the fields of ecology, evolution, behavior, systematics, molecular biology, ecological modeling, nature and landscape conservation, and plant science.

The scientist's main research topics include plant and animal studies, plant diversity and evolution, species distribution and climate change, plant and fungal species descriptions, ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, lichen and fungal ecology, and interactions between mycorrhizal fungi and plants.

Richard H. Ree has co-authored work with several frequent collaborators, including Yaowu Xing, Dawson M. White, Wenna Ding, Matthew P. Nelsen, and C. Kevin Boyce.

Their recent papers cover a variety of significant topics in plant and ecological sciences, published in well-regarded journals. These include:

  • Ancient orogenic and monsoon-driven assembly of the world's richest temperate alpine flora, 2020, Science
  • Fossil-Informed Models Reveal a Boreotropical Origin and Divergent Evolutionary Trajectories in the Walnut Family (Juglandaceae), 2021, Systematic Biology
  • The macroevolutionary dynamics of symbiotic and phenotypic diversification in lichens, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Pervasive hybridization during evolutionary radiation of Rhododendron subgenus Hymenanthes in mountains of southwest China, 2022, National Science Review
  • Sedimentary ancient DNA reveals a threat of warming-induced alpine habitat loss to Tibetan Plateau plant diversity, 2021, Nature Communications

Richard H. Ree frequently publishes in the following scientific venues:

  • New Phytologist
  • Systematic Biology
  • Science
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • National Science Review

Best Publications

  • Maximum likelihood inference of geographic range evolution by dispersal, local extinction, and cladogenesis.

    Richard H. Ree;Stephen A. Smith

  • A LIKELIHOOD FRAMEWORK FOR INFERRING THE EVOLUTION OF GEOGRAPHIC RANGE ON PHYLOGENETIC TREES

    Richard H. Ree;Brian R. Moore;Campbell O. Webb;Michael J. Donoghue

  • Synthesis of phylogeny and taxonomy into a comprehensive tree of life

    Cody E. Hinchliff;Stephen A. Smith;James F. Allman;J. Gordon Burleigh

  • Plant mating systems in a changing world.

    Christopher G. Eckert;Susan Kalisz;Monica A. Geber;Risa Sargent

  • Uplift-driven diversification in the Hengduan Mountains, a temperate biodiversity hotspot

    Yaowu Xing;Richard H. Ree

  • Conceptual and statistical problems with the DEC+J model of founder‐event speciation and its comparison with DEC via model selection

    Richard H. Ree;Isabel Sanmartín

  • Inferring phylogeny and introgression using RADseq data: an example from flowering plants (Pedicularis: Orobanchaceae).

    Deren A. R. Eaton;Richard H. Ree

  • Phylogenetic inference of reciprocal effects between geographic range evolution and diversification.

    Emma E. Goldberg;Lesley T. Lancaster;Richard H. Ree

  • Ancient orogenic and monsoon-driven assembly of the world’s richest temperate alpine flora

    Wen-Na Ding;Wen-Na Ding;Richard H. Ree;Robert A. Spicer;Robert A. Spicer;Robert A. Spicer;Yao-Wu Xing;Yao-Wu Xing

  • Amazonian Amphibian Diversity Is Primarily Derived from Late Miocene Andean Lineages

    Juan C Santos;Luis A Coloma;Kyle Summers;Janalee P Caldwell

  • Inferring phylogenies from RAD sequence data.

    Benjamin E. R. Rubin;Richard H. Ree;Corrie S. Moreau

  • Evidence for a time-integrated species-area effect on the latitudinal gradient in tree diversity

    Paul V. A. Fine;Richard H. Ree

  • Correlated evolution of mating system and floral display traits in flowering plants and its implications for the distribution of mating system variation.

    Carol Goodwillie;Risa D. Sargent;Christopher G. Eckert;Elizabeth Elle

  • Phylogeny and the evolution of flower symmetry in the Asteridae

    Michael J Donoghue;Richard H Ree;David A Baum

  • ANALYSIS OF INBREEDING DEPRESSION IN MIXED-MATING PLANTS PROVIDES EVIDENCE FOR SELECTIVE INTERFERENCE AND STABLE MIXED MATING

    Alice A. Winn;Elizabeth Elle;Susan Kalisz;Pierre-Olivier Cheptou

  • Prospects and challenges for parametric models in historical biogeographical inference

    Richard H. Ree;Isabel Sanmartín

  • Detecting the historical signature of key innovations using stochastic models of character evolution and cladogenesis.

    Richard H. Ree

  • Phylogeny and palaeoecology of Polyommatus blue butterflies show Beringia was a climate-regulated gateway to the New World.

    Roger Vila;Charles D. Bell;Richard Macniven;Benjamin Goldman-Huertas

  • Integrating Fossils, Phylogenies, and Niche Models into Biogeography to Reveal Ancient Evolutionary History: The Case of Hypericum (Hypericaceae)

    Andrea S. Meseguer;Jorge M. Lobo;Richard Ree;David J. Beerling

  • Obtaining maximal concatenated phylogenetic data sets from large sequence databases.

    Michael J. Sanderson;Amy C. Driskell;Richard H. Ree;Oliver Eulenstein

  • Notes and Comments Evidence for a Time-Integrated Species-Area Effect on the Latitudinal Gradient in Tree Diversity

    Paul V. A. Fine;Richard H. Ree

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael J. Donoghue
Michael J. Donoghue Yale University
Susan Kalisz
Susan Kalisz University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Christopher G. Eckert
Christopher G. Eckert Queen's University
David A. Moeller
David A. Moeller University of Minnesota
Elizabeth Elle
Elizabeth Elle Simon Fraser University
Hang Sun
Hang Sun Chinese Academy of Sciences
Monica A. Geber
Monica A. Geber Cornell University
Pierre-Olivier Cheptou
Pierre-Olivier Cheptou Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Ulrike Herzschuh
Ulrike Herzschuh University of Potsdam
De-Zhu Li
De-Zhu Li Chinese Academy of Sciences

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