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 Karban sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 242 publications — 84th percentile
84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.
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 Karban sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 75 D-Index — 88th percentile
88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.
Richard Karban is affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, with a particular focus on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Plant Science.
Their work covers several main topics including Plant and animal studies, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, Plant Parasitism and Resistance, Rangeland and Wildlife Management, Insect and Pesticide Research, and Forest Insect Ecology and Management.
Recent publications by Richard Karban include the following papers:
Other notable papers from the recent data, though not all authored by Karban, illustrate the context of relevant research areas:
Frequent co-authors associated with Richard Karban include:
Richard Karban's publications commonly appear in venues such as Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature, Oecologia, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Arthropod-Plant Interactions, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).
In addition to articles, Richard Karban has published books through Princeton University Press. Two editions of a book titled "How to Do Ecology" were published in 2023.
The scientist has been recognized with multiple awards, including the Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2009, Fellow of the Ecological Society of America (ESA) in 2017, and the George Mercer Award from The Ecological Society of America in 1990.
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Richard Karban;Anurag A. Agrawal;Jennifer S. Thaler;Lynn S. Adler
R. Karban;J. H. Myers
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Inderjit;David A. Wardle;Richard Karban;Ragan M. Callaway
Jennifer S. Thaler;Michael J. Stout;Richard Karban;Sean S. Duffey
Richard Karban;Kaori Shiojiri;Mikaela Huntzinger;Andrew C. McCall
Jennifer S. Thaler;Michael J. Stout;Richard Karban;Sean S. Duffey
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Todd M. Palmer;Maureen L. Stanton;Truman P. Young;Jacob R. Goheen
Richard Karban;Louie H. Yang;Kyle F. Edwards
Richard Karban;Anurag A. Agrawal;Marc Mangel
Jennifer S. Thaler;Richard Karban;Diane E. Ullman;Karina Boege
William C. Wetzel;William C. Wetzel;Heather M. Kharouba;Heather M. Kharouba;Moria Robinson;Marcel Holyoak
Richard Karban;James R. Carey
Anurag A. Agrawal;Richard Karban
Richard Karban;Rodney Adamchak;William C. Schnathorst
Richard Karban;Kaori Shiojiri;Satomi Ishizaki;William C. Wetzel
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