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Robby Stoks

Robby Stoks

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
73
Citations
17202
World Ranking
1195
National Ranking
15

Robby Stoks 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 Robby Stoks sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 337 publications — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Robby Stoks 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 Robby Stoks sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 73 D-Index — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Robby Stoks is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium and has contributed extensively to environmental science and related disciplines. Their research spans a variety of topics primarily in environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences.

Their work often addresses ecological and environmental challenges, with significant focus areas including:

  • Physiological and biochemical adaptations
  • Animal behavior and reproduction
  • Environmental toxicology and ecotoxicology
  • Fish ecology and management studies
  • Species distribution and climate change
  • Insect and pesticide research
  • Insect and arachnid ecology and behavior

Stoks has published in multiple prominent journals and venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Environmental Pollution
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Journal of Animal Ecology
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Among their recent papers are:

  • Towards a unified study of multiple stressors: divisions and common goals across research disciplines (2020), Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Locally adapted gut microbiomes mediate host stress tolerance (2021), The ISME Journal
  • Interactive Effects of Warming and Pollutants on Marine and Freshwater Invertebrates (2022), Current Pollution Reports
  • When and how can we predict adaptive responses to climate change? (2023), Evolution Letters
  • Warming, temperature fluctuations and thermal evolution change the effects of microplastics at an environmentally relevant concentration (2021), Environmental Pollution

Co-authorship has been a significant part of Stoks' research output, collaborating frequently with several researchers. The most frequent co-authors include:

  • Julie Verheyen
  • Nedim Tüzün
  • Lizanne Janssens
  • Luc De Meester
  • Szymon Śniegula

In terms of research fields, their publications are mainly categorized under:

  • Environmental Science
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Subfields of focus include ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics, health, toxicology, and mutagenesis, as well as nature and landscape conservation and ecological modeling.

Best Publications

  • Host–parasite ‘Red Queen’ dynamics archived in pond sediment

    Ellen Decaestecker;Sabrina Gaba;Sabrina Gaba;Joost A. M. Raeymaekers;Robby Stoks

  • Ponds and pools as model systems in conservation biology, ecology and evolutionary biology

    Luc De Meester;Steven Declerck;Robby Stoks;Gerald Louette

  • Towards a unified study of multiple stressors: divisions and common goals across research disciplines.

    James A Orr;Rolf D Vinebrooke;Michelle C Jackson;Kristy J Kroeker

  • Evolutionary ecology of Odonata: a complex life cycle perspective.

    Robby Stoks;Alex Córdoba-Aguilar

  • Urbanization drives cross-taxon declines in abundance and diversity at multiple spatial scales.

    Elena Piano;Elena Piano;Caroline Souffreau;Thomas Merckx;Thomas Merckx;Lisa F. Baardsen

  • Predation risk induces stress proteins and reduces antioxidant defense

    Stefanie Slos;Robby Stoks

  • FITNESS EFFECTS FROM EGG TO REPRODUCTION: BRIDGING THE LIFE HISTORY TRANSITION

    Marjan De Block;Robby Stoks

  • Predation cost of rapid growth: behavioural coupling and physiological decoupling

    Robby Stoks;Marjan De Block;Frank Van De Meutter;Frank Johansson

  • LIFE HISTORY PLASTICITY IN A DAMSELFLY: EFFECTS OF COMBINED TIME AND BIOTIC CONSTRAINTS

    Frank Johansson;Robby Stoks;Locke Rowe;Marjan De Block

  • Compensatory growth and oxidative stress in a damselfly.

    Marjan De Block;Robby Stoks

  • Physiological costs of compensatory growth in a damselfly.

    Robby Stoks;Marjan De Block;Marjan De Block;Mark A. McPeek

  • The heat is on: Genetic adaptation to urbanization mediated by thermal tolerance and body size.

    Kristien I. Brans;Mieke Jansen;Joost Vanoverbeke;Joost Vanoverbeke;Nedim Tüzün

  • Evolutionary and plastic responses of freshwater invertebrates to climate change: realized patterns and future potential

    Robby Stoks;Aurora N. Geerts;Luc De Meester

  • Temperature extremes and butterfly fitness: conflicting evidence from life history and immune function

    Isabell Karl;Robby Stoks;Marjan De Block;Susann A. Janowitz

  • Adaptive sex‐specific life history plasticity to temperature and photoperiod in a damselfly

    M. De Block;R. Stoks

  • EVOLUTION OF PREY BEHAVIOR IN RESPONSE TO CHANGES IN PREDATION REGIME: DAMSELFLIES IN FISH AND DRAGONFLY LAKES

    Robby Stoks;Robby Stoks;MA McPeek;JL Mitchell

  • Time constraints mediate predator-induced plasticity in immune function, condition, and life history.

    Robby Stoks;Marjan De Block;Marjan De Block;Stefanie Slos;Wendy Van Doorslaer

  • PREDATORS AND LIFE HISTORIES SHAPE LESTES DAMSELFLY ASSEMBLAGES ALONG A FRESHWATER HABITAT GRADIENT

    Robby Stoks;Robby Stoks;Mark A. McPeek

  • Resurrecting complexity: the interplay of plasticity and rapid evolution in the multiple trait response to strong changes in predation pressure in the water flea Daphnia magna.

    Robby Stoks;Lynn Govaert;Kevin Pauwels;Bastiaan Jansen

  • Short-term larval food stress and associated compensatory growth reduce adult immune function in a damselfly

    Marjan De Block;Robby Stoks

Frequent Co-Authors

Luc De Meester
Luc De Meester Freie Universität Berlin
Dries Bonte
Dries Bonte Ghent University
Frank Johansson
Frank Johansson Uppsala University
Mark A. McPeek
Mark A. McPeek Dartmouth College
Joachim Mergeay
Joachim Mergeay Research Institute for Nature and Forest
Lieven Bervoets
Lieven Bervoets University of Antwerp
Thomas Van Leeuwen
Thomas Van Leeuwen Ghent University
Luc Brendonck
Luc Brendonck KU Leuven

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