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Robert T. Paine 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 Robert T. Paine sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 122 publications — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Robert T. Paine 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 Robert T. Paine sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1986 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1981 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Robert T. Paine was affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States and contributed to multiple fields of study, primarily focusing on Environmental Science and Medicine. Their work spanned several subfields, including Ecology, Molecular Biology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Anthropology.

Their research touched on various main topics, such as:

  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
  • Identification and Quantification in Food
  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Anthropological Studies and Insights
  • Inhalation and Respiratory Drug Delivery
  • Asthma and Respiratory Diseases

Robert T. Paine published in several venues, including:

  • Culture
  • UNC Libraries
  • Cooperator science series
  • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • Environmental DNA

Frequent collaborators included:

  • Jeffrey L. Curtis
  • Nadia N. Hansel
  • Prescott G. Woodruff
  • Wanda K. O'Neal
  • Gerard J. Criner

Selected recent papers by Robert T. Paine were:

  • "Our Authorial Authority," 2021, Culture
  • "Monitoring a minuscule madtom: Environmental DNA surveillance of the endangered pygmy madtom (Noturus stanauli Etnier & Jenkins 1980) in the Duck and Clinch rivers, Tennessee," 2021, Environmental DNA
  • "Environmental DNA (eDNA) surveillance of the federally threatened Slender Chub (Erimystax cahni) in the Clinch River and Powell River," 2024, Cooperator science series

Their research included a focus on molecular approaches, ecological monitoring, and environmental DNA methodologies. This spanned work on biodiversity surveillance and conservation efforts, with studies concerning endangered species and riverine ecosystems.

In addition to ecological and environmental science research, Robert T. Paine contributed to COPD and respiratory medicine studies, demonstrating interdisciplinary approaches across both environmental and medical sciences.

Robert T. Paine received recognition including membership in the National Academy of Sciences in 1986 and was a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1981.

Best Publications

  • Food Web Complexity and Species Diversity

    Robert T. Paine

  • Trophic Downgrading of Planet Earth

    James A. Estes;John Terborgh;Justin S. Brashares;Mary E. Power

  • Food webs : linkage, interaction strength and community infrastructure

    R. T. Paine

  • A Note on Trophic Complexity and Community Stability

    R. T. Paine

  • Intertidal community structure : Experimental studies on the relationship between a dominant competitor and its principal predator.

    R. T. Paine

  • Challenges in the Quest for Keystones

    Mary E. Power;David Tilman;James A. Estes;Bruce A. Menge

  • Intertidal Landscapes: Disturbance and the Dynamics of Pattern

    R. T. Paine;Simon A. Levin

  • Disturbance, Patch Formation, and Community Structure

    Simon A. Levin;R. T. Paine

  • Compounded Perturbations Yield Ecological Surprises

    Robert T. Paine;Mia J. Tegner;Edward A. Johnson

  • Food-web analysis through field measurement of per capita interaction strength

    R. T. Paine

  • Biological Accommodation in the Benthic Community at McMurdo Sound, Antarctica

    Paul K. Dayton;Gordon A. Robilliard;Robert T. Paine;Linnea B. Dayton

  • Faculty Opinions recommendation of Fishing, trophic cascades, and the process of grazing on coral reefs.

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  • THE EFFECTS OF GRAZING BY SEA URCHINS, STRONGYLOCENTROTUS SPP., ON BENTHIC ALGAL POPULATIONS1

    Robert T. Paine;Robert L. Vadas

  • The Pisaster-Tegula Interaction: Prey Patches, Predator Food Preference, and Intertidal Community Structure

    Robert T. Paine

  • Species Introduction in a Tropical Lake: A newly introduced piscivore can produce population changes in a wide range of trophic levels.

    Thomas M. Zaret;R. T. Paine

  • Road Maps of Interactions or Grist for Theoretical Development

    R. T. Paine

  • Size-Limited Predation: An Observational and Experimental Approach with the Mytilus-Pisaster Interaction

    Unknown

  • Ecological Determinism in the Competition for Space: The Robert H. MacArthur Award Lecture

    R. T. Paine

  • The Measurement and Application of the Calorie to Ecological Problems

    Robert T. Paine

  • A Conversation on Refining the Concept of Keystone Species

    R.T. Paine

  • Disaster, Catastrophe, and Local Persistence of the Sea Palm Postelsia palmaeformis

    R. T. Paine

  • Calorific values of benthic marine algae and their postulated relation to invertebrate food preference

    R. T. Paine;R. L. Vadas

Frequent Co-Authors

Simon A. Levin
Simon A. Levin Princeton University
Mary E. Power
Mary E. Power University of California, Berkeley
Stephen R. Carpenter
Stephen R. Carpenter University of Wisconsin–Madison
Catherine A. Pfister
Catherine A. Pfister University of Chicago
William J. Bond
William J. Bond University of Cape Town
John Terborgh
John Terborgh Duke University
Robert S. Steneck
Robert S. Steneck University of Maine
William J. Ripple
William J. Ripple Oregon State University
Jennifer L. Ruesink
Jennifer L. Ruesink University of Washington
Gretchen C. Daily
Gretchen C. Daily Stanford University

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