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D-Index
82
Citations
25192
World Ranking
744
National Ranking
273

Roger M. Nisbet 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 Roger M. Nisbet sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 249 publications — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Roger M. Nisbet 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 Roger M. Nisbet sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 82 D-Index — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Roger M. Nisbet is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Barbara in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Environmental Science with notable contributions in global change, ecology, toxicology, and public health.

The scientist's recent published papers cover various ecological and environmental topics. Some of the key works include:

  • Transmission potential of human schistosomes can be driven by resource competition among snail intermediate hosts, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Dynamic Energy Budget models: fertile ground for understanding resource allocation in plants in a changing world, 2022, Conservation Physiology
  • Stoichiometric Ecotoxicology for a Multisubstance World, 2020, BioScience
  • Local control of resource allocation is sufficient to model optimal dynamics in syntrophic systems, 2020, Theoretical Ecology
  • Fertilization by coral-dwelling fish promotes coral growth but can exacerbate bleaching response, 2022, Journal of Theoretical Biology

Frequent co-authors in their collaborative research include Ferdinand Pfab, Louise Stevenson, Holly V. Moeller, A. Raine Detmer, and Ross Cunning.

The scientist has published multiple papers across several venues, with repeated contributions to:

  • Conservation Physiology
  • Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
  • Ecological Modelling
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • BioScience

Roger M. Nisbet's work addresses various subfields within Environmental Science, including:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Ecology
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Oceanography

The research topics they explore cover:

  • Ecosystem dynamics and resilience
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
  • Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
  • Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Plant and animal studies

Through their body of work, Roger M. Nisbet contributes to the understanding of ecological interactions, resource allocation, and environmental impacts on both terrestrial and marine ecosystems.

Best Publications

  • How should we define ‘fitness’ for general ecological scenarios?

    J.A.J. Metz;R.M. Nisbet;S.A.H. Geritz

  • Indirect effects of contaminants in aquatic ecosystems.

    John W. Fleeger;Kevin R. Carman;Roger M. Nisbet

  • Modelling fluctuating populations

    R.M. Nisbet;William Gurney

  • Nicholson's blowflies revisited

    W. S. C. Gurney;S. P. Blythe;R. M. Nisbet

  • The interaction between predation and competition: a review and synthesis

    Jonathan M. Chase;Peter A. Abrams;James P. Grover;Sebastian Diehl

  • Consumer-Resource Dynamics (MPB-36)

    William W. Murdoch;Cheryl J. Briggs;Roger M. Nisbet

  • Consumer-resource dynamics

    William W. Murdoch;Cheryl J. Briggs;Roger M. Nisbet

  • Soybean susceptibility to manufactured nanomaterials with evidence for food quality and soil fertility interruption.

    John H. Priester;Yuan Ge;Randall E. Mielke;Allison M. Horst

  • From molecules to ecosystems through dynamic energy budget models.

    R. M. Nisbet;E. B. Muller;K. Lika;S. A. L. M. Kooijman

  • WHY DO POPULATIONS CYCLE? A SYNTHESIS OF STATISTICAL AND MECHANISTIC MODELING APPROACHES

    Bruce E. Kendall;Cheryl J. Briggs;William W. Murdoch;Peter Turchin

  • Spatial heterogeneity, source-sink dynamics, and the local coexistence of competing species.

    Priyanga Amarasekare;Roger M. Nisbet

  • FISHING THE LINE NEAR MARINE RESERVES IN SINGLE AND MULTISPECIES FISHERIES

    Julie B. Kellner;Irene Tetreault;Steven D. Gaines;Roger M. Nisbet

  • The regulation of inhomogeneous populations.

    W.S.C. Gurney;R.M. Nisbet

  • The systematic formulation of tractable single-species population models incorporating age structure

    W. S. C. Gurney;R. M. Nisbet;J. H. Lawton

  • Large-amplitude cycles of Daphnia and its algal prey in enriched environments

    E. McCauley;R.M. Nisbet;W.W. Murdoch;A.M. de Roos

  • The systematic formulation of population models for insects with dynamically varying instar duration

    R.M. Nisbet;William Gurney

  • Niche and fitness differences relate the maintenance of diversity to ecosystem function

    Ian T. Carroll;Bradley J. Cardinale;Bradley J. Cardinale;Roger M. Nisbet

  • Habitat structure and population persistence in an experimental community

    Stephen P. Ellner;Edward McCauley;Bruce E. Kendall;Cheryl J. Briggs

  • Instream flow needs in streams and rivers: the importance of understanding ecological dynamics

    Kurt E. Anderson;Andrew J. Paul;Andrew J. Paul;Edward McCauley;Leland J. Jackson

  • An ecological perspective on nanomaterial impacts in the environment.

    Emily S. Bernhardt;Benjamin P. Colman;Michael F. Hochella;Bradley J. Cardinale

  • Considerations of Environmentally Relevant Test Conditions for Improved Evaluation of Ecological Hazards of Engineered Nanomaterials

    Patricia A. Holden;Jorge L. Gardea-Torresdey;Jorge L. Gardea-Torresdey;Fred Klaessig;Ronald F. Turco

  • Modelling Fluctuating Populations

    P. A. Henderson;R. M. Nisbet;W. S. C. Gurney

Frequent Co-Authors

William Gurney
William Gurney University of Strathclyde
William W. Murdoch
William W. Murdoch University of California, Santa Barbara
Edward McCauley
Edward McCauley University of Calgary
Cheryl J. Briggs
Cheryl J. Briggs University of California, Santa Barbara
Simon N. Wood
Simon N. Wood University of Edinburgh
Jorge L. Gardea-Torresdey
Jorge L. Gardea-Torresdey The University of Texas at El Paso
Bruce E. Kendall
Bruce E. Kendall University of California, Santa Barbara
William G. Wilson
William G. Wilson Duke University
Gary N. Cherr
Gary N. Cherr University of California, Davis
Arturo A. Keller
Arturo A. Keller University of California, Santa Barbara

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