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D-Index
49
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9228
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4030
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122

Roger Vila 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 Vila sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 236 publications — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Roger Vila 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 Vila sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Roger Vila is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain. Their research spans multiple areas within the broader fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences.

The scientist's main subfields of study include Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Molecular Biology, Ecological Modeling, and Nature and Landscape Conservation. Their research topics extend across Plant and Animal Studies, Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy, Genetic Diversity and Population Structure, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Species Distribution and Climate Change, and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies.

Selected recent publications by Roger Vila include:

  • "A global phylogeny of butterflies reveals their evolutionary history, ancestral hosts and biogeographic origins", 2023, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • "High resolution DNA barcode library for European butterflies reveals continental patterns of mitochondrial genetic diversity", 2021, Communications Biology
  • "Conserved ancestral tropical niche but different continental histories explain the latitudinal diversity gradient in brush-footed butterflies", 2021, Nature Communications
  • "DNA Barcodes Combined with Multilocus Data of Representative Taxa Can Generate Reliable Higher-Level Phylogenies", 2021, Systematic Biology
  • "Migratory behaviour is positively associated with genetic diversity in butterflies", 2022, Molecular Ecology

Frequent co-authors with whom Roger Vila has collaborated include Gerard Talavera, Vlad Dincă, Konrad Lohse, Leonardo Dapporto, and Dominik R. Laetsch.

The scientist commonly publishes in venues such as Wellcome Open Research, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Molecular Ecology, Current Biology, and DIGITAL.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)).

Best Publications

  • Phylogeny of the Ants: Diversification in the Age of Angiosperms

    Corrie S. Moreau;Corrie S. Moreau;Charles D. Bell;Charles D. Bell;Roger Vila;Roger Vila;S. Bruce Archibald;S. Bruce Archibald

  • Synergistic effects of combining morphological and molecular data in resolving the phylogeny of butterflies and skippers

    Niklas Wahlberg;Michael F Braby;Andrew V.Z Brower;Rienk de Jong

  • A Comprehensive and Dated Phylogenomic Analysis of Butterflies

    Marianne Espeland;Marianne Espeland;Jesse Breinholt;Keith R. Willmott;Andrew D. Warren

  • Factors affecting species delimitations with the GMYC model: insights from a butterfly survey

    Gerard Talavera;Vlad Dincă;Vlad Dincă;Roger Vila

  • The evolution of alternative parasitic life histories in large blue butterflies

    Thomas D. Als;Thomas D. Als;Roger Vila;Nikolai P. Kandul;David R. Nash

  • Molecular phylogeny and systematics of the Pieridae (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea): higher classification and biogeography

    Michael F. Braby;Michael F. Braby;Roger Vila;Naomi E. Pierce

  • Unexpected layers of cryptic diversity in wood white Leptidea butterflies

    Vlad Dincă;Vlad Dincă;Vladimir A. Lukhtanov;Vladimir A. Lukhtanov;Gerard Talavera;Gerard Talavera;Roger Vila;Roger Vila

  • Species-Level Para- and Polyphyly in DNA Barcode Gene Trees: Strong Operational Bias in European Lepidoptera.

    Marko Mutanen;Sami M. Kivelä;Rutger A. Vos;Camiel Doorenweerd

  • Complete DNA barcode reference library for a country's butterfly fauna reveals high performance for temperate Europe

    Vlad Dincă;Vlad Dincă;Evgeny V. Zakharov;Paul D. N. Hebert;Roger Vila;Roger Vila

  • Establishing criteria for higher-level classification using molecular data: the systematics of Polyommatus blue butterflies (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae).

    Gerard Talavera;Vladimir A. Lukhtanov;Naomi Ellen Pierce;Roger Vila

  • A global phylogeny of butterflies reveals their evolutionary history, ancestral hosts and biogeographic origins

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  • DNA barcode reference library for Iberian butterflies enables a continental-scale preview of potential cryptic diversity

    Vlad Dincă;Vlad Dincă;Sergio Montagud;Gerard Talavera;Gerard Talavera;Gerard Talavera;Juan L. Hernández-Roldán

  • 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

  • An updated checklist of the European Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea).

    Martin Wiemers;Emilio Balletto;Vlad Dincă;Zdenek Faltynek Fric

  • The determinants of genetic diversity in butterflies

    Alexander Mackintosh;Dominik R. Laetsch;Alexander Hayward;Brian Charlesworth

  • What is the phylogenetic signal limit from mitogenomes? The reconciliation between mitochondrial and nuclear data in the Insecta class phylogeny

    Gerard Talavera;Gerard Talavera;Roger Vila

  • Rapid Increase in Genome Size as a Consequence of Transposable Element Hyperactivity in Wood-White (Leptidea) Butterflies

    Venkat Talla;Alexander Suh;Faheema Kalsoom;Vlad Dinca

  • Unprecedented within-species chromosome number cline in the Wood White butterfly Leptidea sinapis and its significance for karyotype evolution and speciation.

    Vladimir A Lukhtanov;Vladimir A Lukhtanov;Vlad Dincă;Vlad Dincă;Gerard Talavera;Gerard Talavera;Roger Vila;Roger Vila

  • Ancient Neotropical origin and recent recolonisation: Phylogeny, biogeography and diversification of the Riodinidae (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea).

    Marianne Espeland;Marianne Espeland;Jason P.W. Hall;Philip J. DeVries;David C. Lees

  • A mirage of cryptic species: Genomics uncover striking mitonuclear discordance in the butterfly Thymelicus sylvestris

    Joan Carles Hinojosa;Darina Koubínová;Mark A. Szenteczki;Camille Pitteloud

  • A combined genetic‐morphometric analysis unravels the complex biogeographical history of Polyommatus icarus and Polyommatus celina Common Blue butterflies

    Vlad Dincă;Vlad Dincă;Leonardo Dapporto;Roger Vila

  • In the shadow of phylogenetic uncertainty: the recent diversification of Lysandra butterflies through chromosomal change.

    Gerard Talavera;Gerard Talavera;Gerard Talavera;Vladimir A. Lukhtanov;Vladimir A. Lukhtanov;Lukas Rieppel;Lukas Rieppel;Naomi E. Pierce

Frequent Co-Authors

Vlad Dincă
Vlad Dincă University of Oulu
Leonardo Dapporto
Leonardo Dapporto University of Florence
Naomi E. Pierce
Naomi E. Pierce Harvard University
Christer Wiklund
Christer Wiklund Stockholm University
Paul D. N. Hebert
Paul D. N. Hebert University of Guelph
Xavier Espadaler
Xavier Espadaler Autonomous University of Barcelona
Marko Mutanen
Marko Mutanen University of Oulu
Nadir Alvarez
Nadir Alvarez University of Geneva
Gerardo Lamas
Gerardo Lamas National University of San Marcos
Tim G. Shreeve
Tim G. Shreeve Oxford Brookes University

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