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D-Index
30
Citations
3624
World Ranking
8346
National Ranking
2760

Royce E. Ballinger 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 Royce E. Ballinger sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 87 publications — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Royce E. Ballinger 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 Royce E. Ballinger sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 30 D-Index — 1st percentile

1% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Royce E. Ballinger is affiliated with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in the United States. The academic profile indicates a focus on scientific research, although specific research topics and publication details are not documented in the available data.

No recent papers, co-authors, or frequent publication venues have been recorded for this researcher. Similarly, information regarding book publications or specific areas of study, including main fields, subfields, and main topics, is not present in the data.

There are no awards or recognitions listed for Royce E. Ballinger.

Given the limited data, the profile reflects a researcher with an institutional affiliation but without publicly available records of publications, collaborations, or acknowledged contributions recorded in this context.

Best Publications

  • Reproductive Strategies: Food Availability as a Source of Proximal Variation in a Lizard

    Royce E. Ballinger

  • Sceloporus Undulatus: A Study of the Intraspecific Comparative Demography of a Lizard

    Donald W. Tinkle;Royce E. Ballinger

  • Comparative Demography of Two Viviparous Iguanid Lizards (Sceloporus Jarrovi and Sceloporus Poinsetti)

    Royce E. Ballinger

  • Intraspecific Variation in demography and Life History of the Lizard, Sceloporus Jarrovi, Along an Altitudinal Gradient in Southeastern Arizona

    Royce E. Ballinger

  • Reproductive Cycles of Three Species of Anoline Lizards from the Isthmus of Panama

    Owen J. Sexton;Edward P. Ortleb;Loline M. Hathaway;Royce E. Ballinger

  • On the Cost of Tail Regeneration to Body Growth in Lizards

    Royce E. Ballinger;Donald W. Tinkle

  • Thermal Ecology of the Lizard, Anolis Limifrons with Comparative Notes on Three Additional Panamanian Anoles

    Royce E. Ballinger;Royce E. Ballinger;Ken R. Marion;Owen J. Sexton

  • THE ECOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES OF HABITAT AND MICROHABITAT USE IN LIZARDS:

    Unknown

  • Physiological and environmental sources of variation in reproduction: prairie lizards in a food rich environment

    Steven M. Jones;Royce E. Ballinger;Warren P. Porter

  • Food Resource Limitation of Body Growth Rates in Sceloporus scalaris (Sauria: Iguanidae)

    Royce E. Ballinger;Justin D. Congdon

  • Population ecology and life history strategy of a Montane Lizard (Sceloporus scalaris) in Southeastern Arizona

    Royce E. Ballinger;Justin D. Congdon

  • REPRODUCTION IN SCELOPORUS VIRGATUS FROM THE CHIRICAHUA MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA WITH EMPHASIS ON ANNUAL VARIATION4

    Geoffrey R. Smith;Royce E. Ballinger;Barbara R. Rose

  • Ecology and Natural History of Desert Lizards; Analyses of the Ecological Niche and Community Structure

    Unknown

  • Energy Content of Lizard Eggs and the Measurement of Reproductive Effort

    Royce E. Ballinger

  • Comparative Life Histories of Holbrookia Maculata and Sceloporus Undulatus in Western Nebraska

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  • Energetics, Temperature and Water Relations in Winter Aggregated Sceloporus Jarrovi (Sauria: Iguanidae)

    Justin D. Congdon;Royce E. Ballinger;Kenneth A. Nagy

  • The effect of photoperiod acclimation on the thermoregulation of the lizard, Sceloporus undulatus

    Royce E. Ballinger;Jon Hawker;Owen J. Sexton

  • Elevational variation of growth rates in neonate Sceloporus jarrovi: an experimental evaluation

    G. R. Smith;R. E. Ballinger;J. W. Nietfeldt

  • Food Resource Utilization during Periods of Low and High Food Availability in Sceloporus jarrovi (Sauria: Iguanidae)

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  • Comparative thermal ecology of the high-altitude lizard Sceloporus grammicus on the eastern slope of the Iztaccihuatl Volcano, Puebla, Mexico

    Julio A. Lemos-Espinal;Royce E. Ballinger

  • Temperature relationships in the high-altitude viviparous lizard, Sceloporus jarrovi

    Geoffrey R. Smith;Royce E. Ballinger

  • Ecological Observations of the Lizard, Xenosaurus grandis in Cuautlapan, Veracruz, Mexicol

    Royce E. Ballinger;Julio Lemos-Espinal;Susy Sanoja-Sarabia

  • Variation in Growth and Demography of a Knob-scaled Lizard (Xenosaurus newmanorum: Xenosauridae) from a Seasonal Tropical Environment in México

    Julio A. Lemos-Espinal;Geoffrey R. Smith;Royce E. Ballinger

  • Temporal and Spatial Variation in Individual Growth in the Spiny Lizard, Sceloporus jarrovi

    Geoffrey R. Smith;Royce E. Ballinger

Frequent Co-Authors

Donald W. Tinkle
Donald W. Tinkle University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Justin D. Congdon
Justin D. Congdon University of Georgia
Carl Gans
Carl Gans University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Kenneth A. Nagy
Kenneth A. Nagy University of California, Los Angeles

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