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Ryan D. Phillips

Ryan D. Phillips

La Trobe University
Australia

D-Index & Metrics

Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
30
Citations
3826
World Ranking
6383
National Ranking
370

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
31
Citations
3864
World Ranking
8227
National Ranking
642

Ryan D. Phillips publication distribution in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ryan D. Phillips sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 109 publications — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 467 publications or more.

Ryan D. Phillips D-index placement in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Plant Science and Agronomy scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ryan D. Phillips sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 30 D-Index — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 109 D-Index or more.

Overview

Ryan D. Phillips is affiliated with La Trobe University in Australia. Their research spans multiple fields within agricultural and biological sciences, environmental science, and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. The primary focus is on ecological and plant science topics, with a strong emphasis on plant and animal studies, plant parasitism and resistance, and ecology and vegetation dynamics.

The main fields of study covered by their work include:

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Environmental Science
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these broad areas, Ryan D. Phillips delves into several subfields, such as:

  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Plant Science
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Molecular Biology
  • Genetics

Thematic topics frequently addressed in their publications highlight:

  • Plant and animal studies
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance
  • Plant Reproductive Biology
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions
  • Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases

Several recent papers illustrate the scope of Ryan D. Phillips's research contributions:

  • "Niche Perspectives on Plant-Pollinator Interactions" (2020) published in Trends in Plant Science
  • "Orchid conservation: from theory to practice" (2020) published in Annals of Botany
  • "Beyond the various contrivances by which orchids are pollinated: global patterns in orchid pollination biology" (2023) published in Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society
  • "Changing How Biologists View Flowers-Color as a Perception Not a Trait" (2020) published in Frontiers in Plant Science
  • "Specific mycorrhizal associations involving the same fungal taxa in common and threatened Caladenia (Orchidaceae): implications for conservation" (2020) published in Annals of Botany

The researcher frequently collaborates with a core group of co-authors who contribute to related fields of study. Among these are:

  • Noushka Reiter
  • Rod Peakall
  • Björn Bohman
  • Celeste C. Linde
  • Craig I. Peter

Their work has been published repeatedly in notable venues specializing in plant and botanical sciences. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society
  • Annals of Botany
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Australian Journal of Botany
  • Frontiers in Plant Science

Best Publications

  • Reconnecting plants and pollinators: challenges in the restoration of pollination mutualisms

    Myles H.M. Menz;Ryan D. Phillips;Ryan D. Phillips;Ryan D. Phillips;Rachael Winfree;Claire Kremen

  • Differentiating salmon populations at broad and fine geographical scales with microsatellites and single nucleotide polymorphisms.

    S. R. Narum;M. Banks;T. D. Beacham;M. R. Bellinger

  • A framework for the practical science necessary to restore sustainable, resilient, and biodiverse ecosystems

    Ben P. Miller;Ben P. Miller;Elizabeth A. Sinclair;Elizabeth A. Sinclair;Myles H. M. Menz;Myles H. M. Menz;Myles H. M. Menz;Carole P. Elliott;Carole P. Elliott

  • Do mycorrhizal symbioses cause rarity in orchids

    Ryan D. Phillips;Ryan D. Phillips;Matthew D. Barrett;Kingsley W. Dixon;Stephen D. Hopper;Stephen D. Hopper

  • Niche Perspectives on Plant-Pollinator Interactions.

    Ryan Phillips;Ryan Phillips;Rodney Peakall;Timotheus van der Niet;Steven D. Johnson

  • Novel Consequences of Bird Pollination for Plant Mating

    Siegfried L. Krauss;Siegfried L. Krauss;Ryan D. Phillips;Jeffrey D. Karron;Steven D. Johnson

  • Low population genetic differentiation in the Orchidaceae: Implications for the diversification of the family

    Ryan D. Phillips;Ryan D. Phillips;Kingsley W. Dixon;Rod Peakall

  • Orchid conservation: from theory to practice.

    Ryan D Phillips;Ryan D Phillips;Noushka Reiter;Noushka Reiter;Rod Peakall

  • Discovery of pyrazines as pollinator sex pheromones and orchid semiochemicals: implications for the evolution of sexual deception

    Björn Bohman;Björn Bohman;Ryan D. Phillips;Ryan D. Phillips;Myles H. M. Menz;Myles H. M. Menz;Ben W. Berntsson

  • Implications of pollination by food and sexual deception for pollinator specificity, fruit set, population genetics and conservation of Caladenia (Orchidaceae)

    Ryan D. Phillips;Ryan D. Phillips;Renate Faast;Colin C. Bower;Graham R. Brown

  • Beyond the various contrivances by which orchids are pollinated: global patterns in orchid pollination biology

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  • Caught in the act: pollination of sexually deceptive trap-flowers by fungus gnats in Pterostylis (Orchidaceae).

    Ryan D. Phillips;Daniela Scaccabarozzi;Bryony A. Retter;Christine Hayes

  • Pollination ecology and the possible impacts of environmental change in the Southwest Australian Biodiversity Hotspot

    Ryan D. Phillips;Stephen D. Hopper;Kingsley W. Dixon

  • Orchid biogeography and factors associated with rarity in a biodiversity hotspot, the Southwest Australian Floristic Region

    Ryan D. Phillips;Ryan D. Phillips;Andrew P. Brown;Kingsley W. Dixon;Kingsley W. Dixon;Stephen D. Hopper;Stephen D. Hopper

  • Subgouge deformations and the security of Arctic marine pipelines

    Christopher Woodworth-Lynes;Derick Nixon;Nixon Geotech;Ryan Phillips

  • Continent-wide distribution in mycorrhizal fungi: implications for the biogeography of specialized orchids

    Belinda J. Davis;Ryan D. Phillips;Magali Wright;Celeste C. Linde

  • Complex Sexual Deception in an Orchid Is Achieved by Co-opting Two Independent Biosynthetic Pathways for Pollinator Attraction

    Haiyang Xu;Björn Bohman;Björn Bohman;Darren C.J. Wong;Claudia Rodriguez-Delgado

  • Specialized ecological interactions and plant species rarity: The role of pollinators and mycorrhizal fungi across multiple spatial scales

    Ryan D. Phillips;Ryan D. Phillips;Rod Peakall;Michael F. Hutchinson;Celeste C. Linde

  • A Full-Scale Investigation Into Pipeline/Soil Interaction

    Michael J. Paulin;Ryan Phillips;Jack I. Clark;Alan Trigg

  • Discovery of Tetrasubstituted Pyrazines As Semiochemicals in a Sexually Deceptive Orchid

    Björn Bohman;Lynne Jeffares;Gavin Flematti;Lindsay T Byrne

  • The Discovery of 2-Hydroxymethyl-3-(3-methylbutyl)-5-methylpyrazine: A Semiochemical in Orchid Pollination

    Björn Bohman;Lynne Jeffares;Gavin Flematti;Ryan D Phillips

  • Congruent species delineation of Tulasnella using multiple loci and methods

    Celeste C. Linde;Ryan D. Phillips;Ryan D. Phillips;Michael D. Crisp;Rod Peakall

  • Convergent specialization - the sharing of pollinators by sympatric genera of sexually deceptive orchids

    Ryan D. Phillips;Ryan D. Phillips;Tingbao Xu;Michael F. Hutchinson;Kingsley W. Dixon

  • Characterisation of polymorphic microsatellite markers isolated from Drakaea glyptodon Fitz. (Orchidaceae)

    J.M. Anthony;R.D. Phillips;Elizabeth Sinclair;Kingsley Dixon

Frequent Co-Authors

Kingsley W. Dixon
Kingsley W. Dixon Curtin University
Rod Peakall
Rod Peakall Australian National University
Stephen D. Hopper
Stephen D. Hopper University of Western Australia
Gavin R. Flematti
Gavin R. Flematti University of Western Australia
Siegfried L. Krauss
Siegfried L. Krauss University of Western Australia
Celeste C. Linde
Celeste C. Linde Australian National University
Salvatore Cozzolino
Salvatore Cozzolino University of Naples Federico II
Steven D. Johnson
Steven D. Johnson University of KwaZulu-Natal
David J. Merritt
David J. Merritt University of Western Australia
Peter K. Robertson
Peter K. Robertson University of Alberta

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