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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
85
Citations
30422
World Ranking
633
National Ranking
37

Genetics

D-Index
83
Citations
29502
World Ranking
1406
National Ranking
47

Sarah P. Otto publications per year

1989: 1 publications 1990: 3 publications 1991: 4 publications 1992: 1 publications 1993: 1 publications 1994: 5 publications 1995: 5 publications 1996: 4 publications 1997: 6 publications 1998: 4 publications 1999: 5 publications 2000: 6 publications 2001: 7 publications 2002: 6 publications 2003: 6 publications 2004: 4 publications 2005: 6 publications 2006: 13 publications 2007: 28 publications 2008: 7 publications 2009: 11 publications 2010: 7 publications 2011: 9 publications 2012: 11 publications 2013: 4 publications 2014: 12 publications 2015: 8 publications 2016: 10 publications 2017: 19 publications 2018: 10 publications 2019: 11 publications 2020: 12 publications 2021: 12 publications 2022: 14 publications 2023: 14 publications 2024: 20 publications 2025: 9 publications
1989 2025

315 publications in total across all disciplines

Sarah P. Otto 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 Sarah P. Otto sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 241 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.

Sarah P. Otto 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 Sarah P. Otto sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 85 D-Index — 93rd percentile

93% 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

  • 2016 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2013 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2011 - Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation
  • 2011 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Sarah P. Otto is a researcher affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada. Their work spans various areas within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a focus on genetics, molecular biology, ecology, evolution, behavior, systematics, and infectious diseases.

Their research covers topics such as evolution and genetic dynamics, genetic diversity and population structure, plant and animal studies, evolutionary game theory and cooperation, COVID-19 epidemiological studies, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, and mathematical and theoretical epidemiology and ecology models.

Among their recent publications are:

  • The origins and potential future of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern in the evolving COVID-19 pandemic, 2021, Current Biology
  • On the evolutionary epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2, 2020, Current Biology
  • Conceptual and empirical bridges between micro- and macroevolution, 2023, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Rapid weed adaptation and range expansion in response to agriculture over the past two centuries, 2022, Science
  • Selective Interference and the Evolution of Sex, 2020, Journal of Heredity

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Ailene MacPherson
  • Caroline Colijn
  • Jonathan Dushoff
  • Michael Li
  • Gary Van Domselaar

Publication venues where they have frequently published include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Theoretical Population Biology
  • Science
  • Evolution Letters
  • The American Naturalist

Their work integrates areas of molecular biology with evolutionary biology, addressing important questions about genetic dynamics and epidemiology, particularly related to SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 strains.

Sarah P. Otto has been recognized through several awards, including:

  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2016
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 2013
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 2011
  • Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation, 2011

Best Publications

  • Polyploid Incidence and Evolution

    Sarah P Otto;Jeannette Whitton

  • TRY plant trait database : Enhanced coverage and open access

    Jens Kattge;Gerhard Bönisch;Sandra Díaz;Sandra Lavorel

  • The Evolutionary Consequences of Polyploidy

    Sarah P. Otto

  • Sex Determination: Why So Many Ways of Doing It?

    Doris Bachtrog;Judith E. Mank;Catherine L. Peichel;Mark Kirkpatrick

  • Estimating a binary character's effect on speciation and extinction.

    Wayne P. Maddison;Peter E. Midford;Sarah P. Otto

  • Resolving the paradox of sex and recombination.

    Sarah P. Otto;Thomas Lenormand

  • A Biologist's Guide to Mathematical Modeling in Ecology and Evolution

    Sarah P. Otto;Troy Day

  • Relaxed selection in the wild

    David C. Lahti;Norman A. Johnson;Beverly C. Ajie;Sarah P. Otto

  • Estimating Trait-Dependent Speciation and Extinction Rates from Incompletely Resolved Phylogenies

    Richard G. FitzJohn;Wayne P. Maddison;Sarah P. Otto

  • The Evolutionary Enigma of Sex

    Sarah P. Otto

  • Recently Formed Polyploid Plants Diversify at Lower Rates

    Itay Mayrose;Shing H. Zhan;Carl J. Rothfels;Karen Magnuson-Ford

  • Sampling properties of DNA sequence data in phylogenetic analysis.

    M P Cummings;S P Otto;J Wakeley

  • Interference among deleterious mutations favours sex and recombination in finite populations

    Peter D. Keightley;Sarah P. Otto

  • The Probability of Fixation in Populations of Changing Size

    Sarah P. Otto;Michael C. Whitlock

  • Tree of Sex: A database of sexual systems

    Tia-Lynn Ashman;Doris Bachtrog;Heath Blackmon;Emma E. Goldberg

  • The Evolution of Recombination: Removing the Limits to Natural Selection

    Sarah Perin Otto;Nick H. Barton

  • SELECTION FOR RECOMBINATION IN SMALL POPULATIONS

    Sarah P. Otto;Nick H. Barton

  • ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF ADAPTIVE GENETIC DIVERGENCE UNDER MIGRATION, SELECTION, AND DRIFT

    Sam Yeaman;Sarah P. Otto

  • Two steps forward, one step back: the pleiotropic effects of favoured alleles.

    Sarah P. Otto

  • THE DYNAMIC NATURE OF APOMIXIS IN THE ANGIOSPERMS

    Jeannette Whitton;Christopher J. Sears;Eric J. Baack;Sarah P. Otto

Frequent Co-Authors

Troy Day
Troy Day Queen's University
Marcus W. Feldman
Marcus W. Feldman Stanford University
Jana C. Vamosi
Jana C. Vamosi University of Calgary
Ray Ming
Ray Ming University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Tia-Lynn Ashman
Tia-Lynn Ashman University of Pittsburgh
Scott L. Nuismer
Scott L. Nuismer University of Idaho
Loren H. Rieseberg
Loren H. Rieseberg University of British Columbia
Michael C. Whitlock
Michael C. Whitlock University of British Columbia
Catherine L. Peichel
Catherine L. Peichel University of Bern
Nicole Valenzuela
Nicole Valenzuela Iowa State University

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