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D-Index
54
Citations
13230
World Ranking
3089
National Ranking
1096

Scott E. Miller 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 Scott E. Miller sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 258 publications — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Scott E. Miller 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 Scott E. Miller sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 54 D-Index — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Scott E. Miller is affiliated with the National Museum of Natural History in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields within environmental and biological sciences, with significant contributions to Environmental Science, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work also covers several subfields, including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, and Ecological Modeling.

The main topics explored in Scott E. Miller's research include Plant and Animal Studies, Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Forest Insect Ecology and Management, Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies, and Insect Behavior and Control Techniques.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Miller include:

  • Vojtěch Novotný
  • Paul Z. Goldstein
  • Martin Volf
  • Robert K. Robbins
  • George D. Weiblen

Scott E. Miller has published regularly in notable venues, with multiple publications appearing in Systematic Entomology and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory). Other common publication venues include PLoS ONE, Journal of Chemical Ecology, and Atmosphere.

Recent papers by Miller cover a range of topics and publication years, including:

  • "BOLD and GenBank revisited - Do identification errors arise in the lab or in the sequence libraries?", 2020, PLoS ONE
  • "DROP: Molecular voucher database for identification of Drosophila parasitoids", 2021, Molecular Ecology Resources
  • "Three-gene PCR and high-resolution melting analysis for differentiating vertebrate species mitochondrial DNA for biodiversity research and complementing forensic surveillance", 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "Here today, gone tomorrow", 2020, Science
  • "A DNA barcode library for the butterflies of North America", 2021, PeerJ

In addition to journal articles, Miller has contributed to book publications, including a work published by the Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press titled Stemming the Tide: Global Strategies for Sustaining Cultural Heritage through Climate Change, published in 2021.

Best Publications

  • Low host specificity of herbivorous insects in a tropical forest

    Vojtech Novotny;Yves Basset;Scott E. Miller;George D. Weiblen

  • The Potential for Species Conservation in Tropical Secondary Forests

    Robin L. Chazdon;Carlos A. Peres;Daisy H. Dent;Douglas Sheil

  • Why Are There So Many Species of Herbivorous Insects in Tropical Rainforests

    Vojtech Novotny;Pavel Drozd;Scott E. Miller;Miroslav Kulfan

  • Arthropod diversity in a tropical forest

    Yves Basset;Yves Basset;Yves Basset;Lukas Cizek;Lukas Cizek;Philippe Cuenoud;Raphael K. Didham

  • The global distribution of diet breadth in insect herbivores

    Matthew L. Forister;Vojtech Novotny;Vojtech Novotny;Anna K. Panorska;Leontine Baje

  • DNA barcoding a useful tool for taxonomists

    David E. Schindel;Scott E. Miller

  • Integration of DNA Barcoding Into An Ongoing Inventory of Complex Tropical Biodiversity

    Daniel H. Janzen;Winnie Hallwachs;Patrick Blandin;John M. Burns

  • Guild-specific patterns of species richness and host specialization in plant–herbivore food webs from a tropical forest

    Vojtech Novotny;Scott E. Miller;Leontine Baje;Solomon Balagawi

  • DNA barcoding and the renaissance of taxonomy

    Scott E. Miller

  • Low beta diversity of herbivorous insects in tropical forests.

    Vojtech Novotny;Scott E. Miller;Jiri Hulcr;Jiri Hulcr;Richard Arthur Ian Drew

  • Quantifying uncertainty in estimation of tropical arthropod species richness.

    Andrew J. Hamilton;Yves Basset;Kurt K. Benke;Peter S. Grimbacher

  • Wolbachia and DNA Barcoding Insects: Patterns, Potential, and Problems

    M. Alex Smith;Claudia Bertrand;Kate Crosby;Eldon S. Eveleigh

  • Phylogenetic dispersion of host use in a tropical insect herbivore community

    George D. Weiblen;Campbell O. Webb;Vojtech Novotny;Yves Basset

  • Vertical stratification of arthropod assemblages.

    Y. Basset;P. M. Hammond;H. Barrios;J. D. Holloway

  • DNA barcodes from century-old type specimens using next-generation sequencing

    Sean W. J. Prosser;Jeremy R. deWaard;Scott E. Miller;Paul D. N. Hebert

  • Quantifying Biodiversity: Experience with Parataxonomists and Digital Photography in Papua New Guinea and Guyana

    Yves Basset;Vojtech Novotny;Scott E. Miller;Richard Pyle

  • Conservation and biological monitoring of tropical forests: the role of parataxonomists

    Yves Basset;Vojtech Novotny;Scott E. Miller;George D. Weiblen

  • Molecular detection of trophic links in a complex insect host-parasitoid food web.

    Jan Hrcek;Scott E. Miller;Donald L. J. Quicke;Donald L. J. Quicke;M. Alex Smith

  • Host specialization of leaf-chewing insects in a New Guinea rainforest

    Vojtech Novotny;Yves Basset;Scott E. Miller;Pavel Drozd

  • BOLD and GenBank revisited – Do identification errors arise in the lab or in the sequence libraries?

    Mikko Pentinsaari;Sujeevan Ratnasingham;Scott E. Miller;Paul D. N. Hebert

  • Supporting Online Material for Why Are There So Many Species of Herbivorous Insects in Tropical Rainforests

    Vojtech Novotny;Pavel Drozd;Scott E. Miller;Miroslav Kulfan

Frequent Co-Authors

Yves Basset
Yves Basset Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Vojtech Novotny
Vojtech Novotny Czech Academy of Sciences
Paul D. N. Hebert
Paul D. N. Hebert University of Guelph
Tomas Roslin
Tomas Roslin Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Dirk Steinke
Dirk Steinke University of Guelph
Thibaud Decaëns
Thibaud Decaëns University of Montpellier
Marko Mutanen
Marko Mutanen University of Oulu
Ian D. Hogg
Ian D. Hogg University of Waikato
George D. Weiblen
George D. Weiblen University of Minnesota
Roger L. Kitching
Roger L. Kitching Griffith University

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