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D-Index
66
Citations
16503
World Ranking
1686
National Ranking
51

Simon Verhulst 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 Simon Verhulst sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 533+

This scientist: 194 publications — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 533 publications or more.

Simon Verhulst 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 Simon Verhulst sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 122+

This scientist: 66 D-Index — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 122 D-Index or more.

Overview

Simon Verhulst is affiliated with the University of Groningen in the Netherlands, where their research primarily focuses on the fields of Medicine and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work extensively covers subfields such as Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Physiology, Molecular Biology, and Genetics.

Their research topics include:

  • Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms
  • Birth, Development, and Health

Simon Verhulst has contributed to multiple peer-reviewed papers, some of which are:

  • "Association of Leukocyte Telomere Length With Mortality Among Adult Participants in 3 Longitudinal Studies" (2020), published in JAMA Network Open
  • "Method comparison studies of telomere length measurement using qPCR approaches: A critical appraisal of the literature" (2021), published in PLoS ONE
  • "Telomere length is heritable and genetically correlated with lifespan in a wild bird" (2021), published in Molecular Ecology
  • "Hot and dry conditions predict shorter nestling telomeres in an endangered songbird: Implications for population persistence" (2022), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Antioxidant supplementation slows telomere shortening in free-living white stork chicks" (2020), published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

Frequent co-authors who collaborated with Simon Verhulst include:

  • Abraham Aviv
  • Jelle J. Boonekamp
  • Christina Bauch
  • G. Mulder
  • Marianthi Tangili

Simon Verhulst often publishes their research findings in the following journals and venues:

  • Molecular Ecology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Animal Ecology
  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Best Publications

  • Ecological immunology: costly parasite defences and trade-offs in evolutionary ecology

    Ben C. Sheldon;Simon Verhulst

  • The timing of birds' breeding seasons: a review of experiments that manipulated timing of breeding

    Simon Verhulst;Jan-Åke Nilsson

  • Age‐Dependent Traits: A New Statistical Model to Separate Within‐ and Between‐Individual Effects

    M. van de Pol;S. Verhulst

  • Trade-off between growth and immune function: a meta-analysis of selection experiments

    Peter J. van der Most;Berber de Jong;Henk K. Parmentier;Simon Verhulst

  • Does high antioxidant capacity indicate low oxidative stress

    David Costantini;Simon Verhulst

  • Seasonal Decline in Reproductive Success of the Great Tit: Variation in Time or Quality?

    Simon Verhulst;J.H. van Balen;Joost Tinbergen

  • Birds sacrifice oxidative protection for reproduction.

    Popko Wiersma;Colin Selman;John R. Speakman;Simon Verhulst

  • Nestling telomere shortening, but not telomere length, reflects developmental stress and predicts survival in wild birds

    Jelle J. Boonekamp;G. A. Mulder;H. Martijn Salomons;Cor Dijkstra

  • Natal Dispersal of Great Tits in a Patchy Environment

    Simon Verhulst;C.M. Perrins;R. Riddington

  • A silver spoon for a golden future: Long-term effects of natal origin on fitness prospects of oystercatchers (Haematopus ostralegus)

    Martijn Van De Pol;Leo W. Bruinzeel;Leo W. Bruinzeel;Dik Heg;Dik Heg;Henk P. Van Der Jeugd

  • Experimental Evidence for a Causal Relationship between Timing and Success of Reproduction in the Great Tit Parus m. major

    Simon Verhulst;Joost M. Tinbergen

  • A tradeoff between immunocompetence and sexual ornamentation in domestic fowl

    S. Verhulst;S.J. Dieleman;H.K. Parmentier

  • Great tits growing old: selective disappearance and the partitioning of senescence to stages within the breeding cycle.

    S. Bouwhuis;B. C. Sheldon;Simon Verhulst;A. Charmantier

  • Telomere length behaves as biomarker of somatic redundancy rather than biological age

    Jelle J. Boonekamp;Mirre J. P. Simons;Lia Hemerik;Simon Verhulst

  • Measuring telomere length and telomere dynamics in evolutionary biology and ecology

    Daniel H Nussey;Duncan Baird;Emma Barrett;Winnie Boner

  • What does carotenoid-dependent coloration tell? : Plasma carotenoid level signals immunocompetence and oxidative stress state in birds - A meta-analysis

    Mirre J. P. Simons;Alan A. Cohen;Simon Verhulst

  • Experimental evidence for effects of human disturbance on foraging and parental care in oystercatchers

    Simon Verhulst;K Oosterbeek;BJ Ens

  • Telomere length reflects phenotypic quality and costs of reproduction in a long-lived seabird

    Christina Bauch;Peter H. Becker;Simon Verhulst

  • Intraspecific Allometry of Basal Metabolic Rate: Relations with Body Size, Temperature, Composition, and Circadian Phase in the Kestrel, Falco tinnunculus

    Serge Daan;Dirkjan Masman;Arjen Strijkstra;Simon Verhulst

  • Human Height Is Positively Related to Interpersonal Dominance in Dyadic Interactions

    Gert Stulp;Abraham P. Buunk;Simon Verhulst;Thomas V. Pollet

  • The Forms and Fitness Cost of Senescence: Age-Specific Recapture, Survival, Reproduction, and Reproductive Value in a Wild Bird Population

    Sandra Bouwhuis;Remi Choquet;Ben C. Sheldon;Simon Verhulst

Frequent Co-Authors

Athanase Benetos
Athanase Benetos University of Lorraine
Abraham Aviv
Abraham Aviv Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Abraham P. Buunk
Abraham P. Buunk University of Groningen
Michaela Hau
Michaela Hau University of Konstanz
Joost M. Tinbergen
Joost M. Tinbergen University of Groningen
Ben C. Sheldon
Ben C. Sheldon University of Oxford
Kaare Christensen
Kaare Christensen University of Southern Denmark
Ezra Susser
Ezra Susser Columbia University
Thomas V. Pollet
Thomas V. Pollet Northumbria University
Bruno J. Ens
Bruno J. Ens University of Groningen

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