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Stephen C. Donnellan

Stephen C. Donnellan

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
50
Citations
12481
World Ranking
3764
National Ranking
284

Stephen C. Donnellan 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 Stephen C. Donnellan sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 213 publications — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Stephen C. Donnellan 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 Stephen C. Donnellan sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Stephen C. Donnellan is affiliated with the South Australian Museum in Australia and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans a variety of subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Genetics, Ecological Modeling, Molecular Biology, and Ecology.

The scientist's research topics frequently focus on Amphibian and Reptile Biology, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Genetic Diversity and Population Structure, Evolution and Paleontology Studies, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, and Lepidoptera Biology and Taxonomy.

Key recent papers authored or coauthored by Stephen C. Donnellan include:

  • Phylogenomics Reveals Ancient Gene Tree Discordance in the Amphibian Tree of Life, 2020, Systematic Biology
  • The macroevolutionary singularity of snakes, 2024, Science
  • Polyploidy breaks speciation barriers in Australian burrowing frogs Neobatrachus, 2020, PLoS Genetics
  • Phylogenomics, Biogeography, and Morphometrics Reveal Rapid Phenotypic Evolution in Pythons After Crossing Wallace's Line, 2020, Systematic Biology
  • Phylogenomics of Monitor Lizards and the Role of Competition in Dictating Body Size Disparity, 2020, Systematic Biology

Stephen C. Donnellan has frequently published in the following venues:

  • Zootaxa
  • Systematic Biology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Collaborations appear prominent in their career, with frequent coauthors including J. Scott Keogh, Michael Mahony, Ian G. Brennan, Paul Doughty, and Jodi J. L. Rowley.

Best Publications

  • THE AMPHIBIAN TREE OF LIFE

    Darrel R. Frost;Taran Grant;Taran Grant;Julián Faivovich;Julián Faivovich;Raoul H. Bain

  • Birth of a biome: insights into the assembly and maintenance of the Australian arid zone biota.

    M. Byrne;D.K. Yeates;L. Joseph;M. Kearney

  • Phylogenetic endemism: a new approach for identifying geographical concentrations of evolutionary history.

    Dan Rosauer;Shawn Laffan;Michael Crisp;Stephen C. Donnellan;Stephen C. Donnellan

  • Multiple Geographic Origins of Commensalism and Complex Dispersal History of Black Rats

    Ken P. Aplin;Hitoshi Suzuki;Alejandro A. Chinen;R. Terry Chesser

  • Exceptional among-lineage variation in diversification rates during the radiation of Australia's most diverse vertebrate clade.

    Daniel L Rabosky;Stephen C Donnellan;Amanda L Talaba;Irby J Lovette

  • Analysis and Visualization of Complex Macroevolutionary Dynamics: An Example from Australian Scincid Lizards

    Daniel L. Rabosky;Stephen C. Donnellan;Stephen C. Donnellan;Michael Grundler;Irby J. Lovette

  • C-mos,A Nuclear Marker Useful for Squamate Phylogenetic Analysis

    Kathleen M. Saint;Christopher C. Austin;Stephen C. Donnellan;Mark N. Hutchinson

  • Molecular Phylogeny, Biogeography, and Habitat Preference Evolution of Marsupials

    Kieren J. Mitchell;Renae C. Pratt;Laura N. Watson;Gillian C. Gibb

  • The utility of mitochondrial DNA sequences for the identification of forensically important blowflies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) in southeastern Australia

    J.F. Wallman;S.C. Donnellan

  • Co‐occurrence of multiple, supposedly incompatible modes of sex determination in a lizard population

    R. Shine;M. J. Elphick;S. Donnellan

  • Phylogenomics Reveals Ancient Gene Tree Discordance in the Amphibian Tree of Life.

    Paul M Hime;Paul M Hime;Alan R Lemmon;Emily C Moriarty Lemmon;Elizabeth Prendini

  • Comparative Analysis of Cutaneous Evaporative Water Loss in Frogs Demonstrates Correlation with Ecological Habits

    Jeanne E. Young;Keith A. Christian;Stephen Donnellan;Christopher R. Tracy

  • The impact of anchored phylogenomics and taxon sampling on phylogenetic inference in narrow‐mouthed frogs (Anura, Microhylidae)

    Pedro L.V. Peloso;Darrel R. Frost;Stephen J. Richards;Miguel T. Rodrigues

  • A phylogeny for side-necked turtles (Chelonia: Pleurodira) based on mitochondrial and nuclear gene sequence variation

    A. Georges;J. Birrell;K. M. Saint;W. McCORD

  • DIVERSIFICATION AND PERSISTENCE AT THE ARID–MONSOONAL INTERFACE: AUSTRALIA‐WIDE BIOGEOGRAPHY OF THE BYNOE'S GECKO (HETERONOTIA BINOEI; GEKKONIDAE)

    Matthew K. Fujita;Jimmy A. McGuire;Stephen C. Donnellan;Craig Moritz

  • Phylogenetic reconstruction of the wolf spiders (Araneae: Lycosidae) using sequences from the 12S rRNA, 28S rRNA, and NADH1 genes: Implications for classification, biogeography, and the evolution of web building behavior

    Nicholas P. Murphy;Volker W. Framenau;Stephen C. Donnellan;Mark S. Harvey

  • Systematics of the lizard family pygopodidae with implications for the diversification of Australian temperate biotas.

    W. Bryan Jennings;Eric R. Pianka;Stephen Donnellan

  • Evolution of marsupial and other vertebrate thyroxine-binding plasma proteins

    Samantha J. Richardson;Adrian J. Bradley;Wei Duan;Richard E. H. Wettenhall

  • Phylogenetic Relationships of Terrestrial Australo-Papuan Elapid Snakes (Subfamily Hydrophiinae) Based on Cytochromeband 16S rRNA Sequences

    J.Scott Keogh;J.Scott Keogh;Richard Shine;Steve Donnellan

  • Parasite loads in parthenogenetic and sexual lizards (Heteronotia binoei) : support for the Red Queen hypothesis

    C. Moritz;H. McCallum;S. Donnellan;J. D. Roberts

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark N. Hutchinson
Mark N. Hutchinson South Australian Museum
Paul Doughty
Paul Doughty Western Australian Museum
Craig Moritz
Craig Moritz Australian National University
Bronwyn M. Gillanders
Bronwyn M. Gillanders University of Adelaide
J. Scott Keogh
J. Scott Keogh Australian National University
Alan R. Lemmon
Alan R. Lemmon Florida State University
Emily Moriarty Lemmon
Emily Moriarty Lemmon Florida State University
Stephen Richards
Stephen Richards South Australian Museum
Leo Joseph
Leo Joseph Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Ian D. Whittington
Ian D. Whittington University of Adelaide

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