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Stephen G. Compton

Stephen G. Compton

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
48
Citations
7412
World Ranking
4283
National Ranking
476

Stephen G. Compton publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 191 publications — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Stephen G. Compton 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 G. Compton sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 48 D-Index — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Stephen G. Compton is affiliated with the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom. Their research spans several areas within Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, with a focus on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science, Insect Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's work covers multiple topics, including:

  • Plant and animal studies
  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions
  • Phytochemistry and biological activities of Ficus species
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Biological Control of Invasive Species

Stephen G. Compton has published frequently in venues such as Botanical Studies, Acta Oecologica, Entomologist's Gazette, Journal of Biogeography, and Nature Ecology & Evolution.

Among recent publications are:

  • Molecular mechanisms of mutualistic and antagonistic interactions in a plant-pollinator association (2021, Nature Ecology & Evolution)
  • Sky islands as foci for divergence of fig trees and their pollinators in southwest China (2020, Molecular Ecology)
  • More examples of breakdown the 1:1 partner specificity between figs and fig wasps (2021, Botanical Studies)
  • Asymmetric sharing of pollinator fig wasps between two sympatric dioecious fig trees: a reflection of supply and demand or differences in the size of their figs? (2022, Botanical Studies)
  • Few figs for frugivores: Riparian fig trees in Zimbabwe may not be a dry season keystone resource (2020, African Journal of Ecology)

Frequent coauthors in their research include Hui Yu, Xiaoyong Chen, Evangelos Koutsoukos, Rong Wang, and Simon T. Segar, reflecting collaborations across a range of studies in ecology and plant-insect interactions.

Best Publications

  • Phylogenetic relationships, historical biogeography and character evolution of fig-pollinating wasps.

    Carlos A. Machado;Emmanuelle Jousselin;Finn Kjellberg;Stephen G. Compton

  • Old World fruit bats can be long–distance seed dispersers through extended retention of viable seeds in the gut

    Louise A. Shilton;John D. Altringham;Stephen G. Compton;Robert J. Whittaker

  • Wind-borne insects mediate directional pollen transfer between desert fig trees 160 kilometers apart

    Sophia Ahmed;Stephen G. Compton;Roger K. Butlin;Philip M. Gilmartin

  • Regulation of seed and pollinator production in the fig-fig wasp mutualism

    Rory J. C. Nefdt;Stephen G. Compton

  • Effects of Selective Logging on the Butterflies of a Bornean Rainforest

    S. J. Willott;D. C. Lim;S. G. Compton;S. L. Sutton

  • Ant-Herbivore Interactions: Reasons for the Absence of Benefits to a Fern with Foliar Nectaries Vanessa K. Rashbrook

    Stephen G. Compton;John H. Lawton

  • The Evolution of Mating Systems in Insects and Arachnids: Fig–associated wasps: pollinators and parasites, sex–ratio adjustment and male polymorphism, population structure and its consequences

    Edward Allen Herre;Stuart A. West;James M. Cook;Steven G. Compton

  • Fig volatiles: Their role in attracting pollinators and maintaining pollinator specificity

    Anthony B. Ware;Perry T. Kaye;Stephen G. Compton;Simon Van Noort

  • African fig wasp communities : undersaturation and latitudinal gradients in species richness

    Bradford A. Hawkins;Stephen G. Compton

  • Determinants of species richness in southern African fig wasp assemblages.

    S. G. Compton;B. A. Hawkins

  • The effects of ants' nests on the physical, chemical and hydrological properties of a rangeland soil in semi-arid Spain

    L.H. Cammeraat;S.J. Willott;S.G. Compton;L.D. Incoll

  • Alternative mating tactics and extreme male dimorphism in fig wasps

    James M. Cook;Steven G. Compton;E. Allen Herre;Stuart A. West

  • Complex Interactions Between Mutualisms: Ants Tending Homopterans Protect Fig Seeds and Pollinators

    Stephen G. Compton;Hamish G. Robertson

  • Sailing with the wind: dispersal by small flying insects.

    S. G. Compton;J. M. Bullock;R. E. Kenward;R. S. Hails

  • Convergent evolution of agaonine and sycoecine (Agaonidae, Chalcidoidea) head shape in response to the constraints of host fig morphology

    S. van Noort;S. G. Compton

  • Studies of Ceratosolen galili, a Non-Pollinating Agaonid Fig Wasp'

    S. G. Compton;K. C. Holton;V. K. Rashbrook;S. van Noort

  • One way to be a fig

    S. G. Compton

  • Fragmentation can increase spatial genetic structure without decreasing pollen‐mediated gene flow in a wind‐pollinated tree

    Rong Wang;Stephen G. Compton;Xiao-Yong Chen

  • The contribution of rabbits ( Oryctolagus cuniculus L.) to soil fertility in semi-arid Spain

    S. J. Willott;A. J. Miller;L. D. Incoll;S. G. Compton

  • The Flight Heights of Chalcid Wasps (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) in a Lowland Bornean Rain Forest: Fig Wasps are the High Fliers1

    Stephen G. Compton;Martin D. F. Ellwood;Andrew J. Davis;Kathleen Welch

Frequent Co-Authors

Xiao-Yong Chen
Xiao-Yong Chen East China Normal University
Rupert J. Quinnell
Rupert J. Quinnell University of Leeds
Simon Van Noort
Simon Van Noort Iziko South African Museum
Finn Kjellberg
Finn Kjellberg Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Min Liu
Min Liu Central South University
Susan E. Hartley
Susan E. Hartley University of Sheffield
Jean-Yves Rasplus
Jean-Yves Rasplus INRA Biology Center for Population Management (CBGP)
Emmanuelle Jousselin
Emmanuelle Jousselin INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Bradford A. Hawkins
Bradford A. Hawkins University of California, Irvine
Edward Allen Herre
Edward Allen Herre Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

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