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Vlad Dincă 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 Vlad Dincă sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 141 publications — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Vlad Dincă 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 Vlad Dincă sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 95 scientists 31 D-Index: 123 scientists 32 D-Index: 191 scientists 33 D-Index: 245 scientists 34 D-Index: 252 scientists 35 D-Index: 244 scientists 36 D-Index: 249 scientists 37 D-Index: 244 scientists 38 D-Index: 254 scientists 39 D-Index: 254 scientists 40 D-Index: 280 scientists 41 D-Index: 274 scientists 42 D-Index: 266 scientists 43 D-Index: 233 scientists 44 D-Index: 248 scientists 45 D-Index: 208 scientists 46 D-Index: 201 scientists 47 D-Index: 213 scientists 48 D-Index: 207 scientists 49 D-Index: 172 scientists 50 D-Index: 209 scientists 51 D-Index: 199 scientists 52 D-Index: 153 scientists 53 D-Index: 169 scientists 54 D-Index: 163 scientists 55 D-Index: 148 scientists 56 D-Index: 120 scientists 57 D-Index: 146 scientists 58 D-Index: 137 scientists 59 D-Index: 140 scientists 60 D-Index: 104 scientists 61 D-Index: 119 scientists 62 D-Index: 118 scientists 63 D-Index: 99 scientists 64 D-Index: 77 scientists 65 D-Index: 100 scientists 66 D-Index: 86 scientists 67 D-Index: 83 scientists 68 D-Index: 75 scientists 69 D-Index: 94 scientists 70 D-Index: 57 scientists 71 D-Index: 68 scientists 72 D-Index: 59 scientists 73 D-Index: 63 scientists 74 D-Index: 66 scientists 75 D-Index: 60 scientists 76 D-Index: 42 scientists 77 D-Index: 49 scientists 78 D-Index: 39 scientists 79 D-Index: 37 scientists 80 D-Index: 43 scientists 81 D-Index: 41 scientists 82 D-Index: 45 scientists 83 D-Index: 34 scientists 84 D-Index: 40 scientists 85 D-Index: 35 scientists 86 D-Index: 55 scientists 87 D-Index: 24 scientists 88 D-Index: 24 scientists 89 D-Index: 30 scientists 90 D-Index: 23 scientists 91 D-Index: 25 scientists 92 D-Index: 27 scientists 93 D-Index: 27 scientists 94 D-Index: 13 scientists 95 D-Index: 23 scientists 96 D-Index: 12 scientists 97 D-Index: 14 scientists 98 D-Index: 19 scientists 99 D-Index: 16 scientists 100 D-Index: 14 scientists 101 D-Index: 5 scientists 102 D-Index: 21 scientists 103 D-Index: 16 scientists 104 D-Index: 10 scientists 105 D-Index: 7 scientists 106 D-Index: 7 scientists 107 D-Index: 7 scientists 108 D-Index: 6 scientists 109 D-Index: 9 scientists 110 D-Index: 11 scientists 111 D-Index: 12 scientists 112 D-Index: 9 scientists 113 D-Index: 7 scientists 114 D-Index: 3 scientists 115 D-Index: 8 scientists 116 D-Index: 5 scientists 117 D-Index: 11 scientists 118 D-Index: 4 scientists 119 D-Index: 2 scientists 120 D-Index: 5 scientists 121+ D-Index: 100 scientists
30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 33 D-Index — 8th percentile

8% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Vlad Dincă is affiliated with the University of Oulu in Finland. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Within these, they have contributed extensively to the subfields of Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecological Modeling, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Plant Science.

Their work covers a range of main topics, including Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy, Plant and Animal Studies, Genetic Diversity and Population Structure, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Chromosomal and Genetic Variations, and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Vlad Dincă include:

  • High resolution DNA barcode library for European butterflies reveals continental patterns of mitochondrial genetic diversity, 2021, Communications Biology
  • The atlas of mitochondrial genetic diversity for Western Palaearctic butterflies, 2022, Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • The Pleistocene species pump past its prime: Evidence from European butterfly sister species, 2021, Molecular Ecology
  • How long is 3 km for a butterfly? Ecological constraints and functional traits explain high mitochondrial genetic diversity between Sicily and the Italian Peninsula, 2020, Journal of Animal Ecology
  • Two ways to be endemic. Alps and Apennines are different functional refugia during climatic cycles, 2021, Molecular Ecology

Among the frequent coauthors who have collaborated with Vlad Dincă are Roger Vila, Leonardo Dapporto, Gerard Talavera, Mattia Menchetti, and Raluca Vodă.

Vlad Dincă's research has been published frequently in venues including bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Entomologica Romanica, Molecular Ecology, Insect Conservation and Diversity, and Journal of Insect Conservation.

Best Publications

  • Factors affecting species delimitations with the GMYC model: insights from a butterfly survey

    Gerard Talavera;Vlad Dincă;Vlad Dincă;Roger Vila

  • Unexpected layers of cryptic diversity in wood white Leptidea butterflies

    Vlad Dincă;Vlad Dincă;Vladimir A. Lukhtanov;Vladimir A. Lukhtanov;Gerard Talavera;Gerard Talavera;Roger Vila;Roger Vila

  • Species-Level Para- and Polyphyly in DNA Barcode Gene Trees: Strong Operational Bias in European Lepidoptera.

    Marko Mutanen;Sami M. Kivelä;Rutger A. Vos;Camiel Doorenweerd

  • Complete DNA barcode reference library for a country's butterfly fauna reveals high performance for temperate Europe

    Vlad Dincă;Vlad Dincă;Evgeny V. Zakharov;Paul D. N. Hebert;Roger Vila;Roger Vila

  • DNA barcode reference library for Iberian butterflies enables a continental-scale preview of potential cryptic diversity

    Vlad Dincă;Vlad Dincă;Sergio Montagud;Gerard Talavera;Gerard Talavera;Gerard Talavera;Juan L. Hernández-Roldán

  • An updated checklist of the European Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea).

    Martin Wiemers;Emilio Balletto;Vlad Dincă;Zdenek Faltynek Fric

  • Rapid Increase in Genome Size as a Consequence of Transposable Element Hyperactivity in Wood-White (Leptidea) Butterflies

    Venkat Talla;Alexander Suh;Faheema Kalsoom;Vlad Dinca

  • Unprecedented within-species chromosome number cline in the Wood White butterfly Leptidea sinapis and its significance for karyotype evolution and speciation.

    Vladimir A Lukhtanov;Vladimir A Lukhtanov;Vlad Dincă;Vlad Dincă;Gerard Talavera;Gerard Talavera;Roger Vila;Roger Vila

  • Biodiversity inventories in high gear: DNA barcoding facilitates a rapid biotic survey of a temperate nature reserve

    Angela C Telfer;Monica R Young;Jenna Quinn;Kate Perez

  • A mirage of cryptic species: Genomics uncover striking mitonuclear discordance in the butterfly Thymelicus sylvestris

    Joan Carles Hinojosa;Darina Koubínová;Mark A. Szenteczki;Camille Pitteloud

  • High resolution DNA barcode library for European butterflies reveals continental patterns of mitochondrial genetic diversity

    Vlad Dincă;Vlad Dincă;Leonardo Dapporto;Panu Somervuo;Raluca Vodă

  • A combined genetic‐morphometric analysis unravels the complex biogeographical history of Polyommatus icarus and Polyommatus celina Common Blue butterflies

    Vlad Dincă;Vlad Dincă;Leonardo Dapporto;Roger Vila

  • Global invasion history of the agricultural pest butterfly Pieris rapae revealed with genomics and citizen science.

    Sean F. Ryan;Sean F. Ryan;Eric Lombaert;Anne Espeset;Roger Vila

  • Versatility of multivalent orientation, inverted meiosis, and rescued fitness in holocentric chromosomal hybrids.

    Vladimir A. Lukhtanov;Vladimir A. Lukhtanov;Vlad Dincă;Vlad Dincă;Magne Friberg;Jindra Šíchová

  • Reproductive isolation and patterns of genetic differentiation in a cryptic butterfly species complex

    Vlad Dincă;Vlad Dincă;Christer Wiklund;Vladimir A. Lukhtanov;Vladimir A. Lukhtanov;U. Kodandaramaiah

  • Why do cryptic species tend not to co-occur? A case study on two cryptic pairs of butterflies.

    Raluca Vodă;Leonardo Dapporto;Vlad Dincă;Roger Vila

  • Integrating three comprehensive data sets shows that mitochondrial DNA variation is linked to species traits and paleogeographic events in European butterflies.

    Leonardo Dapporto;Alessandro Cini;Alessandro Cini;Raluca Vodă;Vlad Dincă

  • Cryptic matters: overlooked species generate most butterfly beta‐diversity

    Raluca Vodă;Leonardo Dapporto;Vlad Dincă;Vlad Dincă;Vlad Dincă;Roger Vila

  • Dynamic karyotype evolution and unique sex determination systems in Leptidea wood white butterflies

    Jindra Šíchová;Anna Voleníková;Vlad Dincă;Vlad Dincă;Petr Nguyen

  • The conundrum of species delimitation: a genomic perspective on a mitogenetically super-variable butterfly

    Vlad Dincă;Kyung Min Lee;Roger Vila;Marko Mutanen

  • A unified framework for diversity gradients: the adaptive trait continuum

    Jofre Carnicer;Constantino Stefanescu;Roger Vila;Vlad Dincă

Frequent Co-Authors

Roger Vila
Roger Vila Spanish National Research Council
Paul D. N. Hebert
Paul D. N. Hebert University of Guelph
Marko Mutanen
Marko Mutanen University of Oulu
Thibaud Decaëns
Thibaud Decaëns University of Montpellier
Dirk Steinke
Dirk Steinke University of Guelph
Scott E. Miller
Scott E. Miller National Museum of Natural History
Ian D. Hogg
Ian D. Hogg University of Waikato
Tomas Roslin
Tomas Roslin Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Leonardo Dapporto
Leonardo Dapporto University of Florence
Christer Wiklund
Christer Wiklund Stockholm University

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