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William E. Cooper

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
69
Citations
16511
World Ranking
1448
National Ranking
531

William E. Cooper publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 288 publications — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

William E. Cooper 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 William E. Cooper sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 69 D-Index — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1960 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

William E. Cooper is affiliated with Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Medicine.

Their work covers various subfields including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Global and Planetary Change; Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine; Gender Studies; and Ecology. The main research topics addressed by William E. Cooper comprise:

  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Amphibian and Reptile Biology
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Plant and Animal Studies
  • Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Plant Diversity and Evolution

Their publication record includes the following recent papers:

  • "INCOME DIVIDING AMONG FAMILY: INFORMATION FROM INPUT ON ICONOMIC PLEASURE," 2021, CURRENT RESEARCH JOURNAL OF PEDAGOGICS
  • "Reinstatement and revision of Kayea Wall. (Calophyllaceae) in Australia, including two new species from Queensland's Wet Tropics bioregion," 2022, Austrobaileya A Journal of Plant Systematics

William E. Cooper has contributed to notable coauthored works alongside:

  • Bryan C. Pijanowski
  • Stuart H. Gage
  • David T. Long
  • Enrique Santoyo-Brito
  • Herman Núñez

These collaborations are reflected in publications appearing in journals such as:

  • Herpetologica
  • CURRENT RESEARCH JOURNAL OF PEDAGOGICS
  • Current Zoology
  • Austrobaileya A Journal of Plant Systematics
  • Thorax

William E. Cooper was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1960.

Best Publications

  • Habitat structural complexity and the interaction between bluegills and their prey

    Larry B. Crowder;William E. Cooper

  • Optimal flight initiation distance

    William E. Cooper;William G. Frederick

  • Chemical discrimination by tongue-flicking in lizards: A review with hypotheses on its origin and its ecological and phylogenetic relationships

    William E. Cooper

  • History and the global ecology of squamate reptiles

    Laurie J. Vitt;Eric R. Pianka;William E. Cooper;Kurt Schwenk

  • Distribution, extent, and evolution of plant consumption by lizards

    William E. Cooper;Laurie J. Vitt

  • The evolution of sexual dimorphism in the skink Eumeces laticeps: an example of sexual selection

    Laurie J. Vitt;William E. Cooper

  • Foraging mode, prey chemical discrimination, and phylogeny in lizards

    William E. Cooper

  • Locomotor impairment and defense in gravid lizards (Eumeces laticeps): behavioral shift in activity may offset costs of reproduction in an active forager

    William E. Cooper;Laurie J. Vitt;Richard Hedges;Raymond B. Huey

  • A comparative analysis of scoring methods for chemical discrimination of prey by squamate reptiles.

    William E. Cooper;Gordon M. Burghardt

  • Tail loss, tail color, and predator escape in Eumeces (Lacertilia: Scincidae): age-specific differences in costs and benefits

    Laurie J. Vitt;William E. Cooper

  • Tradeoffs between courtship, fighting, and antipredatory behavior by a lizard, Eumeces laticeps

    W. E. Cooper

  • Female mate choice of large male broad-headed skinks

    William E. Cooper;Laurie J. Vitt

  • ESCAPE BY A REFUGING PREY, THE BROAD-HEADED SKINK (EUMECES LATICEPS)

    William E. Cooper

  • Threat Factors Affecting Antipredatory Behavior in the Broad-Headed Skink (Eumeces laticeps): Repeated Approach, Change in Predator Path, and Predator's Field of View

    William E. Cooper

  • Escaping From Predators: An Integrative View of Escape Decisions

    William E. Cooper Jr.;Daniel T. Blumstein

  • Fifty years of chasing lizards: new insights advance optimal escape theory

    Diogo S. M. Samia;Daniel T. Blumstein;Theodore Stankowich;William E. Cooper

  • Sexual Dimorphism of Head and Body Size in an Iguanid Lizard: Paradoxical Results

    William E. Cooper;Laurie J. Vitt

  • Correlated evolution of prey chemical discrimination with foraging, lingual morphology and vomeronasal chemoreceptor abundance in lizards

    William E. Cooper

  • TRADEOFFS BETWEEN PREDATION RISK AND FEEDING IN A LIZARD, THE BROAD-HEADED SKINK (EUMECES LATICEPS)

    William E. Cooper

  • Social significance of ventrolateral coloration in the fence lizard, Sceloporus undulatus

    William E. Cooper;Nina Burns

  • Conspecific odor detection by the male broad‐headed skink, Eumeces laticeps: Effects of sex and site of odor source and of male reproductive condition

    William E. Cooper;Laurie J. Vitt

Frequent Co-Authors

Laurie J. Vitt
Laurie J. Vitt University of Oklahoma
Valentín Pérez-Mellado
Valentín Pérez-Mellado University of Salamanca
Janalee P. Caldwell
Janalee P. Caldwell University of Oklahoma
Martin J. Whiting
Martin J. Whiting Macquarie University
Daniel T. Blumstein
Daniel T. Blumstein University of California, Los Angeles
Gordon M. Burghardt
Gordon M. Burghardt University of Tennessee at Knoxville
José Martín
José Martín Spanish National Research Council
Pilar López
Pilar López Spanish National Research Council
Stanley F. Fox
Stanley F. Fox Oklahoma State University
David Crews
David Crews The University of Texas at Austin

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