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William E. Duellman

William E. Duellman

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
51
Citations
25508
World Ranking
3527
National Ranking
1235

William E. Duellman 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 William E. Duellman sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 201 publications — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

William E. Duellman 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. Duellman sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

William E. Duellman is affiliated with the University of Kansas in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focused on Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Environmental Science. These broad areas include various subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Genetics, Molecular Biology, and Ecological Modeling.

The main topics of their work encompass Amphibian and Reptile Biology, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Genetic Diversity and Population Structure, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, and Species Distribution and Climate Change.

The scientist's recent academic contributions include two notable papers:

  • "A new vine snake (Reptilia, Colubridae, Oxybelis) from Peru and redescription of O. acuminatus," published in 2021 in Evolutionary Systematics
  • "Filtration of Gene Trees From 9,000 Exons, Introns, and UCEs Disentangles Conflicting Phylogenomic Relationships in Tree Frogs (Hylidae)," published in 2023 in Genome Biology and Evolution

William E. Duellman collaborates frequently with other researchers, including Carl R. Hutter, Robert C. Jadin, Michael J. Jowers, Sarah A. Orlofske, and Christopher Blair.

The scientist's publications have appeared primarily in the journals Genome Biology and Evolution and Evolutionary Systematics, each venue featuring at least one of their published studies.

Best Publications

  • Biology of Amphibians

    William Edward Duellman;Linda Trueb

  • Biology of Amphibians

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  • The hylid frogs of Middle America

    William Edward Duellman

  • New World direct-developing frogs (Anura: Terrarana): Molecular phylogeny, classification, biogeography, and conservation

    S. Blair Hedges;William E. Duellman;Matthew P. Heinicke

  • The Biology of an Equatorial Herpetofauna in Amazonian Ecuador

    William Edward Duellman

  • Amphibian species of the world

    William Edward Duellman

  • Major Caribbean and Central American frog faunas originated by ancient oceanic dispersal

    Matthew P. Heinicke;William E. Duellman;S. Blair Hedges

  • Patterns of Distribution of Amphibians: A Global Perspective

    William Edward Duellman

  • Frogs of the genus Eleutherodactylus (Leptodactylidae) in western Ecuador: systematics, ecology, and biogeography

    John D. Lynch;William E. Duellman

  • Phylogenetics, classification, and biogeography of the treefrogs (Amphibia: Anura: Arboranae)

    William E. Duellman;Angela B. Marion;S. Blair Hedges

  • Acoustic Resource Partitioning in Anuran Communities

    William E. Duellman;Rebecca A. Pyles

  • Terrestrial-Breeding Frogs (Strabomantidae) in Peru

    Edgar Lehr;William Edward Duellman

  • Population Decline of the Jambato Toad Atelopus ignescens (Anura: Bufonidae) in the Andes of Ecuador

    Santiago R. Ron;William E. Duellman;Luis A. Coloma;Martín R. Bustamante

  • HYLID FROGS OF MIDDLE AMERICA

    David B. Wake;W. E. Duellman

  • Amphibian Species of the World: Additions and Corrections

    William Edward Duellman

  • Cusco Amazónico: The Lives of Amphibians and Reptiles in an Amazonian Rainforest

    William Edward Duellman

  • Patterns of Species Diversity in Anuran Amphibians in the American Tropics

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  • Amphibians and reptiles from northern Departamento Loreto, Peru: Taxonomy and biogeography

    William E. Duellman;Joseph R. Mendelson

  • Guide to the Frogs of the Iquitos Region, Amazonian Peru

    Lily O. Rodríguez;William Edward Duellman

  • A new frog family (Anura: Terrarana) from South America and an expanded direct-developing clade revealed by molecular phylogeny

    Matthew P Heinicke;William E Duellman;Linda Trueb;D Bruce Means

  • The South American Herpetofauna: Its Origin, Evolution, and Dispersal

    William E. Duellman

  • Loss and re-evolution of complex life cycles in marsupial frogs: does ancestral trait reconstruction mislead?

    John J. Wiens;Caitlin A. Kuczynski;William E. Duellman;Tod W. Reeder

Frequent Co-Authors

S. Blair Hedges
S. Blair Hedges Temple University
Thomas Haaf
Thomas Haaf University of Würzburg
James P. Bogart
James P. Bogart University of Guelph
John J. Wiens
John J. Wiens University of Arizona
Juan M. Guayasamin
Juan M. Guayasamin Universidad San Francisco de Quito
Santiago R. Ron
Santiago R. Ron Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador
Indrajit Nanda
Indrajit Nanda University of Würzburg
David C. Blackburn
David C. Blackburn Florida Museum of Natural History
David B. Wake
David B. Wake University of California, Berkeley

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