Derek A. Roff

27.6k total citations · 8 hit papers
244 papers, 21.2k citations indexed

About

Derek A. Roff is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Derek A. Roff has authored 244 papers receiving a total of 21.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 154 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 104 papers in Genetics and 52 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Derek A. Roff's work include Animal Behavior and Reproduction (110 papers), Plant and animal studies (67 papers) and Orthoptera Research and Taxonomy (43 papers). Derek A. Roff is often cited by papers focused on Animal Behavior and Reproduction (110 papers), Plant and animal studies (67 papers) and Orthoptera Research and Taxonomy (43 papers). Derek A. Roff collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Finland. Derek A. Roff's co-authors include Timothy A. Mousseau, Daphne J. Fairbairn, Peter Crnokrak, Paul Bentzen, Markus J. Rantala, Catherine Potvin, Yves Carrière, Andrew M. Simons, Michael J. Bradford and Mattieu Bégin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Derek A. Roff

242 papers receiving 19.6k citations

Hit Papers

Life History, Evolution of 1986 2026 1999 2012 2001 1987 1997 1989 1999 500 1000 1.5k
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Life History, Evolution of
    2001 1.6k citations Derek A. Roff profile →
  2. Natural selection and the heritability of fitness components
    1987 1.3k citations Derek A. Roff et al. Heredity profile →
  3. Evolutionary Quantitative Genetics
    1997 881 citations Derek A. Roff profile →
  4. The statistical analysis of mitochondrial DNA polymorphisms: chi 2 and the problem of small samples.
    1989 778 citations Derek A. Roff et al. profile →
  5. Inbreeding depression in the wild
    1999 671 citations Derek A. Roff et al. Heredity profile →
  6. The evolution of trade‐offs: where are we?
    2006 511 citations Derek A. Roff, Daphne J. Fairbairn Journal of Evolutionary Biology profile →
  7. THE EVOLUTION OF WING DIMORPHISM IN INSECTS
    1986 467 citations Derek A. Roff Evolution profile →
  8. The Evolution of Flightlessness in Insects
    1990 451 citations Derek A. Roff profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Derek A. Roff Canada 70 11.4k 8.6k 6.4k 5.1k 3.4k 244 21.2k
Stephen C. Stearns United States 56 6.9k 0.6× 5.0k 0.6× 6.9k 1.1× 4.9k 1.0× 1.4k 0.4× 135 18.9k
John A. Endler Australia 64 18.8k 1.7× 8.9k 1.0× 8.4k 1.3× 5.9k 1.1× 1.5k 0.4× 186 28.5k
William R. Rice United States 57 13.2k 1.2× 17.8k 2.1× 9.0k 1.4× 6.3k 1.2× 3.4k 1.0× 117 31.5k
David N. Reznick United States 71 10.7k 0.9× 6.8k 0.8× 8.8k 1.4× 9.2k 1.8× 1.1k 0.3× 229 22.7k
Stevan J. Arnold United States 63 14.6k 1.3× 7.9k 0.9× 5.7k 0.9× 4.8k 0.9× 1.0k 0.3× 143 21.2k
Patrik Nosil United States 60 6.6k 0.6× 10.4k 1.2× 4.2k 0.7× 3.8k 0.7× 1.9k 0.5× 149 16.0k
Daniel I. Bolnick United States 56 6.9k 0.6× 5.7k 0.7× 9.5k 1.5× 6.2k 1.2× 1.1k 0.3× 165 19.2k
Alan R. Templeton United States 64 7.0k 0.6× 15.4k 1.8× 7.2k 1.1× 4.4k 0.9× 2.1k 0.6× 235 25.9k
Godfrey M. Hewitt United Kingdom 48 7.5k 0.7× 13.1k 1.5× 6.9k 1.1× 4.0k 0.8× 2.3k 0.7× 94 21.4k
Volker Loeschcke Denmark 66 5.0k 0.4× 8.6k 1.0× 9.8k 1.5× 2.5k 0.5× 3.8k 1.1× 404 18.5k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Dochtermann, Ned A., et al.. (2023). Drift on holey landscapes as a dominant evolutionary process. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(52). e2313282120–e2313282120. 2 indexed citations
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Roff, Derek A., et al.. (2017). The phenotypic correlates and quantitative genetics of masculinization in the rodent, Octodon degus. Heredity. 119(3). 136–141. 7 indexed citations
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Roff, Derek A. & Daphne J. Fairbairn. (2012). THE EVOLUTION OF TRADE-OFFS UNDER DIRECTIONAL AND CORRELATIONAL SELECTION. Evolution. 66(8). 2461–2474. 22 indexed citations
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Watanabe, Kenta, Yudai Nishide, Derek A. Roff, Jin Yoshimura, & Kikuo Iwabuchi. (2012). Environmental and genetic controls of soldier caste in a parasitic social wasp. Scientific Reports. 2(1). 729–729. 11 indexed citations
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Roff, Derek A. & Daphne J. Fairbairn. (2012). A TEST OF THE HYPOTHESIS THAT CORRELATIONAL SELECTION GENERATES GENETIC CORRELATIONS. Evolution. 66(9). 2953–2960. 73 indexed citations
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King, Elizabeth G., Derek A. Roff, & Daphne J. Fairbairn. (2011). THE EVOLUTIONARY GENETICS OF ACQUISITION AND ALLOCATION IN THE WING DIMORPHIC CRICKET, GRYLLUS FIRMUS. Evolution. 65(8). 2273–2285. 30 indexed citations
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Roff, Derek A.. (2009). Modeling Evolution an introduction to numerical methods. 23 indexed citations
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Sağlam, İsmail K., Derek A. Roff, & Daphne J. Fairbairn. (2008). Male sand crickets trade‐off flight capability for reproductive potential. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 21(4). 997–1004. 32 indexed citations
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Fox, Charles W., et al.. (2004). Evolutionary genetics of lifespan and mortality rates in two populations of the seed beetle, Callosobruchus maculatus. Heredity. 92(3). 170–181. 55 indexed citations
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Roff, Derek A. & Denis Réale. (2004). THE QUANTITATIVE GENETICS OF FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY: A COMPARISON OF TWO MODELS. Evolution. 58(1). 47–58. 16 indexed citations
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Roff, Derek A., et al.. (2003). Of rats and Maoris: a novel method for the analysis of patterns of extinction in the New Zealand avifauna before European contact. Evolutionary ecology research. 5(5). 759–779. 29 indexed citations
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Roff, Derek A.. (2003). Evolutionary quantitative genetics: Are we in danger of throwing out the baby with the bathwater?. Annales Zoologici Fennici. 40(4). 315–320. 7 indexed citations
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Stirling, Gray, Daphne J. Fairbairn, Shane T. Jensen, & Derek A. Roff. (2001). Does a negative genetic correlation between wing morph and early fecundity imply a functional constraint in Gryllus firmus. Evolutionary ecology research. 3(2). 157–177. 27 indexed citations
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Preziosi, Richard F. & Derek A. Roff. (1998). Evidence of genetic isolation between sexually monomorphic and sexually dimorphic traits in the water strider Aquarius remigis. Heredity. 81(1). 92–99. 7 indexed citations
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Roff, Derek A.. (1998). Effects of inbreeding on morphological and life history traits of the sand cricket, Gryllus firmus. Heredity. 81(1). 28–37. 3 indexed citations
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Roff, Derek A.. (1998). Effects of inbreeding on morphological and life history traits of the sand cricket, Gryllus firmus. Heredity. 81(1). 28–37. 107 indexed citations
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Roff, Derek A. & Andrew M. Simons. (1997). The quantitative genetics of wing dimorphism under laboratory and ‘field’ conditions in the cricket Gryllus pennsylvanicus. Heredity. 78(3). 235–240. 25 indexed citations
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Roff, Derek A. & Andrew M. Simons. (1997). The quantitative genetics of wing dimorphism under laboratory and ‘field’ conditions in the cricket Gryllus pennsylvanicus. Heredity. 78(3). 235–240. 4 indexed citations
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Roff, Derek A.. (1978). Size and survival in a stochastic environment. Oecologia. 36(2). 163–172. 6 indexed citations

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