Joel G. Kingsolver

21.3k total citations · 6 hit papers
183 papers, 15.4k citations indexed

About

Joel G. Kingsolver is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Joel G. Kingsolver has authored 183 papers receiving a total of 15.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 114 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 101 papers in Genetics and 81 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Joel G. Kingsolver's work include Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (76 papers), Plant and animal studies (67 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (64 papers). Joel G. Kingsolver is often cited by papers focused on Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (76 papers), Plant and animal studies (67 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (64 papers). Joel G. Kingsolver collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Australia. Joel G. Kingsolver's co-authors include Raymond B. Huey, Lauren B. Buckley, Sarah E. Diamond, David W. Pfennig, H. Arthur Woods, Jonathan M. Hoekstra, Peter Beerli, Christopher E. Hill, David Berrigan and Sacha Vignieri and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Joel G. Kingsolver

179 papers receiving 14.8k citations

Hit Papers

The Strength of Phenotypic Selection in Natural Populations 1989 2026 2001 2013 2001 1989 2011 2015 2017 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. The Strength of Phenotypic Selection in Natural Populations
    2001 1.5k citations Joel G. Kingsolver et al. The American Naturalist profile →
  2. Evolution of thermal sensitivity of ectotherm performance
    1989 1.0k citations Joel G. Kingsolver et al. profile →
  3. Complex Life Cycles and the Responses of Insects to Climate Change
    2011 440 citations Joel G. Kingsolver, H. Arthur Woods et al. Integrative and Comparative Biology profile →
  4. Constraints on the evolution of phenotypic plasticity: limits and costs of phenotype and plasticity
    2015 415 citations Joel G. Kingsolver, David W. Pfennig et al. profile →
  5. Precipitation drives global variation in natural selection
    2017 266 citations Adam M. Siepielski, Michael B. Morrissey et al. Science profile →
  6. Size, temperature, and fitness: three rules
    2021 231 citations Joel G. Kingsolver et al. Evolutionary ecology research profile →

Peers

Joel G. Kingsolver
Cameron K. Ghalambor United States
Roger K. Butlin United Kingdom
Derek A. Roff Canada
Michael J. Angilletta United States
Volker Loeschcke Denmark
Ward C. Wheeler United States
Carla M. Sgrò Australia
John A. Endler Australia
Stevan J. Arnold United States
Michael Kearney Australia
Cameron K. Ghalambor United States
Joel G. Kingsolver
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Willett, Christopher S., et al.. (2025). Prior heat waves improve survival of field but not domesticated populations of tobacco hornworm exposed to repeated bacterial infections. Functional Ecology. 39(3). 711–722. 1 indexed citations
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Kingsolver, Joel G., et al.. (2023). Predicting age and mass at maturity from feeding behavior and diet in Manduca sexta: An empirical test of a life history model. Ecology and Evolution. 13(2). e9848–e9848. 2 indexed citations
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Kingsolver, Joel G., et al.. (2023). Population divergence in nutrient-temperature interactions in Pieris rapae. Frontiers in Insect Science. 3. 1237624–1237624. 1 indexed citations
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Woods, H. Arthur, et al.. (2022). Climate‐driven thermal opportunities and risks for leaf miners in aspen canopies. Ecological Monographs. 92(4). 12 indexed citations
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Zhang, Jin, Zhiqiang Wei, Ian W. Keesey, et al.. (2022). Competing beetles attract egg laying in a hawkmoth. Current Biology. 32(4). 861–869.e8. 30 indexed citations
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Kingsolver, Joel G., et al.. (2020). Growth, stress, and acclimation responses to fluctuating temperatures in field and domesticated populations of Manduca sexta. Ecology and Evolution. 10(24). 13980–13989. 11 indexed citations
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Siepielski, Adam M., Michael B. Morrissey, Stephanie M. Carlson, et al.. (2019). No evidence that warmer temperatures are associated with selection for smaller body sizes. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 286(1907). 20191332–20191332. 35 indexed citations
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Woods, H. Arthur, Joel G. Kingsolver, Samuel B. Fey, & David A. Vasseur. (2018). Uncertainty in geographical estimates of performance and fitness. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 9(9). 1996–2008. 10 indexed citations
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Siepielski, Adam M., Michael B. Morrissey, Mathieu Buoro, et al.. (2017). Precipitation drives global variation in natural selection. Science. 355(6328). 959–962. 266 indexed citations breakdown →
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Knies, Jennifer L. & Joel G. Kingsolver. (2010). Erroneous Arrhenius: Modified Arrhenius Model Best Explains the Temperature Dependence of Ectotherm Fitness. The American Naturalist. 176(2). 227–233. 87 indexed citations
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Knies, Jennifer L., Joel G. Kingsolver, & Christina L. Burch. (2009). Hotter Is Better and Broader: Thermal Sensitivity of Fitness in a Population of Bacteriophages. The American Naturalist. 173(4). 419–430. 109 indexed citations
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Angilletta, Michael J., E. Ashley Steel, Krista K. Bartz, et al.. (2008). Big dams and salmon evolution: changes in thermal regimes and their potential evolutionary consequences. Evolutionary Applications. 1(2). 286–299. 92 indexed citations
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Kingsolver, Joel G., et al.. (2007). Rapid population divergence in thermal reaction norms for an invading species: breaking the temperature–size rule. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 20(3). 892–900. 92 indexed citations
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Kingsolver, Joel G. & David W. Pfennig. (2004). INDIVIDUAL-LEVEL SELECTION AS A CAUSE OF COPE'S RULE OF PHYLETIC SIZE INCREASE. Evolution. 58(7). 1608–1612. 278 indexed citations
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Kingsolver, Joel G.. (2004). Plasticity of Size and Growth in Fluctuating Thermal Environments: Comparing Reaction Norms and Performance Curves. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 44(6). 450–460. 95 indexed citations
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Srygley, Robert B. & Joel G. Kingsolver. (2000). Effects of weight loading on flight performance and survival of palatable Neotropical Anartia fatima butterflies. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 70(4). 707–725. 53 indexed citations
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Kingsolver, Joel G. & Robert B. Srygley. (2000). Experimental analyses of body size, flight and survival in pierid butterflies.. Evolutionary ecology research. 2(5). 593–612. 31 indexed citations
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Kingsolver, Joel G.. (1987). Predation, thermoregulation, and wing color in pierid butterflies. Oecologia. 73(2). 301–306. 26 indexed citations
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Kingsolver, Joel G.. (1985). Butterfly thermoregulation: organismic mechanisms and population consequences. Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera. 24(1). 1–20. 43 indexed citations
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