Rayna C. Bell

1.9k total citations
51 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Rayna C. Bell is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Rayna C. Bell has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 20 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 18 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Rayna C. Bell's work include Amphibian and Reptile Biology (37 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (16 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (15 papers). Rayna C. Bell is often cited by papers focused on Amphibian and Reptile Biology (37 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (16 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (15 papers). Rayna C. Bell collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Portugal. Rayna C. Bell's co-authors include Kelly R. Zamudio, Nicholas A. Mason, Craig Moritz, Stephen E. Williams, Jason B. MacKenzie, Matthew K. Fujita, Robert C. Drewes, Molly C. Womack, Célio F. B. Haddad and Václav Gvoždík and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The American Naturalist and Global Change Biology.

In The Last Decade

Rayna C. Bell

46 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Rayna C. Bell United States 17 583 445 408 326 241 51 1.0k
Catherine R. Darst United States 10 567 1.0× 548 1.2× 372 0.9× 213 0.7× 210 0.9× 13 1.1k
Jia‐Tang Li China 18 631 1.1× 344 0.8× 461 1.1× 359 1.1× 216 0.9× 71 1.1k
Marco A. L. Zuffi Italy 21 793 1.4× 600 1.3× 407 1.0× 277 0.8× 419 1.7× 124 1.3k
Ines Van Bocxlaer Belgium 17 696 1.2× 399 0.9× 314 0.8× 237 0.7× 126 0.5× 22 964
Kanto Nishikawa Japan 21 1.1k 1.9× 403 0.9× 712 1.7× 404 1.2× 345 1.4× 158 1.4k
Václav Gvoždík Czechia 23 876 1.5× 339 0.8× 705 1.7× 528 1.6× 337 1.4× 71 1.3k
Ermi Zhao China 17 1.0k 1.8× 393 0.9× 574 1.4× 343 1.1× 297 1.2× 63 1.4k
Matthew E. Gifford United States 14 436 0.7× 497 1.1× 316 0.8× 247 0.8× 413 1.7× 49 981
Joan Garcia‐Porta Spain 18 344 0.6× 299 0.7× 258 0.6× 217 0.7× 201 0.8× 35 758
Caitlin A. Kuczynski United States 15 846 1.5× 475 1.1× 564 1.4× 275 0.8× 224 0.9× 17 1.5k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rayna C. Bell

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Gilbert, Neil A., Rayna C. Bell, Alessandro Catenazzi, et al.. (2025). Reproductive habitat mismatch influences chytrid infection dynamics in a tropical amphibian community. Global Ecology and Conservation. 60. e03599–e03599.
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McLaughlin, Patrick J., et al.. (2024). Diversity and distribution of reed frogs (Hyperolius spp.) on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea. Herpetological Bulletin. 34(4). 211–220.
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Rivera, Danielle, James Henderson, Athena Lam, et al.. (2024). High-Quality, Chromosome-Level Reference Genomes of the Viviparous Caribbean Skinks Spondylurus nitidus and S. culebrae. Genome Biology and Evolution. 16(5).
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Myers, Edward A., Kevin P. Mulder, Danielle Rivera, et al.. (2024). Population divergence in co-distributed Caribbean landfrogs (Eleutherodactylidae: Eleutherodactylus) along the Soufrière volcanic slope of Guadeloupe Island, Lesser Antilles. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 202(4).
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McLaughlin, Patrick J., et al.. (2023). Fungal pathogen infection intensity associated with reproductive mode and elevation in an afrotropical anuran community. Herpetological Journal. 33(4). 103–110. 1 indexed citations
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Streicher, Jeffrey W., David J. Gower, Ryan K. Schott, et al.. (2022). Diversity and evolution of amphibian pupil shapes. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 137(3). 434–449. 5 indexed citations
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Womack, Molly C., David J. Gower, Jeffrey W. Streicher, et al.. (2022). Ocular lens morphology is influenced by ecology and metamorphosis in frogs and toads. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 289(1987). 20220767–20220767. 8 indexed citations
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Schott, Ryan K., Rayna C. Bell, Ellis R. Loew, et al.. (2022). Transcriptomic evidence for visual adaptation during the aquatic to terrestrial metamorphosis in leopard frogs. BMC Biology. 20(1). 138–138. 12 indexed citations
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Robertson, Jeanne M., Rayna C. Bell, & Ellis R. Loew. (2022). Vision in dim light and the evolution of color pattern in a crepuscular/nocturnal frog. Evolutionary Ecology. 36(3). 355–371. 10 indexed citations
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Streicher, Jeffrey W., et al.. (2021). Eye‐body allometry across biphasic ontogeny in anuran amphibians. Evolutionary Ecology. 35(2). 337–359. 14 indexed citations
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Mulder, Kevin P., et al.. (2021). Independent evolutionary transitions to pueriparity across multiple timescales in the viviparous genus Salamandra. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 167. 107347–107347. 8 indexed citations
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O’Connell, Kyle A., Kevin P. Mulder, Addison H. Wynn, Kevin de Queiroz, & Rayna C. Bell. (2021). Genomic library preparation and hybridization capture of formalin‐fixed tissues and allozyme supernatant for population genomics and considerations for combining capture‐ and RADseq‐based single nucleotide polymorphism data sets. Molecular Ecology Resources. 22(2). 487–502. 14 indexed citations
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Womack, Molly C. & Rayna C. Bell. (2020). Two‐hundred million years of anuran body‐size evolution in relation to geography, ecology and life history. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 33(10). 1417–1432. 31 indexed citations
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Leaché, Adam D., Daniel M. Portik, Danielle Rivera, et al.. (2019). Exploring rain forest diversification using demographic model testing in the African foam‐nest treefrog Chiromantis rufescens. Journal of Biogeography. 46(12). 2706–2721. 30 indexed citations
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Bell, Rayna C., et al.. (2017). Evolution of advertisement calls in an island radiation of African reed frogs. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 123(1). 1–11. 13 indexed citations
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Bell, Rayna C., Robert C. Drewes, Alan Channing, et al.. (2014). Overseas dispersal of Hyperolius reed frogs from Central Africa to the oceanic islands of São Tomé and Príncipe. Journal of Biogeography. 42(1). 65–75. 40 indexed citations
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Barej, Michael F., Mark‐Oliver Rödel, Simon P. Loader, et al.. (2013). Light shines through the spindrift – Phylogeny of African torrent frogs (Amphibia, Anura, Petropedetidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 71. 261–273. 19 indexed citations
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Bell, Rayna C., Cínthia A. Brasileiro, Célio F. B. Haddad, & Kelly R. Zamudio. (2012). Evolutionary history of Scinax treefrogs on land‐bridge islands in south‐eastern Brazil. Journal of Biogeography. 39(9). 1733–1742. 22 indexed citations
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Bell, Rayna C., et al.. (2011). High Prevalence of the Amphibian Chytrid Pathogen in Gabon. EcoHealth. 8(1). 116–120. 18 indexed citations
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Bell, Rayna C., Juan L. Parra, Maria A. Tonione, et al.. (2010). Patterns of persistence and isolation indicate resilience to climate change in montane rainforest lizards. Molecular Ecology. 19(12). no–no. 81 indexed citations

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