2017 E&ERC RESEARCH EXCELLENCE AWARDS
Published on the 06 Mar 2018
Congratulations to all the nominees and winners of the 2017 Research Excellence Awards
POSTGRADUATE AWARDS:
- Outstanding Evolution & Ecology (Postgraduate) Researcher: Kobe Martin
- Outstanding Evolution & Ecology Student Paper: Amy Hooper
Hooper, A.K., Lehtonen, J., Schwanz, L. and Bonduriansky, R. 2018. Sexual competition and the evolution of condition-dependent ageing. Evolution Letters (in press).
RUNNER UP: Nathan Burke
Burke, NW & Bonduriansky, R. 2017. Sexual Conflict, Facultative Asexuality, and the True Paradox of Sex. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 32(9):646-652
- Outstanding Outreach and Communication: Claire Brandenburger
E&ERC RESEARCH PAPER AWARDS:
- Citation Classic Award: Shinichi Nakagawa
Nakagawa, S & Schielzeth, H (2013) A general and simple method for obtaining R2 from generalized linear mixed-effects models. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 4:133-142
658 cites in 2017
- E&ERC Impact Paper Award: Bill Sherwin
Sherwin WB, Chao A, Jost L, Smouse PE. 2017. Information Theory Broadens the Spectrum of Molecular Ecology and Evolution. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 32(12):948 - 963
2016 impact factors: 1-yr 15.268; 5-yr 18.35
ranking within discipline ‘Evolutionary Biology’ 1/48
ranking within discipline ‘Ecology’ 1/153
RUNNER UP: Alistair Poore - Poore, AGB, ST Ahyong, JK Lowry and EE Sotka. 2017. Plant feeding is associated with high species richness in the Crustacea. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA. 114: 8829–8834.
Impact factor (2016): 9.661
Rank in discipline: 4th of 64 journals in Multidisciplinary sciences
A* in ERA classification
- Significant collaboration Award: Mariana Mayer-Pinto
Mayer-Pinto, M; Johnston, EL; Bugnot, A; Glasby, TM; Airoldi, L; Mitchell, A; Dafforn, KA (2017). Building ‘blue’: an eco-engineering framework for foreshore developments.Journal of Environmental Management 189: 109-114.
- E&ERC Supervisor Excellence Award: Jason Everett and Tracey Rogers
UNDERGRADUATE AWARDS:
- Outstanding student in Ecology: Cassandra Murphy
- Outstanding student in Evolution: Marissa Baptista