Alexander Weigand

3.6k total citations
79 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Alexander Weigand is a scholar working on Ecology, Molecular Biology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexander Weigand has authored 79 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Ecology, 17 papers in Molecular Biology and 15 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Alexander Weigand's work include Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies (26 papers), Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior (20 papers) and Mollusks and Parasites Studies (10 papers). Alexander Weigand is often cited by papers focused on Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies (26 papers), Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior (20 papers) and Mollusks and Parasites Studies (10 papers). Alexander Weigand collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Luxembourg and United Kingdom. Alexander Weigand's co-authors include Morteza Gharib, Annette Klussmann‐Kolb, Markus Pfenninger, Florian Leese, Adrienne Jochum, Jan‐Niklas Macher, Daniel Grabner, Martina Weiss, Pedro Romero and Hannah Weigand and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Journal of Fluid Mechanics.

In The Last Decade

Alexander Weigand

75 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alexander Weigand Germany 19 594 204 201 197 185 79 1.1k
Corey Devin Anderson United States 10 474 0.8× 30 0.1× 271 1.3× 72 0.4× 115 0.6× 24 1.1k
Youhua Chen China 16 439 0.7× 51 0.3× 154 0.8× 26 0.1× 161 0.9× 71 1.1k
António M. Santos Portugal 25 879 1.5× 16 0.1× 157 0.8× 91 0.5× 180 1.0× 60 2.0k
Francesco Carrara Switzerland 18 567 1.0× 15 0.1× 263 1.3× 35 0.2× 287 1.6× 27 1.4k
Ana Trakhtenbrot Israel 11 774 1.3× 10 0.0× 658 3.3× 97 0.5× 97 0.5× 12 1.6k
N. L. McKenzie Australia 19 1.2k 2.0× 16 0.1× 613 3.0× 51 0.3× 39 0.2× 47 1.6k
Henry Charnock United Kingdom 9 400 0.7× 6 0.0× 163 0.8× 75 0.4× 286 1.5× 17 1.2k
Kathryn A. Dickson United States 23 992 1.7× 28 0.1× 152 0.8× 8 0.0× 106 0.6× 38 1.7k
Alain Butet France 15 304 0.5× 45 0.2× 237 1.2× 145 0.7× 8 0.0× 23 863
Luis F. De León United States 22 642 1.1× 5 0.0× 383 1.9× 52 0.3× 149 0.8× 74 1.6k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alexander Weigand

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Weber, Dieter, Traian Brad, & Alexander Weigand. (2025). Water diviners described: six new species of the Niphargus aquilex (Crustacea, Amphipoda) complex. European Journal of Taxonomy. 1011. 1–79.
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Schaffner, Francis & Alexander Weigand. (2025). Phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) found widespread but at low densities in Luxembourg. 1–11. 1 indexed citations
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Bender, Catherine A., Adolfo Ibáñez‐Justicia, Rey Donne S. Papa, et al.. (2024). A survey of Phlebotomine sand flies across their northern distribution range limit in Western Europe. Rivm Repository (Netherlands National Institute for Public Health and the Environment). 42(2). 105–115. 4 indexed citations
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Tapolczai, Kálmán, et al.. (2024). Molecular metrics to monitor ecological status of large rivers: Implementation of diatom DNA metabarcoding in the Joint Danube Survey 4. Ecological Indicators. 160. 111883–111883. 4 indexed citations
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Eickermann, Michael, et al.. (2024). Genetic connectivity is maintained in two insect pollinators across a human‐altered landscape. Insect Conservation and Diversity. 17(4). 601–615. 2 indexed citations
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Weigand, Alexander, et al.. (2023). Tick findings from subterranean environments in the Central German Uplands and Luxembourg reveal a predominance of male Ixodes hexagonus. Experimental and Applied Acarology. 89(3-4). 461–473. 2 indexed citations
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Frantz, Alain C., Alexander Weigand, Daan Dekeukeleire, et al.. (2022). Conservation by trans-border cooperation: population genetic structure and diversity of geoffroy’s bat (Myotis emarginatus) at its north-western european range edge. Biodiversity and Conservation. 31(3). 925–948. 4 indexed citations
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Burger, Hannah, et al.. (2022). Double-blind validation of alternative wild bee identification techniques: DNA metabarcoding and in vivo determination in the field. Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 93. 189–214. 10 indexed citations
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Weber, Dieter, Jean‐François Flot, Alain C. Frantz, & Alexander Weigand. (2022). Molecular analyses of groundwater amphipods (Crustacea: Niphargidae) from Luxembourg: new species reveal limitations of morphology-based checklists. Zootaxa. 5222(6). 501–533. 4 indexed citations
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Weigand, Alexander, et al.. (2022). A metabarcoding framework for wild bee assessment in Luxembourg. Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 94. 215–246. 3 indexed citations
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Beermann, Arne J., et al.. (2021). New insights into Danube’s macroinvertebrate communities from DNA metabarcoding as part of the Joint Danube Survey 4 (JDS4). Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 4. 1 indexed citations
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Leese, Florian, et al.. (2021). Welcome to DNAQUA2021 International Conference. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 4. 1 indexed citations
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Weigand, Alexander, Agnès Bouchez, Pieter Boets, et al.. (2019). Taming the Wild West of Molecular Tools Application in Aquatic Research and Biomonitoring. Biodiversity Information Science and Standards. 3. 3 indexed citations
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Mergen, Patricia, Kristian Meissner, Daniel Hering, et al.. (2018). DNAqua-Net or how to navigate on the stormy waters of standards and legislations. Biodiversity Information Science and Standards. 2. e25953–e25953. 3 indexed citations
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Macher, Jan‐Niklas, Vera Zizka, Alexander Weigand, & Florian Leese. (2017). A simple centrifugation protocol for metagenomic studies increases mitochondrial DNA yield by two orders of magnitude. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 9(4). 1070–1074. 9 indexed citations
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Leese, Florian, Dirk Steinke, Alexander Weigand, & Lyubomir Penev. (2017). Ready for the deluge! Introducing the new Metabarcoding and Metagenomics (MBMG) journal. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1. 1 indexed citations
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Weiss, Martina, Hannah Weigand, Alexander Weigand, & Florian Leese. (2017). Genome‐wide single‐nucleotide polymorphism data reveal cryptic species within cryptic freshwater snail species—The case of the Ancylus fluviatilis species complex. Ecology and Evolution. 8(2). 1063–1072. 31 indexed citations
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Weigand, Alexander. (1993). The Response of a Vortex Ring to a Transient, Spatial Cut. PhDT. 16 indexed citations

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