Alexei A. Maklakov

6.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
110 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Alexei A. Maklakov is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics and Aging. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexei A. Maklakov has authored 110 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 53 papers in Genetics and 45 papers in Aging. Recurrent topics in Alexei A. Maklakov's work include Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (45 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (42 papers) and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (40 papers). Alexei A. Maklakov is often cited by papers focused on Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (45 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (42 papers) and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (40 papers). Alexei A. Maklakov collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United Kingdom and Australia. Alexei A. Maklakov's co-authors include Russell Bonduriansky, Robert C. Brooks, Felix Zajitschek, Simone Immler, Göran Arnqvist, Yael Lubin, Trine Bilde, Niclas Kolm, Virpi Lummaa and Urban Friberg and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Alexei A. Maklakov

105 papers receiving 4.5k citations

Hit Papers

Artificial Selection on Relative Brain Size in the Guppy ... 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 100 200 300
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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. Artificial Selection on Relative Brain Size in the Guppy Reveals Costs and Benefits of Evolving a Larger Brain
    2013 350 citations Simone Immler, Alexei A. Maklakov et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alexei A. Maklakov Sweden 38 2.8k 1.7k 1.1k 864 818 110 4.6k
Kimberly A. Hughes United States 36 2.6k 1.0× 2.7k 1.6× 1.1k 0.9× 651 0.8× 999 1.2× 80 5.1k
Russell Bonduriansky Australia 43 4.9k 1.8× 3.5k 2.0× 2.0k 1.8× 587 0.7× 1.5k 1.8× 124 8.0k
Marla B. Sokolowski Canada 48 2.5k 0.9× 2.6k 1.5× 1.1k 0.9× 501 0.6× 1.7k 2.1× 156 6.9k
Thomas Flatt Switzerland 41 1.7k 0.6× 2.2k 1.3× 1.2k 1.1× 1.1k 1.3× 1.4k 1.7× 86 5.7k
Adam K. Chippindale Canada 34 2.7k 1.0× 2.6k 1.5× 1.4k 1.2× 836 1.0× 1.0k 1.3× 49 4.9k
Jonathan D. Blount United Kingdom 41 4.1k 1.5× 625 0.4× 3.2k 2.8× 339 0.4× 480 0.6× 107 6.8k
Phillip W. Taylor Australia 40 2.8k 1.0× 1.3k 0.8× 1.1k 0.9× 384 0.4× 3.6k 4.4× 192 5.9k
Damian K. Dowling Australia 33 1.2k 0.4× 1.5k 0.9× 1.3k 1.1× 466 0.5× 687 0.8× 99 4.1k
Craig A. Walling United Kingdom 27 1.6k 0.6× 1.0k 0.6× 908 0.8× 177 0.2× 294 0.4× 52 2.6k
J. U. M. Jarvis South Africa 42 2.4k 0.9× 1000 0.6× 3.4k 3.0× 288 0.3× 182 0.2× 98 5.7k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Vasudeva, Ramakrishnan, et al.. (2025). Short experimental heatwaves have sublethal impacts on male reproduction in a model insect. Journal of Experimental Biology. 228(15).
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Immler, Simone, et al.. (2025). Selection on the epigenome: small RNA inheritance in animal evolution. Trends in Genetics. 41(9). 804–816. 1 indexed citations
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Lind, Martin I., et al.. (2024). Sex‐specific growth and lifespan effects of germline removal in the dioecious nematode Caenorhabditis remanei. Aging Cell. 23(11). e14290–e14290. 5 indexed citations
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Murray, David, et al.. (2023). Fasting increases investment in soma upon refeeding at the cost of gamete quality in zebrafish. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 290(1996). 20221556–20221556. 2 indexed citations
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Ahmad, Rizwan, Ignacio Pérez‐Victoria, Jesús Martı́n, et al.. (2022). Euglenatides, Potent Antiproliferative Cyclic Peptides Isolated from the Freshwater Photosynthetic Microalga Euglena gracilis. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 61(23). e202203175–e202203175. 15 indexed citations
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Ahmad, Rizwan, Ignacio Pérez‐Victoria, Jesús Martı́n, et al.. (2022). Euglenatides, Potent Antiproliferative Cyclic Peptides Isolated from the Freshwater Photosynthetic Microalga Euglena gracilis. Angewandte Chemie. 134(23). 1 indexed citations
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Lind, Martin I., et al.. (2021). Cost-free lifespan extension via optimization of gene expression in adulthood aligns with the developmental theory of ageing. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 288(1944). 20201728–20201728. 13 indexed citations
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Maklakov, Alexei A., et al.. (2021). Inbreeding reduces fitness of seed beetles under thermal stress. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 34(9). 1386–1396. 4 indexed citations
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Sales, Kris, et al.. (2021). Transgenerational fitness effects of lifespan extension by dietary restriction in Caenorhabditis elegans. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 288(1950). 20210701–20210701. 16 indexed citations
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Kolm, Niclas, et al.. (2020). Long life evolves in large‐brained bird lineages*. Evolution. 74(12). 2617–2628. 34 indexed citations
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Mautz, Brian S., Martin I. Lind, & Alexei A. Maklakov. (2019). Dietary Restriction Improves Fitness of Aging Parents But Reduces Fitness of Their Offspring in Nematodes. The Journals of Gerontology Series A. 75(5). 843–848. 13 indexed citations
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Maklakov, Alexei A., et al.. (2019). Selection for longer lived sperm within ejaculate reduces reproductive ageing in offspring. Evolution Letters. 3(2). 198–206. 15 indexed citations
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Spagopoulou, Foteini, et al.. (2019). Parental breeding age effects on descendants’ longevity interact over 2 generations in matrilines and patrilines. PLoS Biology. 17(11). e3000556–e3000556. 28 indexed citations
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Maklakov, Alexei A., et al.. (2017). Antagonistically pleiotropic allele increases lifespan and late-life reproduction at the cost of early-life reproduction and individual fitness. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 284(1856). 20170376–20170376. 26 indexed citations
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Berger, David, Karl Grieshop, Martin I. Lind, et al.. (2014). INTRALOCUS SEXUAL CONFLICT AND ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS. Evolution. 68(8). n/a–n/a. 96 indexed citations
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Maklakov, Alexei A. & Virpi Lummaa. (2013). Evolution of sex differences in lifespan and aging: Causes and constraints. BioEssays. 35(8). 717–724. 177 indexed citations
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Maklakov, Alexei A., Simone Immler, Alejandro González‐Voyer, Johanna Rönn, & Niclas Kolm. (2011). Brains and the city: big-brained passerine birds succeed in urban environments. Biology Letters. 7(5). 730–732. 127 indexed citations
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Maklakov, Alexei A., Natacha Kremer, & Göran Arnqvist. (2005). Adaptive male effects on female ageing in seed beetles. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 272(1580). 2485–2489. 32 indexed citations

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