Anders Hedenström

14.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
216 papers, 10.9k citations indexed

About

Anders Hedenström is a scholar working on Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Anders Hedenström has authored 216 papers receiving a total of 10.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 156 papers in Ecology, 115 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 78 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Anders Hedenström's work include Avian ecology and behavior (137 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (85 papers) and Biomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms (69 papers). Anders Hedenström is often cited by papers focused on Avian ecology and behavior (137 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (85 papers) and Biomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms (69 papers). Anders Hedenström collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United States and Germany. Anders Hedenström's co-authors include Thomas Alerstam, Susanne Åkesson, Lars Johansson, G. R. Spedding, Mikael Rosén, Florian T. Muijres, York Winter, Marta Wolf, Thomas P. Weber and Per Henningsson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Anders Hedenström

213 papers receiving 10.2k citations

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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.

Long‐distance migration: evolution and determinants

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Anders Hedenström Sweden	56	7.5k	5.0k	3.2k	1.9k	1.4k	216	10.9k
C. J. Pennycuick United Kingdom	40	4.0k 0.5×	2.4k 0.5×	2.0k 0.6×	883 0.5×	346 0.2×	85	5.7k
Thomas Alerstam Sweden	59	10.6k 1.4×	5.0k 1.0×	715 0.2×	2.2k 1.1×	2.5k 1.7×	191	12.0k
J. M. V. Rayner United Kingdom	32	3.2k 0.4×	3.2k 0.6×	1.3k 0.4×	659 0.3×	447 0.3×	53	5.7k
Robert Dudley United States	46	2.2k 0.3×	3.4k 0.7×	2.3k 0.7×	1.2k 0.6×	476 0.3×	157	7.6k
Rory P. Wilson United Kingdom	63	9.5k 1.3×	3.7k 0.7×	654 0.2×	3.9k 2.0×	712 0.5×	255	13.1k
Henri Weimerskirch France	87	20.6k 2.8×	7.7k 1.5×	507 0.2×	4.0k 2.1×	2.1k 1.4×	394	25.2k
Philip C. Withers Australia	48	5.8k 0.8×	4.0k 0.8×	273 0.1×	1.2k 0.6×	722 0.5×	272	9.2k
Susanne Åkesson Sweden	50	5.9k 0.8×	2.6k 0.5×	283 0.1×	1.7k 0.9×	1.2k 0.8×	196	8.0k
Terrie M. Williams United States	51	6.5k 0.9×	1.4k 0.3×	767 0.2×	1.3k 0.7×	255 0.2×	146	8.3k
Ulla Μ. Norberg Sweden	22	1.9k 0.3×	2.6k 0.5×	1.0k 0.3×	369 0.2×	416 0.3×	29	3.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Anders Hedenström

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Anders Hedenström. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Anders Hedenström based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Anders Hedenström. Anders Hedenström is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Norevik, Gabriel, Susanne Åkesson, & Anders Hedenström. (2025). The spatial consistency and repeatability of migratory flight routes and stationary sites of individual European nightjars based on multiannual GPS tracks. Movement Ecology. 13(1). 8–8. 1 indexed citations

Johansson, Lars, et al.. (2025). Energy conversion efficiency peaks at intermediate flight speed in a migratory songbird. Current Biology. 35(12). 2987–2993.e4.

Brust, Vera, Susanne Åkesson, Dmitry Kishkinev, et al.. (2025). Conservation‐focused mapping of avian migratory routes using a pan‐European automated telemetry network. Conservation Biology. 39(4). e70017–e70017.

Dänhardt, Juliana, et al.. (2024). Evolution of leapfrog migration: A test of competition‐based hypotheses. Ecology. 105(9). e4379–e4379. 1 indexed citations

Yu, Hui, Shujie Liang, Florian T. Muijres, et al.. (2024). Flight activity and effort of breeding pied flycatchers in the wild, revealed with accelerometers and machine learning. Journal of Experimental Biology. 227(19). 2 indexed citations

Yu, Hui, et al.. (2023). Accelerometer sampling requirements for animal behaviour classification and estimation of energy expenditure. Animal Biotelemetry. 11(1). 11 indexed citations

Currie, Shannon E., et al.. (2023). Conversion efficiency of flight power is low, but increases with flight speed in the migratory bat Pipistrellus nathusii. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 290(1998). 20230045–20230045. 5 indexed citations

Hedenström, Anders, et al.. (2023). Consequences of migratory distance, habitat distribution and season on the migratory process in a short distance migratory shorebird population. Movement Ecology. 11(1). 40–40. 2 indexed citations

Wilson, Rory P., Luca Börger, Steven J. Portugal, et al.. (2021). Fine-scale changes in speed and altitude suggest protean movements in homing pigeon flights. Royal Society Open Science. 8(5). 210130–210130. 7 indexed citations

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Leito, Aivar, et al.. (2020). From northern Europe to Ethiopia: long-distance migration of Common Cranes (Grus grus). Ornis Fennica. 97(1). 19 indexed citations

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Serres, Julien, Susanne Åkesson, Olivier Duriez, et al.. (2019). Optic flow cues help explain altitude control over sea in freely flying gulls. Journal of The Royal Society Interface. 16(159). 20190486–20190486. 15 indexed citations

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Henningsson, Per, Anders Hedenström, & Richard J. Bomphrey. (2014). Efficiency of Lift Production in Flapping and Gliding Flight of Swifts. PLoS ONE. 9(2). e90170–e90170. 41 indexed citations

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Johansson, Lars, et al.. (2012). Elytra boost lift, but reduce aerodynamic efficiency in flying beetles. Journal of The Royal Society Interface. 9(75). 2745–2748. 54 indexed citations

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Hedenström, Anders, et al.. (2012). Autumn phenology and morphometrics in the Garden Warbler Sylvia borin at the Ottenby Bird Observatory, Sweden. Ornis Fennica. 89(4). 2 indexed citations

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Bowlin, Melissa S., et al.. (2011). The aerodynamic consequences of molt. Lund University Publications (Lund University). 1 indexed citations

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Hera, Iván de la, Anders Hedenström, Javier Pérez‐Tris, & José Luis Tellerı́a. (2010). Structural and mechanical differences between original and replaced feathers in Blackcaps Sylvia atricapilla. Ardeola. 57(2). 431–436. 7 indexed citations

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Hedenström, Anders. (2006). Scaling of migration and the annual cycle of birds. Ardea. 94(3). 399–408. 30 indexed citations

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Lindström, Åke, Anders Hedenström, & Jan Pettersson. (1996). The autumn migration of Willow Warblers Phylloscopus trochilus in Sweden: results from a nation-wide co-operative project. Ornis Svecica. 6(4). 145–172. 21 indexed citations

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Åkesson, Susanne, Anders Hedenström, & Dennis Hasselquist. (1995). Stopover and fat accumulation in passerine birds in autumn at Ottenby, southeastern Sweden. Ornis Svecica. 5(2). 81–91. 7 indexed citations

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Svensson, Sören, Staffan Bensch, Mats Grahn, et al.. (1991). Välkommen till Ornis Svecica!. Ornis Svecica. 1(1). 1–2. 2 indexed citations

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