Andreas Hejnol

9.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
83 papers, 5.6k citations indexed

About

Andreas Hejnol is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Global and Planetary Change and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Andreas Hejnol has authored 83 papers receiving a total of 5.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Molecular Biology, 35 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 32 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Andreas Hejnol's work include Marine Ecology and Invasive Species (35 papers), Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology (30 papers) and Planarian Biology and Electrostimulation (20 papers). Andreas Hejnol is often cited by papers focused on Marine Ecology and Invasive Species (35 papers), Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology (30 papers) and Planarian Biology and Electrostimulation (20 papers). Andreas Hejnol collaborates with scholars based in Norway, United States and Germany. Andreas Hejnol's co-authors include Mark Q. Martindale, Gonzalo Giribet, Casey W. Dunn, Gregory D. Edgecombe, José M. Martín‐Durán, Greg W. Rouse, Martin V. Sørensen, Reinhardt Møbjerg Kristensen, Matthias Obst and Ward C. Wheeler and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Andreas Hejnol

82 papers receiving 5.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Broad phylogenomic sampling improves resolution of the animal tree of life

2008 1.4k citations Casey W. Dunn, Andreas Hejnol et al. profile →
Assessing the root of bilaterian animals with scalable phylogenomic methods

2009 555 citations Andreas Hejnol, Mark Q. Martindale et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Andreas Hejnol Norway	34	2.9k	2.2k	1.7k	1.1k	1.1k	83	5.6k
Maximilian J. Telford United Kingdom	41	3.5k 1.2×	1.5k 0.7×	1.2k 0.7×	1.5k 1.4×	1.1k 1.0×	95	6.7k
Detlev Arendt Germany	51	4.9k 1.7×	1.5k 0.7×	1.5k 0.9×	1.2k 1.1×	895 0.8×	109	8.5k
Jaume Baguñà Spain	45	3.9k 1.4×	1.5k 0.7×	2.6k 1.5×	794 0.7×	794 0.7×	79	5.6k
Davide Pisani United Kingdom	54	3.2k 1.1×	3.6k 1.6×	841 0.5×	2.1k 1.9×	1.2k 1.1×	117	8.5k
Michaël Manuel France	33	2.0k 0.7×	1.8k 0.8×	1.1k 0.7×	564 0.5×	441 0.4×	67	4.1k
Bernd Schierwater Germany	43	2.7k 0.9×	2.1k 1.0×	1.5k 0.9×	901 0.8×	549 0.5×	119	6.3k
Ulrich Technau Austria	49	4.3k 1.5×	4.2k 1.9×	2.4k 1.4×	340 0.3×	416 0.4×	102	7.5k
Eldon E. Ball Australia	44	3.1k 1.1×	1.0k 0.5×	964 0.6×	896 0.8×	720 0.7×	121	7.2k
Martin V. Sørensen Denmark	31	1.4k 0.5×	1.5k 0.7×	997 0.6×	1.1k 1.0×	2.4k 2.2×	163	5.3k
Nicole King United States	38	4.4k 1.5×	1.3k 0.6×	706 0.4×	565 0.5×	443 0.4×	72	6.6k

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Andrikou, Carmen, Kevin Pang, Aina Børve, Tsai-Ming Lu, & Andreas Hejnol. (2025). Molecular evidence from xenacoelomorph gonopore formation supports homology with the bilaterian anus. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 9(11). 2116–2126.

Boström, Johan, et al.. (2025). β-catenin-driven endomesoderm specification is a Bilateria-specific novelty. Nature Communications. 16(1). 2476–2476. 4 indexed citations

Hejnol, Andreas, et al.. (2024). Comparative Analysis of Maternal Gene Expression Patterns Unravels Evolutionary Signatures Across Reproductive Modes. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 41(5). 1 indexed citations

Vellutini, Bruno C., José M. Martín‐Durán, Aina Børve, & Andreas Hejnol. (2024). Combinatorial Wnt signaling landscape during brachiopod anteroposterior patterning. BMC Biology. 22(1). 212–212. 2 indexed citations

Hejnol, Andreas, et al.. (2024). Ecdysteroid-dependent molting in tardigrades. Current Biology. 34(24). 5804–5812.e4. 1 indexed citations

Børve, Aina, et al.. (2023). The localization of Toll and Imd pathway and complement system components and their response to Vibrio infection in the nemertean Lineus ruber. BMC Biology. 21(1). 7–7. 2 indexed citations

Andrikou, Carmen & Andreas Hejnol. (2021). FGF signaling acts on different levels of mesoderm development within Spiralia. Development. 148(10). 11 indexed citations

Thiel, Daniel, Luis Alfonso Yáñez-Guerra, Mirita Franz‐Wachtel, Andreas Hejnol, & Gáspár Jékely. (2021). Nemertean, Brachiopod, and Phoronid Neuropeptidomics Reveals Ancestral Spiralian Signaling Systems. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 38(11). 4847–4866. 31 indexed citations

Andrikou, Carmen, Ralf Janßen, Paul Bump, et al.. (2021). Molecular evidence for a single origin of ultrafiltration-based excretory organs. Current Biology. 31(16). 3629–3638.e2. 21 indexed citations

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Fromm, Bastian, Juan Pablo Tosar, Felipe Aguilera, et al.. (2019). Evolutionary Implications of the microRNA- and piRNA Complement of Lepidodermella squamata (Gastrotricha). Non-Coding RNA. 5(1). 19–19. 9 indexed citations

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Dunn, Casey W., Felipe Zapata, Catriona Munro, Stefan Siebert, & Andreas Hejnol. (2018). Pairwise comparisons across species are problematic when analyzing functional genomic data. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(3). E409–E417. 64 indexed citations

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Martín‐Durán, José M., et al.. (2017). Clustered brachiopod Hox genes are not expressed collinearly and are associated with lophotrochozoan novelties. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(10). E1913–E1922. 62 indexed citations

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Thiel, Daniel, Philipp Bauknecht, Gáspár Jékely, & Andreas Hejnol. (2017). An ancient FMRFamide-related peptide–receptor pair induces defence behaviour in a brachiopod larva. Open Biology. 7(8). 170136–170136. 15 indexed citations

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Hejnol, Andreas & Fabian Rentzsch. (2015). Neural nets. Current Biology. 25(18). R782–R786. 17 indexed citations

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Bekkouche, Nicolas, Reinhardt Møbjerg Kristensen, Andreas Hejnol, Martin V. Sørensen, & Katrine Worsaae. (2014). Detailed reconstruction of the musculature in Limnognathia maerski (Micrognathozoa) and comparison with other Gnathifera. Frontiers in Zoology. 11(1). 71–71. 17 indexed citations

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Martín‐Durán, José M., Alex de Mendoza, Arnau Sebé-Pedrós, Iñaki Ruiz‐Trillo, & Andreas Hejnol. (2013). A Broad Genomic Survey Reveals Multiple Origins and Frequent Losses in the Evolution of Respiratory Hemerythrins and Hemocyanins. Genome Biology and Evolution. 5(7). 1435–1442. 26 indexed citations

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Martindale, Mark Q. & Andreas Hejnol. (2009). A Developmental Perspective: Changes in the Position of the Blastopore during Bilaterian Evolution. Developmental Cell. 17(2). 162–174. 100 indexed citations

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Bourlat, Sarah J. & Andreas Hejnol. (2009). Acoels. Current Biology. 19(7). R279–R280. 16 indexed citations

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Henry, Jonathan Q., Andreas Hejnol, Kimberly J. Perry, & Mark Q. Martindale. (2007). Homology of ciliary bands in Spiralian Trochophores. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 47(6). 865–871. 33 indexed citations

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Hejnol, Andreas & Ralf Schnabel. (2005). The eutardigradeThulinia stephaniaehas an indeterminate development and the potential to regulate early blastomere ablations. Development. 132(6). 1349–1361. 65 indexed citations

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