Andreas Schmitz

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
87 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Andreas Schmitz is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Genetics and Ecological Modeling. According to data from OpenAlex, Andreas Schmitz has authored 87 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 79 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 45 papers in Genetics and 35 papers in Ecological Modeling. Recurrent topics in Andreas Schmitz's work include Amphibian and Reptile Biology (78 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (35 papers) and Genetic diversity and population structure (25 papers). Andreas Schmitz is often cited by papers focused on Amphibian and Reptile Biology (78 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (35 papers) and Genetic diversity and population structure (25 papers). Andreas Schmitz collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and United States. Andreas Schmitz's co-authors include Tod W. Reeder, Matthew C. Brandley, Wolfgang Böhme, Thomas Ziegler, Patrick Mausfeld, Philipp Wagner, Thomas Wilms, Mark‐Oliver Rödel, Miguel Vences and Michael F. Barej and has published in prestigious journals such as Evolution, Emerging infectious diseases and Systematic Biology.

In The Last Decade

Andreas Schmitz

86 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

Partitioned Bayesian Analyses, Partition Choice, and the ... 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 200 400 600
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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. Partitioned Bayesian Analyses, Partition Choice, and the Phylogenetic Relationships of Scincid Lizards
    2005 624 citations Matthew C. Brandley, Andreas Schmitz 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
Andreas Schmitz Switzerland 24 1.3k 934 715 638 363 87 2.0k
Adrián Nieto‐Montes de Mexico 22 1.4k 1.1× 966 1.0× 891 1.2× 719 1.1× 423 1.2× 85 2.3k
Perry L. Wood United States 26 2.0k 1.5× 1.0k 1.1× 836 1.2× 864 1.4× 275 0.8× 127 2.4k
Luciano Javier Ávila Argentina 24 1.7k 1.3× 1.2k 1.2× 906 1.3× 1.2k 1.8× 521 1.4× 139 2.5k
Mariana Morando Argentina 25 1.7k 1.2× 1.3k 1.3× 940 1.3× 1.1k 1.8× 538 1.5× 104 2.6k
Natalia B. Ananjeva Russia 21 1.7k 1.3× 1.2k 1.3× 714 1.0× 704 1.1× 381 1.0× 119 2.5k
Nikos Poulakakis Greece 30 937 0.7× 1.2k 1.3× 636 0.9× 594 0.9× 685 1.9× 93 2.3k
Nikolai L. Orlov Russia 24 2.0k 1.5× 1.1k 1.2× 677 0.9× 887 1.4× 366 1.0× 171 2.4k
Cameron D. Siler United States 30 1.9k 1.4× 889 1.0× 832 1.2× 1.2k 1.9× 614 1.7× 139 2.6k
Felipe G. Grazziotin Brazil 20 1.3k 1.0× 895 1.0× 530 0.7× 284 0.4× 403 1.1× 66 2.0k
Nikolay A. Poyarkov Russia 26 1.7k 1.3× 1.1k 1.2× 651 0.9× 913 1.4× 360 1.0× 162 2.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Andreas Schmitz

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hawlitschek, Oliver, et al.. (2025). Molecular analysis confirms Agama picticauda invasion on Western Indian Ocean islands. Biological Invasions. 27(3).
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Ernst, Raffael, Christian Kehlmaier, Pedro Vaz Pinto, et al.. (2021). Filling the gaps: The mitogenomes of Afrotropical egg-guarding frogs based on historical type material and a re-assessment of the nomenclatural status of Alexteroon Perret, 1988 (Hyperoliidae). Zoologischer Anzeiger. 293. 215–224. 8 indexed citations
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Ceríaco, Luis M. P., Andreas Schmitz, Raffael Ernst, et al.. (2020). A review of the Angolan House snakes, genusBoaedonDuméril, Bibron and Duméril (1854) (Serpentes: Lamprophiidae), with description of three new species in theBoaedon fuliginosus(Boie, 1827) species complex. African Journal of Herpetology. 69(1). 29–78. 24 indexed citations
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Šmı́d, Jiři, Jiří Moravec, Václav Gvoždík, et al.. (2017). Cutting the Gordian Knot: Phylogenetic and ecological diversification of the Mesalina brevirostris species complex (Squamata, Lacertidae). Zoologica Scripta. 46(6). 649–664. 15 indexed citations
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Bauer, Aaron M., William R. Branch, Andreas Schmitz, et al.. (2016). Molecular phylogeny of Panaspis and Afroablepharus skinks (Squamata: Scincidae) in the savannas of sub-Saharan Africa. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 100. 409–423. 25 indexed citations
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Barej, Michael F., Johannes Penner, Andreas Schmitz, & Mark‐Oliver Rödel. (2015). Multiple genetic lineages challenge the monospecific status of the West African endemic frog family Odontobatrachidae. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 15(1). 67–67. 9 indexed citations
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Barej, Michael F., Mark‐Oliver Rödel, Simon P. Loader, et al.. (2013). Light shines through the spindrift – Phylogeny of African torrent frogs (Amphibia, Anura, Petropedetidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 71. 261–273. 19 indexed citations
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Hirschfeld, Mareike, Torsten Ohst, Ché Weldon, et al.. (2012). Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in amphibians of Cameroon, including first records for caecilians. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 102(3). 187–194. 25 indexed citations
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Barej, Michael F., Wolfgang Böhme, Steven F. Perry, Philipp Wagner, & Andreas Schmitz. (2010). The hairy frog, a curly fighter ? – A novel hypothesis on the function of hairs and claw-like terminal phalanges, including their biological and systematic significance (Anura : Arthroleptidae : Trichobatrachus). Revue suisse de zoologie. 117. 243–263. 6 indexed citations
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Nguyen, Truong Quang, et al.. (2010). First description of larval and juvenile stages of Rhacophorus maximus Gùnther, 1859 "1858" (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Vietnam. Revue suisse de zoologie. 117. 679–696. 5 indexed citations
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Junker, Kerstin, et al.. (2010). The lung nematode parasites of the genus Rhabdias (Rhabdiasidae): diversity and biology in the Chamaeleonidae (squamata) and hypotheses on their evolution.. 135. 109–118. 4 indexed citations
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Rödder, Dennis & Andreas Schmitz. (2009). Two new Pristimantis (Anura, Strabomantidae) belonging to the myersi group from the Andean slopes of Ecuador. Revue suisse de zoologie. 116. 275–288. 6 indexed citations
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Wagner, Peter D., Thomas Wilms, & Andreas Schmitz. (2008). A second specimen of Trapelus schmitzi Wagner & Böhme 2007 (Sauria: Agamidae) and the first record from Algeria. Revue suisse de zoologie. 115. 491–495. 3 indexed citations
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Wagner, Philipp, Jörn Köhler, Andreas Schmitz, & Wolfgang Böhme. (2008). The biogeographical assignment of a west Kenyan rain forest remnant: further evidence from analysis of its reptile fauna. Journal of Biogeography. 35(8). 1349–1361. 31 indexed citations
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Ziegler, Thomas, et al.. (2007). A new species of Lygosoma (Squamata: Sauria: Scincidae) from the Central Truong Son, Vietnam, with notes on its molecular phylogenetic position. Revue suisse de zoologie. 114. 397–415. 7 indexed citations
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Herrmann, Hans‐Werner, et al.. (2005). African biodiversity hotspots: the reptiles of Mt Nlonako, Cameroon. Revue suisse de zoologie. 112. 1045–1069. 17 indexed citations
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Schmitz, Andreas, Matthew C. Brandley, Patrick Mausfeld, et al.. (2005). Opening the black box: phylogenetics and morphological evolution of the Malagasy fossorial lizards of the subfamily “Scincinae”. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 34(1). 118–133. 60 indexed citations
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Böhme, Wolfgang, Andreas Schmitz, & Thomas Ziegler. (2000). A review of the West African skink genus Cophoscincopus Mertens (Reptilia: Scincidae: Lygosominae): resurrection of C. simulans (Vaillant, 1884) and description of a new species. Revue suisse de zoologie. 107. 777–791. 11 indexed citations
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Mausfeld, Patrick, Miguel Vences, Andreas Schmitz, & Michael Veith. (2000). First Data on the Molecular Phylogeography of Scincid Lizards of the Genus Mabuya. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 17(1). 11–14. 57 indexed citations

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