Benjamin P. Ngatunga

1.7k total citations
41 papers, 877 citations indexed

About

Benjamin P. Ngatunga is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology and Aquatic Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Benjamin P. Ngatunga has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 877 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 25 papers in Ecology and 24 papers in Aquatic Science. Recurrent topics in Benjamin P. Ngatunga's work include Fish Biology and Ecology Studies (24 papers), Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity (19 papers) and Fish biology, ecology, and behavior (15 papers). Benjamin P. Ngatunga is often cited by papers focused on Fish Biology and Ecology Studies (24 papers), Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity (19 papers) and Fish biology, ecology, and behavior (15 papers). Benjamin P. Ngatunga collaborates with scholars based in Tanzania, United Kingdom and Switzerland. Benjamin P. Ngatunga's co-authors include Martin J. Genner, George F. Turner, Milan Malinsky, Eric A. Miska, Richard Durbin, Alexandra M. Tyers, Asilatu Shechonge, Richard Challis, Yohey Terai and Stephan Schiffels and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Benjamin P. Ngatunga

37 papers receiving 868 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Benjamin P. Ngatunga Tanzania 16 441 339 330 281 250 41 877
Adrian Indermaur Switzerland 12 343 0.8× 409 1.2× 300 0.9× 227 0.8× 191 0.8× 27 908
Fabrizia Ronco Switzerland 14 265 0.6× 284 0.8× 203 0.6× 164 0.6× 135 0.5× 27 654
Stuart C. Willis United States 16 452 1.0× 677 2.0× 316 1.0× 346 1.2× 245 1.0× 35 1.1k
J. K. J. VAN HOUDT Belgium 17 484 1.1× 320 0.9× 254 0.8× 190 0.7× 294 1.2× 31 839
Jasna Vukić Czechia 19 491 1.1× 404 1.2× 388 1.2× 411 1.5× 314 1.3× 78 1.1k
Anne C. Dalziel Canada 14 325 0.7× 260 0.8× 392 1.2× 119 0.4× 186 0.7× 26 760
Scott A. Pavey Canada 18 652 1.5× 461 1.4× 426 1.3× 194 0.7× 381 1.5× 57 1.3k
Tetsumi Takahashi Japan 14 259 0.6× 420 1.2× 332 1.0× 319 1.1× 100 0.4× 64 765
José Luis Hórreo Spain 17 352 0.8× 400 1.2× 303 0.9× 113 0.4× 215 0.9× 62 814
Windsor E. Aguirre United States 19 457 1.0× 558 1.6× 404 1.2× 263 0.9× 121 0.5× 41 1.1k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Benjamin P. Ngatunga

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All Works

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Carruthers, Madeleine, Karen L. Carleton, Tyler Linderoth, et al.. (2025). Rapid Divergence of Visual Systems and Signaling Traits to Contrasting Light Regimes During Early Speciation of African Crater Lake Cichlid Fish. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 42(9).
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Kishe, Mary A., Benjamin P. Ngatunga, Amy L. Taylor, et al.. (2024). Genetic analysis of Octopus cyanea reveals high gene flow in the South‐West Indian Ocean. Ecology and Evolution. 14(4). e11205–e11205.
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Kishe, Mary A., Asilatu Shechonge, Benjamin P. Ngatunga, et al.. (2023). Nuclear environmental DNA resolves fine-scale population genetic structure in an aquatic habitat. iScience. 27(1). 108669–108669. 5 indexed citations
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Vernaz, Grégoire, A. Hudson, M. Emília Santos, et al.. (2022). Epigenetic divergence during early stages of speciation in an African crater lake cichlid fish. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 6(12). 1940–1951. 21 indexed citations
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Ford, Antonia G. P., Graham Etherington, Nasser Kasozi, et al.. (2021). Whole genome resequencing data enables a targeted SNP panel for conservation and aquaculture of Oreochromis cichlid fishes. Aquaculture. 548. 737637–737637. 16 indexed citations
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Ford, Antonia G. P., Alan Smith, Benjamin P. Ngatunga, et al.. (2020). Newly discovered cichlid fish biodiversity threatened by hybridization with non‐native species. Molecular Ecology. 30(4). 895–911. 27 indexed citations
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Collins, Rupert A., Gabriel Rinaldi, Asilatu Shechonge, et al.. (2020). Schistosoma species detection by environmental DNA assays in African freshwaters. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 14(3). e0008129–e0008129. 26 indexed citations
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Svardal, Hannes, Milan Malinsky, Benjamin P. Ngatunga, et al.. (2019). Ancestral Hybridization Facilitated Species Diversification in the Lake Malawi Cichlid Fish Adaptive Radiation. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 37(4). 1100–1113. 96 indexed citations
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Ford, Antonia G. P., Martin J. Genner, Roger Bills, et al.. (2019). Molecular phylogeny of Oreochromis (Cichlidae: Oreochromini) reveals mito-nuclear discordance and multiple colonisation of adverse aquatic environments. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 136. 215–226. 39 indexed citations
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Shechonge, Asilatu, Benjamin P. Ngatunga, Julia J. Day, et al.. (2018). Widespread colonisation of Tanzanian catchments by introduced Oreochromis tilapia fishes: the legacy from decades of deliberate introduction. Hydrobiologia. 832(1). 235–253. 46 indexed citations
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Shechonge, Asilatu, Alan Smith, Rashid Tamatamah, et al.. (2018). Limited hybridization between introduced and Critically Endangered indigenous tilapia fishes in northern Tanzania. Hydrobiologia. 832(1). 257–268. 37 indexed citations
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Shechonge, Asilatu, Benjamin P. Ngatunga, Rashid Tamatamah, et al.. (2018). Losing cichlid fish biodiversity: genetic and morphological homogenization of tilapia following colonization by introduced species. Conservation Genetics. 19(5). 1199–1209. 39 indexed citations
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Ngatunga, Benjamin P., et al.. (2016). Multiple colonisations of the Lake Malawi catchment by the genus Opsaridium (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 107. 256–265. 4 indexed citations
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Lampert, Kathrin P., et al.. (2013). Single-male paternity in coelacanths. Nature Communications. 4(1). 2488–2488. 6 indexed citations
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Mzighani, Semvua I., Masato Nikaido, Ole Seehausen, et al.. (2009). Genetic variation and demographic history of the Haplochromis laparogramma group of Lake Victoria—An analysis based on SINEs and mitochondrial DNA. Gene. 450(1-2). 39–47. 16 indexed citations
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Verheij, E., et al.. (2006). Coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae Smith, 1939) discoveries and conservation in Tanzania. South African Journal of Science. 102. 486–490. 9 indexed citations
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Sasaki, Takeshi, et al.. (2006). Mitogenomic analysis for coelacanths (Latimeria chalumnae) caught in Tanzania. Gene. 389(1). 73–79. 6 indexed citations
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Ngatunga, Benjamin P. & Jos Snoeks. (2003). Lethrinops turneri, a new shallow-water haplochromine cichlid (Teleostei, Cichlidae) from the Lake Malawi/Nyasa basin, Africa. 127–136. 1 indexed citations

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