Benjamin Weigel

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 663 citations indexed

About

Benjamin Weigel is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Benjamin Weigel has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 663 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Ecology, 12 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 8 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Benjamin Weigel's work include Marine Biology and Ecology Research (8 papers), Marine and fisheries research (8 papers) and Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies (5 papers). Benjamin Weigel is often cited by papers focused on Marine Biology and Ecology Research (8 papers), Marine and fisheries research (8 papers) and Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies (5 papers). Benjamin Weigel collaborates with scholars based in Finland, France and Sweden. Benjamin Weigel's co-authors include Erik Bonsdorff, Thorsten Blenckner, Marie C. Nordström, Martin Snickars, Martin Lindegren, Jonne Kotta, Stefano Bonaglia, Ramūnas Žydelis, Jennifer Griffiths and Anna Gårdmark and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, The Science of The Total Environment and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Benjamin Weigel

21 papers receiving 650 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.

The importance of benthic–pelagic coupling for marine ecosystem functioning in a changing world

2017 322 citations Jennifer Griffiths, Martina Kadin et al. Global Change Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Benjamin Weigel Finland	12	373	332	307	93	60	24	663
Céline Labrune France	14	480 1.3×	538 1.6×	436 1.4×	92 1.0×	52 0.9×	35	840
Sakina‐Dorothée Ayata France	16	442 1.2×	609 1.8×	358 1.2×	75 0.8×	83 1.4×	26	870
Mathieu Cusson Canada	18	550 1.5×	609 1.8×	397 1.3×	147 1.6×	73 1.2×	36	971
Darius Daunys Lithuania	16	515 1.4×	416 1.3×	436 1.4×	109 1.2×	98 1.6×	35	852
Anna Törnroos Finland	16	603 1.6×	637 1.9×	496 1.6×	110 1.2×	35 0.6×	23	991
Francesco Cozzoli Italy	18	428 1.1×	248 0.7×	184 0.6×	113 1.2×	51 0.8×	39	599
Camilla Gustafsson Finland	14	400 1.1×	465 1.4×	162 0.5×	82 0.9×	59 1.0×	27	653
Ilmar Kotta Estonia	17	421 1.1×	460 1.4×	373 1.2×	78 0.8×	36 0.6×	44	706
Kirstin S. Meyer United States	13	338 0.9×	395 1.2×	226 0.7×	77 0.8×	65 1.1×	43	627
Sophie Pitois United Kingdom	12	239 0.6×	285 0.9×	289 0.9×	86 0.9×	140 2.3×	22	620

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Benjamin Weigel

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Benjamin Weigel. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Benjamin Weigel 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 Benjamin Weigel. Benjamin Weigel is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Webb, Thomas J., et al.. (2025). Realising the potential of interoperable data products to improve the outlook for marine biodiversity: Lessons from the European marine observation and data network. Marine Policy. 173. 106578–106578.

Kotamäki, Niina, George B. Arhonditsis, Kari Hyytiäinen, et al.. (2024). Strategies for integrating scientific evidence in water policy and law in the face of uncertainty. The Science of The Total Environment. 931. 172855–172855. 2 indexed citations

Törnroos, Anna, Bodil A. Bluhm, Benjamin Weigel, et al.. (2024). Diverging benthic trait diversity and drivers across fjord to slope habitats of the high Arctic. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science. 313. 109086–109086.

Weigel, Benjamin, Max Lindmark, Chiara Manfredi, et al.. (2024). Assessing the overlap between fishing and chondrichthyans exposes high‐risk areas for bycatch of threatened species. Ecosphere. 15(11). 1 indexed citations

Murillo, Francisco Javier, Benjamin Weigel, Donald W. Clark, & Ellen Kenchington. (2024). Hierarchical modelling of epibenthic communities on the Scotian Shelf and Gulf of Maine (Atlantic Canada) in support of conservation planning. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 81(12). 1752–1772. 2 indexed citations

Santangeli, Andrea, Benjamin Weigel, Laura H. Antão, et al.. (2023). Mixed effects of a national protected area network on terrestrial and freshwater biodiversity. Nature Communications. 14(1). 5426–5426. 23 indexed citations

Weigel, Benjamin, et al.. (2023). Strategies for recruiting underrepresented in medicine and sexual and gender minority students to emergency medicine. AEM Education and Training. 7(S1). S22–S32. 2 indexed citations

Weigel, Benjamin, et al.. (2023). Community assembly processes and drivers shaping marine fish community structure in the North Sea. Ecography. 2023(10). 11 indexed citations

Weigel, Benjamin, et al.. (2023). Influence of ecological traits on spatio-temporal dynamics of an elasmobranch community in a heavily exploited basin. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 9596–9596. 8 indexed citations

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Weigel, Benjamin, Caio Graco‐Roza, Jenni Hultman, et al.. (2023). Local eukaryotic and bacterial stream community assembly is shaped by regional land use effects. ISME Communications. 3(1). 65–65. 10 indexed citations

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Vandepitte, L., et al.. (2023). EMODnet Biology: Unlocking European marine biodiversity data. Biodiversity Information Science and Standards. 7.

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Weigel, Benjamin, Niina Kotamäki, Olli Malve, Kristiina Vuorio, & Otso Ovaskainen. (2022). Macrosystem community change in lake phytoplankton and its implications for diversity and function. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 32(2). 295–309. 17 indexed citations

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Wang, Hao, Xiaolin Zhang, Wenjing Ren, et al.. (2022). Biodiversity buffers the impact of eutrophication on ecosystem functioning of submerged macrophytes on the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, Southwest China. Environmental Pollution. 314. 120210–120210. 20 indexed citations

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Peltonen, Heikki & Benjamin Weigel. (2022). Responses of coastal fishery resources to rapid environmental changes. Journal of Fish Biology. 101(3). 686–698. 6 indexed citations

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Weigel, Benjamin, et al.. (2021). Exposing changing phenology of fish larvae by modeling climate effects on temporal early life-stage shifts. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 666. 135–148. 4 indexed citations

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Weigel, Benjamin & Erik Bonsdorff. (2018). Trait-based predation suitability offers insight into effects of changing prey communities. PeerJ. 6. e5899–e5899. 5 indexed citations

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Griffiths, Jennifer, Martina Kadin, Francisco J. A. Nascimento, et al.. (2017). The importance of benthic–pelagic coupling for marine ecosystem functioning in a changing world. Global Change Biology. 23(6). 2179–2196. 322 indexed citations breakdown →

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Weigel, Benjamin, Thorsten Blenckner, & Erik Bonsdorff. (2015). Maintained functional diversity in benthic communities in spite of diverging functional identities. Oikos. 125(10). 1421–1433. 49 indexed citations

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Snickars, Martin, Benjamin Weigel, & Erik Bonsdorff. (2014). Impact of eutrophication and climate change on fish and zoobenthos in coastal waters of the Baltic Sea. Marine Biology. 162(1). 141–151. 52 indexed citations

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Mullen, Daniel G., Benjamin Weigel, George Bárány, & Mark D. Distefano. (2010). On‐resin conversion of Cys(Acm)‐containing peptides to their corresponding Cys(Scm) congeners. Journal of Peptide Science. 16(5). 219–222. 17 indexed citations

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