Christian Rellstab

4.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
57 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Christian Rellstab is a scholar working on Genetics, Ecology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Christian Rellstab has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Genetics, 25 papers in Ecology and 13 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Christian Rellstab's work include Genetic diversity and population structure (22 papers), Parasite Biology and Host Interactions (9 papers) and Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (9 papers). Christian Rellstab is often cited by papers focused on Genetic diversity and population structure (22 papers), Parasite Biology and Host Interactions (9 papers) and Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (9 papers). Christian Rellstab collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Finland and France. Christian Rellstab's co-authors include Félix Gugerli, Rolf Holderegger, Andrew J. Eckert, Angela M. Hancock, Jukka Jokela, Anssi Karvonen, Katja‐Riikka Louhi, Stefan Zoller, Martin C. Fischer and Benjamin Dauphin and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Trends in Ecology & Evolution and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Christian Rellstab

54 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

A practical guide to environmental association analysis in landscape genomics

2015 532 citations Christian Rellstab, Félix Gugerli et al. Molecular Ecology profile →
Evolutionary genomics can improve prediction of species’ responses to climate change

2020 198 citations Christian Rellstab, Frédéric Guillaume et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Christian Rellstab Switzerland	26	1.3k	863	465	451	445	57	2.6k
Joachim Mergeay Belgium	31	1.2k 0.9×	1.3k 1.5×	349 0.8×	719 1.6×	431 1.0×	89	2.6k
Stephen R. Keller United States	25	1.5k 1.1×	824 1.0×	611 1.3×	768 1.7×	485 1.1×	63	2.8k
Ladislav Paule Slovakia	25	1.2k 0.9×	720 0.8×	982 2.1×	706 1.6×	445 1.0×	83	2.7k
Luisa Orsini United Kingdom	28	783 0.6×	1.0k 1.2×	212 0.5×	368 0.8×	563 1.3×	68	2.5k
Anna Palmé Sweden	19	1.9k 1.4×	660 0.8×	923 2.0×	686 1.5×	779 1.8×	44	3.0k
Brenna R. Forester United States	18	1.2k 0.9×	701 0.8×	269 0.6×	452 1.0×	350 0.8×	35	2.0k
Andrew J. Eckert United States	29	2.0k 1.5×	691 0.8×	953 2.0×	840 1.9×	1.0k 2.3×	66	3.6k
Birgit Ziegenhagen Germany	29	1.2k 0.9×	488 0.6×	997 2.1×	684 1.5×	637 1.4×	71	2.5k
Jason A. Holliday United States	22	1.1k 0.8×	625 0.7×	684 1.5×	1.1k 2.4×	513 1.2×	37	3.0k
Snorre B. Hagen Norway	25	552 0.4×	1.1k 1.3×	292 0.6×	535 1.2×	214 0.5×	99	2.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Christian Rellstab

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christian Rellstab

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All Works

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Zimmermann, F. J. P., et al.. (2025). Fine‐Scale Variation in Soil Properties Promotes Local Taxonomic Diversity of Hybridizing Oak Species ( Quercus spp.). Evolutionary Applications. 18(2). e70076–e70076. 1 indexed citations

Perry, Annika, Filippos A. Aravanopoulos, Katharina B. Budde, et al.. (2024). Resilient forests for the future. Tree Genetics & Genomes. 20(3). 1 indexed citations

Leigh, Deborah M., Amy G. Vandergast, Margaret E. Hunter, et al.. (2024). Best practices for genetic and genomic data archiving. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 8(7). 1224–1232. 12 indexed citations

Rellstab, Christian & Stephen R. Keller. (2024). Can We Use Genomic Data to Predict Maladaptation to Environmental Change?. Molecular Ecology Resources. 25(4). e14059–e14059.

Pütz, Joern, et al.. (2024). The influence of post-glacial migration and hybridization on the gene pool of marginal Quercus pubescens populations in Central Europe. Annals of Botany. 135(5). 867–884. 1 indexed citations

Rellstab, Christian, et al.. (2023). Vergleich von Feldschlüssel und Genetik bei der Artbestimmung von Eichen. Schweizerische Zeitschrift fur Forstwesen. 174(3). 138–145. 1 indexed citations

Budde, Katharina B., Christian Rellstab, Myriam Heuertz, et al.. (2023). Divergent selection in a Mediterranean pine on local spatial scales. Journal of Ecology. 112(2). 278–290. 5 indexed citations

Dauphin, Benjamin, et al.. (2023). Abiotic factors predict taxonomic composition and genetic admixture in populations of hybridizing white oak species (Quercus sect. Quercus) on regional scale. Tree Genetics & Genomes. 19(3). 6 indexed citations

Neophytou, Charalambos, Katrin Heer, Martina Peter, et al.. (2022). Genomics and adaptation in forest ecosystems. Tree Genetics & Genomes. 18(2). 12–12. 5 indexed citations

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Kersten, Birgit, Christian Rellstab, Hilke Schroeder, et al.. (2022). The mitochondrial genome sequence of Abies alba Mill. reveals a high structural and combinatorial variation. BMC Genomics. 23(1). 776–776. 6 indexed citations

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Martínez‐Sancho, Elisabet, Christian Rellstab, Frédéric Guillaume, et al.. (2021). Post-glacial re-colonization and natural selection have shaped growth responses of silver fir across Europe. The Science of The Total Environment. 779. 146393–146393. 16 indexed citations

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Rellstab, Christian, Benjamin Dauphin, Stefan Zoller, Sabine Brodbeck, & Félix Gugerli. (2018). Using transcriptome sequencing and pooled exome capture to study local adaptation in the giga‐genome of Pinus cembra. Molecular Ecology Resources. 19(2). 536–551. 16 indexed citations

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Csilléry, Katalin, Alejandra Rodríguez‐Verdugo, Christian Rellstab, & Frédéric Guillaume. (2018). Detecting the genomic signal of polygenic adaptation and the role of epistasis in evolution. Molecular Ecology. 27(3). 606–612. 55 indexed citations

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Sailer, Christian, Alicja Babst‐Kostecka, Martin C. Fischer, et al.. (2018). Transmembrane transport and stress response genes play an important role in adaptation of Arabidopsis halleri to metalliferous soils. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 16085–16085. 20 indexed citations

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Tsykun, Tetyana, Christian Rellstab, Cyril Dutech, György Sipos, & Simone Prospero. (2017). Comparative assessment of SSR and SNP markers for inferring the population genetic structure of the common fungus Armillaria cepistipes. Heredity. 119(5). 371–380. 57 indexed citations

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Rellstab, Christian, Martin C. Fischer, Stefan Zoller, et al.. (2016). Local adaptation (mostly) remains local: reassessing environmental associations of climate-related candidate SNPs in Arabidopsis halleri. Heredity. 118(2). 193–201. 41 indexed citations

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Rellstab, Christian, Stefan Zoller, Andrew Tedder, Félix Gugerli, & Martin C. Fischer. (2013). Validation of SNP Allele Frequencies Determined by Pooled Next-Generation Sequencing in Natural Populations of a Non-Model Plant Species. PLoS ONE. 8(11). e80422–e80422. 69 indexed citations

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Rellstab, Christian, Anssi Karvonen, Katja‐Riikka Louhi, & Jukka Jokela. (2013). Genotype-Specific vs. Cross-Reactive Host Immunity against a Macroparasite. PLoS ONE. 8(10). e78427–e78427. 18 indexed citations

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Seppälä, Otto, Anssi Karvonen, Christian Rellstab, Katja‐Riikka Louhi, & Jukka Jokela. (2012). Reciprocal Interaction Matrix Reveals Complex Genetic and Dose-Dependent Specificity among Coinfecting Parasites. The American Naturalist. 180(3). 306–315. 28 indexed citations

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Rellstab, Christian, H. R. Bürgi, & R. Müller. (2004). Population regulation in coregonids: the signifi cance of zooplankton concentration for larval mortality. Annales Zoologici Fennici. 41(1). 281–290. 15 indexed citations

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