Claus Wedekind

8.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
123 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

Claus Wedekind is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Claus Wedekind has authored 123 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 46 papers in Genetics and 44 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Claus Wedekind's work include Animal Behavior and Reproduction (47 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (42 papers) and Reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species (26 papers). Claus Wedekind is often cited by papers focused on Animal Behavior and Reproduction (47 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (42 papers) and Reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species (26 papers). Claus Wedekind collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United Kingdom and Germany. Claus Wedekind's co-authors include Manfred Milinski, Thomas Seebeck, Florence Bettens, R. Müller, Ivar Folstad, Lukas Schärer, Alain Jacob, Victoria A. Braithwaite, Samuel Cotton and Rike Stelkens and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Claus Wedekind

121 papers receiving 5.7k 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.

MHC-dependent mate preferences in humans

1995 640 citations Claus Wedekind et al. profile →
Cooperation Through Image Scoring in Humans

2000 634 citations Claus Wedekind, Manfred Milinski profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Claus Wedekind

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Sperm of more colourful males are better adapted to ovarian fluids in lake char (Salmonidae) 2023 ·Molecular Ecology ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Claus Wedekind	2
2	Adult sex ratios: causes of variation and implications for animal and human societies 2022 ·Communications Biology ·Ryan Schacht, Steven R. Beissinger, Claus Wedekind, Michael D. Jennions, Benjamin Geffroy, András Liker, Peter M. Kappeler, Franz J. Weissing, Karen L. Kramer, Thérèse Hesketh, Jérôme Boissier, (unknown), (unknown), Tamás Székely	29
3	Embryo survival in the oviduct not significantly influenced by major histocompatibility complex social signaling in the horse 2020 ·Scientific Reports ·(unknown), Eliane Marti, S. Thomas, (unknown), Harald Sieme, Claus Wedekind, Dominik Burger	3
4	Sex-specific changes in gene expression in response to estrogen pollution around the onset of sex differentiation in grayling (Salmonidae) 2019 ·BMC Genomics ·Oliver Selmoni, (unknown), Julien Roux, Laetitia Wilkins, (unknown), Etiënne L.M. Vermeirssen, Susanne Knörr, Marc Robinson‐Rechavi, Claus Wedekind	9
5	Maternal allocation of carotenoids increases tolerance to bacterial infection in brown trout 2017 ·Oecologia ·Laetitia Wilkins, (unknown), Laure Menin, Daniel Ortiz, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Claus Wedekind	14
6	Stochasticity in economic losses increases the value of reputation in indirect reciprocity 2015 ·Scientific Reports ·Miguel dos Santos, (unknown), Claus Wedekind	1
7	Genetic and phenotypic population divergence on a microgeographic scale in brown trout 2012 ·Molecular Ecology ·Rike Stelkens, Geoffrey Jaffuel, (unknown), Claus Wedekind	65
8	Male Mutation Bias and Possible Long‐Term Effects of Human Activities 2010 ·Conservation Biology ·Samuel Cotton, Claus Wedekind	8
9	Gonadal alterations in male whitefish Coregonus fatioi: no evidence for genetic damage reducing viability in early life stages 2008 ·Diseases of Aquatic Organisms ·David R. Urbach, Adrian Britschgi, (unknown), Daniel O. Bittner, Daniel Bernet, Thomas Wahli, Nigel G. Yoccoz, Claus Wedekind	8
10	Population Consequences of Environmental Sex Reversal 2008 ·Conservation Biology ·Samuel Cotton, Claus Wedekind	67
11	Control of introduced species using Trojan sex chromosomes 2007 ·Trends in Ecology & Evolution ·Samuel Cotton, Claus Wedekind	48
12	Parental characteristics versus egg survival: towards an improved genetic management in the supportive breeding of lake whitefish 2004 ·Annales Zoologici Fennici ·Claus Wedekind, R. Müller	18
13	The Long-Term Benefits of Human Generosity in Indirect Reciprocity 2002 ·Current Biology ·Claus Wedekind, Victoria A. Braithwaite	162
14	Parasite heterogeneity affects infection success and the occurrence of within-host competition: An experimental study with a cestode 2000 ·Evolutionary ecology research ·Claus Wedekind, (unknown)	34
15	Nonlinkage of major histocompatibility complex class I and class II loci in bony fishes 2000 ·Immunogenetics ·Akie Sato, Felipe Figueroa, Brent W. Murray, Edward Málaga‐Trillo, Zofia Zaleska-Rutczynska, Holger Sültmann, Satoru Toyosawa, Claus Wedekind, Natalie Steck, Jörg Klein	143
16	Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci from the tapeworm Schistocephalus solidus 2000 ·Molecular Ecology ·(unknown), Thorsten B. H. Reusch, Claus Wedekind, Lukas Schärer, J. Sternberg, Manfred Milinski	24
17	Different Carotenoids and Potential Information Content of Red Coloration of Male Three-Spined Stickleback 1998 ·Journal of Chemical Ecology ·Claus Wedekind, (unknown), (unknown), U. Niggli, Hanspeter Pfander	87
18	The infectivity, growth, and virulence of the cestode Schistocephalus solidus in its first intermediate host, the copepod Macrocyclops albidus 1997 ·Parasitology ·Claus Wedekind	83
19	Non-random fertilization in mice correlates with the MHC and something else 1996 ·Heredity ·Claus Wedekind, Michel Chapuisat, Ervin Maćaš, Thomas Rülicke	110
20	Mate choice and maternal selection for specific parasite resistances before, during and after fertilization 1994 ·Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Claus Wedekind	77

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