Erik Postma

9.3k total citations · 5 hit papers
84 papers, 7.0k citations indexed

About

Erik Postma is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Erik Postma has authored 84 papers receiving a total of 7.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 32 papers in Genetics and 28 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Erik Postma's work include Animal Behavior and Reproduction (40 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (20 papers) and Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (16 papers). Erik Postma is often cited by papers focused on Animal Behavior and Reproduction (40 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (20 papers) and Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (16 papers). Erik Postma collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Netherlands and United Kingdom. Erik Postma's co-authors include W. A. Scheffers, Johannes P. van Dijken, Cornelis Verduyn, Phillip Gienapp, Marcel E. Visser, Daniel H. Nussey, Arie J. van Noordwijk, Loeske E. B. Kruuk, Michelle Clements and Alastair J. Wilson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Erik Postma

82 papers receiving 6.8k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Effect of benzoic acid on metabolic fluxes in yeasts: A continuous‐culture study on the regulation of respiration and alcoholic fermentation

1992 1.2k citations Cornelis Verduyn, Erik Postma et al. Yeast profile →
WHY BREEDING TIME HAS NOT RESPONDED TO SELECTION FOR EARLIER BREEDING IN A SONGBIRD POPULATION

2006 1.2k citations Phillip Gienapp, Erik Postma et al. Evolution profile →
An ecologist’s guide to the animal model

2009 752 citations Erik Postma et al. profile →
Selection on Heritable Phenotypic Plasticity in a Wild Bird Population

2005 526 citations Erik Postma, Phillip Gienapp et al. profile →
Enzymic analysis of the crabtree effect in glucose-limited chemostat cultures of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

1989 507 citations Erik Postma, Cornelis Verduyn et al. Applied and Environmental Microbiology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Erik Postma Switzerland	31	2.8k	2.2k	1.9k	1.4k	1.2k	84	7.0k
Peter Midford United States	21	2.5k 0.9×	1.1k 0.5×	887 0.5×	964 0.7×	237 0.2×	30	5.1k
Lena Gustafsson Sweden	55	3.4k 1.2×	2.2k 1.0×	1.8k 1.0×	322 0.2×	1.5k 1.2×	199	11.7k
David L. Erickson United States	40	2.8k 1.0×	1.9k 0.9×	1.6k 0.9×	1.6k 1.1×	75 0.1×	94	6.6k
Nicolas Salamin Switzerland	53	2.8k 1.0×	4.3k 2.0×	2.2k 1.2×	2.3k 1.6×	128 0.1×	160	9.9k
John G. Oakeshott Australia	57	4.9k 1.8×	1.3k 0.6×	1.3k 0.7×	2.2k 1.5×	334 0.3×	250	11.2k
Bas J. Zwaan Netherlands	49	1.1k 0.4×	3.0k 1.4×	1.8k 0.9×	2.6k 1.8×	70 0.1×	171	8.0k
Quentin Cronk Canada	50	3.7k 1.3×	3.6k 1.7×	797 0.4×	1.8k 1.2×	77 0.1×	182	7.8k
Jeremy Schmutz United States	54	5.0k 1.8×	1.3k 0.6×	1.1k 0.6×	3.7k 2.6×	583 0.5×	176	11.5k
Kermit Ritland Canada	37	2.0k 0.7×	2.5k 1.1×	1.4k 0.8×	3.3k 2.3×	90 0.1×	82	6.9k
David C. Haak United States	20	636 0.2×	1.4k 0.6×	1.7k 0.9×	1.0k 0.7×	166 0.1×	52	5.3k

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Matsumura, Kentarou, et al.. (2024). Experimental quantification of genetic and ontogenetic effects on fighting behavior in the broad-horned flour beetle. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 78(3).

Vedder, Oscar, Barbara Tschirren, Erik Postma, & María Moirón. (2023). Rapid decline of prenatal maternal effects with age is independent of postnatal environment in a precocial bird. Evolution. 77(11). 2484–2491. 11 indexed citations

Lummaa, Virpi, et al.. (2023). The long-lasting legacy of reproduction: lifetime reproductive success shapes expected genetic contributions of humans after 10 generations. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 290(1998). 20230287–20230287. 2 indexed citations

Postma, Erik, et al.. (2023). Low interspecific variation and no phylogenetic signal in additive genetic variance in wild bird and mammal populations. Ecology and Evolution. 13(11). e10693–e10693. 5 indexed citations

Chambel, María Regina, et al.. (2021). The role of maternal age, growth, and environment in shaping offspring performance in an aerial conifer seed bank. American Journal of Botany. 109(3). 366–376. 8 indexed citations

Postma, Erik, Alejandro González‐Voyer, & Luke Holman. (2021). A comment on The adaptive value of gluttony: predators mediate the life history trade‐offs of satiation threshold by Pruitt & Krauel (2010). Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 34(12). 1989–1993. 1 indexed citations

Postma, Erik, et al.. (2020). Effects of food type and abundance on begging and sharing in Asian small-clawed otters ( Aonyx cinereus ). PeerJ. 8. e10369–e10369. 2 indexed citations

Berger, David & Erik Postma. (2014). Biased Estimates of Diminishing-Returns Epistasis? Empirical Evidence Revisited. Genetics. 198(4). 1417–1420. 16 indexed citations

Wheelwright, Nathaniel T., Lukas F. Keller, & Erik Postma. (2014). The effect of trait type and strength of selection on heritability and evolvability in an island bird population. Evolution. 68(11). 3325–3336. 26 indexed citations

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Postma, Erik & Phillip Gienapp. (2009). Origin-related differences in plumage coloration within an island population of great tits (Parus major). Canadian Journal of Zoology. 87(1). 1–7. 13 indexed citations

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Postma, Erik, et al.. (2007). Strong artificial selection in the wild results in predicted small evolutionary change. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 20(5). 1823–1832. 22 indexed citations

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Edelaar, Pim, Theunis Piersma, & Erik Postma. (2005). Retained non-adaptive plasticity: gene flow or small inherent costs of plasticity?. Evolutionary ecology research. 7(3). 489–495. 9 indexed citations

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Edelaar, Pim, et al.. (2005). NO SUPPORT FOR A GENETIC BASIS OF MANDIBLE CROSSING DIRECTION IN CROSSBILLS (LOXIA SPP). The Auk. 122(4). 1123–1123. 8 indexed citations

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Postma, Erik, et al.. (2001). MICROSATELLITE VARIATION IN DUTCH ROE DEER (CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS) POPULATIONS. Netherlands Journal of Zoology. 51(1). 85–95. 1 indexed citations

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Weusthuis, Ruud A., et al.. (1994). Identification of the Maltose Transport Protein of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 200(1). 45–51. 12 indexed citations

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Verduyn, Cornelis, Erik Postma, W. A. Scheffers, & Johannes P. van Dijken. (1992). Effect of benzoic acid on metabolic fluxes in yeasts: A continuous‐culture study on the regulation of respiration and alcoholic fermentation. Yeast. 8(7). 501–517. 1217 indexed citations breakdown →

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Verduyn, Cornelis, Erik Postma, W. A. Scheffers, & Johannes P. van Dijken. (1990). Physiology of Saccharomyces Cerevisiae in Anaerobic Glucose-Limited Chemostat Culturesx. Journal of General Microbiology. 136(3). 395–403. 401 indexed citations

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Postma, Erik, et al.. (1989). Glucose Transport in Crabtree-positive and Crabtree-negative Yeasts. Microbiology. 135(9). 2399–2406. 105 indexed citations

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Postma, Erik, et al.. (1989). Competition for glucose between the yeasts Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Candida utilis. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 55(12). 3214–3220. 52 indexed citations

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Vrij, W de, et al.. (1985). Calcium transport in membrane vesicles of Bacillus subtilis. Journal of Bacteriology. 164(3). 1294–1300. 19 indexed citations

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