Frank Glaw

11.5k citations

326 papers · 7.6k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 39

Impact in

Ecological Modeling top 0.1%
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
Global and Planetary Change top 0.2%
- Amphibian and Reptile Biology

Papers in

Ecological Modeling 82
- Species Distribution and Climate Change 82
Global and Planetary Change 303
- Amphibian and Reptile Biology 303

Co-authors: Miguel Vences Jörn Köhler David R. Vieites Franco Andreone Katharina C. Wollenberg Valero Mark D. Scherz Oliver Hawlitschek Zoltán T. Nagy
Journals: Zootaxa (66 papers)Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (18 papers)Zoosystematics and Evolution (15 papers)Amphibia-Reptilia (12 papers)Vertebrate Zoology (11 papers)
Partner nations: Germany Madagascar United States

In The Last Decade

Frank Glaw

315 papers receiving 7.0k citations

Hit Papers

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The use of bioacoustics in anuran taxonomy: theory, terminology, methods and recommendations for best practice 2017 · 442 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2017 Zootaxa
2009 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
1994 Medical Entomology and Zoology

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The 25 scholars most cited alongside Frank Glaw, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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1	Revision of the Lygodactylus tolampyae complex, with descriptions of three additional new dwarf gecko species from Madagascar’s North West Zootaxa ·Miguel Vences, أحمد شوقی محمد, Yasmin Hajian, J.E. Lee, Ayşegül Yetiş, Dias Adi Pratomo, Reda M. Mohamed, Andolalao Rakotoarison, Frank Glaw, Aurélien Miralles	2025	0
2	Molecular systematics of the enigmatic dwarf gecko Lygodactylus ornatus and description of a new species of the L. verticillatus group from the North West of Madagascar Zootaxa ·Andolalao Rakotoarison, J.E. Lee, Yasmin Hajian, Aurélien Miralles, Ayşegül Yetiş, İ.E. Akçıl, Frank Glaw, Miguel Vences	2025	0
3	Unexpected diversity and co-occurrence of phytotelmic frogs (Guibemantis) around Andasibe, one of the most intensively surveyed amphibian hotspots of Madagascar, and descriptions of three new species Zootaxa ·Boluwatife Fabiyi Abidogun, Rodrigo Marreiro Basso, Jörn Köhler, Reda M. Mohamed, 澤山重樹, Pedro Galán, Frank Glaw, Richard M. Lehtinen, Andolalao Rakotoarison, Miguel Vences	2024	3
4	Communicator whistles: A Trek through the taxonomy of the Boophis marojezensis complex reveals seven new, morphologically cryptic treefrogs from Madagascar (Amphibia: Anura: Mantellidae) Vertebrate Zoology ·Miguel Vences, Jörn Köhler, Carl R. Hutter, Michaela Preick, Rui-Lin Gou, Andolalao Rakotoarison, Fanomezana M. Ratsoavina, Frank Glaw, Mark D. Scherz	2024	2
5	A new species of Pandanus-dwelling frog from northern Madagascar related to Guibemantis pulcher Zootaxa ·Miguel Vences, Carl R. Hutter, Frank Glaw, Andolalao Rakotoarison, Achille P. Raselimanana, Mark D. Scherz	2023	3
6	Gray versus yellow ventral coloration: Identity, distribution, color polymorphism and molecular relationships of the microhylid frog Platypelis mavomavo Andreone, Fenolio & Walvoord, 2003 Zootaxa ·Andolalao Rakotoarison, Mark D. Scherz, Trèche, Angelica Crottini, Rui-Lin Gou, Broz, 仇雨情, Victor Young Craig, 準雄松尾, Franco Andreone, Frank Glaw, Miguel Vences	2023	1
7	Repeated divergence of amphibians and reptiles across an elevational gradient in northern Madagascar Ecology and Evolution ·Mark D. Scherz, Robin Schmidt, Jason L. Brown, Julian Glos, Ella Zoe Lattenkamp, Madeline E. Pearse, Andolalao Rakotoarison, Kristine Slotina, Ariantie OS, Achille P. Raselimanana, Jos� Gr�nberg, Fanomezana M. Ratsoavina, T Torgowski, Frank Glaw, Miguel Vences	2023	6
8	Integrative revision of the Lygodactylus madagascariensis group reveals an unexpected diversity of little brown geckos in Madagascar’s rainforest Zootaxa ·Miguel Vences, Yasmin Hajian, J.E. Lee, Aurélien Miralles, Angelica Crottini, Derly Darleyn Carrascal Rivera, Andolalao Rakotoarison, Fanomezana M. Ratsoavina, Frank Glaw, Mark D. Scherz	2022	9
9	Diversification of tiny toads (Bufonidae:Amazophrynella) sheds light on ancient landscape dynamism in Amazonia Biological Journal of the Linnean Society ·E. Cheng, Fernanda P. Werneck, Sun Hong-xia, Miguel Tréfaut Rodrigues, Ivan Prates, Frank Glaw, Philippe J. R. Kok, Santiago R. Ron, Juan C. Chaparro, Hae Jin Noh, Francisco Dal Vechio, Renato Sousa Recoder, Fergus Couch, A. I. Kachurin, Mario Monteghirfo, Tomas Hrbek, Antoine Fouquet	2022	8
10	Into the Chamber of Horrors: A proposal for the resolution of nomenclatural chaos in the Scaphiophryne calcarata complex (Anura: Microhylidae), with a new species-level phylogenetic hypothesis for Scaphiophryninae Zootaxa ·Mark D. Scherz, Т. А. Дудина, Angelica Crottini, Aurélien Miralles, Andolalao Rakotoarison, Achille P. Raselimanana, Jörn Köhler, Frank Glaw, Miguel Vences	2021	3
11	A guild classification system proposed for anuran advertisement calls Zoosystematics and Evolution ·Mike Emmrich, Miguel Vences, Raffael Ernst, Jörn Köhler, Michael F. Barej, Frank Glaw, Martin Jansen, Mark‐Oliver Rödel	2020	14
12	Transcriptomic and macroevolutionary evidence for phenotypic uncoupling between frog life history phases Nature Communications ·Katharina C. Wollenberg Valero, Joan Garcia‐Porta, Ariel Rodríguez, Mónica Arias, Juergen Graf, Alex German Blum Salazar, Jason L. Brown, Frank Glaw, Fèlix Amat, Sven Künzel, Dirk Metzler, Raphael D. Isokpehi, Miguel Vences	2017	43
13	Environmental niche plasticity of the endemic gecko Phelsuma parkeri Loveridge 1941 from Pemba Island, Tanzania; a case study of extinction risk on flat islands by climate change. Tropical Zoology ·Dennis Rödder, Oliver Hawlitschek, Frank Glaw	2010	6
14	Vast underestimation of Madagascar's biodiversity evidenced by an integrative amphibian inventory Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·David R. Vieites, Katharina C. Wollenberg Valero, Franco Andreone, Jörn Köhler, Frank Glaw, Miguel Vences Hit paper breakdown →	2009	544
15	A new microhylid frog of the genus Cophyla from a transitional forest in northwestern Madagascar African Zoology ·Miguel Vences, Franco Andreone, Frank Glaw	2005	4
16	Review of the Malagasy tree snakes of the genus Stenophis UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam) ·Miguel Vences, Frank Glaw, Vincenzo Mercurio, Franco Andreone	2004	10
17	A NEW SIBLING SPECIES OF THE ANURAN SUBGENUS BLOMMERSIA FROM MADAGASCAR (AMPHIBIA: MANTELLIDAE: MANTIDACTYLUS) AND ITS MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS Herpetological Journal ·Frank Glaw, Miguel Vences	2002	14
18	A review of the genus Mantella (Anura, Ranidae, Mantellinae): taxonomy, distribution and conservation of Malagasy poison frogs Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution) ·Miguel Vences, Frank Glaw, Wolfgang Böhme	1999	24
19	03. Variation in Mantidactylus madecassus Millot & Guibe, 1950, a little known Malagasy frog, with resurrection of Mantidactylus Pauliani Guibe, 1974 Herpetological Journal ·Miguel Vences, Frank Glaw	1999	4
20	Genital morphology and systematics of Geodipsas Boulenger, 1896 (Reptilia: Serpentes: Colubridae), with description of a new genus Revue suisse de zoologie ·Thomas Ziegler, Miguel Vences, Frank Glaw, Wolfgang Böhme	1997	7

About Frank Glaw

Frank Glaw is a scholar working on Ecological Modeling, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Developmental Biology and Genetics, having authored 326 papers that have together received 7.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Amphibian and Reptile Biology (303 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (82 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (66 papers), Bat Biology and Ecology Studies (64 papers), Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy (55 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (44 papers), Mosquito-borne diseases and control (43 papers) and Genetic diversity and population structure (38 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Ecological Modeling (2.1k citations), Global and Planetary Change (5.7k citations), Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (3.0k citations), Developmental Biology (325 citations) and Paleontology (649 citations). Frank Glaw has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, Madagascar and United States. Frequent co-authors include Miguel Vences, Jörn Köhler, David R. Vieites, Franco Andreone, Katharina C. Wollenberg Valero, Mark D. Scherz, Oliver Hawlitschek, Zoltán T. Nagy, Axel Meyer and Joachim Kosuch. Their work appears in journals such as Zootaxa, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Zoosystematics and Evolution, Amphibia-Reptilia and Vertebrate Zoology.

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