Günter Bechly

2.1k total citations
75 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Günter Bechly is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Günter Bechly has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 41 papers in Genetics and 26 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Günter Bechly's work include Fossil Insects in Amber (45 papers), Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy (35 papers) and Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology (26 papers). Günter Bechly is often cited by papers focused on Fossil Insects in Amber (45 papers), Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy (35 papers) and Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology (26 papers). Günter Bechly collaborates with scholars based in Germany, France and United States. Günter Bechly's co-authors include Robert F. Loveridge, David M. Martill, André Nel, Xavier Delclòs, Peter Vršanský, Arnold H. Staniczek, Günther Fleck, Carsten Brauckmann, Diying Huang and Robert A. Coram and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, Journal of Theoretical Biology and eLife.

In The Last Decade

Günter Bechly

75 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Günter Bechly Germany 20 1.2k 753 603 454 161 75 1.7k
Olivier Béthoux France 26 1.8k 1.5× 740 1.0× 270 0.4× 543 1.2× 131 0.8× 121 2.1k
Edmund A. Jarzembowski China 22 1.7k 1.4× 659 0.9× 300 0.5× 630 1.4× 70 0.4× 179 2.1k
Jes Rust Germany 22 1.2k 0.9× 551 0.7× 199 0.3× 464 1.0× 155 1.0× 64 1.6k
S. Bruce Archibald Canada 21 1.6k 1.3× 912 1.2× 161 0.3× 307 0.7× 225 1.4× 64 1.9k
S. I. Golovatch Russia 18 501 0.4× 1.2k 1.6× 566 0.9× 1.4k 3.0× 88 0.5× 275 1.8k
David Penney United Kingdom 23 877 0.7× 884 1.2× 180 0.3× 291 0.6× 53 0.3× 94 1.6k
Jason F. Hicks United States 15 385 0.3× 162 0.2× 386 0.6× 694 1.5× 152 0.9× 19 1.2k
Carolin Haug Germany 28 1.4k 1.2× 682 0.9× 551 0.9× 937 2.1× 311 1.9× 179 2.6k
Edgardo Ortiz Jaureguizar Argentina 19 541 0.4× 146 0.2× 443 0.7× 1.2k 2.7× 302 1.9× 46 1.6k
Wilfried Wichard Germany 17 813 0.7× 410 0.5× 393 0.7× 137 0.3× 148 0.9× 79 1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Günter Bechly

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All Works

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Hössjer, Ola, et al.. (2021). On the waiting time until coordinated mutations get fixed in regulatory sequences. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 524. 110657–110657. 4 indexed citations
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Bechly, Günter & Jan Audun Rasmussen. (2019). A new genus of hawker dragonfly (Odonata: Anisoptera: Aeshnidae) from the Early Eocene Fur Formation of Denmark. Zootaxa. 4550(1). 123–128. 7 indexed citations
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Vršanský, Peter, Péter Barna, Patrick Müller, et al.. (2018). Parasitic cockroaches indicate complex states of earliest proved ants. Biologia. 74(1). 65–89. 30 indexed citations
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Pinkert, Stefan, Günter Bechly, & André Nel. (2017). First record of hawker dragonflies from Eocene Baltic amber (Odonata: Anisoptera: Gomphaeschnidae). Zootaxa. 4272(2). 263–275. 2 indexed citations
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Bechly, Günter, et al.. (2017). A new stem-coenagrionoid genus of damselflies (Odonata: Zygoptera) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Zootaxa. 4243(1). 177–186. 5 indexed citations
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Bechly, Günter, et al.. (2016). First Record of Anisoptera (Insecta: Odonata) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese Amber. Zootaxa. 4103(6). 537–49. 18 indexed citations
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Huang, Diying, Günter Bechly, Patricia Nel, et al.. (2016). New fossil insect order Permopsocida elucidates major radiation and evolution of suction feeding in hemimetabolous insects (Hexapoda: Acercaria). Scientific Reports. 6(1). 23004–23004. 57 indexed citations
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Wuttke, Michael, et al.. (2016). The fossil insects of the Quercy region: a historical review = Die fossilen Insekten der Quercy Region: eine historische Übersicht. 28. 127. 4 indexed citations
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Maxwell, Erin E., Stefanie Alexander, Günter Bechly, et al.. (2016). The Rauenberg fossil Lagerstätte (Baden-Württemberg, Germany): A window into early Oligocene marine and coastal ecosystems of Central Europe. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 463. 238–260. 20 indexed citations
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Rolo, Tomy dos Santos, et al.. (2016). Preservation of three-dimensional anatomy in phosphatized fossil arthropods enriches evolutionary inference. eLife. 5. 19 indexed citations
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Bechly, Günter & Vladimir N. Makarkin. (2015). A new gigantic lacewing species (Insecta: Neuroptera) from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil confirms the occurrence of Kalligrammatidae in the Americas. Cretaceous Research. 58. 135–140. 11 indexed citations
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Nel, André, Günter Bechly, Xavier Delclòs, & Diying Huang. (2009). New and poorly known Mesozoic damsel-dragonflies (Odonata: Isophlebioidea: Campterophlebiidae, Isophlebiidae). 2(2). 18 indexed citations
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Fleck, Günther, Günter Bechly, Xavier Delclòs, Edmund A. Jarzembowski, & André Nel. (2004). A revision of the Upper Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous dragonfly family Tarsophlebiidae, with a discussion on the phylogenetic positions of the Tarsophlebiidae and Sieblosiidae (Insecta, Odonatoptera, Panodonata). Geodiversitas. 26(1). 33–60. 12 indexed citations
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Bechly, Günter, et al.. (2001). A revision and phylogenetic study of Mesozoic Aeshnoptera, with description of numerous new taxa (Insecta: Odonata: Anisoptera). 10 indexed citations
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Nel, André, Günter Bechly, Xavier Delclòs, & Günther Fleck. (2001). A new family of Anisoptera from the Upper Jurassic of Karatau in Kazakhstan (Insecta: Odonata: Juragomphidae n. fam.). 314. 2 indexed citations
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Bechly, Günter. (2000). Two new fossil dragonfly species (Insecta: Odonata: Anisoptera: Araripegomphidae and Lindeniidae) from the Crato Limestone (Lower Cretaceous, Brazil). 6 indexed citations
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Bechly, Günter. (1998). Juracordulia schiemenzi gen. et sp. nov., eine neue Libelle aus den Solnhofener Plattenkalken (Insecta: Odonata: Anisoptera). 3 indexed citations

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