Harald Letsch

5.0k total citations
26 papers, 917 citations indexed

About

Harald Letsch is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Harald Letsch has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 917 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 14 papers in Genetics and 7 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Harald Letsch's work include Plant and animal studies (8 papers), Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution (7 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (6 papers). Harald Letsch is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (8 papers), Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution (7 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (6 papers). Harald Letsch collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Austria and United States. Harald Letsch's co-authors include Bernhard Misof, Sabrina Simon, Roman R. Stocsits, Benjamin Wipfler‍, Brigitte Gottsberger, Jessica L. Ware, Jana Hertel, Peter F. Stadler, Karen Meusemann and Karl M. Kjer and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Nature Communications and Evolution.

In The Last Decade

Harald Letsch

25 papers receiving 903 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Harald Letsch Germany 16 548 386 254 226 162 26 917
Vladimir I. Gusarov Norway 14 541 1.0× 404 1.0× 396 1.6× 234 1.0× 109 0.7× 44 1.0k
Stuart J. Longhorn United Kingdom 13 378 0.7× 319 0.8× 185 0.7× 300 1.3× 217 1.3× 22 859
Rebecca J. Rundell United States 11 364 0.7× 373 1.0× 329 1.3× 190 0.8× 202 1.2× 22 1.0k
Anna K. Hundsdoerfer Germany 17 318 0.6× 336 0.9× 363 1.4× 138 0.6× 66 0.4× 49 797
Glenn Litsios Switzerland 18 319 0.6× 320 0.8× 307 1.2× 217 1.0× 162 1.0× 28 890
Sean Stankowski United Kingdom 17 315 0.6× 508 1.3× 261 1.0× 199 0.9× 54 0.3× 38 868
Michael W. Lloyd United States 14 542 1.0× 680 1.8× 216 0.9× 205 0.9× 52 0.3× 24 993
J. Wolfgang Wägele Germany 13 312 0.6× 247 0.6× 407 1.6× 238 1.1× 163 1.0× 56 954
Christoph Muster Germany 16 223 0.4× 413 1.1× 256 1.0× 228 1.0× 101 0.6× 42 734
Shahan Derkarabetian United States 19 251 0.5× 596 1.5× 271 1.1× 363 1.6× 302 1.9× 47 998

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Harald Letsch

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Harald Letsch. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Harald Letsch based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Harald Letsch. Harald Letsch is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Letsch, Harald & Alexander Riedel. (2025). Classification and biogeography of the weevil subfamily Entiminae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) based on a comprehensive dated phylogeny. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 205(2).
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Letsch, Harald, Brigitte Gottsberger, M. Wanat, et al.. (2024). The phylogeny of ceutorhynchine weevils (Ceutorhynchinae, Curculionidae): Mitogenome data improve the resolution of tribal relationships. Systematic Entomology. 49(4). 624–634. 1 indexed citations
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Letsch, Harald & Franziska Beran. (2023). Jumping to new hosts: the diversification of flea beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Alticini) in the context of their host plant associations. Insect Systematics and Diversity. 7(5). 3 indexed citations
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Ahn, Seung‐Joon, Maurizio Biondi, Heiko Vogel, et al.. (2023). A radiation of Psylliodes flea beetles on Brassicaceae is associated with the evolution of specific detoxification enzymes. Evolution. 78(1). 127–145. 2 indexed citations
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Letsch, Harald, Michael Balke, Dominik Kusy, et al.. (2023). Beetle evolution illuminates the geological history of the World's most diverse tropical archipelago. Ecography. 2023(12). 7 indexed citations
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Kohli, Manpreet K., Harald Letsch, Carola Greve, et al.. (2021). Evolutionary history and divergence times of Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) revealed through transcriptomics. iScience. 24(11). 103324–103324. 41 indexed citations
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Song, Hojun, Olivier Béthoux, Seunggwan Shin, et al.. (2020). Phylogenomic analysis sheds light on the evolutionary pathways towards acoustic communication in Orthoptera. Nature Communications. 11(1). 4939–4939. 100 indexed citations
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Todisco, Valentina, Andrea Grill, Konrad Fiedler, et al.. (2018). Molecular phylogeny of the Palaearctic butterfly genus Pseudophilotes (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) with focus on the Sardinian endemic P. barbagiae. BMC Zoology. 3(1). 11 indexed citations
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Rajaei, Hossein, Carola Greve, Harald Letsch, et al.. (2015). Advances inGeometroidea phylogeny, with characterization of a new family based onPseudobiston pinratanai(Lepidoptera, Glossata). Zoologica Scripta. 44(4). 418–436. 20 indexed citations
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Letsch, Harald & Sabrina Simon. (2013). Insect phylogenomics: new insights on the relationships of lower neopteran orders ( P olyneoptera). Systematic Entomology. 38(4). 783–793. 42 indexed citations
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Blanke, Alexander, Benjamin Wipfler‍, Harald Letsch, et al.. (2012). Revival of Palaeoptera—head characters support a monophyletic origin of Odonata and Ephemeroptera (Insecta). Cladistics. 28(6). 560–581. 67 indexed citations
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Letsch, Harald, Karen Meusemann, Benjamin Wipfler‍, et al.. (2012). Insect phylogenomics: results, problems and the impact of matrix composition. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 279(1741). 3282–3290. 37 indexed citations
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Letsch, Harald & Karl M. Kjer. (2011). Potential pitfalls of modelling ribosomal RNA data in phylogenetic tree reconstruction: Evidence from case studies in the Metazoa. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 11(1). 146–146. 37 indexed citations
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Letsch, Harald, Patrick Kück, Roman R. Stocsits, & Bernhard Misof. (2010). The Impact of rRNA Secondary Structure Consideration in Alignment and Tree Reconstruction: Simulated Data and a Case Study on the Phylogeny of Hexapods. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 27(11). 2507–2521. 47 indexed citations
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Reumont, Björn M. von, Karen Meusemann, Nikolaus U. Szucsich, et al.. (2009). Can comprehensive background knowledge be incorporated into substitution models to improve phylogenetic analyses? A case study on major arthropod relationships. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 9(1). 119–119. 112 indexed citations
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Stocsits, Roman R., Harald Letsch, Jana Hertel, Bernhard Misof, & Peter F. Stadler. (2009). Accurate and efficient reconstruction of deep phylogenies from structured RNAs. Nucleic Acids Research. 37(18). 6184–6193. 103 indexed citations
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Letsch, Harald, Carola Greve, Patrick Kück, et al.. (2009). Simultaneous alignment and folding of 28S rRNA sequences uncovers phylogenetic signal in structure variation. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 53(3). 758–771. 16 indexed citations
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Wägele, J. Wolfgang, Harald Letsch, Annette Klussmann‐Kolb, et al.. (2009). Phylogenetic support values are not necessarily informative: the case of the Serialia hypothesis (a mollusk phylogeny). Frontiers in Zoology. 6(1). 12–12. 44 indexed citations

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