Henrik Mouritsen

11.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
114 papers, 7.0k citations indexed

About

Henrik Mouritsen is a scholar working on Biophysics, Ecology and Developmental Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Henrik Mouritsen has authored 114 papers receiving a total of 7.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 62 papers in Biophysics, 61 papers in Ecology and 36 papers in Developmental Biology. Recurrent topics in Henrik Mouritsen's work include Electromagnetic Fields and Biological Effects (60 papers), Marine animal studies overview (39 papers) and Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (36 papers). Henrik Mouritsen is often cited by papers focused on Electromagnetic Fields and Biological Effects (60 papers), Marine animal studies overview (39 papers) and Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (36 papers). Henrik Mouritsen collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and United States. Henrik Mouritsen's co-authors include P. J. Hore, Miriam Liedvogel, Dominik Heyers, Barrie J. Frost, Gesa Feenders, Manuela Zapka, Martin Wikelski, William W. Cochran, Thorsten Ritz and Dmitry Kishkinev and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Henrik Mouritsen

112 papers receiving 6.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The Radical-Pair Mechanism of Magnetoreception

2016 525 citations P. J. Hore, Henrik Mouritsen profile →
Long-distance navigation and magnetoreception in migratory animals

2018 335 citations Henrik Mouritsen profile →
Anthropogenic electromagnetic noise disrupts magnetic compass orientation in a migratory bird

2014 292 citations Manuela Zapka, P. J. Hore et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Henrik Mouritsen Germany	47	3.0k	2.7k	1.8k	1.5k	1.1k	114	7.0k
Roswitha Wiltschko Germany	52	5.0k 1.6×	4.0k 1.5×	1.5k 0.9×	1.7k 1.2×	978 0.9×	191	9.3k
Wolfgang Wiltschko Germany	56	5.9k 1.9×	4.6k 1.7×	1.7k 1.0×	2.0k 1.3×	1.1k 1.0×	206	10.7k
John B. Phillips United States	45	1.8k 0.6×	1.8k 0.7×	630 0.4×	1.1k 0.7×	435 0.4×	162	6.4k
Kenneth J. Lohmann United States	42	1.2k 0.4×	3.1k 1.2×	521 0.3×	665 0.5×	254 0.2×	108	5.5k
Hynek Burda Germany	39	758 0.3×	2.0k 0.8×	359 0.2×	2.0k 1.3×	324 0.3×	173	4.4k
J. Martin Wild New Zealand	49	375 0.1×	2.5k 0.9×	830 0.5×	3.2k 2.2×	3.6k 3.2×	113	6.0k
Sönke Johnsen United States	42	481 0.2×	1.5k 0.6×	1.3k 0.7×	2.2k 1.5×	107 0.1×	172	6.1k
Miriam Liedvogel Germany	26	608 0.2×	997 0.4×	367 0.2×	706 0.5×	367 0.3×	60	2.3k
James L. Gould United States	33	613 0.2×	628 0.2×	604 0.3×	1.5k 1.0×	136 0.1×	77	3.8k
Edwin W. Rubel United States	79	236 0.1×	3.2k 1.2×	3.0k 1.7×	1.2k 0.8×	2.4k 2.2×	291	17.0k

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Xu, Jingjing, Ole N. Jensen, Jessica Schmidt, et al.. (2025). Cryptochrome 4b protein is probably irrelevant for radical pair-based magnetoreception in the European robin. Journal of The Royal Society Interface. 22(229). 20250176–20250176.

Bartölke, Rabea, Jessica Schmidt, Henrik Mouritsen, et al.. (2025). European Robin Cryptochrome-4a Associates with Lipid Bilayers in an Ordered Manner, Fulfilling a Molecular-Level Condition for Magnetoreception. ACS Chemical Biology. 20(3). 592–606. 2 indexed citations

Packmor, Florian, Dmitry Kishkinev, Thomas Zechmeister, Henrik Mouritsen, & Richard A. Holland. (2024). Migratory birds can extract positional information from magnetic inclination and magnetic declination alone. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 291(2034). rspb20241363–rspb20241363. 5 indexed citations

Xu, Jingjing, Rabea Bartölke, Jessica Schmidt, et al.. (2023). Tracking the Electron Transfer Cascade in European Robin Cryptochrome 4 Mutants. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 145(21). 11566–11578. 24 indexed citations

Wynn, Joe, et al.. (2023). Naive songbirds show seasonally appropriate spring orientation in the laboratory despite having never completed first migration. Biology Letters. 19(2). 7 indexed citations

Schmidt, Jessica, Rabea Bartölke, Tarick J. El‐Baba, et al.. (2023). Dimerization of European Robin Cryptochrome 4a. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 127(28). 6251–6264. 6 indexed citations

Zollitsch, Tilo, Jiate Luo, Lauren E. Jarocha, et al.. (2023). Singlet–triplet dephasing in radical pairs in avian cryptochromes leads to time-dependent magnetic field effects. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 159(10). 13 indexed citations

Mouritsen, Henrik, et al.. (2023). Isotope Substitution Effects on the Magnetic Compass Properties of Cryptochrome-Based Radical Pairs: A Computational Study. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 127(4). 838–845. 3 indexed citations

Mouritsen, Henrik, et al.. (2023). Mutational Study of the Tryptophan Tetrad Important for Electron Transfer in European Robin Cryptochrome 4a. ACS Omega. 8(29). 26425–26436. 8 indexed citations

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Haverkamp, Silke, Anja Günther, Ezequiel Mendoza, et al.. (2022). Immunohistochemical characterization of bipolar cells in four distantly related avian species. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 531(4). 561–581. 4 indexed citations

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Pakhomov, A. Yu., et al.. (2022). Access to the sky near the horizon and stars does not play a crucial role in compass calibration of European songbird migrants. Journal of Experimental Biology. 225(16). 5 indexed citations

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Dreyer, David L., et al.. (2021). A Guide for Using Flight Simulators to Study the Sensory Basis of Long-Distance Migration in Insects. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 15. 678936–678936. 9 indexed citations

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Bolte, Petra, Angelika Einwich, Dominik Heyers, et al.. (2021). Cryptochrome 1a localisation in light- and dark-adapted retinae of several migratory and non-migratory bird species: no signs of light-dependent activation. Ethology Ecology & Evolution. 33(3). 248–272. 31 indexed citations

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Dreyer, David L., Barrie J. Frost, Henrik Mouritsen, et al.. (2018). The Earth’s Magnetic Field and Visual Landmarks Steer Migratory Flight Behavior in the Nocturnal Australian Bogong Moth. Current Biology. 28(13). 2160–2166.e5. 98 indexed citations

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Jarvis, Erich D., Erich D. Jarvis, Jing Yu, et al.. (2013). Global view of the functional molecular organization of the avian cerebrum: Mirror images and functional columns. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 521(16). 3614–3665. 164 indexed citations

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Mouritsen, Henrik, Jelle Atema, Michael J. Kingsford, & Gabriele Gerlach. (2013). Sun Compass Orientation Helps Coral Reef Fish Larvae Return to Their Natal Reef. PLoS ONE. 8(6). e66039–e66039. 64 indexed citations

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Falkenberg, Gerald, Gerta Fleissner, Peter Thalau, et al.. (2010). Avian Magnetoreception: Elaborate Iron Mineral Containing Dendrites in the Upper Beak Seem to Be a Common Feature of Birds. PLoS ONE. 5(2). e9231–e9231. 103 indexed citations

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Zapka, Manuela, Dominik Heyers, Miriam Liedvogel, Erich D. Jarvis, & Henrik Mouritsen. (2010). Night‐time neuronal activation of Cluster N in a day‐ and night‐migrating songbird. European Journal of Neuroscience. 32(4). 619–624. 46 indexed citations

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Mouritsen, Henrik & Thorsten Ritz. (2005). Magnetoreception and its use in bird navigation. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 15(4). 406–414. 151 indexed citations

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Mouritsen, Henrik, et al.. (2004). Cryptochromes and neuronal-activity markers colocalize in the retina of migratory birds during magnetic orientation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(39). 14294–14299. 219 indexed citations

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