Horst Wilkens

3.0k total citations
52 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Horst Wilkens is a scholar working on Paleontology, Global and Planetary Change and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Horst Wilkens has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Paleontology, 30 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 26 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Horst Wilkens's work include Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy (30 papers), Amphibian and Reptile Biology (16 papers) and Marine Ecology and Invasive Species (12 papers). Horst Wilkens is often cited by papers focused on Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy (30 papers), Amphibian and Reptile Biology (16 papers) and Marine Ecology and Invasive Species (12 papers). Horst Wilkens collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Austria. Horst Wilkens's co-authors include Ulrike Strecker, Jakob Parzefall, Clifford J. Tabin, Leonard I. Zon, Candace Hersey, Meredith Protas, William R. Jeffery, Yi Zhou, Richard Borowsky and Hartwig Schmale and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Genetics and Evolution.

In The Last Decade

Horst Wilkens

52 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Horst Wilkens Germany 25 1.0k 777 751 432 401 52 1.9k
Jon A. Moore United States 15 387 0.4× 304 0.4× 1.0k 1.3× 304 0.7× 531 1.3× 43 1.8k
Francesco Santini United States 25 1.3k 1.3× 435 0.6× 1.7k 2.2× 1.0k 2.3× 833 2.1× 51 3.4k
Jakob Parzefall Germany 26 343 0.3× 562 0.7× 537 0.7× 824 1.9× 469 1.2× 53 2.0k
Laurie Sorenson United States 20 364 0.4× 293 0.4× 803 1.1× 441 1.0× 482 1.2× 32 1.6k
Ricardo Betancur‐R United States 26 607 0.6× 414 0.5× 1.5k 1.9× 668 1.5× 626 1.6× 78 2.7k
Ron I. Eytan United States 16 497 0.5× 206 0.3× 1.2k 1.6× 484 1.1× 540 1.3× 27 2.1k
Marymegan Daly United States 29 1.2k 1.2× 872 1.1× 275 0.4× 424 1.0× 1.6k 4.0× 108 2.9k
Lance Grande United States 32 1.6k 1.6× 300 0.4× 2.4k 3.2× 279 0.6× 424 1.1× 74 3.2k
Roland R. Melzer Germany 22 388 0.4× 294 0.4× 236 0.3× 362 0.8× 528 1.3× 133 1.6k
W. Leo Smith United States 22 525 0.5× 295 0.4× 1.6k 2.2× 486 1.1× 593 1.5× 38 2.5k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Horst Wilkens

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wilkens, Horst. (2023). The general significance of variability in cave regressive traits for evolution. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 140(2). 161–175. 1 indexed citations
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Wilkens, Horst. (2022). Functional eye rudiments in the anchialine crab Munidopsis polymorpha (Crustacea: Galatheidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 137(2). 341–349. 1 indexed citations
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Damsgaard, Christian, Henrik Lauridsen, Jesper Skovhus Thomsen, et al.. (2019). Retinal oxygen supply shaped the functional evolution of the vertebrate eye. eLife. 8. 18 indexed citations
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Strecker, Ulrike, Bernhard Hausdorf, & Horst Wilkens. (2011). Parallel speciation in Astyanax cave fish (Teleostei) in Northern Mexico. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 62(1). 62–70. 64 indexed citations
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Wilkens, Horst. (2010). Genes, modules and the evolution of cave fish. Heredity. 105(5). 413–422. 67 indexed citations
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Wilkens, Horst & Kathrin Hüppop. (2009). Sympatric speciation in cave fishes?. Journal of Zoological Systematics & Evolutionary Research. 24(3). 223–230. 21 indexed citations
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Scholl, A., et al.. (2009). Der Micos-Fisch, Höhlenfisch in statu nascendi oder Bastard ?. Journal of Zoological Systematics & Evolutionary Research. 13(2). 110–124. 8 indexed citations
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Leys, Remko, Steven J. Cooper, Ulrike Strecker, & Horst Wilkens. (2005). Regressive evolution of an eye pigment gene in independently evolved eyeless subterranean diving beetles. Biology Letters. 1(4). 496–499. 43 indexed citations
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Strecker, Ulrike, et al.. (2004). Phylogeography of surface and cave Astyanax (Teleostei) from Central and North America based on cytochrome b sequence data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 33(2). 469–481. 104 indexed citations
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Parry, Juliet W. L., Stuart N. Peirson, Horst Wilkens, & James K. Bowmaker. (2002). Multiple photopigments from the Mexican blind cavefish, Astyanax fasciatus: a microspectrophotometric study. Vision Research. 43(1). 31–41. 22 indexed citations
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Behrens, Maik, et al.. (1997). Comparative analysis of Pax-6 sequence and expression in the eye development of the blind cave fish Astyanax fasciatus and its epigean conspecific. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 14(3). 299–308. 31 indexed citations
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Wilkens, Horst, et al.. (1991). Speciation of troglobites: studies in the San Antonio cave (Oaxaca, Mexico). International Journal of Speleology. 20(1/4). 1–13. 4 indexed citations
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Koch, R, et al.. (1990). Topographic anatomy of the abdominal organs of the gray short tailed opossum monodelphis domestica marsupialia. 33(6). 251–258. 3 indexed citations
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Iliffe, Thomas M., et al.. (1984). Marine Lava Cave Fauna: Composition, Biogeography, and Origins. Science. 225(4659). 309–311. 79 indexed citations
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Parzefall, Jakob, et al.. (1973). Degenerative and constructive features of a phylogeneticcaly young cave form of Poecilia sphenops (Pisces, Poeciliidae). Internationale Revue der gesamten Hydrobiologie und Hydrographie. 58(3). 417–436. 44 indexed citations
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Parzefall, Jakob & Horst Wilkens. (1972). Artbildung bei hhlenfischen: Vergleichende untersuchungen an zwei amerikanischen synbranchiden (pisces, teleostei). Zoomorphology. 73(1). 63–79. 1 indexed citations
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Wilkens, Horst. (1970). [Eye structure of cavernicolous populations ofAstyanax fasciatus : Contribution to the problems of degenerative evolution].. Development Genes and Evolution. 166(1). 54–75. 2 indexed citations
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Wilkens, Horst. (1970). Der Bau des Auges cavernicoler Sippen vonAstyanax fasciatus (Characidae, Pisces): Beitrag zur Problematik degenerativer Evolutionsprozesse. Development Genes and Evolution. 166(1). 54–75. 6 indexed citations
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Wilkens, Horst. (1970). Der Bau des Auges cavernicoler Sippen vonAstyanax fasciatus (Characidae, Pisces). Development Genes and Evolution. 166(1). 54–75. 20 indexed citations

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