Jan Decher

676 total citations
36 papers, 538 citations indexed

About

Jan Decher is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jan Decher has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 538 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 17 papers in Ecology and 14 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Jan Decher's work include Bat Biology and Ecology Studies (23 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (14 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (12 papers). Jan Decher is often cited by papers focused on Bat Biology and Ecology Studies (23 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (14 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (12 papers). Jan Decher collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and South Africa. Jan Decher's co-authors include Jakob Fahr, Juliane Schaer, Rainer Hutterer, Natalie Weber, Kai Matuschewski, Susan L. Perkins, Fabian H. Leendertz, Ryan W. Norris, Ara Monadjem and Christiane Denys and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Biodiversity and Conservation and Journal of Zoology.

In The Last Decade

Jan Decher

35 papers receiving 495 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jan Decher Germany 13 244 234 119 115 83 36 538
Isaac Passos de Lima Brazil 12 319 1.3× 418 1.8× 114 1.0× 136 1.2× 67 0.8× 24 613
Jennifer Lamb South Africa 15 302 1.2× 266 1.1× 147 1.2× 146 1.3× 150 1.8× 51 665
Marcelo Oscar Bordignon Brazil 13 262 1.1× 279 1.2× 82 0.7× 63 0.5× 65 0.8× 38 440
Sérgio Luiz Althoff Brazil 13 230 0.9× 215 0.9× 122 1.0× 65 0.6× 69 0.8× 40 466
Jonas Sponchiado Brazil 15 269 1.1× 145 0.6× 168 1.4× 65 0.6× 52 0.6× 34 532
Jairo Pérez‐Torres Colombia 14 235 1.0× 304 1.3× 78 0.7× 159 1.4× 36 0.4× 68 513
Robert C. Dowler United States 15 388 1.6× 143 0.6× 99 0.8× 115 1.0× 130 1.6× 56 615
Livia León‐Paniagua Mexico 14 371 1.5× 286 1.2× 194 1.6× 223 1.9× 184 2.2× 77 720
Voahangy Soarimalala Madagascar 13 188 0.8× 144 0.6× 74 0.6× 50 0.4× 108 1.3× 45 531
João M. D. Miranda Brazil 14 267 1.1× 324 1.4× 95 0.8× 54 0.5× 46 0.6× 54 549

Countries citing papers authored by Jan Decher

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jan Decher

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jan Decher

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Jan Decher. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Jan Decher 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 Jan Decher. Jan Decher 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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Bourlat, Sarah J., Kathrin Langen, Marianne Espeland, et al.. (2023). Metabarcoding dietary analysis in the insectivorous bat Nyctalus leisleri and implications for conservation. ZooKeys. 11. 1 indexed citations
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Decher, Jan, et al.. (2022). New record and update on the geographic distribution of the Egyptian Tomb Bat Taphozous perforatus (E. Geoffroy, 1818) in Cameroon. Journal of Threatened Taxa. 14(5). 21117–21121. 1 indexed citations
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Monadjem, Ara, Leigh R. Richards, Jan Decher, et al.. (2021). A phylogeny for African Pipistrellus species with the description of a new species from West Africa (Mammalia: Chiroptera). Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 1 indexed citations
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Monadjem, Ara, Leigh R. Richards, Jan Decher, et al.. (2020). A phylogeny for AfricanPipistrellusspecies with the description of a new species from West Africa (Mammalia: Chiroptera). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 191(2). 548–574. 16 indexed citations
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Weber, Natalie, et al.. (2019). New records of bats and terrestrial small mammals from the Seli River in Sierra Leone before the construction of a hydroelectric dam. Biodiversity Data Journal. 7. e34754–e34754. 5 indexed citations
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Decher, Jan, et al.. (2019). Choeropsis liberiensis (Artiodactyla: Hippopotamidae). Mammalian Species. 51(982). 100–118. 5 indexed citations
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Segniagbeto, Gabriel Hoinsoudé, et al.. (2018). Diversity and conservation status of ungulates in the <i>Mono Transboundary</i> Biosphere Reserve, Togo (West Africa). Tropical Zoology. 31(3). 118–130.
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Segniagbeto, Gabriel Hoinsoudé, et al.. (2018). Local distribution and density estimates of primates in the transboundary reserve of the Mono river, Togo (west Africa). Revue d Écologie (La Terre et La Vie). 73(3). 363–374. 6 indexed citations
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Segniagbeto, Gabriel Hoinsoudé, et al.. (2018). Diversity and conservation status of ungulates in the Mono Transboundary Biosphere Reserve, Togo (West Africa). Tropical Zoology. 31(3). 118–130. 4 indexed citations
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Segniagbeto, Gabriel Hoinsoudé, et al.. (2017). Survey of the status and distribution of primates in Togo (West Africa). Biodiversity. 18(4). 137–150. 10 indexed citations
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Vallo, Peter, et al.. (2016). Nutlet is a little nut: disclosure of the phylogenetic position of Robbins' house batScotophilus nucella(Vespertilionidae). Folia Zoologica. 65(4). 302–309. 2 indexed citations
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Amori, Giovanni, et al.. (2016). Non-marine mammals of Togo (West Africa): an annotated checklist. Zoosystema. 38(2). 201–244. 23 indexed citations
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Schaer, Juliane, Susan L. Perkins, Jan Decher, et al.. (2013). High diversity of West African bat malaria parasites and a tight link with rodent Plasmodium taxa. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(43). 17415–17419. 101 indexed citations
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Jacquet, François, Violaine Nicolas, Marc Colyn, et al.. (2013). Forest refugia and riverine barriers promote diversification in the West African pygmy shrew (Crocidura obscurior complex, Soricomorpha). Zoologica Scripta. 43(2). 131–148. 29 indexed citations
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Jacquet, François, Rainer Hutterer, Violaine Nicolas, et al.. (2013). New status for two African giant forest shrews,Crocidura goliath goliathandC. goliath nimbasilvanus(Mammalia: Soricomorpha), based on molecular and geometic morphometric analyses. African Zoology. 48(1). 13–29. 10 indexed citations
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Decher, Jan, Ryan W. Norris, & Jakob Fahr. (2010). Small mammal survey in the upper Seli River valley, Sierra Leone. Mammalia. 74(2). 163–176. 12 indexed citations
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Decher, Jan & Jakob Fahr. (2005). Hipposideros cyclops. Mammalian Species. 763. 1–7. 9 indexed citations
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Decher, Jan, et al.. (1999). Diversity and structure of terrestrial small mammal communities in different vegetation types on the Accra Plains of Ghana. Journal of Zoology. 247(3). 395–408. 4 indexed citations
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Decher, Jan. (1997). Conservation, Small Mammals, and the Future of Sacred Groves in West Africa. Biodiversity and Conservation. 6(7). 1007–1026. 70 indexed citations

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