Johannes Bergsten

5.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
69 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Johannes Bergsten is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Johannes Bergsten has authored 69 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 34 papers in Genetics and 20 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Johannes Bergsten's work include Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution (35 papers), Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy (25 papers) and Plant and animal studies (10 papers). Johannes Bergsten is often cited by papers focused on Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution (35 papers), Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy (25 papers) and Plant and animal studies (10 papers). Johannes Bergsten collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United States and Finland. Johannes Bergsten's co-authors include Kelly B. Miller, Alfried P. Vogler, Anders N. Nilsson, Timothy G. Barraclough, Michael Balke, Ignacio Ribera, Michael T. Monaghan, Anna Papadopoulou, Tomochika Fujisawa and Peter Hammond and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Communications and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Johannes Bergsten

67 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

A review of long‐branch attraction 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 2007 250 500 750
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.

  1. A review of long‐branch attraction
    2005 824 citations Johannes Bergsten profile →
  2. A Comprehensive Phylogeny of Beetles Reveals the Evolutionary Origins of a Superradiation
    2007 689 citations Johannes Bergsten, Michael Balke et al. profile →

Peers

Johannes Bergsten
Karl M. Kjer United States
Jesús Gómez‐Zurita Spain
Dirk Ahrens Germany
April Wright United States
J. L. Nieves‐Aldrey Spain
Paschalia Kapli United Kingdom
Daniel P. Duran United States
Tomochika Fujisawa Japan
Karen Meusemann Germany
Heike Hadrys Germany
Karl M. Kjer United States
Johannes Bergsten
Citations per year, relative to Johannes Bergsten Johannes Bergsten (= 1×) peers Karl M. Kjer

Countries citing papers authored by Johannes Bergsten

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Fields of papers citing papers by Johannes Bergsten

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Johannes Bergsten

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Johannes Bergsten. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Johannes Bergsten 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 Johannes Bergsten. Johannes Bergsten is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Straka, Jakub, Mattias Forshage, Rasmus Hovmöller, et al.. (2023). Phylogenomic species delimitation of the twisted‐winged parasite genus Stylops ( Strepsiptera ). Systematic Entomology. 49(2). 294–313. 3 indexed citations
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Alarie, Yves, Mariano C. Michat, Johannes Bergsten, & Jiřı́ Hájek. (2023). Morphology of the larvae of Rhantaticus congestus (Klug, 1833) and phylogenetic comparison with other known Aciliini (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Dytiscinae). Zootaxa. 5380(3). 247–264.
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Sites, Robert W. & Johannes Bergsten. (2022). The Naucoridae (Heteroptera: Nepomorpha) of Madagascar, with revisions of Temnocoris and Tsingala (Laccocorinae). PLoS ONE. 17(9). e0272965–e0272965. 1 indexed citations
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Ortega, Jean Carlo Gonçalves, Johannes Bergsten, Jani Heino, et al.. (2021). Spatio-temporal variation in water beetle assemblages across temperate freshwater ecosystems. The Science of The Total Environment. 792. 148071–148071. 8 indexed citations
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Bergsten, Johannes, et al.. (2020). Species delimitation in the cyanolichen genus Rostania. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 20(1). 115–115. 10 indexed citations
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Iversen, Lars Lønsmann, et al.. (2019). Sexual conflict and intrasexual polymorphism promote assortative mating and halt population differentiation. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 286(1899). 20190251–20190251. 8 indexed citations
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Ravaomanarivo, Lala Harivelo Raveloson, et al.. (2019). Taxonomic revision of the genus Copelatus of Madagascar (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Copelatinae): the non- erichsonii group species. ZooKeys. 869. 19–90. 5 indexed citations
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Lehtinen, Pekka T, et al.. (2019). Checklist of terrestrial Parasitengona mites in Fennoscandia with new species- and distribution records (Acariformes: Prostigmata). Biodiversity Data Journal. 7. e36094–e36094. 5 indexed citations
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Michat, Mariano C., Grey T. Gustafson, & Johannes Bergsten. (2017). Larval description and chaetotaxic analysis of Dineutus sinuosipennis Laporte, 1840, with a key for the identification of larvae of the tribe Dineutini (Coleoptera, Gyrinidae). ZooKeys. 718(718). 95–114. 4 indexed citations
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Biström, Olof & Johannes Bergsten. (2016). Two new species of the megadiverse lentic diving-beetle genus Hydrovatus (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae) described from NE Thailand. ZooKeys. 632(632). 57–66. 1 indexed citations
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Morinière, Jérôme, Matthew H. Van Dam, Oliver Hawlitschek, et al.. (2016). Phylogenetic niche conservatism explains an inverse latitudinal diversity gradient in freshwater arthropods. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 26340–26340. 49 indexed citations
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Biström, Olof, Anders N. Nilsson, & Johannes Bergsten. (2015). Taxonomic revision of Afrotropical Laccophilus Leach, 1815 (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae). ZooKeys. 542(542). 1–379. 8 indexed citations
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Bergsten, Johannes, et al.. (2015). In or Out-of-Madagascar?—Colonization Patterns for Large-Bodied Diving Beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). PLoS ONE. 10(3). e0120777–e0120777. 14 indexed citations
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Lindelöw, Åke & Johannes Bergsten. (2012). The invasive western conifer seed bug, Leptoglossus occidentalis (Heteroptera: Coreidae), established in Sweden.. 133. 55–58. 4 indexed citations
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Bergsten, Johannes, David T. Bilton, Tomochika Fujisawa, et al.. (2012). The Effect of Geographical Scale of Sampling on DNA Barcoding. Systematic Biology. 61(5). 851–869. 369 indexed citations
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Bergsten, Johannes & Kelly B. Miller. (2007). Phylogeny of Diving Beetles Reveals a Coevolutionary Arms Race between the Sexes. PLoS ONE. 2(6). e522–e522. 56 indexed citations
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Bergsten, Johannes & Kelly B. Miller. (2005). Taxonomic revision of the Holarctic diving beetle genus Acilius Leach (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Systematic Entomology. 31(1). 145–197. 17 indexed citations

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