Johannes Overgaard

11.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
153 papers, 8.6k citations indexed

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Johannes Overgaard is a scholar working on Ecology, Genetics and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Johannes Overgaard has authored 153 papers receiving a total of 8.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 120 papers in Ecology, 63 papers in Genetics and 62 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Johannes Overgaard's work include Physiological and biochemical adaptations (117 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (62 papers) and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (56 papers). Johannes Overgaard is often cited by papers focused on Physiological and biochemical adaptations (117 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (62 papers) and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (56 papers). Johannes Overgaard collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, Australia and Canada. Johannes Overgaard's co-authors include Jesper Givskov Sørensen, Volker Loeschcke, Ary A. Hoffmann, Torsten Nygaard Kristensen, Heath A. MacMillan, Martin Holmstrup, Tobias Wang, Lisa Bjerregaard Jørgensen, Hans Malte and Vanessa Kellermann and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Johannes Overgaard

150 papers receiving 8.5k citations

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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.

Low Temperature Biology of Insects

2010 468 citations Martin Holmstrup, Johannes Overgaard et al. profile →
Upper thermal limits of Drosophila are linked to species distributions and strongly constrained phylogenetically

2012 428 citations Vanessa Kellermann, Johannes Overgaard et al. profile →
Extreme escalation of heat failure rates in ectotherms with global warming

2022 121 citations Lisa Bjerregaard Jørgensen, Hans Malte et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Johannes Overgaard Denmark	49	5.5k	3.1k	2.4k	2.2k	2.1k	153	8.6k
John S. Terblanche South Africa	53	5.9k 1.1×	3.8k 1.2×	1.6k 0.7×	3.4k 1.5×	3.6k 1.7×	224	10.1k
Jon F. Harrison United States	49	3.7k 0.7×	2.9k 0.9×	1.6k 0.7×	3.0k 1.3×	2.0k 1.0×	177	7.6k
Torsten Nygaard Kristensen Denmark	52	3.7k 0.7×	3.5k 1.1×	1.2k 0.5×	2.0k 0.9×	1.6k 0.8×	218	10.1k
Martin E. Feder United States	45	4.7k 0.9×	1.7k 0.5×	750 0.3×	1.7k 0.8×	1.2k 0.6×	110	9.2k
Mauro Santos Spain	35	1.5k 0.3×	1.8k 0.6×	469 0.2×	1.2k 0.5×	825 0.4×	133	4.2k
Corinne Cruaud France	61	2.9k 0.5×	2.5k 0.8×	848 0.4×	1.7k 0.7×	696 0.3×	232	17.3k
Bradley N. White Canada	48	4.3k 0.8×	3.3k 1.1×	419 0.2×	1.6k 0.7×	402 0.2×	220	8.5k
Gretchen E. Hofmann United States	52	8.0k 1.5×	1.0k 0.3×	566 0.2×	773 0.3×	760 0.4×	133	13.5k
Christopher W. Wheat Sweden	35	976 0.2×	2.1k 0.7×	321 0.1×	1.8k 0.8×	960 0.4×	98	4.5k
Rafael Zardoya Spain	58	2.9k 0.5×	3.6k 1.2×	358 0.2×	1.5k 0.7×	1.1k 0.5×	147	12.5k

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Mikkelsen, Margareta, et al.. (2024). Effect of temperature on growth, metabolism, and gas exchange in Hermetia illucens larvae reared under commercial and laboratory conditions. Journal of Insects as Food and Feed. 11(6). 1059–1074. 3 indexed citations

Li, Yuan-Jie, Siyang Chen, Lisa Bjerregaard Jørgensen, et al.. (2023). Interspecific differences in thermal tolerance landscape explain aphid community abundance under climate change. Journal of Thermal Biology. 114. 103583–103583. 10 indexed citations

Hinz, Aaron, et al.. (2023). Locust gut epithelia do not become more permeable to fluorescent dextran and bacteria in the cold. Journal of Experimental Biology. 226(16). 3 indexed citations

Overgaard, Johannes, et al.. (2023). Chilled, starved or frozen: insect mitochondrial adaptations to overcome the cold. Current Opinion in Insect Science. 58. 101076–101076. 13 indexed citations

Kellermann, Vanessa, Johannes Overgaard, Carla M. Sgrò, & Ary A. Hoffmann. (2022). Phylogenetic and environmental patterns of sex differentiation in physiological traits across Drosophila species. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 35(11). 1548–1557. 8 indexed citations

Jørgensen, Lisa Bjerregaard, et al.. (2021). Dramatic changes in mitochondrial substrate use at critically high temperatures: a comparative study using Drosophila. Journal of Experimental Biology. 224(6). 34 indexed citations

Andersen, Mads Kuhlmann & Johannes Overgaard. (2020). Maintenance of hindgut reabsorption during cold exposure is a key adaptation for Drosophila cold tolerance. Journal of Experimental Biology. 223(Pt 4). 14 indexed citations

Jørgensen, Lisa Bjerregaard, R. Meldrum Robertson, & Johannes Overgaard. (2020). Neural dysfunction correlates with heat coma and CTmax in Drosophila but does not set the boundaries for heat stress survival. Journal of Experimental Biology. 223(Pt 13). 22 indexed citations

MacLean, Heidi J., Torsten Nygaard Kristensen, Johannes Overgaard, Jesper Givskov Sørensen, & Simon Bahrndorff. (2017). Acclimation responses to short‐term temperature treatments during early life stages causes long lasting changes in spontaneous activity of adult Drosophila melanogaster. Physiological Entomology. 42(4). 404–411. 20 indexed citations

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MacMillan, Heath A., et al.. (2017). A critical test of Drosophila anaesthetics: Isoflurane and sevoflurane are benign alternatives to cold and CO2. Journal of Insect Physiology. 101. 97–106. 40 indexed citations

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Overgaard, Johannes, et al.. (2017). Temperature effects on aerobic scope and cardiac performance of European perch ( Perca fluviatilis ). Journal of Thermal Biology. 68(Pt B). 162–169. 21 indexed citations

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Dohn, Niels Bonderup, Angela Fago, Johannes Overgaard, Peter T. Madsen, & Hans Malte. (2016). Students' motivation toward laboratory work in physiology teaching. AJP Advances in Physiology Education. 40(3). 313–318. 52 indexed citations

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Vanthournout, Bram, et al.. (2016). Benefits of Group Living Include Increased Feeding Efficiency and Lower Mass Loss during Desiccation in the Social and Inbreeding Spider Stegodyphus dumicola. Frontiers in Physiology. 7. 18–18. 40 indexed citations

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Holmstrup, Martin, et al.. (2014). Effect of repeated freeze–thaw cycles on geographically different populations of the freeze-tolerant worm Enchytraeus albidus (Oligochaeta). Journal of Experimental Biology. 217(21). 3843–3852. 13 indexed citations

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Colinet, Hervé, Johannes Overgaard, Emmanuelle Com, & Jesper Givskov Sørensen. (2013). Proteomic profiling of thermal acclimation in Drosophila melanogaster. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 43(4). 352–365. 84 indexed citations

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Kristensen, Torsten Nygaard, Johannes Overgaard, Ary A. Hoffmann, Niels Chr. Nielsen, & Anders Malmendal. (2012). Inconsistent effects of developmental temperature acclimation on low-temperature performance and metabolism in Drosophila melanogaster. Evolutionary ecology research. 14(7). 821–837. 11 indexed citations

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Holmstrup, Martin, Johannes Overgaard, & Mark Bayley. (2007). Small Dendrobaena earthworms survive freezing better than large worms. Cryobiology. 54(3). 298–300. 12 indexed citations

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Nielsen, Morten Muhlig, Johannes Overgaard, Jesper Givskov Sørensen, et al.. (2005). Role of HSF activation for resistance to heat, cold and high-temperature knock-down. Journal of Insect Physiology. 51(12). 1320–1329. 79 indexed citations

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Overgaard, Johannes, Jonathan A. W. Stecyk, H. Gesser, et al.. (2004). Preconditioning stimuli do not benefit the myocardium of hypoxia-tolerant rainbow trout ( Oncorhynchus mykiss). Journal of Comparative Physiology B. 174(4). 329–340. 26 indexed citations

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Wang, Tobias, et al.. (2002). Effects of temperature on the metabolic response to feeding in Python molurus. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology. 133(3). 519–527. 123 indexed citations

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