Jos Kielgast

3.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
23 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Jos Kielgast is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecological Modeling and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jos Kielgast has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 11 papers in Ecological Modeling and 8 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Jos Kielgast's work include Amphibian and Reptile Biology (17 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (11 papers) and Identification and Quantification in Food (5 papers). Jos Kielgast is often cited by papers focused on Amphibian and Reptile Biology (17 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (11 papers) and Identification and Quantification in Food (5 papers). Jos Kielgast collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, Germany and United States. Jos Kielgast's co-authors include Philip Francis Thomsen, Lars Iversen, Morten Rasmussen, Eske Willerslev, Ludovic Orlando, M. Thomas P. Gilbert, Peter Rask Møller, Carsten Wiuf, Stefan Lötters and Dennis Rödder and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Molecular Ecology and Biological Conservation.

In The Last Decade

Jos Kielgast

22 papers receiving 2.5k 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.

Monitoring endangered freshwater biodiversity using environmental DNA

2011 892 citations Philip Francis Thomsen, Jos Kielgast et al. Molecular Ecology profile →
Detection of a Diverse Marine Fish Fauna Using Environmental DNA from Seawater Samples

2012 755 citations Philip Francis Thomsen, Jos Kielgast et al. PLoS ONE profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jos Kielgast Denmark	16	2.0k	1.7k	665	488	470	23	2.6k
Kristine Bohmann Denmark	23	2.9k 1.4×	2.2k 1.3×	167 0.3×	802 1.6×	270 0.6×	47	3.7k
Caren S. Goldberg United States	28	5.1k 2.5×	3.9k 2.3×	506 0.8×	916 1.9×	1.2k 2.5×	59	5.8k
Mark A. Renshaw United States	26	2.8k 1.4×	2.4k 1.4×	261 0.4×	323 0.7×	754 1.6×	83	3.6k
Deborah S. Bower Australia	20	604 0.3×	263 0.2×	652 1.0×	271 0.6×	367 0.8×	67	1.4k
Antoinette J. Piaggio United States	22	1.3k 0.7×	899 0.5×	129 0.2×	283 0.6×	217 0.5×	88	2.1k
C. Louise Goggin Australia	14	744 0.4×	326 0.2×	1.6k 2.4×	509 1.0×	575 1.2×	24	2.3k
Mariana L. Lyra Brazil	25	423 0.2×	488 0.3×	828 1.2×	450 0.9×	279 0.6×	103	1.7k
Robert N. Reed United States	26	1.5k 0.7×	262 0.2×	1.0k 1.5×	681 1.4×	646 1.4×	107	2.4k
Louis H. du Preez South Africa	23	754 0.4×	178 0.1×	1.1k 1.6×	352 0.7×	523 1.1×	82	2.2k
Sara J. Oyler‐McCance United States	22	1.9k 0.9×	1.0k 0.6×	363 0.5×	320 0.7×	411 0.9×	87	2.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Jos Kielgast

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jos Kielgast

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

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Jacobsen, Magnus W., Brian Klitgaard Hansen, Jos Kielgast, et al.. (2024). Nanopore environmental DNA sequencing of catch water for estimating species composition in demersal bottom trawl fisheries. Environmental DNA. 6(3). 5 indexed citations

Kielgast, Jos, et al.. (2024). The phylogenetic position of Hyperolius sankuruensis (Anura: Hyperoliidae) reveals biogeographical affinity between the central Congo and West Africa, and illuminates the taxonomy of Hyperolius concolor. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.

Kielgast, Jos, et al.. (2022). Systematic position of the Clicking Frog (Kassinula Laurent, 1940), the problem of chimeric sequences and the revised classification of the family Hyperoliidae. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 174. 107514–107514. 3 indexed citations

Rebollar, Eria A., Douglas C. Woodhams, Brandon LaBumbard, Jos Kielgast, & Reid N. Harris. (2017). Prevalence and pathogen load estimates for the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis are impacted by ITS DNA copy number variation. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 123(3). 213–226. 22 indexed citations

Zimkus, Breda M., Lucinda P. Lawson, Michael F. Barej, et al.. (2016). Leapfrogging into new territory: How Mascarene ridged frogs diversified across Africa and Madagascar to maintain their ecological niche. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 106. 254–269. 38 indexed citations

Bell, Rayna C., Robert C. Drewes, Alan Channing, et al.. (2014). Overseas dispersal of Hyperolius reed frogs from Central Africa to the oceanic islands of São Tomé and Príncipe. Journal of Biogeography. 42(1). 65–75. 40 indexed citations

Woodhams, Douglas C., Jos Kielgast, Ursina Tobler, et al.. (2014). Interacting Symbionts and Immunity in the Amphibian Skin Mucosome Predict Disease Risk and Probiotic Effectiveness. PLoS ONE. 9(4). e96375–e96375. 154 indexed citations

Nagy, Zoltán T., Dominique Adriaens, Elin Pauwels, et al.. (2013). 3D reconstruction of fang replacement in the venomous snakes Dendroaspis jamesoni (Elapidae) and Bitis arietans (Viperidae). Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen). 49(2). 109–113. 2 indexed citations

Channing, Alan, Andreas Schmitz, Marius Burger, & Jos Kielgast. (2013). A molecular phylogeny of African Dainty Frogs, with the description of four new species (Anura: Pyxicephalidae: Cacosternum). Zootaxa. 3701(5). 518–50. 16 indexed citations

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Channing, Alan, Annika Hillers, Stefan Lötters, et al.. (2013). Taxonomy of the super-cryptic Hyperolius nasutus group of long reed frogs of Africa (Anura: Hyperoliidae), with descriptions of six new species. Zootaxa. 3620(3). 301–50. 34 indexed citations

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Foote, Andrew D., Philip Francis Thomsen, Signe Sveegaard, et al.. (2012). Investigating the Potential Use of Environmental DNA (eDNA) for Genetic Monitoring of Marine Mammals. PLoS ONE. 7(8). e41781–e41781. 290 indexed citations

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Thomsen, Philip Francis, Jos Kielgast, Lars Iversen, et al.. (2012). Detection of a Diverse Marine Fish Fauna Using Environmental DNA from Seawater Samples. PLoS ONE. 7(8). e41732–e41732. 755 indexed citations breakdown →

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Nagy, Zoltán T., et al.. (2011). Foraging acrobatics of Toxicodryas blandingii in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen). 15. 4 indexed citations

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Thomsen, Philip Francis, Jos Kielgast, Lars Iversen, et al.. (2011). Monitoring endangered freshwater biodiversity using environmental DNA. Molecular Ecology. 21(11). 2565–2573. 892 indexed citations breakdown →

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Rödder, Dennis, Jos Kielgast, & Stefan Lötters. (2010). Future potential distribution of the emerging amphibian chytrid fungus under anthropogenic climate change. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 92(3). 201–207. 49 indexed citations

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Schick, S., et al.. (2010). New species of reed frog from the Congo basin with discussion of paraphyly in Cinnamon-belly reed frogs. Zootaxa. 2501(1). 11 indexed citations

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Lötters, Stefan, Jos Kielgast, Jon Bielby, et al.. (2009). The Link Between Rapid Enigmatic Amphibian Decline and the Globally Emerging Chytrid Fungus. EcoHealth. 6(3). 358–372. 52 indexed citations

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Ariel, Ellen, Jos Kielgast, Knud S. Larsen, et al.. (2009). Ranavirus in wild edible frogs Pelophylax kl. esculentus in Denmark. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 85(1). 7–14. 42 indexed citations

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Rödder, Dennis, Jos Kielgast, Jon Bielby, et al.. (2009). Global Amphibian Extinction Risk Assessment for the Panzootic Chytrid Fungus. Diversity. 1(1). 52–66. 128 indexed citations

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Kielgast, Jos, Dennis Rödder, Michael Veith, & Stefan Lötters. (2009). Widespread occurrence of the amphibian chytrid fungus in Kenya. Animal Conservation. 13(s1). 36–43. 41 indexed citations

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