Klaus‐Peter Koepfli

18.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
81 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Klaus‐Peter Koepfli is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Klaus‐Peter Koepfli has authored 81 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Genetics, 45 papers in Molecular Biology and 32 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Klaus‐Peter Koepfli's work include Genetic diversity and population structure (46 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (35 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (26 papers). Klaus‐Peter Koepfli is often cited by papers focused on Genetic diversity and population structure (46 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (35 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (26 papers). Klaus‐Peter Koepfli collaborates with scholars based in United States, Russia and United Kingdom. Klaus‐Peter Koepfli's co-authors include Robert K. Wayne, Eduardo Eizirik, Benedict Paten, Heather Amrine‐Madsen, Mark S. Springer, Olivier Fédrigo, Neil J. Gemmell, Haoyu Cheng, Erich D. Jarvis and Lara Urban and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Klaus‐Peter Koepfli

74 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Broad host range of SARS-CoV-2 predicted by comparative and structural analysis of ACE2 in vertebrates

2020 414 citations Joana Damas, Graham M. Hughes et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Haplotype-resolved assembly of diploid genomes without parental data

2022 296 citations Klaus‐Peter Koepfli et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Parameterizing Pantherinae: De Novo Mutation Rate Estimates from Panthera and Neofelis Pedigrees 2025 ·Genome Biology and Evolution ·Ellie E. Armstrong, Sarah B. Carey, Alex Harkess, (unknown), Katherine A. Solari, Jesús E. Maldonado, Robert C. Fleischer, (unknown), P. Sean Walsh, Klaus‐Peter Koepfli, Eduardo Eizirik, Dmitri A. Petrov, Michael G. Campana	1
2	An ancient recombination desert is a speciation supergene in placental mammals 2025 ·Nature ·Nicole M. Foley, (unknown), Zahoor A. Wani, (unknown), Henrique V. Figueiró, Klaus‐Peter Koepfli, Terje Raudsepp, William J. Murphy	0
3	Comparative Analysis of Mammalian Adaptive Immune Loci Revealed Spectacular Divergence and Common Genetic Patterns 2025 ·Molecular Biology and Evolution ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Corey T. Watson, Klaus‐Peter Koepfli, Anton Bankevich, Matthew W. Pennell, Yana Safonova	0
4	Endangered Przewalski’s Horse, Equus przewalskii, Cloned from Historically Cryopreserved Cells 2025 ·Animals ·Ben J. Novak, Oliver A. Ryder, Marlys L. Houck, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Shawn Walker, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Jamie A. Ivy, Klaus‐Peter Koepfli, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Andrea S. Putnam, Ryan M. Phelan	1
5	Mitogenomic Insights into the Evolution, Divergence Time, and Ancestral Ranges of Coturnix Quails 2024 ·Genes ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Budhan S. Pukazhenthi, Klaus‐Peter Koepfli, (unknown)	2
6	The gut microbiomes of Channel Island foxes and island spotted skunks exhibit fine‐scale differentiation across host species and island populations 2024 ·Ecology and Evolution ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Bridgett M. vonHoldt, Klaus‐Peter Koepfli, Jesús E. Maldonado, (unknown)	2
7	Genomics Reveals Complex Population History and Unexpected Diversity of Eurasian Otters (Lutra lutra) in Britain Relative to Genetic Methods 2023 ·Molecular Biology and Evolution ·(unknown), Mark Blaxter, Klaus‐Peter Koepfli, Elizabeth A. Chadwick, Frank Hailer	10
8	Blue Turns to Gray: Paleogenomic Insights into the Evolutionary History and Extinction of the Blue Antelope ( Hippotragus leucophaeus ) 2022 ·Molecular Biology and Evolution ·(unknown), Faysal Bibi, J. Tyler Faith, Klaus‐Peter Koepfli, (unknown), David A. Duchêne, James S. Brink, Daniela C. Kalthoff, Love Dalén, Michael Hofreiter, Michael V. Westbury	8
9	Phylogenomics of the world’s otters 2022 ·Current Biology ·(unknown), Henrique V. Figueiró, Fernanda J. Trindade, Oliver Smith, Mikkel‐Holger S. Sinding, Cristine Silveira Trinca, (unknown), Géraldine Veron, (unknown), Filippo Barbanera, Sergei Kliver, Natalia A. Serdyukova, Tatiana Bulyonkova, Oliver A. Ryder, M. Thomas P. Gilbert, Klaus‐Peter Koepfli, Eduardo Eizirik	14
10	Chromosome-Level Genome Assemblies Expand Capabilities of Genomics for Conservation Biology 2021 ·Genes ·(unknown), (unknown), Dmitry Prokopov, (unknown), Tatiana Bulyonkova, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Klaus‐Peter Koepfli, Tarás K. Oleksyk, Sergei Kliver	10
11	Genomic analyses reveal range‐wide devastation of sea otter populations 2021 ·Molecular Ecology ·Annabel C. Beichman, (unknown), Christopher C. Kyriazis, (unknown), (unknown), Gisela Heckel, Yolanda Schramm, Andrés Moreno‐Estrada, Douglas J. Kennett, (unknown), James L. Bodkin, Klaus‐Peter Koepfli, Kirk E. Lohmueller, Robert K. Wayne	13
12	Towards resolving taxonomic uncertainties in wolf, dog and jackal lineages of Africa, Eurasia and Australasia 2021 ·Journal of Zoology ·Miha Krofel, (unknown), Wiesław Bogdanowicz, L. Campbell, Raquel Godinho, Yadvendradev V. Jhala, Andrew C. Kitchener, Klaus‐Peter Koepfli, Patricia D. Moehlman, Helen Senn, Claudio Sillero‐Zubiri, Suvi Viranta, Geraldine Werhahn, Francisco Álvares	17
13	Expanding the conservation genomics toolbox: Incorporating structural variants to enhance genomic studies for species of conservation concern 2021 ·Molecular Ecology ·(unknown), Klaus‐Peter Koepfli, Stephanie J. Galla, David Eccles, Carolyn J. Hogg, Marissa F. Le Lec, Joseph Guhlin, Anna W. Santure, Tammy E. Steeves	31
14	Chromosomal‐level genome assembly of the scimitar‐horned oryx: Insights into diversity and demography of a species extinct in the wild 2020 ·Molecular Ecology Resources ·Emily Humble, Pavel Dobrynin, Helen Senn, (unknown), Alan F. Scott, David W. Mohr, Olga Dudchenko, Arina D. Omer, Zane Colaric, Erez Lieberman Aiden, (unknown), David E. Wildt, (unknown), Gaik Tamazian, Budhan S. Pukazhenthi, Rob Ogden, Klaus‐Peter Koepfli	22
15	GADMA: Genetic algorithm for inferring demographic history of multiple populations from allele frequency spectrum data 2020 ·GigaScience ·Ekaterina Noskova, Vladimir Ulyantsev, Klaus‐Peter Koepfli, Stephen J. O’Brien, Pavel Dobrynin	52
16	Broad host range of SARS-CoV-2 predicted by comparative and structural analysis of ACE2 in vertebrates breakdown → 2020 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Joana Damas, Graham M. Hughes, Kathleen C. Keough, Corrie Painter, Nicole S. Persky, Marco Corbo, Michael Hiller, Klaus‐Peter Koepfli, Andreas R. Pfenning, Huabin Zhao, Diane P. Genereux, Ross Swofford, Katherine S. Pollard, Oliver A. Ryder, Martin Nweeia, Kerstin Lindblad‐Toh, Emma C. Teeling, Elinor K. Karlsson, Harris A. Lewin	414
17	A draft genome assembly of spotted hyena, Crocuta crocuta 2020 ·Scientific Data ·Chentao Yang, Fang Li, Zijun Xiong, Klaus‐Peter Koepfli, Oliver A. Ryder, Polina L. Perelman, Qiye Li, Guojie Zhang	41
18	Cryptic phylogeographic history sheds light on the generation of species diversity in sky‐island mountains 2019 ·Journal of Biogeography ·Kai He, Eliécer E. Gutiérrez, Neander Marcel Heming, Klaus‐Peter Koepfli, (unknown), Shui-Wang He, Wei Jin, Shaoying Liu, Xuelong Jiang	37
19	A new phylogenetic marker, apolipoprotein B, provides compelling evidence for eutherian relationships 2003 ·Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ·Heather Amrine‐Madsen, Klaus‐Peter Koepfli, Robert K. Wayne, Mark S. Springer	170
20	Molecular Systematics of the Canidae 1997 ·Systematic Biology ·Robert K. Wayne, Eli Geffen, Derek J. Girman, Klaus‐Peter Koepfli, Lawrence Lau, Charles R. Marshall	168

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