Lukas Schärer

4.9k total citations
78 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Lukas Schärer is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Lukas Schärer has authored 78 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 45 papers in Genetics and 26 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Lukas Schärer's work include Animal Behavior and Reproduction (50 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (42 papers) and Planarian Biology and Electrostimulation (22 papers). Lukas Schärer is often cited by papers focused on Animal Behavior and Reproduction (50 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (42 papers) and Planarian Biology and Electrostimulation (22 papers). Lukas Schärer collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and Austria. Lukas Schärer's co-authors include Dita B. Vizoso, Tim Janicke, Peter Ladurner, Marco R. Celio, Pierre A. de Viragh, W. Baier, Steven A. Ramm, Claus Wedekind, C. Gerday and Anthony W. Norman and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Lukas Schärer

77 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Lukas Schärer Switzerland 34 1.8k 1.4k 1.0k 889 603 78 3.6k
Nicholas I. Mundy United Kingdom 37 1.7k 0.9× 1.2k 0.9× 963 0.9× 798 0.9× 334 0.6× 102 4.7k
Eduardo R. S. Roldán Spain 46 2.0k 1.1× 2.0k 1.4× 887 0.9× 1.1k 1.2× 213 0.4× 225 7.3k
Kimberly A. Hughes United States 36 2.6k 1.5× 2.7k 1.9× 585 0.6× 1.1k 1.2× 456 0.8× 80 5.1k
Hans A. Hofmann United States 44 3.3k 1.8× 1.5k 1.1× 1.3k 1.2× 1.2k 1.4× 776 1.3× 137 7.5k
Barney A. Schlinger United States 55 5.0k 2.7× 2.0k 1.4× 629 0.6× 2.2k 2.5× 798 1.3× 174 8.2k
Darcy B. Kelley United States 38 2.4k 1.3× 588 0.4× 609 0.6× 1.0k 1.2× 928 1.5× 113 4.8k
Krista K. Ingram United States 21 1.5k 0.8× 1.5k 1.1× 689 0.7× 1.0k 1.2× 127 0.2× 38 3.7k
Lauren A. O’Connell United States 28 1.3k 0.7× 555 0.4× 398 0.4× 465 0.5× 388 0.6× 90 3.4k
Gil G. Rosenthal United States 40 2.9k 1.6× 1.8k 1.3× 578 0.6× 890 1.0× 261 0.4× 111 4.7k
G. A. Lincoln United Kingdom 53 782 0.4× 1.6k 1.1× 607 0.6× 1.4k 1.6× 808 1.3× 160 8.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Lukas Schärer

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lukas Schärer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Lukas Schärer. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Lukas Schärer. The network helps show where Lukas Schärer may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lukas Schärer

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Lukas Schärer. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Lukas Schärer 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 Lukas Schärer. Lukas Schärer 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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Henshaw, Jonathan M., et al.. (2023). Hermaphroditic origins of anisogamy. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 378(1876). 20220283–20220283. 4 indexed citations
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Marie‐Orleach, Lucas, Matthew D. Hall, & Lukas Schärer. (2023). Contrasting the form and strength of pre- and postcopulatory sexual selection in a flatworm. Evolution. 78(3). 511–525. 3 indexed citations
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Wiberg, R. Axel W., et al.. (2023). Genome assemblies of the simultaneously hermaphroditic flatworms Macrostomum cliftonense and Macrostomum hystrix. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 13(9). 3 indexed citations
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Wiberg, R. Axel W., et al.. (2022). Mating strategy predicts gene presence/absence patterns in a genus of simultaneously hermaphroditic flatworms. Evolution. 76(12). 3054–3066. 1 indexed citations
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Singh, Pragya & Lukas Schärer. (2022). Evolution of sex allocation plasticity in a hermaphroditic flatworm genus. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 35(6). 817–830. 6 indexed citations
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Harmon, Luke J., et al.. (2022). Mating behavior and reproductive morphology predict macroevolution of sex allocation in hermaphroditic flatworms. BMC Biology. 20(1). 35–35. 6 indexed citations
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Wiberg, R. Axel W., et al.. (2021). Faster Rates of Molecular Sequence Evolution in Reproduction-Related Genes and in Species with Hypodermic Sperm Morphologies. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 38(12). 5685–5703. 4 indexed citations
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Wiberg, R. Axel W., et al.. (2020). RNA-Seq of three free-living flatworm species suggests rapid evolution of reproduction-related genes. BMC Genomics. 21(1). 462–462. 9 indexed citations
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Zadesenets, Kira S., Lukas Schärer, & Н. Б. Рубцов. (2017). New insights into the karyotype evolution of the free-living flatworm Macrostomum lignano (Platyhelminthes, Turbellaria). Scientific Reports. 7(1). 6066–6066. 31 indexed citations
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Schärer, Lukas, et al.. (2016). Sperm competition-induced plasticity in the speed of spermatogenesis. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 16(1). 60–60. 28 indexed citations
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Lengerer, Birgit, Julia Wunderer, Marcelo Rodrigues, et al.. (2014). Biological adhesion of the flatworm Macrostomum lignano relies on a duo-gland system and is mediated by a cell type-specific intermediate filament protein. Frontiers in Zoology. 11(1). 12–12. 46 indexed citations
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Schärer, Lukas, et al.. (2011). Mating behavior and the evolution of sperm design. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(4). 1490–1495. 90 indexed citations
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Anthes, Nils, Patrice David, Josh R. Auld, et al.. (2010). Bateman Gradients in Hermaphrodites: An Extended Approach to Quantify Sexual Selection. The American Naturalist. 176(3). 249–263. 73 indexed citations
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Salvenmoser, Willi, et al.. (2009). Melav2, an elav-like gene, is essential for spermatid differentiation in the flatworm Macrostomum lignano. BMC Developmental Biology. 9(1). 62–62. 21 indexed citations
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Vizoso, Dita B. & Lukas Schärer. (2007). Resource‐dependent sex‐allocation in a simultaneous hermaphrodite. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 20(3). 1046–1055. 49 indexed citations
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Brauer, Verena S., Lukas Schärer, & Nico K. Michiels. (2007). PHENOTYPICALLY FLEXIBLE SEX ALLOCATION IN A SIMULTANEOUS HERMAPHRODITE. Evolution. 61(1). 216–222. 45 indexed citations
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Schärer, Lukas, Peter Sandner, & Nico K. Michiels. (2004). Trade‐off between male and female allocation in the simultaneously hermaphroditic flatworm Macrostomum sp.. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 18(2). 396–404. 75 indexed citations
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Reusch, Thorsten B. H., et al.. (2000). Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci from the tapeworm Schistocephalus solidus. Molecular Ecology. 9(11). 1926–1927. 24 indexed citations
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Celio, Marco R., et al.. (1990). Monoclonal antibodies directed against the calcium binding protein Calbindin D-28k. Cell Calcium. 11(9). 599–602. 266 indexed citations

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