Mark D. Scherz

2.1k total citations
77 papers, 936 citations indexed

About

Mark D. Scherz is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Ecological Modeling. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark D. Scherz has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 936 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 68 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 34 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 26 papers in Ecological Modeling. Recurrent topics in Mark D. Scherz's work include Amphibian and Reptile Biology (68 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (26 papers) and Bat Biology and Ecology Studies (18 papers). Mark D. Scherz is often cited by papers focused on Amphibian and Reptile Biology (68 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (26 papers) and Bat Biology and Ecology Studies (18 papers). Mark D. Scherz collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Madagascar and United States. Mark D. Scherz's co-authors include Frank Glaw, Miguel Vences, Martina Schwager, Andolalao Rakotoarison, Martin Heß, Anouk van ’t Padje, Jörn Köhler, Oliver Hawlitschek, Alireza Zamani and Angelica Crottini and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Mark D. Scherz

76 papers receiving 920 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Mark D. Scherz Germany 16 464 298 259 258 200 77 936
Oliver Hawlitschek Germany 17 276 0.6× 386 1.3× 187 0.7× 333 1.3× 224 1.1× 62 818
César L. Barrio‐Amorós Venezuela 17 691 1.5× 296 1.0× 166 0.6× 260 1.0× 310 1.6× 65 933
Weiwei Zhou China 17 470 1.0× 224 0.8× 245 0.9× 421 1.6× 281 1.4× 61 1.1k
Arley Camargo Uruguay 17 638 1.4× 351 1.2× 158 0.6× 364 1.4× 376 1.9× 34 1.0k
Christian L. Cox United States 20 465 1.0× 514 1.7× 207 0.8× 259 1.0× 195 1.0× 70 1.2k
Carl R. Hutter United States 21 730 1.6× 386 1.3× 240 0.9× 354 1.4× 374 1.9× 42 1.1k
Stuart V. Nielsen United States 17 369 0.8× 292 1.0× 119 0.5× 391 1.5× 204 1.0× 39 780
Si‐Min Lin Taiwan 18 324 0.7× 338 1.1× 207 0.8× 283 1.1× 166 0.8× 72 944
Achille P. Raselimanana Madagascar 12 433 0.9× 358 1.2× 94 0.4× 180 0.7× 365 1.8× 52 881
Jie‐Qiong Jin China 17 356 0.8× 192 0.6× 220 0.8× 382 1.5× 221 1.1× 36 794

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All Works

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Vences, Miguel, Carl R. Hutter, Frank Glaw, et al.. (2023). A new species of Pandanus-dwelling frog from northern Madagascar related to Guibemantis pulcher. Zootaxa. 5306(1). 97–115. 3 indexed citations
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Rakotoarison, Andolalao, Mark D. Scherz, Angelica Crottini, et al.. (2023). Gray versus yellow ventral coloration: Identity, distribution, color polymorphism and molecular relationships of the microhylid frog Platypelis mavomavo Andreone, Fenolio & Walvoord, 2003. Zootaxa. 5352(2). 221–234. 1 indexed citations
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Scherz, Mark D., Robin Schmidt, Jason L. Brown, et al.. (2023). Repeated divergence of amphibians and reptiles across an elevational gradient in northern Madagascar. Ecology and Evolution. 13(3). e9914–e9914. 6 indexed citations
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Pabijan, Maciej, Carl R. Hutter, Jörn Köhler, et al.. (2023). An initial molecular resolution of the mantellid frogs of the Guibemantis liber complex reveals three new species from northern Madagascar. Vertebrate Zoology. 73. 397–432. 1 indexed citations
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Vences, Miguel, Jörn Köhler, Angelica Crottini, et al.. (2023). Integrative revision of the Blommersia wittei complex, with description of a new species of frog from western and north-western Madagascar. Zootaxa. 5319(2). 178–198. 1 indexed citations
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Renner, Susanne S., Mark D. Scherz, Conrad L. Schoch, Marc Gottschling, & Miguel Vences. (2023). Improving the gold standard in NCBI GenBank and related databases: DNA sequences from type specimens and type strains. Systematic Biology. 73(2). 486–494. 8 indexed citations
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Vences, Miguel, Aurélien Miralles, Angelica Crottini, et al.. (2022). Integrative revision of the Lygodactylus madagascariensis group reveals an unexpected diversity of little brown geckos in Madagascar’s rainforest. Zootaxa. 5179(1). 1–61. 9 indexed citations
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Zamani, Alireza, Zdeněk Faltýnek Fric, Alexander B. Orfinger, et al.. (2022). The future of zoological taxonomy is integrative, not minimalist. Systematics and Biodiversity. 20(1). 1–14. 22 indexed citations
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Zamani, Alireza, Zdeněk Faltýnek Fric, Hugo F. Gante, et al.. (2022). DNA barcodes on their own are not enough to describe a species. Systematic Entomology. 47(3). 385–389. 47 indexed citations
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Scherz, Mark D., Angelica Crottini, Aurélien Miralles, et al.. (2021). Into the Chamber of Horrors: A proposal for the resolution of nomenclatural chaos in the Scaphiophryne calcarata complex (Anura: Microhylidae), with a new species-level phylogenetic hypothesis for Scaphiophryninae. Zootaxa. 4938(4). zootaxa.4938.4.2–zootaxa.4938.4.2. 3 indexed citations
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Vences, Miguel, Aurélien Miralles, Sophie Brouillet, et al.. (2021). iTaxoTools 0.1: Kickstarting a specimen-based software toolkit for taxonomists. SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository. 6(2). 97 indexed citations
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Ratsoavina, Fanomezana M., Frank Glaw, Achille P. Raselimanana, et al.. (2020). Towards completion of the species inventory of small-sized leaf-tailed geckos: two new species of Uroplatus from northern Madagascar. Zootaxa. 4895(2). zootaxa.4895.2.5–zootaxa.4895.2.5. 2 indexed citations
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Rancilhac, Loïs, Mark D. Scherz, Michaela Preick, et al.. (2020). Target-enriched DNA sequencing from historical type material enables a partial revision of the Madagascar giant stream frogs (genus Mantidactylus). Journal of Natural History. 54(1-4). 87–118. 24 indexed citations
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Scherz, Mark D., et al.. (2020). Untangling the trees: Revision of the Calumma nasutum complex (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae). Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 2 indexed citations
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Scherz, Mark D., Jörn Köhler, Loïs Rancilhac, et al.. (2020). ‘Barcode fishing’ for archival DNA from historical type material overcomes taxonomic hurdles, enabling the description of a new frog species. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 19109–19109. 21 indexed citations
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Rakotoarison, Andolalao, et al.. (2019). Description of the lucky Cophyla (Microhylidae, Cophylinae), a new arboreal frog from Marojejy National Park in north-eastern Madagascar. Zootaxa. 4651(2). zootaxa.4651.2.4–zootaxa.4651.2.4. 2 indexed citations
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Scherz, Mark D., et al.. (2018). Tadpole predation by Mantidactylus bellyi Mocquard, 1895 with brief description of the site and morphological measurements of the specimen. Herpetology notes. 11. 747–750. 1 indexed citations
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Scherz, Mark D., et al.. (2015). Predation attempt of Rhombophryne laevipes by Compsophis albiventris. Herpetology notes. 8. 393–394. 1 indexed citations

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