Matjaž Kuntner

6.0k total citations
156 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Matjaž Kuntner is a scholar working on Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Matjaž Kuntner has authored 156 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 131 papers in Genetics, 73 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 32 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Matjaž Kuntner's work include Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies (112 papers), Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy (47 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (40 papers). Matjaž Kuntner is often cited by papers focused on Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies (112 papers), Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy (47 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (40 papers). Matjaž Kuntner collaborates with scholars based in Slovenia, United States and China. Matjaž Kuntner's co-authors include Ingi Agnarsson, Jonathan A. Coddington, Matjaž Gregorič, Todd A. Blackledge, Klemen Čandek, Daiqin Li, Simona Kralj‐Fišer, Gustavo Hormiga, Ren‐Chung Cheng and Jutta M. Schneider and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Genetics, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Matjaž Kuntner

151 papers receiving 4.2k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Matjaž Kuntner Slovenia 35 2.8k 1.9k 850 609 528 156 4.3k
Gustavo Hormiga United States 33 3.8k 1.4× 2.3k 1.2× 921 1.1× 401 0.7× 233 0.4× 127 4.8k
Nikolaj Scharff Denmark 24 2.0k 0.7× 1.3k 0.7× 452 0.5× 494 0.8× 232 0.4× 62 2.9k
Ingi Agnarsson United States 43 3.8k 1.4× 2.6k 1.4× 1.3k 1.6× 977 1.6× 1.1k 2.2× 159 6.5k
Marshal Hedin United States 40 3.3k 1.2× 1.3k 0.7× 1.4k 1.6× 796 1.3× 114 0.2× 93 4.5k
John W. Wenzel United States 28 1.7k 0.6× 1.8k 0.9× 370 0.4× 310 0.5× 135 0.3× 86 2.8k
John Gatesy United States 26 1.1k 0.4× 555 0.3× 1.3k 1.5× 497 0.8× 408 0.8× 39 2.5k
Akito Y. Kawahara United States 36 2.5k 0.9× 2.8k 1.5× 800 0.9× 748 1.2× 53 0.1× 163 4.5k
Marie E. Herberstein Australia 45 3.6k 1.3× 4.4k 2.4× 228 0.3× 646 1.1× 475 0.9× 188 5.7k
Jeffrey W. Shultz United States 30 1.4k 0.5× 1.1k 0.6× 1.0k 1.2× 900 1.5× 83 0.2× 63 3.7k
Andrew C. Kitchener United Kingdom 35 1.7k 0.6× 431 0.2× 472 0.6× 2.1k 3.5× 100 0.2× 196 3.9k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Matjaž Kuntner

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All Works

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Cheng, Ren‐Chung, Charles R. Haddad, Akio Tanikawa, et al.. (2025). Systematics and evolutionary history of raft and nursery‐web spiders (Araneae: Dolomedidae and Pisauridae). Zoologica Scripta. 54(3). 421–435. 1 indexed citations
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Gregorič, Matjaž, et al.. (2024). A perilous Malagasy triad: a spider ( Vigdisia praesidens , gen. and sp. nov.) and an ant compete for termite food. New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 52(4). 428–439. 1 indexed citations
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Jugovic, Jure, Lara Konecny‐Dupré, Matjaž Kuntner, et al.. (2024). A second species of Stenasellus Dollfus, 1897 (Isopoda, Stenasellidae) from sulfidic groundwater of Iran described using morphological and molecular methods. European Journal of Taxonomy. 968. 1 indexed citations
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Cheng, Ren‐Chung, et al.. (2023). Discovery of a new intertidal trapdoor spider of the genus Idioctis (Araneae: Barychelidae), with a generic range extension to Taiwan. Journal of Arachnology. 51(2). 1 indexed citations
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Gregorič, Matjaž, Denis Kutnjak, Katarina Bačnik, et al.. (2022). Spider webs as eDNA samplers: Biodiversity assessment across the tree of life. Molecular Ecology Resources. 22(7). 2534–2545. 28 indexed citations
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Kuntner, Matjaž, et al.. (2022). Phylogenetic evidence for an independent origin of extreme sexual size dimorphism in a genus of araneid spiders (Araneae: Araneidae). Invertebrate Systematics. 36(1). 48–62. 4 indexed citations
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Framenau, Volker W. & Matjaž Kuntner. (2022). The new Australian leaf-curling orb-weaving spider genus Leviana (Araneae, Araneidae). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6(2). 103–133. 4 indexed citations
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Čandek, Klemen, Ingi Agnarsson, Greta J. Binford, & Matjaž Kuntner. (2021). Biogeography of Long-Jawed Spiders Reveals Multiple Colonization of the Caribbean. Diversity. 13(12). 622–622. 8 indexed citations
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Bond, Jason E., Ren‐Chung Cheng, Klemen Čandek, et al.. (2021). A Natural Colonisation of Asia: Phylogenomic and Biogeographic History of Coin Spiders (Araneae: Nephilidae: Herennia). Diversity. 13(11). 515–515. 4 indexed citations
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Gregorič, Matjaž, et al.. (2021). First insights into the origin of Iranian cave beetle diversity with description of two new species of the genus Duvalius (Carabidae). Journal of Zoological Systematics & Evolutionary Research. 59(7). 1453–1469. 2 indexed citations
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Čandek, Klemen, Ingi Agnarsson, Greta J. Binford, & Matjaž Kuntner. (2020). Caribbean golden orbweaving spiders maintain gene flow with North America. Zoologica Scripta. 49(2). 210–221. 15 indexed citations
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Falniowski, Andrzej, et al.. (2019). Description of a new genus and species as the first gastropod species from caves in Iran. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies. 233–243. 9 indexed citations
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Stanković, David, et al.. (2016). Application of environmental DNA for detection of Proteus. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 18(1). 55–56. 5 indexed citations
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Liu, Jie, et al.. (2016). Rapid dissemination of taxonomic discoveries based on DNA barcoding and morphology. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 37066–37066. 42 indexed citations
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Gregorič, Matjaž, et al.. (2013). Optimal foraging, not biogenetic law, predicts spider orb web allometry. Die Naturwissenschaften. 100(3). 263–268. 9 indexed citations
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Coddington, Jonathan A., Ingi Agnarsson, Jeremy A. Miller, Matjaž Kuntner, & Gustavo Hormiga. (2009). Undersampling bias: the null hypothesis for singleton species in tropical arthropod surveys. Journal of Animal Ecology. 78(3). 573–584. 280 indexed citations
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Agnarsson, Ingi, Matjaž Kuntner, & Laura J. May‐Collado. (2009). Dogs, cats, and kin: A molecular species-level phylogeny of Carnivora. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 54(3). 726–745. 124 indexed citations
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Kuntner, Matjaž & Rok Kostanjšek. (2000). Prispevek k poznavanju favne pajkov zahodne Slovenije (Arachnida: Araneae). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(1). 13–28. 3 indexed citations
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Kuntner, Matjaž. (1999). Prispevek k poznavanju favnistike in ekologije pajkov severovzhodne Slovenije (Arachnida: Araneae). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(1). 29–44. 8 indexed citations

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