Michael Balke

8.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
203 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

Michael Balke is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Balke has authored 203 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 160 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 111 papers in Genetics and 57 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Michael Balke's work include Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution (145 papers), Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy (92 papers) and Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography (41 papers). Michael Balke is often cited by papers focused on Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution (145 papers), Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy (92 papers) and Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography (41 papers). Michael Balke collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Indonesia and Austria. Michael Balke's co-authors include Alfried P. Vogler, Ignacio Ribera, Lars Hendrich, Michael T. Monaghan, Katayo Sagata, Alexander Riedel, Timothy G. Barraclough, Emmanuel F. A. Toussaint, Rudolf Meier and Joan Pons and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Michael Balke

191 papers receiving 5.7k citations

Hit Papers

A Comprehensive Phylogeny of Beetles Reveals the Evolutio... 2007 2026 2013 2019 2007 2009 200 400 600

Peers

Michael Balke
Comparison fields: 5 of 102
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 3.5k
  • Ecology 2.2k
  • Genetics 2.2k
  • Insect Science 1.2k
  • Paleontology 1.2k
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Balke

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

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A study of the larva of Carabdytes upin Balke, Hendrich and Wewalka (Coleoptera: Adephaga: Dytiscidae), with comments on the phylogeny of the Colymbetinae.
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Water beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) in the Nature Reserves of Singapore
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Systematical and faunistical studies on Palaearctic, Oriental and Afrotropical species of Rhantus Dejean (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae).
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Wasserkäfer von den Islas Canarias (Coleoptera: Haliplidae. Dystiscidae Gyrinidae, Hydrochidae, Hydrophilidae, Hydraenidae, Dryopidae).
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