Michael Ørsted

1.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
26 papers, 794 citations indexed

About

Michael Ørsted is a scholar working on Ecology, Genetics and Insect Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Ørsted has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 794 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Ecology, 13 papers in Genetics and 9 papers in Insect Science. Recurrent topics in Michael Ørsted's work include Physiological and biochemical adaptations (12 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (7 papers) and Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (5 papers). Michael Ørsted is often cited by papers focused on Physiological and biochemical adaptations (12 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (7 papers) and Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (5 papers). Michael Ørsted collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, Australia and Germany. Michael Ørsted's co-authors include Johannes Overgaard, Lisa Bjerregaard Jørgensen, Torsten Nygaard Kristensen, Ary A. Hoffmann, Hans Malte, Yvonne Willi, Carla M. Sgrò, Andrew R. Weeks, Tobias Wang and Kåre Lehmann Nielsen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Michael Ørsted

24 papers receiving 787 citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Conservation genetics as a management tool: The five best-supported paradigms to assist the management of threatened species

2021 148 citations Yvonne Willi, Torsten Nygaard Kristensen et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Extreme escalation of heat failure rates in ectotherms with global warming

2022 121 citations Lisa Bjerregaard Jørgensen, Michael Ørsted et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael Ørsted Denmark	13	401	355	197	193	140	26	794
Lisa Bjerregaard Jørgensen Denmark	11	426 1.1×	213 0.6×	126 0.6×	119 0.6×	126 0.9×	15	601
Mads F. Schou Denmark	20	523 1.3×	484 1.4×	353 1.8×	215 1.1×	124 0.9×	52	980
Jason D. K. Dzurisin United States	10	286 0.7×	207 0.6×	265 1.3×	116 0.6×	281 2.0×	14	642
Yann Hénaut Mexico	19	296 0.7×	457 1.3×	449 2.3×	207 1.1×	59 0.4×	73	946
Jessica K. Higgins United States	8	446 1.1×	249 0.7×	322 1.6×	159 0.8×	286 2.0×	11	733
Isabell Karl Germany	16	411 1.0×	477 1.3×	524 2.7×	308 1.6×	163 1.2×	26	982
Simon Vitecek Austria	18	452 1.1×	239 0.7×	331 1.7×	131 0.7×	104 0.7×	61	780
Stephanie S. Bauerfeind Germany	16	249 0.6×	306 0.9×	475 2.4×	348 1.8×	113 0.8×	24	806
Philippa C. Griffin Australia	15	228 0.6×	409 1.2×	262 1.3×	159 0.8×	154 1.1×	24	868
Laura V. Ferguson Canada	13	549 1.4×	356 1.0×	283 1.4×	528 2.7×	101 0.7×	29	1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Ørsted

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

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Hermoso, Virgilio, et al.. (2025). Optimizing river restoration: A multi-scenario approach to barrier removal prioritization. Journal of Environmental Management. 389. 126176–126176.

Ross, Perran A., Qiong Yang, Ashley G. Callahan, et al.. (2025). Endosymbionts impact ladybird predation rates of aphids in a temperature-dependent manner. BioControl. 70(5). 613–626. 1 indexed citations

Overgaard, Johannes, et al.. (2025). Dehydration worsens heat tolerance of locusts and amplifies predicted impacts of climate change. Functional Ecology. 39(5). 1194–1207. 2 indexed citations

Domisch, Sami, et al.. (2024). Evaluating the readiness for river barrier removal: A scoping review under the EU nature restoration law. The Science of The Total Environment. 959. 178180–178180. 3 indexed citations

Ørsted, Michael, et al.. (2024). Application of the thermal death time model in predicting thermal damage accumulation in plants. Journal of Experimental Botany. 75(11). 3467–3482. 5 indexed citations

Ørsted, Michael, et al.. (2024). Thermal limits of survival and reproduction depend on stress duration: A case study of Drosophila suzukii. Ecology Letters. 27(3). e14421–e14421. 14 indexed citations

Bahrndorff, Simon, Hanne Marie Nielsen, Goutam Sahana, et al.. (2024). Genotype‐by‐environment interactions for mean performance and trait variation in house fly larvae reared on two diets. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. 173(6). 575–589. 4 indexed citations

Ørsted, Michael, et al.. (2023). Cold comfort: metabolic rate and tolerance to low temperatures predict latitudinal distribution in ants. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 290(2006). 20230985–20230985. 8 indexed citations

Ørsted, Michael, et al.. (2022). Into the wild—a field study on the evolutionary and ecological importance of thermal plasticity in ectotherms across temperate and tropical regions. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 377(1846). 20210004–20210004. 19 indexed citations

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Ørsted, Michael, Erika Yashiro, Ary A. Hoffmann, & Torsten Nygaard Kristensen. (2022). Population bottlenecks constrain host microbiome diversity and genetic variation impeding fitness. PLoS Genetics. 18(5). e1010206–e1010206. 17 indexed citations

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Jørgensen, Lisa Bjerregaard, Michael Ørsted, Hans Malte, Tobias Wang, & Johannes Overgaard. (2022). Extreme escalation of heat failure rates in ectotherms with global warming. Nature. 611(7934). 93–98. 121 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ørsted, Michael, et al.. (2022). Sustained positive consequences of genetic rescue of fitness and behavioural traits in inbred populations of Drosophila melanogaster. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 35(6). 868–878. 7 indexed citations

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Willi, Yvonne, Torsten Nygaard Kristensen, Carla M. Sgrò, et al.. (2021). Conservation genetics as a management tool: The five best-supported paradigms to assist the management of threatened species. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(1). 148 indexed citations breakdown →

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Jørgensen, Lisa Bjerregaard, et al.. (2021). A unifying model to estimate thermal tolerance limits in ectotherms across static, dynamic and fluctuating exposures to thermal stress. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 12840–12840. 88 indexed citations

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Ørsted, Michael, Ary A. Hoffmann, Elsa Sverrisdóttir, Kåre Lehmann Nielsen, & Torsten Nygaard Kristensen. (2019). Genomic variation predicts adaptive evolutionary responses better than population bottleneck history. PLoS Genetics. 15(6). e1008205–e1008205. 69 indexed citations

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Jensen, Charlotte Louise, Michael Ørsted, & Torsten Nygaard Kristensen. (2018). Effects of genetic distance on heterosis in a Drosophila melanogaster model system. Genetica. 146(4-5). 345–359. 8 indexed citations

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Ørsted, Michael, Ary A. Hoffmann, Palle Duun Rohde, Peter Sørensen, & Torsten Nygaard Kristensen. (2018). Strong impact of thermal environment on the quantitative genetic basis of a key stress tolerance trait. Heredity. 122(3). 315–325. 33 indexed citations

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Ørsted, Michael, et al.. (2018). Species distribution models of the Spotted Wing Drosophila (Drosophila suzukii, Diptera: Drosophilidae) in its native and invasive range reveal an ecological niche shift. Journal of Applied Ecology. 56(2). 423–435. 68 indexed citations

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Ørsted, Michael, Mads F. Schou, & Torsten Nygaard Kristensen. (2017). Biotic and abiotic factors investigated in two Drosophila species – evidence of both negative and positive effects of interactions on performance. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 40132–40132. 11 indexed citations

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Ørsted, Michael & Peter Roslev. (2015). A fluorescence-based hydrolytic enzyme activity assay for quantifying toxic effects of Roundup® to Daphnia magna. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 34(8). 1841–1850. 13 indexed citations

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