Nikolaj Scharff

4.3k total citations
62 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Nikolaj Scharff is a scholar working on Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Nikolaj Scharff has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Genetics, 30 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 11 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Nikolaj Scharff's work include Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies (43 papers), Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy (29 papers) and Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny (13 papers). Nikolaj Scharff is often cited by papers focused on Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies (43 papers), Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy (29 papers) and Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny (13 papers). Nikolaj Scharff collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, United States and Italy. Nikolaj Scharff's co-authors include Jonathan A. Coddington, Gustavo Hormiga, Charles E. Griswold, Tamás Szűts, Line Sørensen, Ingi Agnarsson, Todd A. Blackledge, Cheryl Y. Hayashi, Danny Eibye‐Jacobsen and Claus Nielsen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Nikolaj Scharff

59 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Nikolaj Scharff Denmark 24 2.0k 1.3k 494 452 445 62 2.9k
Charles E. Griswold United States 25 2.2k 1.1× 1.2k 0.9× 243 0.5× 592 1.3× 487 1.1× 74 2.9k
Gustavo Hormiga United States 33 3.8k 1.9× 2.3k 1.8× 401 0.8× 921 2.0× 779 1.8× 127 4.8k
Dimitar Dimitrov Norway 28 1.6k 0.8× 1.6k 1.2× 872 1.8× 785 1.7× 870 2.0× 92 3.8k
John W. Wenzel United States 28 1.7k 0.9× 1.8k 1.3× 310 0.6× 370 0.8× 174 0.4× 86 2.8k
Marshal Hedin United States 40 3.3k 1.7× 1.3k 1.0× 796 1.6× 1.4k 3.1× 992 2.2× 93 4.5k
Martín J. Ramiréz Argentina 23 1.9k 1.0× 1.0k 0.8× 130 0.3× 447 1.0× 464 1.0× 140 2.5k
Bernhard A. Huber Germany 35 3.1k 1.6× 2.3k 1.7× 369 0.7× 485 1.1× 465 1.0× 153 3.8k
Brian I. Crother United States 22 916 0.5× 694 0.5× 575 1.2× 509 1.1× 434 1.0× 82 2.4k
Karl M. Kjer United States 30 1.4k 0.7× 1.8k 1.4× 1.1k 2.2× 954 2.1× 363 0.8× 55 3.3k
David W. Weisrock United States 29 1.0k 0.5× 697 0.5× 699 1.4× 732 1.6× 357 0.8× 61 2.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Nikolaj Scharff

Since Specialization
Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Nikolaj Scharff's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Nikolaj Scharff with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Nikolaj Scharff more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Nikolaj Scharff

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Nikolaj Scharff. 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 Nikolaj Scharff. The network helps show where Nikolaj Scharff may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nikolaj Scharff

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Nikolaj Scharff. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Nikolaj Scharff 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 Nikolaj Scharff. Nikolaj Scharff 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
1.
Miller, Jeremy A., et al.. (2026). The velvet spiders: an atlas of the Eresidae (Arachnida, Araneae). Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 195. 1–144.
2.
3.
Hormiga, Gustavo, Siddharth Kulkarni, Miquel A. Arnedo, et al.. (2023). Genitalic morphology and phylogenomic placement of the Australian spider Paraplectanoides crassipes Keyserling, 1886 (Araneae, Araneidae) with a discussion on the classification of the family Araneidae. Invertebrate Systematics. 37(12). 797–818. 9 indexed citations
4.
Scharff, Nikolaj, et al.. (2023). Molecular Systematics and Phylogenetics of the Spider Genus Mastigusa Menge, 1854 (Araneae, Cybaeidae). SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
5.
Scharff, Nikolaj, et al.. (2023). Molecular systematics and phylogenetics of the spider genus Mastigusa Menge, 1854 (Araneae, Cybaeidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 186. 107833–107833. 5 indexed citations
6.
Havmøller, Rasmus Worsøe, Michael R. Spence, Nikolaj Scharff, Francesco Rovero, & Fridolin Zimmermann. (2020). Assessing the activity pattern overlap among leopards (Panthera pardus), potential prey and competitors in a complex landscape in Tanzania. Journal of Zoology. 311(3). 175–182. 55 indexed citations
7.
Havmøller, Rasmus Worsøe, et al.. (2020). DNA metabarcoding reveals that African leopard diet varies between habitats. African Journal of Ecology. 59(1). 37–50. 16 indexed citations
8.
Wood, Hannah M., Vanessa L. González, Michael W. Lloyd, Jonathan A. Coddington, & Nikolaj Scharff. (2018). Next-generation museum genomics: Phylogenetic relationships among palpimanoid spiders using sequence capture techniques (Araneae: Palpimanoidea). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 127. 907–918. 61 indexed citations
9.
Gonçalves‐Souza, Thiago, et al.. (2016). A new species of Charinus Simon 1892 from Brazil, with notes on behavior (Amblypygi, Charinidae). ZooKeys. 621(621). 15–36. 15 indexed citations
10.
11.
12.
Dimitrov, Dimitar, David Nogués‐Bravo, & Nikolaj Scharff. (2012). Why Do Tropical Mountains Support Exceptionally High Biodiversity? The Eastern Arc Mountains and the Drivers of Saintpaulia Diversity. PLoS ONE. 7(11). e48908–e48908. 44 indexed citations
13.
Miller, Jeremy A., et al.. (2012). The velvet spiders: an atlas of the Eresidae (Arachnida, Araneae). ZooKeys. 195(195). 1–144. 33 indexed citations
14.
Blackledge, Todd A., Nikolaj Scharff, Jonathan A. Coddington, et al.. (2009). Reconstructing web evolution and spider diversification in the molecular era. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(13). 5229–5234. 291 indexed citations
15.
Arnedo, Miquel A., Gustavo Hormiga, & Nikolaj Scharff. (2009). Higher‐level phylogenetics of linyphiid spiders (Araneae, Linyphiidae) based on morphological and molecular evidence. Cladistics. 25(3). 231–262. 65 indexed citations
16.
Framenau, Volker W. & Nikolaj Scharff. (2008). The orb-weaving spider genus Larinia in Australia (Araneae: Araneidae). Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny. 66(2). 227–250. 10 indexed citations
17.
Seberg, Ole, et al.. (2003). Shortcuts in Systematics? A comment on DNA based taxonomy.. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 18. 1 indexed citations
18.
Hormiga, Gustavo, Nikolaj Scharff, & Jonathan A. Coddington. (2000). The Phylogenetic Basis of Sexual Size Dimorphism in Orb-Weaving Spiders (Araneae, Orbiculariae). Systematic Biology. 49(3). 435–462. 166 indexed citations
19.
Scharff, Nikolaj & Jonathan A. Coddington. (1997). A phylogenetic analysis of the orb-weaving spider family Araneidae (Arachnida, Araneae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 120(4). 355–434. 271 indexed citations
20.
Jocqué, Rudy & Nikolaj Scharff. (1986). Spiders (Araneae) of the family Linyphiidae from the Tanzanian mountain areas Usambara, Uluguru, and Rungwe. 4 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact

Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Charles E. Griswold Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Gustavo Hormiga Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Dimitar Dimitrov Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by John W. Wenzel Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Marshal Hedin Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Martín J. Ramiréz Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Bernhard A. Huber Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Brian I. Crother Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Karl M. Kjer Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by David W. Weisrock
Rankless by CCL
2026