Ole A. Sæther

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
166 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Ole A. Sæther is a scholar working on Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Ole A. Sæther has authored 166 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 153 papers in Ecology, 92 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 37 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Ole A. Sæther's work include Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology (147 papers), Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior (85 papers) and Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution (50 papers). Ole A. Sæther is often cited by papers focused on Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology (147 papers), Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior (85 papers) and Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution (50 papers). Ole A. Sæther collaborates with scholars based in Norway, China and Canada. Ole A. Sæther's co-authors include Trond Andersen, Xinhua Wang, Andrew Hamilton, Martín Spies, Rosina Kyerematen, Humberto Fonseca Mendes, Gunnar G. Raddum, Torbjørn Ekrem, Lars Brùndin and Leonard C. Ferrington and has published in prestigious journals such as Systematic Biology, Hydrobiologia and Ecography.

In The Last Decade

Ole A. Sæther

164 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

Glossary of chironomid morphology terminology (Diptera: C... 1980 2026 1995 2010 1980 100 200 300 400
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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.

  1. Glossary of chironomid morphology terminology (Diptera: Chironomidae)
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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ole A. Sæther Norway 24 2.3k 975 534 405 335 166 2.8k
Clifford S. Crawford United States 22 1.2k 0.5× 511 0.5× 726 1.4× 376 0.9× 146 0.4× 64 2.2k
L. C. V. Pinder United Kingdom 18 1.9k 0.8× 369 0.4× 821 1.5× 144 0.4× 110 0.3× 45 2.6k
Louis Deharveng France 25 950 0.4× 1.9k 1.9× 436 0.8× 410 1.0× 883 2.6× 182 3.3k
Petra Hájková Czechia 37 2.6k 1.1× 1.3k 1.4× 817 1.5× 244 0.6× 176 0.5× 177 4.4k
Sarah J. Adamowicz Canada 27 1.2k 0.5× 424 0.4× 328 0.6× 609 1.5× 130 0.4× 67 2.1k
Glenn B. Wiggins Canada 19 2.2k 1.0× 787 0.8× 1.3k 2.5× 510 1.3× 82 0.2× 61 2.6k
Athol McLachlan United Kingdom 17 1.1k 0.5× 527 0.5× 526 1.0× 240 0.6× 50 0.1× 33 1.8k
David Sánchez‐Fernández Spain 32 1.8k 0.8× 769 0.8× 1.1k 2.1× 353 0.9× 297 0.9× 117 3.0k
J. Mark Dangerfield Botswana 24 760 0.3× 734 0.8× 830 1.6× 506 1.2× 147 0.4× 57 2.1k
Andrés Millán Spain 34 2.6k 1.1× 942 1.0× 1.5k 2.7× 394 1.0× 203 0.6× 142 3.7k

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All Works

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Sæther, Ole A.. (2009). Telmatogeton murrayi sp. n. from Iceland and T. japonicus Tokunaga from Madeira (Diptera: Chironomidae). Aquatic Insects. 31(1). 31–44. 3 indexed citations
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Sæther, Ole A.. (2009). Midges and the electronic Ouija board The phylogeny of the Hydrobaenus group (Chironomidae, Diptera) revised. Journal of Zoological Systematics & Evolutionary Research. 28(2). 107–136. 3 indexed citations
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Sæther, Ole A.. (2006). Japanese Pseudosmittia Edwards (Diptera: Chironomidae). Zootaxa. 1198(1). 5 indexed citations
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Mendes, Humberto Fonseca, et al.. (2005). Gynocladius scalpellosus n. gen., n. sp. from Brazil (Diptera: Chironomidae: Orthocladiinae). Zootaxa. 979(1). 4 indexed citations
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Sæther, Ole A., et al.. (2004). A New Hairy-Winged Pseudorthocladius (Diptera: Chironomidae) from Luxemburg. Aquatic Insects. 26(2). 79–83. 5 indexed citations
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Sæther, Ole A. & Torbjørn Ekrem. (2003). Biogeography of Afrotropical Chironomidae (Diptera), with special reference to Gondwanaland. 19. 175–191. 31 indexed citations
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Sæther, Ole A., et al.. (2002). AfrotropicalPolypedilumsubgenusTripodura, with a review of the subgenus (Diptera: Chironomidae). Zoologica Scripta. 31(4). 331–402. 20 indexed citations
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Andersen, Trond & Ole A. Sæther. (1998). Friederia, a new Afrotropical tanytarsine genus (Diptera: Chironomidae). Insect Systematics & Evolution. 29(1). 29–37. 14 indexed citations
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Sæther, Ole A. & Leonard C. Ferrington. (1997). A review of the genusSemiocladiussublette et wirth, 1980 (Diptera: Chironomidae). Aquatic Insects. 19(4). 219–236. 4 indexed citations
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Sæther, Ole A., et al.. (1996). Chironomids with qM-forkq. A reevaluation of the wing venation of the Corynoneura-group (Insecta, Diptera, Chironomidae). 19. 229–232. 1 indexed citations
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Sæther, Ole A.. (1996). Afrotropical records of the orthoclad genus Mesosmittia Brundin (Insecta, Diptera, Chironomidae). Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 4 indexed citations
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Andersen, Trond & Ole A. Sæther. (1993). Colosmittia clavata gen. n., sp. n., a new orthoclad from the West Usambara Mountains, Tanzania (Diptera: Chironomidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 66. 6 indexed citations
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Sæther, Ole A., et al.. (1988). Vivacricotopus, a new genus of Orthocladiinae from Norway (Diptera, Chironomidae). Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 3 indexed citations
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Sæther, Ole A. & Endre Willassen. (1988). A review of Lappodiamesa Serra Tosio, with the description of L. boltooni spec. nov. from Ohio, USA. 14. 75–84. 3 indexed citations
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Ferrington, Leonard C. & Ole A. Sæther. (1987). Male, Female, Pupa and Biology of Oliveridia hugginsi, n. sp. (Chironomidae: Diptera) from Kansas. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 60. 451–461. 7 indexed citations
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Sæther, Ole A.. (1986). THE MYTH OF OBJECTIVITY—POST‐HENNIGIAN DEVIATIONS. Cladistics. 2(1). 1–13. 39 indexed citations
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Sæther, Ole A.. (1983). The Canalized Evolutionary Potential: Inconsistencies in Phylogenetic Reasoning. Systematic Biology. 32(4). 343–359. 52 indexed citations
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