Oliver Mitesser

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
70 papers, 851 citations indexed

About

Oliver Mitesser is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics and Insect Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Oliver Mitesser has authored 70 papers receiving a total of 851 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 27 papers in Genetics and 22 papers in Insect Science. Recurrent topics in Oliver Mitesser's work include Plant and animal studies (35 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (18 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (13 papers). Oliver Mitesser is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (35 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (18 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (13 papers). Oliver Mitesser collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Switzerland. Oliver Mitesser's co-authors include Thomas Hovestadt, Hans Joachim Poethke, Andrea Holzschuh, Erhard Strohm, Franz Hölker, Verena Riedinger, Ingolf Steffan‐Dewenter, Hans‐Joachim Poethke, Jörg Müller and Elizabeth K. Perkin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Oliver Mitesser

61 papers receiving 824 citations

Hit Papers

align trajectories

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.

Weather explains the decline and rise of insect biomass over 34 years

2023 63 citations Jörg Müller, Torsten Hothorn et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Oliver Mitesser Germany	16	495	323	274	211	168	70	851
Martin I. Lind Sweden	20	625 1.3×	370 1.1×	121 0.4×	313 1.5×	176 1.0×	38	1.1k
C. Ruth Archer United Kingdom	17	553 1.1×	328 1.0×	412 1.5×	184 0.9×	89 0.5×	43	945
Caitlin Dmitriew Canada	9	441 0.9×	180 0.6×	191 0.7×	362 1.7×	195 1.2×	9	790
Gerlind U. C. Lehmann Germany	25	1.1k 2.3×	560 1.7×	252 0.9×	186 0.9×	178 1.1×	64	1.4k
Guy Vannier France	17	382 0.8×	273 0.8×	369 1.3×	458 2.2×	90 0.5×	43	923
W. E. Bradshaw United States	16	354 0.7×	269 0.8×	129 0.5×	369 1.7×	163 1.0×	22	887
Sami M. Kivelä Finland	18	553 1.1×	233 0.7×	107 0.4×	369 1.7×	150 0.9×	43	789
Yuma Takahashi Japan	18	534 1.1×	400 1.2×	111 0.4×	161 0.8×	98 0.6×	63	840
C. M. Holzapfel United States	14	325 0.7×	246 0.8×	101 0.4×	335 1.6×	152 0.9×	22	804
J. Angel United States	7	318 0.6×	157 0.5×	209 0.8×	218 1.0×	141 0.8×	8	558

Countries citing papers authored by Oliver Mitesser

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Oliver Mitesser'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 Oliver Mitesser with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Oliver Mitesser more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Oliver Mitesser

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Oliver Mitesser

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

All Works

Sort: Min cites: Since: Top N: Style:

20 of 20 papers shown

Seidl, Rupert, Dominik Thom, Anne Chao, et al.. (2025). The impact of tree mortality and post‐disturbance management on insect diversity in temperate forests: Insights from a replicated experiment. Journal of Applied Ecology. 62(8). 1878–1888. 2 indexed citations

Brandl, Roland, et al.. (2025). Nest mass in forest tits (Paridae) increases with elevation and decreasing body mass, promoting reproductive success. Journal of Avian Biology. 2025(4).

Mysterud, Atle, Oliver Mitesser, Christian Ammer, et al.. (2025). Light and ungulate browsing interact in shaping future woody plant diversity through natural regeneration. Journal of Applied Ecology. 62(12). 3367–3380.

Seidl, Rupert, Anne Chao, Chun‐Huo Chiu, et al.. (2025). Macro‐ and microclimate interactively shape species diversity of multiple taxa in mountain landscapes. Ecography. 2025(12).

Mitesser, Oliver, et al.. (2025). Testing the soundscape response to silvicultural interventions in a controlled before-and-after experiment. Biological Conservation. 306. 111116–111116.

Achury, Rafael, Lea Heidrich, Sebastian Seibold, et al.. (2025). Functional and phylogenetic beta diversity response of nocturnal moth assemblages to land‐use intensity in grasslands and forests. Oikos. 2025(11). 1 indexed citations

Helfrich‐Förster, Charlotte, Oliver Mitesser, Thomas Hovestadt, et al.. (2025). Synchronization of women’s menstruation with the Moon has decreased but remains detectable when gravitational pull is strong. Science Advances. 11(39). eadw4096–eadw4096.

Tschorsnig, Hans‐Peter, Daniel Whitmore, Wolfgang W. Weisser, et al.. (2024). Response of parasitoid communities to insecticide application during a Lymantria dispar outbreak in mixed oak forests. Journal of Applied Ecology. 61(11). 2774–2785. 5 indexed citations

Hoermann, Christian von, M. Eric Benbow, Heike Feldhaar, et al.. (2024). Mechanisms determining the multi-diversity of carrion visiting species along a gradient of carrion body mass. Oecologia. 206(1-2). 115–126. 2 indexed citations

10.

Hovestadt, Thomas, Patrick L. Kohl, & Oliver Mitesser. (2024). Optimal fissioning strategies of social insects with respect to colony dynamics and nest founding probability. Insectes Sociaux. 71(2). 171–183. 1 indexed citations

11.

Müller, Jörg, Christian von Hoermann, Franz J. Conraths, et al.. (2024). Season, decay stage, habitat, temperature and carrion beetles allow estimating the post‐mortem interval of wild boar carcasses. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(1). 4 indexed citations

12.

Müller, Jörg, Zuzana Buřivalová, Nico Blüthgen, et al.. (2024). The impact of land use on the acoustic behaviour of cicadas in the Chocó lowland tropical forest of Ecuador. Insect Conservation and Diversity. 18(2). 177–190. 2 indexed citations

13.

Jechow, Andreas, Anna Stöckl, Franz Hölker, et al.. (2024). Shedding light with harmonic radar: Unveiling the hidden impacts of streetlights on moth flight behavior. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(42). e2401215121–e2401215121. 9 indexed citations

14.

Chao, Anne, Chun‐Huo Chiu, Fons van der Plas, et al.. (2023). Hill–Chao numbers allow decomposing gamma multifunctionality into alpha and beta components. Ecology Letters. 27(1). 13 indexed citations

15.

Mitesser, Oliver, et al.. (2022). The rising moon promotes mate finding in moths. Communications Biology. 5(1). 393–393. 11 indexed citations

16.

Mitesser, Oliver, et al.. (2021). Natural Zeitgebers Under Temperate Conditions Cannot Compensate for the Loss of a Functional Circadian Clock in Timing of a Vital Behavior in Drosophila. Journal of Biological Rhythms. 36(3). 271–285. 5 indexed citations

17.

Helfrich‐Förster, Charlotte, et al.. (2021). Women temporarily synchronize their menstrual cycles with the luminance and gravimetric cycles of the Moon. Science Advances. 7(5). 27 indexed citations

18.

Bae, Soyeon, Jörg Müller, Bernhard Förster, et al.. (2021). Tracking the temporal dynamics of insect defoliation by high‐resolution radar satellite data. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 13(1). 121–132. 24 indexed citations

19.

Hovestadt, Thomas, et al.. (2018). Explaining the variability in the response of annual eusocial insects to mass‐flowering events. Journal of Animal Ecology. 88(1). 178–188. 6 indexed citations

20.

Mitesser, Oliver, Hans‐Joachim Poethke, Erhard Strohm, & Thomas Hovestadt. (2017). The evolution of simultaneous progressive provisioning revisited: extending the model to overlapping generations. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 71(8). 2 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