Peter Michalik

2.4k total citations
111 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Peter Michalik is a scholar working on Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Michalik has authored 111 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 88 papers in Genetics, 69 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 17 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Peter Michalik's work include Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies (70 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (39 papers) and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (34 papers). Peter Michalik is often cited by papers focused on Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies (70 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (39 papers) and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (34 papers). Peter Michalik collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Argentina. Peter Michalik's co-authors include Martín J. Ramiréz, George R. Uhl, Gerd Alberti, Elisabeth Lipke, Jutta M. Schneider, Matthias Burger, Clare C. Rittschof, Ivan L. F. Magalhães, Steffen Harzsch and Andy Sombke and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Development.

In The Last Decade

Peter Michalik

105 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Peter Michalik Germany 23 1.1k 921 221 191 155 111 1.6k
Chris A. Hamilton United States 21 1.3k 1.1× 733 0.8× 183 0.8× 134 0.7× 388 2.5× 41 1.6k
Paula E. Cushing United States 14 702 0.6× 516 0.6× 159 0.7× 114 0.6× 89 0.6× 55 963
Elizabeth L. Jockusch United States 22 671 0.6× 506 0.5× 175 0.8× 496 2.6× 558 3.6× 54 1.5k
Benjamin Wipfler‍ Germany 25 887 0.8× 1.4k 1.5× 218 1.0× 60 0.3× 150 1.0× 83 1.8k
Martín J. Ramiréz Argentina 23 1.9k 1.7× 1.0k 1.1× 464 2.1× 435 2.3× 447 2.9× 140 2.5k
Ryuichiro Machida Japan 24 923 0.8× 1.2k 1.3× 95 0.4× 61 0.3× 180 1.2× 90 1.6k
Alfredo V. Peretti Argentina 19 714 0.6× 743 0.8× 134 0.6× 312 1.6× 41 0.3× 88 1.1k
Bernard Ball United States 11 456 0.4× 528 0.6× 292 1.3× 123 0.6× 461 3.0× 19 1.4k
Matthew A. Wund United States 17 783 0.7× 922 1.0× 96 0.4× 273 1.4× 177 1.1× 27 1.9k
Arnaud Martin United States 24 1.4k 1.2× 1.1k 1.2× 107 0.5× 122 0.6× 844 5.4× 52 2.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Peter Michalik

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All Works

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Zamani, Alireza, et al.. (2025). Copulatory Mechanics Reveals a Self‐Bracing Mechanism via a Femoral Apophysis in Funnel Weavers (Araneae, Agelenidae). Ecology and Evolution. 15(2). e71032–e71032.
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Michalik, Peter, et al.. (2024). Comparative anatomy of the spinneret musculature in cribellate and ecribellate spiders (Araneae). Journal of Morphology. 285(2). e21670–e21670.
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Fischer, Klaus, et al.. (2024). Enhanced dispersal capacity in edge population individuals of a rapidly expanding butterfly. Ecology and Evolution. 14(2). e10885–e10885. 2 indexed citations
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Michalik, Peter, et al.. (2023). Copulatory behaviour and genital mechanics suggest sperm allocation by a non-intromittent sclerite in a pholcid spider. Royal Society Open Science. 10(5). 230263–230263. 3 indexed citations
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Wegner, Nicholas C., Christoph Muster, Martin Diekmann, et al.. (2023). Paludiculture can support biodiversity conservation in rewetted fen peatlands. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 18091–18091. 9 indexed citations
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Piacentini, Luis N., et al.. (2023). Copulatory mechanics of ghost spiders reveals a new self‐bracing mechanism in entelegyne spiders. Ecology and Evolution. 13(10). e10582–e10582. 1 indexed citations
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Fischer, Klaus, et al.. (2022). Irreversible impact of early thermal conditions: an integrative study of developmental plasticity linked to mobility in a butterfly species. Journal of Experimental Biology. 225(3). 5 indexed citations
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Huber, Bernhard A., et al.. (2022). Evolutionary morphology of sperm in pholcid spiders (Pholcidae, Synspermiata). BMC Zoology. 7(1). 52–52. 8 indexed citations
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Lopardo, Lara, Peter Michalik, & Gustavo Hormiga. (2021). Take a deep breath… The evolution of the respiratory system of symphytognathoid spiders (Araneae, Araneoidea). Organisms Diversity & Evolution. 22(1). 231–263. 4 indexed citations
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Magalhães, Ivan L. F., et al.. (2019). The fossil record of spiders revisited: implications for calibrating trees and evidence for a major faunal turnover since the Mesozoic. Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 95(1). 184–217. 88 indexed citations
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Michalik, Peter, et al.. (2017). Sensory system plasticity in a visually specialized, nocturnal spider. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 46627–46627. 22 indexed citations
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Michalik, Peter, et al.. (2015). Evolutionary morphology of the hemolymph vascular system of basal araneomorph spiders (Araneae: Araneomorphae). Arthropod Structure & Development. 44(6). 609–621. 12 indexed citations
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Michalik, Peter & Martín J. Ramiréz. (2014). Evolutionary morphology of the male reproductive system, spermatozoa and seminal fluid of spiders (Araneae, Arachnida) – Current knowledge and future directions. Arthropod Structure & Development. 43(4). 291–322. 65 indexed citations
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Michalik, Peter, Martín J. Ramiréz, Christian S. Wirkner, & Elisabeth Lipke. (2014). Morphological evidence for limited sperm production in the enigmatic Tasmanian cave spiderHickmania troglodytes(Austrochilidae, Araneae). Invertebrate Biology. 133(2). 180–187. 3 indexed citations
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Lopardo, Lara & Peter Michalik. (2013). First description of a mysmenid spider species from mainland Australia and new data for Mysmena tasmaniae Hickman, 1979 (Araneae, Mysmenidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum - Nature. 58. 381–396. 3 indexed citations
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Michalik, Peter & George R. Uhl. (2011). Cephalic modifications in dimorphic dwarf spiders of the genus oedothorax (Erigoninae, Linyphiidae, Araneae) and their evolutionary implications. Journal of Morphology. 272(7). 814–832. 17 indexed citations
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Burger, Matthias, Peter Michalik, Werner Graber, et al.. (2005). Complex genital system of a haplogyne spider (Arachnida, Araneae, Tetrablemmidae) indicates internal fertilization and full female control over transferred sperm. Journal of Morphology. 267(2). 166–186. 31 indexed citations

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