Simone Sommer

7.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
132 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Simone Sommer is a scholar working on Ecology, Molecular Biology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Simone Sommer has authored 132 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Ecology, 36 papers in Molecular Biology and 31 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Simone Sommer's work include Gut microbiota and health (28 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (27 papers) and Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (20 papers). Simone Sommer is often cited by papers focused on Gut microbiota and health (28 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (27 papers) and Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (20 papers). Simone Sommer collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Panama. Simone Sommer's co-authors include Jörg U. Ganzhorn, Yvonne Meyer‐Lucht, Gloria Fackelmann, Nina Schwensow, Götz Froeschke, Porter P. Lowry, George E. Schatz, Julia Schad, Sebastian Menke and Randall R. Jiménez and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Simone Sommer

129 papers receiving 5.0k citations

Hit Papers

The importance of immune gene variability (MHC) in evolut... 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 200 400 600
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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. The importance of immune gene variability (MHC) in evolutionary ecology and conservation
    2005 647 citations Simone Sommer profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Simone Sommer Germany 37 1.7k 1.3k 1.2k 1.2k 1.0k 132 5.1k
David S. Richardson United Kingdom 50 2.9k 1.7× 1.9k 1.5× 3.6k 3.0× 625 0.5× 740 0.7× 182 7.6k
Stuart B. Piertney United Kingdom 42 3.0k 1.8× 2.5k 2.0× 2.0k 1.6× 561 0.5× 581 0.6× 132 6.1k
Lisa K. Belden United States 37 1.4k 0.9× 574 0.5× 1.1k 0.9× 387 0.3× 816 0.8× 114 5.7k
Jens Rolff Germany 40 921 0.6× 1.2k 1.0× 1.7k 1.4× 1.5k 1.3× 1.5k 1.4× 119 6.3k
Michael D. Samuel United States 42 3.4k 2.0× 640 0.5× 840 0.7× 348 0.3× 1.1k 1.1× 150 6.9k
Vance T. Vredenburg United States 39 1.7k 1.0× 730 0.6× 1.3k 1.1× 478 0.4× 679 0.7× 99 7.0k
Kevin D. Kohl United States 39 1.1k 0.7× 505 0.4× 468 0.4× 363 0.3× 2.8k 2.7× 96 4.6k
Louise A. Rollins‐Smith United States 46 698 0.4× 496 0.4× 1.1k 0.9× 1.6k 1.3× 1.3k 1.2× 131 7.0k
Valerie J. McKenzie United States 30 1.6k 1.0× 560 0.4× 566 0.5× 302 0.3× 1.4k 1.3× 47 4.6k
Raine Kortet Finland 40 1.3k 0.8× 1.1k 0.8× 2.1k 1.8× 504 0.4× 130 0.1× 152 4.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Simone Sommer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simone Sommer

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

All Works

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Jetter, Karen M., Kunal Jani, Kerstin Wilhelm, et al.. (2025). Fertilization impacts microbiomes along the grassland trophic chain. ISME Communications. 5(1). ycaf162–ycaf162. 1 indexed citations
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Risely, Alice, et al.. (2025). Twenty years of tuberculosis-driven selection shaped the evolution of the meerkat major histocompatibility complex. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 9(11). 2161–2172.
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Schwensow, Nina, Gerd Mayer, Victor M. Corman, et al.. (2024). Immunogenetic-pathogen networks shrink in Tome’s spiny rat, a generalist rodent inhabiting disturbed landscapes. Communications Biology. 7(1). 169–169. 1 indexed citations
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Silva, Juarez Bento da, et al.. (2024). APOI@ EDUCAÇÃO INDÍGENA: PLATAFORMA DIGITAL PARA COMPARTILHAMENTO DE RECURSOS EDUCACIONAIS ABERTOS. Aracê.. 6(2). 4145–4170.
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Schmid, D., et al.. (2023). Circadian rhythms of hosts and their gut microbiomes: Implications for animal physiology and ecology. Functional Ecology. 37(3). 476–487. 9 indexed citations
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Czirják, Gábor Á., et al.. (2023). Gut microbial shifts in vampire bats linked to immunity due to changed diet in human disturbed landscapes. The Science of The Total Environment. 907. 167815–167815. 9 indexed citations
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Fackelmann, Gloria, Christopher K. Pham, Yasmina Rodríguez, et al.. (2023). Current levels of microplastic pollution impact wild seabird gut microbiomes. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 7(5). 698–706. 93 indexed citations
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Risely, Alice, et al.. (2022). Two decades of tuberculosis surveillance reveal disease spread, high levels of exposure and mortality and marked variation in disease progression in wild meerkats. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. 69(6). 3274–3284. 4 indexed citations
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Schmid, D., et al.. (2022). A framework for testing the impact of co-infections on host gut microbiomes. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(1). 48–48. 11 indexed citations
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Gillingham, Mark A. F., et al.. (2020). A novel workflow to improve genotyping of multigene families in wildlife species: An experimental set‐up with a known model system. Molecular Ecology Resources. 21(3). 982–998. 10 indexed citations
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Šrut, Maja, Sebastian Menke, Martina Höckner, & Simone Sommer. (2019). Earthworms and cadmium – Heavy metal resistant gut bacteria as indicators for heavy metal pollution in soils?. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 171. 843–853. 88 indexed citations
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Fackelmann, Gloria & Simone Sommer. (2019). Microplastics and the gut microbiome: How chronically exposed species may suffer from gut dysbiosis. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 143. 193–203. 253 indexed citations
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Sommer, Simone, et al.. (2018). The best smellers make the best choosers: mate choice is affected by female chemosensory receptor gene diversity in a mammal. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 285(1893). 20182426–20182426. 13 indexed citations
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Winkler, Karsten, et al.. (2014). Punching shear tests on symmetrically reduced slab quarters. Structural Concrete. 15(4). 484–496. 8 indexed citations
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Schad, Julia, Dina K. N. Dechmann, Christian C. Voigt, & Simone Sommer. (2011). MHC class II DRB diversity, selection pattern and population structure in a neotropical bat species, Noctilio albiventris. Heredity. 107(2). 115–126. 22 indexed citations
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Meyer‐Lucht, Yvonne & Simone Sommer. (2009). Number of MHC alleles is related to parasite loads in natural populations of yellow necked mice, Apodemus flavicollis. Evolutionary ecology research. 11(7). 1085–1097. 23 indexed citations
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Ganzhorn, Jörg U., Porter P. Lowry, George E. Schatz, & Simone Sommer. (2001). The biodiversity of Madagascar: one of the world's hottest hotspots on its way out. Oryx. 35(4). 346–348. 266 indexed citations
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Ganzhorn, Jörg U., Porter P. Lowry, George E. Schatz, & Simone Sommer. (2001). The biodiversity of Madagascar: one of the world's hottest hotspots on its way out. Oryx. 35(4). 346–346. 90 indexed citations

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