Sonja Krüger

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 746 citations indexed

About

Sonja Krüger is a scholar working on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Sonja Krüger has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 746 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Ecology, 9 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 6 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Sonja Krüger's work include Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (22 papers), Avian ecology and behavior (17 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (6 papers). Sonja Krüger is often cited by papers focused on Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (22 papers), Avian ecology and behavior (17 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (6 papers). Sonja Krüger collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United States and Germany. Sonja Krüger's co-authors include Arjun Amar, André Botha, Ralph Buij, Phil Shaw, Neil Baker, Ara Monadjem, Darcy Ogada, René Beyers, Derek Pomeroy and Colin M. Beale and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

In The Last Decade

Sonja Krüger

31 papers receiving 718 citations

Hit Papers

Another Continental Vulture Crisis: Africa's Vultures Col... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 50 100 150 200 250
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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. Another Continental Vulture Crisis: Africa's Vultures Collapsing toward Extinction
    2015 292 citations Darcy Ogada, Phil Shaw et al. Conservation Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sonja Krüger South Africa 13 622 169 122 100 66 32 746
Campbell Murn United Kingdom 14 681 1.1× 204 1.2× 115 0.9× 163 1.6× 42 0.6× 33 777
Laima Balčiauskienė Lithuania 15 576 0.9× 83 0.5× 67 0.5× 119 1.2× 87 1.3× 82 669
Sophie Rouys Poland 14 461 0.7× 191 1.1× 104 0.9× 111 1.1× 79 1.2× 30 584
Corinne J. Kendall United States 14 459 0.7× 119 0.7× 93 0.8× 126 1.3× 36 0.5× 35 599
Patrick Patthey Switzerland 9 466 0.7× 146 0.9× 196 1.6× 193 1.9× 65 1.0× 10 648
Rui Lourenço Portugal 16 731 1.2× 130 0.8× 127 1.0× 251 2.5× 69 1.0× 49 940
Hayato Iijima Japan 17 478 0.8× 266 1.6× 73 0.6× 111 1.1× 78 1.2× 58 762
Jan Riegert Czechia 20 618 1.0× 285 1.7× 195 1.6× 268 2.7× 94 1.4× 71 888
Pilar Gaona Spain 9 774 1.2× 356 2.1× 147 1.2× 161 1.6× 114 1.7× 11 930
Lindsay C. Young United States 16 410 0.7× 65 0.4× 51 0.4× 119 1.2× 96 1.5× 37 596

Countries citing papers authored by Sonja Krüger

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sonja Krüger

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sonja Krüger

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sonja Krüger. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sonja Krüger 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 Sonja Krüger. Sonja Krüger 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
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Ottinger, Mary Ann, et al.. (2024). MICROBIOME: Microbiomes in birds: a review of links to health and reproduction. Reproduction and Fertility. 5(3). 5 indexed citations
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Murgatroyd, Megan, Nina Farwig, Ryno Kemp, et al.. (2023). A utilization distribution for the global population of Cape Vultures (Gypscoprotheres) to guide wind energy development. Ecological Applications. 33(3). e2809–e2809. 6 indexed citations
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Krüger, Sonja, et al.. (2022). Validation of a coupled atmospheric–aeroelastic model system for wind turbine power and load calculations. Wind energy science. 7(1). 323–344. 13 indexed citations
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Krüger, Sonja, et al.. (2021). Evidence of genetic structure in the wide-ranging bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus (Linnaeus, 1758)). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 21(1). 42–42. 3 indexed citations
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Thompson, Lindy J., Sonja Krüger, L. Jen Shaffer, et al.. (2021). Assessing African Vultures as Biomonitors and Umbrella Species. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2. 11 indexed citations
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Santangeli, Andrea, et al.. (2020). Perceptions of vulture supplementary feeding site managers and potential hidden risks to avian scavengers. Conservation Science and Practice. 2(8). 5 indexed citations
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Krüger, Sonja, et al.. (2020). Potential release sites and strategies for a Bearded VultureGypaetus barbatusreintroduction in South Africa. Ostrich. 91(2). 118–128. 3 indexed citations
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Gore, Meredith L., Annette Hübschle, André Botha, et al.. (2020). A conservation criminology-based desk assessment of vulture poisoning in the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Conservation Area. Global Ecology and Conservation. 23. e01076–e01076. 21 indexed citations
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Deg, Nathan, et al.. (2020). Systematically asymmetric: a comparison of H i profile asymmetries in real and simulated galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 495(2). 1984–2001. 13 indexed citations
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Ogada, Darcy, Phil Shaw, René Beyers, et al.. (2015). Another Continental Vulture Crisis: Africa's Vultures Collapsing toward Extinction. Conservation Letters. 9(2). 89–97. 292 indexed citations breakdown →
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Krüger, Sonja, Timothy A. Reid, & Arjun Amar. (2014). Differential Range Use between Age Classes of Southern African Bearded Vultures Gypaetus barbatus. PLoS ONE. 9(12). e114920–e114920. 55 indexed citations
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Botha, André & Sonja Krüger. (2012). New Cape Vulture <i>Gyps coprotheres</i> roosts in the Free State Province, South Africa. 62(1). 1 indexed citations
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Krüger, Sonja, et al.. (2011). The Verification of Wilderness Area Boundaries as Part of a Buffer Zone Demarcation Process: A Case Study from the uKhahlamba Drakensberg Park World Heritage Site. 64. 190–195. 5 indexed citations
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Krüger, Sonja. (2007). Polyandrous trios in the southern African Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus meridionalis. 57(1). 60–61. 4 indexed citations
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Krüger, Marcus, Thomas Schmid, Sonja Krüger, Eva Bober, & Thomas Braun. (2006). Functional redundancy of NSCL‐1 and NeuroD during development of the petrosal and vestibulocochlear ganglia. European Journal of Neuroscience. 24(6). 1581–1590. 30 indexed citations
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Krüger, Sonja, et al.. (1999). Diet choice and capture success of wild dog (Lycaon pictus) in Hluhluwe-Umfolozi Park, South Africa. Journal of Zoology. 248(4). 543–551. 8 indexed citations
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Krüger, Sonja, et al.. (1999). Diet choice and capture success of wild dog (Lycaon pictus) in Hluhluwe‐Umfolozi Park, South Africa. Journal of Zoology. 248(4). 543–551. 46 indexed citations

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