Sonja Wedmann

1.5k total citations
59 papers, 847 citations indexed

About

Sonja Wedmann is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sonja Wedmann has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 847 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 16 papers in Genetics and 10 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Sonja Wedmann's work include Fossil Insects in Amber (37 papers), Plant and animal studies (25 papers) and Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny (15 papers). Sonja Wedmann is often cited by papers focused on Fossil Insects in Amber (37 papers), Plant and animal studies (25 papers) and Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny (15 papers). Sonja Wedmann collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Russia and United States. Sonja Wedmann's co-authors include Vladimir N. Makarkin, Torsten Wappler, Thomas Hörnschemeyer, Jes Rust, Sven Bradler, G. M. Dlussky, Michael S. Engel, Markus Poschmann, André Nel and George O. Poinar and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and Current Biology.

In The Last Decade

Sonja Wedmann

56 papers receiving 815 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sonja Wedmann Germany 17 675 299 203 89 64 59 847
Romain Garrouste France 17 902 1.3× 292 1.0× 311 1.5× 117 1.3× 42 0.7× 112 1.1k
E.A. Jarzembowski United Kingdom 18 727 1.1× 288 1.0× 343 1.7× 154 1.7× 103 1.6× 59 965
Wiesław Krzemiński Poland 17 1.2k 1.8× 379 1.3× 184 0.9× 130 1.5× 16 0.3× 173 1.4k
Dmitry V. Vasilenko Russia 18 962 1.4× 431 1.4× 204 1.0× 86 1.0× 18 0.3× 116 1.0k
Sandra R. Schachat United States 14 413 0.6× 132 0.4× 113 0.6× 37 0.4× 45 0.7× 33 519
Jakub Prokop Czechia 23 1.7k 2.6× 633 2.1× 437 2.2× 214 2.4× 42 0.7× 126 1.9k
Didier Néraudeau France 13 346 0.5× 153 0.5× 291 1.4× 27 0.3× 46 0.7× 34 551
Helena Shaverdo Austria 10 279 0.4× 198 0.7× 108 0.5× 72 0.8× 11 0.2× 35 388
Sam W. Heads United States 15 635 0.9× 218 0.7× 210 1.0× 32 0.4× 14 0.2× 55 747
F. J. Gathorne-Hardy United Kingdom 9 234 0.3× 241 0.8× 79 0.4× 110 1.2× 101 1.6× 11 489

Countries citing papers authored by Sonja Wedmann

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sonja Wedmann

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sonja Wedmann

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sonja Wedmann. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sonja Wedmann 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 Wedmann. Sonja Wedmann 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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Engel, Michael S., Johannes M. Bouchal, Silvia Ulrich, et al.. (2025). 24 million years of pollination interaction between European linden flowers and bumble bees. New Phytologist. 248(4). 2111–2127.
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Smith, Krister T., Margaret E. Collinson, Annelise Folie, et al.. (2024). The biodiversity of the Eocene Messel Pit. Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments. 104(4). 859–940. 5 indexed citations
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Engel, Michael S., Johannes M. Bouchal, Silvia Ulrich, et al.. (2024). The earliest large carpenter bee (Xylocopa) and its adhering pollen (Araliaceae, Theaceae). Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments. 104(4). 949–962. 5 indexed citations
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Uhl, Dieter, Michael Wuttke, Manuela Aiglstorfer, et al.. (2024). Deep-time maar lakes and other volcanogenic lakes as Fossil-Lagerstätten – An overview. Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments. 104(4). 763–848. 7 indexed citations
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Uhl, Dieter, Michael Wuttke, Krister T. Smith, Sonja Wedmann, & Thomas Lehmann. (2024). Pre-Quaternary maar lakes/volcanogenic lakes as Konservat Lagerstätten—Messel and beyond. Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments. 104(4). 753–761.
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Bouchal, Johannes M., Silvia Ulrich, Dieter Uhl, et al.. (2023). Potential pollinators and paleoecological aspects of Eocene Ludwigia (Onagraceae) from Eckfeld, Germany. Palaeoworld. 33(4). 1079–1104. 4 indexed citations
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Grímsson, Friđgeir, Silvia Ulrich, Reinhard Zetter, et al.. (2021). How to extract and analyze pollen from internal organs and exoskeletons of fossil insects. STAR Protocols. 2(4). 100923–100923. 7 indexed citations
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Wedmann, Sonja, Thomas Hörnschemeyer, Michael S. Engel, Reinhard Zetter, & Friđgeir Grímsson. (2021). The last meal of an Eocene pollen-feeding fly. Current Biology. 31(9). 2020–2026.e4. 11 indexed citations
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Skartveit, John & Sonja Wedmann. (2021). A Revision of fossil Bibionidae (Insecta: Diptera) from the Oligocene of Germany. Zootaxa. 4909(1). zootaxa.4909.1.1–zootaxa.4909.1.1. 6 indexed citations
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Spasojevic, Tamara, Sonja Wedmann, & Seraina Klopfstein. (2018). Seven remarkable new fossil species of parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) from the Eocene Messel Pit. PLoS ONE. 13(6). e0197477–e0197477. 10 indexed citations
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Wappler, Torsten, Éric Guilbert, Conrad C. Labandeira, Thomas Hörnschemeyer, & Sonja Wedmann. (2015). Morphological and Behavioral Convergence in Extinct and Extant Bugs: The Systematics and Biology of a New Unusual Fossil Lace Bug from the Eocene. PLoS ONE. 10(8). e0133330–e0133330. 18 indexed citations
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Wedmann, Sonja, et al.. (2014). New Palaeogene horntail wasps (Hymenoptera, Siricidae) and a discussion of their fossil record. Zootaxa. 3869(1). 33–43. 8 indexed citations
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Makarkin, Vladimir N., et al.. (2014). First record of the family Ithonidae (Neuroptera) from Baltic amber. Zootaxa. 3796(2). 385–93. 5 indexed citations
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Büsse, Sebastian, Susanne Hummel, Deep Narayan Shah, et al.. (2012). Phylogeographic Analysis Elucidates the Influence of the Ice Ages on the Disjunct Distribution of Relict Dragonflies in Asia. PLoS ONE. 7(5). e38132–e38132. 17 indexed citations
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McNamara, Maria E., Derek E. G. Briggs, Patrick J. Orr, et al.. (2011). Fossilized Biophotonic Nanostructures Reveal the Original Colors of 47-Million-Year-Old Moths. PLoS Biology. 9(11). e1001200–e1001200. 44 indexed citations
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Wedmann, Sonja, Torsten Wappler, & Michael S. Engel. (2009). Direct and indirect fossil records of megachilid bees from the Paleogene of Central Europe (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Die Naturwissenschaften. 96(6). 703–712. 43 indexed citations
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