Sönke Johnsen

9.4k total citations
172 papers, 6.1k citations indexed

About

Sönke Johnsen is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Sönke Johnsen has authored 172 papers receiving a total of 6.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 72 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 63 papers in Ecology and 36 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Sönke Johnsen's work include Cephalopods and Marine Biology (42 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (29 papers) and Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (28 papers). Sönke Johnsen is often cited by papers focused on Cephalopods and Marine Biology (42 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (29 papers) and Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (28 papers). Sönke Johnsen collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and India. Sönke Johnsen's co-authors include Kenneth J. Lohmann, Eleanor M. Caves, Stuart Kauffman, Eric J. Warrant, Edith A. Widder, N. Justin Marshall, Alison Sweeney, Thomas W. Cronin, Daniel I. Speiser and Robert R. Fitak and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Sönke Johnsen

167 papers receiving 5.9k citations

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Sönke Johnsen 2.2k 1.5k 1.3k 1.1k 837 172 6.1k
Eric J. Warrant 4.1k 1.9× 1.4k 0.9× 3.6k 2.9× 799 0.7× 1.2k 1.4× 178 8.2k
Thomas W. Cronin 3.2k 1.5× 2.6k 1.8× 3.3k 2.6× 1.3k 1.2× 1.6k 2.0× 195 8.7k
Julian C. Partridge 3.5k 1.6× 2.5k 1.6× 1.7k 1.4× 1.6k 1.5× 1.5k 1.8× 181 7.7k
Geoffrey S. Watson 1.0k 0.5× 1.4k 1.0× 573 0.4× 709 0.6× 663 0.8× 50 7.7k
Peter Berthold 2.2k 1.0× 4.4k 2.9× 2.0k 1.6× 1.1k 1.0× 585 0.7× 253 7.8k
Leonid L. Moroz 1.2k 0.5× 1.5k 1.0× 2.3k 1.8× 2.7k 2.5× 882 1.1× 179 7.3k
Detlev Arendt 1.2k 0.6× 1.0k 0.7× 2.2k 1.7× 4.9k 4.4× 1.5k 1.8× 109 8.5k
Richard O. Prum 4.7k 2.2× 2.5k 1.6× 623 0.5× 2.4k 2.2× 1.3k 1.6× 144 17.1k
Edward Batschelet 1.3k 0.6× 1.7k 1.1× 702 0.6× 344 0.3× 686 0.8× 15 5.3k
Dan‐Eric Nilsson 1.4k 0.7× 734 0.5× 1.7k 1.3× 1.8k 1.6× 550 0.7× 133 5.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sönke Johnsen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sönke Johnsen

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sönke Johnsen. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sönke Johnsen 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 Sönke Johnsen. Sönke Johnsen 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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Caves, Eleanor M., Karen L. Cheney, Marie Dacke, et al.. (2025). Emerging frontiers in visual ecology. Journal of Experimental Biology. 228(15).
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Caves, Eleanor M., et al.. (2024). Nanoscale ultrastructures increase the visual conspicuousness of signalling traits in obligate cleaner shrimps. Journal of Experimental Biology. 227(16). 2 indexed citations
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Grace, Michael S., et al.. (2023). Dynamic light filtering over dermal opsin as a sensory feedback system in fish color change. Nature Communications. 14(1). 4642–4642. 10 indexed citations
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McCoy, Dakota E., et al.. (2023). The carotenoid redshift: Physical basis and implications for visual signaling. Ecology and Evolution. 13(9). 5 indexed citations
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Zipple, Matthew N., et al.. (2022). Influence of visual background on discrimination of signal-relevant colours in zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata). Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 289(1976). 20220756–20220756. 6 indexed citations
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Delia, Jesse, Maomao Chen, Chenshuo Ma, et al.. (2022). Glassfrogs conceal blood in their liver to maintain transparency. Science. 378(6626). 1315–1320. 31 indexed citations
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Green, Patrick A., Elizabeth George, Kimberly A. Rosvall, Sönke Johnsen, & Stephen Nowicki. (2021). Testosterone, signal coloration, and signal color perception in male zebra finch contests. Ethology. 128(2). 131–142. 4 indexed citations
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Fuller, Rebecca C., et al.. (2021). The visual ecology of selective predation: Are unhealthy hosts less stealthy hosts?. Ecology and Evolution. 11(24). 18591–18603. 5 indexed citations
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Costello, M. Joseph, Kurt O. Gilliland, Ashik Mohamed, et al.. (2020). Novel mitochondrial derived Nuclear Excisosome degrades nuclei during differentiation of prosimian Galago (bush baby) monkey lenses. PLoS ONE. 15(11). e0241631–e0241631. 3 indexed citations
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Johnsen, Sönke, Kenneth J. Lohmann, & Eric J. Warrant. (2020). Animal navigation: a noisy magnetic sense?. Journal of Experimental Biology. 223(18). 23 indexed citations
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Zipple, Matthew N., Eleanor M. Caves, Patrick A. Green, et al.. (2019). Categorical colour perception occurs in both signalling and non-signalling colour ranges in a songbird. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 286(1903). 20190524–20190524. 19 indexed citations
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Costello, M. Joseph, Ashik Mohamed, Kurt O. Gilliland, Sönke Johnsen, & Kevin L. Schey. (2017). High resolution confocal microscopy of potential newly described nuclear excisosomes in primate lenses. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 58(8). 1213–1213. 1 indexed citations
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Marshall, N. Justin, et al.. (2016). Modelling fish colour constancy, and the implications for vision and signalling in water. Journal of Experimental Biology. 219(Pt 12). 1884–92. 26 indexed citations
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Frank, Tamara M., Sönke Johnsen, Heather D. Bracken‐Grissom, Charles G. Messing, & Edith A. Widder. (2016). Vision and Bioluminescence in the Deep-Sea Benthos. NSUWorks (Nova Southeastern University). 2016. 1 indexed citations
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Cronin, Thomas W., et al.. (2014). Visual Ecology. Princeton University Press eBooks. 24 indexed citations
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Holt, A., Alison Sweeney, Sönke Johnsen, & Daniel E. Morse. (2011). A highly distributed Bragg stack with unique geometry provides effective camouflage for Loliginid squid eyes. Journal of The Royal Society Interface. 8(63). 1386–1399. 49 indexed citations
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Johnsen, Sönke. (2011). The Optics of Life. Princeton University Press eBooks. 17 indexed citations
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Costello, M. Joseph, Sönke Johnsen, Kurt O. Gilliland, et al.. (2008). Predicted Light Scattering From Membranes in Transparent and Cataractous Human Lenses. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 49(13). 4071–4071. 1 indexed citations
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Johnsen, Sönke. (2005). Visual ecology on the high seas : Sensory biology: linking the internal and external ecologies of marine organisms. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 287. 281–285. 6 indexed citations
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