Valentin Amrhein

6.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
64 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Valentin Amrhein is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Developmental Biology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Valentin Amrhein has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 27 papers in Developmental Biology and 26 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Valentin Amrhein's work include Animal Behavior and Reproduction (32 papers), Plant and animal studies (31 papers) and Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (27 papers). Valentin Amrhein is often cited by papers focused on Animal Behavior and Reproduction (32 papers), Plant and animal studies (31 papers) and Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (27 papers). Valentin Amrhein collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and Netherlands. Valentin Amrhein's co-authors include Sander Greenland, Marc Naguib, Tobias Roth, Hansjoerg P. Kunc, David Trafimow, Fränzi Korner‐Nievergelt, Rouven Schmidt, Philipp Sprau, Pius Korner and Matthias Plattner and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, PLoS ONE and Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Valentin Amrhein

62 papers receiving 3.7k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Scientists rise up against statistical significance

2019 1.8k citations Valentin Amrhein, Sander Greenland et al. Nature profile →
Inferential Statistics as Descriptive Statistics: There Is No Replication Crisis if We Don’t Expect Replication

2019 262 citations Valentin Amrhein, David Trafimow et al. The American Statistician profile →

Peers

Valentin Amrhein

EEBS

ECOLO

SPU

NLC

Paul‐Christian Bürkner Germany

Jonah Gabry United States

Peter Sprent United Kingdom

Megan L. Head Australia

Julie Josse France

Ulrich Halekoh Denmark

José C. Pinheiro Brazil

Potter C. Chang United States

Jun Yan United States

Russell D. Wolfinger United States

Paul‐Christian Bürkner Germany

Valentin Amrhein

768 ×0.7

EEBS

1.2k ×1.4

ECOLO

142 ×0.2

149 ×0.5

SPU

777 ×2.4

NLC

Citations per year, relative to Valentin Amrhein Valentin Amrhein (= 1×) peers Paul‐Christian Bürkner

Countries citing papers authored by Valentin Amrhein

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Valentin Amrhein

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Valentin Amrhein

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20 of 20 papers shown

Korner, Pius, et al.. (2025). Grooming behavior of rewilded Highland cattle in conservation grazing: Limited evidence of an influence of horsefly presence and temperature. Applied Animal Behaviour Science. 290. 106712–106712.

Higgs, Megan D. & Valentin Amrhein. (2025). Giving less power to statistical power. Laboratory Animals. 59(6). 714–721.

Korner, Pius, et al.. (2024). Drivers of nest site selection and breeding success in an Alpine ground-nesting songbird. Journal für Ornithologie. 166(2). 357–370. 2 indexed citations

Vogt, Kristina, et al.. (2024). Estimating kill intervals for a specific prey species using location clusters from GPS-collared Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx). European Journal of Wildlife Research. 70(3). 1 indexed citations

Korner‐Nievergelt, Fränzi, et al.. (2024). Natural grazing by horses and cattle promotes bird diversity in a restored European alluvial grassland. PeerJ. 12. e17777–e17777. 1 indexed citations

Meier, Christoph M., et al.. (2023). Finding food in a changing world: Small‐scale foraging habitat preferences of an insectivorous passerine in the Alps. Ecology and Evolution. 13(5). e10084–e10084. 5 indexed citations

Korner‐Nievergelt, Fränzi, et al.. (2023). Start of dawn singing as related to physical environmental variables in an alpine environment. Journal für Ornithologie. 165(2). 533–544. 1 indexed citations

Nussbaumer, Raphaël, Martins Briedis, Dan Chamberlain, et al.. (2023). Multi-sensor geolocators unveil global and local movements in an Alpine-breeding long-distance migrant. Movement Ecology. 11(1). 19–19. 13 indexed citations

Berner, Daniel & Valentin Amrhein. (2022). Why and how we should join the shift from significance testing to estimation. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 35(6). 777–787. 39 indexed citations

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Amrhein, Valentin, David Trafimow, & Sander Greenland. (2019). Inferential Statistics as Descriptive Statistics: There Is No Replication Crisis if We Don’t Expect Replication. The American Statistician. 73(sup1). 262–270. 262 indexed citations breakdown →

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Amrhein, Valentin, et al.. (2019). Scientists rise up against statistical significance. Nature. 567(7748). 305–307. 1800 indexed citations breakdown →

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Amrhein, Valentin, Fränzi Korner‐Nievergelt, & Tobias Roth. (2017). The earth is flat ( p > 0.05): significance thresholds and the crisis of unreplicable research. PeerJ. 5. e3544–e3544. 182 indexed citations

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Hahn, Steffen, et al.. (2013). Strong migratory connectivity and seasonally shifting isotopic niches in geographically separated populations of a long-distance migrating songbird. Oecologia. 173(4). 1217–1225. 53 indexed citations

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Sprau, Philipp, Tobias Roth, Valentin Amrhein, & Marc Naguib. (2013). Effects of previous intrusion pressure on territorial responses in Nightingales. Journal für Ornithologie. 155(1). 111–119. 4 indexed citations

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Neumann, Florian, Stéphanie C. Schai‐Braun, Darius Weber, & Valentin Amrhein. (2012). European hares select resting places for providing cover. Bollettino del CILEA (CILEA). 23 indexed citations

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Sprau, Philipp, Tobias Roth, Marc Naguib, & Valentin Amrhein. (2012). Communication in the Third Dimension: Song Perch Height of Rivals Affects Singing Response in Nightingales. PLoS ONE. 7(3). e32194–e32194. 12 indexed citations

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Amrhein, Valentin, et al.. (2009). Differential effects of moving versus stationary territorial intruders on territory defence in a songbird. Journal of Animal Ecology. 79(1). 82–87. 13 indexed citations

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Schmidt, Rouven, Valentin Amrhein, Hansjoerg P. Kunc, & Marc Naguib. (2006). The day after: effects of vocal interactions on territory defence in nightingales. Journal of Animal Ecology. 76(1). 168–173. 40 indexed citations

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Kunc, Hansjoerg P., Valentin Amrhein, & Marc Naguib. (2006). Vocal interactions in nightingales, Luscinia megarhynchos: more aggressive males have higher pairing success. Animal Behaviour. 72(1). 25–30. 60 indexed citations

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Amrhein, Valentin, et al.. (2006). Dawn singing reflects past territorial challenges in the winter wren. Animal Behaviour. 71(5). 1075–1080. 57 indexed citations

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