Wolfgang Forstmeier

9.6k total citations · 5 hit papers
114 papers, 6.3k citations indexed

About

Wolfgang Forstmeier is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Wolfgang Forstmeier has authored 114 papers receiving a total of 6.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 78 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 49 papers in Ecology and 34 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Wolfgang Forstmeier's work include Animal Behavior and Reproduction (75 papers), Plant and animal studies (42 papers) and Avian ecology and behavior (37 papers). Wolfgang Forstmeier is often cited by papers focused on Animal Behavior and Reproduction (75 papers), Plant and animal studies (42 papers) and Avian ecology and behavior (37 papers). Wolfgang Forstmeier collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and Sweden. Wolfgang Forstmeier's co-authors include Holger Schielzeth, Bart Kempenaers, Ulrich Knief, Elisabeth Bolund, Timothy Parker, Eric‐Jan Wagenmakers, T. R. Birkhead, Hans Ellegren, Bernd Leisler and Jakob C. Mueller and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Nature reviews. Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Wolfgang Forstmeier

110 papers receiving 6.1k citations

Hit Papers

Cryptic multiple hypotheses testing in linear models: ove... 2008 2026 2014 2020 2010 2008 2021 2016 2020 250 500 750
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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. Cryptic multiple hypotheses testing in linear models: overestimated effect sizes and the winner's curse
    2010 841 citations Wolfgang Forstmeier, Holger Schielzeth profile →
  2. Conclusions beyond support: overconfident estimates in mixed models
    2008 698 citations Holger Schielzeth, Wolfgang Forstmeier Behavioral Ecology profile →
  3. Violating the normality assumption may be the lesser of two evils
    2021 358 citations Ulrich Knief, Wolfgang Forstmeier profile →
  4. Detecting and avoiding likely false‐positive findings – a practical guide
    2016 273 citations Wolfgang Forstmeier et al. profile →
  5. Reproducibility of animal research in light of biological variation
    2020 224 citations Wolfgang Forstmeier, Holger Schielzeth et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Wolfgang Forstmeier Germany 38 3.3k 2.2k 1.4k 1.3k 980 114 6.3k
László Zsolt Garamszegi Hungary 48 4.5k 1.3× 3.1k 1.4× 1.2k 0.9× 1.3k 1.0× 801 0.8× 193 8.0k
Gerald S. Wilkinson United States 53 5.9k 1.8× 2.7k 1.2× 2.9k 2.0× 1.5k 1.1× 1.1k 1.1× 155 8.8k
Andrew J. King United Kingdom 46 2.0k 0.6× 1.9k 0.9× 692 0.5× 736 0.6× 1.6k 1.6× 152 5.7k
Dustin J. Penn Austria 46 2.9k 0.9× 1.3k 0.6× 1.5k 1.0× 462 0.4× 1.2k 1.2× 108 7.0k
Marian Stamp Dawkins United Kingdom 54 2.7k 0.8× 1.8k 0.8× 2.1k 1.5× 732 0.6× 1.3k 1.3× 135 10.2k
John P. Swaddle United States 40 2.5k 0.8× 2.9k 1.3× 642 0.5× 855 0.7× 336 0.3× 109 6.3k
Simon C. Griffith Australia 49 7.4k 2.2× 5.4k 2.5× 2.1k 1.5× 1.4k 1.1× 618 0.6× 249 9.5k
Luc‐Alain Giraldeau Canada 41 5.3k 1.6× 2.7k 1.2× 1.2k 0.9× 1.6k 1.2× 1.5k 1.5× 115 7.5k
Tim Guilford United Kingdom 47 3.9k 1.2× 3.1k 1.4× 1.0k 0.7× 1.2k 0.9× 670 0.7× 171 6.8k
Alex Kacelnik United Kingdom 49 2.9k 0.9× 1.4k 0.6× 671 0.5× 1.3k 1.0× 2.3k 2.4× 127 7.1k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Forstmeier, Wolfgang, Moritz Hertel, Manuel Irimia, et al.. (2025). The germline-restricted chromosome orchestrates germ cell development in passerine birds. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).
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Forstmeier, Wolfgang, Alexander Suh, Iara A. Borges, et al.. (2025). Evolution of Large Polymorphic Inversions in a Panmictic Songbird. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 42(11).
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Santema, Peter, Wolfgang Forstmeier, & Bart Kempenaers. (2024). Variance partitioning of nest provisioning rates in blue tits: individual repeatability, heritability, and partner interactions. Evolution. 78(11). 1751–1760.
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Mueller, Jakob C., Stephen A. Schlebusch, Francisco J. Ruíz-Ruano, et al.. (2023). Micro Germline-Restricted Chromosome in Blue Tits: Evidence for Meiotic Functions. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 40(5). 7 indexed citations
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Wang, Daiping, Wolfgang Forstmeier, Damien R. Farine, et al.. (2022). Machine learning reveals cryptic dialects that explain mate choice in a songbird. Nature Communications. 13(1). 1630–1630. 21 indexed citations
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Forstmeier, Wolfgang, Francisco J. Ruíz-Ruano, Jakob C. Mueller, et al.. (2022). Occasional paternal inheritance of the germline-restricted chromosome in songbirds. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(4). 14 indexed citations
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Borodin, Pavel M., Wolfgang Forstmeier, Simone Fouché, et al.. (2022). Mendelian nightmares: the germline-restricted chromosome of songbirds. Chromosome Research. 30(2-3). 255–272. 19 indexed citations
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Knief, Ulrich, Wolfgang Forstmeier, Bart Kempenaers, & Jochen B. W. Wolf. (2021). A sex chromosome inversion is associated with copy number variation of mitochondrial DNA in zebra finch sperm. Royal Society Open Science. 8(9). 211025–211025. 5 indexed citations
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Wang, Daiping, et al.. (2021). Is female mate choice repeatable across males with nearly identical songs?. Animal Behaviour. 181. 137–149. 1 indexed citations
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Mikula, Peter, Mihai Vâlcu, Henrik Brumm, et al.. (2020). A global analysis of song frequency in passerines provides no support for the acoustic adaptation hypothesis but suggests a role for sexual selection. Ecology Letters. 24(3). 477–486. 77 indexed citations
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Wang, Daiping, Wolfgang Forstmeier, Mihai Vâlcu, et al.. (2019). Scrutinizing assortative mating in birds. PLoS Biology. 17(2). e3000156–e3000156. 35 indexed citations
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Wang, Daiping, Wolfgang Forstmeier, Katrin Martin, Alastair J. Wilson, & Bart Kempenaers. (2019). The role of genetic constraints and social environment in explaining female extra‐pair mating. Evolution. 74(3). 544–558. 12 indexed citations
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Kinsella, Cormac M., Francisco J. Ruíz-Ruano, Anne‐Marie Dion‐Côté, et al.. (2019). Programmed DNA elimination of germline development genes in songbirds. Nature Communications. 10(1). 5468–5468. 65 indexed citations
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Forstmeier, Wolfgang. (2011). Women have Relatively Larger Brains than Men: A Comment on the Misuse of General Linear Models in the Study of Sexual Dimorphism. The Anatomical Record. 294(11). 1856–1863. 26 indexed citations
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Jacot, Alain, et al.. (2011). Do Zebra Finch Parents Fail to Recognise Their Own Offspring?. PLoS ONE. 6(4). e18466–e18466. 12 indexed citations
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Bolund, Elisabeth, Holger Schielzeth, & Wolfgang Forstmeier. (2011). Correlates of male fitness in captive zebra finches - a comparison of methods to disentangle genetic and environmental effects. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 11(1). 327–327. 11 indexed citations
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Forstmeier, Wolfgang, Jakob C. Mueller, & Bart Kempenaers. (2010). A polymorphism in the oestrogen receptor gene explains covariance between digit ratio and mating behaviour. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 277(1698). 3353–3361. 39 indexed citations
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Schielzeth, Holger & Wolfgang Forstmeier. (2008). Conclusions beyond support: overconfident estimates in mixed models. Behavioral Ecology. 20(2). 416–420. 698 indexed citations breakdown →
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Forstmeier, Wolfgang, David W. Coltman, & T. R. Birkhead. (2004). MATERNAL EFFECTS INFLUENCE THE SEXUAL BEHAVIOR OF SONS AND DAUGHTERS IN THE ZEBRA FINCH. Evolution. 58(11). 2574–2583. 69 indexed citations
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Forstmeier, Wolfgang, et al.. (2002). Effects of nest predation in the Siberian chipmunk Tamias sibiricus on success of the dusky warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus breeding. Max Planck Digital Library. 81(11). 1367–1370. 5 indexed citations

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