Wolfgang Goymann

8.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
145 papers, 5.9k citations indexed

About

Wolfgang Goymann is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology and Developmental Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Wolfgang Goymann has authored 145 papers receiving a total of 5.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 125 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 79 papers in Ecology and 24 papers in Developmental Biology. Recurrent topics in Wolfgang Goymann's work include Animal Behavior and Reproduction (117 papers), Plant and animal studies (58 papers) and Avian ecology and behavior (49 papers). Wolfgang Goymann is often cited by papers focused on Animal Behavior and Reproduction (117 papers), Plant and animal studies (58 papers) and Avian ecology and behavior (49 papers). Wolfgang Goymann collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Canada. Wolfgang Goymann's co-authors include John C. Wingfield, Michaela Hau, Ingrid Schwabl, Leonida Fusani, Mėta M. Landys, Heribert Hofer, Ben Dantzer, Scott Creel, Dustin R. Rubenstein and Marion L. East and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Wolfgang Goymann

142 papers receiving 5.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Wolfgang Goymann Germany	41	4.1k	2.6k	1.1k	935	810	145	5.9k
Claudio Carere Italy	33	3.4k 0.8×	2.0k 0.8×	885 0.8×	624 0.7×	538 0.7×	99	5.0k
Ton G. G. Groothuis Netherlands	48	5.1k 1.3×	3.4k 1.3×	985 0.9×	686 0.7×	531 0.7×	205	7.8k
Kees van Oers Netherlands	41	4.6k 1.1×	2.5k 0.9×	983 0.9×	469 0.5×	1.0k 1.2×	134	6.5k
Michaela Hau Germany	48	4.3k 1.1×	3.1k 1.2×	676 0.6×	332 0.4×	705 0.9×	111	6.3k
Donna L. Maney United States	35	2.9k 0.7×	2.0k 0.8×	782 0.7×	359 0.4×	1.2k 1.4×	83	5.3k
Piet J. Drent Netherlands	19	4.1k 1.0×	2.1k 0.8×	955 0.9×	470 0.5×	723 0.9×	20	4.8k
Ignacio T. Moore United States	44	4.7k 1.1×	3.0k 1.1×	736 0.7×	509 0.5×	660 0.8×	143	6.5k
Creagh W. Breuner United States	38	4.1k 1.0×	3.1k 1.2×	630 0.6×	671 0.7×	565 0.7×	76	5.8k
Katherine L. Buchanan Australia	42	4.5k 1.1×	3.0k 1.1×	610 0.6×	290 0.3×	1.7k 2.0×	150	6.3k
Marilyn Ramenofsky United States	35	3.7k 0.9×	3.3k 1.2×	516 0.5×	463 0.5×	505 0.6×	71	5.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Wolfgang Goymann

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wolfgang Goymann

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Loveland, Jasmine L., Vladimir Jovanović, Gabriele Möller, et al.. (2025). A single gene orchestrates androgen variation underlying male mating morphs in ruffs. Science. 387(6732). 406–412. 8 indexed citations

Loveland, Jasmine L., et al.. (2024). A supergene affects androgen concentrations during early development in a bird with alternative reproductive morphs. Hormones and Behavior. 166. 105645–105645.

Korner‐Nievergelt, Fränzi, et al.. (2024). Multi‐scale habitat selection and nest survival of whinchats and stonechats: implications for grassland conservation management. Wildlife Biology. 2025(4).

Kappeler, Peter M., Sarah Benhaiem, Claudia Fichtel, et al.. (2022). Sex roles and sex ratios in animals. Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 98(2). 462–480. 36 indexed citations

Loveland, Jasmine L., Wolfgang Goymann, Barbara Tschirren, et al.. (2022). Intralocus conflicts associated with a supergene. Nature Communications. 13(1). 1384–1384. 13 indexed citations

Hauber, Márk E., Wolfgang Goymann, Matthew I. M. Louder, et al.. (2021). Embryo movement is more frequent in avian brood parasites than birds with parental reproductive strategies. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 288(1961). 20211137–20211137. 9 indexed citations

Goymann, Wolfgang, et al.. (2020). The evolution of reversed sex roles and classical polyandry: Insights from coucals and other animals. Ethology. 127(1). 1–13. 18 indexed citations

Goymann, Wolfgang, et al.. (2017). Ghrelin affects stopover decisions and food intake in a long-distance migrant. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(8). 1946–1951. 52 indexed citations

Skrip, Megan M., Ulf Bauchinger, Wolfgang Goymann, et al.. (2015). Migrating songbirds on stopover prepare for, and recover from, oxidative challenges posed by long‐distance flight. Ecology and Evolution. 5(15). 3198–3209. 62 indexed citations

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Apfelbeck, Beate, et al.. (2014). Parental care, loss of paternity and circulating levels of testosterone and corticosterone in a socially monogamous song bird. Frontiers in Zoology. 11(1). 11–11. 21 indexed citations

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Schoech, Stephan J., Reed Bowman, Thomas P. Hahn, et al.. (2013). The effects of low levels of light at night upon the endocrine physiology of western scrub‐jays (Aphelocoma californica). Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A Ecological Genetics and Physiology. 319(9). 527–538. 34 indexed citations

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Ashley, Noah T., Ingrid Schwabl, Wolfgang Goymann, & C. Loren Buck. (2012). Keeping Time Under the Midnight Sun: Behavioral and Plasma Melatonin Profiles of Free‐Living Lapland Longspurs (Calcarius lapponicus) During the Arctic Summer. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A Ecological Genetics and Physiology. 319(1). 10–22. 30 indexed citations

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Benhaiem, Sarah, Martin Dehnhard, Roberto Bonanni, et al.. (2012). Validation of an enzyme immunoassay for the measurement of faecal glucocorticoid metabolites in spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta). General and Comparative Endocrinology. 178(2). 265–271. 31 indexed citations

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DuVal, Emily H. & Wolfgang Goymann. (2010). Hormonal correlates of social status and courtship display in the cooperatively lekking lance-tailed manakin. Hormones and Behavior. 59(1). 44–50. 19 indexed citations

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Fusani, Leonida, Massimiliano Cardinale, Claudio Carere, & Wolfgang Goymann. (2009). Stopover decision during migration: physiological conditions predict nocturnal restlessness in wild passerines. Biology Letters. 5(3). 302–305. 91 indexed citations

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Geberzahn, Nicole, et al.. (2009). Females alter their song when challenged in a sex-role reversed bird species. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 64(2). 193–204. 66 indexed citations

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Bauchinger, Ulf, Wolfgang Goymann, & Susanne Jenni‐Eiermann. (2005). Bird hormones and bird migrations : analyzing hormones in droppings and egg-yolks and assessing adaptations in long-distance migration. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 24 indexed citations

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Fusani, Leonida, Virginie Canoine, Wolfgang Goymann, Martin Wikelski, & Michaela Hau. (2005). Difficulties and special issues associated with field research in behavioral neuroendocrinology. Hormones and Behavior. 48(4). 484–491. 29 indexed citations

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Goymann, Wolfgang. (2005). Noninvasive Monitoring of Hormones in Bird Droppings: Physiological Validation, Sampling, Extraction, Sex Differences, and the Influence of Diet on Hormone Metabolite Levels. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1046(1). 35–53. 197 indexed citations

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Goymann, Wolfgang, Erich Möstl, & Eberhard Gwinner. (2002). Non-invasive methods to measure androgen metabolites in excrements of European stonechats, Saxicola torquata rubicola. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 129(2). 80–87. 37 indexed citations

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