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Anders Hedenström

Anders Hedenström

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
72
Citations
16864
World Ranking
1512
National Ranking
25

Anders Hedenström publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Anders Hedenström sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 241 publications — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Anders Hedenström D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Anders Hedenström sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 72 D-Index — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Anders Hedenström is affiliated with Lund University in Sweden and works primarily within the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their research spans a range of topics mainly anchored in the study of animals and their interactions with the environment.

Their main areas of focus include:

  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Biomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
  • Marine animal studies overview

Hedenström's subfields of study incorporate ecological perspectives as well as engineering aspects related to flight, covering areas such as:

  • Ecology
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Global and Planetary Change

The scientist has published frequently in several academic journals, with notable recurrent venues including:

  • Journal of Experimental Biology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Current Biology
  • Movement Ecology

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Hedenström reflect their scope of interests and collaborative nature of their work. Some examples are:

  • "Biological Earth observation with animal sensors", 2022, Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • "Evolution of chain migration in an aerial insectivorous bird, the common swift Apus apus", 2020, Evolution
  • "Accelerometer sampling requirements for animal behaviour classification and estimation of energy expenditure", 2023, Animal Biotelemetry
  • "Lunar synchronization of daily activity patterns in a crepuscular avian insectivore", 2020, Ecology and Evolution
  • "The role of wingbeat frequency and amplitude in flight power", 2022, Journal of The Royal Society Interface

Their collaborations span several frequent co-authors who have worked with Hedenström on multiple publications. These colleagues include:

  • Susanne Åkesson
  • Gabriel Norevik
  • Martin Wikelski
  • Linus Hedh
  • Florian T. Muijres

Best Publications

  • Long-distance migration: evolution and determinants

    Thomas Alerstam;Anders Hedenström;Susanne Åkesson

  • THE DEVELOPMENT OF BIRD MIGRATION THEORY

    Thomas Alerstam;Anders Hedenstrom

  • OPTIMUM FUEL LOADS IN MIGRATORY BIRDS: DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN TIME AND ENERGY MINIMIZATION

    Anders Hedenström;Thomas Alerstam

  • Challenging claims in the study of migratory birds and climate change

    Endre Knudsen;Andreas Linden;Christiaan Both;Niclas Jonzen

  • Leading-edge vortex improves lift in slow-flying bats.

    F. T. Muijres;L. C. Johansson;R. Barfield;M. Wolf

  • Bat Mortality at Wind Turbines in Northwestern Europe

    Jens Rydell;Lothar Bach;Marie-Jo Dubourg-Savage;Martin Green

  • Adaptations to migration in birds: behavioural strategies, morphology and scaling effects.

    Anders Hedenström

  • How Migrants Get There: Migratory Performance and Orientation

    Susanne Åkesson;Anders Hedenström

  • OPTIMAL FLIGHT SPEED OF BIRDS

    Anders Hedenstrom;Thomas Alerstam

  • Wind selectivity of migratory flight departures in birds

    Susanne Åkesson;Anders Hedenström

  • Migration by soaring or flapping flight in birds: the relative importance of energy cost and speed

    Anders Hedenstrom

  • A family of vortex wakes generated by a thrush nightingale in free flight in a wind tunnel over its entire natural range of flight speeds

    G R Spedding;Mikael Rosén;Anders Hedenström

  • Bat Flight Generates Complex Aerodynamic Tracks

    A. Hedenström;L. C. Johansson;M. Wolf;R. von Busse

  • Grand challenges in migration biology

    Melissa S. Bowlin;Isabelle-Anne Bisson;Judy Shamoun-Baranes;Jonathan D. Reichard

  • Migration Routes and Strategies in a Highly Aerial Migrant, the Common Swift Apus apus, Revealed by Light-Level Geolocators.

    Susanne Åkesson;Raymond Klaassen;Jan Holmgren;James W. Fox

  • Predator versus prey: on aerial hunting and escape strategies in birds

    Anders Hedenström;Mikael Rosén

  • Optimal moult strategies in migratory birds

    Zoltán Barta;Zoltán Barta;John M McNamara;Alasdair I Houston;Thomas P Weber

  • How fast can birds migrate

    Anders Hedenstrom;Thomas Alerstam

  • ON THE AERODYNAMICS OF MOULT GAPS IN BIRDS

    Anders Hedenström;Shigeru Sunada

  • CLIMBING PERFORMANCE OF MIGRATING BIRDS AS A BASIS FOR ESTIMATING LIMITS FOR FUEL-CARRYING CAPACITY AND MUSCLE WORK

    Anders Hedenström;Thomas Alerstam

  • Flight performance in relation to fuel load in birds

    Anders Hedenström

Frequent Co-Authors

Susanne Åkesson
Susanne Åkesson Lund University
Thomas Alerstam
Thomas Alerstam Lund University
Åke Lindström
Åke Lindström Lund University
Staffan Bensch
Staffan Bensch Lund University
Martin Wikelski
Martin Wikelski Max Planck Institute for Ornithology
Dennis Hasselquist
Dennis Hasselquist Lund University
Judy Shamoun-Baranes
Judy Shamoun-Baranes University of Amsterdam
Niclas Jonzén
Niclas Jonzén Lund University
Zoltán Barta
Zoltán Barta University of Debrecen
Felix Liechti
Felix Liechti Swiss Ornithological Institute

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