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2026

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D-Index
80
Citations
21380
World Ranking
842
National Ranking
10

Erik Matthysen publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Erik Matthysen sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 284 publications — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Erik Matthysen D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Erik Matthysen sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 80 D-Index — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Belgium Leader Award

Overview

Erik Matthysen is affiliated with the University of Antwerp in Belgium. Their research contributions span key areas within Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a particular emphasis on ecology and parasitology.

The main fields of study for Matthysen include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Subfields within these disciplines where Matthysen has a significant presence are:

  • Ecology
  • Parasitology
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Insect Science
  • Global and Planetary Change

Matthysen's research topics encompass:

  • Vector-borne infectious diseases
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • Insect and Pesticide Research
  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Matthysen include:

  • Dieter Heylen
  • Frank Adriaensen
  • Anne Charmantier
  • Tapio Eeva
  • Ben C. Sheldon

The most common publication venues for Matthysen's work are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Open Research Europe

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Matthysen are:

  • Diet contributes to urban-induced alterations in gut microbiota: experimental evidence from a wild passerine, 2020, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Inter-individual variability in spring phenology of temperate deciduous trees depends on species, tree size and previous year autumn phenology, 2020, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
  • Connecting the data landscape of long-term ecological studies: The SPI-Birds data hub, 2020, Journal of Animal Ecology
  • Bird populations most exposed to climate change are less sensitive to climatic variation, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Danger on the track? Tick densities near recreation infrastructures in forests, 2021, Urban forestry & urban greening

Best Publications

  • The application of 'least-cost' modelling as a functional landscape model

    F Adriaensen;JP Chardon;JP Chardon;G De Blust;E Swinnen

  • Costs of dispersal

    Dries Bonte;Hans Van Dyck;James M Bullock;Aurélie Coulon

  • Density-dependent dispersal in birds and mammals

    Erik Matthysen

  • Adaptive responses of animals to climate change are most likely insufficient

    Viktoriia Radchuk;Thomas Reed;Céline Teplitsky;Martijn van der Pol

  • Variable responses to large-scale climate change in European Parus populations

    ME Visser;F Adriaensen;JH Van Balen;J Blondel

  • Fluctuating asymmetry as an indicator of fitness: can we bridge the gap between studies?

    Luc Lens;Stefan Van Dongen;Salit Kark;Erik Matthysen

  • Multicausality of dispersal: a review

    Erik Matthysen

  • The implications of food hardness for diet in bats

    L. F. Aguirre;A. Herrel;R. Van Damme;E. MatThysen

  • Urbanization drives cross-taxon declines in abundance and diversity at multiple spatial scales.

    Elena Piano;Elena Piano;Caroline Souffreau;Thomas Merckx;Thomas Merckx;Lisa F. Baardsen

  • Variation in personality and behavioural plasticity across four populations of the great tit Parus major

    Niels Jeroen Dingemanse;Niels Jeroen Dingemanse;Karen M. Bouwman;Martijn van de Pol;Thijs van Overveld

  • Incorporating landscape elements into a connectivity measure: a case study for the speckled wood butterfly (Pararge aegeria L.)

    J. Paul Chardon;J. Paul Chardon;Frank Adriaensen;Erik Matthysen

  • A comparison of microsatellite-based pairwise relatedness estimators.

    T. Van De Casteele;P. Galbusera;E. Matthysen

  • Body-size shifts in aquatic and terrestrial urban communities.

    Thomas Merckx;Caroline Souffreau;Aurelien Kaiser;Lisa F Baardsen

  • Does matrix resistance influence Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris L. 1758) distribution in an urban landscape

    Goedele Verbeylen;Luc De Bruyn;Frank Adriaensen;Erik Matthysen

  • Ecomorphological analysis of trophic niche partitioning in a tropical savannah bat community

    Luis F. Aguirre;Anthony Herrel;R. van Damme;E. Matthysen

  • Avian persistence in fragmented rainforest.

    Luc Lens;Stefan Van Dongen;Ken Norris;Mwangi Githiru

  • Genetics of Dispersal

    Marjo Anna Kaarina Saastamoinen;Greta Bocedi;Julien Cote;Dephine Legrand

  • Artificial nest predation and habitat fragmentation: different trends in bird and mammal predators

    Nadia Nour;Erik Matthysen;André A. Dhondt

  • Evolutionary signals of selection on cognition from the great tit genome and methylome

    Veronika N. Laine;Toni I. Gossmann;Kyle M. Schachtschneider;Kyle M. Schachtschneider;Colin J. Garroway

  • Establishment success of invasive ring‐necked and monk parakeets in Europe

    Diederik Strubbe;Erik Matthysen

  • Evaluating least-cost model predictions with empirical dispersal data: A case-study using radiotracking data of hedgehogs (Erinaceus europaeus)

    Kassandra Driezen;Frank Adriaensen;Carlo Rondinini;C. Patrick Doncaster

Frequent Co-Authors

Frank Adriaensen
Frank Adriaensen University of Antwerp
Luc Lens
Luc Lens Ghent University
André A. Dhondt
André A. Dhondt Cornell University
Diederik Strubbe
Diederik Strubbe Ghent University
Marcel E. Visser
Marcel E. Visser University of Groningen
Thierry Backeljau
Thierry Backeljau Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
Hans Van Dyck
Hans Van Dyck Université Catholique de Louvain
Hein Sprong
Hein Sprong Wageningen University & Research
János Török
János Török Eötvös Loránd University
Ben C. Sheldon
Ben C. Sheldon University of Oxford

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