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D-Index
66
Citations
19157
World Ranking
1666
National Ranking
50

Franz J. Weissing publications per year

1991: 6 publications 1992: 0 publications 1993: 3 publications 1994: 3 publications 1995: 5 publications 1996: 6 publications 1997: 1 publications 1998: 1 publications 1999: 7 publications 2000: 12 publications 2001: 9 publications 2002: 6 publications 2003: 6 publications 2004: 7 publications 2005: 2 publications 2006: 4 publications 2007: 7 publications 2008: 7 publications 2009: 4 publications 2010: 7 publications 2011: 8 publications 2012: 13 publications 2013: 8 publications 2014: 13 publications 2015: 9 publications 2016: 6 publications 2017: 4 publications 2018: 4 publications 2019: 2 publications 2020: 9 publications 2021: 15 publications 2022: 21 publications 2023: 19 publications 2024: 13 publications 2025: 7 publications
1991 2025

254 publications in total across all disciplines

Franz J. Weissing 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 Franz J. Weissing sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 199 publications — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Franz J. Weissing 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 Franz J. Weissing sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 66 D-Index — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Franz J. Weissing is affiliated with the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. Their research spans multiple fields within biology, with a primary focus on Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Agricultural and Biological Sciences.

The scientist's work extensively covers various subfields including Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Sociology and Political Science, Ecology, and Molecular Biology. These areas underpin their study of complex biological and ecological processes.

Key topics of research include:

  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
  • Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Virus-based gene therapy research

They have contributed to frequent publication venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Scientific Reports
  • Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • Communications Biology

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Franz J. Weissing include the following:

  • "Understanding 'Non-genetic' Inheritance: Insights from Molecular-Evolutionary Crosstalk" (2020), published in Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • "Adult sex ratios: causes of variation and implications for animal and human societies" (2022), published in Communications Biology
  • "Capturing the facets of evolvability in a mechanistic framework" (2022), published in Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • "The sex-specific factor SOA controls dosage compensation in Anopheles mosquitoes" (2023), published in Nature
  • "Underappreciated features of cultural evolution" (2021), published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Xiaoyan Long
  • Christoph Netz
  • Aparajitha Ramesh
  • Jan Komdeur
  • Marion Nicolaus

Best Publications

  • Life-history trade-offs favour the evolution of animal personalities

    Max Wolf;G. Sander van Doorn;G. Sander van Doorn;Olof Leimar;Franz J. Weissing

  • Animal personalities: consequences for ecology and evolution

    Max Wolf;Franz J. Weissing

  • Biodiversity of plankton by species oscillations and chaos

    Jef Huisman;Jef Huisman;Franz J. Weissing

  • Evolutionary emergence of responsive and unresponsive personalities

    Max Wolf;G. Sander van Doorn;Franz J. Weissing

  • Critical depth and critical turbulence: Two different mechanisms for the development of phytoplankton blooms

    Jef Huisman;Paul van Oostveen;Franz J. Weissing

  • An explanatory framework for adaptive personality differences.

    Max Wolf;Franz J. Weissing

  • What do we need to know about speciation

    Roger Butlin;Allan Debelle;Claudius Kerth;Rhonda R. Snook

  • Evolutionary tipping points in the capacity to adapt to environmental change

    Carlos A. Botero;Carlos A. Botero;Franjo J. Weissing;Jonathan Wright;Dustin R. Rubenstein

  • Catastrophic vegetation shifts and soil degradation in terrestrial grazing systems.

    van de Johan Koppel;M Rietkerk;Franz Weissing

  • Competition for light between phytoplankton species : Experimental tests of mechanistic theory

    Jef Huisman;Jef Huisman;Richard R. Jonker;Cor Zonneveld;Franz J. Weissing

  • Light-limited growth and competition for light in well-mixed aquatic environments : An elementary model

    Jef Huisman;Franz J. Weissing

  • On the Origin of Species by Natural and Sexual Selection

    G. Sander van Doorn;G. Sander van Doorn;Pim Edelaar;Pim Edelaar;Pim Edelaar;Franz J. Weissing

  • Lévy Walks Evolve Through Interaction Between Movement and Environmental Complexity

    Monique de Jager;Franz J. Weissing;Peter M. J. Herman;Bart A. Nolet

  • Bet-hedging during bacterial diauxic shift

    Ana Solopova;Jordi van Gestel;Franz J. Weissing;Herwig Bachmann

  • Constraints on allele size at microsatellite loci: implications for genetic differentiation.

    Maarten J. Nauta;Franz J. Weissing

  • Fundamental unpredictability in multispecies competition

    Jef Huisman;Franz J. Weissing

  • Why plankton communities have no equilibrium: solutions to the paradox

    Marten Scheffer;Sergio Rinaldi;Jef Huisman;Franz J. Weissing

  • Species Dynamics in Phytoplankton Blooms: Incomplete Mixing and Competition for Light

    Jef Huisman;Paul van Oostveen;Franz J. Weissing

  • Density of founder cells affects spatial pattern formation and cooperation in Bacillus subtilis biofilms.

    Jordi van Gestel;Franz J Weissing;Oscar P Kuipers;Ákos T Kovács

  • A Guide to Sexual Selection Theory

    Bram Kuijper;Ido Pen;Franz J. Weissing

Frequent Co-Authors

Ido Pen
Ido Pen University of Groningen
Jef Huisman
Jef Huisman University of Amsterdam
Johan van de Koppel
Johan van de Koppel Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
Michiel van Boven
Michiel van Boven Utrecht University
Peter M. J. Herman
Peter M. J. Herman Delft University of Technology
Tamás Székely
Tamás Székely University of Bath
Olof Leimar
Olof Leimar Stockholm University
Bart A. Nolet
Bart A. Nolet University of Amsterdam
Leo W. Beukeboom
Leo W. Beukeboom University of Groningen
Abraham P. Buunk
Abraham P. Buunk University of Groningen

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