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Günter P. Wagner

Günter P. Wagner

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
93
Citations
37936
World Ranking
2076
National Ranking
1130

Günter P. Wagner publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Günter P. Wagner sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 378 publications — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Günter P. Wagner D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Günter P. Wagner sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 93 D-Index — 90th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2010 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1997 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1992 - Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation

Overview

Günter P. Wagner is affiliated with Yale University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a significant focus also on Medicine. Their scholarly work spans several subfields, including Molecular Biology, Immunology, Genetics, Reproductive Medicine, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The topics central to their research encompass:

  • Reproductive System and Pregnancy
  • Endometriosis Research and Treatment
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
  • Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies
  • Reproductive Physiology in Livestock

Günter P. Wagner has published prolifically in numerous venues, frequently contributing to bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Preprints.org, Journal of Morphology, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and iScience.

Some notable recent papers include:

  • "Menstruation: science and society", 2020, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • "Character identity mechanisms: a conceptual model for comparative-mechanistic biology", 2020, Biology & Philosophy
  • "Enhanced drug delivery to the reproductive tract using nanomedicine reveals therapeutic options for prevention of preterm birth", 2021, Science Translational Medicine
  • "Reframing research on evolutionary novelty and co-option: Character identity mechanisms versus deep homology", 2022, Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • "Evolution of Embryo Implantation Was Enabled by the Origin of Decidual Stromal Cells in Eutherian Mammals", 2020, Molecular Biology and Evolution

Frequent collaborators in their research include Jamie Maziarz, Mihaela Pavličev, Daniel J Stadtmauer, Kshitiz Gupta, and Alan C. Love, reflecting ongoing partnerships in experimental and theoretical investigations.

Their career has been recognized through multiple honors:

  • Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation, 1992
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 1997
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2010
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 2018

Best Publications

  • PERSPECTIVE: COMPLEX ADAPTATIONS AND THE EVOLUTION OF EVOLVABILITY

    Günter P. Wagner;Lee Altenberg

  • Complex Adaptations and the Evolution of Evolvability

    Gunter P. Wagner;Lee Altenberg

  • Measurement of mRNA abundance using RNA-seq data: RPKM measure is inconsistent among samples.

    Günter P. Wagner;Koryu Kin;Vincent J. Lynch

  • The road to modularity

    Günter P. Wagner;Mihaela Pavlicev;James M. Cheverud

  • HOMOLOGUES, NATURAL KINDS AND THE EVOLUTION OF MODULARITY

    Gunter P. Wagner

  • Perspective: Evolution and detection of genetic robustness.

    J. Arjan G. M. de Visser;Joachim Hermisson;Günter P. Wagner;Lauren Ancel Meyers

  • The origin and evolution of cell types

    Detlev Arendt;Jacob M. Musser;Clare V. H. Baker;Aviv Bergman;Aviv Bergman

  • The pleiotropic structure of the genotype–phenotype map: the evolvability of complex organisms

    Günter P. Wagner;Jianzhi Zhang

  • A POPULATION GENETIC THEORY OF CANALIZATION.

    Günter P. Wagner;Ginger Booth;Homayoun Bagheri‐Chaichian

  • NOVELTY IN EVOLUTION: RESTRUCTURING THE CONCEPT

    Gerd B. Muller;Gunter P. Wagner

  • The Biological Homology Concept

    G. P. Wagner

  • Homology, Genes, and Evolutionary Innovation

    Günter P. Wagner

  • Canalization in evolutionary genetics: a stabilizing theory?

    Greg Gibson;Günter Wagner

  • Transposon-mediated rewiring of gene regulatory networks contributed to the evolution of pregnancy in mammals

    Vincent J Lynch;Robert D Leclerc;Gemma May;Günter P Wagner

  • The topology of the possible: formal spaces underlying patterns of evolutionary change.

    Bärbel M.R. Stadler;Peter F. Stadler;Peter F. Stadler;Günter P. Wagner;Walter Fontana;Walter Fontana

  • Genetic Associations with Gestational Duration and Spontaneous Preterm Birth

    Ge Zhang;Bjarke Feenstra;Jonas Bacelis;Xueping Liu

  • Tissue-Specific Splicing of Disordered Segments that Embed Binding Motifs Rewires Protein Interaction Networks

    Marija Buljan;Marija Buljan;Guilhem Chalancon;Sebastian Eustermann;Gunter P. Wagner

  • The developmental genetics of homology.

    Günter P. Wagner

  • Mutational robustness can facilitate adaptation

    Jeremy A. Draghi;Todd L. Parsons;Günter P. Wagner;Joshua B. Plotkin

  • The character concept in evolutionary biology

    Günter P. Wagner

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter F. Stadler
Peter F. Stadler Leipzig University
Chris T. Amemiya
Chris T. Amemiya University of California, Merced
James M. Cheverud
James M. Cheverud Loyola University Chicago
Roberto Romero
Roberto Romero National Institutes of Health
Andreas Karwautz
Andreas Karwautz Medical University of Vienna
Thomas F. Hansen
Thomas F. Hansen University of Oslo
Fernando Fernández-Aranda
Fernando Fernández-Aranda University of Barcelona
David A. Collier
David A. Collier Eli Lilly (United States)
Frank H. Ruddle
Frank H. Ruddle Yale University
Aarno Palotie
Aarno Palotie University of Helsinki

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