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Jens M. Olesen

Jens M. Olesen

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
75
Citations
26877
World Ranking
1036
National Ranking
21

Jens M. Olesen 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 Jens M. Olesen sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 176 publications — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jens M. Olesen 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 Jens M. Olesen sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 75 D-Index — 88th percentile

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

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Overview

Jens M. Olesen is affiliated with Aarhus University in Denmark, contributing extensively to research in agricultural and biological sciences as well as environmental science. Their work spans multiple subfields, including ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, plant science, insect science, nature and landscape conservation, and genetics.

The primary topics explored in their research include plant and animal studies, plant parasitism and resistance, insect and pesticide research, ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, insect and arachnid ecology and behavior, species distribution and climate change, and photosynthetic processes and mechanisms.

Olesen's scholarly output is published in a variety of venues, with frequent contributions to Ecography, Science, PLoS ONE, Functional Ecology, and Ecological Monographs.

Among recent papers are:

  • Evaluating competition for forage plants between honey bees and wild bees in Denmark, 2021, PLoS ONE
  • Tripartite networks show that keystone species can multitask, 2022, Functional Ecology
  • Stable pollination service in a generalist high Arctic community despite the warming climate, 2022, Ecological Monographs
  • Evidence of a European seed dispersal crisis, 2024, Science
  • Time-calibrated phylogenies reveal mediterranean and pre-mediterranean origin of the thermophilous vegetation of the Canary Islands, 2023, Annals of Botany

Key frequent co-authors include Rúben Heleno, Claus Rasmussen, Yoko Luise Dupont, Sérgio Timóteo, and Henning Bang Madsen, reflecting collaborative work in related areas of study.

Best Publications

  • The nested assembly of plant-animal mutualistic networks

    Jordi Bascompte;Pedro Jordano;Carlos J. Melián;Jens M. Olesen

  • The modularity of pollination networks.

    Jens M. Olesen;Jordi Bascompte;Yoko L. Dupont;Pedro Jordano

  • Asymmetric coevolutionary networks facilitate biodiversity maintenance

    Jordi Bascompte;Pedro Jordano;Jens M. Olesen

  • Body size in ecological networks

    Guy Woodward;Bo Ebenman;Mark Emmerson;Jose M. Montoya;Jose M. Montoya

  • Ecological networks--beyond food webs.

    Thomas C. Ings;José M. Montoya;José M. Montoya;Jordi Bascompte;Nico Blüthgen

  • Invariant properties in coevolutionary networks of plant-animal interactions

    Pedro Jordano;Jordi Bascompte;Jens M. Olesen

  • Geographic patterns in plant/pollinator mutualistic networks

    Jens Mogens Olesen;P. Jordano

  • Analysing ecological networks of species interactions.

    Eva Delmas;Eva Delmas;Mathilde Besson;Mathilde Besson;Marie Hélène Brice;Marie Hélène Brice;Laura A Burkle

  • Temporal dynamics in a pollination network.

    Jens Mogens Olesen;Jordi Bascompte;Heidi Elberling;Pedro Jordano

  • Nestedness versus modularity in ecological networks: two sides of the same coin?

    Miguel A. Fortuna;Daniel B. Stouffer;Jens M. Olesen;Pedro Jordano

  • Structure in plant–animal interaction assemblages

    Thomas M. Lewinsohn;Paulo Inácio Prado;Pedro Jordano;Jordi Bascompte

  • Centrality measures and the importance of generalist species in pollination networks

    Ana M. Martín González;Ana M. Martín González;Bo Dalsgaard;Jens Mogens Olesen

  • Biodiversity, species interactions and ecological networks in a fragmented world

    Melanie Hagen;W. Daniel Kissling;Claus Rasmussen;Marcus A. M. De Aguiar

  • Lizards as pollinators and seed dispersers: an island phenomenon

    Jens M. Olesen;Alfredo Valido

  • Invasion of pollination networks on oceanic islands: importance of invader complexes and endemic super generalists

    Jens M. Olesen;Louise I. Eskildsen;Shadila Venkatasamy

  • Ecosystem restoration strengthens pollination network resilience and function

    Christopher N. Kaiser-Bunbury;James Mougal;Andrew E. Whittington;Terence Valentin

  • Missing and forbidden links in mutualistic networks

    Jens M. Olesen;Jordi Bascompte;Yoko L. Dupont;Heidi Elberling

  • Ecological And Evolutionary Legacy Of Megafauna Extinctions

    Mauro Galetti;Mauro Galetti;Marcos Moleón;Marcos Moleón;Pedro Jordano;Mathias M. Pires

  • Structure of a plant–flower‐visitor network in the high‐altitude sub‐alpine desert of Tenerife, Canary Islands

    Yoko L. Dupont;Dennis M. Hansen;Jens M. Olesen

  • Spatio‐temporal variation in the structure of pollination networks

    Yoko L. Dupont;Benigno Padrón;Jens M. Olesen;Theodora Petanidou

Frequent Co-Authors

Anna Traveset
Anna Traveset Spanish National Research Council
Ruben H. Heleno
Ruben H. Heleno University of Coimbra
Pedro Jordano
Pedro Jordano Spanish National Research Council
Bo Dalsgaard
Bo Dalsgaard University of Copenhagen
Jordi Bascompte
Jordi Bascompte University of Zurich
Manuel Nogales
Manuel Nogales Spanish National Research Council
Pablo Vargas
Pablo Vargas Spanish National Research Council
Guy Woodward
Guy Woodward Imperial College London
José M. Montoya
José M. Montoya Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Theodora Petanidou
Theodora Petanidou University of the Aegean

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