2026 Jochen B. W. Wolf: Ecology and Evolution Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Ecology and Evolution	53	3248	3121	176	172	117	13200

Overview

Jochen B. W. Wolf is affiliated with Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München in Germany. Their research spans multiple areas within the broader fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences.

Their primary subfields of study include Genetics, Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Ecology. The main topics addressed in their work cover Genetic diversity and population structure, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Chromosomal and Genetic Variations, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, Evolution and Genetic Dynamics, and Marine animal studies overview.

Wolf's recent publications include:

From molecules to populations: appreciating and estimating recombination rate variation (2020) in Nature Reviews Genetics
Discovery and population genomics of structural variation in a songbird genus (2020) in Nature Communications
Determinants of genetic variation across eco-evolutionary scales in pinnipeds (2020) in Nature Ecology & Evolution
Runs of homozygosity in killer whale genomes provide a global record of demographic histories (2021) in Molecular Ecology
Near-chromosome level genome assembly of the fruit pest Drosophila suzukii using long-read sequencing (2020) in Scientific Reports

The scientist frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

Ulrich Knief
Justin Meröndun
Claire Peart
Sergio Tusso
Saurabh D. Pophaly

Their published works appear often in the following venues:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Molecular Ecology
Nature Communications
Nature Ecology & Evolution

Wolf's body of research includes a strong focus on genetic and genomic analysis across diverse organisms and ecological contexts, contributing knowledge to patterns of genetic diversity, population structure, and evolutionary processes. Their involvement in studies related to recombination rates, structural genomic variation, and demographic history highlights an interdisciplinary approach bridging molecular biology and ecology.

Best Publications

Hybridization and speciation

R. Abbott;D. Albach;S. Ansell;J. W. Arntzen

2464
Citations
The genomic landscape of species divergence in Ficedula flycatchers

Hans Ellegren;Linnéa Smeds;Reto Burri;Pall I. Olason

727
Citations
The genomic landscape underlying phenotypic integrity in the face of gene flow in crows

Jelmer Poelstra;Nagarjun Vijay;Christen Bossu;Henrik Lantz;Henrik Lantz

643
Citations
Genomics and the challenging translation into conservation practice

Aaron B. A. Shafer;Jochen B. W. Wolf;Paulo C. Alves;Linnea Bergstrom

638
Citations
A field guide to whole-genome sequencing, assembly and annotation.

Robert Ekblom;Jochen B W Wolf

555
Citations
Convergent evolution of the genomes of marine mammals

Andrew D Foote;Andrew D Foote;Yue Liu;Gregg W C Thomas;Tomáš Vinař

486
Citations
Making sense of genomic islands of differentiation in light of speciation.

Jochen B. W. Wolf;Hans Ellegren

482
Citations
Bioinformatic processing of RAD-seq data dramatically impacts downstream population genetic inference

Aaron B. A. Shafer;Aaron B. A. Shafer;Claire R. Peart;Sergio Tusso;Inbar Maayan

377
Citations
Widespread evidence for incipient ecological speciation: a meta-analysis of isolation-by-ecology.

Aaron B. A. Shafer;Jochen B. W. Wolf

356
Citations
Principles of transcriptome analysis and gene expression quantification: an RNA-seq tutorial.

Jochen B. W. Wolf

291
Citations
Genome-culture coevolution promotes rapid divergence of killer whale ecotypes

Andrew David Foote;Andrew David Foote;Andrew David Foote;Nagarjun Vijay;María C. Ávila-Arcos;Robin W. Baird

290
Citations
Challenges and strategies in transcriptome assembly and differential gene expression quantification. A comprehensive in silico assessment of RNA‐seq experiments

Nagarjun Vijay;Jelmer W. Poelstra;Axel Künstner;Jochen B. W. Wolf

278
Citations
Social structure in a colonial mammal: unravelling hidden structural layers and their foundations by network analysis☆

Jochen B.W. Wolf;David Mawdsley;Fritz Trillmich;Richard James

233
Citations
Evolution of heterogeneous genome differentiation across multiple contact zones in a crow species complex

Nagarjun Vijay;Christen M. Bossu;Christen M. Bossu;Jelmer W. Poelstra;Matthias H. Weissensteiner

221
Citations
Speciation genetics: current status and evolving approaches.

Jochen B. W. Wolf;Johan Lindell;Niclas Backström;Niclas Backström

221
Citations
Why Time Matters: Codon Evolution and the Temporal Dynamics of dN/dS

Carina F. Mugal;Jochen B.W. Wolf;Ingemar Kaj

192
Citations
Molecular evolution of genes in avian genomes

Kiwoong Nam;Carina Mugal;Benoit Nabholz;Holger Schielzeth

169
Citations
Nucleotide divergence vs. gene expression differentiation: comparative transcriptome sequencing in natural isolates from the carrion crow and its hybrid zone with the hooded crow

Jochen B. W. Wolf;Till Bayer;Bernhard Haubold;Markus Schilhabel

161
Citations
From molecules to populations: appreciating and estimating recombination rate variation

Joshua V Peñalba;Jochen B W Wolf

158
Citations
Parent-offspring and sibling conflict in Galapagos fur seals and sea lions

Fritz Trillmich;Jochen B. W. Wolf

157
Citations
Comparative genomics based on massive parallel transcriptome sequencing reveals patterns of substitution and selection across 10 bird species

Axel Künstner;Jochen B. W. Wolf;Niclas Backström;Osceola Whitney

135
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Fritz Trillmich Bielefeld University

Hans Ellegren Uppsala University

Andrew D. Foote Norwegian University of Science and Technology

M. Thomas P. Gilbert University of Copenhagen

Phillip A. Morin National Marine Fisheries Service

Fritz J. Sedlazeck Baylor College of Medicine

John W. Durban New England Aquarium

Diethard Tautz Max Planck Society

Martin Wikelski Max Planck Institute for Ornithology

Robin W. Baird Cascadia Research Collective

External Links

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