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2025

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
25
Citations
2923
World Ranking
2941
National Ranking
103

Jörg Freyhof publication distribution in Animal Science and Veterinary in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Animal Science and Veterinary in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jörg Freyhof sits on this spectrum.

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29 publications 442+

This scientist: 63 publications — 6th percentile

6% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Jörg Freyhof D-index placement in Animal Science and Veterinary in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Animal Science and Veterinary scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jörg Freyhof sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 25 D-Index — 7th percentile

7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 77 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Jörg Freyhof is affiliated with the Leibniz Association in Germany and has contributed extensively to the fields of environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences. Their scholarly focus is notably concentrated on nature and landscape conservation, aquatic science, ecology, molecular biology, and global and planetary change. The primary topics of their research include fish biology and ecology studies, fish ecology and management studies, land use and ecosystem services, urban green space and health, fish biology, ecology, and behavior, ichthyology and marine biology, as well as identification and quantification in food.

Their recent research outputs include several peer-reviewed papers published between 2020 and 2025 across diverse scientific journals. Notable publications are:

  • Revision of the genus Seminemacheilus, with the description of three new species (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae), 2020, Zootaxa
  • New osteological and morphological data of four species of Aphaniops (Teleostei; Aphaniidae), 2020, Journal of Applied Ichthyology
  • High levels of species' extirpation in an urban environment-A case study from Berlin, Germany, covering 1700-2023, 2024, Ecology and Evolution
  • Mitochondrial genome insights into the phylogenetics and biogeographic evolution of snow trout (Cyprinidae, Schizothorax) in the Tien Shan Mountains, 2025, Zoosystematics and Evolution
  • Global Patterns and Drivers of Freshwater Fish Extinctions: Can We Learn From Our Losses?, 2025, Global Change Biology

Their frequent co-authors include Silvia Keinath and Nike Sommerwerk, both with three joint publications, along with collaborations involving Baran Yoğurtçuoğlu, Çüneyt Kaya, and Matthias F. Geiger.

Freyhof's work is regularly published in specialized venues dedicated to ichthyology, ecology, and evolutionary biology, including journals such as Zootaxa, Ecology and Evolution, Journal of Applied Ichthyology, Zoosystematics and Evolution, and Global Change Biology.

Jörg Freyhof's research makes contributions to understanding fish biology and ecology within the context of environmental changes and conservation, emphasizing both the evolutionary and ecological aspects of aquatic species and their habitats. Their studies address both urban and natural environments, contributing to knowledge important for species management and biodiversity preservation.

Best Publications

  • Handbook of European freshwater fishes

    Maurice. Kottelat;Jörg. Freyhof

  • To be, or not to be, a non‐native freshwater fish?

    G. H. Copp;P. G. Bianco;N. G. Bogutskaya;I. Falka

  • European Red List of freshwater fishes

    Jörg Freyhof;E. G. E. Brooks

  • Systematics of the subfamily Danioninae (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae).

    Kevin L. Tang;Mary K. Agnew;M. Vincent Hirt;Tetsuya Sado

  • Phylogenetic relationships of Danio within the order Cypriniformes: a framework for comparative and evolutionary studies of a model species

    Richard L. Mayden;Kevin L. Tang;Kevin W. Conway;Joerg Freyhof

  • A metric for spatially explicit contributions to science-based species targets.

    Louise Mair;Leon A. Bennun;Thomas M. Brooks;Thomas M. Brooks;Thomas M. Brooks;Stuart H. M. Butchart;Stuart H. M. Butchart

  • Reconciling fossils and molecules: Cenozoic divergence of cichlid fishes and the biogeography of Madagascar

    M. Vences;J. Freyhof;R. Sonnenberg;J. Kosuch

  • Conservation of Freshwater Fishes: Lost fishes, who is counting? The extent of the threat to freshwater fish biodiversity

    William R. T. Darwall;Jörg Freyhof

  • Taxonomic diversity of European Cottus with description of eight new species (Teleostei : Cottidae)

    Jörg Freyhof;Maurice Kottelat;Arne Nolte

  • Phylogenetic relationships of the algae scraping cyprinid genus Capoeta (Teleostei: Cyprinidae).

    Boris A. Levin;Jörg Freyhof;Zdeněk Lajbner;Silvia Perea

  • Freshwater Megafauna: Flagships for Freshwater Biodiversity under Threat.

    Savrina F Carrizo;Sonja C Jähnig;Vanessa Bremerich;Jörg Freyhof

  • Resource partitioning in a tropical stream fish assemblage

    F. Herder;J. Freyhof

  • Molecular phylogeny of the Southeast Asian freshwater fish family botiidae (Teleostei: Cobitoidea) and the origin of polyploidy in their evolution

    Vendula Šlechtová;Vendula Šlechtová;Jörg Bohlen;Jörg Freyhof;Petr Ráb

  • The Alps as barrier to dispersal in cold-adapted freshwater fishes? Phylogeographic history and taxonomic status of the bullhead in the Adriatic freshwater drainage.

    Vendula Šlechtová;Jörg Bohlen;Jörg Freyhof;Henri Persat

  • Forecasting fish distribution along stream networks: brown trout (Salmo trutta) in Europe

    Ana Filipa Filipe;Danijela Markovic;Florian Pletterbauer;Clément Tisseuil

  • Across Siberia and over Europe: Phylogenetic relationships of the freshwater fish genus Rhodeus in Europe and the phylogenetic position of R. sericeus from the River Amur.

    Jörg Bohlen;Vendula Šlechtová;Vendula Šlechtová;Nina Bogutskaya;Jörg Freyhof

  • Diel distribution patterns of fishes in a temperate large lowland river

    C. Wolter;J. Freyhof

  • The Phylogenetic Relationships of the Gobioninae (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) Inferred from Mitochondrial Cytochrome b Gene Sequences

    Jinquan Yang;Shunping He;Jörg Freyhof;Kai Witte

  • Molecules and morphology : Evidence for introgression of mitochondrial DNA in Dalmatian cyprinids

    Jörg Freyhof;Dietmar Lieckfeldt;Christian Pitra;Arne Ludwig

  • Temperature sensitivity of vertical distributions of zooplankton and planktivorous fish in a stratified lake

    Ingeborg Palm Helland;Jörg Freyhof;Peter Kasprzak;Thomas Mehner

  • Novel Relationships among Lampreys (Petromyzontiformes) Revealed by a Taxonomically Comprehensive Molecular Data Set

    Nicholas J. Lang;Kevin J. Roe;Claude B. Renaud;Howard S. Gill

  • Phylogenetic position of the Dalmatian genus Phoxinellus and description of the newly proposed genus Delminichthys (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)

    Jörg Freyhof;Dietmar Lieckfeldt;Nina G. Bogutskaya;Christian Pitra

  • Review of the genus Cobitis in the Middle East, with the description of eight new species (Teleostei: Cobitidae).

    Jörg Freyhof;Esra Bayçelebi;Matthias Geiger

  • Genetic population structure of sympatric and allopatric populations of Baltic ciscoes (Coregonus albula complex, Teleostei, Coregonidae).

    Thomas Mehner;Kirsten Pohlmann;Che Elkin;Michael T Monaghan

  • Extreme neutral genetic and morphological divergence supports classification of Adriatic three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) populations as distinct conservation units

    José Manuel Cano;Hannu Sakari Mäkinen;Tuomas Leinonen;Jörg Freyhof

  • Genetic mixing from enhancement stocking in commercially exploited vendace populations

    Thomas Mehner;Kirsten Pohlmann;Che Elkin;Michael T. Monaghan

  • Aphanius kruppi , a new killifish from Oman with comments on the A. dispar species group (Cyprinodontiformes: Aphaniidae)

    Jörg Freyhof;Anton Weissenbacher;Matthias Geiger

  • Diversity of spined loaches from Asia Minor in a phylogenetic context (Teleostei: Cobitidae).

    Anabel Perdices;Cevher S. Ozeren;Füsun Erkakan;Jörg Freyhof

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthias F. Geiger
Matthias F. Geiger Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change
Christian Wolter
Christian Wolter Leibniz Association
Thomas Mehner
Thomas Mehner Leibniz Association
Maurice Kottelat
Maurice Kottelat National University of Singapore
William Darwall
William Darwall International Union for Conservation of Nature
Eren Turak
Eren Turak Office of Environment and Heritage
Ignacio Doadrio
Ignacio Doadrio Spanish National Research Council
Michael T. Monaghan
Michael T. Monaghan Freie Universität Berlin
Richard L. Mayden
Richard L. Mayden Saint Louis University
Diethard Tautz
Diethard Tautz Max Planck Society

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