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Kerstin Johannesson

Kerstin Johannesson

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
58
Citations
13030
World Ranking
2549
National Ranking
64

Kerstin Johannesson 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 Kerstin Johannesson sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 185 publications — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kerstin Johannesson 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 Kerstin Johannesson sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 58 D-Index — 70th percentile

70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Kerstin Johannesson is affiliated with the University of Gothenburg in Sweden. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Environmental Science, and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work delves into numerous subfields including Genetics, Oceanography, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, and Molecular Biology.

The scientific topics that characterize their research activity include Genetic diversity and population structure, Marine and coastal plant biology, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies, Evolution and Genetic Dynamics, and Mollusks and Parasites Studies.

Among their recent publications are:

  • Post-2020 goals overlook genetic diversity, 2020, Science
  • A Darwinian Laboratory of Multiple Contact Zones, 2020, Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • How chromosomal inversions reorient the evolutionary process, 2023, Journal of Evolutionary Biology
  • Genetic variation for adaptive traits is associated with polymorphic inversions in Littorina saxatilis, 2021, Evolution Letters
  • Using replicate hybrid zones to understand the genomic basis of adaptive divergence, 2021, Molecular Ecology

They have frequently published in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Molecular Ecology, Journal of Evolutionary Biology, Evolution Letters, and Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.

Their notable frequent co-authors include:

  • Roger K. Butlin
  • Anja M. Westram
  • Rui Faria
  • Sean Stankowski
  • Marina Rafajlović

Best Publications

  • Life on the margin: genetic isolation and diversity loss in a peripheral marine ecosystem, the Baltic Sea.

    Kerstin Johannesson;Carl André

  • The Baltic Sea as a time machine for the future coastal ocean

    Thorsten B. H. Reusch;Jan Dierking;Helen C. Andersson;Erik Bonsdorff

  • Site-specific genetic divergence in parallel hybrid zones suggests nonallopatric evolution of reproductive barriers.

    Marina Panova;Johan Hollander;Kerstin Johannesson

  • The paradox of Rockall: why is a brooding gastropod ( Littorina saxatilis ) more widespread than one having a planktonic larval dispersal stage ( L. littorea )?

    K. Johannesson

  • Evolving Inversions.

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  • MORPHOLOGICAL DIFFERENTIATION AND GENETIC COHESIVENESS OVER A MICROENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT IN THE MARINE SNAIL LITTORINA SAXATILIS.

    Kerstin Johannesson;Bo Johannesson;Emilio Rolán-Alvarez

  • Post-2020 goals overlook genetic diversity

    Linda Laikre;Linda Laikre;Sean Hoban;Sean Hoban;Michael W. Bruford;Michael W. Bruford;Gernot Segelbacher;Gernot Segelbacher

  • Parallel evolution of local adaptation and reproductive isolation in the face of gene flow.

    Roger K. Butlin;Roger K. Butlin;Maria Saura;Grégory Charrier;Grégory Charrier;Benjamin Jackson

  • INCIPIENT REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION BETWEEN TWO SYMPATRIC MORPHS OF THE INTERTIDAL SNAIL LITTORINA SAXATILIS.

    Kerstin Johannesson;Emilio Rolán-Alvarez;Anette Ekendahl

  • Repeated evolution of reproductive isolation in a marine snail: unveiling mechanisms of speciation.

    Kerstin Johannesson;Marina Panova;Petri Kemppainen;Carl André

  • Genotypic and phenotypic differences between Baltic and North Sea populations of Mytilus edulis evaluated through reciprocal transplantations. I Growth and morphology

    M. Tedengren;C. André;K. Johannesson;N. Kautsky

  • Parallel speciation: a key to sympatric divergence.

    Kerstin Johannesson

  • THE MAINTENANCE OF A CLINE IN THE MARINE SNAIL LITTORINA SAXATILIS: THE ROLE OF HOME SITE ADVANTAGE AND HYBRID FITNESS.

    Emilio Rolán-Alvarez;Kerstin Johannesson;Johan Erlandsson

  • Strong natural selection causes microscale allozyme variation in a marine snail.

    Kerstin Johannesson;Bo Johannesson;Ullika Lundgren

  • Intriguing asexual life in marginal populations of the brown seaweed Fucus vesiculosus.

    A. Tatarenkov;Lena Bergström;Rita B. Jönsson;Ester A. Serrão

  • Evolution in Littorina: ecology matters

    Kerstin Johannesson

  • Genome architecture enables local adaptation of Atlantic cod despite high connectivity.

    Julia Maria Isis Barth;Paul Ragnar Berg;Per R Jonsson;Sara Bonanomi;Sara Bonanomi

  • Rapid speciation in a newly opened postglacial marine environment, the Baltic Sea

    Ricardo T Pereyra;Lena Bergström;Lena Bergström;Lena Kautsky;Kerstin Johannesson

  • Shared and nonshared genomic divergence in parallel ecotypes of Littorina saxatilis at a local scale

    Mark Ravinet;Mark Ravinet;Anja Westram;Kerstin Johannesson;Roger Butlin;Roger Butlin

  • Snails and their trails: the multiple functions of trail-following in gastropods.

    Terence P. T. Ng;Sara H. Saltin;Mark S. Davies;Kerstin Johannesson

  • GENETIC AND MORPHOLOGICAL IDENTIFICATION OF FUCUS RADICANS SP. NOV. (FUCALES, PHAEOPHYCEAE) IN THE BRACKISH BALTIC SEA1

    Lena Bergström;Andrey Tatarenkov;Kerstin Johannesson;Rita B Jönsson

Frequent Co-Authors

Roger K. Butlin
Roger K. Butlin University of Sheffield
Carl André
Carl André University of Gothenburg
Per R. Jonsson
Per R. Jonsson Stockholm University
Lena Kautsky
Lena Kautsky Stockholm University
Anders Blomberg
Anders Blomberg University of Gothenburg
Emilio Rolán-Alvarez
Emilio Rolán-Alvarez Universidade de Vigo
Anders Tunlid
Anders Tunlid Lund University
David M. Rand
David M. Rand Brown University
Henrik Pavia
Henrik Pavia University of Gothenburg
Armando Caballero
Armando Caballero Universidade de Vigo

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