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Maarten P.M. Vanhove

Maarten P.M. Vanhove

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
35
Citations
3854
World Ranking
7450
National Ranking
95

Maarten P.M. Vanhove 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 Maarten P.M. Vanhove sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 269 publications — 88th percentile

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

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

Maarten P.M. Vanhove 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 Maarten P.M. Vanhove sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 35 D-Index — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Maarten P.M. Vanhove is affiliated with Hasselt University in Belgium and focuses primarily on environmental science, with significant contributions spanning 170 publications. Their research encompasses several specialized subfields, such as ecology, genetics, aquatic science, global and planetary change, and parasitology.

Their research topics prominently include parasite biology and host interactions, fish biology and ecology studies, genetic diversity and population structure, parasites and host interactions, zoonotic diseases and public health, species distribution and climate change, as well as aquatic ecosystems and biodiversity.

Some of their recent publications include the following:

  • "Preserve a Voucher Specimen! The Critical Need for Integrating Natural History Collections in Infectious Disease Studies" (2021), published in mBio
  • "Integrating Biodiversity Infrastructure into Pathogen Discovery and Mitigation of Emerging Infectious Diseases" (2020), published in BioScience
  • "A global review of problematic and pathogenic parasites of farmed tilapia" (2023), published in Reviews in Aquaculture
  • "Unravelling the evolution of Africa's drainage basins through a widespread freshwater fish, the African sharptooth catfish Clarias gariepinus" (2020), published in Journal of Biogeography
  • "Historical museum collections help detect parasite species jumps after tilapia introductions in the Congo Basin" (2020), published in Biological Invasions

Vanhove frequently collaborates with a number of researchers. Their most common co-authors include Nikol Kmentová, Antoine Pariselle, Tom Artois, Maarten Van Steenberge, and Armando J. Cruz-Laufer.

Their work has appeared predominantly in several publication venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), International Journal for Parasitology, Hydrobiologia, Preprints.org, and Parasite.

Best Publications

  • Photography-based taxonomy is inadequate, unnecessary, and potentially harmful for biological sciences

    Luis M.P. Ceríaco;Luis M.P. Ceríaco;Eliécer E. Gutiérrez;Eliécer E. Gutiérrez;Alain Dubois;Cristian Simón Abdala

  • Use of ephippial morphology to assess richness of anomopods: potentials and pitfalls

    Jochen Vandekerkhove;Steven Declerck;Maarten Vanhove;Luc Brendonck

  • The Monogenean Parasite Fauna of Cichlids: A Potential Tool for Host Biogeography

    Antoine Pariselle;Walter A. Boeger;Jos Snoeks;Jos Snoeks;Charles F. Bilong Bilong

  • Modularity in attachment organs of African Cichlidogyrus (Platyhelminthes: Monogenea: Ancyrocephalidae) reflects phylogeny rather than host specificity or geographic distribution

    Matthias Vignon;Matthias Vignon;Matthias Vignon;Antoine Pariselle;Maarten P. M. Vanhove;Maarten P. M. Vanhove

  • Problematic barcoding in flatworms: A case-study on monogeneans and rhabdocoels (Platyhelminthes)

    Maarten Pieterjan Vanhove;Bart Tessens;Charlotte Schoelinck;Ulf Jondelius

  • Hidden biodiversity in an ancient lake: phylogenetic congruence between Lake Tanganyika tropheine cichlids and their monogenean flatworm parasites

    Maarten Pieterjan Vanhove;Antoine Pariselle;Antoine Pariselle;Maarten Van Steenberge;Maarten Van Steenberge;Maarten Van Steenberge;Joost A.M. Raeymaekers

  • First description of monogenean parasites in Lake Tanganyika: the cichlid Simochromis diagramma (Teleostei, Cichlidae) harbours a high diversity of Gyrodactylus species (Platyhelminthes, Monogenea).

    Maarten P M Vanhove;J O S Snoeks;Filip A M Volckaert;T I N E Huyse

  • Cichlids: A Host of Opportunities for Evolutionary Parasitology.

    Maarten Pieterjan Vanhove;Maarten Pieterjan Vanhove;Maarten Pieterjan Vanhove;Pascal Hablutzel;Antoine Pariselle;Andrea Vetešníková Šimková

  • Integrating Biodiversity Infrastructure into Pathogen Discovery and Mitigation of Emerging Infectious Diseases.

    Joseph A Cook;Satoru Arai;Blas Armién;John Bates

  • Toward a global phylogeny of the living fossil crustacean order of the Notostraca

    Bram Vanschoenwinkel;Tom Pinceel;Maarten P. M. Vanhove;Carla Denis

  • A Guide to the Parasites of African Freshwater Fishes

    Tomáš Scholz;Maarten Pieterjan Vanhove;Nico Smit;Zuzana Jayasundera

  • Parasite hybridization in African Macrogyrodactylus spp. (Monogenea, Platyhelminthes) signals historical host distribution

    Maxwell Barson;Iva Přikrylová;Maarten P. M. Vanhove;Tine Huyse

  • The first next-generation sequencing approach to the mitochondrial phylogeny of African monogenean parasites (Platyhelminthes: Gyrodactylidae and Dactylogyridae)

    Maarten P. M. Vanhove;Andrew G. Briscoe;Michiel W. P. Jorissen;Michiel W. P. Jorissen;D. Tim J. Littlewood

  • A phylogeny of Cichlidogyrus spp. (Monogenea, Dactylogyridea) clarifies a host-switch between fish families and reveals an adaptive component to attachment organ morphology of this parasite genus.

    Françoise D. Messu Mandeng;Françoise D. Messu Mandeng;Charles F. Bilong Bilong;Antoine Pariselle;Maarten Pieterjan Vanhove

  • Ancyrocephalidae (Monogenea) of Lake Tanganyika: III: Cichlidogyrus infecting the world s biggest cichlid and the non-endemic tribes Haplochromini, Oreochromini and Tylochromini (Teleostei, Cichlidae)

    Fidel Muterezi Bukinga;Maarten P. M. Vanhove;Maarten P. M. Vanhove;Maarten Van Steenberge;Maarten Van Steenberge;Antoine Pariselle

  • Phylogenetics and biogeography of the Balkan ‘sand gobies’ (Teleostei: Gobiidae): vulnerable species in need of taxonomic revision

    Maarten P. M. Vanhove;Alcibiades N. Economou;Stamatis Zogaris;Maarten H. D. Larmuseau

  • Transmission of parasites from introduced tilapias: a new threat to endemic Malagasy ichthyofauna

    Andrea Vetešníková Šimková;Eva Řehulková;Jean Robertin Rasoloariniaina;Michiel Wp Jorissen;Michiel Wp Jorissen

  • Unravelling the evolution of Africa's drainage basins through a widespread freshwater fish, the African sharptooth catfish Clarias gariepinus

    Maarten W. Van Steenberge;Maarten P. M. Vanhove;Auguste Chocha Manda;Auguste Chocha Manda;Auguste Chocha Manda;Maarten H. D. Larmuseau

  • Reduced host-specificity in a parasite infecting non-littoral Lake Tanganyika cichlids evidenced by intraspecific morphological and genetic diversity.

    Nikol Kmentová;Milan Gelnar;Monika Mendlová;Maarten Van Steenberge;Maarten Van Steenberge;Maarten Van Steenberge

  • Contrasting parasite communities among allopatric colour morphs of the Lake Tanganyika cichlid Tropheus.

    Joost A M Raeymaekers;Joost A M Raeymaekers;Pascal I Hablützel;Arnout F Grégoir;Jolien Bamps

  • Morphology, Molecules, and Monogenean Parasites: An Example of an Integrative Approach to Cichlid Biodiversity

    Maarten Van Steenberge;Antoine Pariselle;Tine Huyse;Filip A.M. Volckaert

  • Morphology, Molecules, and Monogenean Parasites: An Example of an Integrative Approach to Cichlid Biodiversity (vol 10, e0124474, 2015)

    Maarten Van Steenberge;A Pariselle;Tine Huyse;Filip Volckaert

Frequent Co-Authors

Tine Huyse
Tine Huyse KU Leuven
Stephan Koblmüller
Stephan Koblmüller University of Graz
Milan Gelnar
Milan Gelnar Masaryk University
Tom Artois
Tom Artois Hasselt University
Christian Sturmbauer
Christian Sturmbauer University of Graz
Luc Brendonck
Luc Brendonck KU Leuven
Ole Seehausen
Ole Seehausen University of Bern

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