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Manfred Milinski

Manfred Milinski

Max Planck Society
Germany

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
78
Citations
22949
World Ranking
4526
National Ranking
336

Manfred Milinski publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Manfred Milinski sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 195 publications — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Manfred Milinski D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Manfred Milinski sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 316 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 899 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,025 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,149 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,235 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,162 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,130 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,031 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 714 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 71 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 78 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2010 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Organismic and Evolutionary Biology

Overview

Manfred Milinski is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany. Their research spans several fields primarily within the social sciences and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. The scientist's work extensively covers experimental behavioral economics, genetics, and evolutionary biology topics.

The main fields of study include:

  • Social Sciences
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Subfields of study reflect a focus on:

  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Genetics
  • Safety Research
  • Molecular Biology
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Key research topics explored by Manfred Milinski are:

  • Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies
  • Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
  • Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration

The scientist has published in several notable venues, including:

  • Nature Climate Change
  • Molecular Ecology Resources
  • Biology
  • Journal of Environmental Economics and Management
  • Current Opinion in Psychology

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Manfred Milinski cover a range of interdisciplinary topics and include:

  • "The economic interaction between climate change mitigation, climate migration and poverty" (2020), published in Nature Climate Change
  • "Origin matters: Using a local reference genome improves measures in population genomics" (2023), published in Molecular Ecology Resources
  • "A Review of Suggested Mechanisms of MHC Odor Signaling" (2022), published in Biology
  • "Challenging conventional wisdom: Experimental evidence on heterogeneity and coordination in avoiding a collective catastrophic event" (2021), published in Journal of Environmental Economics and Management
  • "Extortion - A voracious prosocial strategy" (2021), published in Current Opinion in Psychology

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Manfred Milinski include:

  • Jochem Marotzke
  • Doko-Miles J. Thorburn
  • Κostas Sagonas
  • Mahesh Panchal
  • Frédéric J. J. Chain

Manfred Milinski was honored by the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in 2010 in the category of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology.

Best Publications

  • Female sticklebacks use male coloration in mate choice and hence avoid parasitized males

    Manfred Milinski;Theo C. M. Bakker

  • The collective-risk social dilemma and the prevention of simulated dangerous climate change

    Manfred Milinski;Ralf D. Sommerfeld;Hans-Jürgen Krambeck;Floyd A. Reed

  • TIT FOR TAT in sticklebacks and the evolution of cooperation

    Manfred Milinski

  • The Major Histocompatibility Complex, Sexual Selection, and Mate Choice

    Manfred Milinski

  • Female sticklebacks count alleles in a strategy of sexual selection explaining MHC polymorphism

    Thorsten B. H. Reusch;Michael A. Häberli;Peter B. Aeschlimann;Manfred Milinski

  • Gossip as an alternative for direct observation in games of indirect reciprocity.

    Ralf D. Sommerfeld;Hans-Jürgen Krambeck;Dirk Semmann;Manfred Milinski

  • Stabilizing the earth's climate is not a losing game: supporting evidence from public goods experiments.

    Manfred Milinski;Dirk Semmann;Hans-Jürgen Krambeck;Jochem Marotzke

  • Donors to charity gain in both indirect reciprocity and political reputation

    Manfred Milinski;Dirk Semmann;Hans-Jürgen Krambeck

  • Human strategy updating in evolutionary games

    Arne Traulsen;Dirk Semmann;Ralf D. Sommerfeld;Hans-Jürgen Krambeck

  • Mate choice decisions of stickleback females predictably modified by MHC peptide ligands

    Manfred Milinski;Sian Wyn Griffiths;K. Mathias Wegner;Thorsten B. H. Reusch

  • Parasite selection for immunogenetic optimality

    K. Mathias Wegner;Martin Kalbe;Joachim Kurtz;Thorsten B. H. Reusch

  • Cooperation through indirect reciprocity: image scoring or standing strategy?

    Manfred Milinski;Dirk Semmann;Theo C. M. Bakker;Hans-Jürgen Krambeck

  • Evolutionarily stable feeding strategy in sticklebacks

    Manfred Milinski

  • Rapid and adaptive evolution of MHC genes under parasite selection in experimental vertebrate populations

    Christophe Eizaguirre;Tobias Leander Lenz;Martin Kalbe;Manfred Milinski

  • Costs influence sequential mate choice in sticklebacks, Gasterosteus aculeatus

    Manfred Milinski;Theo C. M. Bakker

  • Female sticklebacks Gasterosteus aculeatus use self-reference to optimize MHC allele number during mate selection

    P. B. Aeschlimann;M. A. Häberli;T. B. H. Reusch;Thomas Boehm

  • Risk of Predation of Parasitized Sticklebacks (Gasterosteus Aculeatus L.) Under Competition for Food

    Manfred Milinski

  • Major histocompatibility complex diversity influences parasite resistance and innate immunity in sticklebacks.

    Joachim Kurtz;Martin Kalbe;Peter B. Aeschlimann;Michael A. Häberli

  • Sequential female choice and the previous male effect in sticklebacks

    Theo C. M. Bakker;Manfred Milinski

  • The Calculus of Selfishness

    Manfred Milinski

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Kalbe
Martin Kalbe Max Planck Society
Christophe Eizaguirre
Christophe Eizaguirre Queen Mary University of London
Thorsten B.H. Reusch
Thorsten B.H. Reusch GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Thomas Boehm
Thomas Boehm Max Planck Society
Claus Wedekind
Claus Wedekind University of Lausanne
Arne Traulsen
Arne Traulsen Max Planck Society
Paul Seabright
Paul Seabright Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Joachim Kurtz
Joachim Kurtz University of Münster
Jochem Marotzke
Jochem Marotzke Max Planck Society
Theo C. M. Bakker
Theo C. M. Bakker University of Bonn

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