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2022

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D-Index
93
Citations
35789
World Ranking
394
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15

Marcel E. Visser 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 Marcel E. Visser sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 533+

This scientist: 318 publications — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Marcel E. Visser 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 Marcel E. Visser sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 122+

This scientist: 93 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2022 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Netherlands Leader Award

Overview

Marcel E. Visser is affiliated with the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. Their research spans multiple disciplines within environmental science and biology, with a strong focus on ecology and evolutionary processes. Their work is represented across a variety of prominent academic venues and includes collaborations with several frequent co-authors.

Visser's recent publications include a diverse range of topics and appear in well-known scientific journals. Notable papers include Meta-analysis of multidecadal biodiversity trends in Europe (2020, Nature Communications), International scientists formulate a roadmap for insect conservation and recovery (2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution), Genetic variance in fitness indicates rapid contemporary adaptive evolution in wild animals (2022, Science), 11 Pressing Research Questions on How Light Pollution Affects Biodiversity (2021, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution), and Fluctuating optimum and temporally variable selection on breeding date in birds and mammals (2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences).

They have a pattern of frequent collaboration with co-authors such as Kees van Oers, Melanie Lindner, Veronika N. Laine, Irene Verhagen, and Heidi M. Viitaniemi. These collaborative efforts indicate a broad network within their research areas.

Publication venues where Visser's work frequently appears include the University of Groningen research database, bioRxiv, Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, and Nature Communications.

Their main fields of study are Environmental Science, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Subfields of particular focus include Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Ecology; Plant Science; Developmental Biology; and Genetics.

Research topics that Visser covers often involve Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Genetic and Environmental Crop Studies, Avian ecology and behavior, Plant and animal studies, Impact of Light on Environment and Health, and Species Distribution and Climate Change.

Best Publications

  • Climate change and population declines in a long-distance migratory bird

    Christiaan Both;Sandra Bouwhuis;Sandra Bouwhuis;C. M. Lessells;Marcel E. Visser

  • Shifts in phenology due to global climate change: the need for a yardstick

    Marcel E Visser;Christiaan Both

  • Adjustment to climate change is constrained by arrival date in a long-distance migrant bird

    Christiaan Both;Marcel E. Visser

  • Keeping up with a warming world; assessing the rate of adaptation to climate change

    Marcel E Visser

  • Warmer springs lead to mistimed reproduction in great tits (Parus major)

    M. E. Visser;A. J. van Noordwijk;J. M. Tinbergen;C. M. Lessells

  • Predicting species distribution and abundance responses to climate change: why it is essential to include biotic interactions across trophic levels

    Wim H. Van der Putten;Mirka Macel;Marcel E. Visser

  • Climate change and unequal phenological changes across four trophic levels: constraints or adaptations?

    Christiaan Both;Margriet Van Asch;Rob G. Bijlsma;Arnold B. Van Den Burg

  • Shifts in caterpillar biomass phenology due to climate change and its impact on the breeding biology of an insectivorous bird.

    Marcel E. Visser;Leonard J. M. Holleman;Phillip Gienapp

  • Superparasitism as an adaptive strategy for insect parasitoids.

    J. J. M. van Alphen;M. E. Visser

  • Selection on heritable phenotypic plasticity in a wild bird population

    Daniel H. Nussey;Erik Postma;Phillip Gienapp;Marcel E. Visser

  • Warmer springs disrupt the synchrony of oak and winter moth phenology

    Marcel E. Visser;Leonard J. M. Holleman

  • Phenology of forest caterpillars and their host trees: the importance of synchrony.

    Margriet van Asch;Marcel E. Visser

  • Global Climate Change Leads to Mistimed Avian Reproduction

    Marcel E. Visser;Christiaan Both;Marcel M. Lambrechts

  • Large–scale geographical variation confirms that climate change causes birds to lay earlier

    Christiaan Both;Aleksandr V. Artemyev;Bert Blaauw;Richard J. Cowie

  • Travelling through a warming world: climate change and migratory species.

    Robert A. Robinson;Humphrey Q. P. Crick;Jennifer A. Learmonth;Ilya M. D. Maclean

  • Adaptive responses of animals to climate change are most likely insufficient

    Viktoriia Radchuk;Thomas Reed;Céline Teplitsky;Martijn van der Pol

  • The biological impacts of artificial light at night: the research challenge

    Kevin J. Gaston;Marcel E. Visser;Franz Hölker

  • Evolutionary and demographic consequences of phenological mismatches.

    Marcel E. Visser;Phillip Gienapp

  • Meta-analysis of multidecadal biodiversity trends in Europe

    Francesca Pilotto;Francesca Pilotto;Ingolf Kühn;Ingolf Kühn;Rita Adrian;Renate Alber

  • Climate change leads to decreasing bird migration distances

    Marcel E. Visser;Albert C. Perdeck;Johan H. van Balen;Christiaan Both

  • Phenology, seasonal timing and circannual rhythms: towards a unified framework

    Marcel E. Visser;Samuel P. Caro;Kees van Oers;Sonja von Schaper

  • The costs of egg production and incubation in great tits (Parus major)

    M. E. Visser;C. M. Lessells

Frequent Co-Authors

Phillip Gienapp
Phillip Gienapp University of Helsinki
Kees van Oers
Kees van Oers Wageningen University & Research
Christiaan Both
Christiaan Both University of Groningen
Martien A. M. Groenen
Martien A. M. Groenen Wageningen University & Research
Ben C. Sheldon
Ben C. Sheldon University of Oxford
Tapio Eeva
Tapio Eeva University of Turku
Raivo Mänd
Raivo Mänd University of Tartu
Erik Matthysen
Erik Matthysen University of Antwerp
Jon Slate
Jon Slate University of Sheffield
János Török
János Török Eötvös Loránd University

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