2026 Marcel E. Visser: Ecology and Evolution Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Ecology and Evolution	93	394	373	15	15	318	35789

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

1832
Citations
Shifts in phenology due to global climate change: the need for a yardstick

Marcel E Visser;Christiaan Both

1802
Citations
Adjustment to climate change is constrained by arrival date in a long-distance migrant bird

Christiaan Both;Marcel E. Visser

1392
Citations
Keeping up with a warming world; assessing the rate of adaptation to climate change

Marcel E Visser

1295
Citations
Warmer springs lead to mistimed reproduction in great tits (Parus major)

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

1237
Citations
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

982
Citations
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

860
Citations
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

820
Citations
Superparasitism as an adaptive strategy for insect parasitoids.

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

806
Citations
Selection on heritable phenotypic plasticity in a wild bird population

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

795
Citations
Warmer springs disrupt the synchrony of oak and winter moth phenology

Marcel E. Visser;Leonard J. M. Holleman

765
Citations
Phenology of forest caterpillars and their host trees: the importance of synchrony.

Margriet van Asch;Marcel E. Visser

665
Citations
Global Climate Change Leads to Mistimed Avian Reproduction

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

629
Citations
Large–scale geographical variation confirms that climate change causes birds to lay earlier

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

619
Citations
Travelling through a warming world: climate change and migratory species.

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

534
Citations
Adaptive responses of animals to climate change are most likely insufficient

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

493
Citations
The biological impacts of artificial light at night: the research challenge

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

479
Citations
Evolutionary and demographic consequences of phenological mismatches.

Marcel E. Visser;Phillip Gienapp

475
Citations
Meta-analysis of multidecadal biodiversity trends in Europe

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

454
Citations
Climate change leads to decreasing bird migration distances

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

421
Citations
Phenology, seasonal timing and circannual rhythms: towards a unified framework

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

416
Citations
The costs of egg production and incubation in great tits (Parus major)

M. E. Visser;C. M. Lessells

390
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Phillip Gienapp University of Helsinki

Kees van Oers Wageningen University & Research

Christiaan Both University of Groningen

Martien A. M. Groenen Wageningen University & Research

Ben C. Sheldon University of Oxford

Tapio Eeva University of Turku

Raivo Mänd University of Tartu

Erik Matthysen University of Antwerp

Jon Slate University of Sheffield

János Török Eötvös Loránd University

External Links

Personal website of Marcel E. Visser

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