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Michaela Hau 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 Michaela Hau sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 176 publications — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michaela Hau 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 Michaela Hau sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 64 D-Index — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Michaela Hau is affiliated with the University of Konstanz in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, with extensive work in specialized subfields such as Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology, Physiology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, and Small Animals.

The main topics of Michaela Hau's scientific contributions include Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Physiological and biochemical adaptations, Avian ecology and behavior, Bat Biology and Ecology Studies, Plant and animal studies, Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence, and Adipose Tissue and Metabolism. This focus is reflected in their publication record and choice of research topics.

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Michaela Hau are:

  • Increased glucocorticoid concentrations in early life cause mitochondrial inefficiency and short telomeres (2020), published in Journal of Experimental Biology
  • Connecting the data landscape of long-term ecological studies: The SPI-Birds data hub (2020), published in Journal of Animal Ecology
  • Quantifying Glucocorticoid Plasticity Using Reaction Norm Approaches: There Still is So Much to Discover! (2021), published in Integrative and Comparative Biology
  • Inferring Whole-Organism Metabolic Rate From Red Blood Cells in Birds (2021), published in Frontiers in Physiology
  • Glucocorticoids in a warming world: Do they help birds to cope with high environmental temperatures? (2022), published in Hormones and Behavior

Michaela Hau frequently publishes in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), iScience, Integrative and Comparative Biology, Hormones and Behavior, and Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research).

The scientist has collaborated regularly with several researchers, including Stefania Casagrande, Lucía Mentesana, Caroline Deimel, Kasja Malkoc, and María Moirón, among others.

Best Publications

  • Quantifying and comparing constitutive immunity across avian species

    Sam Millet;Jennie Bennett;Kelly A. Lee;Michaela Hau

  • Corticosterone, testosterone and life-history strategies of birds

    Michaela Hau;Robert E. Ricklefs;Martin Wikelski;Kelly A. Lee

  • Timing of breeding in variable environments: Tropical birds as model systems

    Michaela Hau

  • Testosterone and year-round territorial aggression in a tropical bird.

    Michaela Hau;Martin Wikelski;Kiran K. Soma;John C. Wingfield

  • Hominins, sedges, and termites: new carbon isotope data from the Sterkfontein valley and Kruger National Park.

    Matt Sponheimer;Matt Sponheimer;Julia Lee-Thorp;Darryl de Ruiter;Daryl Codron

  • A neotropical forest bird can measure the slight changes in tropical photoperiod.

    Michaela Hau;Martin Wikelski;John C. Wingfield

  • Melatonin: generation and modulation of avian circadian rhythms.

    Eberhard Gwinner;Michaela Hau;Sabine Heigl

  • Evolutionary signals of selection on cognition from the great tit genome and methylome

    Veronika N. Laine;Toni I. Gossmann;Kyle M. Schachtschneider;Kyle M. Schachtschneider;Colin J. Garroway

  • Endocrine mechanisms, behavioral phenotypes and plasticity: Known relationships and open questions

    Michaela Hau;Wolfgang Goymann

  • Hormonal mechanisms of cooperative behaviour

    Marta C. Soares;Redouan Bshary;Leonida Fusani;Wolfgang Goymann

  • Disrupted seasonal biology impacts health, food security and ecosystems

    T. J. Stevenson;Marcel E. Visser;W. Arnold;P. Barrett

  • Glucocorticoid-Mediated Phenotypes in Vertebrates : Multilevel Variation and Evolution

    Michaela Hau;Stefania Casagrande;Jenny Q. Ouyang;Alexander T. Baugh

  • Hormone levels predict individual differences in reproductive success in a passerine bird

    Jenny Q. Ouyang;Peter J. Sharp;Alistair Dawson;Michael Quetting

  • Territorial aggression and hormones during the non-breeding season in a tropical bird.

    Michaela Hau;Steven T Stoddard;Kiran K Soma

  • Natural selection against a circadian clock gene mutation in mice

    Kamiel Spoelstra;Kamiel Spoelstra;Martin Wikelski;Martin Wikelski;Martin Wikelski;Serge Daan;Andrew S. I. Loudon

  • Low sex steroids, high steroid receptors: Increasing the sensitivity of the nonreproductive brain.

    Virginie Canoine;Leonida Fusani;Barney A. Schlinger;Michaela Hau

  • Corticosterone responses differ between lines of great tits (Parus major) selected for divergent personalities.

    Alexander T. Baugh;Sonja V. Schaper;Michaela Hau;John F. Cockrem

  • Social instability increases plasma testosterone in a year–round territorial neotropical bird

    Martin Wikelski;Michaela Hau;John C. Wingfield

  • Reproductive State, but Not Testosterone, Reduces Immune Function in Male House Sparrows (Passer domesticus)

    Chris G. Greenman;Lynn B. Martin;Michaela Hau

  • Hormone levels predict individual differences in reproductive success in a passerine bird

    Jenny Q. Ouyang;Peter Sharp;Alistair Dawson;Michaela Hau

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Wikelski
Martin Wikelski Max Planck Institute for Ornithology
Wolfgang Goymann
Wolfgang Goymann Max Planck Society
George E. Bentley
George E. Bentley University of California, Berkeley
Lynn B. Martin
Lynn B. Martin University of South Florida
Eberhard Gwinner
Eberhard Gwinner Max Planck Society
John C. Wingfield
John C. Wingfield University of California, Davis
Kees van Oers
Kees van Oers Wageningen University & Research
Tony D. Williams
Tony D. Williams Simon Fraser University
Jerry F. Husak
Jerry F. Husak University of St. Thomas - Minnesota
Marcel E. Visser
Marcel E. Visser University of Groningen

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