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Niklas Janz 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 Niklas Janz sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 89 publications — 11th percentile

11% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Niklas Janz 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 Niklas Janz sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 36 D-Index — 17th percentile

17% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Niklas Janz is affiliated with Stockholm University in Sweden and has contributed extensively to the field of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a notable focus on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior, and Systematics. Their research spans several interrelated subfields including Genetics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Plant Science, and Insect Science.

Their work concentrates on various main topics, notably Plant and Animal Studies, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Plant Parasitism and Resistance, Genetic Diversity and Population Structure, Insect-Plant Interactions and Control, Lepidoptera Biology and Taxonomy, and Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research.

Niklas Janz has a record of publications in a range of scientific journals. Frequent venues for their research include:

  • Ecological Entomology
  • Ecology and Evolution
  • Oikos
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Systematic Biology

Among recent papers authored or coauthored by Niklas Janz are:

  • Bayesian Inference of Ancestral Host-Parasite Interactions under a Phylogenetic Model of Host Repertoire Evolution, 2020, Systematic Biology
  • Phylogenetic Reconstruction of Ancestral Ecological Networks through Time for Pierid Butterflies and Their Host Plants, 2021, Ecology Letters
  • Host Repertoires and Changing Insect-Plant Interactions, 2021, Ecological Entomology
  • Structural Plasticity of Olfactory Neuropils in Relation to Insect Diapause, 2020, Ecology and Evolution
  • Rewiring of Interactions in a Changing Environment: Nettle-Feeding Butterflies and Their Parasitoids, 2021, Oikos

Collaboration has been a significant aspect of their research, with frequent coauthors including:

  • Sören Nylin
  • Mariana P. Braga
  • Michael J. Landis
  • Fredrik Ronquist
  • Christopher W. Wheat

The scientist's body of work supports the understanding of insect and plant interactions, evolutionary ecology, and genetic patterns, often examined through phylogenetic and ecological network approaches.

Best Publications

  • Diversity begets diversity: host expansions and the diversification of plant-feeding insects

    Niklas Janz;Sören Nylin;Niklas Wahlberg

  • EVOLUTIONARY DYNAMICS OF HOST-PLANT SPECIALIZATION: A CASE STUDY OF THE TRIBE NYMPHALINI

    Niklas Janz;Klas Nyblom;Sören Nylin

  • BUTTERFLIES AND PLANTS: A PHYLOGENETIC STUDY

    Niklas Janz;Sören Nylin

  • 15. The Oscillation Hypothesis Of Host-Plant Range And Speciation

    Sören Nylin;Niklas Janz

  • The role of female search behaviour in determining host plant range in plant feeding insects: a test of the information processing hypothesis

    Niklas Janz;Sören Nylin

  • How specialists can be generalists: resolving the “parasite paradox” and implications for emerging infectious disease

    Salvatore J. Agosta;Niklas Janz;Daniel R. Brooks

  • Ehrlich and Raven Revisited: Mechanisms Underlying Codiversification of Plants and Enemies

    Niklas Janz

  • Mechanisms of macroevolution: polyphagous plasticity in butterfly larvae revealed by RNA-Seq

    Maria de la Paz Celorio-Mancera;Christopher W. Wheat;Heiko Vogel;Lina Söderlind

  • Evolutionary Ecology of Oviposition Strategies

    Niklas Janz

  • Embracing Colonizations: A New Paradigm for Species Association Dynamics

    Sören Nylin;Salvatore Agosta;Staffan Bensch;Walter A. Boeger

  • Host plant utilization, host range oscillations and diversification in nymphalid butterflies: a phylogenetic investigation.

    Sören Nylin;Jessica Slove;Niklas Janz

  • Host plant utilization in the comma butterfly: sources of variation and evolutionary implications.

    Niklas Janz;Sören Nylin;Nina Wedell

  • Ovi position preference and larval performance in Polygonia c‐album (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae): the choice between bad and worse

    Sören Nylin;Niklas Janz

  • Butterfly host plant range: an example of plasticity as a promoter of speciation?

    Sören Nylin;Niklas Janz

  • The relationship between habitat selection and preference for adult and larval food resources in the polyphagous butterfly Vanessa cardui (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae).

    Niklas Janz

  • Butterfly Host Plant Choice in the Face of Possible Confusion

    Sören Nylin;Anders Bergström;Niklas Janz

  • No effect of larval experience on adult host preferences in Polygonia c-album (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae): on the persistence of Hopkins' host selection principle

    Niklas Janz;Lina Söderlind;Sören Nylin

  • Neural coding merges sex and habitat chemosensory signals in an insect herbivore

    Frederica Trona;Gianfranco Anfora;Anna Balkenius;Marie Bengtsson

  • The cost of polyphagy: oviposition decision time vs error rate in a butterfly

    Niklas Janz

  • Plant polyploidy and host expansion in an insect herbivore

    Niklas Janz;John N. Thompson

Frequent Co-Authors

Sören Nylin
Sören Nylin Stockholm University
Fredrik Ronquist
Fredrik Ronquist Swedish Museum of Natural History
Niklas Wahlberg
Niklas Wahlberg Lund University
Roman A. Zubarev
Roman A. Zubarev Karolinska Institute
Nina Wedell
Nina Wedell University of Exeter
Heiko Vogel
Heiko Vogel Max Planck Society
Constantí Stefanescu
Constantí Stefanescu Autonomous University of Barcelona
Owen T. Lewis
Owen T. Lewis University of Oxford
Mark R Shaw
Mark R Shaw National Museum of Natural History
Walter A. Boeger
Walter A. Boeger Federal University of Paraná

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