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2022

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
85
Citations
32845
World Ranking
627
National Ranking
18

Ole Seehausen 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 Ole Seehausen sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 318 publications — 93rd percentile

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

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

Ole Seehausen 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 Ole Seehausen sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 85 D-Index — 93rd percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Ole Seehausen is affiliated with the University of Bern in Switzerland. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these fields, their work focuses on several subfields including Ecology, Genetics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Aquatic Science, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's recent publications include:

  • The ecological and genomic basis of explosive adaptive radiation, 2020, Nature
  • A global agenda for advancing freshwater biodiversity research, 2021, Ecology Letters
  • Cycles of fusion and fission enabled rapid parallel adaptive radiations in African cichlids, 2023, Science
  • A subterranean adaptive radiation of amphipods in Europe, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Africa: sequence 100,000 species to safeguard biodiversity, 2022, Nature

Ole Seehausen's work covers multiple main research topics, including:

  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity
  • Fish Biology and Ecology Studies
  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Ole Seehausen are:

  • Salome Mwaiko
  • Blake Matthews
  • Mary A. Kishe
  • Martin M. Goßner
  • Florian Altermatt

The scientist has published extensively in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Nature Communications
  • Evolution
  • Molecular Ecology

Ole Seehausen also has contributed to book publications, including a work published by the European Organization for Nuclear Research titled Diversity, distribution and community composition of fish in perialpine lakes - "Projet Lac" synthesis report in 2021.

Best Publications

  • Hybridization and adaptive radiation

    Ole Seehausen

  • Cichlid Fish Diversity Threatened by Eutrophication That Curbs Sexual Selection

    Ole Seehausen;Jacques J. M. van Alphen;Frans Witte

  • Speciation through sensory drive in cichlid fish

    Ole Seehausen;Ole Seehausen;Yohey Terai;Isabel S. Magalhaes;Isabel S. Magalhaes;Karen L. Carleton

  • Genomics and the origin of species

    Ole Seehausen;Roger K. Butlin;Irene Keller;Catherine Wagner

  • The genomic substrate for adaptive radiation in African cichlid fish

    David Brawand;David Brawand;Catherine E. Wagner;Catherine E. Wagner;Yang I. Li;Milan Malinsky;Milan Malinsky

  • Early bursts of body size and shape evolution are rare in comparative data.

    Luke J Harmon;Luke J Harmon;Jonathan B Losos;T Jonathan Davies;Rosemary G Gillespie

  • African cichlid fish: a model system in adaptive radiation research

    Ole Seehausen

  • Ecological explanations for (incomplete) speciation

    Patrik Nosil;Luke J. Harmon;Luke J. Harmon;Ole Seehausen;Ole Seehausen

  • Ancient hybridization fuels rapid cichlid fish adaptive radiations.

    Joana Meier;David Alexander Marques;David Alexander Marques;Salome Mwaiko;Salome Mwaiko;Catherine Wagner;Catherine Wagner;Catherine Wagner

  • Genome-wide RAD sequence data provide unprecedented resolution of species boundaries and relationships in the Lake Victoria cichlid adaptive radiation

    Catherine E. Wagner;Irene Keller;Irene Keller;Samuel Wittwer;Samuel Wittwer;Oliver M. Selz;Oliver M. Selz

  • A Combinatorial View on Speciation and Adaptive Radiation

    David Alexander Marques;David Alexander Marques;Joana Meier;Joana Meier;Joana Meier;Ole Seehausen;Ole Seehausen

  • Speciation reversal and biodiversity dynamics with hybridization in changing environments

    Ole Seehausen;Ole Seehausen;Gaku Takimoto;Gaku Takimoto;Denis Roy;Jukka Jokela;Jukka Jokela

  • Ecological opportunity and sexual selection together predict adaptive radiation

    Catherine E. Wagner;Luke J. Harmon;Ole Seehausen;Ole Seehausen

  • The effect of male coloration on female mate choice in closely related Lake Victoria cichlids (Haplochromis nyererei complex).

    Ole Seehausen;Jacques J. M. van Alphen

  • Ecology, sexual selection and speciation

    Martine E. Maan;Ole Seehausen

  • Eutrophication causes speciation reversal in whitefish adaptive radiations

    P. Vonlanthen;D. Bittner;D. Bittner;A. G. Hudson;A. G. Hudson;K. A. Young;K. A. Young

  • The era of reference genomes in conservation genomics.

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  • How many species of cichlid fishes are there in African lakes

    George F. Turner;Ole Seehausen;Mairi E. Knight;Charlotte J. Allender

  • Biodiversity and Fishery Sustainability in the Lake Victoria Basin: An Unexpected Marriage?

    John S. Balirwa;Colin A. Chapman;Lauren J. Chapman;Ian G. Cowx

  • Age of Cichlids: New Dates for Ancient Lake Fish Radiations

    Martin J Genner;Ole Seehausen;Ole Seehausen;David H Lunt;Domino A Joyce

  • Conservation: losing biodiversity by reverse speciation

    Ole Seehausen

Frequent Co-Authors

George F. Turner
George F. Turner Bangor University
Ton G. G. Groothuis
Ton G. G. Groothuis University of Groningen
Jacques J. M. van Alphen
Jacques J. M. van Alphen Leiden University
Blake Matthews
Blake Matthews Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Laurent Excoffier
Laurent Excoffier University of Bern
Karen L. Carleton
Karen L. Carleton University of Maryland, College Park
Frans Witte
Frans Witte Leiden University
Luke J. Harmon
Luke J. Harmon University of Idaho
Lauren J. Chapman
Lauren J. Chapman University of Florida
Colin A. Chapman
Colin A. Chapman Vancouver Island University

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