2026 Ole Seehausen: 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	85	631	601	18	18	318	32845

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

2191
Citations
Cichlid Fish Diversity Threatened by Eutrophication That Curbs Sexual Selection

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

1553
Citations
Speciation through sensory drive in cichlid fish

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

1224
Citations
Genomics and the origin of species

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

1141
Citations
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

1095
Citations
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

937
Citations
African cichlid fish: a model system in adaptive radiation research

Ole Seehausen

857
Citations
Ecological explanations for (incomplete) speciation

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

809
Citations
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

740
Citations
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

639
Citations
A Combinatorial View on Speciation and Adaptive Radiation

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

600
Citations
Speciation reversal and biodiversity dynamics with hybridization in changing environments

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

584
Citations
Ecological opportunity and sexual selection together predict adaptive radiation

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

550
Citations
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

545
Citations
Ecology, sexual selection and speciation

Martine E. Maan;Ole Seehausen

528
Citations
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

515
Citations
The era of reference genomes in conservation genomics.

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477
Citations
How many species of cichlid fishes are there in African lakes

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

447
Citations
Biodiversity and Fishery Sustainability in the Lake Victoria Basin: An Unexpected Marriage?

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

393
Citations
Age of Cichlids: New Dates for Ancient Lake Fish Radiations

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

368
Citations
Conservation: losing biodiversity by reverse speciation

Ole Seehausen

342
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

George F. Turner Bangor University

Ton G. G. Groothuis University of Groningen

Jacques J. M. van Alphen Leiden University

Blake Matthews Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology

Laurent Excoffier University of Bern

Karen L. Carleton University of Maryland, College Park

Frans Witte Leiden University

Luke J. Harmon University of Idaho

Lauren J. Chapman University of Florida

Colin A. Chapman Vancouver Island University

External Links

Personal website of Ole Seehausen

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