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59
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2451
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Per G. P. Ericson 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 Per G. P. Ericson sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 182 publications — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Per G. P. Ericson 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 Per G. P. Ericson sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 59 D-Index — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Per G. P. Ericson is affiliated with the Swedish Museum of Natural History in Sweden. Their research encompasses a range of topics primarily within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Environmental Science.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Environmental Science

Within these domains, they have contributed extensively to several subfields such as Genetics, Molecular Biology, Ecology, Ecological Modeling, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

  • Genetics
  • Molecular Biology
  • Ecology
  • Ecological Modeling
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

The major topics of their work reflect a strong focus on genetic diversity, species distribution, climate change, and conservation. These topics include:

  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions
  • Identification and Quantification in Food

Per G. P. Ericson has several recent publications demonstrating their research breadth. Notable papers include:

  • The Global Museum: natural history collections and the future of evolutionary science and public education (2020), published in PeerJ
  • The combination of genomic offset and niche modelling provides insights into climate change-driven vulnerability (2022), published in Nature Communications
  • The evolution of ancestral and species-specific adaptations in snowfinches at the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (2021), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • A guide to avian museomics: Insights gained from resequencing hundreds of avian study skins (2022), published in Molecular Ecology Resources
  • Great journey of Great Tits (Parus major group): Origin, diversification and historical demographics of a broadly distributed bird lineage (2020), published in Journal of Biogeography

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as:

  • Zoologica Scripta
  • Avian Research
  • Diversity and Distributions
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications

Collaboration forms an important aspect of their research, with frequent co-authors including Martin Irestedt, Yanhua Qu, Knud A. Jønsson, Mozes P. K. Blom, and Fumin Lei.

Best Publications

  • Genome 10K: A Proposal to Obtain Whole-Genome Sequence for 10 000 Vertebrate Species

    David Haussler;Stephen J. O'Brien;Oliver A. Ryder;F. Keith Barker

  • Diversification of Neoaves: integration of molecular sequence data and fossils.

    Per G. P. Ericson;Cajsa Lisa Anderson;Tom Britton;Andrzej Elzanowski

  • A Gondwanan origin of passerine birds supported by DNA sequences of the endemic New Zealand wrens

    Per G. P. Ericson;Les Christidis;Alan Cooper;Martin Irestedt;Martin Irestedt

  • Flight speeds among bird species: allometric and phylogenetic effects.

    Thomas Alerstam;Mikael Rosén;Johan Bäckman;Per G. P Ericson

  • Whole-genome shotgun sequencing of mitochondria from ancient hair shafts

    M. Thomas P. Gilbert;Lynn P. Tomsho;Snjezana Rendulic;Michael Packard

  • Ground tit genome reveals avian adaptation to living at high altitudes in the Tibetan plateau

    Yanhua Qu;Hongwei Zhao;Naijian Han;Guangyu Zhou

  • Phylogeny and classification of the avian superfamily Sylvioidea

    Per Alström;Per G.P. Ericson;Urban Olsson;Per Sundberg

  • Homeotic effects, somitogenesis and the evolution of vertebral numbers in recent and fossil amniotes

    Johannes Müller;Torsten M. Scheyer;Jason J. Head;Paul M. Barrett

  • Ecological and evolutionary determinants for the adaptive radiation of the Madagascan vangas.

    Knud A. Jonsson;Pierre-Henri Fabre;Susanne A. Fritz;Rampal S. Etienne

  • Phylogeny of Passerida (Aves: Passeriformes) based on nuclear and mitochondrial sequence data.

    Per G.P. Ericson;Ulf S. Johansson;Ulf S. Johansson

  • Evolution, biogeography, and patterns of diversification in passerine birds

    Per G. P. Ericson;Martin Irestedt;Ulf S. Johansson

  • DNA barcoding of Scandinavian birds reveals divergent lineages in trans-Atlantic species

    Arild Johnsen;Eirik Rindal;Per G. P. Ericson;Dario Zuccon

  • Interpretations of archaeological bird remains: A taphonomic approach

    Per G.P. Ericson

  • Intraspecific phylogenetic analysis of Siberian woolly mammoths using complete mitochondrial genomes

    M. Thomas P. Gilbert;Daniela I. Drautz;Arthur M. Lesk;Simon Y.W. Ho

  • Systematic relationships and biogeography of the tracheophone suboscines (Aves: Passeriformes).

    Martin Irestedt;Jon Fjeldså;Ulf S Johansson;Ulf S Johansson;Per G.P Ericson

  • Nuclear DNA from old collections of avian study skins reveals the evolutionary history of the Old World suboscines (Aves, Passeriformes)

    Martin Irestedt;Jan I. Ohlson;Dario Zuccon;Mari Källersjö

  • The Global Museum: natural history collections and the future of evolutionary science and public education.

    Freek T. Bakker;Alexandre Antonelli;Julia A. Clarke;Joseph A. Cook

  • The mitochondrial genome sequence of the Tasmanian tiger (Thylacinus cynocephalus)

    Webb Miller;Daniela I. Drautz;Jan E. Janecka;Arthur M. Lesk

  • Non-monophyletic taxa and cryptic species—Evidence from a molecular phylogeny of leaf-warblers (Phylloscopus, Aves)

    Urban Olsson;Per Alström;Per Alström;Per G.P. Ericson;Per Sundberg

  • The phylogenetic relationships and generic limits of finches (Fringillidae)

    Dario Zuccon;Robert Prŷs-Jones;Pamela C. Rasmussen;Per G.P. Ericson

  • Tyrant flycatchers coming out in the open: phylogeny and ecological radiation of Tyrannidae (Aves, Passeriformes)

    Jan I Ohlson;Jon Fjeldså;Per G P Ericson

  • An unexpectedly long history of sexual selection in birds-of-paradise

    Martin Irestedt;Knud A Jønsson;Jon Fjeldså;Les Christidis;Les Christidis

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Irestedt
Martin Irestedt Swedish Museum of Natural History
Per Alström
Per Alström Uppsala University
Jon Fjeldså
Jon Fjeldså University of Copenhagen
Knud A. Jønsson
Knud A. Jønsson Swedish Museum of Natural History
Fumin Lei
Fumin Lei Chinese Academy of Sciences
Per Sundberg
Per Sundberg University of Gothenburg
Love Dalén
Love Dalén Stockholm University
Janette A Norman
Janette A Norman Southern Cross University
Leslie Christidis
Leslie Christidis Southern Cross University
Yong Zhang
Yong Zhang Chinese Academy of Sciences

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