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Reinhard Bürger

Reinhard Bürger

University of Vienna
Austria

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
49
Citations
12312
World Ranking
17883
National Ranking
163

Reinhard Bürger publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 103 publications — 6th percentile

6% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Reinhard Bürger 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 Reinhard Bürger sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 72 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 9th percentile

9% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts

Overview

Reinhard Bürger is affiliated with the University of Vienna in Austria with a research focus spanning multiple areas within Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, as well as Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work primarily contributes to the subfields of Genetics, Molecular Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

Their research covers topics related to genetic diversity and population structure, evolution and genetic dynamics, plant and animal studies, genetic mapping and diversity in plants and animals, DNA repair mechanisms, CRISPR and genetic engineering, and genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock.

Reinhard Bürger has published notable papers including:

  • Correlational selection in the age of genomics (2021) in Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • The effectiveness of pseudomagic traits in promoting divergence and enhancing local adaptation (2020) in Evolution
  • The Recombination Hotspot Paradox: Co-evolution between PRDM9 and its target sites (2023) in Theoretical Population Biology
  • The effectiveness of pseudomagic traits in promoting premating isolation (2023) in Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • The effects of epistasis and linkage on the invasion of locally beneficial mutations and the evolution of genomic islands (2022) in Theoretical Population Biology

Frequent coauthors include:

  • Maria R. Servedio
  • Francisco Úbeda
  • Frédéric Fyon
  • Thomas G. Aubier
  • Hannah Götsch

Reinhard Bürger regularly publishes in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Theoretical Population Biology
  • Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Evolution

Among their recognitions, Reinhard Bürger is a member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts.

Best Publications

  • Why intraspecific trait variation matters in community ecology

    Daniel I. Bolnick;Priyanga Amarasekare;Márcio S. Araújo;Reinhard Bürger

  • MUTATION ACCUMULATION AND THE EXTINCTION OF SMALL POPULATIONS

    Michael Lynch;John Conery;Reinhard Burger

  • EVOLUTION AND EXTINCTION IN A CHANGING ENVIRONMENT: A QUANTITATIVE-GENETIC ANALYSIS.

    Reinhard Bürger;Michael Lynch

  • The mutational meltdown in asexual populations

    Michael Lynch;Reinhard Bürger;D. Butcher;Wilfried Gabriel

  • Understanding the evolution and stability of the G-matrix.

    Stevan J. Arnold;Reinhard Bürger;Paul A. Hohenlohe;Beverley C. Ajie

  • MUTATIONAL MELTDOWNS IN SEXUAL POPULATIONS

    Michael Lynch;John Conery;Reinhard Bürger

  • MULLER'S RATCHET AND MUTATIONAL MELTDOWNS.

    Wilfried Gabriel;Michael Lynch;Reinhard Bürger

  • Stability of the G-matrix in a population experiencing pleiotropic mutation, stabilizing selection, and genetic drift.

    Adam G. Jones;Stevan J. Arnold;Reinhard Bürger

  • THE MUTATION MATRIX AND THE EVOLUTION OF EVOLVABILITY

    Adam G. Jones;Stevan J. Arnold;Reinhard Bürger

  • The Mathematical Theory of Selection, Recombination, and Mutation

    Reinhard Bürger

  • EVOLUTION AND STABILITY OF THE G-MATRIX ON A LANDSCAPE WITH A MOVING OPTIMUM

    Adam G. Jones;Stevan J. Arnold;Reinhard Burger

  • The community effects of phenotypic and genetic variation within a predator population

    Sebastian J. Schreiber;Reinhard Bürger;Daniel I. Bolnick

  • Evolution of genetic variability and the advantage of sex and recombination in changing environments.

    Reinhard Bürger

  • The limits to parapatric speciation: Dobzhansky-Muller incompatibilities in a continent-island model.

    Claudia Bank;Reinhard Bürger;Joachim Hermisson;Joachim Hermisson

  • Epistasis and natural selection shape the mutational architecture of complex traits.

    Adam G. Jones;Reinhard Bürger;Stevan J. Arnold

  • The counterintuitive role of sexual selection in species maintenance and speciation.

    Maria R. Servedio;Reinhard Bürger

  • HOW MUCH HERITABLE VARIATION CAN BE MAINTAINED IN FINITE POPULATIONS BY MUTATION-SELECTION BALANCE?

    Reinhard Bürger;Günter P. Wagner;Franz Stettinger

  • Fluctuating environments and the role of mutation in maintaining quantitative genetic variation

    Reinhard Bürger;Alexander Gimelfarb

  • The effects of linkage and gene flow on local adaptation: a two-locus continent-island model.

    Reinhard Bürger;Ada Akerman

  • Survival of small populations under demographic stochasticity

    Wilfried Gabriel;Reinhard Bürger

Frequent Co-Authors

Adam Jones
Adam Jones University of Idaho
Stevan J. Arnold
Stevan J. Arnold Oregon State University
Michael Lynch
Michael Lynch Arizona State University
Maria R. Servedio
Maria R. Servedio University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Josef Hofbauer
Josef Hofbauer University of Vienna
Daniel I. Bolnick
Daniel I. Bolnick University of Connecticut
Immanuel M. Bomze
Immanuel M. Bomze University of Vienna
Günter P. Wagner
Günter P. Wagner Yale University
Martin A. Nowak
Martin A. Nowak Harvard University
Mark C. Urban
Mark C. Urban University of Connecticut

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