Axel Meyer
Impact in
- Aquatic Science top 0.01%
- Fish Biology and Ecology Studies
- Nature and Landscape Conservation top 0.02%
- Fish biology, ecology, and behavior
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Ichthyology and Marine Biology
Papers in
- Genetics 215
- Genetic diversity and population structure 176
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- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies 87
- Identification and Quantification in Food 48
- Co-authors
- Yves Van de Peer (18 shared papers)Rafael Zardoya (22 shared papers)Thomas D. Kocher (3 shared papers)Walter Salzburger (34 shared papers)Marta Barluenga (17 shared papers)Svante Pääbo (1 shared paper)Scott V. Edwards (1 shared paper)W. Kelley Thomas (1 shared paper)
- Journals
- Molecular Ecology (43 papers)Molecular Biology and Evolution (26 papers)Nature (21 papers)Evolution (20 papers)Journal of Molecular Evolution (20 papers)
- Partner nations
- GermanyUnited StatesBelgium
In The Last Decade
Axel Meyer
525 papers receiving 39.5k citations
Axel Meyer's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 209
- Aquatic Science 6.7k
- Nature and Landscape Conservation 10.7k
- Genetics 15.3k
- Paleontology 3.2k
- Ecology 9.2k
Countries citing papers authored by Axel Meyer
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Fields of papers citing papers by Axel Meyer
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Co-authors
The 25 scholars most cited alongside Axel Meyer, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.
All Works
Showing the 20 most-cited of 536 papers — load more, or switch the sort, to bring in the rest.
| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dynamics of mitochondrial DNA evolution in animals: amplification and sequencing with conserved primers. Hit paper breakdown → | 1989 | 4463 |
| 2 | SHAPE ANALYSIS OF SYMMETRIC STRUCTURES: QUANTIFYING VARIATION AMONG INDIVIDUALS AND ASYMMETRY Hit paper breakdown → | 2002 | 864 |
| 3 | From 2R to 3R: evidence for a fish‐specific genome duplication (FSGD) Hit paper breakdown → | 2005 | 855 |
| 4 | The evolutionary significance of ancient genome duplications Hit paper breakdown → | 2009 | 846 |
| 5 | Monophyletic origin of Lake Victoria cichlid fishes suggested by mitochondrial DNA sequences Hit paper breakdown → | 1990 | 841 |
| 6 | Genome Duplication, a Trait Shared by 22,000 Species of Ray-Finned Fish Hit paper breakdown → | 2003 | 743 |
| 7 | Gene and genome duplications in vertebrates: the one-to-four (-to-eight in fish) rule and the evolution of novel gene functions Hit paper breakdown → | 1999 | 696 |
| 8 | Sympatric speciation in Nicaraguan crater lake cichlid fish Hit paper breakdown → | 2006 | 550 |
| 9 | 2004 | 497 | |
| 10 | 2004 | 460 | |
| 11 | 2001 | 455 | |
| 12 | Transgenerational impact of intimate partner violence on methylation in the promoter of the glucocorticoid receptor Hit paper breakdown → | 2011 | 422 |
| 13 | 1987 | 389 | |
| 14 | 1993 | 368 | |
| 15 | 1996 | 363 | |
| 16 | 2003 | 355 | |
| 17 | 2008 | 349 | |
| 18 | 1993 | 341 | |
| 19 | 1984 | 335 | |
| 20 | 2011 | 319 |
About Axel Meyer
Axel Meyer is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Aquatic Science and Ecology, having authored 536 papers that have together received 41.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Genetic diversity and population structure (176 papers), Fish biology, ecology, and behavior (111 papers), Fish Biology and Ecology Studies (93 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (87 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (81 papers), Identification and Quantification in Food (48 papers), Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (47 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (41 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Aquatic Science (6.7k citations), Nature and Landscape Conservation (10.7k citations), Genetics (15.3k citations), Paleontology (3.2k citations) and Ecology (9.2k citations). Axel Meyer has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, United States and Belgium. Frequent co-authors include Yves Van de Peer, Rafael Zardoya, Thomas D. Kocher, Walter Salzburger, Marta Barluenga, Svante Pääbo, Scott V. Edwards, W. Kelley Thomas, Francis X. Villablanca and Alex C. C. Wilson. Their work appears in journals such as Molecular Ecology, Molecular Biology and Evolution, Nature, Evolution and Journal of Molecular Evolution.
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