Achim Meyer

2.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
41 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Achim Meyer is a scholar working on Ecology, Oceanography and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Achim Meyer has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Ecology, 13 papers in Oceanography and 11 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Achim Meyer's work include Marine Biology and Ecology Research (11 papers), Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (8 papers) and Marine Sponges and Natural Products (6 papers). Achim Meyer is often cited by papers focused on Marine Biology and Ecology Research (11 papers), Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (8 papers) and Marine Sponges and Natural Products (6 papers). Achim Meyer collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Egypt and United States. Achim Meyer's co-authors include Peter Imming, Bernhard Lieb, Christiane Todt, Torsten H. Struck, Christoph Bleidorn, Kenneth M. Halanych, Leonid L. Moroz, Scott R. Santos, Kevin M. Kocot and Johanna T. Cannon and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, PLoS ONE and Nature Reviews Drug Discovery.

In The Last Decade

Achim Meyer

40 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Drugs, their targets and the nature and number of drug targets
    2006 578 citations Peter Imming, Achim Meyer et al. profile →
  2. Phylogenomics reveals deep molluscan relationships
    2011 376 citations Christiane Todt, Achim Meyer et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Achim Meyer Germany 19 887 591 556 379 301 41 2.1k
Daniel W. Fong United States 17 745 0.8× 352 0.6× 178 0.3× 197 0.5× 198 0.7× 31 1.6k
Lyndon Llewellyn Australia 26 974 1.1× 459 0.8× 402 0.7× 191 0.5× 94 0.3× 75 2.3k
Anna Marie A. Aguinaldo United States 5 888 1.0× 435 0.7× 389 0.7× 387 1.0× 311 1.0× 7 1.8k
Bruno David France 28 959 1.1× 197 0.3× 600 1.1× 120 0.3× 107 0.4× 98 2.8k
Magali Zbinden France 29 1.0k 1.1× 1.2k 2.1× 861 1.5× 337 0.9× 53 0.2× 56 2.5k
Julia Kubanek United States 41 1.1k 1.2× 1.2k 2.0× 1.4k 2.6× 339 0.9× 276 0.9× 126 4.6k
Michelle Kelly New Zealand 41 1.1k 1.2× 893 1.5× 334 0.6× 458 1.2× 72 0.2× 158 4.6k
John N. A. Hooper Australia 41 1.4k 1.6× 1.5k 2.5× 545 1.0× 778 2.1× 122 0.4× 195 5.9k
W. Ross Ellington United States 30 1.5k 1.7× 939 1.6× 278 0.5× 347 0.9× 131 0.4× 102 3.2k
Brett R. Hamilton Australia 29 1.0k 1.2× 298 0.5× 348 0.6× 95 0.3× 102 0.3× 75 2.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Achim Meyer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Achim Meyer

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Xiang, Nan, Achim Meyer, Claudia Pogoreutz, et al.. (2023). Excess labile carbon promotes diazotroph abundance in heat-stressed octocorals. Royal Society Open Science. 10(3). 221268–221268. 3 indexed citations
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Meyer, Achim, et al.. (2022). Collecting and Culturing Kamptozoans for Regenerative Studies. Methods in molecular biology. 2450. 135–149. 2 indexed citations
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Farag, Mohamed A., Achim Meyer, & Sara E. Ali. (2021). Bleaching effect in Sarcophyton spp. soft corals—is there a correlation to their diterpene content?. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 28(20). 25594–25602. 4 indexed citations
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Islam, Md Jakiul, et al.. (2020). Metabolic and molecular stress responses of European seabass, Dicentrarchus labrax at low and high temperature extremes. Ecological Indicators. 112. 106118–106118. 57 indexed citations
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Meyer, Achim, et al.. (2019). Temperature-induced aerobic scope and Hsp70 expression in the sea cucumber Holothuria scabra. PLoS ONE. 14(3). e0214373–e0214373. 14 indexed citations
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Farag, Mohamed A., Mostafa I. Fekry, Mohammed N. A. Khalil, et al.. (2017). Cytotoxic Effects of Sarcophyton sp. Soft Corals—Is There a Correlation to Their NMR Fingerprints?. Marine Drugs. 15(7). 211–211. 23 indexed citations
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Blank‐Landeshammer, Bernhard, Marleen Stuhr, Tilman Schell, et al.. (2017). DISMS2: A flexible algorithm for direct proteome- wide distance calculation of LC-MS/MS runs. BMC Bioinformatics. 18(1). 148–148. 10 indexed citations
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Rahnasto‐Rilla, Minna, Peter Imming, Achim Meyer, et al.. (2015). Time-Dependent Inhibition of CYP2C19 by Isoquinoline Alkaloids: In Vitro and In Silico Analysis. Drug Metabolism and Disposition. 43(12). 1891–1904. 8 indexed citations
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Struck, Torsten H., Christiane Paul, Stefanie Hartmann, et al.. (2011). Phylogenomic analyses unravel annelid evolution. Nature. 471(7336). 95–98. 322 indexed citations
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Meyer, Achim, et al.. (2011). CYP2C19 Progress Curve Analysis and Mechanism-Based Inactivation by Three Methylenedioxyphenyl Compounds. Drug Metabolism and Disposition. 39(12). 2283–2289. 11 indexed citations
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Warnke, Kerstin, Achim Meyer, Bettina Ebner, & Bernhard Lieb. (2010). Assessing divergence time of Spirulida and Sepiida (Cephalopoda) based on hemocyanin sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 58(2). 390–394. 26 indexed citations
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Meyer, Achim, Christiane Todt, Nina T. Mikkelsen, & Bernhard Lieb. (2010). Fast evolving 18S rRNA sequences from Solenogastres (Mollusca) resist standard PCR amplification and give new insights into mollusk substitution rate heterogeneity. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 10(1). 70–70. 78 indexed citations
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Meyer, Achim & Bernhard Lieb. (2009). Respiratory proteins in Sipunculus nudus — Implications for phylogeny and evolution of the hemerythrin family. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 155(2). 171–177. 9 indexed citations
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Herlyn, Holger, et al.. (2008). EST based phylogenomics of Syndermata questions monophyly of Eurotatoria. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 8(1). 345–345. 43 indexed citations
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Meyer, Achim, Christoph Bleidorn, Greg W. Rouse, & Harald Hausen. (2007). Morphological and molecular data suggest a cosmopolitan distribution of the polychaete Proscoloplos cygnochaetus Day, 1954 (Annelida, Orbiniidae). Marine Biology. 153(5). 879–889. 27 indexed citations
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Hausdorf, Bernhard, Martin Helmkampf, Achim Meyer, et al.. (2007). Spiralian Phylogenomics Supports the Resurrection of Bryozoa Comprising Ectoprocta and Entoprocta. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 24(12). 2723–2729. 71 indexed citations
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Fritz, Uwe, et al.. (2004). An Ocadia sinensis x Cyclemys shanensis hybrid (Testudines: Geoemydidae). Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 8 indexed citations

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