Alexander Ereskovsky

5.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
114 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Alexander Ereskovsky is a scholar working on Biotechnology, Global and Planetary Change and Ocean Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexander Ereskovsky has authored 114 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 96 papers in Biotechnology, 41 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 38 papers in Ocean Engineering. Recurrent topics in Alexander Ereskovsky's work include Marine Sponges and Natural Products (95 papers), Marine Ecology and Invasive Species (40 papers) and Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry (38 papers). Alexander Ereskovsky is often cited by papers focused on Marine Sponges and Natural Products (95 papers), Marine Ecology and Invasive Species (40 papers) and Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry (38 papers). Alexander Ereskovsky collaborates with scholars based in France, Russia and United States. Alexander Ereskovsky's co-authors include Daria B. Tokina, Pascal Lapébie, Carole Borchiellini, Emmanuelle Renard, Eve Gazave, Nicole Boury‐Esnault, Thierry Pérez, Ilya Borisenko, Sally P. Leys and Chantal Bézac and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Chemistry of Materials and Current Biology.

In The Last Decade

Alexander Ereskovsky

108 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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. A Large and Consistent Phylogenomic Dataset Supports Sponges as the Sister Group to All Other Animals
    2017 335 citations Paul Simion, Hervé Philippe et al. Current Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alexander Ereskovsky France 31 1.7k 875 806 791 611 114 3.1k
Dirk Erpenbeck Germany 38 2.4k 1.4× 857 1.0× 1.3k 1.6× 619 0.8× 1.6k 2.7× 123 4.3k
Carole Borchiellini France 25 1.1k 0.7× 709 0.8× 943 1.2× 834 1.1× 408 0.7× 45 2.4k
Ana Riesgo Spain 28 1.1k 0.6× 651 0.7× 647 0.8× 468 0.6× 1.0k 1.7× 108 2.5k
Henry M. Reiswig Canada 25 2.0k 1.1× 575 0.7× 188 0.2× 265 0.3× 1.4k 2.2× 84 2.8k
Manabu Fujie Japan 24 347 0.2× 516 0.6× 881 1.1× 265 0.3× 861 1.4× 55 2.6k
Elda Gaino Italy 27 1.0k 0.6× 418 0.5× 134 0.2× 170 0.2× 1.1k 1.8× 148 2.5k
Daniel J. Jackson Germany 26 323 0.2× 1.0k 1.2× 828 1.0× 680 0.9× 555 0.9× 82 3.2k
Emmanuelle Renard France 22 541 0.3× 452 0.5× 855 1.1× 578 0.7× 230 0.4× 45 2.0k
Euichi Hirose Japan 30 383 0.2× 1.6k 1.8× 609 0.8× 213 0.3× 1.0k 1.7× 179 2.8k
Michael Nickel Germany 18 638 0.4× 194 0.2× 318 0.4× 377 0.5× 208 0.3× 32 1.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alexander Ereskovsky

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ereskovsky, Alexander, et al.. (2025). How gemmules become sponges: known facts and open questions. Invertzool. 22(3). 383–400. 1 indexed citations
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Cárdenas, Paco, et al.. (2025). Direct Development of Golf Ball Sponges, Genus Craniella (Demospongiae, Tetractinellida) From the Northeast Atlantic Ocean. Molecular Reproduction and Development. 92(10). e70059–e70059. 1 indexed citations
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Kuznetsov, Petr, Alexander Ereskovsky, & Е. Н. Темерева. (2024). New data on innervation of the proboscis in Bonellia viridis females (Annelida: Thalassematidae: Bonelliinae). Invertzool. 21(3). 243–260.
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Heljak, Marcin, Wojciech Święszkowski, Alexander Ereskovsky, et al.. (2023). On the Mechanical Properties of Microfibre-Based 3D Chitinous Scaffolds from Selected Verongiida Sponges. Marine Drugs. 21(9). 463–463. 9 indexed citations
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Corse, Emmanuel, Emese Meglécz, Gaït Archambaud‐Suard, et al.. (2022). DNA metabarcoding suggests adaptive seasonal variation of individual trophic traits in a critically endangered fish. Molecular Ecology. 31(22). 5889–5908. 11 indexed citations
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Pérez, Thierry, et al.. (2020). Morphological variability of choanocyte kinetids supports a novel systematic division within Oscarellidae (Porifera, Homoscleromorpha). Journal of Zoological Systematics & Evolutionary Research. 59(1). 31–43. 1 indexed citations
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Żółtowska‐Aksamitowska, Sonia, Marcin Wysokowski, Mikhail V. Tsurkan, et al.. (2019). Express Method for Isolation of Ready-to-Use 3D Chitin Scaffolds from Aplysina archeri (Aplysineidae: Verongiida) Demosponge. Marine Drugs. 17(2). 131–131. 69 indexed citations
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Willenz, Philippe, et al.. (2018). Comparative ultrastructure of the spermatogenesis of three species of Poecilosclerida (Porifera, Demospongiae). Zoomorphology. 138(1). 1–12. 7 indexed citations
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Ereskovsky, Alexander, et al.. (2018). Kinetid structure in sponge choanocytes of Spongillida in the light of evolutionary relationships within Demospongiae. SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository. 2 indexed citations
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Ereskovsky, Alexander, Daniel J. Richter, Dennis V. Lavrov, Klaske J. Schippers, & Scott Nichols. (2017). Transcriptome sequencing and delimitation of sympatric Oscarella species (O. carmela and O. pearsei sp. nov) from California, USA. PLoS ONE. 12(9). e0183002–e0183002. 19 indexed citations
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Simion, Paul, Hervé Philippe, Denis Baurain, et al.. (2017). A Large and Consistent Phylogenomic Dataset Supports Sponges as the Sister Group to All Other Animals. Current Biology. 27(7). 958–967. 335 indexed citations breakdown →
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Willenz, Philippe, Alexander Ereskovsky, & Dennis V. Lavrov. (2016). Integrative taxonomic re-description of Halisarca magellanica and description of a new species of Halisarca (Porifera, Demospongiae) from Chilean Patagonia . Zootaxa. 4208(6). zootaxa.4208.6.1–zootaxa.4208.6.1. 6 indexed citations
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Ereskovsky, Alexander. (2012). Introduction to the Kowalevsky medal issue. Evolution & Development. 14(1). 1–2. 3 indexed citations
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Renard, Emmanuelle, Jean Vacelet, Eve Gazave, et al.. (2009). Origin of the neuro‐sensory system: new and expected insights from sponges. Integrative Zoology. 4(3). 294–308. 29 indexed citations
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Ereskovsky, Alexander. (2002). Polyaxial Cleavage in Sponges (Porifera): A New Pattern of Metazoan Cleavage. Doklady Biological Sciences. 386(1-6). 472–474. 4 indexed citations
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Ereskovsky, Alexander, et al.. (1999). On the reasons of onthogenesis pecularity in sponges. 60(3). 329–332. 1 indexed citations

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