André Freiwald

11.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
161 papers, 7.7k citations indexed

About

André Freiwald is a scholar working on Ecology, Oceanography and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, André Freiwald has authored 161 papers receiving a total of 7.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 98 papers in Ecology, 91 papers in Oceanography and 53 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in André Freiwald's work include Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (77 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (59 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (40 papers). André Freiwald is often cited by papers focused on Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (77 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (59 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (40 papers). André Freiwald collaborates with scholars based in Germany, France and Italy. André Freiwald's co-authors include J. Murray Roberts, Andrew J. Wheeler, Stephen D. Cairns, Dierk Hebbeln, Max Wisshak, Andres Rüggeberg, Lydia Beuck, Marco Taviani, Rüdiger Henrich and Matthias López Correa and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, PLoS ONE and Analytical Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

André Freiwald

151 papers receiving 7.5k citations

Hit Papers

Reefs of the Deep: The Bi... 2005 2026 2012 2019 2006 2005 200 400 600
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. Reefs of the Deep: The Biology and Geology of Cold-Water Coral Ecosystems
    2006 740 citations J. Murray Roberts, Andrew J. Wheeler et al. profile →
  2. Cold-Water Corals and Ecosystems
    2005 567 citations André Freiwald, J. Murray Roberts profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
André Freiwald 5.5k 4.1k 2.9k 1.7k 946 161 7.7k
Marco Taviani 3.4k 0.6× 2.7k 0.6× 2.0k 0.7× 2.3k 1.4× 780 0.8× 242 6.5k
Chris T. Perry 4.7k 0.8× 2.9k 0.7× 2.7k 0.9× 1.0k 0.6× 453 0.5× 158 6.1k
Michael J. Risk 3.9k 0.7× 2.4k 0.6× 2.2k 0.8× 738 0.4× 760 0.8× 118 5.4k
Anne L. Cohen 5.7k 1.0× 5.1k 1.2× 3.6k 1.3× 1.3k 0.8× 845 0.9× 108 7.9k
Verena Tunnicliffe 3.0k 0.5× 3.4k 0.8× 1.8k 0.6× 759 0.4× 429 0.5× 126 5.4k
Willem Renema 2.2k 0.4× 1.7k 0.4× 655 0.2× 1.4k 0.8× 1.1k 1.1× 147 4.1k
Dierk Hebbeln 4.2k 0.8× 2.9k 0.7× 1.4k 0.5× 6.0k 3.6× 847 0.9× 215 9.1k
Gerard Duineveld 3.0k 0.6× 3.0k 0.7× 2.1k 0.7× 563 0.3× 134 0.1× 117 4.6k
Stjepko Golubić 2.6k 0.5× 2.1k 0.5× 695 0.2× 1.4k 0.8× 2.0k 2.1× 146 5.7k
Ted A. McConnaughey 3.2k 0.6× 1.8k 0.4× 2.1k 0.7× 1.3k 0.7× 842 0.9× 28 4.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by André Freiwald

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of André Freiwald

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of André Freiwald. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of André Freiwald based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with André Freiwald. André Freiwald is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Abrantes, Fatima F, Tânia Aires, Aschwin H. Engelen, et al.. (2025). First assessment of blue carbon stocks, sequestration rates and potential sources since 1900 at Arguin Island (Mauritania). Aquatic Sciences. 87(4).
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Freiwald, André, et al.. (2023). The dispersal capacity of Mollusca—a test on the South Azorean Seamount Chain. Marine Biodiversity. 53(5). 3 indexed citations
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Evans, David, Max Wisshak, Janina Büscher, et al.. (2021). Host-influenced geochemical signature in the parasitic foraminifera Hyrrokkin sarcophaga. Biogeosciences. 18(16). 4733–4753. 2 indexed citations
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Raddatz, Jacek, André Freiwald, David Evans, et al.. (2019). Environmental and biological controls on Na∕Ca ratios in scleractinian cold-water corals. Biogeosciences. 16(18). 3565–3582. 12 indexed citations
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Sampaio, Íris, André Freiwald, Filipe M. Porteiro, Gui M. Menezes, & Marina Carreiro‐Silva. (2019). Census of Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) of the Azores (NE Atlantic) with a nomenclature update. Zootaxa. 4550(4). 451–498. 17 indexed citations
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Hanz, Ulrike, Claudia Wienberg, Dierk Hebbeln, et al.. (2019). Environmental factors influencing benthic communities in the oxygen minimum zones on the Angolan and Namibian margins. Biogeosciences. 16(22). 4337–4356. 46 indexed citations
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Hanz, Ulrike, Claudia Wienberg, Dierk Hebbeln, et al.. (2019). Environmental factors influencing cold-water coral ecosystems in the oxygen minimum zones on the Angolan and Namibian margins. 7 indexed citations
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Titschack, Jürgen, Christine H L Schönberg, Karsten Ehrig, et al.. (2016). Long-term macrobioerosion in the Mediterranean Sea assessed by micro-computed tomography. Biogeosciences. 13(11). 3461–3474. 20 indexed citations
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Teichert, Sebastian & André Freiwald. (2014). Polar coralline algal CaCO 3 -production rates correspond to intensity and duration of the solar radiation. Biogeosciences. 11(3). 833–842. 33 indexed citations
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Hebbeln, Dierk, Claudia Wienberg, Paul Wintersteller, et al.. (2014). Environmental forcing of the Campeche cold-water coral province, southern Gulf of Mexico. Biogeosciences. 11(7). 1799–1815. 66 indexed citations
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Teichert, Sebastian, William J. Woelkerling, Andres Rüggeberg, et al.. (2012). Rhodolith beds (Corallinales, Rhodophyta) and their physical and biological environment at 80°31′N in Nordkappbukta (Nordaustlandet, Svalbard Archipelago, Norway). Phycologia. 51(4). 371–390. 56 indexed citations
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Wisshak, Max, Armin Form, Joachim Jakobsen, & André Freiwald. (2010). Temperate carbonate cycling and water mass properties from intertidal to bathyal depths (Azores). Biogeosciences. 7(8). 2379–2396. 34 indexed citations
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Roberts, J. Murray, Andrew J. Wheeler, André Freiwald, & Stephen D. Cairns. (2009). Cold-water Corals: The Biology and Geology of Deep-Sea Coral Habitats.. Smithsonian Digital Repository (Smithsonian Institution). 358 indexed citations
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Montagna, Paolo, Matthias López Correa, Andres Rüggeberg, et al.. (2009). Li/Mg ratios in shallow- and deep-sea coral exoskeletons as a new temperature proxy. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2009.
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Wheeler, A., Timothy G. Ferdelman, André Freiwald, et al.. (2007). Cold-Water Coral Ecosystem Functioning through Time in the Deep Sea: The example of cold-water coral carbonate mounds in the northeast Atlantic (from IODP307 to EuroMARC - CARBONATE). Flanders Marine Institute (Flanders Marine Institute). 3 indexed citations
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Mienert, J., Wolf‐Christian Dullo, André Freiwald, et al.. (2004). Dynamics and Evolution of European Margins. Oceanography. 14(4). 12–29. 2 indexed citations
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Taviani, Marco, Cesare Corselli, André Freiwald, et al.. (2003). Pleistocene to Recent deep-coral growth on peri-Ionian escarpments, Mediterranean basin. EGS - AGU - EUG Joint Assembly. 10916. 1 indexed citations

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