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

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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.

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 →
Cold-Water Corals and Ecosystems

2005 567 citations André Freiwald, J. Murray Roberts profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	First assessment of blue carbon stocks, sequestration rates and potential sources since 1900 at Arguin Island (Mauritania) 2025 ·Aquatic Sciences ·(unknown), Fatima F Abrantes, Tânia Aires, (unknown), Aschwin H. Engelen, João Encarnação, David Abecasis, (unknown), V. Magalhães, (unknown), (unknown), Jean-Paul Barusseau, André Freiwald, Carmen B. de los Santos, Ester Á. Serrão, Rui Santos	0
2	Integrative taxonomy of Madagascar’s sand-swimming skinks (Scincidae: Voeltzkowia , Grandidierina ) and preliminary evidence for an overlooked inland belt of white sand patches across the island’s west 2025 ·Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society ·Aurélien Miralles, Robin Schmidt, Andolalao Rakotoarison, (unknown), André Freiwald, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Fanomezana M. Ratsoavina, Angelica Crottini, Achille P. Raselimanana, Frank Glaw, Miguel Vences	0
3	Gaidropsarus mauritanicus (Gadiformes, Gaidropsaridae) a new three‐bearded rockling from a deep‐water coral ecosystem with a genetically verified biogeographical distribution of the genus and notes to its ecology and behavior 2024 ·Journal of Fish Biology ·(unknown), Lydia Beuck, David Barros‐García, (unknown), André Freiwald	0
4	The dispersal capacity of Mollusca—a test on the South Azorean Seamount Chain 2023 ·Marine Biodiversity ·(unknown), (unknown), André Freiwald, Serge Gofas	3
5	Cold-water coral framework architecture is selectively shaped by bottom current flow 2023 ·Coral Reefs ·(unknown), Janina Büscher, André Freiwald	10
6	‘Ten Years After’—a long‐term settlement and bioerosion experiment in an Arctic rhodolith bed (Mosselbukta, Svalbard) 2021 ·Geobiology ·Max Wisshak, (unknown), Piotr Kukliński, Andres Rüggeberg, André Freiwald	5
7	Host-influenced geochemical signature in the parasitic foraminifera Hyrrokkin sarcophaga 2021 ·Biogeosciences ·(unknown), David Evans, Max Wisshak, Janina Büscher, Jens Fiebig, André Freiwald, (unknown), Horst R. Marschall, Silke Voigt, Jacek Raddatz	2
8	Environmental and biological controls on Na∕Ca ratios in scleractinian cold-water corals 2019 ·Biogeosciences ·(unknown), Jacek Raddatz, André Freiwald, David Evans, Lydia Beuck, Andres Rüggeberg, Volker Liebetrau	12
9	Census of Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) of the Azores (NE Atlantic) with a nomenclature update 2019 ·Zootaxa ·Íris Sampaio, André Freiwald, Filipe M. Porteiro, Gui M. Menezes, Marina Carreiro‐Silva	17
10	Natural history collections as a basis for sound biodiversity assessments: Plexauridae (Octocorallia, Holaxonia) of the Naturalis CANCAP and Tyro Mauritania II expeditions 2019 ·ZooKeys ·Íris Sampaio, Marina Carreiro‐Silva, André Freiwald, Gui M. Menezes, (unknown)	7
11	Cribrilinids (Bryozoa, Cheilostomata) associated with deep-water coral habitats at the Great Bahama Bank slope (NW Atlantic), with description of new taxa 2018 ·Zootaxa ·Antonietta Rosso, Lydia Beuck, Agostina Vertino, Rossana Sanfilippo, André Freiwald	12
12	Some species of Munidopsis from the Gulf of Mexico, Florida Straits and Caribbean Sea (Decapoda: Munidopsidae), with the description of two new species 2016 ·Zootaxa ·Enrique Macpherson, Lydia Beuck, André Freiwald	4
13	Bryozoans from RV Sonne deep-sea cruises SO 167 ‘Louisville’ and SO 205 ‘Mangan’ 2014 ·Zootaxa ·(unknown), (unknown), Pedro Martínez Arbizu, (unknown), André Freiwald	2
14	Rhodolith beds (Corallinales, Rhodophyta) and their physical and biological environment at 80°31′N in Nordkappbukta (Nordaustlandet, Svalbard Archipelago, Norway) 2012 ·Phycologia ·Sebastian Teichert, William J. Woelkerling, Andres Rüggeberg, Max Wisshak, Dieter Piepenburg, Michael Meyerhöfer, Armin Form, Jan Büdenbender, André Freiwald	56
15	Li/Mg ratios in shallow- and deep-sea coral exoskeletons as a new temperature proxy 2009 ·AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·Paolo Montagna, Matthias López Correa, Andres Rüggeberg, Malcolm T. McCulloch, S. L. Goldstein, Riccardo Rodolfo‐Metalpa, Éric Douville, Christine Ferrier‐Pagès, Marco Taviani, Sergio Silenzi, Claudio Mazzoli, Julie Trotter, Gideon M. Henderson, André Freiwald, (unknown)	0
16	Cold-water Corals: The Biology and Geology of Deep-Sea Coral Habitats. 2009 ·Smithsonian Digital Repository (Smithsonian Institution) ·J. Murray Roberts, Andrew J. Wheeler, André Freiwald, Stephen D. Cairns	358
17	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) 2007 ·Flanders Marine Institute (Flanders Marine Institute) ·A. Wheeler, Timothy G. Ferdelman, André Freiwald, Dierk Hebbeln, J.‐P. Henriet, Akihiro Kano, Rony Swennen, Tj.C.E. van Weering, Trevor Williams, H. de Haas, Boris Dorschel	3
18	Dynamics and Evolution of European Margins 2004 ·Oceanography ·J. Mienert, (unknown), (unknown), Wolf‐Christian Dullo, (unknown), André Freiwald, (unknown), (unknown), Gilles Lericolais, V. Lykousis, (unknown), Fabio Trincardi, Graham K. Westbrook	2
19	Hotspot Ecosystem Research on Europe's Deep-Ocean Margins 2004 ·Oceanography ·P.P.E. Weaver, David Billett, Antje Boëtius, Roberto Danovaro, André Freiwald, Myriam Sibuet	50
20	Pleistocene to Recent deep-coral growth on peri-Ionian escarpments, Mediterranean basin 2003 ·EGS - AGU - EUG Joint Assembly ·Marco Taviani, Cesare Corselli, André Freiwald, Elisa Malinverno, Francesco Mastrototaro, Alessandro Remia, Alessandra Savini, Angelo Tursi	1

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