Andy Sombke

1.4k total citations
45 papers, 773 citations indexed

About

Andy Sombke is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Andy Sombke has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 773 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 22 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 17 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Andy Sombke's work include Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (21 papers), Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy (12 papers) and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (12 papers). Andy Sombke is often cited by papers focused on Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (21 papers), Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy (12 papers) and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (12 papers). Andy Sombke collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Austria and United Kingdom. Andy Sombke's co-authors include Steffen Harzsch, Carsten H. G. Müller, George R. Uhl, Elisabeth Lipke, Bill S. Hansson, Peter Michalik, Joachim T. Haug, Carolin Haug, Jutta M. Schneider and Jiayi Jin and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Andy Sombke

43 papers receiving 767 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Andy Sombke Germany 17 314 294 275 159 158 45 773
Günther Pass Austria 22 525 1.7× 441 1.5× 348 1.3× 227 1.4× 111 0.7× 44 1.2k
Rudi Loesel Germany 17 420 1.3× 228 0.8× 559 2.0× 174 1.1× 147 0.9× 23 854
David C. Plachetzki United States 17 180 0.6× 219 0.7× 319 1.2× 241 1.5× 314 2.0× 31 1.1k
Roberto Feuda United Kingdom 13 183 0.6× 172 0.6× 220 0.8× 145 0.9× 282 1.8× 18 858
David R. Angelini United States 14 317 1.0× 359 1.2× 218 0.8× 83 0.5× 61 0.4× 24 812
Aleksandar Popadić United States 20 365 1.2× 445 1.5× 310 1.1× 84 0.5× 90 0.6× 32 981
Kogiku Shiba Japan 23 183 0.6× 300 1.0× 173 0.6× 108 0.7× 107 0.7× 62 1.3k
Laura S. Corley United States 13 368 1.2× 402 1.4× 107 0.4× 119 0.7× 86 0.5× 17 965
Nico Posnien Germany 21 261 0.8× 342 1.2× 362 1.3× 78 0.5× 142 0.9× 38 1.1k
M. Sabrina Pankey United States 19 325 1.0× 194 0.7× 216 0.8× 490 3.1× 215 1.4× 45 1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Andy Sombke

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Fields of papers citing papers by Andy Sombke

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Andy Sombke

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Andy Sombke. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Andy Sombke 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 Andy Sombke. Andy Sombke is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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John, Daniel, J. Thomas Hannich, Clemens Fürnsinn, et al.. (2025). Loss of SPHK1 fuels inflammation to drive KRAS-mutated lung adenocarcinoma. Cancer Letters. 623. 217733–217733. 1 indexed citations
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Krings, Wencke, et al.. (2024). Material composition and mechanical properties of the venom-injecting forcipules in centipedes. Frontiers in Zoology. 21(1). 21–21.
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Mosca, Elena, Christine Pirker, Markus Schosserer, et al.. (2024). The tyrosine kinase inhibitor Nintedanib induces lysosomal dysfunctionality: Role of protonation-dependent crystallization processes. Chemico-Biological Interactions. 403. 111243–111243. 1 indexed citations
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Baranyi, Christian, M. Hirose, Sarah Lemer, et al.. (2024). Boring systematics: A genome skimmed phylogeny of ctenostome bryozoans and their endolithic family Penetrantiidae with the description of one new species. Ecology and Evolution. 14(4). e11276–e11276. 5 indexed citations
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Müller, Carsten H. G., et al.. (2024). The venom and telopodal defence systems of the centipede Lithobius forficatus are functionally convergent serial homologues. BMC Biology. 22(1). 135–135. 1 indexed citations
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Fontrodona, Xavier, Isabel Romero, Paulo J. Costa, et al.. (2024). Paraptotic Cell Death as an Unprecedented Mode of Action Observed for New Bipyridine-Silver(I) Compounds Bearing Phosphane Coligands. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 67(8). 6081–6098. 6 indexed citations
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Walker, Andrew A., Samuel D. Robinson, Jean‐Paul Paluzzi, et al.. (2021). Production, composition, and mode of action of the painful defensive venom produced by a limacodid caterpillar, Doratifera vulnerans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(18). 22 indexed citations
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Sombke, Andy, et al.. (2021). A comparative analysis of the nervous system of cheilostome bryozoans. BMC Zoology. 6(1). 20–20. 2 indexed citations
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Sombke, Andy & Carsten H. G. Müller. (2021). When SEM becomes a deceptive tool of analysis: the unexpected discovery of epidermal glands with stalked ducts on the ultimate legs of geophilomorph centipedes. Frontiers in Zoology. 18(1). 17–17. 6 indexed citations
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Uhl, George R., et al.. (2020). Visual pathways in the brain of the jumping spider Marpissa muscosa . The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 528(11). 1883–1902. 29 indexed citations
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Hilken, Gero, Jörg Rosenberg, Gregory D. Edgecombe, et al.. (2020). The tracheal system of scutigeromorph centipedes and the evolution of respiratory systems of myriapods. Arthropod Structure & Development. 60. 101006–101006. 3 indexed citations
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Sombke, Andy, Anja E. Klann, Elisabeth Lipke, & Harald Wolf. (2019). Primary processing neuropils associated with the malleoli of camel spiders (Arachnida, Solifugae): a re-evaluation of axonal pathways. Zoological Letters. 5(1). 26–26. 14 indexed citations
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Harzsch, Steffen, et al.. (2019). The “amphi”-brains of amphipods: new insights from the neuroanatomy of Parhyale hawaiensis (Dana, 1853). Frontiers in Zoology. 16(1). 30–30. 18 indexed citations
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Sombke, Andy, et al.. (2018). A comparative analysis of the ventral nerve cord of Lithobius forficatus (Lithobiomorpha): morphology, neuroanatomy, and individually identifiable neurons. Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny. 76(3). 377–394. 3 indexed citations
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Sombke, Andy, et al.. (2018). An atlas of larval organogenesis in the European shore crab Carcinus maenas L. (Decapoda, Brachyura, Portunidae). Frontiers in Zoology. 15(1). 27–27. 32 indexed citations
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Sombke, Andy & Torben Stemme. (2017). Serotonergic neurons in the ventral nerve cord of Chilopoda – a mandibulate pattern of individually identifiable neurons. Zoological Letters. 3(1). 9–9. 8 indexed citations
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Sombke, Andy, et al.. (2016). The synganglion of the jumping spider Marpissa muscosa (Arachnida: Salticidae): Insights from histology, immunohistochemistry and microCT analysis. Arthropod Structure & Development. 46(2). 156–170. 38 indexed citations
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Haug, Joachim T., Carolin Haug, Günter Schweigert, & Andy Sombke. (2013). The evolution of centipede venom claws – Open questions and possible answers. Arthropod Structure & Development. 43(1). 5–16. 17 indexed citations
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