Bernd Wemheuer

6.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
69 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Bernd Wemheuer is a scholar working on Ecology, Molecular Biology and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Bernd Wemheuer has authored 69 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Ecology, 29 papers in Molecular Biology and 11 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Bernd Wemheuer's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (34 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (23 papers) and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (11 papers). Bernd Wemheuer is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (34 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (23 papers) and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (11 papers). Bernd Wemheuer collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Australia and Singapore. Bernd Wemheuer's co-authors include Rolf Daniel, Peter Meinicke, Kathrin Petra Aßhauer, Franziska Wemheuer, Torsten Thomas, Meinhard Simon, Jessica A. Taylor, Emma L. Johnston, Kristin Kaiser and Heiko Nacke and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Bioinformatics and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Bernd Wemheuer

67 papers receiving 4.4k 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. Tax4Fun: predicting functional profiles from metagenomic 16S rRNA data
    2015 1.2k citations Bernd Wemheuer, Rolf Daniel et al. profile →
  2. Tax4Fun2: prediction of habitat-specific functional profiles and functional redundancy based on 16S rRNA gene sequences
    2020 466 citations Franziska Wemheuer, Jessica A. Taylor et al. Environmental Microbiome profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Bernd Wemheuer Germany 32 1.9k 1.9k 652 490 472 69 4.4k
Alma E. Parada United States 14 2.8k 1.4× 2.0k 1.1× 594 0.9× 744 1.5× 639 1.4× 18 5.1k
Anders Lanzén Spain 33 3.0k 1.5× 2.3k 1.2× 495 0.8× 401 0.8× 621 1.3× 68 4.8k
Tom O. Delmont France 33 3.1k 1.6× 2.8k 1.5× 603 0.9× 475 1.0× 574 1.2× 52 5.2k
Anna Klindworth Germany 7 2.2k 1.1× 3.0k 1.6× 675 1.0× 407 0.8× 741 1.6× 9 6.6k
Markus Bauer Austria 6 2.2k 1.1× 3.2k 1.7× 924 1.4× 288 0.6× 776 1.6× 9 6.9k
Frida Lise Daae Norway 20 2.4k 1.2× 2.2k 1.2× 788 1.2× 283 0.6× 783 1.7× 24 4.9k
Louise Fraser United Kingdom 6 2.4k 1.2× 3.4k 1.8× 942 1.4× 295 0.6× 788 1.7× 10 7.5k
Rachel Parsons United States 24 2.5k 1.3× 1.9k 1.0× 579 0.9× 890 1.8× 264 0.6× 46 4.6k
Jordan Fish United States 8 1.7k 0.9× 2.0k 1.1× 720 1.1× 162 0.3× 605 1.3× 8 4.3k
Ben Nichols United Kingdom 12 3.0k 1.6× 3.6k 1.9× 1.4k 2.1× 312 0.6× 571 1.2× 40 7.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Bernd Wemheuer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bernd Wemheuer

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wemheuer, Bernd, Weizhi Song, Holly Bennett, et al.. (2023). Functional characterization and taxonomic classification of novel gammaproteobacterial diversity in sponges. Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 46(2). 126401–126401. 5 indexed citations
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Wemheuer, Bernd, et al.. (2023). Identification, classification, and functional characterization of novel sponge-associated acidimicrobiial species. Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 46(4). 126426–126426. 8 indexed citations
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Rao, Shripada, Liwei Chen, Chooi Kok, et al.. (2022). Probiotic supplementation for neonates with congenital gastrointestinal surgical conditions: guidelines for future research. Pediatric Research. 93(1). 49–55. 3 indexed citations
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Nguyen, Mary, Bernd Wemheuer, Patrick W. Laffy, Nicole S. Webster, & Torsten Thomas. (2021). Taxonomic, functional and expression analysis of viral communities associated with marine sponges. PeerJ. 9. e10715–e10715. 11 indexed citations
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Taylor, Jessica A., Giorgia Palladino, Bernd Wemheuer, et al.. (2020). Phylogeny resolved, metabolism revealed: functional radiation within a widespread and divergent clade of sponge symbionts. The ISME Journal. 15(2). 503–519. 34 indexed citations
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Coffey, Michael J., Ivan Cherh Chiet Low, Sacha Stelzer‐Braid, et al.. (2020). The intestinal virome in children with cystic fibrosis differs from healthy controls. PLoS ONE. 15(5). e0233557–e0233557. 13 indexed citations
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Wemheuer, Bernd, et al.. (2020). Impact of Viral Lysis on the Composition of Bacterial Communities and Dissolved Organic Matter in Deep-Sea Sediments. Viruses. 12(9). 922–922. 16 indexed citations
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Wemheuer, Franziska, Jessica A. Taylor, Rolf Daniel, et al.. (2020). Tax4Fun2: prediction of habitat-specific functional profiles and functional redundancy based on 16S rRNA gene sequences. Environmental Microbiome. 15(1). 11–11. 466 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lurgi, Miguel, Torsten Thomas, Bernd Wemheuer, Nicole S. Webster, & José M. Montoya. (2019). Modularity and predicted functions of the global sponge-microbiome network. Nature Communications. 10(1). 992–992. 94 indexed citations
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Zhang, Shan, Weizhi Song, Bernd Wemheuer, et al.. (2019). Comparative Genomics Reveals Ecological and Evolutionary Insights into Sponge-Associated Thaumarchaeota. mSystems. 4(4). 32 indexed citations
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Wemheuer, Bernd, Torsten Thomas, & Franziska Wemheuer. (2019). Fungal Endophyte Communities of Three Agricultural Important Grass Species Differ in Their Response Towards Management Regimes. Microorganisms. 7(2). 37–37. 13 indexed citations
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Ozkan, Jerome, Mark Willcox, Bernd Wemheuer, et al.. (2018). Biogeography of the human ocular microbiota. The Ocular Surface. 17(1). 111–118. 94 indexed citations
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Wemheuer, Franziska, Kristin Kaiser, Petr Karlovský, et al.. (2017). Bacterial endophyte communities of three agricultural important grass species differ in their response towards management regimes. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 75 indexed citations
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Wemheuer, Bernd & Franziska Wemheuer. (2016). Assessing Bacterial and Fungal Diversity in the Plant Endosphere. Methods in molecular biology. 1539. 75–84. 21 indexed citations
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Wemheuer, Bernd, Franziska Wemheuer, Jacqueline Hollensteiner, et al.. (2015). The green impact: bacterioplankton response toward a phytoplankton spring bloom in the southern North Sea assessed by comparative metagenomic and metatranscriptomic approaches. Frontiers in Microbiology. 6. 805–805. 65 indexed citations
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Sahm, Kerstin, Heiko Nacke, Bernd Wemheuer, et al.. (2013). High abundance of heterotrophic prokaryotes in hydrothermal springs of the Azores as revealed by a network of 16S rRNA gene-based methods. Extremophiles. 17(4). 649–662. 51 indexed citations

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