Birgit C. Schlick‐Steiner

4.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
126 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Birgit C. Schlick‐Steiner is a scholar working on Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Insect Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Birgit C. Schlick‐Steiner has authored 126 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 92 papers in Genetics, 67 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 48 papers in Insect Science. Recurrent topics in Birgit C. Schlick‐Steiner's work include Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (72 papers), Plant and animal studies (56 papers) and Insect and Pesticide Research (23 papers). Birgit C. Schlick‐Steiner is often cited by papers focused on Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (72 papers), Plant and animal studies (56 papers) and Insect and Pesticide Research (23 papers). Birgit C. Schlick‐Steiner collaborates with scholars based in Austria, Germany and Australia. Birgit C. Schlick‐Steiner's co-authors include Florian M. Steiner, Christian Stauffer, Erhard Christian, Bernhard Seifert, Ross H. Crozier, Wolfgang Arthofer, Karl Moder, Carina D. Heussler, Matthias Sanetra and Heribert Insam and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Birgit C. Schlick‐Steiner

119 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

Integrative Taxonomy: A Multisource Approach to Exploring... 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 250 500 750
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. Integrative Taxonomy: A Multisource Approach to Exploring Biodiversity
    2009 797 citations Birgit C. Schlick‐Steiner, Florian M. Steiner et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Birgit C. Schlick‐Steiner Austria 29 1.8k 1.7k 1.1k 619 437 126 3.3k
Florian M. Steiner Austria 29 1.9k 1.0× 1.7k 1.0× 1.2k 1.0× 630 1.0× 444 1.0× 129 3.4k
Bernhard Seifert Germany 27 2.1k 1.2× 2.1k 1.2× 704 0.6× 399 0.6× 291 0.7× 107 2.9k
Philip J. Lester New Zealand 30 1.9k 1.0× 1.8k 1.1× 1.9k 1.7× 621 1.0× 223 0.5× 180 3.4k
Leonardo Dapporto Italy 36 2.0k 1.1× 2.4k 1.4× 1.0k 0.9× 516 0.8× 864 2.0× 164 3.7k
Michael F. Braby Australia 24 1.6k 0.9× 1.9k 1.1× 582 0.5× 547 0.9× 581 1.3× 115 2.9k
Chris C. Nice United States 33 1.9k 1.1× 2.2k 1.3× 975 0.8× 882 1.4× 656 1.5× 93 4.0k
Jacques Hubert Charles Delabie Brazil 35 3.6k 2.0× 3.6k 2.1× 1.7k 1.5× 398 0.6× 192 0.4× 331 4.8k
Jeffrey D. Lozier United States 24 1.5k 0.8× 2.2k 1.3× 2.0k 1.7× 349 0.6× 318 0.7× 64 2.8k
Bruno Corbara France 29 1.1k 0.6× 1.5k 0.9× 454 0.4× 367 0.6× 180 0.4× 112 2.0k
Kanchon K. Dasmahapatra United Kingdom 29 2.4k 1.3× 1.6k 0.9× 472 0.4× 714 1.2× 281 0.6× 59 3.6k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Zahn, Andreas, Korbinian P. Freier, Wolfgang Moche, et al.. (2025). Clarification of local causes for lesser horseshoe bat extinction in the Bavarian-Tyrolean Alpine region. Global Ecology and Conservation. 58. e03446–e03446.
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Ha, Ainhi D., Artur Silva, Cecilia Roux, et al.. (2025). One mother for two species via obligate cross-species cloning in ants. Nature. 646(8084). 372–377. 1 indexed citations
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Kardailsky, Olga, Martyn Kennedy, Hamish G. Spencer, et al.. (2024). The radiation of Austral teals (Aves: Anseriformes) and the evolution of flightlessness. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 201(4). 1 indexed citations
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Jiggins, Francis M., et al.. (2023). Wolbachia endosymbiotic bacteria alter the gut microbiome in the fly Drosophila nigrosparsa. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 198. 107915–107915. 6 indexed citations
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Steiner, Florian M., et al.. (2023). Foraging valor linked with aggression: selection against completely abandoning aggression in the high‐elevation ant Tetramorium alpestre?. Insect Science. 31(3). 953–970. 1 indexed citations
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Schell, Tilman, Anne Thielsch, Stuart R. Dennis, et al.. (2021). Hybridization Dynamics and Extensive Introgression in the Daphnia longispina Species Complex: New Insights from a High-Quality Daphnia galeata Reference Genome. Genome Biology and Evolution. 13(12). 14 indexed citations
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Cicconardi, Francesco, Ilda D’Annessa, Alexander Gamisch, et al.. (2020). Genomic Signature of Shifts in Selection in a Subalpine Ant and Its Physiological Adaptations. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 37(8). 2211–2227. 11 indexed citations
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Dallinger, Reinhard, Oliver Zerbe, Christian Baumann, et al.. (2020). Metallomics reveals a persisting impact of cadmium on the evolution of metal-selective snail metallothioneins. Metallomics. 12(5). 702–720. 22 indexed citations
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Kirschner, Philipp, Eliška Záveská, Alexander Gamisch, et al.. (2020). Long-term isolation of European steppe outposts boosts the biome’s conservation value. Nature Communications. 11(1). 1968–1968. 51 indexed citations
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Steiner, Florian M., Sándor Csősz, Bálint Markó, et al.. (2018). Turning one into five: Integrative taxonomy uncovers complex evolution of cryptic species in the harvester ant Messor “structor”. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 127. 387–404. 34 indexed citations
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Cicconardi, Francesco, Daniele Di Marino, Pier Paolo Olimpieri, et al.. (2017). Chemosensory adaptations of the mountain fly Drosophila nigrosparsa (Insecta: Diptera) through genomics’ and structural biology’s lenses. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 43770–43770. 16 indexed citations
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Arthofer, Wolfgang, Clemens Decristoforo, Birgit C. Schlick‐Steiner, & Florian M. Steiner. (2016). Ultra-low activities of a common radioisotope for permission-free tracking of a drosophilid fly in its natural habitat. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 36506–36506. 5 indexed citations
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Bittner, L. K., Johannes Dominikus Pallua, V. A. Huck-Pezzei, et al.. (2011). Near-Infrared Imaging Spectroscopy as a Tool to Discriminate Two Cryptic Tetramorium Ant Species. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 37(6). 549–552. 20 indexed citations
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Steiner, Florian M., Birgit C. Schlick‐Steiner, Jeremy VanDerWal, et al.. (2008). Combined modelling of distribution and niche in invasion biology: a case study of two invasive Tetramorium ant species. Diversity and Distributions. 14(3). 538–545. 94 indexed citations
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Schlick‐Steiner, Birgit C., Florian M. Steiner, Heino Konrad, et al.. (2006). More than one species of Messor harvester ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Central Europe. European Journal of Entomology. 103(2). 469–476. 27 indexed citations
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Steiner, Florian M., Birgit C. Schlick‐Steiner, Werner E. Holzinger, et al.. (2004). A novel relationship between ants and a leafhopper (Hymenoptera: Formicidae; Hemiptera: Cicadellidae). European Journal of Entomology. 101(4). 689–692. 10 indexed citations

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