Christoph Otten

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 721 citations indexed

About

Christoph Otten is a scholar working on Insect Science, Genetics and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Christoph Otten has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 721 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Insect Science, 6 papers in Genetics and 5 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Christoph Otten's work include Insect and Pesticide Research (8 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (5 papers) and Plant and animal studies (5 papers). Christoph Otten is often cited by papers focused on Insect and Pesticide Research (8 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (5 papers) and Plant and animal studies (5 papers). Christoph Otten collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Austria and United States. Christoph Otten's co-authors include Elke Genersch, Ralph Büchler, Stefan Berg, Werner Mühlen, Werner von der Ohe, G. Liebig, Sebastian Gisder, W. Ritter, Annette Schroeder and Marina D. Meixner and has published in prestigious journals such as Apidologie, Ecology and Evolution and Journal of Apicultural Research.

In The Last Decade

Christoph Otten

10 papers receiving 703 citations

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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.

The German bee monitoring project: a long term study to understand periodically high winter losses of honey bee colonies

2010 575 citations Elke Genersch, Werner von der Ohe et al. Apidologie profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Christoph Otten Germany	6	699	609	585	42	21	10	721
Stefan Berg Germany	11	1.1k 1.6×	1.0k 1.7×	992 1.7×	62 1.5×	20 1.0×	19	1.2k
Giorgio Della Vedova Italy	10	660 0.9×	510 0.8×	542 0.9×	59 1.4×	20 1.0×	13	682
Geraldo Moretto Brazil	13	433 0.6×	395 0.6×	360 0.6×	37 0.9×	29 1.4×	31	496
Paula Melisa Garrido Argentina	14	577 0.8×	453 0.7×	390 0.7×	78 1.9×	22 1.0×	24	628
Amparo Martínez‐Salvador Spain	9	535 0.8×	461 0.8×	431 0.7×	38 0.9×	15 0.7×	10	546
Elliud Muli Kenya	12	404 0.6×	365 0.6×	313 0.5×	56 1.3×	15 0.7×	21	460
Yamandú Mendoza Uruguay	14	584 0.8×	488 0.8×	427 0.7×	78 1.9×	28 1.3×	34	630
Jean‐Daniel Charrière Switzerland	14	628 0.9×	528 0.9×	468 0.8×	79 1.9×	13 0.6×	31	656
Werner Mühlen Germany	4	592 0.8×	536 0.9×	504 0.9×	40 1.0×	16 0.8×	5	607
Henrik Hansen Denmark	13	732 1.0×	591 1.0×	558 1.0×	104 2.5×	20 1.0×	23	775

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christoph Otten

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

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10 of 10 papers shown

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Ebeling, Julia, et al.. (2023). A Comparison of Different Matrices for the Laboratory Diagnosis of the Epizootic American Foulbrood of Honey Bees. Veterinary Sciences. 10(2). 103–103. 5 indexed citations

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Odemer, Richard, Matthias A. Becher, Stefan Berg, et al.. (2022). Simulation of Varroa mite control in honey bee colonies without synthetic acaricides: Demonstration of Good Beekeeping Practice for Germany in the BEEHAVE model. Ecology and Evolution. 12(11). e9456–e9456. 5 indexed citations

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Otten, Christoph, et al.. (2022). Annual Fluctuations in Winter Colony Losses of Apis mellifera L. Are Predicted by Honey Flow Dynamics of the Preceding Year. Insects. 13(9). 829–829. 10 indexed citations

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Genersch, Elke, Werner von der Ohe, Annette Schroeder, et al.. (2010). The German bee monitoring project: a long term study to understand periodically high winter losses of honey bee colonies. Apidologie. 41(3). 332–352. 575 indexed citations breakdown →

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Siede, Reinhold, Irmgard Derakhshifar, Christoph Otten, et al.. (2005). Prevalence of Kashmir bee virus in central Europe. Journal of Apicultural Research. 44(3). 129–129. 17 indexed citations

6.

Otten, Christoph, et al.. (2005). EPIDEMIOLOGY AND CONTROL OF THE AMERICAN FOUL- BROOD IN GERMANY. 3 indexed citations

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Genersch, Elke & Christoph Otten. (2003). The use of repetitive element PCR fingerprinting (rep-PCR) for genetic subtyping of German field isolates of Paenibacillus larvae subsp. larvae. Apidologie. 34(3). 195–206. 79 indexed citations

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Otten, Christoph. (2003). A GENERAL OVERVIEW ON AFB AND EFB PATHOGEN, WAY OF INFECTION, MULTIPLICATION, CLINICAL SYMPTOMS AND OUTBREAK. 9 indexed citations

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Otten, Christoph, et al.. (1998). Comparative studies on Paenibacillus larvae subsp. larvae of different origin. 3 indexed citations

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Otten, Christoph & Stefan Fuchs. (1990). Seasonal variations in the reproductive behavior of Varroa jacobsoni in colonies of A. mellifera carnica, A. m. ligustica and A. m. mellifera.. Apidologie. 21(4). 367–368. 15 indexed citations

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