Dirk Erpenbeck

7.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
123 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Dirk Erpenbeck is a scholar working on Biotechnology, Ecology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Dirk Erpenbeck has authored 123 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 94 papers in Biotechnology, 42 papers in Ecology and 40 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Dirk Erpenbeck's work include Marine Sponges and Natural Products (94 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (35 papers) and Marine Ecology and Invasive Species (29 papers). Dirk Erpenbeck is often cited by papers focused on Marine Sponges and Natural Products (94 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (35 papers) and Marine Ecology and Invasive Species (29 papers). Dirk Erpenbeck collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Australia and Netherlands. Dirk Erpenbeck's co-authors include Gert Wörheide, Rob W. M. van Soest, John N. A. Hooper, Oliver Voigt, Nicole Boury‐Esnault, Martin Dohrmann, Nicole J. de Voogd, Johannes A. J. Breeuwer, Michelle Kelly and Jean Vacelet and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Current Biology and International Journal of Molecular Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Dirk Erpenbeck

121 papers receiving 4.2k 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.

Phylogenomics Revives Traditional Views on Deep Animal Relationships

2009 521 citations Dirk Erpenbeck, Gert Wörheide et al. profile →
Global Diversity of Sponges (Porifera)

2012 445 citations Rob W. M. van Soest, Dirk Erpenbeck et al. PLoS ONE profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Dirk Erpenbeck Germany	38	2.4k	1.6k	1.3k	857	784	123	4.3k
Sandie M. Degnan Australia	32	912 0.4×	1.2k 0.7×	1.0k 0.8×	914 1.1×	762 1.0×	82	3.5k
Nicole Boury‐Esnault France	40	3.7k 1.5×	1.8k 1.1×	1.1k 0.8×	1.6k 1.8×	537 0.7×	95	5.2k
Ana Riesgo Spain	28	1.1k 0.4×	1.0k 0.6×	647 0.5×	651 0.8×	275 0.4×	108	2.5k
Michaël Manuel France	33	888 0.4×	807 0.5×	2.0k 1.6×	1.1k 1.3×	744 0.9×	67	4.1k
Mónica Medina United States	43	1.1k 0.5×	4.3k 2.6×	1.6k 1.3×	1.3k 1.5×	445 0.6×	117	6.3k
Manuel Aranda Saudi Arabia	40	791 0.3×	3.3k 2.0×	1.3k 1.0×	821 1.0×	243 0.3×	107	4.6k
Manabu Fujie Japan	24	347 0.1×	861 0.5×	881 0.7×	516 0.6×	275 0.4×	55	2.6k
Robert Thacker United States	32	1.7k 0.7×	1.7k 1.1×	341 0.3×	584 0.7×	105 0.1×	102	3.0k
Stefano Piraino Italy	37	482 0.2×	1.5k 0.9×	643 0.5×	2.1k 2.4×	565 0.7×	154	4.3k
Elda Gaino Italy	27	1.0k 0.4×	1.1k 0.7×	134 0.1×	418 0.5×	402 0.5×	148	2.5k

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Voogd, Nicole J. de, et al.. (2025). Moving Beyond Morphology: Genomic Insights Into Evolutionary Histories of Haplosclerid Sponges. Zoologica Scripta. 55(1). 177–194. 1 indexed citations

Vargas, Sergio, et al.. (2024). Genomics of Terpene Biosynthesis in Dictyoceratid Sponges (Porifera) – What Do We (Not) Know?. Chemistry & Biodiversity. 21(9). e202400549–e202400549. 2 indexed citations

Ekins, Merrick, Dirk Erpenbeck, Gert Wörheide, & John N. A. Hooper. (2023). Deep Water Polymastiidae (Porifera, Polymastiida) from the South West Pacific. Zootaxa. 5369(1). 57–88. 1 indexed citations

Ekins, Merrick, Dirk Erpenbeck, Cécile Debitus, et al.. (2023). Revision of the genus Fascaplysinopsis, the type species Fascaplysinopsis reticulata (Hentschel, 1912) (Porifera, Dictyoceratida, Thorectidae) and descriptions of two new genera and seven new species. Zootaxa. 5346(3). 201–241.

Ekins, Merrick, Kathryn Hall, John N. A. Hooper, et al.. (2023). Poriferans rift apart: molecular demosponge biodiversity in Central and French Polynesia and comparison with adjacent marine provinces of the Central Indo-Pacific. Biodiversity and Conservation. 32(7). 2469–2494. 4 indexed citations

Ekins, Merrick, Michael Hofreiter, Michaela Preick, et al.. (2022). Keratose sponge MuseOMICS: setting reference points in dictyoceratid demosponge phylogeny. Zootaxa. 5195(3). 296–300. 4 indexed citations

Erpenbeck, Dirk, et al.. (2020). Soft sponges with tricky tree: On the phylogeny of dictyoceratid sponges. Journal of Zoological Systematics & Evolutionary Research. 58(1). 27–40. 13 indexed citations

Erpenbeck, Dirk, et al.. (2020). Molecular biodiversity of Iranian shallow water sponges. Systematics and Biodiversity. 18(2). 192–202. 13 indexed citations

Ekins, Merrick, Dirk Erpenbeck, & John N. A. Hooper. (2020). Carnivorous sponges from the Australian Bathyal and Abyssal zones collected during the RV Investigator 2017 Expedition. Zootaxa. 4774(1). zootaxa.4774.1.1–zootaxa.4774.1.1. 10 indexed citations

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Ekins, Merrick, et al.. (2020). New carnivorous sponges and allied species from the Great Australian Bight. Zootaxa. 4878(2). zootaxa.4878.2.2–zootaxa.4878.2.2. 5 indexed citations

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Erpenbeck, Dirk, et al.. (2020). Having the balls to colonize – The Ephydatia fluviatilis group and the origin of (ancient) lake “endemic” sponge lineages. Journal of Great Lakes Research. 46(5). 1140–1145. 7 indexed citations

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Schubert, Mario, Alona Voronkina, Л. В. Музычка, et al.. (2019). Naturally Prefabricated Marine Biomaterials: Isolation and Applications of Flat Chitinous 3D Scaffolds from Ianthella labyrinthus (Demospongiae: Verongiida). International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 20(20). 5105–5105. 44 indexed citations

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Wynsberge, Simon Van, Marc Besson, Sylvain Petek, et al.. (2019). Potential of fascaplysin and palauolide from Fascaplysinopsis cf reticulata to reduce the risk of bacterial infection in fish farming. Fisheries and aquatic sciences. 22(1). 6 indexed citations

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Ekins, Merrick, Dirk Erpenbeck, Gert Wörheide, & John N. A. Hooper. (2016). A new species of lithistid sponge hiding within the Isabella mirabilis species complex (Porifera: Demospongiae: Tetractinellida) from seamounts of the Norfolk Ridge. Zootaxa. 4136(3). 433–60. 6 indexed citations

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Schuster, Astrid, Dirk Erpenbeck, Andrzej Pisera, et al.. (2015). Deceptive Desmas: Molecular Phylogenetics Suggests a New Classification and Uncovers Convergent Evolution of Lithistid Demosponges. PLoS ONE. 10(1). e116038–e116038. 40 indexed citations

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Wehrl, Markus, Lucas Moitinho‐Silva, Christine Gernert, et al.. (2014). The HMA-LMA Dichotomy Revisited: an Electron Microscopical Survey of 56 Sponge Species. Biological Bulletin. 227(1). 78–88. 165 indexed citations

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Swierts, Thomas, Katja T. C. A. Peijnenburg, Christiaan de Leeuw, et al.. (2013). Lock, stock and two different barrels: comparing the genetic composition of morphotypes of the Indo-Pacific sponge Xestospongia testudinaria. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 8(9). 6 indexed citations

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Becking, Leontine E., Dirk Erpenbeck, Katja T. C. A. Peijnenburg, & Nicole J. de Voogd. (2013). Phylogeography of the Sponge Suberites diversicolor in Indonesia: Insights into the Evolution of Marine Lake Populations. PLoS ONE. 8(10). e75996–e75996. 30 indexed citations

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Talbot, Sandra L., et al.. (2002). Genetic characteristics of Halochondria spp. Populations in Southcentral Alaska using microsatellite loci and its sequence data. UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam). 1 indexed citations

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Misof, Bernhard, et al.. (2002). An Empirical Analysis of mt 16S rRNA Covarion-Like Evolution in Insects: Site-Specific Rate Variation Is Clustered and Frequently Detected. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 55(4). 460–469. 32 indexed citations

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