Ferdi L. Hellweger

2.9k total citations
71 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Ferdi L. Hellweger is a scholar working on Oceanography, Ecology and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Ferdi L. Hellweger has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Oceanography, 25 papers in Ecology and 20 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Ferdi L. Hellweger's work include Marine and coastal ecosystems (27 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (21 papers) and Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (19 papers). Ferdi L. Hellweger is often cited by papers focused on Marine and coastal ecosystems (27 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (21 papers) and Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (19 papers). Ferdi L. Hellweger collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Ferdi L. Hellweger's co-authors include Upmanu Lall, Vanni Bucci, Arnold L. Gordon, Peter Schlösser, Dominic M. Di Toro, Jeffrey K. Weissel, Erik van Sebille, Caroline M. Plugge, Jan‐Ulrich Kreft and James R. Clark and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Ferdi L. Hellweger

69 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ferdi L. Hellweger United States 26 710 565 522 450 339 71 2.1k
Emily Graham United States 29 1.7k 2.4× 340 0.6× 562 1.1× 792 1.8× 378 1.1× 75 2.9k
Julia Reiss United Kingdom 17 806 1.1× 239 0.4× 322 0.6× 169 0.4× 540 1.6× 48 2.4k
Jie Xu China 27 1.0k 1.4× 1.5k 2.6× 584 1.1× 288 0.6× 232 0.7× 126 2.7k
Bastiaan W. Ibelings Switzerland 24 956 1.3× 754 1.3× 882 1.7× 152 0.3× 283 0.8× 58 2.1k
Danny Ionescu Germany 25 1.2k 1.7× 635 1.1× 760 1.5× 710 1.6× 236 0.7× 59 2.7k
Frederica W. Valois United States 14 1.5k 2.1× 938 1.7× 464 0.9× 603 1.3× 630 1.9× 15 2.7k
Demin Zhang China 32 1.4k 2.0× 343 0.6× 213 0.4× 923 2.1× 382 1.1× 130 3.0k
Mark Rockhold United States 25 1.4k 2.0× 206 0.4× 294 0.6× 911 2.0× 291 0.9× 60 3.1k
Heath J. Mills United States 21 886 1.2× 308 0.5× 575 1.1× 357 0.8× 200 0.6× 27 1.7k
Huan Zhang China 28 755 1.1× 524 0.9× 430 0.8× 326 0.7× 200 0.6× 100 2.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ferdi L. Hellweger

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ferdi L. Hellweger

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Zhang, Wenlong, Yan Feng, Yanan Ding, et al.. (2025). Keystone microbial taxa identified by deep learning reveal mechanisms of phosphorus stoichiometric homeostasis in submerged macrophytes under different hydrodynamic states. Water Research. 282. 123721–123721. 1 indexed citations
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Hellweger, Ferdi L., et al.. (2024). Nitrogen availability controls response of microcystin concentration to phosphorus reduction: Evidence from model application to multiple lakes. Harmful Algae. 139. 102711–102711. 2 indexed citations
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Zhang, Hao, Ferdi L. Hellweger, & Haiwei Luo. (2024). Genome reduction occurred in early Prochlorococcus with an unusually low effective population size. The ISME Journal. 18(1). 3 indexed citations
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Davis, Edward W., et al.. (2023). Differences in the regulatory strategies of marine oligotrophs and copiotrophs reflect differences in motility. Environmental Microbiology. 25(7). 1265–1280. 9 indexed citations
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Hellweger, Ferdi L., et al.. (2023). A Reduction of Transcriptional Regulation in Aquatic Oligotrophic Microorganisms Enhances Fitness in Nutrient-Poor Environments. Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews. 87(2). e0012422–e0012422. 17 indexed citations
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Hellweger, Ferdi L., Robbie M. Martin, Falk Eigemann, et al.. (2022). Models predict planned phosphorus load reduction will make Lake Erie more toxic. Science. 376(6596). 1001–1005. 83 indexed citations
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Wilhelm, Steven W., Ferdi L. Hellweger, Robbie M. Martin, et al.. (2022). Response to “Model assumptions limit implications for nitrogen and phosphorus management”: The need to move beyond the phosphorus = biomass = toxin doctrine. Journal of Great Lakes Research. 48(6). 1738–1739. 2 indexed citations
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Martin, Robbie M., Mohammad Moniruzzaman, Eric R. Gann, et al.. (2020). Episodic Decrease in Temperature Increases mcy Gene Transcription and Cellular Microcystin in Continuous Cultures of Microcystis aeruginosa PCC 7806. Frontiers in Microbiology. 11. 601864–601864. 29 indexed citations
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Hellweger, Ferdi L., et al.. (2019). Circadian clock helps cyanobacteria manage energy in coastal and high latitude ocean. The ISME Journal. 14(2). 560–568. 12 indexed citations
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Hellweger, Ferdi L.. (2018). Heterotrophic substrate specificity in the aquatic environment: The role of microscale patchiness investigated using modelling. Environmental Microbiology. 20(10). 3825–3835. 5 indexed citations
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Hellweger, Ferdi L., et al.. (2017). Neutral Evolution and Dispersal Limitation Produce Biogeographic Patterns in Microcystis aeruginosa Populations of Lake Systems. Microbial Ecology. 74(2). 416–426. 9 indexed citations
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Kreft, Jan‐Ulrich, Caroline M. Plugge, Clara Prats, et al.. (2017). From Genes to Ecosystems in Microbiology: Modeling Approaches and the Importance of Individuality. Frontiers in Microbiology. 8. 2299–2299. 38 indexed citations
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Hellweger, Ferdi L., et al.. (2016). Advancing microbial sciences by individual-based modelling. Nature Reviews Microbiology. 14(7). 461–471. 149 indexed citations
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Hellweger, Ferdi L., et al.. (2016). The Role of Ocean Currents in the Temperature Selection of Plankton: Insights from an Individual-Based Model. PLoS ONE. 11(12). e0167010–e0167010. 13 indexed citations
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Ghasemizadeh, Reza, Xue Yu, Christoph Butscher, et al.. (2015). Equivalent Porous Media (EPM) Simulation of Groundwater Hydraulics and Contaminant Transport in Karst Aquifers. PLoS ONE. 10(9). e0138954–e0138954. 43 indexed citations
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Hellweger, Ferdi L., et al.. (2014). Age-correlated stress resistance improves fitness of yeast: support from agent-based simulations. BMC Systems Biology. 8(1). 18–18. 12 indexed citations
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Bucci, Vanni, et al.. (2011). Anatomy of an urban waterbody: A case study of Boston’s Muddy River. Environmental Pollution. 159(8-9). 1996–2002. 4 indexed citations
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Hellweger, Ferdi L.. (2009). Carrying photosynthesis genes increases ecological fitness of cyanophage in silico. Environmental Microbiology. 11(6). 1386–1394. 64 indexed citations
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Hellweger, Ferdi L., et al.. (2006). Mapping Turbidity in the Charles River, Boston Using a High-resolution Satellite. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 132(1-3). 311–320. 26 indexed citations
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