Franz Rubel

15.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
70 papers, 11.8k citations indexed

About

Franz Rubel is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Parasitology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Franz Rubel has authored 70 papers receiving a total of 11.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Infectious Diseases, 27 papers in Parasitology and 18 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Franz Rubel's work include Viral Infections and Vectors (27 papers), Vector-borne infectious diseases (26 papers) and Vector-Borne Animal Diseases (16 papers). Franz Rubel is often cited by papers focused on Viral Infections and Vectors (27 papers), Vector-borne infectious diseases (26 papers) and Vector-Borne Animal Diseases (16 papers). Franz Rubel collaborates with scholars based in Austria, Germany and Hungary. Franz Rubel's co-authors include M. Kottek, B. Rudolf, Jürgen Grieser, Christoph Beck, Katharina Brugger, Ingeborg Auer, Klaus Haslinger, Michael Hantel, Olaf Kahl and Melanie Walter and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Atmospheric Environment and Bone.

In The Last Decade

Franz Rubel

68 papers receiving 11.4k 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.

World Map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification updated

2006 8.6k citations M. Kottek, Jürgen Grieser et al. Meteorologische Zeitschrift profile →
Observed and projected climate shifts 1901-2100 depicted by world maps of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification

2010 813 citations Franz Rubel, M. Kottek Meteorologische Zeitschrift profile →
The climate of the European Alps: Shift of very high resolution Köppen-Geiger climate zones 1800–2100

2017 414 citations Franz Rubel, Katharina Brugger et al. Meteorologische Zeitschrift profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Franz Rubel	3.5k	2.4k	2.1k	1.7k	1.5k	70	11.8k
M. Kottek	3.0k 0.8×	2.3k 0.9×	1.6k 0.8×	1.6k 0.9×	1.4k 1.0×	7	9.6k
Jürgen Grieser	4.0k 1.1×	2.3k 1.0×	2.2k 1.1×	1.5k 0.9×	1.3k 0.9×	38	10.5k
Christoph Beck	4.9k 1.4×	2.9k 1.2×	3.6k 1.8×	1.5k 0.9×	1.4k 1.0×	87	12.1k
Brian Finlayson	4.7k 1.4×	2.6k 1.1×	2.6k 1.3×	3.9k 2.3×	1.1k 0.8×	131	16.1k
Murray Peel	6.8k 1.9×	3.0k 1.3×	2.7k 1.3×	2.5k 1.5×	1.1k 0.7×	120	15.8k
Tracey Holloway	7.2k 2.1×	2.4k 1.0×	2.7k 1.3×	3.5k 2.1×	330 0.2×	92	15.8k
Alexis Berg	5.7k 1.6×	2.2k 0.9×	3.1k 1.5×	1.5k 0.9×	445 0.3×	44	10.4k
B. Rudolf	10.5k 3.0×	2.8k 1.1×	8.9k 4.3×	1.8k 1.0×	1.3k 0.9×	34	18.1k
Noemi Vergopolan	2.5k 0.7×	1.5k 0.6×	1.7k 0.8×	938 0.5×	438 0.3×	31	6.1k
Tom Kram	8.6k 2.4×	2.0k 0.8×	4.1k 2.0×	1.8k 1.0×	292 0.2×	55	15.5k

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Rubel, Franz & Olaf Kahl. (2023). The Eurasian shrew and vole tick Ixodes trianguliceps: geographical distribution, climate preference, and pathogens detected. Experimental and Applied Acarology. 90(1-2). 47–65. 3 indexed citations

Rubel, Franz, et al.. (2023). Atlas of ticks (Acari: Argasidae, Ixodidae) in Germany: 1st data update. Experimental and Applied Acarology. 89(2). 251–274. 4 indexed citations

Rubel, Franz, Hans Dautel, Ard M. Nijhof, & Olaf Kahl. (2022). Ticks in the metropolitan area of Berlin, Germany. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases. 13(6). 102029–102029. 11 indexed citations

Rubel, Franz, et al.. (2021). Atlas of ticks (Acari: Argasidae, Ixodidae) in Germany. Experimental and Applied Acarology. 84(1). 183–214. 33 indexed citations

Rubel, Franz, Katharina Brugger, Oxana A. Belova, et al.. (2020). Vectors of disease at the northern distribution limit of the genus Dermacentor in Eurasia: D. reticulatus and D. silvarum. Experimental and Applied Acarology. 82(1). 95–123. 40 indexed citations

Rubel, Franz & Katharina Brugger. (2020). Tick-borne encephalitis incidence forecasts for Austria, Germany, and Switzerland. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases. 11(5). 101437–101437. 20 indexed citations

Walter, Melanie, Katharina Brugger, & Franz Rubel. (2018). Usutu virus induced mass mortalities of songbirds in Central Europe: Are habitat models suitable to predict dead birds in unsampled regions?. Preventive Veterinary Medicine. 159. 162–170. 11 indexed citations

Brugger, Katharina, Melanie Walter, Lidia Chitimia‐Dobler, Gerhard Dobler, & Franz Rubel. (2018). Forecasting next season’s Ixodes ricinus nymphal density: the example of southern Germany 2018. Experimental and Applied Acarology. 75(3). 281–288. 28 indexed citations

Andersson, M., Dimitrios Frangoulidis, Herbert Tomaso, et al.. (2018). New records and host associations of the tick Ixodes apronophorus and the first detection of Ehrlichia sp. HF in Romania. Parasitology Research. 117(4). 1285–1289. 16 indexed citations

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Brugger, Katharina, et al.. (2016). Rabies in Costa Rica: Documentation of the Surveillance Program and the Endemic Situation from 1985 to 2014. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 16(5). 334–341. 17 indexed citations

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Walter, Melanie, Katharina Brugger, & Franz Rubel. (2016). The ecological niche of Dermacentor marginatus in Germany. Parasitology Research. 115(6). 2165–2174. 31 indexed citations

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Brugger, Katharina, M. P. Pfäffle, Patrick Sébastian, et al.. (2015). Estimating Ixodes ricinus densities on the landscape scale. International Journal of Health Geographics. 14(1). 23–23. 35 indexed citations

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Rubel, Franz, Katharina Brugger, Martin Pfeffer, et al.. (2015). Geographical distribution of Dermacentor marginatus and Dermacentor reticulatus in Europe. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases. 7(1). 224–233. 183 indexed citations

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Rubel, Franz, et al.. (2014). The first German map of georeferenced ixodid tick locations. Parasites & Vectors. 7(1). 477–477. 49 indexed citations

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Lebl, Karin, et al.. (2013). First Record of the Disease VectorAnopheles hyrcanusin Austria. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association. 29(1). 59–60. 12 indexed citations

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Brugger, Katharina & Franz Rubel. (2013). Characterizing the species composition of European Culicoides vectors by means of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification. Parasites & Vectors. 6(1). 333–333. 31 indexed citations

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Rubel, Franz, Katharina Brugger, Michael Hantel, et al.. (2008). Explaining Usutu virus dynamics in Austria: Model development and calibration. Preventive Veterinary Medicine. 85(3-4). 166–186. 62 indexed citations

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Brugger, Katharina & Franz Rubel. (2008). Simulation of climate-change scenarios to explain Usutu-virus dynamics in Austria. Preventive Veterinary Medicine. 88(1). 24–31. 33 indexed citations

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Kottek, M., Jürgen Grieser, Christoph Beck, B. Rudolf, & Franz Rubel. (2006). World Map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification updated. Meteorologische Zeitschrift. 15(3). 259–263. 8649 indexed citations breakdown →

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Clemens, Marco, et al.. (2003). Observed precipitation climatology for the Baltic. EGS - AGU - EUG Joint Assembly. 10133. 2 indexed citations

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