Heiko Vogel

19.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
235 papers, 11.9k citations indexed

About

Heiko Vogel is a scholar working on Insect Science, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Heiko Vogel has authored 235 papers receiving a total of 11.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 155 papers in Insect Science, 99 papers in Molecular Biology and 55 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Heiko Vogel's work include Insect and Pesticide Research (60 papers), Insect Resistance and Genetics (57 papers) and Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (55 papers). Heiko Vogel is often cited by papers focused on Insect and Pesticide Research (60 papers), Insect Resistance and Genetics (57 papers) and Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (55 papers). Heiko Vogel collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and France. Heiko Vogel's co-authors include David G. Heckel, Andreas Vilcinskas, Thomas Mitchell‐Olds, Juergen Kroymann, Hanna M. Heidel‐Fischer, Yannick Pauchet, Dalial Freitak, Christopher W. Wheat, Ewald Große‐Wilde and Bill S. Hansson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Heiko Vogel

232 papers receiving 11.7k 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.

Antimicrobial Peptides: A New Hope in Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Fields

2021 350 citations Antonio Moretta, Carmen Scieuzo et al. profile →
Insect antimicrobial peptides: potential weapons to counteract the antibiotic resistance

2021 180 citations Michele Dario Manniello, Antonio Moretta et al. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Heiko Vogel Germany	61	6.7k	5.0k	3.5k	2.3k	2.2k	235	11.9k
Richard H. ffrench‐Constant United Kingdom	69	8.3k 1.2×	7.1k 1.4×	4.1k 1.2×	1.8k 0.8×	2.8k 1.3×	249	14.1k
Andreas Vilcinskas Germany	62	7.1k 1.1×	4.8k 1.0×	2.4k 0.7×	933 0.4×	2.0k 0.9×	359	12.9k
Michael R. Strand United States	68	11.1k 1.7×	2.9k 0.6×	3.4k 1.0×	3.0k 1.3×	2.3k 1.1×	233	14.7k
David G. Heckel Germany	69	9.5k 1.4×	9.4k 1.9×	5.3k 1.5×	1.8k 0.8×	2.4k 1.1×	236	14.6k
José M. C. Ribeiro United States	82	9.0k 1.3×	5.6k 1.1×	1.5k 0.4×	3.1k 1.3×	2.5k 1.1×	422	24.1k
Robert M. Waterhouse Switzerland	28	2.0k 0.3×	6.4k 1.3×	4.0k 1.1×	1.7k 0.7×	2.8k 1.3×	62	12.1k
Angela E. Douglas United States	71	11.6k 1.7×	3.2k 0.6×	3.9k 1.1×	2.9k 1.3×	2.5k 1.1×	221	17.3k
Antonis Rokas United States	70	1.5k 0.2×	8.9k 1.8×	4.2k 1.2×	2.9k 1.3×	4.0k 1.8×	263	15.8k
Takema Fukatsu Japan	71	14.1k 2.1×	1.9k 0.4×	3.7k 1.1×	3.6k 1.6×	3.0k 1.4×	288	16.8k
Evgenia V. Kriventseva Switzerland	22	1.4k 0.2×	6.9k 1.4×	4.1k 1.2×	1.5k 0.7×	2.7k 1.2×	28	12.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Heiko Vogel

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20 of 20 papers shown

Vogel, Heiko, et al.. (2025). Molecular basis of the explosive defence response in the bombardier beetle Brachinus crepitans. Royal Society Open Science. 12(5). 241823–241823. 1 indexed citations

Vogel, Heiko, et al.. (2025). A multi-partner symbiotic community inhabits the emerging insect pest Pentastiridius l eporinus . mBio. 16(12). e0310325–e0310325.

Vogel, Heiko, et al.. (2024). Few chemoreceptor genes in the ambrosia beetle Trypodendron lineatum may reflect its specialized ecology. BMC Genomics. 25(1). 764–764. 5 indexed citations

Wielsch, Natalie, et al.. (2023). You are what you eat—ecological niche and microhabitat influence venom activity and composition in aquatic bugs. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 290(1995). 20222064–20222064. 9 indexed citations

Poeschl, Yvonne, et al.. (2022). A high‐quality functional genome assembly of Delia radicum L. (Diptera: Anthomyiidae) annotated from egg to adult. Molecular Ecology Resources. 22(5). 1954–1971. 5 indexed citations

Nagano, Atsushi J., et al.. (2022). Microevolution of Pieris butterfly genes involved in host plant adaptation along a host plant community cline. Molecular Ecology. 31(11). 3083–3097. 2 indexed citations

Manniello, Michele Dario, Antonio Moretta, Rosanna Salvia, et al.. (2021). Insect antimicrobial peptides: potential weapons to counteract the antibiotic resistance. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 78(9). 4259–4282. 180 indexed citations breakdown →

Boggs, Carol L., et al.. (2021). The Genome of the Margined White Butterfly (Pieris macdunnoughii): Sex Chromosome Insights and the Power of Polishing with PoolSeq Data. Genome Biology and Evolution. 13(4). 8 indexed citations

Jenkins, Timothy P., Natalie Wielsch, Heiko Vogel, et al.. (2021). Hexapod Assassins’ Potion: Venom Composition and Bioactivity from the Eurasian Assassin Bug Rhynocoris iracundus. Biomedicines. 9(7). 819–819. 10 indexed citations

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Murakami, Masashi, et al.. (2019). Molecular signatures of selection associated with host plant differences in Pieris butterflies. Molecular Ecology. 28(22). 4958–4970. 12 indexed citations

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Wielsch, Natalie, et al.. (2019). Proteo-Transcriptomic Characterization of the Venom from the Endoparasitoid Wasp Pimpla turionellae with Aspects on Its Biology and Evolution. Toxins. 11(12). 721–721. 17 indexed citations

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Shukla, Shantanu P., Michael Reichelt, Sandra Steiger, et al.. (2018). Microbiome-assisted carrion preservation aids larval development in a burying beetle. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(44). 11274–11279. 86 indexed citations

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Jirošová, Anna, Andrej Jančařík, Riya C. Menezes, et al.. (2018). Metabolomic and transcriptomic data on major metabolic/biosynthetic pathways in workers and soldiers of the termite Prorhinotermes simplex (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) and chemical synthesis of intermediates of defensive (E)-nitropentadec-1-ene biosynthesis. Data in Brief. 18. 1614–1627. 2 indexed citations

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Scieuzo, Carmen, Rosanna Salvia, Marco Pezzi, et al.. (2018). Ecdysteroidogenesis and development in Heliothis virescens (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae): Focus on PTTH-stimulated pathways. Journal of Insect Physiology. 107. 57–67. 19 indexed citations

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Müller, Caroline, Heiko Vogel, & David G. Heckel. (2017). Transcriptional responses to short‐term and long‐term host plant experience and parasite load in an oligophagous beetle. Molecular Ecology. 26(22). 6370–6383. 28 indexed citations

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Jirošová, Anna, Andrej Jančařík, Riya C. Menezes, et al.. (2017). Co-option of the sphingolipid metabolism for the production of nitroalkene defensive chemicals in termite soldiers. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 82. 52–61. 5 indexed citations

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Mißbach, Christine, Hany K. M. Dweck, Heiko Vogel, et al.. (2014). Evolution of insect olfactory receptors. eLife. 3. e02115–e02115. 221 indexed citations

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Vilcinskas, Andreas, Kilian Stoecker, Henrike Schmidtberg, Christian René Röhrich, & Heiko Vogel. (2013). Invasive Harlequin Ladybird Carries Biological Weapons Against Native Competitors. Science. 340(6134). 862–863. 112 indexed citations

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Baxter, Simon W., Francisco Rubén Badenes‐Pérez, Heiko Vogel, et al.. (2011). Parallel Evolution of Bacillus thuringiensis Toxin Resistance in Lepidoptera. Genetics. 189(2). 675–679. 223 indexed citations

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Nowack, Eva C. M., Heiko Vogel, Marco Groth, et al.. (2010). Endosymbiotic Gene Transfer and Transcriptional Regulation of Transferred Genes in Paulinella chromatophora. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 28(1). 407–422. 79 indexed citations

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