Michael Nickel

2.0k total citations
32 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Michael Nickel is a scholar working on Biotechnology, Paleontology and Ocean Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Nickel has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Biotechnology, 9 papers in Paleontology and 7 papers in Ocean Engineering. Recurrent topics in Michael Nickel's work include Marine Sponges and Natural Products (23 papers), Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology (8 papers) and Marine Ecology and Invasive Species (7 papers). Michael Nickel is often cited by papers focused on Marine Sponges and Natural Products (23 papers), Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology (8 papers) and Marine Ecology and Invasive Species (7 papers). Michael Nickel collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Australia and United Kingdom. Michael Nickel's co-authors include Franz Brümmer, Jörg U. Hammel, Kornelia Ellwanger, Felix Beckmann, Gert Wörheide, Wernér E.G. Müller, Julia Herzen, Bernard M. Degnan, Ulrich Technau and Renate Steffen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, PLoS ONE and Current Biology.

In The Last Decade

Michael Nickel

32 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael Nickel Germany 18 638 377 318 208 205 32 1.2k
Martin Dohrmann Germany 16 950 1.5× 481 1.3× 481 1.5× 545 2.6× 138 0.7× 31 1.6k
Scott Nichols United States 20 527 0.8× 345 0.9× 595 1.9× 330 1.6× 87 0.4× 41 1.5k
Oliver Voigt Germany 20 477 0.7× 181 0.5× 471 1.5× 303 1.5× 74 0.4× 38 1.1k
Eve Gazave France 20 364 0.6× 268 0.7× 495 1.6× 138 0.7× 139 0.7× 30 1.0k
Ana Riesgo Spain 28 1.1k 1.7× 468 1.2× 647 2.0× 1.0k 5.0× 316 1.5× 108 2.5k
Claire Larroux Australia 16 433 0.7× 520 1.4× 761 2.4× 202 1.0× 92 0.4× 18 1.6k
Michelle Klautau Brazil 22 1.1k 1.7× 92 0.2× 188 0.6× 770 3.7× 355 1.7× 87 1.5k
Jean Vacelet France 5 240 0.4× 337 0.9× 284 0.9× 110 0.5× 33 0.2× 5 652
Marcin Adamski Australia 20 447 0.7× 574 1.5× 887 2.8× 234 1.1× 88 0.4× 34 1.7k
Aurélie Moya Australia 20 319 0.5× 186 0.5× 245 0.8× 1.1k 5.3× 44 0.2× 34 1.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Nickel

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Nickel

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All Works

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Becher, Isabelle, Ling Wang, Clément M. Potel, et al.. (2024). Molecular profiling of sponge deflation reveals an ancient relaxant-inflammatory response. Current Biology. 34(2). 361–375.e9. 9 indexed citations
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Vargas, Sergio, Michael Eitel, Sven Rohde, et al.. (2023). Body-Plan Reorganization in a Sponge Correlates with Microbiome Change. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 40(6). 2 indexed citations
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Hammel, Jörg U. & Michael Nickel. (2014). A New Flow-Regulating Cell Type in the Demosponge Tethya wilhelma – Functional Cellular Anatomy of a Leuconoid Canal System. PLoS ONE. 9(11). e113153–e113153. 19 indexed citations
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Nosenko, Tetyana, Fabian Schreiber, Maja Adamska, et al.. (2013). Deep metazoan phylogeny: When different genes tell different stories. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 67(1). 223–233. 187 indexed citations
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Vogt, Lars, Michael Nickel, Ronald A. Jenner, & Andrew Deans. (2013). The need for data standards in zoomorphology. Journal of Morphology. 274(7). 793–808. 21 indexed citations
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Steinmetz, Patrick R. H., Johanna E. M. Kraus, Claire Larroux, et al.. (2012). Independent evolution of striated muscles in cnidarians and bilaterians. Nature. 487(7406). 231–234. 178 indexed citations
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Rivera, Ajna S., Jörg U. Hammel, Karri M. Haen, et al.. (2011). RNA interference in marine and freshwater sponges: actin knockdown in Tethya wilhelma and Ephydatia muelleriby ingested dsRNA expressing bacteria. BMC Biotechnology. 11(1). 67–67. 43 indexed citations
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Nickel, Michael. (2010). Evolutionary emergence of synaptic nervous systems: what can we learn from the non‐synaptic, nerveless Porifera?. Invertebrate Biology. 129(1). 1–16. 64 indexed citations
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Hammel, Jörg U., Julia Herzen, Felix Beckmann, & Michael Nickel. (2009). Sponge budding is a spatiotemporal morphological patterning process: Insights from synchrotron radiation-based x-ray microtomography into the asexual reproduction of Tethya wilhelma. Frontiers in Zoology. 6(1). 19–19. 28 indexed citations
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Nickel, Michael, Jörg U. Hammel, Julia Herzen, Eric Bullinger, & Felix Beckmann. (2008). High density resolution synchrotron radiation based x-ray microtomography (SR μCT) for quantitative 3D-morphometrics in zoological sciences. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 7078. 70781W–70781W. 5 indexed citations
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Ellwanger, Kornelia, et al.. (2006). GABA and glutamate specifically induce contractions in the sponge Tethya wilhelma. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 193(1). 1–11. 56 indexed citations
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Ellwanger, Kornelia & Michael Nickel. (2006). Neuroactive substances specifically modulate rhythmic body contractions in the nerveless metazoon Tethya wilhelma (Demospongiae, Porifera). Frontiers in Zoology. 3(1). 7–7. 55 indexed citations
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Nickel, Michael, Eric Bullinger, & Felix Beckmann. (2006). Functional morphology of Tethya species (Porifera): 2. Three-dimensional morphometrics on spicules and skeleton superstructures of T. minuta. Zoomorphology. 125(4). 225–239. 18 indexed citations
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Brümmer, Franz & Michael Nickel. (2003). Sustainable Use of Marine Resources: Cultivation of Sponges. Progress in molecular and subcellular biology. 37. 143–162. 17 indexed citations
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Nickel, Michael, et al.. (2002). Dynamics and cellular movements in the locomotion of the sponge Tethya wilhelma. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 42(6). 1285. 7 indexed citations
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Nickel, Michael & Franz Brümmer. (2002). In vitro sponge fragment culture of Chondrosia reniformis (Nardo, 1847). Journal of Biotechnology. 100(2). 147–159. 57 indexed citations
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Nickel, Michael, et al.. (2001). Comparative studies on two potential methods for the biotechnological production of sponge biomass. Journal of Biotechnology. 92(2). 169–178. 30 indexed citations
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Custódio, Márcio Reis, Renate Steffen, Claudia Koziol, et al.. (1998). Primmorphs generated from dissociated cells of the sponge Suberites domuncula: a model system for studies of cell proliferation and cell death. Mechanisms of Ageing and Development. 105(1-2). 45–59. 143 indexed citations
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Lin, Ming‐Wei, et al.. (1998). Isolation of proteins from subacrosomal region of spermatozoa from a marsupial, the tammar wallaby ( Macropus eugenii ). Reproduction. 113(2). 257–267. 4 indexed citations
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Leiby, Paul D. & Michael Nickel. (1968). Studies on Sylvatic Echinococcosis. I. Ground Beetle Transmission of Echinococcus multilocularis Leuckart, 1863, to Deer Mice, Peromyscus maniculatus (Wagner). Journal of Parasitology. 54(3). 536–536. 6 indexed citations

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