Michael Steiner

5.1k total citations
96 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Michael Steiner is a scholar working on Paleontology, Oceanography and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Steiner has authored 96 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 76 papers in Paleontology, 28 papers in Oceanography and 27 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Michael Steiner's work include Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (73 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (27 papers) and Marine Biology and Ecology Research (26 papers). Michael Steiner is often cited by papers focused on Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (73 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (27 papers) and Marine Biology and Ecology Research (26 papers). Michael Steiner collaborates with scholars based in Germany, China and United States. Michael Steiner's co-authors include Maoyan Zhu, Bernd-Dietrich Erdtmann, Guoxiang Li, Yi Qian, Shuhai Xiao, Andrew H. Knoll, Xunlai Yuan, Yuanlong Zhao, Ben Yang and Joachim Reitner and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and The Journal of Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Michael Steiner

93 papers receiving 4.1k 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 Steiner Germany 36 3.6k 1.4k 1.1k 849 668 96 4.3k
Loren E. Babcock United States 37 3.2k 0.9× 1.4k 1.0× 879 0.8× 418 0.5× 610 0.9× 133 4.0k
James D. Schiffbauer United States 36 3.0k 0.8× 1.5k 1.1× 713 0.6× 695 0.8× 715 1.1× 113 3.7k
Lars E. Holmer Sweden 39 3.9k 1.1× 1.7k 1.2× 1.9k 1.7× 414 0.5× 670 1.0× 211 5.0k
James W. Hagadorn United States 33 2.7k 0.7× 1.5k 1.1× 682 0.6× 436 0.5× 633 0.9× 105 3.4k
Sara B. Pruss United States 27 2.5k 0.7× 1.1k 0.8× 624 0.5× 734 0.9× 596 0.9× 77 2.9k
Haijun Song China 38 4.2k 1.2× 1.5k 1.0× 607 0.5× 1.5k 1.8× 1.5k 2.2× 132 5.0k
Susannah M. Porter United States 30 2.6k 0.7× 1.4k 1.0× 576 0.5× 670 0.8× 745 1.1× 63 3.2k
Martin D. Brasier United Kingdom 45 3.8k 1.1× 2.2k 1.6× 861 0.8× 903 1.1× 1.4k 2.0× 79 4.8k
Nigel C. Hughes United States 38 2.8k 0.8× 1.2k 0.9× 600 0.5× 508 0.6× 2.0k 3.0× 122 4.6k
Benjamin Mills United Kingdom 36 2.6k 0.7× 1.6k 1.1× 553 0.5× 1.1k 1.4× 986 1.5× 98 4.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Steiner

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Steiner

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Michael Steiner. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Michael Steiner based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Michael Steiner. Michael Steiner is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Wang, Yuze, et al.. (2025). New Miaolingian tubicolous fossils from North China and the persistence of the Ediacaran “worm-world”. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 670. 112959–112959.
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Gao, Xiao, Zuozhen Han, Yanyang Zhao, et al.. (2024). Microbial-mineral interaction experiments and density functional theory calculations revealing accelerating effects for the dolomitization of calcite surfaces by organic components. The Science of The Total Environment. 915. 169971–169971. 16 indexed citations
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Gao, Xiao, Zuozhen Han, Gang Zhou, et al.. (2024). Salinity influence on adsorption of lipid molecules in clay minerals: Results from experiments and calculations. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 12(3). 112878–112878. 2 indexed citations
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Gao, Xiao, Yanyang Zhao, Gang Zhou, et al.. (2024). Interaction of microorganisms with carbonates from the micro to the macro scales during sedimentation: Insights into the early stage of biodegradation. Journal of Environmental Management. 356. 120714–120714. 8 indexed citations
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Steiner, Michael, Ben Yang, Mingcai Hou, et al.. (2022). Morphometric analysis of stem-group mollusks from the northern Yangtze Craton, China. Journal of Paleontology. 96(5). 1024–1036. 1 indexed citations
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Liu, Yunhuan, Emily Carlisle, Ben Yang, et al.. (2022). Saccorhytus is an early ecdysozoan and not the earliest deuterostome. Nature. 609(7927). 541–546. 9 indexed citations
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Steiner, Michael, Ben Yang, Simon V. Hohl, Da Li, & Philip C. J. Donoghue. (2021). Exceptionally preserved early Cambrian bilaterian developmental stages from Mongolia. Nature Communications. 12(1). 1037–1037. 9 indexed citations
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Ergal, İpek, et al.. (2020). Biohydrogen production beyond the Thauer limit by precision design of artificial microbial consortia. Communications Biology. 3(1). 443–443. 48 indexed citations
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Liu, Jianni, Rudy Lerosey‐Aubril, Michael Steiner, et al.. (2018). Origin of raptorial feeding in juvenile euarthropods revealed by a Cambrian radiodontan. National Science Review. 5(6). 863–869. 48 indexed citations
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Tedford, Kerry, et al.. (2018). Analysis of Shear Flow-induced Migration of Murine Marginal Zone B Cells In Vitro. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 2 indexed citations
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Tedford, Kerry, et al.. (2017). The opposing forces of shear flow and sphingosine-1-phosphate control marginal zone B cell shuttling. Nature Communications. 8(1). 2261–2261. 33 indexed citations
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Yang, Ben, Lei Zhang, Taniel Danelian, Qinglai Feng, & Michael Steiner. (2014). Chert-hosted small shelly fossils: expanded tool of biostratigraphy in the Early Cambrian. GFF. 136(1). 303–308. 17 indexed citations
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Wu, Wen, Maoyan Zhu, & Michael Steiner. (2013). Composition and tiering of the Cambrian sponge communities. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 398. 86–96. 33 indexed citations
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Yang, Ben, Michael Steiner, Guoxiang Li, & Helmut Keupp. (2013). Terreneuvian small shelly faunas of East Yunnan (South China) and their biostratigraphic implications. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 398. 28–58. 81 indexed citations
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Steiner, Michael, Shixue Hu, Jing Liu, & Helmut Keupp. (2012). A new species of Hallucigenia from the Cambrian Stage 4 Wulongqing Formation of Yunnan (South China) and the structure of sclerites in lobopodians. Bulletin of Geosciences. 107–124. 37 indexed citations
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Hippler, Dorothee, Nian Hu, Michael Steiner, Gerhard Scholtz, & Gerhard Franz. (2011). Experimental mineralization of crustacean eggs leads to surprising tissue conservation: new implications for the fossilization of Precambrian-Cambrian embryos. 2 indexed citations
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Liu, Jianni, Michael Steiner, Jason A. Dunlop, et al.. (2011). An armoured Cambrian lobopodian from China with arthropod-like appendages. Nature. 470(7335). 526–530. 54 indexed citations
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Li, Guoxiang, Michael Steiner, Xuejian Zhu, et al.. (2007). Early Cambrian metazoan fossil record of South China: Generic diversity and radiation patterns. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 254(1-2). 229–249. 114 indexed citations
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Vannier, Jean, Michael Steiner, Élodie Renvoisé, Shixue Hu, & Jean-Paul Casanova. (2006). Early Cambrian origin of modern food webs: evidence from predator arrow worms. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 274(1610). 627–633. 104 indexed citations
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