Rainer Günther

1.9k total citations
103 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Rainer Günther is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecological Modeling and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Rainer Günther has authored 103 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 85 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 48 papers in Ecological Modeling and 42 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Rainer Günther's work include Amphibian and Reptile Biology (85 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (48 papers) and Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy (30 papers). Rainer Günther is often cited by papers focused on Amphibian and Reptile Biology (85 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (48 papers) and Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy (30 papers). Rainer Günther collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Australia. Rainer Günther's co-authors include Aaron M. Bauer, Leo J. Borkin, J. M. Rosanov, Alexander E. Vinogradov, Stephen J. Richards, Frank Köhler, Leszek Berger, Thomas Uzzell, Andreas Schober and Van Wallach and has published in prestigious journals such as Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Copeia and Journal of Zoology.

In The Last Decade

Rainer Günther

98 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Peers

Rainer Günther
Ross D. MacCulloch Canada
Jiří Moravec Czechia
Kátia C. M. Pellegrino Brazil
Günther Köhler Germany
Amy Lathrop Canada
Hinrich Kaiser United States
César L. Barrio‐Amorós Venezuela
Angelica Crottini Portugal
Carl R. Hutter United States
Jesse L. Grismer United States
Ross D. MacCulloch Canada
Rainer Günther
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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rainer Günther

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Rainer Günther. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Rainer Günther 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 Rainer Günther. Rainer Günther is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Oliver, Paul M., Fred Kraus, Rainer Günther, et al.. (2025). Molecular and acoustic evidence for large-scale underestimation of frog species diversity on New Guinea. Frontiers of Biogeography. 18.
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Kraus, Fred, Stephen J. Richards, Paul M. Oliver, et al.. (2023). Species delimitation and phylogenetic analyses of a New Guinean frog genus (Microhylidae: Hylophorbus) reveal many undescribed species and a complex diversification history driven by late Miocene events. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 202(2). 3 indexed citations
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Oliver, Paul M., Deborah S. Bower, Peter J. McDonald, et al.. (2022). Melanesia holds the world’s most diverse and intact insular amphibian fauna. Communications Biology. 5(1). 1182–1182. 19 indexed citations
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Oliver, Paul M., Rainer Günther, Burhan Tjaturadi, & Stephen J. Richards. (2021). A new species of large green treefrog (Litoria, Pelodryadidae) from Papua, Indonesia. Zootaxa. 4903(1). 50–55. 1 indexed citations
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Günther, Rainer & Stephen J. Richards. (2016). Description of two new species of the microhylid frog genus Oreophryne (Amphibia: Anura: Microhylidae) from southern Papua New Guinea. Vertebrate Zoology. 66(2). 157–168. 5 indexed citations
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Günther, Rainer, Stephen J. Richards, & Burhan Tjaturadi. (2016). A New Species of the Frog Genus Pseudocallulops from the Foja Mountains in Northwestern New Guinea (Amphibia, Microhylidae). Russian Journal of Herpetology. 23(1). 63–69. 2 indexed citations
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Günther, Rainer. (2015). Two new Oreophryne species from the Fakfak Mountains, West Papua Province of Indonesia (Anura, Microhylidae). Vertebrate Zoology. 65(3). 357–370. 4 indexed citations
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Günther, Rainer, et al.. (2014). Nine new species of microhylid frogs from the Muller Range in western Papua New Guinea (Anura, Microhylidae). Vertebrate Zoology. 64(1). 59–94. 14 indexed citations
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Günther, Rainer & Stephen J. Richards. (2013). Three New Mountain Stream Dwelling Litoria (Amphibia: Anura: Hylidae) from Western New Guinea. Russian Journal of Herpetology. 12(3). 195–212. 2 indexed citations
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Günther, Rainer. (2013). The Papuan Frog Genus Hylophorbus (Anura: Microhylidae) is not Monospecific: Description of Six New Species. Russian Journal of Herpetology. 8(2). 81–104. 7 indexed citations
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Barej, Michael F., Mark‐Oliver Rödel, Simon P. Loader, et al.. (2013). Light shines through the spindrift – Phylogeny of African torrent frogs (Amphibia, Anura, Petropedetidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 71. 261–273. 19 indexed citations
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Vinogradov, Alexander E., Leo J. Borkin, Rainer Günther, & J. M. Rosanov. (2008). Two germ cell lineages with genomes of different species in one and the same animal. Hereditas. 114(3). 245–251. 27 indexed citations
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Günther, Rainer, Stephen Richards, & Djoko T. Iskandar. (2001). Two new species of the genus Oreophryne from Irian Jaya, Indonesia (Amphibia, Anura, Microhylidae). Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 24(3). 257–274. 13 indexed citations
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Fritz, Uwe, et al.. (1994). Kritischer Typen‐Katalog der Schildkrötensammlung (Reptilia: Testudines) des Zoologischen Museums Berlin. Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin Zoologisches Museum und Institut für Spezielle Zoologie (Berlin). 70(1). 157–175. 9 indexed citations
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Berger, Leszek & Rainer Günther. (1992). Inheritance patterns of water frog males from the environments of Nature Reserve Steckby, Germany. 37. 87–100. 14 indexed citations
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Plötner, Jörg, Rainer Günther, & Rüdiger Schade. (1988). Immunologische Untersuchungen zur Verwandtschaft zwischen den mitteleuropäischen Wasserfröschen des Rana kl. esculenta Synkleptons (Amphibia, Anura) und anderen Anuren‐Taxa. Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin Zoologisches Museum und Institut für Spezielle Zoologie (Berlin). 64(2). 323–330. 2 indexed citations

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