Rainer Sonnenberg

775 total citations
26 papers, 621 citations indexed

About

Rainer Sonnenberg is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Aquatic Science and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Rainer Sonnenberg has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 621 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 21 papers in Aquatic Science and 2 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Rainer Sonnenberg's work include Fish biology, ecology, and behavior (23 papers), Fish Biology and Ecology Studies (21 papers) and Ichthyology and Marine Biology (9 papers). Rainer Sonnenberg is often cited by papers focused on Fish biology, ecology, and behavior (23 papers), Fish Biology and Ecology Studies (21 papers) and Ichthyology and Marine Biology (9 papers). Rainer Sonnenberg collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Belgium and United States. Rainer Sonnenberg's co-authors include Arne W. Nolte, Diethard Tautz, Miguel Vences, Joachim Kosuch, Michael Veith, Jörg Freyhof, M. Beier, Peter A. Noble, Alexander Pozhitkov and Tomislav Domazet‐Lošo and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Journal of Biogeography and Journal of Fish Biology.

In The Last Decade

Rainer Sonnenberg

26 papers receiving 592 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rainer Sonnenberg Germany	8	263	255	150	116	101	26	621
Peter H. H. Weekers Belgium	12	200 0.8×	264 1.0×	68 0.5×	49 0.4×	133 1.3×	16	576
Mari Kekkonen Finland	5	182 0.7×	157 0.6×	91 0.6×	63 0.5×	236 2.3×	8	528
Paula M. Mackie Canada	6	236 0.9×	247 1.0×	100 0.7×	73 0.6×	173 1.7×	12	590
Stephanie Kirk United States	5	213 0.8×	198 0.8×	101 0.7×	29 0.3×	207 2.0×	16	526
Andrés Pérez‐Figueroa Spain	18	272 1.0×	272 1.1×	186 1.2×	59 0.5×	623 6.2×	33	1.0k
Rouvay Roodt‐Wilding South Africa	17	222 0.8×	169 0.7×	194 1.3×	267 2.3×	313 3.1×	72	834
Alison Fitch Australia	10	182 0.7×	184 0.7×	107 0.7×	45 0.4×	257 2.5×	21	555
Noriko Azuma Japan	14	114 0.4×	200 0.8×	121 0.8×	48 0.4×	308 3.0×	52	560
Khaled Saïd Tunisia	16	201 0.8×	229 0.9×	49 0.3×	79 0.7×	377 3.7×	58	687
Gaetano Catanese Spain	18	402 1.5×	411 1.6×	115 0.8×	145 1.3×	205 2.0×	53	896

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20 of 20 papers shown

Sonnenberg, Rainer, et al.. (2022). Tres nuevas especies de killis (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae) de Guinea Ecuatorial. Graellsia. 78(2). e173–e173. 1 indexed citations

Sonnenberg, Rainer, et al.. (2020). Description of two new miniature species of Hylopanchax Poll & Lambert, 1965 (Cyprinodontiformes: Procatopodidae), from northeastern Gabon, with an updated diagnosis of the genus based on morphology, colouration and osteology. Journal of Fish Biology. 98(3). 655–667. 2 indexed citations

Sonnenberg, Rainer, et al.. (2018). Three new endemic Aphyosemion species (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae) from the Massif du Chaillu in the upper Louessé River system, Republic of the Congo. Zootaxa. 4369(1). 63–92. 1 indexed citations

Zee, Jouke van der & Rainer Sonnenberg. (2018). Reanalysis of single type of Rivulus ocellatus Hensel, 1880 in Berlin Museum pending its putative molecular analysis, with the proposal of revalidation of Rivulus caudomarginatus.. 4–19. 1 indexed citations

Sonnenberg, Rainer, et al.. (2015). Hypsopanchax stiassnyae, a new poeciliid fish from Lulua River (Democratic Republic of Congo) (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes). MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society). 26(1). 87–96. 4 indexed citations

Sonnenberg, Rainer, et al.. (2014). Description of Hylopanchax paucisquamatus (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae), a new lampeye species from the Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Republic of Congo. Zootaxa. 3846(4). 577–83. 2 indexed citations

Sonnenberg, Rainer, et al.. (2013). Epiplatys atratus (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae), a new species of the E. multifasciatus species group from the Lulua Basin (Kasaï drainage), Democratic Republic of Congo. Zootaxa. 3700(3). 411–22. 3 indexed citations

Sonnenberg, Rainer, et al.. (2013). Description of three new species of Hylopanchax Poll & Lambert, 1965 from the central Congo Basin (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae: Procatopodini) with a redefinition of the genus. Zootaxa. 3701(1). 35–53. 2 indexed citations

Sonnenberg, Rainer, et al.. (2011). Aphyosemion musafirii (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae), a new species from the Tshopo Province in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with some notes on the Aphyosemion of the Congo basin. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 2 indexed citations

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Reichard, Martin, et al.. (2010). Potential negative impacts and low effectiveness in the use of African annual killifish in the biocontrol of aquatic mosquito larvae in temporary water bodies. Parasites & Vectors. 3(1). 89–89. 7 indexed citations

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Sonnenberg, Rainer, et al.. (2010). On the taxonomic identity of Fundulus beauforti Ahl, 1924 (Cyprinodontiformes, Aplocheiloidei). Zoosystematics and Evolution. 86(2). 337–341. 5 indexed citations

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Sonnenberg, Rainer, et al.. (2009). Description of a new genus and two new species of killifish (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae) from West Africa, with a discussion of the taxonomic status of Aphyosemion maeseni Poll, 1941. Zootaxa. 2294(1). 8 indexed citations

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Sonnenberg, Rainer, et al.. (2008). On the validity of Fenerbahce Ozdikmen et al., 2006 as replacement for Adamas Huber, 1979 (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae). Zootaxa. 1687(1). 4 indexed citations

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Sonnenberg, Rainer. (2007). Two new species of Chromaphyosemion (Cyprinodontiformes : Nothobranchiidae) from the coastal plain of Equatorial Guinea. Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics. 18(4). 359–373. 2 indexed citations

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Sonnenberg, Rainer. (2007). Description of three new species of the genus Chromaphyosemion Radda, 1971 (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae) from the coastal plains of Cameroon with a preliminary review of the Chromaphyosemion splendopleure complex. Zootaxa. 1591(1). 11 indexed citations

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Sonnenberg, Rainer, Arne W. Nolte, & Diethard Tautz. (2007). An evaluation of LSU rDNA D1-D2 sequences for their use in species identification. Frontiers in Zoology. 4(1). 6–6. 331 indexed citations

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Sonnenberg, Rainer, et al.. (2007). Fundulopanchax kamdemi (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae) a new species from Korup National Park, western Cameroon. Zootaxa. 1532(1). 1 indexed citations

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Volker, Martin A., Rainer Sonnenberg, Petr Ráb, & Harald Kullmann. (2007). Karyotype differentiation in Chromaphyosemion killifishes (Cyprinodontiformes, Nothobranchiidae). III: Extensive karyotypic variability associated with low mitochondrial haplotype differentiation in C. bivittatum. Cytogenetic and Genome Research. 116(1-2). 116–126. 12 indexed citations

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Volker, Martin A., Rainer Sonnenberg, Petr Ráb, & Harald Kullmann. (2006). Karyotype differentiation in Chromaphyosemion killifishes (Cyprinodontiformes, Nothobranchiidae). II: Cytogenetic and mitochondrial DNA analyses demonstrate karyotype differentiation and its evolutionary direction in C. riggenbachi. Cytogenetic and Genome Research. 115(1). 70–83. 17 indexed citations

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Pozhitkov, Alexander, Peter A. Noble, Tomislav Domazet‐Lošo, et al.. (2006). Tests of rRNA hybridization to microarrays suggest that hybridization characteristics of oligonucleotide probes for species discrimination cannot be predicted. Nucleic Acids Research. 34(9). e66–e66. 88 indexed citations

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