Ralf Meisterfeld

1.5k total citations
26 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Ralf Meisterfeld is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ralf Meisterfeld has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Molecular Biology, 11 papers in Ecology and 8 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Ralf Meisterfeld's work include Protist diversity and phylogeny (21 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (8 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (7 papers). Ralf Meisterfeld is often cited by papers focused on Protist diversity and phylogeny (21 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (8 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (7 papers). Ralf Meisterfeld collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and United Kingdom. Ralf Meisterfeld's co-authors include Susannah M. Porter, Andrew H. Knoll, Martin Schlegel, Edward A. D. Mitchell, Manfred Wanner, Claudia Wylezich, Colin G. Ogden, Enrique Lara, Martin Kolísko and А. В. Смирнов and has published in prestigious journals such as Systematic Biology, Journal of Biogeography and Cladistics.

In The Last Decade

Ralf Meisterfeld

26 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Peers

Ralf Meisterfeld
Andrea Habura United States
Thierry J. Heger Switzerland
José F. Fahrni Switzerland
Anush Kosakyan Czechia
Alexey V. Smirnov Russia
W. Schönborn Germany
Colin G. Ogden United Kingdom
R. Ellen R. Nisbet United Kingdom
Tamotsu Nagumo Japan
Nguyen Trung Thanh Vietnam
Andrea Habura United States
Ralf Meisterfeld
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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ralf Meisterfeld

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All Works

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Kosakyan, Anush, Ralf Meisterfeld, Enrique Lara, Clément Duckert, & Edward A. D. Mitchell. (2025). A taxonomic monograph of hyalospheniid testate amoebae. Amoebozoa: Arcellinida: Hyalospheniformes. 2 indexed citations
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Wanner, Manfred, et al.. (2016). Culture growth of testate amoebae under different silicon concentrations. European Journal of Protistology. 56. 171–179. 10 indexed citations
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Kosakyan, Anush, Daniel J. G. Lahr, Matthieu Mulot, et al.. (2016). Phylogenetic reconstruction based on COI reshuffles the taxonomy of hyalosphenid shelled (testate) amoebae and reveals the convoluted evolution of shell plate shapes. Cladistics. 32(6). 606–623. 40 indexed citations
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Todorov, Milcho, Vassil Golemansky, & Ralf Meisterfeld. (2010). Is Difflugia nebeloides (Amoebozoa: Arcellinida) Really a Difflugia? Redescription and New Combination. RWTH Publications (RWTH Aachen). 62(1). 13–20. 6 indexed citations
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Meisterfeld, Ralf. (2008). Bullinularia foissneri nov. sp. (Amoebozoa, Arcellinida) from Australia and synopsis of the genus Bullinularia*. RWTH Publications (RWTH Aachen). 2 indexed citations
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Adl, Sina M., Brian S. Leander, Alastair G. B. Simpson, et al.. (2007). Diversity, Nomenclature, and Taxonomy of Protists. Systematic Biology. 56(4). 684–689. 191 indexed citations
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Lara, Enrique, Thierry J. Heger, Edward A. D. Mitchell, Ralf Meisterfeld, & Flemming Ekelund. (2007). SSU rRNA Reveals a Sequential Increase in Shell Complexity Among the Euglyphid Testate Amoebae (Rhizaria: Euglyphida). Protist. 158(2). 229–237. 40 indexed citations
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Meisterfeld, Ralf, et al.. (2006). A Redescription of Amphizonella violacea (Amoebozoa: Arcellinida). Acta Protozoologica. 45(2). 167–173. 4 indexed citations
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Mitchell, Edward A. D. & Ralf Meisterfeld. (2005). Taxonomic Confusion Blurs the Debate on Cosmopolitanism versus Local Endemism of Free-Living Protists. Protist. 156(3). 263–267. 62 indexed citations
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Porter, Susannah M., Ralf Meisterfeld, & Andrew H. Knoll. (2003). VASE-SHAPED MICROFOSSILS FROM THE NEOPROTEROZOIC CHUAR GROUP, GRAND CANYON: A CLASSIFICATION GUIDED BY MODERN TESTATE AMOEBAE. Journal of Paleontology. 77(3). 409–429. 204 indexed citations
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Schlegel, Martin & Ralf Meisterfeld. (2003). The species problem in protozoa revisited. European Journal of Protistology. 39(4). 349–355. 64 indexed citations
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Wylezich, Claudia, et al.. (2002). Phylogenetic Analyses of Small Subunit Ribosomal RNA Coding Regions Reveal a Monophyletic Lineage of Euglyphid Testate Amoebae (Order Euglyphida). Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 49(2). 108–118. 99 indexed citations
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Wanner, Manfred, et al.. (1994). Effects of light, temperature, fertilizers and pesticides on growth of the common freshwater and soil species Cyclopyxis kahli (Rhizopoda, Testacealobosia), interactions and adaptatio. Limnologica. 24(3). 239–250. 10 indexed citations
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Ogden, Colin G. & Ralf Meisterfeld. (1991). The biology and ultrastructure of the testate amoeba, Difflugia lucida penard (Protozoa, Rhizopoda). European Journal of Protistology. 26(3-4). 256–269. 10 indexed citations
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Meisterfeld, Ralf. (1991). Vertical distribution of Difflugia hydrostatica (Protozoa, Rhizopoda). SIL Proceedings 1922-2010. 24(5). 2726–2728. 7 indexed citations
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Ogden, Colin G. & Ralf Meisterfeld. (1989). The taxonomy and systematics of some species of Cucurbitella, Difflugia and Netzelia (Protozoa: Rhizopoda); with an evaluation of diagnostic characters. European Journal of Protistology. 25(2). 109–128. 32 indexed citations
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Meisterfeld, Ralf. (1977). The horizontal and vertical distribution of testacea rhizopoda testacea in sphagnum. Archiv für Hydrobiologie. 79(3). 319–356. 53 indexed citations

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