Ralf Schaible

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Ralf Schaible is a scholar working on Environmental Chemistry, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Ralf Schaible has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Environmental Chemistry, 9 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 7 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Ralf Schaible's work include Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (9 papers), Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (7 papers) and Plant and animal studies (6 papers). Ralf Schaible is often cited by papers focused on Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (9 papers), Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (7 papers) and Plant and animal studies (6 papers). Ralf Schaible collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Denmark. Ralf Schaible's co-authors include Alexander Scheuerlein, Boris H. Kramer, James W. Vaupel, Hendrik Schubert, Hal Caswell, Brenda B. Casper, Marı́a B. Garcı́a, Eric S. Menges, Carlo Giovanni Camarda and Johan Ehrlén and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Ralf Schaible

27 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

Diversity of ageing across the tree of life 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 200 400 600
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Diversity of ageing across the tree of life
    2013 620 citations Owen R. Jones, Alexander Scheuerlein et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ralf Schaible Germany 15 371 349 250 244 205 27 1.1k
Peter A. Parsons Australia 21 266 0.7× 584 1.7× 742 3.0× 581 2.4× 243 1.2× 48 1.9k
Wayne A. Van Voorhies United States 21 603 1.6× 439 1.3× 543 2.2× 384 1.6× 319 1.6× 30 1.7k
Johan P. Dahlgren Sweden 19 252 0.7× 758 2.2× 504 2.0× 235 1.0× 156 0.8× 45 1.8k
Jeffry L. Dudycha United States 21 153 0.4× 170 0.5× 288 1.2× 314 1.3× 226 1.1× 40 929
Jason E. Podrabsky United States 26 143 0.4× 250 0.7× 1.3k 5.1× 273 1.1× 518 2.5× 62 2.3k
Andreas Heyland Canada 26 65 0.2× 374 1.1× 569 2.3× 334 1.4× 570 2.8× 64 2.5k
А. В. Марков Russia 18 108 0.3× 126 0.4× 96 0.4× 136 0.6× 423 2.1× 110 1.4k
Karine Salin United Kingdom 22 61 0.2× 371 1.1× 995 4.0× 153 0.6× 214 1.0× 40 1.5k
Deborah A. Roach United States 20 191 0.5× 1.3k 3.7× 486 1.9× 428 1.8× 252 1.2× 48 2.5k
Vérane Berger Russia 11 149 0.4× 292 0.8× 313 1.3× 170 0.7× 58 0.3× 33 798

Countries citing papers authored by Ralf Schaible

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ralf Schaible

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ralf Schaible

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Schaible, Ralf, et al.. (2018). Population density shapes patterns of survival and reproduction in Eleutheria dichotoma (Hydrozoa: Anthoathecata). Marine Biology. 165(3). 48–48. 8 indexed citations
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Schubert, Hendrik, et al.. (2017). Morphological adaptations of Chara baltica and Chara liljebladii (Characeae) under different light conditions. Botany Letters. 165(1). 67–75. 5 indexed citations
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Ammon, Ulla von, et al.. (2017). Diaspore bank analysis of Baltic coastal waters. Botany Letters. 165(1). 159–173. 9 indexed citations
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Kramer, Boris H., Ralf Schaible, & Alexander Scheuerlein. (2016). Worker lifespan is an adaptive trait during colony establishment in the long-lived ant Lasius niger. Experimental Gerontology. 85. 18–23. 19 indexed citations
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Dańko, Maciej J., Jan Kozłowski, & Ralf Schaible. (2015). Unraveling the non-senescence phenomenon in Hydra. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 382. 137–149. 21 indexed citations
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Boynton, Primrose J., Jinze Xu, Stephanie E. Wohlgemuth, et al.. (2015). Age-related cellular changes in the long-lived bivalve A. islandica. AGE. 37(5). 90–90. 23 indexed citations
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Schaible, Ralf, et al.. (2014). Telomere-independent ageing in the longest-lived non-colonial animal, Arctica islandica. Experimental Gerontology. 51. 38–45. 31 indexed citations
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Schaible, Ralf, Meir Sussman, & Boris H. Kramer. (2014). Aging and Potential for Self-Renewal: <b><i>Hydra</i></b> Living in the Age of Aging - A Mini-Review. Gerontology. 60(6). 548–556. 24 indexed citations
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Colchero, Fernando & Ralf Schaible. (2014). Mortality as a bivariate function of age and size in indeterminate growers. Ecosphere. 5(12). 1–14. 5 indexed citations
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Kramer, Boris H. & Ralf Schaible. (2013). Life Span Evolution in Eusocial Workers—A Theoretical Approach to Understanding the Effects of Extrinsic Mortality in a Hierarchical System. PLoS ONE. 8(4). e61813–e61813. 33 indexed citations
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Jones, Owen R., Alexander Scheuerlein, Roberto Salguero‐Gómez, et al.. (2013). Diversity of ageing across the tree of life. Nature. 505(7482). 169–173. 620 indexed citations breakdown →
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Schaible, Ralf, Ingo Bergmann, & Hendrik Schubert. (2011). Genetic Structure of Sympatric Sexually and Parthenogenetically Reproducing Population ofChara canescens(Charophyta). 2011. 1–13. 4 indexed citations
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Schaible, Ralf, et al.. (2011). Environmental challenges improve resource utilization for asexual reproduction and maintenance in hydra. Experimental Gerontology. 46(10). 794–802. 24 indexed citations
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Schaible, Ralf, et al.. (2011). Two parthenogenetic populations of Chara canescens differ in their capacity to acclimate to irradiance and salinity. Oecologia. 168(2). 343–353. 6 indexed citations
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Schaible, Ralf & Hendrik Schubert. (2008). The occurrence of sexualChara canescenspopulations (Charophyceae) is not related to ecophysiological potentials with respect to salinity and irradiance. European Journal of Phycology. 43(3). 309–316. 9 indexed citations
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Schoor, Arne, Uwe Selig, Ralf Schaible, et al.. (2008). Phytoplankton diversity and photosynthetic acclimation along a longitudinal transect through a shallow estuary in summer. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 364. 31–46. 6 indexed citations
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Küster, Anette, Ralf Schaible, & Hendrik Schubert. (2004). Light acclimation of photosynthesis in three charophyte species. Aquatic Botany. 79(2). 111–124. 48 indexed citations
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Schaible, Ralf, et al.. (2002). Alexithymie: Kompetenzdefizit oder (motivierte) Hemmung?. Zeitschrift für Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie. 31(3). 194–203. 1 indexed citations
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Hampp, Rüdiger, et al.. (2000). Distinction of Araucaria angustifolia seeds from different locations in Brazil by a specific DNA sequence. Trees. 14(8). 429–434. 8 indexed citations

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