Ralf Schulz

14.4k total citations · 5 hit papers
302 papers, 11.2k citations indexed

About

Ralf Schulz is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Ecology and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Ralf Schulz has authored 302 papers receiving a total of 11.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 124 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 117 papers in Ecology and 113 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Ralf Schulz's work include Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology (109 papers), Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies (71 papers) and Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (64 papers). Ralf Schulz is often cited by papers focused on Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology (109 papers), Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies (71 papers) and Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (64 papers). Ralf Schulz collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Sweden and South Africa. Ralf Schulz's co-authors include Mirco Bundschuh, Sebastian Stehle, Matthias Liess, Jochen P. Zubrod, Frank Seitz, Ricki R. Rosenfeldt, Gabriele E. Schaumann, Carsten Prasse, Sascha Bub and Thomas A. Ternes and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Ralf Schulz

290 papers receiving 10.8k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Nanoparticles in the environment: where do we come from, where do we go to?

2018 604 citations Mirco Bundschuh, Simon Lüderwald et al. Environmental Sciences Europe profile →
Agricultural insecticides threaten surface waters at the global scale

2015 545 citations Sebastian Stehle, Ralf Schulz profile →
Fungicides: An Overlooked Pesticide Class?

2019 537 citations Jochen P. Zubrod, Mirco Bundschuh et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →
Applied pesticide toxicity shifts toward plants and invertebrates, even in GM crops

2021 213 citations Ralf Schulz, Sascha Bub et al. Science profile →
Neonicotinoid insecticides in global agricultural surface waters – Exposure, risks and regulatory challenges

2023 69 citations Sebastian Stehle, Jakob Wolfram et al. The Science of The Total Environment profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ralf Schulz

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Meta-analysis on the effects of chemical stressors on freshwater ecosystem functions 2025 ·Environmental Sciences Europe ·Alexander Feckler, Ralf Schulz, Ralf B. Schäfer	1
2	Cross-ecosystem effects of light pollution and invasive signal crayfish on riparian spiders 2025 ·Global Ecology and Conservation ·Alessandro Manfrin, (unknown), (unknown), Martin H. Entling, J. H. Hoffmann, (unknown), (unknown), Anne Schrimpf, (unknown), Mirco Bundschuh, Ralf Schulz	0
3	Isotopic labeling of nanoparticles for the evaluation of their environmental fate in mesocosm experiments 2024 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·George Metreveli, (unknown), Simon Lüderwald, Mirco Bundschuh, Jan David, Allan Philippe, Reinhard Schneider, Natalia P. Ivleva, (unknown), (unknown), Ralf Schulz, Gabriele E. Schaumann	0
4	Shift in diet composition of a riparian predator along a stream pollution gradient 2024 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Moritz Link, (unknown), (unknown), Verena C. Schreiner, Ralf Schulz, Peter A. Hambäck, Martin H. Entling	1
5	Flooding as a Vector for the Transport of Pesticides from Streams to Riparian Plants 2024 ·ACS ES&T Water ·(unknown), (unknown), Alessandro Manfrin, Ralf Schulz	0
6	Aquatic-terrestrial transfer of neonicotinoid insecticides in riparian food webs 2023 ·Journal of Hazardous Materials ·(unknown), (unknown), Martin H. Entling, Ralf Schulz	27
7	Tracer or toxicant: Does stable isotope labeling affect central processes in aquatic food webs? 2023 ·Aquatic Toxicology ·(unknown), Jochen P. Zubrod, Marco Konschak, Ralf Schulz, Mirco Bundschuh	1
8	Nitrogen retention in stream biofilms – A potential contribution to the self-cleaning capacity 2023 ·Journal of Environmental Management ·(unknown), (unknown), Alexander Feckler, Sebastian Stehle, Jochen P. Zubrod, Ralf Schulz, Mirco Bundschuh	1
9	Subsidy Quality Affects Common Riparian Web-Building Spiders: Consequences of Aquatic Contamination and Food Resource 2023 ·Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Zacharias Steinmetz, Alessandro Manfrin, Klaus Schwenk, Ralf Schulz, Ralf B. Schäfer, Jochen P. Zubrod, Mirco Bundschuh	11
10	A temporal perspective on aquatic subsidy: Bti affects emergence of Chironomidae 2023 ·Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Ralf Schulz, Carsten A. Brühl, Mirco Bundschuh	17
11	Emerging Midges Transport Pesticides from Aquatic to Terrestrial Ecosystems: Importance of Compound- and Organism-Specific Parameters 2022 ·Environmental Science & Technology ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Alessandro Manfrin, Klaus Schwenk, Mirco Bundschuh, Ralf Schulz	25
12	Electrofishing distances for sampling fish assemblages in oxbow lakes of the River Rhine 2022 ·Fisheries Management and Ecology ·(unknown), (unknown), Holger K. Schulz, René Gergs, Jochen H. E. Koop, Ralf Schulz	0
13	Applied pesticide toxicity shifts toward plants and invertebrates, even in GM crops breakdown → 2021 ·Science ·Ralf Schulz, Sascha Bub, Lara L. Petschick, Sebastian Stehle, Jakob Wolfram	213
14	Herbicide-Induced Shifts in the Periphyton Community Composition Indirectly Affect Feeding Activity and Physiology of the Gastropod Grazer Physella acuta 2021 ·Environmental Science & Technology ·Marco Konschak, Jochen P. Zubrod, (unknown), Agnès Bouchez, Alexandra Kröll, Alexander Feckler, (unknown), Patrick Baudy, Ralf Schulz, Mirco Bundschuh	9
15	Mixture effects of a fungicide and an antibiotic: Assessment and prediction using a decomposer-detritivore system 2021 ·Aquatic Toxicology ·Marco Konschak, Jochen P. Zubrod, Patrick Baudy, Patrick Fink, (unknown), (unknown), Nikita Bakanov, Ralf Schulz, Mirco Bundschuh	2
16	Infochemicals Influence Neonicotinoid Toxicity—Impact in Leaf Consumption, Growth, and Predation of the Amphipod Gammarus fossarum 2020 ·Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry ·Mirco Bundschuh, Jochen P. Zubrod, (unknown), Dominic Englert, Ralf Schulz	4
17	A blessing in disguise? Natural organic matter reduces the UV light-induced toxicity of nanoparticulate titanium dioxide 2019 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·Simon Lüderwald, (unknown), Frank Seitz, (unknown), Alexander Feckler, Carsten Schilde, Ralf Schulz, Mirco Bundschuh	11
18	Nanoparticles transported from aquatic to terrestrial ecosystems via emerging aquatic insects compromise subsidy quality 2019 ·Scientific Reports ·Mirco Bundschuh, Dominic Englert, Ricki R. Rosenfeldt, (unknown), Alexander Feckler, Simon Lüderwald, Frank Seitz, Jochen P. Zubrod, Ralf Schulz	29
19	De Novo assembly and annotation of the freshwater crayfish Astacus astacus transcriptome 2016 ·Marine Genomics ·Kathrin Theißinger, Cassandra Falckenhayn, Daniel Blande, (unknown), Julian Gutekunst, Jenny Makkonen, Japo Jussila, Frank Lyko, Anne Schrimpf, Ralf Schulz, Hanna Kokko	43
20	The marbled crayfish as a paradigm for saltational speciation by autopolyploidy and parthenogenesis in animals 2015 ·Biology Open ·Günter Vogt, Cassandra Falckenhayn, Anne Schrimpf, Katharina Schmid, Katharina Hanna, (unknown), Mark Helm, Ralf Schulz, Frank Lyko	55

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