Ralf Westram

2.2k citations
4 papers · 744 indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 4

Impact in

  • Ecology top 5%
    • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
    • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
    • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena

Papers in

    • Actinomycetales infections and treatment 1
    • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology 2

Ralf Westram

4 papers receiving 736 citations

Hit Papers

25 years of serving the community with ribosomal RNA gene reference databases and tools 2017 · 632 citations
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Peers

Ralf Westram
Comparison fields: 5 of 110
  • Ecology 291
  • Environmental Chemistry 64
  • Biological Psychiatry 14
  • Molecular Biology 358
  • Pollution 59
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The 17 scholars most cited alongside Ralf Westram, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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About Ralf Westram

Ralf Westram is a scholar working on Microbiology, Ecology, Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases and Organic Chemistry, having authored 4 papers that have together received 744 indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (4 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (3 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (2 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (2 papers) and Actinomycetales infections and treatment (1 paper). The work is most often cited by research in Ecology (291 citations), Environmental Chemistry (64 citations), Biological Psychiatry (14 citations), Molecular Biology (358 citations) and Pollution (59 citations). Ralf Westram has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, Cambodia and Spain. Frequent co-authors include Wolfgang Ludwig, Frank Oliver Glöckner, Christian Quast, Pelin Yilmaz, Pablo Yarza, Jörg Peplies, Jan Gerken, Alan Beccati, Rudolf Amann and Harald Meier. Their work appears in journals such as BMC Bioinformatics, Systematic and Applied Microbiology and Journal of Biotechnology.

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