Stefan Schulz

14.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
360 papers, 11.1k citations indexed

About

Stefan Schulz is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Insect Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Stefan Schulz has authored 360 papers receiving a total of 11.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 111 papers in Molecular Biology, 109 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 98 papers in Insect Science. Recurrent topics in Stefan Schulz's work include Plant and animal studies (73 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (53 papers) and Insect and Pesticide Research (51 papers). Stefan Schulz is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (73 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (53 papers) and Insect and Pesticide Research (51 papers). Stefan Schulz collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Stefan Schulz's co-authors include Jeroen S. Dickschat, Irene Wagner‐Döbler, Laure Weisskopf, Verena Thiel, Paolina Garbeva, Rolf Müller, Monika Hilker, Ulrike Groenhagen, Manfred Ayasse and Miguel Vences and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Stefan Schulz

350 papers receiving 10.9k citations

Hit Papers

Bacterial volatiles: the smell of small organisms 2007 2026 2013 2019 2007 2021 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. Bacterial volatiles: the smell of small organisms
    2007 670 citations Stefan Schulz, Jeroen S. Dickschat Natural Product Reports profile →
  2. Microbial volatile organic compounds in intra-kingdom and inter-kingdom interactions
    2021 329 citations Stefan Schulz et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Stefan Schulz Germany 56 3.6k 3.1k 2.3k 2.1k 2.1k 360 11.1k
Aleš Svatoš Germany 52 4.4k 1.2× 1.6k 0.5× 2.7k 1.2× 1.1k 0.5× 4.3k 2.0× 258 10.4k
John G. Oakeshott Australia 57 4.9k 1.3× 1.3k 0.4× 3.8k 1.7× 2.2k 1.0× 3.0k 1.4× 250 11.2k
Cameron R. Currie United States 64 2.6k 0.7× 4.1k 1.3× 5.7k 2.6× 4.9k 2.3× 1.8k 0.8× 187 11.8k
Iain M. Wallace Canada 16 13.6k 3.7× 1.8k 0.6× 1.7k 0.7× 3.5k 1.6× 6.5k 3.0× 23 25.4k
Toni Gabaldón Spain 66 12.3k 3.4× 2.0k 0.7× 1.3k 0.6× 2.7k 1.3× 6.4k 3.0× 275 21.9k
Gordon Blackshields Ireland 15 13.1k 3.6× 1.8k 0.6× 1.7k 0.7× 3.4k 1.6× 6.3k 3.0× 26 24.6k
Toshiaki Kudo Japan 59 4.5k 1.2× 2.4k 0.8× 2.4k 1.1× 3.5k 1.6× 2.2k 1.0× 282 10.3k
Norberto Peporine Lopes Brazil 48 4.5k 1.2× 826 0.3× 1.1k 0.5× 574 0.3× 3.3k 1.6× 469 12.3k
Subha Kalyaanamoorthy Canada 17 4.9k 1.3× 2.8k 0.9× 1.0k 0.5× 2.3k 1.0× 2.5k 1.2× 40 11.4k
Andrew Waterhouse Switzerland 14 13.9k 3.8× 498 0.2× 833 0.4× 2.4k 1.1× 3.3k 1.6× 16 22.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Stefan Schulz

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Fields of papers citing papers by Stefan Schulz

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stefan Schulz

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All Works

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Yang, Keqian, Houchao Xu, Miguel Vences, et al.. (2025). Frog farnesyl pyrophosphate synthases and their role as non-canonical terpene synthases for bisabolane sesquiterpenes. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 23(35). 7940–7945.
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Schulz, Stefan, et al.. (2025). Curvisetone─A Male-Specific Tricyclic nor-Diterpenoid from the Springtail Sinella curviseta. Journal of Natural Products. 88(3). 857–861.
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Steffen, Anika, et al.. (2024). Activity‐Based Protein Profiling Identifies Protein Disulfide‐Isomerases as Target Proteins of the Volatile Salinilactones. Advanced Science. 11(18). e2309515–e2309515. 3 indexed citations
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Schulz, Stefan, et al.. (2024). Chemical species recognition in an adaptive radiation of Hawaiian Tetragnatha spiders (Araneae: Tetragnathidae). Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 291(2020). 20232340–20232340. 4 indexed citations
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Schulz, Stefan, et al.. (2022). The scent chemistry of butterflies. Natural Product Reports. 40(4). 794–818. 8 indexed citations
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Darragh, Kathy, et al.. (2022). Head and Tail Oxidized Terpenoid Esters from Androconia of Heliconius erato Butterflies. Journal of Natural Products. 85(5). 1428–1435. 1 indexed citations
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Neumann‐Schaal, Meina, et al.. (2022). Thiol Metabolism and Volatile Metabolome of Clostridioides difficile. Frontiers in Microbiology. 13. 864587–864587. 11 indexed citations
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Ben‐Ari, Julius, et al.. (2021). Bacterial-induced pH shifts link individual cell physiology to macroscale collective behavior. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(14). 11 indexed citations
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Byers, Kelsey J.R.P., Kathy Darragh, Ian A. Warren, et al.. (2020). Clustering of loci controlling species differences in male chemical bouquets of sympatric Heliconius butterflies. Ecology and Evolution. 11(1). 89–107. 13 indexed citations
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Creamer, Kaitlin E., et al.. (2020). Extending the Salinilactone Family. ChemBioChem. 21(11). 1629–1632. 9 indexed citations
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Darragh, Kathy, Mauricio Linares, Stefan Schulz, et al.. (2020). Chemical signals act as the main reproductive barrier between sister and mimetic Heliconius butterflies. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 287(1926). 20200587–20200587. 29 indexed citations
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Tsitoura, Panagiota, Dimitrios Papachristos, Αntonios Michaelakis, et al.. (2020). Volatile allosteric antagonists of mosquito odorant receptors inhibit human-host attraction. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 296. 100172–100172. 10 indexed citations
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Rüther, Joachim, et al.. (2020). Enantioselective synthesis and determination of the absolute configuration of the male sex pheromone of the parasitoid wasp Urolepis rufipes. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 18(18). 3463–3465. 6 indexed citations
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Lüddecke, Tim, et al.. (2019). Isolation and Identification of Alkaloids from Poisons of Fire Salamanders (Salamandra salamandra). Journal of Natural Products. 82(5). 1319–1324. 13 indexed citations
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Crüsemann, Max, Mohammad Alanjary, James O. McInerney, et al.. (2017). Function-related replacement of bacterial siderophore pathways. The ISME Journal. 12(2). 320–329. 57 indexed citations
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Rodríguez, Ariel, Dennis Poth, Stefan Schulz, Marcelo Gehara, & Miguel Vences. (2013). Genetic diversity, phylogeny and evolution of alkaloid sequestering in Cuban miniaturized frogs of the Eleutherodactylus limbatus group. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 68(3). 541–554. 7 indexed citations
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Vereecken, Nicolas J., et al.. (2012). Pre-adaptations and the evolution of pollination by sexual deception: Cope's rule of specialization revisited. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 279(1748). 4786–4794. 79 indexed citations

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