Torsten Meiners

4.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
62 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Torsten Meiners is a scholar working on Insect Science, Plant Science and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Torsten Meiners has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Insect Science, 36 papers in Plant Science and 33 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Torsten Meiners's work include Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (35 papers), Plant and animal studies (27 papers) and Plant Parasitism and Resistance (19 papers). Torsten Meiners is often cited by papers focused on Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (35 papers), Plant and animal studies (27 papers) and Plant Parasitism and Resistance (19 papers). Torsten Meiners collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Torsten Meiners's co-authors include Monika Hilker, Elisabeth Obermaier, Barbara Randlkofer, Nicole Wäschke, Christine Hancock, Matthias C. Rillig, Tesfaye Wubet, François Buscot, E. Kathryn Morris and Caroline Müller and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry and Oecologia.

In The Last Decade

Torsten Meiners

59 papers receiving 3.1k citations

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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.

Choosing and using diversity indices: insights for ecological applications from the German Biodiversity Exploratories

2014 747 citations Christine Hancock, Torsten Meiners et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Torsten Meiners Germany	28	1.9k	1.4k	1.4k	702	403	62	3.2k
Gregory S. Wheeler United States	33	1.8k 1.0×	1.4k 1.0×	1.2k 0.9×	522 0.7×	532 1.3×	150	2.9k
Stefan Vidal Germany	33	2.3k 1.2×	2.1k 1.5×	1.2k 0.8×	487 0.7×	266 0.7×	132	3.8k
Matthew E. O’Neal United States	33	2.5k 1.3×	1.5k 1.1×	1.5k 1.1×	378 0.5×	258 0.6×	109	3.6k
David Horton United States	31	2.0k 1.1×	1.4k 1.0×	1.0k 0.7×	660 0.9×	219 0.5×	187	3.2k
Mattias Jonsson Sweden	34	1.7k 0.9×	1.3k 0.9×	1.4k 1.0×	667 1.0×	504 1.3×	84	3.3k
Norman C. Elliott United States	33	2.3k 1.2×	2.2k 1.5×	812 0.6×	844 1.2×	207 0.5×	153	3.5k
Steven M. Sait United Kingdom	32	1.2k 0.6×	989 0.7×	907 0.6×	857 1.2×	558 1.4×	81	3.4k
P. C. Jepson United Kingdom	36	2.3k 1.2×	1.7k 1.2×	1.0k 0.7×	475 0.7×	286 0.7×	110	4.0k
Hirokazu Toju Japan	33	927 0.5×	2.5k 1.8×	1.1k 0.8×	943 1.3×	484 1.2×	65	4.3k
Matthew J.W. Cock United Kingdom	25	2.5k 1.3×	1.6k 1.1×	996 0.7×	804 1.1×	314 0.8×	141	3.8k

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Ninkovic, Velemir, Torsten Meiners, Foteini G. Pashalidou, et al.. (2025). Multifunctionality of plant VOCs in agroecological systems: perspectives for biological pest control. Entomologia Generalis. 45(4). 931–949.

Gorzolka, Karin, et al.. (2025). Characterization and Potential Role of Fatty Acid-Solamine Conjugates in Plant Defense against Herbivores and Pathogens in Wild Potato Species. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 73(22). 13555–13567.

Obermeier, Christian, Annaliese S. Mason, Torsten Meiners, et al.. (2022). Perspectives for integrated insect pest protection in oilseed rape breeding. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 135(11). 3917–3946. 21 indexed citations

Meiners, Torsten, et al.. (2022). Morphological and olfactory tree traits influence the susceptibility and suitability of the apple species Malus domestica and M. sylvestris to the florivorous weevil Anthonomus pomorum (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). PeerJ. 10. e13566–e13566. 1 indexed citations

Oldenburg, Elisabeth, et al.. (2021). Effects of temperature and soil fauna on the reduction and leaching of deoxynivalenol and zearalenone from Fusarium graminearum-infected maize stubbles. Mycotoxin Research. 37(3). 249–263. 8 indexed citations

Krähmer, Andrea, et al.. (2020). Variation of Secondary Metabolite Profile of Zataria multiflora Boiss. Populations Linked to Geographic, Climatic, and Edaphic Factors. Frontiers in Plant Science. 11. 969–969. 52 indexed citations

Smith, David, Alan G. Buddie, Rebecca J. M. Goss, et al.. (2019). Discovery pipelines for marine resources: an ocean of opportunity for biotechnology?. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology. 35(7). 107–107. 8 indexed citations

Wäschke, Nicole, Christine Hancock, Monika Hilker, Elisabeth Obermaier, & Torsten Meiners. (2015). Does vegetation complexity affect host plant chemistry, and thus multitrophic interactions, in a human-altered landscape?. Oecologia. 179(1). 281–292. 12 indexed citations

Verkman, A. S., Aleksander Edelman, Margarida D. Amaral, et al.. (2015). Finding new drugs to enhance anion secretion in cystic fibrosis: Toward suitable systems for better drug screening. Report on the pre-conference meeting to the 12th ECFS Basic Science Conference, Albufeira, 25–28 March 2015. Journal of Cystic Fibrosis. 14(6). 700–705. 1 indexed citations

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Meiners, Torsten, Bahne Stechmann, & Ronald Frank. (2014). EU-OPENSCREEN—chemical tools for the study of plant biology and resistance mechanisms. PubMed. 7(4). 113–118. 3 indexed citations

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Wäschke, Nicole, et al.. (2014). Habitats as Complex Odour Environments: How Does Plant Diversity Affect Herbivore and Parasitoid Orientation?. PLoS ONE. 9(1). e85152–e85152. 35 indexed citations

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Büchel, Kerstin, Eric T. McDowell, Anne Descour, et al.. (2012). An elm EST database for identifying leaf beetle egg-induced defense genes. BMC Genomics. 13(1). 242–242. 29 indexed citations

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Hilker, Monika & Torsten Meiners. (2011). Plants and insect eggs: How do they affect each other?. Phytochemistry. 72(13). 1612–1623. 134 indexed citations

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Hilker, Monika & Torsten Meiners. (2009). How do plants “notice” attack by herbivorous arthropods?. Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 85(2). 267–280. 146 indexed citations

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Meiners, Torsten, Barbara Randlkofer, & Elisabeth Obermaier. (2006). Oviposition at low temperatures - late season negatively affects the leaf beetle Galeruca tanaceti (Coleoptera: Galerucinae) but not its specialised egg parasitoid Oomyzus galerucivorus (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae). European Journal of Entomology. 103(4). 765–770. 13 indexed citations

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Hilker, Monika & Torsten Meiners. (2006). Early Herbivore Alert: Insect Eggs Induce Plant Defense. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 32(7). 1379–1397. 256 indexed citations

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Meiners, Torsten, et al.. (2006). Determining the tick scutal index allows assessment of tick feeding duration and estimation of infection risk with Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in a person bitten by an Ixodes ricinus nymph. International Journal of Medical Microbiology. 296. 103–107. 27 indexed citations

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Meiners, Torsten. (2002). The Effect of Molecular Structure on Olfactory Discrimination by the Parasitoid Microplitis croceipes. Chemical Senses. 27(9). 811–816. 29 indexed citations

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Wegener, Robert, et al.. (2001). Analysis of Volatiles Induced by Oviposition of Elm Leaf Beetle Xanthogaleruca luteola on Ulmus minor. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 27(3). 499–515. 52 indexed citations

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Meiners, Torsten & Monika Hilker. (1997). Host location in Oomyzus gallerucae (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), an egg parasitoid of the elm leaf beetle Xanthogaleruca luteola (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Oecologia. 112(1). 87–93. 87 indexed citations

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