Torsten Wappler

7.9k total citations
143 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Torsten Wappler is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Paleontology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Torsten Wappler has authored 143 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 122 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 33 papers in Paleontology and 32 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Torsten Wappler's work include Plant and animal studies (64 papers), Plant Diversity and Evolution (64 papers) and Fossil Insects in Amber (57 papers). Torsten Wappler is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (64 papers), Plant Diversity and Evolution (64 papers) and Fossil Insects in Amber (57 papers). Torsten Wappler collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and China. Torsten Wappler's co-authors include Conrad C. Labandeira, Michael S. Engel, Jes Rust, Evelyn Kustatscher, Sonja Wedmann, Jakub Prokop, Peter Wilf, Bó Wáng, André Nel and Friđgeir Grímsson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Physical review. B, Condensed matter.

In The Last Decade

Torsten Wappler

138 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Torsten Wappler Germany 32 2.3k 754 574 434 418 143 2.8k
Enrique Peñalver Spain 30 2.3k 1.0× 841 1.1× 709 1.2× 150 0.3× 232 0.6× 140 3.0k
Xavier Delclòs Spain 32 3.0k 1.3× 1.2k 1.6× 972 1.7× 226 0.5× 223 0.5× 170 3.8k
Alexandr P. Rasnitsyn Russia 33 4.8k 2.1× 2.0k 2.7× 951 1.7× 275 0.6× 250 0.6× 243 5.5k
S. Bruce Archibald Canada 21 1.6k 0.7× 912 1.2× 307 0.5× 225 0.5× 146 0.3× 64 1.9k
Paul A. Selden United Kingdom 34 1.4k 0.6× 1.4k 1.9× 1.5k 2.7× 337 0.8× 113 0.3× 154 3.3k
Vincent Perrichot France 32 3.1k 1.4× 1.5k 2.0× 964 1.7× 104 0.2× 214 0.5× 165 3.6k
Michael Heads New Zealand 26 937 0.4× 377 0.5× 676 1.2× 437 1.0× 234 0.6× 72 1.8k
Jes Rust Germany 22 1.2k 0.5× 551 0.7× 464 0.8× 155 0.4× 102 0.2× 64 1.6k
William A. Shear United States 30 1.4k 0.6× 1.5k 2.0× 1.7k 2.9× 296 0.7× 192 0.5× 163 3.4k
Hong Pang China 23 1.3k 0.6× 522 0.7× 507 0.9× 79 0.2× 280 0.7× 189 2.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Torsten Wappler

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Torsten Wappler

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Koenigswald, Wighart von, Thomas Lehmann, & Torsten Wappler. (2025). Extraordinary occlusion of caniniforms in the Eocene Masillabune martini from Messel. Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments. 105(4). 939–947.
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Engel, Michael S., Johannes M. Bouchal, Silvia Ulrich, et al.. (2025). 24 million years of pollination interaction between European linden flowers and bumble bees. New Phytologist. 248(4). 2111–2127.
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Smith, Krister T., Margaret E. Collinson, Annelise Folie, et al.. (2024). The biodiversity of the Eocene Messel Pit. Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments. 104(4). 859–940. 5 indexed citations
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Engel, Michael S., Johannes M. Bouchal, Silvia Ulrich, et al.. (2024). The earliest large carpenter bee (Xylocopa) and its adhering pollen (Araliaceae, Theaceae). Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments. 104(4). 949–962. 5 indexed citations
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Uhl, Dieter, Michael Wuttke, Manuela Aiglstorfer, et al.. (2024). Deep-time maar lakes and other volcanogenic lakes as Fossil-Lagerstätten – An overview. Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments. 104(4). 763–848. 7 indexed citations
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Wappler, Torsten, Conrad C. Labandeira, Jian Huang, et al.. (2024). Cenozoic Dalbergia (Fabaceae) plant fossils from Southwest China: Biogeographic implications and plant-insect interactions. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 647. 112260–112260. 1 indexed citations
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Albrecht, Jörg, Torsten Wappler, Susanne A. Fritz, & Matthias Schleuning. (2023). Fossil leaves reveal drivers of herbivore functional diversity during the Cenozoic. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(32). e2300514120–e2300514120. 7 indexed citations
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Müller, Christian, et al.. (2023). An integrated leaf trait analysis of two Paleogene leaf floras. PeerJ. 11. e15140–e15140. 6 indexed citations
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Xu, Chunpeng, Bó Wáng, Torsten Wappler, et al.. (2022). High acoustic diversity and behavioral complexity of katydids in the Mesozoic soundscape. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(51). e2210601119–e2210601119. 7 indexed citations
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Kustatscher, Evelyn, Johanna H.A. van Konijnenburg‐van Cittert, Cindy V. Looy, et al.. (2018). The Lopingian (late Permian) flora from the Bletterbach Gorge in the Dolomites, Northern Italy: a review. Utrecht University Repository (Utrecht University). 12 indexed citations
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Barden, Phillip, et al.. (2018). Giant ants and their shape: revealing relationships in the genus Titanomyrma with geometric morphometrics. PeerJ. 6. e4242–e4242. 13 indexed citations
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Engel, Michael S., Bó Wáng, Abdulaziz S. Alqarni, et al.. (2018). A primitive honey bee from the Middle Miocene deposits of southeastern Yunnan, China (Hymenoptera, Apidae). ZooKeys. 775(775). 117–129. 7 indexed citations
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Kaulfuß, Uwe, Torsten Wappler, Ernst Heiss, & Marie‐Claude Larivière. (2011). Aneurus sp. from the early Miocene Foulden Maar, New Zealand: the first Southern Hemisphere record of fossil Aradidae (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera). Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 41(4). 279–285. 20 indexed citations
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Petrulevičius, Julián F., et al.. (2010). Géneros bihemisféricos de insectos en el Eoceno inferior de Laguna del Hunco (Patagonia, Argentina) y Mo clay (Dinamarca). El Servicio de Difusión de la Creación Intelectual (National University of La Plata). 1 indexed citations
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Lutz, Herbert, Uwe Kaulfuß, Torsten Wappler, et al.. (2010). Eckfeld Maar: 中央ヨーロッパにおける始新世陸生生息地への窓. Acta Geological Sinica. 84(4). 984–1009. 8 indexed citations
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Franzen, Jens Lorenz, et al.. (2009). Das Eckfelder Maar in der Vulkaneifel - Fenster in einem küstenfernen Lebensraum vor 44 Millionen Jahren. Publication Database GFZ (GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences). 1 indexed citations
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Wappler, Torsten & Yair Ben‐Dov. (2008). Preservation of Armoured Scale Insects on Angiosperm Leaves from the Eocene of Germany. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 53(4). 627–634. 25 indexed citations
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Szwedo, Jacek & Torsten Wappler. (2006). New planthoppers (Insecta: Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha) from the Middle Eocene Messel maar. Annales Zoologici. 56(3). 555–566. 9 indexed citations

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