Wilhelm Foissner
Impact in
- Environmental Chemistry top 0.1%
- Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
- Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
- Ecology top 0.05%
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
Papers in
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- Protist diversity and phylogeny 247
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies 15
- Ecology 229
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology 216
- Co-authors
- Helmut Berger (26 shared papers)Thorsten Stoeck (22 shared papers)Sabine Agatha (7 shared papers)Peter Vďačný (17 shared papers)Wolfgang Petz (10 shared papers)Ilse Foissner (12 shared papers)Laura A. Katz (6 shared papers)Hubert Blatterer (4 shared papers)
- Journals
- Acta Protozoologica (32 papers)Biology and Fertility of Soils (10 papers)Biodiversity and Conservation (7 papers)European Journal of Protistology (56 papers)Protist (6 papers)
- Partner nations
- AustriaGermanyUnited States
In The Last Decade
Wilhelm Foissner
287 papers receiving 9.3k citations
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 114
- Environmental Chemistry 3.2k
- Ecology 8.0k
- Oceanography 2.5k
- Molecular Biology 7.7k
- Paleontology 257
Countries citing papers authored by Wilhelm Foissner
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Fields of papers citing papers by Wilhelm Foissner
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Co-authors
The 25 scholars most cited alongside Wilhelm Foissner, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.
All Works
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| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Biogeography and Dispersal of Micro-organisms: A Review Emphasizing Protists | 2006 | 441 |
| 2 | 1996 | 427 | |
| 3 | 1991 | 421 | |
| 4 | Identification and ecology of limnetic plankton ciliates | 1999 | 382 |
| 5 | 1993 | 348 | |
| 6 | Soil ciliates (protozoa, ciliophora) from Namibia (Southwest Africa), with emphasis on two contrasting environments, the Etosha Region and the Namib Desert | 2002 | 292 |
| 7 | 2013 | 226 | |
| 8 | 2007 | 209 | |
| 9 | 1999 | 208 | |
| 10 | 2007 | 184 | |
| 11 | 1999 | 165 | |
| 12 | 1998 | 149 | |
| 13 | Taxonomische und ökologische Revision der Ciliaten des Saprobiensystems - Band I: Cyrtophorida, Oligotrichia, Hypotrichia, Colpodea. | 1991 | 149 |
| 14 | 2004 | 106 | |
| 15 | 2005 | 103 | |
| 16 | 2007 | 88 | |
| 17 | 2006 | 86 | |
| 18 | 1997 | 85 | |
| 19 | 1992 | 81 | |
| 20 | 1988 | 72 |
About Wilhelm Foissner
Wilhelm Foissner is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Oceanography and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, having authored 292 papers that have together received 10.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Protist diversity and phylogeny (247 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (216 papers), Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (104 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (41 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (25 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (16 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (15 papers) and Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (12 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Environmental Chemistry (3.2k citations), Ecology (8.0k citations), Oceanography (2.5k citations), Molecular Biology (7.7k citations) and Paleontology (257 citations). Wilhelm Foissner has collaborated with scholars based in Austria, Germany and United States. Frequent co-authors include Helmut Berger, Thorsten Stoeck, Sabine Agatha, Peter Vďačný, Wolfgang Petz, Ilse Foissner, Laura A. Katz, Hubert Blatterer, Anne Chao and Jochen Schaumburg. Their work appears in journals such as Acta Protozoologica, Biology and Fertility of Soils, Biodiversity and Conservation, European Journal of Protistology and Protist.
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