Wolf‐Ernst Reif

2.9k total citations
73 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Wolf‐Ernst Reif is a scholar working on Paleontology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Wolf‐Ernst Reif has authored 73 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Paleontology, 11 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 8 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Wolf‐Ernst Reif's work include Evolution and Paleontology Studies (12 papers), Ichthyology and Marine Biology (11 papers) and Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (5 papers). Wolf‐Ernst Reif is often cited by papers focused on Evolution and Paleontology Studies (12 papers), Ichthyology and Marine Biology (11 papers) and Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (5 papers). Wolf‐Ernst Reif collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Austria and United States. Wolf‐Ernst Reif's co-authors include Adolf Seilacher, Florian Westphal, D. W. Bechert, A. Dinkelacker, R. D. K. Thomas, G. Hoppe, M. Bartenwerfer, Detlev Thies, Thomas Junker and Uwe Hoßfeld and has published in prestigious journals such as Academy of Management Journal, Evolution and Earth-Science Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Wolf‐Ernst Reif

69 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Wolf‐Ernst Reif Germany 20 924 722 247 202 190 73 1.9k
Cheryl D. Wilga United States 24 540 0.6× 1.4k 1.9× 530 2.1× 51 0.3× 45 0.2× 38 1.8k
Johan Lindgren Sweden 29 1.7k 1.8× 1.0k 1.4× 145 0.6× 24 0.1× 164 0.9× 109 2.5k
Roy E. Plotnick United States 28 766 0.8× 376 0.5× 567 2.3× 37 0.2× 170 0.9× 82 2.6k
Phillip L. Manning United Kingdom 37 1.8k 1.9× 556 0.8× 276 1.1× 16 0.1× 172 0.9× 92 3.0k
Alexander Werth United States 18 132 0.1× 218 0.3× 896 3.6× 71 0.4× 53 0.3× 87 1.3k
Brad J. Gemmell United States 23 290 0.3× 167 0.2× 273 1.1× 306 1.5× 57 0.3× 66 1.6k
Robert L. Smith United States 27 316 0.3× 85 0.1× 263 1.1× 66 0.3× 85 0.4× 112 3.1k
Thomas Claverie France 21 175 0.2× 411 0.6× 861 3.5× 29 0.1× 194 1.0× 47 1.6k
Richard L. Abel United Kingdom 29 424 0.5× 374 0.5× 300 1.2× 14 0.1× 131 0.7× 78 2.4k
Philip S. L. Anderson United States 25 871 0.9× 470 0.7× 344 1.4× 10 0.0× 73 0.4× 59 1.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wolf‐Ernst Reif

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Reif, Wolf‐Ernst. (2009). Artabgrenzung und das Konzept der evolutionären Art in der Paläontologie1,2. Journal of Zoological Systematics & Evolutionary Research. 22(3). 263–286. 5 indexed citations
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Reif, Wolf‐Ernst. (2007). Problematic issues of cladistics 23: DARWIN'S concept of phylogenetic relationship. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen. 244(2). 227–245.
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Seilacher, Adolf, Wolf‐Ernst Reif, & P. Wenk. (2006). The parasite connection in ecosystems and macroevolution. Die Naturwissenschaften. 94(3). 155–169. 14 indexed citations
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Reif, Wolf‐Ernst. (2006). Conodonts, odontodes, stem-groups, and the ancestry of enamel genes. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen. 241(3). 405–439. 13 indexed citations
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Reif, Wolf‐Ernst. (2004). Problematic issues of cladistics: 2. The Hennigian species concept. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen. 231(1). 37–65. 1 indexed citations
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Reif, Wolf‐Ernst. (2003). The primacy of morphology: pattern cladism, idealistic morphology, and evolution. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen. 228(3). 399–419. 2 indexed citations
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Reif, Wolf‐Ernst & Martha Richter. (2001). Revisiting the Lepidomorial and the Odontode Regulation Theories of dermo-skeletal morphogenesis. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen. 219(3). 285–304. 13 indexed citations
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Hoffman, Antoni & Wolf‐Ernst Reif. (1990). On the study of evolution in species-level lineages in the fossil record: controlled methodological sloppiness. Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 64(1-2). 5–14. 9 indexed citations
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Reif, Wolf‐Ernst, et al.. (1988). The methodology of the biological sciences: From an evolutionary biological perspective. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen. 177(2). 185–211. 6 indexed citations
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Bereiter‐Hahn, Jürgen, O. Roger Anderson, & Wolf‐Ernst Reif. (1987). Cytomechanics: The Mechanical Basis of Cell Form and Structure. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 34 indexed citations
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Bechert, D. W., M. Bartenwerfer, G. Hoppe, & Wolf‐Ernst Reif. (1986). Drag reduction mechanisms derived from shark skin. 2. 1044–1068. 82 indexed citations
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Thies, Detlev & Wolf‐Ernst Reif. (1985). Konstruktionsmorphologie, Nr. 173: Phylogeny and evolutionary ecology of Mesozoic Neoselachii. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen. 169(3). 333–361. 37 indexed citations
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Seilacher, Adolf, Wolf‐Ernst Reif, & Florian Westphal. (1985). Sedimentological, ecological and temporal patterns of fossil Lagerstätten. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 311(1148). 5–24. 361 indexed citations
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Bechert, D. W. & Wolf‐Ernst Reif. (1985). On the Drag Reduction of the Shark Skin. 23rd Aerospace Sciences Meeting. 141 indexed citations
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Reif, Wolf‐Ernst. (1984). Preadaptation and the change of function - a discussion -. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Monatshefte. 1984(2). 90–94. 1 indexed citations
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Reif, Wolf‐Ernst. (1980). A model of morphogenetic processes in the dermal skeleton of elasmobranchs. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen. 159(3). 339–359. 20 indexed citations
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Reif, Wolf‐Ernst. (1980). A mechanism for tooth pattern reversal in sharks: The polarity switch model. Development Genes and Evolution. 188(2). 115–122. 13 indexed citations
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Reif, Wolf‐Ernst. (1979). Morphogenesis and histology of large scales of batoids (Elasmobranchii). Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 53(1-2). 26–37. 19 indexed citations
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Reif, Wolf‐Ernst & Joshua A. Robinson. (1978). On functional morphology of the skeleton in lychnisc sponges (Hexactinellida). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen. 157(1-2). 141–144. 1 indexed citations
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Reif, Wolf‐Ernst, et al.. (1976). On functional morphology of the skeleton in lychnisc sponges (Porifera, Hexactinellida). Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 50(1-2). 57–69. 9 indexed citations

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