Wolfgang Ludwig

69.6k total citations · 15 hit papers
311 papers, 50.1k citations indexed

About

Wolfgang Ludwig is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Wolfgang Ludwig has authored 311 papers receiving a total of 50.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 171 papers in Molecular Biology, 142 papers in Ecology and 51 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Wolfgang Ludwig's work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (125 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (108 papers) and Probiotics and Fermented Foods (42 papers). Wolfgang Ludwig is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (125 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (108 papers) and Probiotics and Fermented Foods (42 papers). Wolfgang Ludwig collaborates with scholars based in Germany, France and Spain. Wolfgang Ludwig's co-authors include Rudolf Amann, Karl‐Heinz Schleifer, Karl Heinz Schleifer, Frank Oliver Glöckner, Elmar Pruesse, Jörg Peplies, Christian Quast, Bernhard M. Fuchs, Katrin Knittel and Jean‐Luc Probst and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Wolfgang Ludwig

305 papers receiving 48.3k citations

Hit Papers

Phylogenetic identificati... 1992 2026 2003 2014 1995 2004 2007 1995 2013 2.0k 4.0k 6.0k
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. Phylogenetic identification and in situ detection of individual microbial cells without cultivation
    1995 6.6k citations Rudolf Amann, Wolfgang Ludwig et al. profile →
  2. ARB: a software environment for sequence data
    2004 5.6k citations Wolfgang Ludwig profile →
  3. SILVA: a comprehensive online resource for quality checked and aligned ribosomal RNA sequence data compatible with ARB
    2007 5.2k citations Wolfgang Ludwig et al. profile →
  4. Phylogenetic identification and in situ detection of individual microbial cells without cultivation.
    1995 3.3k citations Rudolf Amann, Wolfgang Ludwig et al. profile →
  5. The SILVA and “All-species Living Tree Project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworks
    2013 2.6k citations Wolfgang Ludwig et al. profile →
  6. Uniting the classification of cultured and uncultured bacteria and archaea using 16S rRNA gene sequences
    2014 1.8k citations Wolfgang Ludwig, Rudolf Amann et al. profile →
  7. Phylogenetic Oligodeoxynucleotide Probes for the Major Subclasses of Proteobacteria: Problems and Solutions
    1992 1.8k citations Rudolf Amann, Wolfgang Ludwig et al. profile →
  8. Sequence heterogeneities of genes encoding 16S rRNAs in Paenibacillus polymyxa detected by temperature gradient gel electrophoresis
    1996 1.1k citations Rudolf Amann, Wolfgang Ludwig et al. profile →
  9. Application of a suite of 16S rRNA-specific oligonucleotide probes designed to investigate bacteria of the phylum cytophaga-flavobacter-bacteroides in the natural environment
    1996 1.0k citations Rudolf Amann, Wolfgang Ludwig et al. Microbiology profile →
  10. Predicting the oceanic input of organic carbon by continental erosion
    1996 743 citations Wolfgang Ludwig, Jean‐Luc Probst et al. profile →
  11. The All-Species Living Tree project: A 16S rRNA-based phylogenetic tree of all sequenced type strains
    2008 724 citations Rudolf Amann, Wolfgang Ludwig et al. profile →
  12. Bacterial phylogeny based on comparative sequence analysis (review)
    1998 636 citations Wolfgang Ludwig, Karl Heinz Schleifer et al. profile →
  13. 25 years of serving the community with ribosomal RNA gene reference databases and tools
    2017 632 citations Wolfgang Ludwig et al. profile →
  14. Phylogenetic analysis and in situ identification of bacteria in activated sludge
    1997 587 citations Rudolf Amann, Ingrid Huber et al. profile →
  15. River discharges of water and nutrients to the Mediterranean and Black Sea: Major drivers for ecosystem changes during past and future decades?
    2009 554 citations Wolfgang Ludwig, Serge Heussner 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
Wolfgang Ludwig Germany 80 23.1k 22.9k 9.4k 6.1k 4.7k 311 50.1k
Frank Oliver Glöckner Germany 60 25.3k 1.1× 28.2k 1.2× 5.6k 0.6× 6.2k 1.0× 4.6k 1.0× 158 57.0k
Philip Hugenholtz Australia 105 31.2k 1.3× 40.2k 1.8× 9.2k 1.0× 7.9k 1.3× 2.3k 0.5× 416 77.7k
Gerard Muyzer Netherlands 81 16.6k 0.7× 10.2k 0.4× 10.5k 1.1× 7.3k 1.2× 3.8k 0.8× 290 36.2k
Donovan H. Parks Australia 43 19.8k 0.9× 23.5k 1.0× 5.4k 0.6× 5.5k 0.9× 2.2k 0.5× 66 44.2k
Erko Stackebrandt Germany 100 28.0k 1.2× 41.5k 1.8× 6.0k 0.6× 5.5k 0.9× 1.9k 0.4× 638 66.4k
Jörg Peplies Germany 28 17.5k 0.8× 21.9k 1.0× 4.3k 0.5× 4.2k 0.7× 2.7k 0.6× 39 44.4k
David A. Stahl United States 80 17.1k 0.7× 12.3k 0.5× 9.8k 1.0× 6.3k 1.0× 3.5k 0.8× 223 31.5k
J. Gregory Caporaso United States 65 18.6k 0.8× 28.1k 1.2× 5.2k 0.6× 3.5k 0.6× 2.4k 0.5× 123 57.4k
Jizhong Zhou United States 122 30.4k 1.3× 20.7k 0.9× 12.6k 1.3× 6.7k 1.1× 2.5k 0.5× 770 62.0k
Elmar Pruesse Germany 8 16.4k 0.7× 19.8k 0.9× 4.0k 0.4× 4.1k 0.7× 2.5k 0.5× 10 41.1k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wolfgang Ludwig

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Wolfgang Ludwig. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Wolfgang Ludwig based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Wolfgang Ludwig. Wolfgang Ludwig is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Baudin, François, et al.. (2025). The effect of the mineral matrix during thermal analysis of polymers: Implications for microplastics characterization. Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis. 191. 107219–107219. 2 indexed citations
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Tramblay, Yves, El Mahdi El Khalki, Lahcen Benaabidate, et al.. (2024). Regional flood frequency analysis in North Africa. Journal of Hydrology. 630. 130678–130678. 13 indexed citations
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Weiss, Lisa, Claude Estournel, Patrick Marsaleix, et al.. (2024). From source to sink: part 2—seasonal dispersion of microplastics discharged in the NW Mediterranean Sea by the Rhone River in southern France. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 32(16). 10105–10121. 1 indexed citations
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Weiss, Lisa, et al.. (2024). From source to sink: part 1—characterization and Lagrangian tracking of riverine microplastics in the Mediterranean Basin. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 32(16). 10081–10104. 6 indexed citations
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Ludwig, Wolfgang, et al.. (2022). Declining water resources in response to global warming and changes in atmospheric circulation patterns over southern Mediterranean France. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 26(23). 6055–6071. 2 indexed citations
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Ludwig, Wolfgang, et al.. (2020). Unravelling Climate and Anthropogenic Forcings on the Evolution of Surface Water Resources in Southern France. Water. 12(12). 3581–3581. 8 indexed citations
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Koeck, Daniela E., Wolfgang Ludwig, Gerhard Wanner, et al.. (2015). Herbinix hemicellulosilytica gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic cellulose-degrading bacterium isolated from a thermophilic biogas reactor. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY. 65(Pt_8). 2365–2371. 65 indexed citations
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Kerhervé, Philippe, Anna Sànchez‐Vidal, Antoni Calafat, et al.. (2014). Biogeochemical characterization of the riverine particulate organic matter transferred to the NW Mediterranean Sea. Biogeosciences. 11(1). 157–172. 28 indexed citations
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Kerhervé, Philippe, Anna Sànchez‐Vidal, Antoni Calafat, et al.. (2013). Biogeochemical characterization of the riverine organic matter transferred to the NW Mediterranean Sea. 1 indexed citations
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Ludwig, Wolfgang, Stephan Baüer, G. Kirchhof, et al.. (2006). Detection and in situ identification of representatives of a widely distributed new bacterial phylum. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 153(1). 181–190. 125 indexed citations
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Macián, M. Carmen, María J. Pujalte, M.C. Márquez, et al.. (2002). Gelidibacter mesophilus sp. nov., a novel marine bacterium in the family Flavobacteriaceae.. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY. 52(4). 1325–1329. 34 indexed citations
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Amann, Rudolf & Wolfgang Ludwig. (2000). Ribosomal RNA-targeted nucleic acid probes for studies in microbial ecology. FEMS Microbiology Reviews. 24(5). 555–565. 221 indexed citations
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Ludwig, Wolfgang & Jean‐Luc Probst. (1998). River sediment discharge to the oceans; present-day controls and global budgets. American Journal of Science. 298(4). 265–295. 267 indexed citations
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Ludwig, Wolfgang. (1997). Continental erosion and river transport of organic carbon to the world's oceans / Érosion des continents et transports fluviaux de matière organique vers les océans. 98(1). 1 indexed citations
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Ehrmann, Matthias A., Wolfgang Ludwig, & Karl Heinz Schleifer. (1994). Reverse dot blot hybridization: A useful method for the direct identification of lactic acid bacteria in fermented food. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 117(2). 143–149. 57 indexed citations
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Kaim, Georg, et al.. (1991). Propionigenium modestum: a separate line of descent within the eubacteria. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 78(1). 53–58. 14 indexed citations
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Ludwig, Wolfgang, et al.. (1991). A novel eubacterial phylum: comparative nucleotide sequence analysis of atuf-gene ofFlexistipes sinusarabici. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 78(2-3). 139–144. 10 indexed citations
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Amann, Rudolf, Wolfgang Ludwig, & Karl Heinz Schleifer. (1988).  -Subunit of ATP-synthase: a Useful Marker for Studying the Phylogenetic Relationship of Eubacteria. Microbiology. 134(10). 2815–2821. 32 indexed citations
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Amann, Rudolf, P. Sostak, Wolfgang Ludwig, & Karl Heinz Schleifer. (1988). Cloning and sequencing of genes encoding the beta subunits of the ATP-synthases fromEnterobacter aerogenesandFlavobacterium ferrugineum. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 50(2-3). 101–106. 9 indexed citations

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