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Andreas Vilcinskas

Andreas Vilcinskas

D-Index & Metrics

Microbiology

D-Index
79
Citations
23962
World Ranking
1211
National Ranking
76

Andreas Vilcinskas publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Microbiology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Andreas Vilcinskas sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 371 publications — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

Andreas Vilcinskas D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Microbiology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Andreas Vilcinskas sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 79 D-Index — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

Overview

Andreas Vilcinskas is affiliated with the University of Giessen in Germany. Their research encompasses a variety of topics within agricultural and biological sciences as well as biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. The main areas of focus include insect science, genetics, molecular biology, microbiology, and pharmacology.

The scientist's work covers several key topics such as:

  • Insect and pesticide research
  • Venomous animal envenomation and studies
  • Antimicrobial peptides and activities
  • Insect and arachnid ecology and behavior
  • Insect utilization and effects
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
  • Insect resistance and genetics

Vilcinskas has contributed frequently to several publication venues including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Toxins
  • Insects
  • Toxicon
  • Viruses

Their recent papers reflect diverse interests within entomology and microbiology, such as:

  • "Enhanced genome assembly and a new official gene set for Tribolium castaneum" (2020), published in BMC Genomics
  • "The biology and evolution of spider venoms" (2021), published in Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • "The insect antimicrobial peptide cecropin A disrupts uropathogenic Escherichia coli biofilms" (2020), published in npj Biofilms and Microbiomes
  • "In Vitro Evaluation of Antimicrobial Peptides from the Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia Illucens) against a Selection of Human Pathogens" (2022), published in Microbiology Spectrum
  • "The gut and feed residue microbiota changing during the rearing of Hermetia illucens larvae" (2020), published in Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

Collaboration plays an important role in Vilcinskas's research. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Tim Lüddecke
  • Till F. Schäberle
  • Kornelia Hardes
  • André Billion
  • Sabine Hurka

Best Publications

  • Genome Sequence of the Pea Aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum

    Stephen Richards;Richard A. Gibbs;Nicole M. Gerardo;Nancy Moran

  • The genome of the model beetle and pest Tribolium castaneum.

    Stephen Richards;Richard A. Gibbs;George M. Weinstock;Susan J. Brown

  • Antimicrobial peptides: The ancient arm of the human immune system

    Jochen Wiesner;Andreas Vilcinskas

  • Cultivation of an obligate acidophilic ammonia oxidizer from a nitrifying acid soil

    Laura E. Lehtovirta-Morley;Kilian Stoecker;Andreas Vilcinskas;James I. Prosser

  • Immunity and other defenses in pea aphids, Acyrthosiphon pisum

    Nicole M Gerardo;Boran Altincicek;Caroline Anselme;Caroline Anselme;Hagop Atamian

  • Molecular traces of alternative social organization in a termite genome

    Nicolas Terrapon;Nicolas Terrapon;Cai Li;Hugh M. Robertson;Lu Ji

  • Immunity in lepidopteran insects.

    Haobo Jiang;Andreas Vilcinskas;Michael R. Kanost

  • Evolution of insect olfactory receptors

    Christine Missbach;Hany Km Dweck;Heiko Vogel;Andreas Vilcinskas

  • Nutritional immunology: Diversification and diet-dependent expression of antimicrobial peptides in the black soldier fly Hermetia illucens.

    Heiko Vogel;Ariane Müller;David G. Heckel;Herwig Gutzeit

  • A comprehensive transcriptome and immune-gene repertoire of the lepidopteran model host Galleria mellonella

    Heiko Vogel;Boran Altincicek;Gernot Glöckner;Andreas Vilcinskas

  • Galleria mellonella as a Model System for Studying Listeria Pathogenesis

    Krishnendu Mukherjee;Boran Altincicek;Torsten Hain;Eugen Domann

  • Diversity, evolution and medical applications of insect antimicrobial peptides

    Eleftherios Mylonakis;Lars Podsiadlowski;Maged Muhammed;Andreas Vilcinskas

  • Fungi as elicitors of insect immune responses

    Jeremy P. Gillespie;Andy M. Bailey;Ben Cobb;Andreas Vilcinskas

  • Beetle immunity: Identification of immune-inducible genes from the model insect Tribolium castaneum.

    Boran Altincicek;Eileen Knorr;Andreas Vilcinskas

  • Multifaceted biological insights from a draft genome sequence of the tobacco hornworm moth, Manduca sexta

    Michael R. Kanost;Estela L. Arrese;Xiaolong Cao;Yun Ru Chen

  • More than a colour change: insect melanism, disease resistance and fecundity.

    I. M. Dubovskiy;M. M. A. Whitten;V. Y. Kryukov;O. N. Yaroslavtseva

  • Insect antimicrobial peptides show potentiating functional interactions against Gram-negative bacteria.

    Mohammad Rahnamaeian;Małgorzata Cytryńska;Agnieszka Zdybicka-Barabas;Kristin Dobslaff

  • Can Insects Develop Resistance to Insect Pathogenic Fungi

    Ivan M. Dubovskiy;Miranda M. A. Whitten;Olga N. Yaroslavtseva;Carolyn Greig

  • Host-Derived Extracellular Nucleic Acids Enhance Innate Immune Responses, Induce Coagulation, and Prolong Survival upon Infection in Insects

    Boran Altincicek;Sabine Stötzel;Malgorzata Wygrecka;Klaus T. Preissner

  • Sustainable farming of the mealworm Tenebrio molitor for the production of food and feed.

    Thorben Grau;Andreas Vilcinskas;Andreas Vilcinskas;Gerrit Joop

  • Cloning and expression of gallerimycin, an antifungal peptide expressed in immune response of greater wax moth larvae, Galleria mellonella

    Berit Schuhmann;Volkhard Seitz;Andreas Vilcinskas;Lars Podsiadlowski

  • The maternal transfer of bacteria can mediate trans-generational immune priming in insects

    Dalial Freitak;Henrike Schmidtberg;Franziska Dickel;Günther Lochnit

Frequent Co-Authors

Heiko Vogel
Heiko Vogel Max Planck Society
Rainer Fischer
Rainer Fischer Purdue University West Lafayette
David G. Heckel
David G. Heckel Max Planck Society
Hans Brückner
Hans Brückner University of Giessen
Karl-Heinz Kogel
Karl-Heinz Kogel University of Giessen
Kristian Fog Nielsen
Kristian Fog Nielsen Technical University of Denmark
Ulf Thrane
Ulf Thrane Technical University of Denmark
Hermann Voglmayr
Hermann Voglmayr University of Vienna
Mario Stanke
Mario Stanke University of Greifswald
Eleftherios Mylonakis
Eleftherios Mylonakis Houston Methodist

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