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Antje Boetius

Antje Boetius

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Earth Science
Germany
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
92
Citations
36066
World Ranking
2187
National Ranking
155

Antje Boetius publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Antje Boetius sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 803 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Antje Boetius D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Antje Boetius sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 72 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 92 D-Index — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in Germany Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Earth Science in Germany Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Earth Science in Germany Leader Award
  • 2016 - Member of the European Academy of Sciences
  • 2014 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • 2009 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Earth Sciences
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Antje Boetius is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany and focuses on research intersecting environmental science and earth and planetary sciences. Their work spans several subfields, including ecology, environmental chemistry, oceanography, atmospheric science, and mechanics of materials.

Their principal scientific interests involve methane hydrates and related phenomena, microbial community ecology and physiology, marine and coastal ecosystems, marine biology and ecology research, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, and genomics and phylogenetic studies.

Frequent coauthors in their research collaborations include Christina Bienhold, Katja Metfies, Matthias Wietz, Gunter Wegener, and Wilken-Jon von Appen.

Their research has appeared in various publication venues, with multiple contributions to:

  • Nature Communications
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • The ISME Journal

Some recent papers authored or coauthored by Antje Boetius include:

  • Comparison of Two 16S rRNA Primers (V3-V4 and V4-V5) for Studies of Arctic Microbial Communities, 2021, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Effects of a deep-sea mining experiment on seafloor microbial communities and functions after 26 years, 2020, Science Advances
  • Comparative genomics reveals electron transfer and syntrophic mechanisms differentiating methanotrophic and methanogenic archaea, 2022, PLoS Biology
  • Diversity and metabolism of Woeseiales bacteria, global members of marine sediment communities, 2020, The ISME Journal
  • " Candidatus Ethanoperedens," a Thermophilic Genus of Archaea Mediating the Anaerobic Oxidation of Ethane, 2020, mBio

Throughout their career, Antje Boetius has been recognized by various scientific organizations. Awards and honors include:

  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences (2016)
  • Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU) (2014)
  • German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina - Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften, recognized in Earth Sciences (2009)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Best Publications

  • A marine microbial consortium apparently mediating anaerobic oxidation of methane

    Antje Boetius;Katrin Ravenschlag;Carsten J. Schubert;Dirk Rickert

  • Scientists' Warning to Humanity: Microorganisms and Climate Change

    Ricardo Cavicchioli;William J. Ripple;Kenneth N. Timmis;Farooq Azam

  • Anaerobic Oxidation of Methane: Progress with an Unknown Process

    Katrin Knittel;Antje Boetius

  • The anaerobic oxidation of methane: new insights in microbial ecology and biogeochemistry.

    K. Hinrichs;Antje Boetius

  • Microbial reefs in the Black Sea fueled by anaerobic oxidation of methane

    Walter Michaelis;Richard Seifert;Katja Nauhaus;Tina Treude

  • Diversity and distribution of methanotrophic archaea at cold seeps.

    Katrin Knittel;Tina Lösekann;Antje Boetius;Antje Boetius;Renate Kort

  • Novel microbial communities of the Haakon Mosby mud volcano and their role as a methane sink

    Helge Niemann;Helge Niemann;Tina Lösekann;Dirk de Beer;Marcus Elvert;Marcus Elvert

  • Feast and famine - microbial life in the deep-sea bed.

    Bo Barker Jørgensen;Antje Boetius;Antje Boetius

  • Global patterns of bacterial beta-diversity in seafloor and seawater ecosystems.

    Lucie Zinger;Linda A. Amaral-Zettler;Jed A. Fuhrman;M. Claire Horner-Devine

  • The anaerobic oxidation of methane and sulfate reduction in sediments from Gulf of Mexico cold seeps

    Samantha B Joye;Antje Boetius;Antje Boetius;Antje Boetius;Beth N Orcutt;Joseph P Montoya

  • Seafloor oxygen consumption fuelled by methane from cold seeps

    Antje Boetius;Antje Boetius;Frank Wenzhöfer

  • Intercellular wiring enables electron transfer between methanotrophic archaea and bacteria

    Gunter Wegener;Gunter Wegener;Viola Krukenberg;Dietmar Riedel;Halina E. Tegetmeyer

  • In vitro demonstration of anaerobic oxidation of methane coupled to sulphate reduction in sediment from a marine gas hydrate area.

    Katja Nauhaus;Antje Boetius;Antje Boetius;Antje Boetius;Martin Krüger;Friedrich Widdel

  • Export of Algal Biomass from the Melting Arctic Sea Ice

    Antje Boetius;Sebastian Albrecht;Karel Bakker;Christina Bienhold

  • Microbial ecology of the cryosphere: sea ice and glacial habitats

    Antje Boetius;Alexandre M B Anesio;Jody W. Deming;Jill A. Mikucki

  • Anaerobic oxidation of methane above gas hydrates at Hydrate Ridge, NE Pacific Ocean

    Tina Treude;Antje Boetius;Katrin Knittel;Klaus Wallmann

  • Diversity and Abundance of Aerobic and Anaerobic Methane Oxidizers at the Haakon Mosby Mud Volcano, Barents Sea

    Tina Lösekann;Katrin Knittel;Thierry Nadalig;Bernhard Fuchs

  • Methane discharge from a deep-sea submarine mud volcano into the upper water column by gas hydrate-coated methane bubbles

    Eberhard J. Sauter;Sergey I. Muyakshin;Jean-Luc Charlou;Michael Schlüter

  • Global Patterns and Predictions of Seafloor Biomass Using Random Forests

    Chih-Lin Wei;Gilbert T. Rowe;Elva Escobar-Briones;Antje Boetius

  • Environmental regulation of the anaerobic oxidation of methane: a comparison of ANME‐I and ANME‐II communities

    Katja Nauhaus;Tina Treude;Tina Treude;Antje Boetius;Antje Boetius;Antje Boetius;Martin Krüger

Frequent Co-Authors

Frank Wenzhöfer
Frank Wenzhöfer Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology
Alban Ramette
Alban Ramette University of Bern
Katrin Knittel
Katrin Knittel Max Planck Society
Dirk de Beer
Dirk de Beer Max Planck Society
Helge Niemann
Helge Niemann Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
Gunter Wegener
Gunter Wegener Max Planck Society
Tina Treude
Tina Treude University of California, Los Angeles
Thomas Soltwedel
Thomas Soltwedel Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Marcus Elvert
Marcus Elvert University of Bremen
Eva-Maria Nöthig
Eva-Maria Nöthig Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research

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