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Bernd Schierwater 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 Bernd Schierwater sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 141 publications — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Bernd Schierwater 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 Bernd Schierwater sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 52 D-Index — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Bernd Schierwater is affiliated with the University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation in Germany. Their research work mainly falls within the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on Molecular Biology, Paleontology, and Ecology as notable subfields.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics including Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology, Planarian Biology and Electrostimulation, Parasite Biology and Host Interactions, Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks, Photoreceptor and Optogenetics research, Cellular transport and secretion, and Cephalopods and Marine Biology.

Frequent coauthors in their publications include Luís Aragón, Mohan Babu, Ronald Berezney, Hannah Correia, and Thomas Cremer.

The venues where Bernd Schierwater has most frequently published include BioEssays, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, Science Advances, Cell, and Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology.

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Bernd Schierwater are:

  • Ancient and conserved functional interplay between Bcl-2 family proteins in the mitochondrial pathway of apoptosis, 2020, Science Advances
  • Stepwise emergence of the neuronal gene expression program in early animal evolution, 2023, Cell
  • Morphological Characters Can Strongly Influence Early Animal Relationships Inferred from Phylogenomic Data Sets, 2020, Systematic Biology
  • The enigmatic Placozoa part 1: Exploring evolutionary controversies and poor ecological knowledge, 2021, BioEssays
  • Phylogenomics and the first higher taxonomy of Placozoa, an ancient and enigmatic animal phylum, 2022, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Best Publications

  • The magnitude of global marine species diversity

    Ward Appeltans;Shane T. Ahyong;Shane T. Ahyong;Gary Anderson;Martin V. Angel

  • The Trichoplax genome and the nature of placozoans

    Mansi Srivastava;Emina Begovic;Emina Begovic;Jarrod Chapman;Nicholas H. Putnam;Nicholas H. Putnam

  • Medusozoan Phylogeny and Character Evolution Clarified by New Large and Small Subunit rDNA Data and an Assessment of the Utility of Phylogenetic Mixture Models

    Allen Gilbert Collins;Peter Schuchert;Antonio Carlos Marques;Thomas Jankowski

  • Class-level relationships in the phylum Cnidaria: evidence from mitochondrial genome structure.

    Diane Bridge;Clifford W. Cunningham;Bernd Schierwater;Rob Desalle

  • Character-based DNA barcoding allows discrimination of genera, species and populations in Odonata

    J. Rach;Rob DeSalle;Indra Neil Sarkar;B. Schierwater

  • Mitochondrial genome of Trichoplax adhaerens supports Placozoa as the basal lower metazoan phylum

    Stephen L. Dellaporta;Anthony Xu;Sven Sagasser;Wolfgang Jakob

  • Concatenated analysis sheds light on early metazoan evolution and fuels a modern "urmetazoon" hypothesis.

    Bernd Schierwater;Michael Eitel;Wolfgang Jakob;Hans-Jürgen Osigus

  • Deep metazoan phylogeny: When different genes tell different stories

    Tetyana Nosenko;Fabian Schreiber;Maja Adamska;Marcin Adamski

  • The hypoxia-inducible transcription factor pathway regulates oxygen sensing in the simplest animal, Trichoplax adhaerens.

    Christoph Loenarz;Mathew L Coleman;Anna Boleininger;Bernd Schierwater

  • Genetic aspects of mitochondrial genome evolution.

    Matthias Bernt;Anke Braband;Bernd Schierwater;Bernd Schierwater;Peter F. Stadler

  • A comprehensive analysis of bilaterian mitochondrial genomes and phylogeny.

    Matthias Bernt;Christoph Bleidorn;Anke Braband;Johannes Dambach

  • Retinal cryptochrome in a migratory passerine bird: a possible transducer for the avian magnetic compass.

    Andrea Möller;Sven Sagasser;Wolfgang Wiltschko;Bernd Schierwater

  • My favorite animal, Trichoplax adhaerens

    Bernd Schierwater;Bernd Schierwater

  • Axial patterning and diversification in the cnidaria predate the Hox system.

    Kai Kamm;Bernd Schierwater;Bernd Schierwater;Wolfgang Jakob;Stephen L. Dellaporta

  • Placozoa Are Not Derived Cnidarians: Evidence from Molecular Morphology

    Andrea Ender;Bernd Schierwater

  • The Trox-2 Hox/ParaHox gene of Trichoplax (Placozoa) marks an epithelial boundary

    Wolfgang Jakob;Sven Sagasser;Stephen Dellaporta;Peter Holland

  • Molecular Approaches to Ecology and Evolution

    Rob DeSalle;Bernd Schierwater

  • RAPD identification of microsatellites in Daphnia

    A. Ender;K. Schwenk;T. Städler;B. Streit

  • An automated phylogenetic key for classifying homeoboxes

    I Neil Sarkar;Joseph W Thornton;Paul J Planet;David H Figurski

  • An integrative approach to species discovery in odonates: from character‐based DNA barcoding to ecology

    Sandra Damm;Bernd Schierwater;Heike Hadrys

Frequent Co-Authors

Rob DeSalle
Rob DeSalle American Museum of Natural History
Stephen L. Dellaporta
Stephen L. Dellaporta Yale University
Allen Gilbert Collins
Allen Gilbert Collins National Museum of Natural History
Peter F. Stadler
Peter F. Stadler Leipzig University
Leo W. Buss
Leo W. Buss Yale University
Daniel S. Rokhsar
Daniel S. Rokhsar University of California, Berkeley
Gert Wörheide
Gert Wörheide Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Bruno Streit
Bruno Streit Goethe University Frankfurt
Helmut Blum
Helmut Blum Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Gray A. Williams
Gray A. Williams University of Hong Kong

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