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Birgit C. Schlick-Steiner

Birgit C. Schlick-Steiner

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
34
Citations
5356
World Ranking
7555
National Ranking
61

Birgit C. Schlick-Steiner publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Birgit C. Schlick-Steiner sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 159 publications — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Birgit C. Schlick-Steiner D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Birgit C. Schlick-Steiner sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 34 D-Index — 11th percentile

11% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Birgit C. Schlick-Steiner is affiliated with the University of Innsbruck in Austria. Their research contributions cover several fields, prominently within Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Environmental Science.

Their work spans multiple subfields including Genetics, Insect Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology, and Social Psychology. This multidisciplinary approach is evident in their focus on topics such as Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, Plant and animal studies, Genetic diversity and population structure, Insect Utilization and Effects, Animal and Plant Science Education, Insect and Pesticide Research, and Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences.

Frequent coauthors in their research include Florian M. Steiner, Wolfgang Arthofer, Thomas Klammsteiner, Carina D. Heussler, and Heribert Insam.

They have published extensively in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Österreichische Gesellschaft für Entomofaunistik (OEGEF), The Science of The Total Environment, Frontiers in Microbiology, and Nature Communications.

Selected recent papers demonstrate the scope of their research contributions:

  • "The Core Gut Microbiome of Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens) Larvae Raised on Low-Bioburden Diets" (2020), Frontiers in Microbiology
  • "Convergent evolution of wingless reproductives across all subfamilies of ants, and sporadic loss of winged queens (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)" (2023), Österreichische Gesellschaft für Entomofaunistik (OEGEF)
  • "Long-term isolation of European steppe outposts boosts the biome's conservation value" (2020), Nature Communications
  • "Impact of Processed Food (Canteen and Oil Wastes) on the Development of Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens) Larvae and Their Gut Microbiome Functions" (2021), Frontiers in Microbiology
  • "Congruent evolutionary responses of European steppe biota to late Quaternary climate change" (2022), Nature Communications

Best Publications

  • Integrative Taxonomy: A Multisource Approach to Exploring Biodiversity

    Birgit C. Schlick-Steiner;Florian M. Steiner;Bernhard Seifert;Christian Stauffer

  • A multidisciplinary approach reveals cryptic diversity in Western Palearctic Tetramorium ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).

    Birgit C. Schlick-Steiner;Florian M. Steiner;Karl Moder;Bernhard Seifert

  • Without morphology, cryptic species stay in taxonomic crypsis following discovery

    Birgit C. Schlick-Steiner;Birgit C. Schlick-Steiner;Bernhard Seifert;Christian Stauffer;Erhard Christian

  • The Core Gut Microbiome of Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens) Larvae Raised on Low-Bioburden Diets.

    Thomas Klammsteiner;Andreas Walter;Tajda Bogataj;Carina D Heussler

  • The evolution of invasiveness in garden ants.

    Sylvia Cremer;Sylvia Cremer;Line V. Ugelvig;Line V. Ugelvig;Falko P. Drijfhout;Birgit C. Schlick-Steiner

  • Combined modelling of distribution and niche in invasion biology: a case study of two invasive Tetramorium ant species

    Florian M. Steiner;Florian M. Steiner;Birgit C. Schlick-Steiner;Birgit C. Schlick-Steiner;Jeremy VanDerWal;Keefe D. Reuther

  • Photography-based taxonomy is inadequate, unnecessary, and potentially harmful for biological sciences

    Luis M.P. Ceríaco;Luis M.P. Ceríaco;Eliécer E. Gutiérrez;Eliécer E. Gutiérrez;Alain Dubois;Cristian Simón Abdala

  • Light at the end of the tunnel: Integrative taxonomy delimits cryptic species in the Tetramorium caespitum complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

    Herbert C. Wagner;Wolfgang Arthofer;Bernhard Seifert;Cristoph Muster

  • Evidence for a recent horizontal transmission and spatial spread of Wolbachia from endemic Rhagoletis cerasi (Diptera: Tephritidae) to invasive Rhagoletis cingulata in Europe.

    Hannes Schuler;Coralie Bertheau;Scott P Egan;Jeffrey L Feder

  • Specificity and transmission mosaic of ant nest-wall fungi

    Birgit C. Schlick-Steiner;Florian M. Steiner;Heino Konrad;Bernhard Seifert

  • Stable N-isotope signatures of central European ants – assessing positions in a trophic gradient

    Konrad Fiedler;Franziska Kuhlmann;B. C. Schlick-Steiner;F. M. Steiner

  • Predator complex of the horse chestnut leafminer Cameraria ohridella: identification and impact assessment

    G. Grabenweger;P. Kehrli;P. Kehrli;B. Schlick-Steiner;F. Steiner

  • No sympatric speciation here: multiple data sources show that the ant Myrmica microrubra is not a separate species but an alternate reproductive morph of Myrmica rubra

    F. M. Steiner;B. C. Schlick-Steiner;H. Konrad;K. Moder

  • The hitchhiker's guide to Europe: the infection dynamics of an ongoing Wolbachia invasion and mitochondrial selective sweep in Rhagoletis cerasi.

    Hannes Schuler;Hannes Schuler;Hannes Schuler;Kirsten Köppler;Sabine Daxböck-Horvath;Bilal Rasool;Bilal Rasool;Bilal Rasool

  • Assessing ant assemblages: pitfall trapping versus nest counting (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

    B. C. Schlick-Steiner;F. M. Steiner;K. Moder;A. Bruckner

  • Impact of Processed Food (Canteen and Oil Wastes) on the Development of Black Soldier Fly ( Hermetia illucens ) Larvae and Their Gut Microbiome Functions.

    Thomas Klammsteiner;Andreas Walter;Tajda Bogataj;Carina D Heussler

  • Host specificity revisited: New data on Myrmica host ants of the lycaenid butterfly Maculinea rebeli

    Florian M. Steiner;Marcin Sielezniew;Birgit C. Schlick-Steiner;Helmut Höttinger

  • A multisource solution for a complex problem in biodiversity research: Description of the cryptic ant species Tetramorium alpestre sp.n. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

    Florian M. Steiner;Bernhard Seifert;Karl Moder;Birgit C. Schlick-Steiner

  • Long-term isolation of European steppe outposts boosts the biome’s conservation value

    Philipp Kirschner;Eliška Záveská;Alexander Gamisch;Alexander Gamisch;Andreas Hilpold

  • A butterfly’s chemical key to various ant forts: intersection-odour or aggregate-odour multi-host mimicry?

    Birgit C. Schlick-Steiner;Florian M. Steiner;Helmut Höttinger;Alexej Nikiforov

  • Influence of three artificial light sources on oviposition and half-life of the Black Soldier Fly, Hermetia illucens (Diptera: Stratiomyidae): Improving small-scale indoor rearing.

    Carina D. Heussler;Andreas Walter;Hannes Oberkofler;Heribert Insam

Frequent Co-Authors

Florian M. Steiner
Florian M. Steiner University of Innsbruck
Christian Stauffer
Christian Stauffer BOKU University
Bernhard Seifert
Bernhard Seifert American Museum of Natural History
Ross H. Crozier
Ross H. Crozier James Cook University
Xavier Espadaler
Xavier Espadaler Autonomous University of Barcelona
Benoit Guénard
Benoit Guénard University of Hong Kong
Markus Riegler
Markus Riegler Western Sydney University
Marco Pautasso
Marco Pautasso European Food Safety Authority
Peter Schönswetter
Peter Schönswetter University of Innsbruck
Heribert Insam
Heribert Insam University of Innsbruck

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