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Christoph Bleidorn

Christoph Bleidorn

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
45
Citations
7909
World Ranking
4841
National Ranking
256

Christoph Bleidorn 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 Christoph Bleidorn sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 147 publications — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Christoph Bleidorn 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 Christoph Bleidorn sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Christoph Bleidorn is affiliated with the University of Göttingen in Germany. Their research spans several interconnected fields, primarily focusing on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Environmental Science.

Their work covers key subfields including Insect Science, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Ecology, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. The scientist's main topics of study include Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences, Insect and Pesticide Research, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, Plant and animal studies, Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies, and Marine Biology and Ecology Research.

Several recent papers highlight the breadth of their research interests and collaborations:

  • Urban areas as hotspots for bees and pollination but not a panacea for all insects (2020), published in Nature Communications
  • The era of reference genomes in conservation genomics (2022), published in Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • How genomics can help biodiversity conservation (2023), published in Trends in Genetics
  • Evolutionary dynamics of whole-body regeneration across planarian flatworms (2023), published in Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • A new primer pair for barcoding of bees (Hymenoptera: Anthophila) without amplifying the orthologous coxA gene of Wolbachia bacteria (2021), published in BMC Research Notes

Christoph Bleidorn has published multiple articles in notable venues, with frequent contributions to journals such as Trends in Genetics, BMC Research Notes, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Nature Communications, and Trends in Ecology & Evolution.

Frequent collaborators in their research include Martin Husemann, Giulio Formenti, Kathrin Theißinger, Carlos Fernandes, and Iliana Bista, each having coauthored three papers with Bleidorn.

Best Publications

  • Phylogenomic analyses unravel annelid evolution

    Torsten H. Struck;Christiane Paul;Natascha Hill;Stefanie Hartmann

  • The era of reference genomes in conservation genomics.

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  • Annelid phylogeny and the status of Sipuncula and Echiura

    Torsten H Struck;Torsten H Struck;Nancy Schult;Tiffany Kusen;Emily Hickman

  • Urban areas as hotspots for bees and pollination but not a panacea for all insects

    Panagiotis Theodorou;Panagiotis Theodorou;Rita Radzevičiūtė;Guillaume Lentendu;Guillaume Lentendu;Belinda Kahnt

  • Illuminating the Base of the Annelid Tree Using Transcriptomics

    Anne Weigert;Conrad Helm;Matthias Meyer;Birgit Nickel

  • A comprehensive analysis of bilaterian mitochondrial genomes and phylogeny.

    Matthias Bernt;Christoph Bleidorn;Anke Braband;Johannes Dambach

  • Third generation sequencing: technology and its potential impact on evolutionary biodiversity research

    Christoph Bleidorn

  • Current status of annelid phylogeny

    Anne Weigert;Christoph Bleidorn

  • Phylogenomic analysis of Apoidea sheds new light on the sister group of bees

    Manuela Sann;Manuela Sann;Oliver Niehuis;Ralph S. Peters;Christoph Mayer

  • Platyzoan Paraphyly Based on Phylogenomic Data Supports a Noncoelomate Ancestry of Spiralia

    Torsten Hugo Struck;Alexandra Rebecca Wey-Fabrizius;Anja Golombek;Lars Hering

  • New insights into polychaete phylogeny (Annelida) inferred from 18S rDNA sequences.

    Christoph Bleidorn;Lars Vogt;Thomas Bartolomaeus

  • The Evolution of Annelids Reveals Two Adaptive Routes to the Interstitial Realm

    Torsten Hugo Struck;Anja Golombek;Anne Weigert;Franziska Anni Franke;Franziska Anni Franke

  • Phylogenomic analyses uncover origin and spread of the Wolbachia pandemic.

    Michael Gerth;Marie-Theres Gansauge;Anne Weigert;Christoph Bleidorn

  • Evolution of mitochondrial gene order in Annelida.

    Anne Weigert;Anja Golombek;Michael Gerth;Francine Schwarz

  • Comparative genomics provides a timeframe for Wolbachia evolution and exposes a recent biotin synthesis operon transfer

    Michael Gerth;Christoph Bleidorn

  • The First Venomous Crustacean Revealed by Transcriptomics and Functional Morphology: Remipede Venom Glands Express a Unique Toxin Cocktail Dominated by Enzymes and a Neurotoxin

    Björn M von Reumont;Alexander Blanke;Sandy Richter;Fernando A Alvarez

  • Mitochondrial Genome and Nuclear Sequence Data Support Myzostomida As Part of the Annelid Radiation

    Christoph Bleidorn;Igor Eeckhaut;Lars Podsiadlowski;Nancy Schult

  • A polychaete's powerful punch: venom gland transcriptomics of Glycera reveals a complex cocktail of toxin homologs

    Björn M. von Reumont;Lahcen I. Campbell;Sandy Richter;Lars Hering

  • A contribution to sedentary polychaete phylogeny using 18S rRNA sequence data

    C. Bleidorn;L. Vogt;T. Bartolomaeus

  • A critical re-evaluation of multilocus sequence typing (MLST) efforts in Wolbachia.

    Christoph Bleidorn;Christoph Bleidorn;Michael Gerth

  • BaitFisher: A Software Package for Multispecies Target DNA Enrichment Probe Design

    Christoph Mayer;Manuela Sann;Alexander Donath;Martin Meixner

  • Mitochondrial sequence data expose the putative cosmopolitan polychaete Scoloplos armiger (Annelida, Orbiniidae) as a species complex

    Christoph Bleidorn;Christoph Bleidorn;Inken Kruse;Sylvia Albrecht;Sylvia Albrecht;Thomas Bartolomaeus

  • The complete mitochondrial genome of the orbiniid polychaete Orbinia latreillii (Annelida, Orbiniidae)--A novel gene order for Annelida and implications for annelid phylogeny.

    Christoph Bleidorn;Lars Podsiadlowski;Thomas Bartolomaeus

Frequent Co-Authors

Ralph Tiedemann
Ralph Tiedemann University of Potsdam
Kenneth M. Halanych
Kenneth M. Halanych University of North Carolina Wilmington
Burkhard Morgenstern
Burkhard Morgenstern University of Göttingen
Martin Plath
Martin Plath Universidade de São Paulo
Peter F. Stadler
Peter F. Stadler Leipzig University
Klaus Henle
Klaus Henle Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Karen Meusemann
Karen Meusemann University of Freiburg
Joachim Selbig
Joachim Selbig Max Planck Society
Matthias Meyer
Matthias Meyer Max Planck Society
Bernhard Misof
Bernhard Misof Universität Hamburg

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