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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Microbiology 59 3241 2970 242 223 121 14712

Elke Genersch publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Elke Genersch between 1987 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Elke Genersch published across 40 years, from 1987 to 2026, averaging 3.5 papers a year. Output peaked at 10 publications in 2014. 7 of the 141 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
2 4 6 8 10
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1987 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 10. Peak 10 publications in 2014. 1987: 1 publication 1988: 1 publication 1989: 1 publication 1990: 0 publications 1991: 0 publications 1992: 0 publications 1993: 1 publication 1994: 0 publications 1995: 1 publication 1996: 1 publication 1997: 0 publications 1998: 2 publications 1999: 0 publications 2000: 2 publications 2001: 0 publications 2002: 0 publications 2003: 3 publications 2004: 4 publications 2005: 3 publications 2006: 7 publications 2007: 4 publications 2008: 5 publications 2009: 5 publications 2010: 9 publications 2011: 4 publications 2012: 6 publications 2013: 9 publications 2014: 10 publications 2015: 9 publications 2016: 5 publications 2017: 10 publications 2018: 6 publications 2019: 5 publications 2020: 4 publications 2021: 6 publications 2022: 2 publications 2023: 5 publications 2024: 3 publications 2025: 5 publications 2026: 2 publications
1987 2026

141 publications in total across all disciplines

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Elke Genersch: publications per year, 1987 to 2026
Year Publications
1987 1
1988 1
1989 1
1990 0
1991 0
1992 0
1993 1
1994 0
1995 1
1996 1
1997 0
1998 2
1999 0
2000 2
2001 0
2002 0
2003 3
2004 4
2005 3
2006 7
2007 4
2008 5
2009 5
2010 9
2011 4
2012 6
2013 9
2014 10
2015 9
2016 5
2017 10
2018 6
2019 5
2020 4
2021 6
2022 2
2023 5
2024 3
2025 5
2026 2
Total 141
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Elke Genersch 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 Elke Genersch sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150 200 250
Bar chart with 64 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 55–64 to 679+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 288. Most scientists, 288, have 135–144 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 115–124 publications, is where this scientist sits. 55–64 publications: 8 scientists 65–74 publications: 29 scientists 75–84 publications: 55 scientists 85–94 publications: 112 scientists 95–104 publications: 137 scientists 105–114 publications: 190 scientists 115–124 publications: 235 scientists 125–134 publications: 234 scientists 135–144 publications: 288 scientists 145–154 publications: 265 scientists 155–164 publications: 264 scientists 165–174 publications: 253 scientists 175–184 publications: 276 scientists 185–194 publications: 190 scientists 195–204 publications: 234 scientists 205–214 publications: 208 scientists 215–224 publications: 198 scientists 225–234 publications: 155 scientists 235–244 publications: 161 scientists 245–254 publications: 160 scientists 255–264 publications: 146 scientists 265–274 publications: 139 scientists 275–284 publications: 148 scientists 285–294 publications: 115 scientists 295–304 publications: 96 scientists 305–314 publications: 88 scientists 315–324 publications: 106 scientists 325–334 publications: 65 scientists 335–344 publications: 76 scientists 345–354 publications: 64 scientists 355–364 publications: 62 scientists 365–374 publications: 65 scientists 375–384 publications: 61 scientists 385–394 publications: 34 scientists 395–404 publications: 44 scientists 405–414 publications: 36 scientists 415–424 publications: 35 scientists 425–434 publications: 29 scientists 435–444 publications: 33 scientists 445–454 publications: 34 scientists 455–464 publications: 25 scientists 465–474 publications: 26 scientists 475–484 publications: 20 scientists 485–494 publications: 19 scientists 495–504 publications: 16 scientists 505–514 publications: 17 scientists 515–524 publications: 23 scientists 525–534 publications: 14 scientists 535–544 publications: 14 scientists 545–554 publications: 18 scientists 555–564 publications: 12 scientists 565–574 publications: 7 scientists 575–584 publications: 9 scientists 585–594 publications: 9 scientists 595–604 publications: 9 scientists 605–614 publications: 7 scientists 615–624 publications: 9 scientists 625–634 publications: 7 scientists 635–644 publications: 4 scientists 645–654 publications: 5 scientists 655–664 publications: 6 scientists 665–674 publications: 7 scientists 675–678 publications: 3 scientists 679+ publications: 99 scientists
55–64 publications 679+

This scientist: 121 publications — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Microbiology scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 5,513 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
55–64 8
65–74 29
75–84 55
85–94 112
95–104 137
105–114 190
115–124 235 121
125–134 234
135–144 288
145–154 265
155–164 264
165–174 253
175–184 276
185–194 190
195–204 234
205–214 208
215–224 198
225–234 155
235–244 161
245–254 160
255–264 146
265–274 139
275–284 148
285–294 115
295–304 96
305–314 88
315–324 106
325–334 65
335–344 76
345–354 64
355–364 62
365–374 65
375–384 61
385–394 34
395–404 44
405–414 36
415–424 35
425–434 29
435–444 33
445–454 34
455–464 25
465–474 26
475–484 20
485–494 19
495–504 16
505–514 17
515–524 23
525–534 14
535–544 14
545–554 18
555–564 12
565–574 7
575–584 9
585–594 9
595–604 9
605–614 7
615–624 9
625–634 7
635–644 4
645–654 5
655–664 6
665–674 7
675–678 3
679+ 99
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Elke Genersch 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 Elke Genersch sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 88 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40 to 127+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 162. Most scientists, 162, have 58 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 59 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40 D-Index: 30 scientists 41 D-Index: 86 scientists 42 D-Index: 90 scientists 43 D-Index: 117 scientists 44 D-Index: 122 scientists 45 D-Index: 123 scientists 46 D-Index: 108 scientists 47 D-Index: 110 scientists 48 D-Index: 106 scientists 49 D-Index: 109 scientists 50 D-Index: 129 scientists 51 D-Index: 111 scientists 52 D-Index: 116 scientists 53 D-Index: 127 scientists 54 D-Index: 134 scientists 55 D-Index: 134 scientists 56 D-Index: 112 scientists 57 D-Index: 136 scientists 58 D-Index: 162 scientists 59 D-Index: 151 scientists 60 D-Index: 139 scientists 61 D-Index: 123 scientists 62 D-Index: 126 scientists 63 D-Index: 144 scientists 64 D-Index: 109 scientists 65 D-Index: 103 scientists 66 D-Index: 124 scientists 67 D-Index: 112 scientists 68 D-Index: 103 scientists 69 D-Index: 131 scientists 70 D-Index: 94 scientists 71 D-Index: 93 scientists 72 D-Index: 96 scientists 73 D-Index: 92 scientists 74 D-Index: 80 scientists 75 D-Index: 66 scientists 76 D-Index: 87 scientists 77 D-Index: 60 scientists 78 D-Index: 73 scientists 79 D-Index: 59 scientists 80 D-Index: 57 scientists 81 D-Index: 55 scientists 82 D-Index: 47 scientists 83 D-Index: 77 scientists 84 D-Index: 50 scientists 85 D-Index: 45 scientists 86 D-Index: 42 scientists 87 D-Index: 41 scientists 88 D-Index: 32 scientists 89 D-Index: 38 scientists 90 D-Index: 35 scientists 91 D-Index: 34 scientists 92 D-Index: 27 scientists 93 D-Index: 26 scientists 94 D-Index: 33 scientists 95 D-Index: 22 scientists 96 D-Index: 37 scientists 97 D-Index: 22 scientists 98 D-Index: 21 scientists 99 D-Index: 22 scientists 100 D-Index: 30 scientists 101 D-Index: 16 scientists 102 D-Index: 20 scientists 103 D-Index: 17 scientists 104 D-Index: 19 scientists 105 D-Index: 16 scientists 106 D-Index: 19 scientists 107 D-Index: 18 scientists 108 D-Index: 14 scientists 109 D-Index: 10 scientists 110 D-Index: 9 scientists 111 D-Index: 7 scientists 112 D-Index: 11 scientists 113 D-Index: 6 scientists 114 D-Index: 15 scientists 115 D-Index: 10 scientists 116 D-Index: 12 scientists 117 D-Index: 7 scientists 118 D-Index: 10 scientists 119 D-Index: 10 scientists 120 D-Index: 11 scientists 121 D-Index: 2 scientists 122 D-Index: 7 scientists 123 D-Index: 12 scientists 124 D-Index: 5 scientists 125 D-Index: 9 scientists 126 D-Index: 6 scientists 127+ D-Index: 95 scientists
40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 59 D-Index — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Microbiology scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 5,513 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40 30
41 86
42 90
43 117
44 122
45 123
46 108
47 110
48 106
49 109
50 129
51 111
52 116
53 127
54 134
55 134
56 112
57 136
58 162
59 151 59
60 139
61 123
62 126
63 144
64 109
65 103
66 124
67 112
68 103
69 131
70 94
71 93
72 96
73 92
74 80
75 66
76 87
77 60
78 73
79 59
80 57
81 55
82 47
83 77
84 50
85 45
86 42
87 41
88 32
89 38
90 35
91 34
92 27
93 26
94 33
95 22
96 37
97 22
98 21
99 22
100 30
101 16
102 20
103 17
104 19
105 16
106 19
107 18
108 14
109 10
110 9
111 7
112 11
113 6
114 15
115 10
116 12
117 7
118 10
119 10
120 11
121 2
122 7
123 12
124 5
125 9
126 6
127+ 95
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Overview

Elke Genersch is affiliated with Freie Universität Berlin in Germany, specializing in research within the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work encompasses important subfields such as Insect Science, Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Immunology.

The scientist's research primarily focuses on topics related to insect and pesticide research, insect and arachnid ecology and behavior, plant and animal studies, mosquito-borne diseases and control, toxin mechanisms and immunotoxins, vector-borne infectious diseases, and bee products chemical analysis.

Several recent papers authored or co-authored by Elke Genersch illustrate the scope and direction of their scientific investigations:

  • Direct Evidence for Infection of Varroa destructor Mites with the Bee-Pathogenic Deformed Wing Virus Variant B, but Not Variant A, via Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization Analysis (2020, Journal of Virology)
  • Rapid Gastrointestinal Passage May Protect Bombus terrestris from Becoming a True Host for Nosema ceranae (2020, Applied and Environmental Microbiology)
  • Cold case: The disappearance of Egypt bee virus, a fourth distinct master strain of deformed wing virus linked to honeybee mortality in 1970's Egypt (2022, Virology Journal)
  • Significant, but not biologically relevant: Nosema ceranae infections and winter losses of honey bee colonies (2023, Communications Biology)
  • Development of a loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) and a direct LAMP for the specific detection of Nosema ceranae, a parasite of honey bees (2020, Parasitology Research)

Frequent collaborators in their research include Sebastian Gisder, Julia Ebeling, Lucas Lannutti, Josefine Göbel, and Lennart Horchler. These partnerships have resulted in repeated co-authorship, reflecting ongoing scientific cooperation.

Elke Genersch's publications appear most frequently in:

  • Tierärztliche Praxis Ausgabe G Großtiere / Nutztiere
  • Veterinary Sciences
  • Toxins
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Virology

Best Publications

  • The German bee monitoring project: a long term study to understand periodically high winter losses of honey bee colonies

    Elke Genersch;Werner von der Ohe;Hannes Kaatz;Annette Schroeder

  • Country-specific effects of neonicotinoid pesticides on honey bees and wild bees.

    B. A. Woodcock;J. M. Bullock;R. F. Shore;M. S. Heard

  • Deformed wing virus.

    Joachim R. de Miranda;Elke Genersch

  • Widespread dispersal of the microsporidian Nosema ceranae, an emergent pathogen of the western honey bee, Apis mellifera

    Julia Klee;Andrea M. Besana;Elke Genersch;Sebastian Gisder

  • American Foulbrood in honeybees and its causative agent, Paenibacillus larvae

    Elke Genersch

  • Honey bee pathology: current threats to honey bees and beekeeping.

    Elke Genersch

  • Standard methods for Nosema research

    Ingemar Fries;Marie-Pierre Chauzat;Yan-Ping Chen;Vincent Doublet

  • RT-PCR analysis of Deformed wing virus in honeybees (Apis mellifera) and mites (Varroa destructor)

    Constanze Yue;Elke Genersch

  • Reclassification of Paenibacillus larvae subsp. pulvifaciens and Paenibacillus larvae subsp. larvae as Paenibacillus larvae without subspecies differentiation

    Elke Genersch;Eva Forsgren;Jaana Pentikäinen;Ainura Ashiralieva

  • Emerging and re-emerging viruses of the honey bee (Apis mellifera L.)

    Elke Genersch;Michel Aubert

  • Deformed wing virus: replication and viral load in mites (Varroa destructor)

    Sebastian Gisder;Pia Aumeier;Elke Genersch

  • Honey bee colony losses and associated viruses

    Alexander J McMenamin;Elke Genersch

  • Standard methods for virus research in Apis mellifera

    Joachim R de Miranda;Lesley Bailey;Brenda V Ball;Philippe Blanchard

  • Varroosis – the Ongoing Crisis in Bee Keeping

    Otto Boecking;E. Genersch

  • Detection of Deformed wing virus, a honey bee viral pathogen, in bumble bees (Bombus terrestris and Bombus pascuorum) with wing deformities

    Elke Genersch;Constanze Yue;Ingemar Fries;Joachim R. de Miranda

  • Five-year cohort study of Nosema spp. in Germany: does climate shape virulence and assertiveness of Nosema ceranae?

    Sebastian Gisder;Kati Hedtke;Nadine Möckel;Marie-Charlotte Frielitz

  • Standard methods for molecular research in Apis mellifera

    Jay D Evans;Ryan S Schwarz;Yan Ping Chen;Giles Budge

  • Strain- and genotype-specific differences in virulence of Paenibacillus larvae subsp. larvae, a bacterial pathogen causing American foulbrood disease in honeybees.

    Elke Genersch;Ainura Ashiralieva;Ingemar Fries

  • Sustained ERK phosphorylation is necessary but not sufficient for MMP-9 regulation in endothelial cells: involvement of Ras-dependent and -independent pathways.

    E. Genersch;K. Hayess;Y. Neuenfeld;H. Haller

  • Vertical-transmission routes for deformed wing virus of honeybees (Apis mellifera)

    Constanze Yue;Marion Schröder;Sebastian Gisder;Elke Genersch

  • Short communication Detection of Deformed wing virus, a honey bee viral pathogen, in bumble bees (Bombus terrestris and Bombus pascuorum) with wing deformities

    Elke Genersch;Constanze Yue;Ingemar Fries;Joachim R. de Miranda

Frequent Co-Authors

Ingemar Fries
Ingemar Fries Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Robert J. Paxton
Robert J. Paxton Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Roderich D. Süssmuth
Roderich D. Süssmuth Technical University of Berlin
Joachim R. de Miranda
Joachim R. de Miranda Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Jay D. Evans
Jay D. Evans Agricultural Research Service
Herman S. Overkleeft
Herman S. Overkleeft Leiden University
Dan Hultmark
Dan Hultmark Umeå University
David W. Galbraith
David W. Galbraith University of Arizona
Yves Le Conte
Yves Le Conte INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Peter Ekblom
Peter Ekblom Lund University

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