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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
45
Citations
9595
World Ranking
19063
National Ranking
1304

Ernst A. Wimmer publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 107 publications — 7th percentile

7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ernst A. Wimmer 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 Ernst A. Wimmer sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Ernst A. Wimmer is affiliated with the University of Göttingen in Germany. The research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Within these broad areas, the scientist has focused on subfields such as Molecular Biology, Insect Science, Plant Science, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Genetics.

The research topics covered by Ernst A. Wimmer include:

  • Insect Resistance and Genetics
  • Insect behavior and control techniques
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • Insect Utilization and Effects
  • Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects
  • Insect and Pesticide Research
  • Insect-Plant Interactions and Control

Ernst A. Wimmer has contributed to several publications in notable venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • BMC Genomics
  • Trends in Biotechnology
  • EFSA Journal
  • Critical Reviews in Biotechnology
  • Scientific Reports

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Ernst A. Wimmer include:

  • Enhanced genome assembly and a new official gene set for Tribolium castaneum, 2020, BMC Genomics
  • Adequacy and sufficiency evaluation of existing EFSA guidelines for the molecular characterisation, environmental risk assessment and post-market environmental monitoring of genetically modified insects containing engineered gene drives, 2020, EFSA Journal
  • Potential use of gene drive modified insects against disease vectors, agricultural pests and invasive species poses new challenges for risk assessment, 2021, Critical Reviews in Biotechnology
  • Adult neurogenesis in the mushroom bodies of red flour beetles (Tribolium castaneum, Herbst) is influenced by the olfactory environment, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Gene Drive-Modified Organisms: Developing Practical Risk Assessment Guidance, 2020, Trends in Biotechnology

Frequent collaborators of Ernst A. Wimmer include:

  • Stefan Dippel
  • Hassan M. M. Ahmed
  • Sabrina Lehmann
  • Gregor Bucher
  • Fabien Nogué

Best Publications

  • The genome of the model beetle and pest Tribolium castaneum.

    Stephen Richards;Richard A. Gibbs;George M. Weinstock;Susan J. Brown

  • Transgenic anopheline mosquitoes impaired in transmission of a malaria parasite

    Junitsu Ito;Anil Kumar Ghosh;Luciano A. Moreira;Ernst A. Wimmer

  • A universal marker for transgenic insects.

    Andreas J. Berghammer;Martin Klingler;Ernst A. Wimmer

  • A versatile vector set for animal transgenesis.

    Carsten Horn;E. A. Wimmer

  • Highly sensitive, fluorescent transformation marker for Drosophila transgenesis.

    Carsten Horn;Brigitte Jaunich;Ernst A. Wimmer

  • Efficient transformation of the yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti using the piggyBac transposable element vector pBac[3xP3-EGFP afm].

    V. Kokoza;A. Ahmed;E.A. Wimmer;A.S. Raikhel

  • piggyBac-based insertional mutagenesis and enhancer detection as a tool for functional insect genomics.

    Carsten Horn;Nils Offen;Sverker Nystedt;Udo Häcker

  • Fluorescent transformation markers for insect transgenesis.

    Carsten Horn;Bernhard G.M. Schmid;Frank S. Pogoda;Ernst A. Wimmer

  • A Drosophila homologue of human Sp1 is a head-specific segmentation gene

    Ernst A. Wimmer;Herbert Jäckle;Christine Pfeifle;Stephen M. Cohen

  • A transgene-based, embryo-specific lethality system for insect pest management.

    Carsten Horn;Ernst A. Wimmer

  • The whole genome sequence of the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann), reveals insights into the biology and adaptive evolution of a highly invasive pest species

    Alexie Papanicolaou;Marc F. Schetelig;Peter Arensburger;Peter W. Atkinson

  • The iBeetle large-scale RNAi screen reveals gene functions for insect development and physiology

    Christian Schmitt-Engel;Dorothea Schultheis;Jonas Schwirz;Nadi Ströhlein

  • The red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum (Coleoptera): a model for studies of development and pest biology.

    Susan J. Brown;Teresa D. Shippy;Sherry Miller;Renata Bolognesi

  • Consequences of resistance evolution in a Cas9-based sex conversion-suppression gene drive for insect pest management.

    Mohammad KaramiNejadRanjbar;Kolja N Eckermann;Kolja N Eckermann;Hassan M M Ahmed;Héctor M Sánchez C

  • Conditional embryonic lethality to improve the sterile insect technique in Ceratitis capitata (Diptera: Tephritidae)

    Marc F Schetelig;Marc F Schetelig;Carlos Caceres;Antigone Zacharopoulou;Gerald Franz

  • Tissue-specific transcriptomics, chromosomal localization, and phylogeny of chemosensory and odorant binding proteins from the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum reveal subgroup specificities for olfaction or more general functions

    Stefan Dippel;Georg Oberhofer;Jörg Kahnt;Lizzy Gerischer

  • Male sex in houseflies is determined by Mdmd , a paralog of the generic splice factor gene CWC22 .

    Akash Sharma;Akash Sharma;Svenia D. Heinze;Yanli Wu;Yanli Wu;Tea Kohlbrenner

  • piggyBac-based insertional mutagenesis in the presence of stably integrated P elements in Drosophila

    Udo Häcker;Sverker Nystedt;Mojgan Padash Barmchi;Carsten Horn

  • Genetic transformation of the housefly Musca domestica with the lepidopteran derived transposon piggyBac.

    M. Hediger;M. Niessen;E. A. Wimmer;A. Dübendorfer

  • Functionality of the GAL4/UAS system in Tribolium requires the use of endogenous core promoters.

    Johannes B Schinko;Johannes B Schinko;Markus Weber;Ivana Viktorinova;Alexandros Kiupakis

Frequent Co-Authors

Herbert Jäckle
Herbert Jäckle Max Planck Society
Claude Desplan
Claude Desplan New York University
Mario Stanke
Mario Stanke University of Greifswald
Susan J. Brown
Susan J. Brown Kansas State University
Siegfried Roth
Siegfried Roth University of Cologne
Stephen M. Cohen
Stephen M. Cohen University of Copenhagen
Evgeny M. Zdobnov
Evgeny M. Zdobnov Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
Hugh M. Robertson
Hugh M. Robertson University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Donna M. Muzny
Donna M. Muzny Baylor College of Medicine
Richard A. Gibbs
Richard A. Gibbs Baylor College of Medicine

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