2026 Ernst A. Wimmer: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	45	19072	17482	1304	1214	107	9595

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

1550
Citations
Transgenic anopheline mosquitoes impaired in transmission of a malaria parasite

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

852
Citations
A universal marker for transgenic insects.

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

474
Citations
A versatile vector set for animal transgenesis.

Carsten Horn;E. A. Wimmer

409
Citations
Highly sensitive, fluorescent transformation marker for Drosophila transgenesis.

Carsten Horn;Brigitte Jaunich;Ernst A. Wimmer

352
Citations
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

212
Citations
piggyBac-based insertional mutagenesis and enhancer detection as a tool for functional insect genomics.

Carsten Horn;Nils Offen;Sverker Nystedt;Udo Häcker

202
Citations
Fluorescent transformation markers for insect transgenesis.

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

195
Citations
A Drosophila homologue of human Sp1 is a head-specific segmentation gene

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

191
Citations
A transgene-based, embryo-specific lethality system for insect pest management.

Carsten Horn;Ernst A. Wimmer

190
Citations
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

180
Citations
The iBeetle large-scale RNAi screen reveals gene functions for insect development and physiology

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

159
Citations
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

155
Citations
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

152
Citations
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

151
Citations
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

140
Citations
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

140
Citations
piggyBac-based insertional mutagenesis in the presence of stably integrated P elements in Drosophila

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

129
Citations
Genetic transformation of the housefly Musca domestica with the lepidopteran derived transposon piggyBac.

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

127
Citations
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

123
Citations