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Florian M. Steiner

Florian M. Steiner

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Ecology and Evolution 35 7328 7085 58 56 157 5468

Florian M. Steiner publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Florian M. Steiner between 2001 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Florian M. Steiner published across 25 years, from 2001 to 2025, averaging 6.6 papers a year. Output peaked at 16 publications in 2021. 12 of the 166 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2001 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 16. Peak 16 publications in 2021. 2001: 1 publication 2002: 5 publications 2003: 3 publications 2004: 4 publications 2005: 7 publications 2006: 9 publications 2007: 7 publications 2008: 6 publications 2009: 3 publications 2010: 4 publications 2011: 6 publications 2012: 5 publications 2013: 3 publications 2014: 4 publications 2015: 8 publications 2016: 6 publications 2017: 9 publications 2018: 7 publications 2019: 12 publications 2020: 10 publications 2021: 16 publications 2022: 10 publications 2023: 9 publications 2024: 1 publication 2025: 11 publications
2001 2025

166 publications in total across all disciplines

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Florian M. Steiner: publications per year, 2001 to 2025
Year Publications
2001 1
2002 5
2003 3
2004 4
2005 7
2006 9
2007 7
2008 6
2009 3
2010 4
2011 6
2012 5
2013 3
2014 4
2015 8
2016 6
2017 9
2018 7
2019 12
2020 10
2021 16
2022 10
2023 9
2024 1
2025 11
Total 166
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Florian M. 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 Florian M. Steiner sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 100 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 37–41 to 531+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 333. Most scientists, 333, have 97–101 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 157–161 publications, is where this scientist sits. 37–41 publications: 2 scientists 42–46 publications: 9 scientists 47–51 publications: 10 scientists 52–56 publications: 31 scientists 57–61 publications: 56 scientists 62–66 publications: 91 scientists 67–71 publications: 92 scientists 72–76 publications: 127 scientists 77–81 publications: 173 scientists 82–86 publications: 236 scientists 87–91 publications: 227 scientists 92–96 publications: 240 scientists 97–101 publications: 333 scientists 102–106 publications: 280 scientists 107–111 publications: 300 scientists 112–116 publications: 285 scientists 117–121 publications: 305 scientists 122–126 publications: 287 scientists 127–131 publications: 278 scientists 132–136 publications: 289 scientists 137–141 publications: 273 scientists 142–146 publications: 262 scientists 147–151 publications: 246 scientists 152–156 publications: 235 scientists 157–161 publications: 205 scientists 162–166 publications: 199 scientists 167–171 publications: 174 scientists 172–176 publications: 164 scientists 177–181 publications: 173 scientists 182–186 publications: 189 scientists 187–191 publications: 170 scientists 192–196 publications: 139 scientists 197–201 publications: 128 scientists 202–206 publications: 117 scientists 207–211 publications: 115 scientists 212–216 publications: 107 scientists 217–221 publications: 124 scientists 222–226 publications: 81 scientists 227–231 publications: 82 scientists 232–236 publications: 85 scientists 237–241 publications: 75 scientists 242–246 publications: 66 scientists 247–251 publications: 81 scientists 252–256 publications: 69 scientists 257–261 publications: 70 scientists 262–266 publications: 55 scientists 267–271 publications: 64 scientists 272–276 publications: 49 scientists 277–281 publications: 48 scientists 282–286 publications: 44 scientists 287–291 publications: 45 scientists 292–296 publications: 36 scientists 297–301 publications: 39 scientists 302–306 publications: 38 scientists 307–311 publications: 30 scientists 312–316 publications: 34 scientists 317–321 publications: 25 scientists 322–326 publications: 22 scientists 327–331 publications: 28 scientists 332–336 publications: 30 scientists 337–341 publications: 22 scientists 342–346 publications: 30 scientists 347–351 publications: 26 scientists 352–356 publications: 22 scientists 357–361 publications: 29 scientists 362–366 publications: 21 scientists 367–371 publications: 12 scientists 372–376 publications: 18 scientists 377–381 publications: 17 scientists 382–386 publications: 13 scientists 387–391 publications: 21 scientists 392–396 publications: 13 scientists 397–401 publications: 10 scientists 402–406 publications: 15 scientists 407–411 publications: 8 scientists 412–416 publications: 9 scientists 417–421 publications: 8 scientists 422–426 publications: 4 scientists 427–431 publications: 10 scientists 432–436 publications: 10 scientists 437–441 publications: 5 scientists 442–446 publications: 4 scientists 447–451 publications: 10 scientists 452–456 publications: 2 scientists 457–461 publications: 4 scientists 462–466 publications: 7 scientists 467–471 publications: 7 scientists 472–476 publications: 6 scientists 477–481 publications: 6 scientists 482–486 publications: 3 scientists 487–491 publications: 3 scientists 492–496 publications: 4 scientists 497–501 publications: 4 scientists 502–506 publications: 8 scientists 507–511 publications: 5 scientists 512–516 publications: 4 scientists 517–521 publications: 5 scientists 522–526 publications: 4 scientists 527–530 publications: 5 scientists 531+ publications: 100 scientists
37–41 publications 531+

This scientist: 157 publications — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Ecology and Evolution scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 8,381 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
37–41 2
42–46 9
47–51 10
52–56 31
57–61 56
62–66 91
67–71 92
72–76 127
77–81 173
82–86 236
87–91 227
92–96 240
97–101 333
102–106 280
107–111 300
112–116 285
117–121 305
122–126 287
127–131 278
132–136 289
137–141 273
142–146 262
147–151 246
152–156 235
157–161 205 157
162–166 199
167–171 174
172–176 164
177–181 173
182–186 189
187–191 170
192–196 139
197–201 128
202–206 117
207–211 115
212–216 107
217–221 124
222–226 81
227–231 82
232–236 85
237–241 75
242–246 66
247–251 81
252–256 69
257–261 70
262–266 55
267–271 64
272–276 49
277–281 48
282–286 44
287–291 45
292–296 36
297–301 39
302–306 38
307–311 30
312–316 34
317–321 25
322–326 22
327–331 28
332–336 30
337–341 22
342–346 30
347–351 26
352–356 22
357–361 29
362–366 21
367–371 12
372–376 18
377–381 17
382–386 13
387–391 21
392–396 13
397–401 10
402–406 15
407–411 8
412–416 9
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422–426 4
427–431 10
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437–441 5
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447–451 10
452–456 2
457–461 4
462–466 7
467–471 7
472–476 6
477–481 6
482–486 3
487–491 3
492–496 4
497–501 4
502–506 8
507–511 5
512–516 4
517–521 5
522–526 4
527–530 5
531+ 100
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Florian M. 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 Florian M. Steiner sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150 200 250
Bar chart with 92 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 121+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 280. Most scientists, 280, have 40 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 35 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 95 scientists 31 D-Index: 123 scientists 32 D-Index: 191 scientists 33 D-Index: 245 scientists 34 D-Index: 252 scientists 35 D-Index: 244 scientists 36 D-Index: 249 scientists 37 D-Index: 244 scientists 38 D-Index: 254 scientists 39 D-Index: 254 scientists 40 D-Index: 280 scientists 41 D-Index: 274 scientists 42 D-Index: 266 scientists 43 D-Index: 233 scientists 44 D-Index: 248 scientists 45 D-Index: 208 scientists 46 D-Index: 201 scientists 47 D-Index: 213 scientists 48 D-Index: 207 scientists 49 D-Index: 172 scientists 50 D-Index: 209 scientists 51 D-Index: 199 scientists 52 D-Index: 153 scientists 53 D-Index: 169 scientists 54 D-Index: 163 scientists 55 D-Index: 148 scientists 56 D-Index: 120 scientists 57 D-Index: 146 scientists 58 D-Index: 137 scientists 59 D-Index: 140 scientists 60 D-Index: 104 scientists 61 D-Index: 119 scientists 62 D-Index: 118 scientists 63 D-Index: 99 scientists 64 D-Index: 77 scientists 65 D-Index: 100 scientists 66 D-Index: 86 scientists 67 D-Index: 83 scientists 68 D-Index: 75 scientists 69 D-Index: 94 scientists 70 D-Index: 57 scientists 71 D-Index: 68 scientists 72 D-Index: 59 scientists 73 D-Index: 63 scientists 74 D-Index: 66 scientists 75 D-Index: 60 scientists 76 D-Index: 42 scientists 77 D-Index: 49 scientists 78 D-Index: 39 scientists 79 D-Index: 37 scientists 80 D-Index: 43 scientists 81 D-Index: 41 scientists 82 D-Index: 45 scientists 83 D-Index: 34 scientists 84 D-Index: 40 scientists 85 D-Index: 35 scientists 86 D-Index: 55 scientists 87 D-Index: 24 scientists 88 D-Index: 24 scientists 89 D-Index: 30 scientists 90 D-Index: 23 scientists 91 D-Index: 25 scientists 92 D-Index: 27 scientists 93 D-Index: 27 scientists 94 D-Index: 13 scientists 95 D-Index: 23 scientists 96 D-Index: 12 scientists 97 D-Index: 14 scientists 98 D-Index: 19 scientists 99 D-Index: 16 scientists 100 D-Index: 14 scientists 101 D-Index: 5 scientists 102 D-Index: 21 scientists 103 D-Index: 16 scientists 104 D-Index: 10 scientists 105 D-Index: 7 scientists 106 D-Index: 7 scientists 107 D-Index: 7 scientists 108 D-Index: 6 scientists 109 D-Index: 9 scientists 110 D-Index: 11 scientists 111 D-Index: 12 scientists 112 D-Index: 9 scientists 113 D-Index: 7 scientists 114 D-Index: 3 scientists 115 D-Index: 8 scientists 116 D-Index: 5 scientists 117 D-Index: 11 scientists 118 D-Index: 4 scientists 119 D-Index: 2 scientists 120 D-Index: 5 scientists 121+ D-Index: 100 scientists
30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 35 D-Index — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Ecology and Evolution scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 8,381 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 95
31 123
32 191
33 245
34 252
35 244 35
36 249
37 244
38 254
39 254
40 280
41 274
42 266
43 233
44 248
45 208
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101 5
102 21
103 16
104 10
105 7
106 7
107 7
108 6
109 9
110 11
111 12
112 9
113 7
114 3
115 8
116 5
117 11
118 4
119 2
120 5
121+ 100
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Overview

Florian M. Steiner is affiliated with the University of Innsbruck in Austria, focusing research efforts predominantly in Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Environmental Science. Their work bridges multiple subfields including Genetics, Insect Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Social Psychology.

Their research topics cover a range of areas related to insect and arachnid ecology and behavior, plant and animal studies, genetic diversity and population structure, as well as insect utilization and effects. Additional thematic interests include animal behavior and reproduction, insect and pesticide research, and animal and plant science education.

Steiner's publication record includes recent papers such as:

  • The Core Gut Microbiome of Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens) Larvae Raised on Low-Bioburden Diets, 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Selective sweeps on novel and introgressed variation shape mimicry loci in a butterfly adaptive radiation, 2020, PLoS Biology
  • 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

Frequent co-authors in their work include Birgit C. Schlick-Steiner, Wolfgang Arthofer, Thomas Klammsteiner, Carina D. Heussler, and Heribert Insam.

Steiner publishes often in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), The Science of The Total Environment, Österreichische Gesellschaft für Entomofaunistik (OEGEF), Frontiers in Microbiology, and Nature Communications, reflecting a consistent presence in journals and platforms relevant to biology, ecology, and environmental research.

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

  • Selective sweeps on novel and introgressed variation shape mimicry loci in a butterfly adaptive radiation.

    Markus Moest;Markus Moest;Steven M. Van Belleghem;Steven M. Van Belleghem;Jennifer E. James;Jennifer E. James;Camilo Salazar

  • Molecular Ecology Resources Primer Development Consortium

    D. Aurelle;E. V. Zquez;Doukary Abdoullaye;Cecilia Agostini

  • 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

Birgit C. Schlick-Steiner
Birgit C. Schlick-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
Marco Pautasso
Marco Pautasso European Food Safety Authority
Ary A. Hoffmann
Ary A. Hoffmann University of Melbourne
Heribert Insam
Heribert Insam University of Innsbruck
Marcos Tavares
Marcos Tavares Universidade de São Paulo

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