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Gerhard Scholtz publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gerhard Scholtz sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 150 publications — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Gerhard Scholtz 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 Gerhard Scholtz sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 14th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Gerhard Scholtz is affiliated with Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin in Germany. Their research focuses primarily on various aspects of marine biology, molecular biology, and related fields.

They have contributed to several recent publications, including:

  • Eocarcinus praecursor Withers, 1932 (Malacostraca, Decapoda, Meiura) is a stem group brachyuran, 2020, Arthropod Structure & Development
  • Phylogenomic Resolution of Sea Spider Diversification through Integration of Multiple Data Classes, 2020, Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • The sea spider Pycnogonum litorale overturns the paradigm of the absence of axial regeneration in molting animals, 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • A postlarval instar of Phoxichilidium femoratum (Pycnogonida, Phoxichilidiidae) with an exceptional malformation, 2020, Journal of Morphology
  • Phylogenomic resolution of sea spider diversification through integration of multiple data classes, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

The scientist has frequently published in the following venues:

  • Arthropod Structure & Development
  • Journal of Morphology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Molecular Biology and Evolution

Gerhard Scholtz collaborates regularly with several coauthors, including:

  • Georg Brenneis
  • Karina Frankowski
  • Laura Maaß
  • Barbara S. Beltz
  • Alexander Steinbrecht

The main subfields of study covered in their research include:

  • Oceanography
  • Molecular Biology
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Aquatic Science
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience

The key topics explored in Gerhard Scholtz's work are:

  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Echinoderm biology and ecology
  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Ichthyology and Marine Biology
  • Identification and Quantification in Food
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Marine Ecology and Invasive Species

Best Publications

  • Phylogenetic systematics of the reptantian Decapoda (Crustacea, Malacostraca)

    Gerhard Scholtz;Stefan Richter

  • Invertebrate neurophylogeny: suggested terms and definitions for a neuroanatomical glossary

    Stefan Richter;Rudi Loesel;Günter Purschke;Andreas Schmidt-Rhaesa

  • The evolution of arthropod heads: reconciling morphological, developmental and palaeontological evidence.

    Gerhard Scholtz;Gregory D. Edgecombe

  • Ecology: Parthenogenesis in an outsider crayfish

    Gerhard Scholtz;Anke Braband;Laura Tolley;André Reimann

  • The Articulata hypothesis – or what is a segment?

    Gerhard Scholtz

  • Development of the nervous system in the "head" of Limulus polyphemus (Chelicerata: Xiphosura): morphological evidence for a correspondence between the segments of the chelicerae and of the (first) antennae of Mandibulata.

    Beate Mittmann;Gerhard Scholtz

  • Mitogenomic analysis of decapod crustacean phylogeny corroborates traditional views on their relationships

    Hong Shen;Anke Braband;Gerhard Scholtz

  • Life stages and reproductive components of the Marmorkrebs (marbled crayfish), the first parthenogenetic decapod crustacean.

    Günter Vogt;Laura Tolley;Gerhard Scholtz

  • The enigmatic Marmorkrebs (marbled crayfish) is the parthenogenetic form of Procambarus fallax (Hagen, 1870)

    Peer Martin;Nathan J. Dorn;Tadashi Kawai;Craig van der Heiden

  • Heads, Hox and the phylogenetic position of trilobites

    Gerhard Scholtz;Gregory Edgecombe

  • Evolution of the nauplius stage in malacostracan crustaceans

    G. Scholtz

  • Cleavage, germ band formation and head segmentation: the ground pattern of the Euarthropoda

    G. Scholtz

  • The parthenogenetic Marmorkrebs (marbled crayfish) produces genetically uniform offspring

    Peer Martin;Klaus Kohlmann;Gerhard Scholtz

  • Conserved and convergent organization in the optic lobes of insects and isopods, with reference to other crustacean taxa.

    Irina Sinakevitch;J. K. Douglass;G. Scholtz;R. Loesel

  • Serially homologous engrailed stripes are generated via different cell lineages in the germ band of amphipod crustaceans (Malacostraca, Peracarida).

    G Scholtz;N H Patel;W Dohle

  • Distal-less expression in embryos of Limulus polyphemus (Chelicerata, Xiphosura) and Lepisma saccharina (Insecta, Zygentoma) suggests a role in the development of mechanoreceptors, chemoreceptors, and the CNS.

    Beate Mittmann;Gerhard Scholtz

  • Phylogenetic relationships within the Phyllopoda (Crustacea, Branchiopoda) based on mitochondrial and nuclear markers.

    Anke Braband;Stefan Richter;Rudolf Hiesel;Gerhard Scholtz

  • Regular articlePhylogenetic systematics of the reptantian Decapoda (Crustacea, Malacostraca)

    Gerhard Scholtz;Stefan Richter

  • The book lungs of Scorpiones and Tetrapulmonata (Chelicerata, Arachnida): evidence for homology and a single terrestrialisation event of a common arachnid ancestor.

    Gerhard Scholtz;Carsten Kamenz

  • Stages and other aspects of the embryology of the parthenogenetic Marmorkrebs (Decapoda, Reptantia, Astacida)

    Frederike Alwes;Gerhard Scholtz

Frequent Co-Authors

Andreas Hejnol
Andreas Hejnol Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Jørgen E. Olesen
Jørgen E. Olesen Aarhus University
Torsten Schubert
Torsten Schubert Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Jens T. Høeg
Jens T. Høeg University of Copenhagen
H. Arthur Woods
H. Arthur Woods University of Montana
Gregory D. Edgecombe
Gregory D. Edgecombe Natural History Museum
Gerhard Franz
Gerhard Franz Technical University of Berlin
Ward C. Wheeler
Ward C. Wheeler American Museum of Natural History
D. Christopher Rogers
D. Christopher Rogers Northeastern State University
Gary C. B. Poore
Gary C. B. Poore Museums Victoria

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