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D-Index
32
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2129
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75

Heike Wägele publication distribution in Animal Science and Veterinary in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Animal Science and Veterinary in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Heike Wägele sits on this spectrum.

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29 publications 442+

This scientist: 103 publications — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 442 publications or more.

Heike Wägele D-index placement in Animal Science and Veterinary in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Animal Science and Veterinary scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Heike Wägele sits on this spectrum.

20 D-Index: 5 scientists 21 D-Index: 22 scientists 22 D-Index: 31 scientists 23 D-Index: 44 scientists 24 D-Index: 53 scientists 25 D-Index: 66 scientists 26 D-Index: 80 scientists 27 D-Index: 101 scientists 28 D-Index: 106 scientists 29 D-Index: 116 scientists 30 D-Index: 154 scientists 31 D-Index: 158 scientists 32 D-Index: 143 scientists 33 D-Index: 137 scientists 34 D-Index: 126 scientists 35 D-Index: 134 scientists 36 D-Index: 112 scientists 37 D-Index: 115 scientists 38 D-Index: 105 scientists 39 D-Index: 111 scientists 40 D-Index: 107 scientists 41 D-Index: 87 scientists 42 D-Index: 74 scientists 43 D-Index: 62 scientists 44 D-Index: 60 scientists 45 D-Index: 40 scientists 46 D-Index: 51 scientists 47 D-Index: 43 scientists 48 D-Index: 28 scientists 49 D-Index: 47 scientists 50 D-Index: 39 scientists 51 D-Index: 34 scientists 52 D-Index: 33 scientists 53 D-Index: 43 scientists 54 D-Index: 16 scientists 55 D-Index: 32 scientists 56 D-Index: 21 scientists 57 D-Index: 18 scientists 58 D-Index: 28 scientists 59 D-Index: 33 scientists 60 D-Index: 17 scientists 61 D-Index: 21 scientists 62 D-Index: 18 scientists 63 D-Index: 21 scientists 64 D-Index: 9 scientists 65 D-Index: 20 scientists 66 D-Index: 11 scientists 67 D-Index: 16 scientists 68 D-Index: 12 scientists 69 D-Index: 17 scientists 70 D-Index: 13 scientists 71 D-Index: 15 scientists 72 D-Index: 11 scientists 73 D-Index: 11 scientists 74 D-Index: 14 scientists 75 D-Index: 5 scientists 76 D-Index: 6 scientists 77+ D-Index: 100 scientists
20 D-Index 77+

This scientist: 32 D-Index — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 77 D-Index or more.

Overview

Heike Wägele is affiliated with the Leibniz Association in Germany and is active in research within the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work spans several subfields including Oceanography, Ecology, Ocean Engineering, Biotechnology, and Biomaterials.

The research primarily focuses on marine biology and ecology, particularly exploring marine sponges and natural products as well as marine biology and environmental chemistry. Some specific topics covered in their publications include:

  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry
  • Marine Sponges and Natural Products
  • Calcium Carbonate Crystallization and Inhibition
  • Marine and Coastal Plant Biology
  • Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis
  • Bone Tissue Engineering Materials

Heike Wägele has contributed to various peer-reviewed journals with notable publications including:

  • Selection of sponge-associated bacteria with high potential for the production of antibacterial compounds, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • First Study on Marine Heterobranchia (Gastropoda, Mollusca) in Bangka Archipelago, North Sulawesi, Indonesia, 2020, Diversity
  • Antibacterial scalarane from Doriprismatica stellata nudibranchs (Gastropoda, Nudibranchia), egg ribbons, and their dietary sponge Spongia cf. agaricina (Demospongiae, Dictyoceratida), 2020, Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • Transcriptomics provides a robust framework for the relationships of the major clades of cladobranch sea slugs (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Heterobranchia), but fails to resolve the position of the enigmatic genus Embletonia, 2021, BMC Ecology and Evolution
  • Metabolome of the Phyllidiella pustulosa Species Complex (Nudibranchia, Heterobranchia, Gastropoda) Reveals Rare Dichloroimidic Sesquiterpene Derivatives from a Phylogenetically Distinct and Undescribed Clade, 2020, Journal of Natural Products

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Gabriele M. König
  • Adelfia Papu
  • Stefan Kehraus
  • Wencke Krings
  • Charlotte Neumann

Heike Wägele publishes regularly in notable scientific venues such as:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Diversity
  • Organisms Diversity & Evolution
  • Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • BMC Ecology and Evolution

Best Publications

  • Reconstruction of the phylogeny of the opisthobranchia (Mollusca:Gastropoda) by means of 18S and 28S rRNA gene sequences

    Verena Vonnemann;Michael Schrödl;Annette Klussmann-Kolb;Heike Wägele

  • Comparative morphology and evolution of the cnidosac in Cladobranchia (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia: Nudibranchia).

    Jessica A. Goodheart;Sabrina Bleidißel;Dorothee Schillo;Ellen E. Strong

  • Defensive strategies of Cladobranchia (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia)

    Annika Putz;Gabriele M. König;Heike Wägele

  • On the anatomy and zoogeography of Tritoniella belli Eliot, 1907 (Opisthobranchia, Nudibranchia) and the synonymy of T. sinuata Eliot, 1907

    Heike Wägele

  • Revision of the Antarctic genus Notaeolidia (Gastropoda, Nudibranchia), with a description of a new species

    Heike Wägele

  • Description of a New Notaspidean Genus and Species (Opisthobranchia: Notaspidea) from the Antarctic Ocean

    Heike Wägele;Stefan Hain

  • Studies on the morphology and anatomy of the Antarctic nudibranch genera Pseudotritonia Thiele, 1912 and Telarma Odhner, 1934 with a discussion of the family Charcotiidae Odhner, 1926 (Nudibranchia: Opisthobranchia)

    Heike Wägele

  • Redescription and anatomy of Aegires (Anaegires) albus Thiele, 1912 (Opisthobranchia, Doridacea) and synonymy with A. protectus Odhner, 1934

    Heike Wägele

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