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Karl Crailsheim

Karl Crailsheim

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
62
Citations
11982
World Ranking
10938
National Ranking
103

Karl Crailsheim 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 Karl Crailsheim sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 196 publications — 48th percentile

48% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Karl Crailsheim 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 Karl Crailsheim sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 62 D-Index — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Karl Crailsheim is affiliated with the University of Graz in Austria. Their research primarily focuses on agricultural and biological sciences, with notable contributions in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Crailsheim's work encompasses the study of plant and animal interactions, insect and arachnid ecology and behavior, as well as insect and pesticide research.

The scientist's subfields of study include ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, genetics, and insect science. This diverse expertise supports a range of investigations in the biology of honey bees and their environment.

Crailsheim has been involved in multiple research publications, frequently publishing in these venues:

  • Insects
  • Apidologie
  • Frontiers in Physiology
  • Journal of Experimental Biology
  • Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology)

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Karl Crailsheim include:

  • "CSI Pollen: Diversity of Honey Bee Collected Pollen Studied by Citizen Scientists," 2021, published in Insects
  • "You are what you eat: relative importance of diet, gut microbiota and nestmates for honey bee, Apis mellifera, worker health," 2021, published in Apidologie
  • "Flight performance of pollen starved honey bees and incomplete compensation through ingestion after early life pollen deprivation," 2022, published in Frontiers in Physiology
  • "Prisoners receive food fit for a queen: honeybees feed small hive beetles protein-rich glandular secretions through trophallaxis," 2020, published in Journal of Experimental Biology
  • "Predator-prey interaction between drones of Apis mellifera carnica and insectivorous birds," 2022, published by Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology)

The researcher collaborates frequently with other scientists including Robert Brodschneider, Gina Retschnig, Elfriede Kalcher-Sommersguter, Sabrina Kuchling, and Vincent Dietemann. Crailsheim's studies often address honey bee health, ecology, and behavior, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach involving physiology, genetics, and environmental factors.

Best Publications

  • Nutrition and health in honey bees

    Robert Brodschneider;Karl Crailsheim

  • Pollen consumption and utilization in worker honeybees (Apis mellifera carnica): Dependence on individual age and function

    K. Crailsheim;L.H.W. Schneider;N. Hrassnigg;G. Bühlmann

  • Managed honey bee colony losses in Canada, China, Europe, Israel and Turkey, for the winters of 2008–9 and 2009–10

    Romee van der Zee;Lennard Pisa;Sreten Andonov;Robert Brodschneider

  • The protein balance of the honey bee worker.

    K. Crailsheim

  • Physiology of protein digestion in the midgut of the honeybee (Apis mellifera L.)

    Berta Moritz;Karl Crailsheim

  • The flow of jelly within a honeybee colony

    Karl Crailsheim

  • Endothermic heat production in honeybee winter clusters

    Anton Stabentheiner;Helga Pressl;Thomas Papst;Norbert Hrassnigg

  • Influence of diet, age and colony condition upon intestinal proteolytic activity and size of the hypopharyngeal glands in the honeybee (Apis mellifera L.)

    Karl Crailsheim;Elisabeth Stolberg

  • Standard methods for behavioural studies of Apis mellifera

    Ricarda Scheiner;Charles I Abramson;Robert Brodschneider;Karl Crailsheim

  • Cannibalism and early capping: strategy of honeybee colonies in times of experimental pollen shortages.

    T. Schmickl;K. Crailsheim

  • Adaptation of hypopharyngeal gland development to the brood status of honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) colonies

    Norbert Hrassnigg;Karl Crailsheim

  • Standard methods for artificial rearing of Apis mellifera larvae

    Karl Crailsheim;Robert Brodschneider;Pierrick Aupinel;Dieter Behrens

  • Trophallactic interactions in the adult honeybee (Apis mellifera L.)

    Karl Crailsheim

  • Modelling seasonal effects of temperature and precipitation on honey bee winter mortality in a temperate climate

    Matthew Switanek;Karl Crailsheim;Heimo Truhetz;Robert Brodschneider

  • Trans-generational immune priming in honeybees

    Javier Hernández López;Wolfgang Schuehly;Karl Crailsheim;Ulrike Riessberger-Gallé

  • Interadult feeding of jelly in honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) colonies

    Karl Crailsheim

  • Drifting of honeybees

    K. J. Pfeiffer;K. Crailsheim

  • How honeybees ( Apis mellifera L.) change their broodcare behaviour in response to non-foraging conditions and poor pollen conditions

    T. Schmickl;K. Crailsheim

  • Sensitization to Hymenoptera venoms is common, but systemic sting reactions are rare

    Gunter J. Sturm;Bettina Kranzelbinder;Christian Schuster;Eva M. Sturm

  • Surveys as a tool to record winter losses of honey bee colonies: a two year case study in Austria and South Tyrol

    Robert Brodschneider;Rudolf Moosbeckhofer;Karl Crailsheim

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter J. Neumann
Peter J. Neumann University of Bern
Charlotte K. Hemelrijk
Charlotte K. Hemelrijk University of Groningen
Christian Walter Werner Pirk
Christian Walter Werner Pirk University of Pretoria
Bjørn Dahle
Bjørn Dahle Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Werner Aberer
Werner Aberer University of Graz
Heinz-Jürgen Thiel
Heinz-Jürgen Thiel University of Giessen
Randolf Menzel
Randolf Menzel Freie Universität Berlin
Edward Rockenstein
Edward Rockenstein University of California, San Diego
Elke Genersch
Elke Genersch Freie Universität Berlin
Paolo Dario
Paolo Dario Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies

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