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Olaf R. P. Bininda-Emonds 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 Olaf R. P. Bininda-Emonds sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 118 publications — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Olaf R. P. Bininda-Emonds 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 Olaf R. P. Bininda-Emonds sits on this spectrum.

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70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Olaf R. P. Bininda-Emonds is affiliated with the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a notable focus on subfields including Ecology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Molecular Biology, Oceanography, and Environmental Chemistry.

The research topics they have contributed to include:

  • Protist diversity and phylogeny
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
  • Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology
  • Fish biology, ecology, and behavior
  • Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications

Frequent coauthors in their publications include Wilko H. Ahlrichs, Tanja Wilke, Julia R. Geppert, Pascal Buhani, and Katharina Al-Shamery.

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Olaf R. P. Bininda-Emonds cover various aspects of rotifer biology and nanoparticle effects in aquatic systems:

  • The evolution of Synchaetidae (Rotifera: Monogononta) with a focus on Synchaeta: An integrative approach combining molecular and morphological data, 2020, Journal of Zoological Systematics & Evolutionary Research
  • 18S rRNA variability maps reveal three highly divergent, conserved motifs within Rotifera, 2021, BMC Ecology and Evolution
  • Lethal effects and ultrastructure of cellular uptake of ingested gold nanoparticles in the freshwater rotifer Brachionus calyciflorus (Monogononta: Brachionidae), 2021, Environmental Pollution
  • Correction: 18S rRNA variability maps reveal three highly divergent, conserved motifs within Rotifera, 2023, BMC Ecology and Evolution

The primary publication venues where their work frequently appears are BMC Ecology and Evolution, Journal of Zoological Systematics & Evolutionary Research, and Environmental Pollution.

Best Publications

  • Considering evolutionary processes in conservation biology.

    Keith A. Crandall;Olaf R.P. Bininda-Emonds;Georgina M. Mace;Robert K. Wayne

  • The delayed rise of present-day mammals

    Olaf R. P. Bininda-Emonds;Olaf R. P. Bininda-Emonds;Marcel Cardillo;Kate E. Jones;Ross D. E. MacPhee

  • PanTHERIA: a species‐level database of life history, ecology, and geography of extant and recently extinct mammals

    Kate E. Jones;Jon Bielby;Marcel Cardillo;Susanne A. Fritz

  • Multiple Causes of High Extinction Risk in Large Mammal Species

    Marcel Cardillo;Georgina M. Mace;Kate E. Jones;Jon Bielby

  • How many bootstrap replicates are necessary

    Nicholas D Pattengale;Masoud Alipour;Olaf R P Bininda-Emonds;Bernard M E Moret

  • The Impact of Species Concept on Biodiversity Studies

    Paul‐Michael Agapow;Olaf R. P. Bininda‐Emonds;Keith A. Crandall;John L. Gittleman

  • Building large trees by combining phylogenetic information: a complete phylogeny of the extant Carnivora (Mammalia).

    Olaf R. P. Bininda-Emonds;John L. Gittleman;Andy Purvis

  • Geographical variation in predictors of mammalian extinction risk: big is bad, but only in the tropics

    Susanne A. Fritz;Olaf R. P. Bininda-Emonds;Andy Purvis

  • The fast-slow continuum in mammalian life history: An empirical reevaluation

    J. Bielby;G. M. Mace;O. R. P. Bininda‐Emonds;M. Cardillo

  • A phylogenetic supertree of the bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera).

    Kate E. Jones;Andy Purvis;Ann MacLARNON;Olaf R. P. Bininda-Emonds

  • Updating the evolutionary history of Carnivora (Mammalia): a new species-level supertree complete with divergence time estimates

    Katrin Nyakatura;Olaf R P Bininda-Emonds

  • How Many Bootstrap Replicates Are Necessary

    Nicholas D. Pattengale;Masoud Alipour;Olaf R. Bininda-Emonds;Bernard M. Moret

  • The evolution of supertrees.

    Olaf R.P. Bininda-Emonds

  • Phylogenetic Supertrees: Combining Information To Reveal The Tree Of Life

    Olaf R. P. Bininda-Emonds

  • The (Super)Tree of Life: Procedures, Problems, and Prospects

    Olaf R. P. Bininda-Emonds;John L. Gittleman;Mike A. Steel

  • A complete phylogeny of the whales, dolphins and even-toed hoofed mammals (Cetartiodactyla)

    Samantha A. Price;Olaf R. P. Bininda-Emonds;John L. Gittleman

  • Phylogeny and divergence of the pinnipeds (Carnivora: Mammalia) assessed using a multigene dataset

    Jeff W Higdon;Olaf R P Bininda-Emonds;Robin M D Beck;Steven H Ferguson

  • Correlates of substitution rate variation in mammalian protein-coding sequences

    John J Welch;John J Welch;Olaf R P Bininda-Emonds;Lindell Bromham;Lindell Bromham

  • Flight of the Dodo

    Beth Shapiro;Dean Sibthorpe;Andrew Rambaut;Jeremy J. Austin

  • Assessment of the accuracy of matrix representation with parsimony analysis supertree construction.

    Olaf R. P. Bininda-Emonds;Michael J. Sanderson

  • A species-level phylogenetic supertree of marsupials

    Marcel Cardillo;Olaf R. P. Bininda-Emonds;Elizabeth Boakes;Andy Purvis

  • Exploration strategies map along fast–slow metabolic and life-history continua in muroid rodents

    V. Careau;O. R. P. Bininda-Emonds;D. W. Thomas;D. Réale

  • Phylogenetic trees and the future of mammalian biodiversity

    T. Jonathan Davies;Susanne A. Fritz;Richard Grenyer;C. David L. Orme

Frequent Co-Authors

Andy Purvis
Andy Purvis Natural History Museum
John L. Gittleman
John L. Gittleman University of Georgia
Marcel Cardillo
Marcel Cardillo Australian National University
Kate E. Jones
Kate E. Jones University College London
Michael K. Richardson
Michael K. Richardson Leiden University
Christopher Shaw
Christopher Shaw King's College London
Georgina M. Mace
Georgina M. Mace University College London
Michael I. Coates
Michael I. Coates University of Chicago
Jon Bielby
Jon Bielby Liverpool John Moores University
Alexandros Stamatakis
Alexandros Stamatakis Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies

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