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2023

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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Environmental Sciences 72 1499 1424 104 102 338 18359
Biology and Biochemistry 71 6651 6137 476 451 332 17914

Ralf Schulz publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Ralf Schulz between 1995 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Ralf Schulz published across 32 years, from 1995 to 2026, averaging 12.3 papers a year. Output peaked at 26 publications in 2023. 23 of the 395 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20 25
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1995 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 26. Peak 26 publications in 2023. 1995: 1 publication 1996: 2 publications 1997: 1 publication 1998: 3 publications 1999: 6 publications 2000: 3 publications 2001: 14 publications 2002: 10 publications 2003: 11 publications 2004: 12 publications 2005: 17 publications 2006: 10 publications 2007: 5 publications 2008: 1 publication 2009: 8 publications 2010: 5 publications 2011: 21 publications 2012: 17 publications 2013: 22 publications 2014: 14 publications 2015: 23 publications 2016: 23 publications 2017: 18 publications 2018: 13 publications 2019: 21 publications 2020: 22 publications 2021: 19 publications 2022: 12 publications 2023: 26 publications 2024: 12 publications 2025: 19 publications 2026: 4 publications
1995 2026

395 publications in total across all disciplines

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Ralf Schulz: publications per year, 1995 to 2026
Year Publications
1995 1
1996 2
1997 1
1998 3
1999 6
2000 3
2001 14
2002 10
2003 11
2004 12
2005 17
2006 10
2007 5
2008 1
2009 8
2010 5
2011 21
2012 17
2013 22
2014 14
2015 23
2016 23
2017 18
2018 13
2019 21
2020 22
2021 19
2022 12
2023 26
2024 12
2025 19
2026 4
Total 395
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Ralf Schulz publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ralf Schulz sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 66 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 41–50 to 690+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 617. Most scientists, 617, have 121–130 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 331–340 publications, is where this scientist sits. 41–50 publications: 21 scientists 51–60 publications: 62 scientists 61–70 publications: 133 scientists 71–80 publications: 257 scientists 81–90 publications: 361 scientists 91–100 publications: 440 scientists 101–110 publications: 492 scientists 111–120 publications: 541 scientists 121–130 publications: 617 scientists 131–140 publications: 544 scientists 141–150 publications: 541 scientists 151–160 publications: 539 scientists 161–170 publications: 444 scientists 171–180 publications: 444 scientists 181–190 publications: 400 scientists 191–200 publications: 377 scientists 201–210 publications: 318 scientists 211–220 publications: 282 scientists 221–230 publications: 263 scientists 231–240 publications: 220 scientists 241–250 publications: 217 scientists 251–260 publications: 180 scientists 261–270 publications: 181 scientists 271–280 publications: 155 scientists 281–290 publications: 130 scientists 291–300 publications: 127 scientists 301–310 publications: 130 scientists 311–320 publications: 85 scientists 321–330 publications: 106 scientists 331–340 publications: 80 scientists 341–350 publications: 83 scientists 351–360 publications: 75 scientists 361–370 publications: 69 scientists 371–380 publications: 52 scientists 381–390 publications: 54 scientists 391–400 publications: 56 scientists 401–410 publications: 44 scientists 411–420 publications: 40 scientists 421–430 publications: 36 scientists 431–440 publications: 25 scientists 441–450 publications: 25 scientists 451–460 publications: 32 scientists 461–470 publications: 29 scientists 471–480 publications: 21 scientists 481–490 publications: 26 scientists 491–500 publications: 26 scientists 501–510 publications: 17 scientists 511–520 publications: 19 scientists 521–530 publications: 15 scientists 531–540 publications: 22 scientists 541–550 publications: 12 scientists 551–560 publications: 15 scientists 561–570 publications: 11 scientists 571–580 publications: 19 scientists 581–590 publications: 9 scientists 591–600 publications: 9 scientists 601–610 publications: 7 scientists 611–620 publications: 11 scientists 621–630 publications: 5 scientists 631–640 publications: 5 scientists 641–650 publications: 6 scientists 651–660 publications: 3 scientists 661–670 publications: 3 scientists 671–680 publications: 4 scientists 681–689 publications: 4 scientists 690+ publications: 100 scientists
41–50 publications 690+

This scientist: 338 publications — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
41–50 21
51–60 62
61–70 133
71–80 257
81–90 361
91–100 440
101–110 492
111–120 541
121–130 617
131–140 544
141–150 541
151–160 539
161–170 444
171–180 444
181–190 400
191–200 377
201–210 318
211–220 282
221–230 263
231–240 220
241–250 217
251–260 180
261–270 181
271–280 155
281–290 130
291–300 127
301–310 130
311–320 85
321–330 106
331–340 80 338
341–350 83
351–360 75
361–370 69
371–380 52
381–390 54
391–400 56
401–410 44
411–420 40
421–430 36
431–440 25
441–450 25
451–460 32
461–470 29
471–480 21
481–490 26
491–500 26
501–510 17
511–520 19
521–530 15
531–540 22
541–550 12
551–560 15
561–570 11
571–580 19
581–590 9
591–600 9
601–610 7
611–620 11
621–630 5
631–640 5
641–650 6
651–660 3
661–670 3
671–680 4
681–689 4
690+ 100
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Ralf Schulz D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ralf Schulz sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 97 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 126+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 348. Most scientists, 348, have 45 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 72 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 12 scientists 31 D-Index: 26 scientists 32 D-Index: 51 scientists 33 D-Index: 88 scientists 34 D-Index: 123 scientists 35 D-Index: 163 scientists 36 D-Index: 206 scientists 37 D-Index: 267 scientists 38 D-Index: 265 scientists 39 D-Index: 275 scientists 40 D-Index: 321 scientists 41 D-Index: 343 scientists 42 D-Index: 305 scientists 43 D-Index: 336 scientists 44 D-Index: 330 scientists 45 D-Index: 348 scientists 46 D-Index: 291 scientists 47 D-Index: 275 scientists 48 D-Index: 272 scientists 49 D-Index: 273 scientists 50 D-Index: 263 scientists 51 D-Index: 232 scientists 52 D-Index: 266 scientists 53 D-Index: 217 scientists 54 D-Index: 198 scientists 55 D-Index: 177 scientists 56 D-Index: 202 scientists 57 D-Index: 204 scientists 58 D-Index: 166 scientists 59 D-Index: 177 scientists 60 D-Index: 166 scientists 61 D-Index: 152 scientists 62 D-Index: 143 scientists 63 D-Index: 150 scientists 64 D-Index: 124 scientists 65 D-Index: 119 scientists 66 D-Index: 120 scientists 67 D-Index: 118 scientists 68 D-Index: 82 scientists 69 D-Index: 98 scientists 70 D-Index: 94 scientists 71 D-Index: 105 scientists 72 D-Index: 74 scientists 73 D-Index: 84 scientists 74 D-Index: 70 scientists 75 D-Index: 67 scientists 76 D-Index: 78 scientists 77 D-Index: 60 scientists 78 D-Index: 59 scientists 79 D-Index: 52 scientists 80 D-Index: 47 scientists 81 D-Index: 38 scientists 82 D-Index: 48 scientists 83 D-Index: 42 scientists 84 D-Index: 42 scientists 85 D-Index: 43 scientists 86 D-Index: 29 scientists 87 D-Index: 37 scientists 88 D-Index: 29 scientists 89 D-Index: 30 scientists 90 D-Index: 34 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 22 scientists 93 D-Index: 17 scientists 94 D-Index: 19 scientists 95 D-Index: 24 scientists 96 D-Index: 21 scientists 97 D-Index: 20 scientists 98 D-Index: 24 scientists 99 D-Index: 17 scientists 100 D-Index: 17 scientists 101 D-Index: 21 scientists 102 D-Index: 25 scientists 103 D-Index: 18 scientists 104 D-Index: 26 scientists 105 D-Index: 20 scientists 106 D-Index: 15 scientists 107 D-Index: 10 scientists 108 D-Index: 13 scientists 109 D-Index: 15 scientists 110 D-Index: 12 scientists 111 D-Index: 8 scientists 112 D-Index: 7 scientists 113 D-Index: 9 scientists 114 D-Index: 6 scientists 115 D-Index: 12 scientists 116 D-Index: 7 scientists 117 D-Index: 8 scientists 118 D-Index: 3 scientists 119 D-Index: 5 scientists 120 D-Index: 7 scientists 121 D-Index: 2 scientists 122 D-Index: 4 scientists 123 D-Index: 8 scientists 124 D-Index: 7 scientists 125 D-Index: 9 scientists 126+ D-Index: 92 scientists
30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 72 D-Index — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 12
31 26
32 51
33 88
34 123
35 163
36 206
37 267
38 265
39 275
40 321
41 343
42 305
43 336
44 330
45 348
46 291
47 275
48 272
49 273
50 263
51 232
52 266
53 217
54 198
55 177
56 202
57 204
58 166
59 177
60 166
61 152
62 143
63 150
64 124
65 119
66 120
67 118
68 82
69 98
70 94
71 105
72 74 72
73 84
74 70
75 67
76 78
77 60
78 59
79 52
80 47
81 38
82 48
83 42
84 42
85 43
86 29
87 37
88 29
89 30
90 34
91 20
92 22
93 17
94 19
95 24
96 21
97 20
98 24
99 17
100 17
101 21
102 25
103 18
104 26
105 20
106 15
107 10
108 13
109 15
110 12
111 8
112 7
113 9
114 6
115 12
116 7
117 8
118 3
119 5
120 7
121 2
122 4
123 8
124 7
125 9
126+ 92
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Ralf Schulz is affiliated with the University of Koblenz and Landau in Germany. Their research primarily spans the field of environmental science with a focus on several subfields, including ecology, health, toxicology and mutagenesis, pollution, nature and landscape conservation, and insect science.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics such as fish ecology and management studies, environmental toxicology and ecotoxicology, isotope analysis in ecology, pesticide and herbicide environmental studies, insect and pesticide research, freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology, and pharmaceutical and antibiotic environmental impacts.

Among their recent publications are the following notable works:

  • Applied pesticide toxicity shifts toward plants and invertebrates, even in GM crops (2021) published in Science
  • Water quality and ecological risks in European surface waters - Monitoring improves while water quality decreases (2021) published in Environment International
  • Neonicotinoid insecticides in global agricultural surface waters - Exposure, risks and regulatory challenges (2023) published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • Trends of Total Applied Pesticide Toxicity in German Agriculture (2022) published in Environmental Science & Technology
  • Fungal-fungal and fungal-bacterial interactions in aquatic decomposer communities: bacteria promote fungal diversity (2021) published in Ecology

Frequent coauthors with whom Schulz has collaborated include:

  • Mirco Bundschuh (38 joint publications)
  • Jochen P. Zubrod (32 joint publications)
  • Eric Bollinger (19 joint publications)
  • Jakob Wolfram (17 joint publications)
  • Sebastian Stehle (15 joint publications)

Schulz's work has been published extensively in several scientific venues. The most common publication venues include:

  • The Science of The Total Environment (11 publications)
  • Environmental Pollution (6 publications)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal (6 publications)
  • Environmental Science & Technology (5 publications)
  • Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (5 publications)

Best Publications

  • Nanoparticles in the environment: where do we come from, where do we go to?

    Mirco Bundschuh;Mirco Bundschuh;Juliane Filser;Simon Lüderwald;Moira S. McKee

  • Agricultural insecticides threaten surface waters at the global scale.

    Sebastian Stehle;Ralf Schulz

  • Fungicides: An overlooked pesticide class?

    Jochen P. Zubrod;Mirco Bundschuh;Mirco Bundschuh;Gertie Arts;Carsten A. Brühl

  • Field studies on exposure, effects, and risk mitigation of aquatic nonpoint-source insecticide pollution: a review.

    Ralf Schulz

  • Antiviral Drugs in Wastewater and Surface Waters: A New Pharmaceutical Class of Environmental Relevance?

    Carsten Prasse;Michael P. Schlüsener;Ralf Schulz;Thomas A. Ternes

  • Assessment of insecticide contamination in runoff and stream water of small agricultural streams in the main soybean area of Argentina.

    S. Jergentz;Hernan Diego Mugni;Carlos Alberto Bonetto;R. Schulz

  • Thresholds for the Effects of Pesticides on Invertebrate Communities and Leaf Breakdown in Stream Ecosystems

    Ralf B. Schäfer;Peter Carsten von der Ohe;Jes Rasmussen;Ben J. Kefford

  • Applied pesticide toxicity shifts toward plants and invertebrates, even in GM crops.

    Ralf Schulz;Sascha Bub;Lara L. Petschick;Sebastian Stehle

  • DETERMINATION OF INSECTICIDE CONTAMINATION IN AGRICULTURAL HEADWATER STREAMS

    M. Liess;R. Schulz;M.H.-D. Liess;B. Rother

  • A comparison of predicted and measured levels of runoff-related pesticide concentrations in small lowland streams on a landscape level.

    Norbert Berenzen;Annette Lentzen-Godding;Michael Probst;Holger Schulz

  • Effectiveness of a constructed wetland for retention of nonpoint-source pesticide pollution in the Lourens River catchment, South Africa.

    Ralf Schulz;Sue K. C. Peall

  • Mitigation of chlorpyrifos runoff using constructed wetlands

    M.T Moore;R Schulz;C.M Cooper;S Smith

  • Linking insecticide contamination and population response in an agricultural stream

    Mathias Liess;Ralf Schulz

  • A field study of the effects of agriculturally derived insecticide input on stream macroinvertebrate dynamics

    Ralf Schulz;Mathias Liess

  • Biological surface coating and molting inhibition as mechanisms of TiO2 nanoparticle toxicity in Daphnia magna.

    André Dabrunz;Lars Duester;Carsten Prasse;Frank Seitz

  • The significance of entry routes as point and non-point sources of pesticides in small streams.

    Michael Neumann;Ralf Schulz;Karin Schäfer;Wolfgang Müller

  • Mitigation of agricultural nonpoint-source pesticide pollution in artificial wetland ecosystems

    Caroline Gregoire;David Elsaesser;David Huguenot;Jens Lange

  • Understanding the fate and biological effects of Ag- and TiO2-nanoparticles in the environment: The quest for advanced analytics and interdisciplinary concepts

    Gabriele E. Schaumann;Allan Philippe;Mirco Bundschuh;Mirco Bundschuh;George Metreveli

  • Rainfall-induced sediment and pesticide input from orchards into the Lourens River, Western Cape, South Africa: importance of a single event.

    Ralf Schulz

  • Effects of pesticide toxicity, salinity and other environmental variables on selected ecosystem functions in streams and the relevance for ecosystem services

    Ralf B. Schäfer;Mirco Bundschuh;Duncan A. Rouch;Eduard Szöcs

Frequent Co-Authors

Mirco Bundschuh
Mirco Bundschuh University of Koblenz and Landau
Matthias Liess
Matthias Liess Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Henner Hollert
Henner Hollert Goethe University Frankfurt
Gabriele E. Schaumann
Gabriele E. Schaumann Technical University of Kaiserslautern
Ralf B. Schäfer
Ralf B. Schäfer University of Kaiserslautern-Landau - RPTU
Carsten A. Brühl
Carsten A. Brühl University of Koblenz and Landau
Michael H. Neumann
Michael H. Neumann Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Hans-Jörg Vogel
Hans-Jörg Vogel Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Charles M. Cooper
Charles M. Cooper Agricultural Research Service
Thomas A. Ternes
Thomas A. Ternes Federal Institute of Hydrology

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