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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Plant Science and Agronomy 50 2193 2022 13 13 187 7330
Ecology and Evolution 50 3913 3773 26 25 184 7300

Stefan Dötterl publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Stefan Dötterl between 2003 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Stefan Dötterl published across 23 years, from 2003 to 2025, averaging 9 papers a year. Output peaked at 19 publications in 2021. 18 of the 208 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2003 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 19. Peak 19 publications in 2021. 2003: 1 publication 2004: 4 publications 2005: 5 publications 2006: 6 publications 2007: 7 publications 2008: 6 publications 2009: 4 publications 2010: 11 publications 2011: 15 publications 2012: 15 publications 2013: 7 publications 2014: 9 publications 2015: 12 publications 2016: 10 publications 2017: 10 publications 2018: 9 publications 2019: 14 publications 2020: 9 publications 2021: 19 publications 2022: 9 publications 2023: 8 publications 2024: 7 publications 2025: 11 publications
2003 2025

208 publications in total across all disciplines

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Stefan Dötterl: publications per year, 2003 to 2025
Year Publications
2003 1
2004 4
2005 5
2006 6
2007 7
2008 6
2009 4
2010 11
2011 15
2012 15
2013 7
2014 9
2015 12
2016 10
2017 10
2018 9
2019 14
2020 9
2021 19
2022 9
2023 8
2024 7
2025 11
Total 208
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Stefan Dötterl publication distribution in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Stefan Dötterl sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150 200 250
Bar chart with 88 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 36–40 to 467+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 255. Most scientists, 255, have 111–115 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 467 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 186–190 publications, is where this scientist sits. 36–40 publications: 2 scientists 41–45 publications: 7 scientists 46–50 publications: 40 scientists 51–55 publications: 58 scientists 56–60 publications: 60 scientists 61–65 publications: 107 scientists 66–70 publications: 130 scientists 71–75 publications: 153 scientists 76–80 publications: 191 scientists 81–85 publications: 199 scientists 86–90 publications: 206 scientists 91–95 publications: 218 scientists 96–100 publications: 226 scientists 101–105 publications: 227 scientists 106–110 publications: 247 scientists 111–115 publications: 255 scientists 116–120 publications: 253 scientists 121–125 publications: 233 scientists 126–130 publications: 219 scientists 131–135 publications: 201 scientists 136–140 publications: 194 scientists 141–145 publications: 176 scientists 146–150 publications: 157 scientists 151–155 publications: 147 scientists 156–160 publications: 151 scientists 161–165 publications: 159 scientists 166–170 publications: 137 scientists 171–175 publications: 128 scientists 176–180 publications: 126 scientists 181–185 publications: 98 scientists 186–190 publications: 114 scientists 191–195 publications: 100 scientists 196–200 publications: 90 scientists 201–205 publications: 71 scientists 206–210 publications: 98 scientists 211–215 publications: 70 scientists 216–220 publications: 86 scientists 221–225 publications: 61 scientists 226–230 publications: 58 scientists 231–235 publications: 53 scientists 236–240 publications: 64 scientists 241–245 publications: 39 scientists 246–250 publications: 46 scientists 251–255 publications: 51 scientists 256–260 publications: 36 scientists 261–265 publications: 44 scientists 266–270 publications: 35 scientists 271–275 publications: 30 scientists 276–280 publications: 33 scientists 281–285 publications: 35 scientists 286–290 publications: 36 scientists 291–295 publications: 26 scientists 296–300 publications: 26 scientists 301–305 publications: 31 scientists 306–310 publications: 30 scientists 311–315 publications: 21 scientists 316–320 publications: 29 scientists 321–325 publications: 14 scientists 326–330 publications: 15 scientists 331–335 publications: 15 scientists 336–340 publications: 17 scientists 341–345 publications: 15 scientists 346–350 publications: 12 scientists 351–355 publications: 17 scientists 356–360 publications: 18 scientists 361–365 publications: 12 scientists 366–370 publications: 11 scientists 371–375 publications: 6 scientists 376–380 publications: 6 scientists 381–385 publications: 11 scientists 386–390 publications: 9 scientists 391–395 publications: 10 scientists 396–400 publications: 8 scientists 401–405 publications: 4 scientists 406–410 publications: 9 scientists 411–415 publications: 11 scientists 416–420 publications: 4 scientists 421–425 publications: 7 scientists 426–430 publications: 4 scientists 431–435 publications: 3 scientists 436–440 publications: 5 scientists 441–445 publications: 8 scientists 446–450 publications: 6 scientists 451–455 publications: 7 scientists 456–460 publications: 5 scientists 461–465 publications: 6 scientists 466 publications: 2 scientists 467+ publications: 99 scientists
36–40 publications 467+

This scientist: 187 publications — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 467 publications or more.

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Number of Plant Science and Agronomy scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 6,494 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
36–40 2
41–45 7
46–50 40
51–55 58
56–60 60
61–65 107
66–70 130
71–75 153
76–80 191
81–85 199
86–90 206
91–95 218
96–100 226
101–105 227
106–110 247
111–115 255
116–120 253
121–125 233
126–130 219
131–135 201
136–140 194
141–145 176
146–150 157
151–155 147
156–160 151
161–165 159
166–170 137
171–175 128
176–180 126
181–185 98
186–190 114 187
191–195 100
196–200 90
201–205 71
206–210 98
211–215 70
216–220 86
221–225 61
226–230 58
231–235 53
236–240 64
241–245 39
246–250 46
251–255 51
256–260 36
261–265 44
266–270 35
271–275 30
276–280 33
281–285 35
286–290 36
291–295 26
296–300 26
301–305 31
306–310 30
311–315 21
316–320 29
321–325 14
326–330 15
331–335 15
336–340 17
341–345 15
346–350 12
351–355 17
356–360 18
361–365 12
366–370 11
371–375 6
376–380 6
381–385 11
386–390 9
391–395 10
396–400 8
401–405 4
406–410 9
411–415 11
416–420 4
421–425 7
426–430 4
431–435 3
436–440 5
441–445 8
446–450 6
451–455 7
456–460 5
461–465 6
466 2
467+ 99
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Stefan Dötterl D-index placement in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Plant Science and Agronomy scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Stefan Dötterl sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150 200 250
Bar chart with 80 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 109+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 288. Most scientists, 288, have 34 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 109 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 50 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 200 scientists 31 D-Index: 236 scientists 32 D-Index: 253 scientists 33 D-Index: 283 scientists 34 D-Index: 288 scientists 35 D-Index: 240 scientists 36 D-Index: 246 scientists 37 D-Index: 243 scientists 38 D-Index: 247 scientists 39 D-Index: 229 scientists 40 D-Index: 232 scientists 41 D-Index: 230 scientists 42 D-Index: 228 scientists 43 D-Index: 219 scientists 44 D-Index: 193 scientists 45 D-Index: 164 scientists 46 D-Index: 158 scientists 47 D-Index: 143 scientists 48 D-Index: 131 scientists 49 D-Index: 127 scientists 50 D-Index: 122 scientists 51 D-Index: 122 scientists 52 D-Index: 110 scientists 53 D-Index: 102 scientists 54 D-Index: 98 scientists 55 D-Index: 79 scientists 56 D-Index: 85 scientists 57 D-Index: 88 scientists 58 D-Index: 91 scientists 59 D-Index: 62 scientists 60 D-Index: 61 scientists 61 D-Index: 59 scientists 62 D-Index: 54 scientists 63 D-Index: 61 scientists 64 D-Index: 59 scientists 65 D-Index: 58 scientists 66 D-Index: 41 scientists 67 D-Index: 49 scientists 68 D-Index: 39 scientists 69 D-Index: 32 scientists 70 D-Index: 40 scientists 71 D-Index: 47 scientists 72 D-Index: 38 scientists 73 D-Index: 28 scientists 74 D-Index: 29 scientists 75 D-Index: 28 scientists 76 D-Index: 22 scientists 77 D-Index: 21 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 26 scientists 80 D-Index: 19 scientists 81 D-Index: 16 scientists 82 D-Index: 12 scientists 83 D-Index: 16 scientists 84 D-Index: 14 scientists 85 D-Index: 11 scientists 86 D-Index: 17 scientists 87 D-Index: 13 scientists 88 D-Index: 10 scientists 89 D-Index: 12 scientists 90 D-Index: 18 scientists 91 D-Index: 16 scientists 92 D-Index: 16 scientists 93 D-Index: 17 scientists 94 D-Index: 12 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 9 scientists 97 D-Index: 9 scientists 98 D-Index: 11 scientists 99 D-Index: 12 scientists 100 D-Index: 5 scientists 101 D-Index: 8 scientists 102 D-Index: 4 scientists 103 D-Index: 11 scientists 104 D-Index: 5 scientists 105 D-Index: 9 scientists 106 D-Index: 7 scientists 107 D-Index: 4 scientists 108 D-Index: 8 scientists 109+ D-Index: 99 scientists
30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 109 D-Index or more.

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Number of Plant Science and Agronomy scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 6,494 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 200
31 236
32 253
33 283
34 288
35 240
36 246
37 243
38 247
39 229
40 232
41 230
42 228
43 219
44 193
45 164
46 158
47 143
48 131
49 127
50 122 50
51 122
52 110
53 102
54 98
55 79
56 85
57 88
58 91
59 62
60 61
61 59
62 54
63 61
64 59
65 58
66 41
67 49
68 39
69 32
70 40
71 47
72 38
73 28
74 29
75 28
76 22
77 21
78 25
79 26
80 19
81 16
82 12
83 16
84 14
85 11
86 17
87 13
88 10
89 12
90 18
91 16
92 16
93 17
94 12
95 8
96 9
97 9
98 11
99 12
100 5
101 8
102 4
103 11
104 5
105 9
106 7
107 4
108 8
109+ 99
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Overview

Stefan Dötterl is affiliated with the University of Salzburg in Austria. Their research focuses primarily within the Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with extensive contributions to the subfields of Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science, Insect Science, Molecular Biology, and Genetics.

The main topics explored in their work include:

  • Plant and animal studies
  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance
  • Insect and Pesticide Research
  • Plant Diversity and Evolution
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis

Dötterl has published in multiple scientific journals, with notable recurring venues including:

  • Frontiers in Plant Science (7 publications)
  • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution (6 publications)
  • Journal of Chemical Ecology (4 publications)
  • Arthropod-Plant Interactions (3 publications)
  • New Phytologist (3 publications)

Their recent papers listed include:

  • Chemistry, biosynthesis and biology of floral volatiles: roles in pollination and other functions (2023) published in Natural Product Reports
  • Flowers of Deceptive Aristolochia microstoma Are Pollinated by Phorid Flies and Emit Volatiles Known From Invertebrate Carrion (2021) published in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • Floral Scents of a Deceptive Plant Are Hyperdiverse and Under Population-Specific Phenotypic Selection (2021) published in Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Nocturnal bees exploit but do not pollinate flowers of a common bat-pollinated tree (2020) published in Arthropod-Plant Interactions
  • A Semivolatile Floral Scent Marks the Shift to a Novel Pollination System in Bromeliads (2020) published in Current Biology

Frequent collaborators in Dötterl's research include:

  • Roman Fuchs
  • Manfred Ayasse
  • Paulo Milet-Pinheiro
  • Guaraci Duran Cordeiro
  • Marc Gibernau

Best Publications

  • Qualitative and quantitative analyses of flower scent in Silene latifolia.

    Stefan Dötterl;Lorne M. Wolfe;Andreas Jürgens

  • The chemical ecology and evolution of bee-flower interactions: a review and perspectives'

    Stefan Dötterl;Stefan Dötterl;Stefan Dötterl;Nicolas Vereecken;Nicolas Vereecken;Nicolas Vereecken

  • The chemical nature of fetid floral odours in stapeliads (Apocynaceae-Asclepiadoideae-Ceropegieae)

    Andreas Jürgens;Stefan Dötterl;Ulrich Meve

  • Nursery pollination by a moth in Silene latifolia: the role of odours in eliciting antennal and behavioural responses

    Stefan Dötterl;Andreas Jürgens;Karlheinz Seifert;Thorsten Laube

  • Composition of epiphytic bacterial communities differs on petals and leaves.

    Robert R. Junker;C. Loewel;Roy Gross;Stefan Dötterl

  • Spatial fragrance patterns in flowers of Silene latifolia: Lilac compounds as olfactory nectar guides?

    Stefan Dötterl;Andreas Jürgens

  • Host‐plant finding and recognition by visual and olfactory floral cues in an oligolectic bee

    Hannah Burger;Stefan Dötterl;Manfred Ayasse

  • The evolution of floral scent and olfactory preferences in pollinators: coevolution or pre-existing bias?

    Florian P. Schiestl;Stefan Dötterl

  • 1,4-Dimethoxybenzene, a floral scent compound in willows that attracts an oligolectic bee.

    Stefan Dötterl;Ulrike Füssel;Andreas Jürgens;Gregor Aas

  • Floral reward, advertisement and attractiveness to honey bees in dioecious Salix caprea.

    Stefan Dötterl;Ulrike Glück;Andreas Jürgens;Joseph Woodring

  • Covariation and phenotypic integration in chemical communication displays: biosynthetic constraints and eco-evolutionary implications

    Robert R. Junker;Jonas Kuppler;Luisa Amo;James D. Blande

  • Diacetin, a reliable cue and private communication channel in a specialized pollination system

    Irmgard Schäffler;Kim E. Steiner;Mark Haid;Sander S. van Berkel

  • The betrayed thief – the extraordinary strategy of Aristolochia rotunda to deceive its pollinators

    Birgit Oelschlägel;Matthias Nuss;Michael von Tschirnhaus;Claudia Pätzold

  • Floral volatiles play a key role in specialized ant pollination

    Clara de Vega;Carlos M. Herrera;Stefan Dötterl

  • Host location by visual and olfactory floral cues in an oligolectic bee: innate and learned behavior

    Paulo Milet-Pinheiro;Paulo Milet-Pinheiro;Manfred Ayasse;Clemens Schlindwein;Heidi E. M. Dobson

  • Inter-and intraspecific variation in floral scent in the genus Salix and its implication for pollination

    Ulrike Füssel;Stefan Dötterl;Andreas Jürgens;Gregor Aas

  • Chemical composition of anther volatiles in ranunculaceae: Genera-specific profiles in Anemone, Aquilegia, Caltha, Pulsatilla, Ranunculus, and Trollius species

    Andreas Jürgens;Stefan Dötterl

  • Absence of pollinator-mediated premating barriers in mixed-ploidy populations of Gymnadenia conopsea s.l. (Orchidaceae)

    Jana Jersáková;Sílvia Castro;Nicole Sonk;Kathrin Milchreit

  • Floral Odors of Silene otites: Their Variability and Attractiveness to Mosquitoes

    Umma Salma Jhumur;Stefan Dötterl;Andreas Jürgens

  • Linalool and lilac aldehyde/alcohol in flower scents. Electrophysiological detection of lilac aldehyde stereoisomers by a moth.

    Stefan Dötterl;Dirk Burkhardt;Bernhard Weißbecker;Andreas Jürgens

  • Spatial and temporal patterns of floral scent emission in Dianthus inoxianus and electroantennographic responses of its hawkmoth pollinator

    Francisco Balao;Javier Herrera;Salvador Talavera;Stefan Dötterl

Frequent Co-Authors

Andreas Jürgens
Andreas Jürgens Technical University of Darmstadt
Manfred Ayasse
Manfred Ayasse University of Ulm
Clemens Schlindwein
Clemens Schlindwein Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Stefan Schulz
Stefan Schulz Technische Universität Braunschweig
Steven D. Johnson
Steven D. Johnson University of KwaZulu-Natal
Daniela Maria do Amaral Ferraz Navarro
Daniela Maria do Amaral Ferraz Navarro Federal University of Pernambuco
Nico Blüthgen
Nico Blüthgen Technical University of Darmstadt
Jürg Schönenberger
Jürg Schönenberger University of Vienna
Francesco Carimi
Francesco Carimi National Research Council (CNR)
Isabel Cristina Machado
Isabel Cristina Machado Federal University of Pernambuco

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