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Torsten Wappler 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 Torsten Wappler sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 177 publications — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Torsten Wappler 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 Torsten Wappler sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 38 D-Index — 12th percentile

12% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Torsten Wappler is a researcher affiliated with the Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt in Germany. Their work primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with significant focus on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Paleontology, Plant Science, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's research covers a range of topics including:

  • Plant Diversity and Evolution
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Fossil Insects in Amber
  • Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions
  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies

Torsten Wappler has contributed to multiple studies and publications. Some recent notable papers are:

  • "The taxonomic impediment: a shortage of taxonomists, not the lack of technical approaches" (2021), published in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
  • "An integrative phylogenomic approach to elucidate the evolutionary history and divergence times of Neuropterida (Insecta: Holometabola)" (2020), published in BMC Evolutionary Biology
  • "Evolutionary history and divergence times of Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) revealed through transcriptomics" (2021), published in iScience
  • "Arthropod and Pathogen Damage on Fossil and Modern Plants: Exploring the Origins and Evolution of Herbivory on Land" (2023), published in Annual Review of Entomology
  • "Sharp changes in plant diversity and plant-herbivore interactions during the Eocene-Oligocene transition on the southeastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau" (2020), published in Global and Planetary Change

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Artai A. Santos (13 joint publications)
  • Sonja Wedmann (9 joint publications)
  • Conrad C. Labandeira (9 joint publications)
  • Jes Rust (8 joint publications)
  • José B. Diez (8 joint publications)

Torsten Wappler has published extensively in the following venues:

  • Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments (5 publications)
  • Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology (5 publications)
  • Scientific Reports (4 publications)
  • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology (3 publications)
  • Palaeoentomology (3 publications)

Best Publications

  • Phylogenomics resolves the timing and pattern of insect evolution

    Bernhard Misof;Shanlin Liu;Karen Meusemann;Ralph S. Peters

  • Evolutionary History of the Hymenoptera

    Ralph S. Peters;Lars Krogmann;Christoph Mayer;Alexander Donath

  • The taxonomic impediment: a shortage of taxonomists, not the lack of technical approaches

    Michael S. Engel;Luis M.P. Ceríaco;Gimo M. Daniel;Pablo M. Dellapé

  • An integrative phylogenomic approach illuminates the evolutionary history of cockroaches and termites (Blattodea).

    Dominic A. Evangelista;Benjamin Wipfler;Benjamin Wipfler;Olivier Béthoux;Alexander Donath

  • The earliest known holometabolous insects

    André Nel;Patrick Roques;Patricia Nel;Patricia Nel;Alexander A Prokin

  • Arthropods in amber from the Triassic Period

    Alexander R. Schmidt;Saskia Jancke;Evert E. Lindquist;Eugenio Ragazzi

  • No post-Cretaceous ecosystem depression in European forests? Rich insect-feeding damage on diverse middle Palaeocene plants, Menat, France

    Torsten Wappler;Ellen D. Currano;Ellen D. Currano;Peter Wilf;Jes Rust

  • Systematik, Phylogenie, Taphonomie und Paläoökologie der Insekten aus dem Mittel-Eozän des Eckfelder Maares, Vulkaneifel

    Torsten Wappler

  • Debris-carrying camouflage among diverse lineages of Cretaceous insects

    Bo Wang;Bo Wang;Fangyuan Xia;Michael S. Engel;Vincent Perrichot

  • Ancient death-grip leaf scars reveal ant-fungal parasitism.

    David P. Hughes;Torsten Wappler;Conrad C. Labandeira;Conrad C. Labandeira

  • Late Permian (Lopingian) terrestrial ecosystems: A global comparison with new data from the low-latitude Bletterbach Biota

    Massimo Bernardi;Fabio Massimo Petti;Evelyn Kustatscher;Matthias Franz

  • An integrative phylogenomic approach to elucidate the evolutionary history and divergence times of Neuropterida (Insecta: Holometabola).

    Alexandros Vasilikopoulos;Bernhard Misof;Karen Meusemann;Karen Meusemann;Doria Lieberz

  • Response to Comment on “Phylogenomics resolves the timing and pattern of insect evolution”

    K. M. Kjer;J. L. Ware;J. Rust;T. Wappler

  • Testing for the effects and consequences of mid paleogene climate change on insect herbivory.

    Torsten Wappler;Conrad C. Labandeira;Conrad C. Labandeira;Jes Rust;Herbert Frankenhäuser

  • THE MIDDLE EOCENE BEE FAUNAS OF ECKFELD AND MESSEL, GERMANY (HYMENOPTERA: APOIDEA)

    Torsten Wappler;Michael S. Engel

  • Insect herbivory close to the Oligocene-Miocene transition - a quantitative analysis.

    Torsten Wappler

  • Scratching an ancient itch: an Eocene bird louse fossil

    Torsten Wappler;Vincent Stuart Smith;Robert Campbell Dalgleish

  • A Triassic-Jurassic window into the evolution of Lepidoptera

    Timo J. B. van Eldijk;Torsten Wappler;Paul K. Strother;Carolien M. H. van der Weijst

  • Floral Assemblages and Patterns of Insect Herbivory during the Permian to Triassic of Northeastern Italy.

    Conrad C. Labandeira;Evelyn Kustatscher;Torsten Wappler

  • A Diverse Paleobiota in Early Eocene Fushun Amber from China

    Bo Wang;Bo Wang;Jes Rust;Michael S. Engel;Jacek Szwedo

  • Distinguishing Agromyzidae (Diptera) Leaf Mines in the Fossil Record: New Taxa from the Paleogene of North America and Germany and their Evolutionary Implications

    Isaac S. Winkler;Isaac S. Winkler;Conrad C. Labandeira;Conrad C. Labandeira;Torsten Wappler;Peter Daniel Wilf

  • Brood care in a 100-million-year-old scale insect

    Bo Wang;Fangyuan Xia;Torsten Wappler;Ewa Simon

  • Direct and indirect fossil records of megachilid bees from the Paleogene of Central Europe (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae).

    Sonja Wedmann;Torsten Wappler;Michael S. Engel

  • New middle Eocene formicid species from Germany and the evolution of weaver ants

    Gennady M. Dlussky;Torsten Wappler;Sonja Wedmann

  • LATE PERMIAN (LOPINGIAN) TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS: A GLOBAL COMPARISON WITH NEW DATA FROM THE LOW LATITUDE BLETTERBACH BIOTA

    Fabio Massimo Petti;Massimo Bernardi;Evelyn Kustatscher;Matthias Franz

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael S. Engel
Michael S. Engel University of Kansas
Conrad C. Labandeira
Conrad C. Labandeira Smithsonian Institution
Karen Meusemann
Karen Meusemann University of Freiburg
Oliver Niehuis
Oliver Niehuis University of Freiburg
Xin Zhou
Xin Zhou China Agricultural University
Robert Lanfear
Robert Lanfear Australian National University
Zhe-Kun Zhou
Zhe-Kun Zhou Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden
Bernhard Misof
Bernhard Misof Universität Hamburg
Rolf G. Beutel
Rolf G. Beutel Friedrich Schiller University Jena
André Nel
André Nel French National Museum of Natural History

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