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 Ulf Karsten sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 398 publications — 90th percentile
90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.
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 Ulf Karsten sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 77 D-Index — 76th percentile
76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.
Ulf Karsten is affiliated with the University of Rostock in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on environmental sciences, earth and planetary sciences, and agricultural and biological sciences. Within these broad fields, they have contributed extensively to subfields including ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, oceanography, ecology, environmental chemistry, as well as renewable energy, sustainability, and the environment.
The main topics of Karsten's work revolve around biocrusts and microbial ecology, marine and coastal plant biology, aquatic ecosystems and phytoplankton dynamics, lichen and fungal ecology, marine and coastal ecosystems, microbial community ecology and physiology, and algal biology with an emphasis on biofuel production.
Frequent coauthors in their collaborations include Karin Glaser, Tatiana Mikhailyuk, Angelika Graiff, Inka Bartsch, and Ekaterina Pushkareva.
Karsten has published numerous papers, with some recent notable examples being:
Karsten has published extensively in several academic journals, frequently contributing to:
Inka Bartsch;Christian Wiencke;Kai Bischof;Cornelia M. Buchholz
Katharina Kebelmann;Andreas Hornung;Ulf Karsten;Gareth Griffiths
Kai Bischof;Ivan Gómez;Markus Molis;Dieter Hanelt
Andreas Holzinger;Ulf Karsten
Ulf Karsten;T. Sawall;Dieter Hanelt;Kai Bischof
J. Aguilera;K. Bischof;U. Karsten;D. Hanelt
Ulf Karsten;Linda A. Franklin;Klaus Lüning;Christian Wiencke
Kirsten Hoyer;Ulf Karsten;Thomas Sawall;Christian Wiencke
Martin Graeve;Gerhard Kattner;Christian Wiencke;Ulf Karsten
Ulf Karsten;Thomas Friedl;Rhena Schumann;Kirsten Hoyer
Chris Wiencke;Margaret Nancy Clayton;I Gomez;K Iken
Maria A. Siegesmund;Jeffrey R. Johansen;Ulf Karsten;Thomas Friedl
Tatyana Darienko;Lydia Gustavs;Opayi Mudimu;Cecilia Rad Menendez
A. Oren;Michael Kühl;Ulf Karsten
B. Budel;Ulf Karsten;Farran Garcia-Pichel
Kai Bischof;Dieter Hanelt;Helmut Tüg;Ulf Karsten
Ulf Karsten;Christian Wiencke;G. O. Kirst
Ulf Karsten;Ferran Garcia-Pichel
José Aguilera;Ulf Karsten;Heike Lippert;Barbara Vögele
Anke Stüken;Jacqueline Rücker;Tina Endrulat;Karina Preussel
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