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Wolfgang Nentwig

Wolfgang Nentwig

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
73
Citations
23261
World Ranking
1174
National Ranking
31

Wolfgang Nentwig 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 Wolfgang Nentwig sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 281 publications — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Wolfgang Nentwig 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 Wolfgang Nentwig sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 73 D-Index — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Wolfgang Nentwig is affiliated with the University of Bern in Switzerland. Their research spans several main fields including Environmental Science, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Within these fields, their work touches on subfields such as Genetics, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Insect Science, and Ecological Modeling.

Their research topics emphasize areas such as Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies, Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies, Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Biological Control of Invasive Species, and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation.

Wolfgang Nentwig has contributed to publications in multiple academic venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Nature Communications
  • Biological Conservation
  • Global Change Biology
  • Journal of Arachnology
  • Biological Reviews/Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society

Recent papers authored by or involving Wolfgang Nentwig include:

  • The impact of land use on non-native species incidence and number in local assemblages worldwide, 2023, Nature Communications
  • Spider conservation in Europe: a review, 2021, Biological Conservation
  • Using structured eradication feasibility assessment to prioritize the management of new and emerging invasive alien species in Europe, 2020, Global Change Biology
  • Towards establishment of a centralized spider traits database, 2020, Journal of Arachnology
  • Neurotoxin Merging: A Strategy Deployed by the Venom of the Spider Cupiennius salei to Potentiate Toxicity on Insects, 2020, Toxins

Their frequent collaborators include:

  • Franz Essl
  • Marco Isaia
  • Bernd Lenzner
  • Tim M. Blackburn
  • Dino Biancolini

Best Publications

  • Alien species in a warmer world: risks and opportunities

    Gian Reto Walther;Alain Roques;Philip E. Hulme;Martin T. Sykes

  • How well do we understand the impacts of alien species on ecosystem services? A pan-European, cross-taxa assessment

    Montserrat Vila;Corina Basnou;Petr Pysek;Melanie Josefsson

  • Grasping at the routes of biological invasions: a framework for integrating pathways into policy

    P. E. Hulme;S. Bacher;M. Kenis;S. Klotz

  • A Unified Classification of Alien Species Based on the Magnitude of their Environmental Impacts

    Tim M. Blackburn;Franz Essl;Thomas Evans;Philip E. Hulme

  • Disentangling the role of environmental and human pressures on biological invasions across Europe

    Petr Pysek;Vojtech Jarosík;Philip E Hulme;Ingolf Kühn

  • Global rise in emerging alien species results from increased accessibility of new source pools.

    Hanno Seebens;Tim M. Blackburn;Tim M. Blackburn;Tim M. Blackburn;Ellie E. Dyer;Ellie E. Dyer;Piero Genovesi

  • Socioeconomic legacy yields an invasion debt

    Franz Essl;Stefan Dullinger;Wolfgang Rabitsch;Philip E. Hulme

  • Ecophysiology of Spiders

    Wolfgang Nentwig

  • Plant extinctions and introductions lead to phylogenetic and taxonomic homogenization of the European flora

    Marten Winter;Oliver Schweiger;Stefan Klotz;Wolfgang Nentwig

  • Global hotspots and correlates of alien species richness across taxonomic groups

    Wayne Dawson;Dietmar Moser;Mark van Kleunen;Mark van Kleunen;Holger Kreft

  • Will Threat of Biological Invasions Unite the European Union

    Philip E. Hulme;Petr Pyšek;Wolfgang Nentwig;Montserrat Vilà

  • Degradation of the Cry1Ab protein within transgenic Bacillus thuringiensis corn tissue in the field

    C. Zwahlen;A. Hilbeck;P. Gugerli;W. Nentwig

  • Socio-economic impact classification of alien taxa (SEICAT)

    Sven Bacher;Sven Bacher;T.M.Tim M. Blackburn;T.M.Tim M. Blackburn;Franz Essl;Piero Genovesi

  • Contrasting responses of arable spiders to the landscape matrix at different spatial scales

    Martin H. Schmidt;Martin H. Schmidt;Carsten Thies;Wolfgang Nentwig;Teja Tscharntke

  • More than “100 worst” alien species in Europe

    Wolfgang Nentwig;Sven Bacher;Sabrina Kumschick;Petr Pyšek;Petr Pyšek

  • Alien Terrestrial Invertebrates of Europe

    Alain Roques;Wolfgang Rabitsch;Jean-Yves Rasplus;Carlos Lopez-Vaamonde

  • Crossing Frontiers in Tackling Pathways of Biological Invasions

    Franz Essl;Sven Bacher;Tim M. Blackburn;Olaf Booy

  • Framework and guidelines for implementing the proposed IUCN Environmental Impact Classification for Alien Taxa (EICAT)

    Charlotte L. Hawkins;Sven Bacher;Franz Essl;Philip E. Hulme

  • Niche properties of Central European spiders : shading, moisture and the evolution of the habitat niche

    Wiebke Entling;Martin Schmidt;Srinivas Bacher;Roland Brandl

  • Contrasting patterns in the invasions of European terrestrial and freshwater habitats by alien plants, insects and vertebrates

    Petr Pyšek;Petr Pyšek;Sven Bacher;Milan Chytrý;Vojtěch Jarošík;Vojtěch Jarošík

  • World Spider Catalog

    Wolfgang Nentwig;Christian Kropf;Theo Blick;Daniel Gloor

Frequent Co-Authors

Petr Pyšek
Petr Pyšek Czech Academy of Sciences
Sven Bacher
Sven Bacher University of Fribourg
Montserrat Vilà
Montserrat Vilà Spanish National Research Council
Jan Pergl
Jan Pergl Czech Academy of Sciences
Philip E. Hulme
Philip E. Hulme Lincoln University
Franz Essl
Franz Essl University of Vienna
Sabrina Kumschick
Sabrina Kumschick Stellenbosch University
Wolfgang Rabitsch
Wolfgang Rabitsch Umweltbundesamt, Austria
Piero Genovesi
Piero Genovesi Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale
Ingolf Kühn
Ingolf Kühn Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research

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