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Wolfgang Rössler

Wolfgang Rössler

University of Würzburg
Germany

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
50
Citations
7472
World Ranking
5822
National Ranking
488

Wolfgang Rössler publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Neuroscience in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Wolfgang Rössler sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 144 publications — 40th percentile

40% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

Wolfgang Rössler D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

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

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

Overview

Wolfgang Rössler is affiliated with the University of Würzburg in Germany. Their research spans various areas within biology and neuroscience, with a focus on insects and their neural mechanisms. The main fields of study include Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Neuroscience; and Agricultural and Biological Sciences.

The research subfields where Wolfgang Rössler has contributed significantly include Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Insect Science, and Biophysics.

Key topics covered in their work involve Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Plant and Animal Studies, Insect and Pesticide Research, Electromagnetic Fields and Biological Effects, and Magnetic and Electromagnetic Effects.

Wolfgang Rössler has published frequently in several academic venues. These include:

  • Journal of Comparative Physiology A
  • The Journal of Comparative Neurology
  • Current Biology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cell and Tissue Research

The scientist has collaborated regularly with other researchers, including:

  • Pauline N. Fleischmann
  • Robin Grob
  • Kornelia Grübel
  • Martin F. Strube-Bloss
  • Eric J. Warrant

Several recent papers highlight Wolfgang Rössler's research contributions:

  • Plasticity and modulation of olfactory circuits in insects, 2020, Cell and Tissue Research
  • Flight-induced compass representation in the monarch butterfly heading network, 2021, Current Biology
  • Analysis of Synaptic Microcircuits in the Mushroom Bodies of the Honeybee, 2020, Insects
  • The brain of Cataglyphis ants: Neuronal organization and visual projections, 2020, The Journal of Comparative Neurology
  • Transcriptomic, peptidomic, and mass spectrometry imaging analysis of the brain in the ant Cataglyphis nodus, 2021, Journal of Neurochemistry

Best Publications

  • A Systematic Nomenclature for the Insect Brain

    Kei Ito;Kazunori Shinomiya;Masayoshi Ito;J. Douglas Armstrong

  • Parallel Olfactory Systems in Insects: Anatomy and Function

    C. Giovanni Galizia;Wolfgang Rössler

  • Synaptic organization in the adult honey bee brain is influenced by brood-temperature control during pupal development.

    Claudia Groh;Jürgen Tautz;Wolfgang Rössler

  • Dual olfactory pathway in the honeybee, Apis mellifera.

    Sebastian Kirschner;Christoph Johannes Kleineidam;Christina Zube;Jürgen Rybak

  • Long-term memory leads to synaptic reorganization in the mushroom bodies: a memory trace in the insect brain?

    Benoît Hourcade;Thomas S Muenz;Jean-Christophe Sandoz;Wolfgang Rössler

  • Organization of the olfactory pathway and odor processing in the antennal lobe of the ant Camponotus floridanus

    Christina Zube;Christoph Johannes Kleineidam;Sebastian Kirschner;Jakob Neef

  • Visual experience and age affect synaptic organization in the mushroom bodies of the desert ant Cataglyphis fortis.

    Sara Mae Stieb;Thomas Sebastian Muenz;Rüdiger Wehner;Wolfgang Rössler

  • Age-related plasticity in the synaptic ultrastructure of neurons in the mushroom body calyx of the adult honeybee Apis mellifera

    Claudia Groh;Claudia Groh;Zhiyuan Lu;Ian A. Meinertzhagen;Wolfgang Rössler

  • The Geomagnetic Field Is a Compass Cue in Cataglyphis Ant Navigation

    Pauline Nikola Fleischmann;Robin Grob;Valentin Leander Müller;Rüdiger Wehner

  • Development of a glia-rich axon-sorting zone in the olfactory pathway of the moth Manduca sexta.

    Wolfgang Rössler;Lynne A. Oland;Mark R. Higgins;John G. Hildebrand

  • F‐actin at identified synapses in the mushroom body neuropil of the insect brain

    Ina Frambach;Wolfgang Rössler;Margret Winkler;Friedrich-Wilhelm Schürmann

  • Ontogeny of learning walks and the acquisition of landmark information in desert ants, Cataglyphis fortis.

    Pauline N. Fleischmann;Marcelo Christian;Valentin L. Müller;Wolfgang Rössler

  • A Macroglomerulus in the Antennal Lobe of Leaf-cutting Ant Workers and its Possible Functional Significance

    Christoph Kleineidam;M. Obermayer;W. Halbich;Wolfgang Rössler

  • Long-term avoidance memory formation is associated with a transient increase in mushroom body synaptic complexes in leaf-cutting ants

    Agustina Falibene;Flavio Roces;Wolfgang Rössler

  • Environment- and age-dependent plasticity of synaptic complexes in the mushroom bodies of honeybee queens.

    Claudia Groh;Dirk Ahrens;Wolfgang Rössler

  • Caste- and sex-specific adaptations within the olfactory pathway in the brain of the ant Camponotus floridanus.

    Christina Zube;Wolfgang Rössler

  • Parallel Processing via a Dual Olfactory Pathway in the Honeybee

    Martin F. Brill;Tobias Rosenbaum;Isabelle Reus;Christoph J. Kleineidam;Christoph J. Kleineidam

  • Caste-specific postembryonic development of primary and secondary olfactory centers in the female honeybee brain.

    Claudia Groh;Wolfgang Rössler

  • Comparison of microglomerular structures in the mushroom body calyx of neopteran insects

    Claudia Groh;Wolfgang Rössler

  • Multimodal integration and stimulus categorization in putative mushroom body output neurons of the honeybee.

    Martin F. Strube-Bloss;Wolfgang Rössler

Frequent Co-Authors

Rüdiger Wehner
Rüdiger Wehner University of Zurich
Leslie P. Tolbert
Leslie P. Tolbert University of Arizona
John G. Hildebrand
John G. Hildebrand University of Arizona
Detlev Schild
Detlev Schild University of Göttingen
Adrian G. Dyer
Adrian G. Dyer RMIT University
Lesley J. Rogers
Lesley J. Rogers University of New England
Jean-Christophe Sandoz
Jean-Christophe Sandoz University of Paris-Saclay
Georg F. Striedter
Georg F. Striedter University of California, Irvine
Rudolf Nieuwenhuys
Rudolf Nieuwenhuys American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Ryszard Maleszka
Ryszard Maleszka Australian National University

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