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Wilhelm Foissner

Wilhelm Foissner publishes mostly in Molecular Biology, Ecology and Environmental Chemistry, on topics such as Protist diversity and phylogeny, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena.

World rank
#268,939
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Austria
#1,904
of 10,230
Works
82
Citations
325
Citations per work
4.0

What does Wilhelm Foissner research?

Molecular Biology: 29.3%Ecology: 28.3%Environmental Chemistry: 10.1%Oceanography: 8.1%other fields: 24.2%29%top field
Molecular Biology29.3%Ecology28.3%Environmental Chemistry10.1%Oceanography8.1%other fields24.2%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Molecular Biology29% of their works
  2. 2Ecology28% of their works
  3. 3Environmental Chemistry10% of their works
  4. 4Oceanography8% of their works
  5. 5Plant Science3% of their works
  6. 6Paleontology3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Wilhelm Foissner's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Eukaryotic Microbes, Microbial Diversity, Marine Microbes, Microbial Biogeography, Anaerobic, Methane Oxidation, Climate Change and Dissolved Organic Matter.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Eukaryotic Microbes271 topic
  2. Microbial Diversity271 topic
  3. Marine Microbes231 topic
  4. Microbial Biogeography231 topic
  5. Anaerobic101 topic
  6. Methane Oxidation101 topic
  7. Climate Change72 topics
  8. Dissolved Organic Matter51 topic
  9. Eutrophication51 topic
  10. Ecosystem Functioning31 topic
  11. Marine Biodiversity31 topic
  12. Paleoproductivity31 topic
  13. Paleoredox31 topic
  14. Conservation21 topic
  15. Cryptosporidium21 topic
  16. Giardia21 topic
  17. Vascular Plants21 topic

Where does Wilhelm Foissner work?

Wilhelm Foissner's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Salzburg, Austria.

How many publications and citations does Wilhelm Foissner have?

Science Explorer counts 82 works and 325 citations for Wilhelm Foissner, ranking #268,939 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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