| A guide to European terrestrial and freshwater species of Enchytraeidae (Oligochaeta) RM Schmelz, R Collado Soil organisms 82 (1), 1–176-1–176, 2010 | 196 | 2010 |
| Indicator values, strategy types and life forms of terrestrial Enchytraeidae and other microannelids U Graefe, RM Schmelz Newsletter on Enchytraeidae 6, 59-67, 1999 | 147 | 1999 |
| Taxonomy of Fridericia (Oligochaeta, Enchytraeidae). Revision of species with morphological and biochemical methods. RM Schmelz Taxonomy of Fridericia (Oligochaeta, Enchytraeidae). Revision of species …, 2003 | 109 | 2003 |
| Selecting cost effective and policy-relevant biological indicators for European monitoring of soil biodiversity and ecosystem function BS Griffiths, J Römbke, RM Schmelz, A Scheffczyk, JH Faber, J Bloem, ... Ecological Indicators 69, 213-223, 2016 | 101 | 2016 |
| DNA barcoding of earthworms (Eisenia fetida/andrei complex) from 28 ecotoxicological test laboratories J Römbke, M Aira, T Backeljau, K Breugelmans, J Domínguez, E Funke, ... Applied Soil Ecology 104, 3-11, 2016 | 55 | 2016 |
| Pristina silvicola and Pristina terrena spp. nov., two new soil-dwelling species of Naididae (Oligochaeta, Annelida) from the tropical rain forest near Manaus, Brazil, with … R Collado, RM Schmelz Journal of Zoology 251 (4), 509-516, 2000 | 44 | 2000 |
| Oligochaete distribution patterns in two German hardwater lakes of different trophic state R Collado, RM Schmelz Limnologica 31 (4), 317-328, 2001 | 42 | 2001 |
| Biosolids applied to agricultural land: Influence on structural and functional endpoints of soil fauna on a short-and long-term scale A Coors, M Edwards, P Lorenz, J Römbke, RM Schmelz, E Topp, ... Science of the Total Environment 562, 312-326, 2016 | 40 | 2016 |
| Introduction of invertebrates into the High Arctic via imported soils: the case of Barentsburg in the Svalbard SJ Coulson, A Fjellberg, DJ Gwiazdowicz, NV Lebedeva, EN Melekhina, ... Biological Invasions 15, 1-5, 2013 | 38 | 2013 |
| Diversity of terrestrial Enchytraeidae (Oligochaeta) in Latin America: Current knowledge and future research potential RM Schmelz, CC Niva, J Römbke, R Collado Applied Soil Ecology 69, 13-20, 2013 | 33 | 2013 |
| Terrestrial oligochaete research in Latin America: the importance of the Latin American meetings on oligochaete ecology and taxonomy GG Brown, MA Callaham Jr, CC Niva, A Feijoo, KD Sautter, SW James, ... Applied Soil Ecology 69, 2-12, 2013 | 32 | 2013 |
| The invertebrate fauna of anthropogenic soils in the High-Arctic settlement of Barentsburg, Svalbard SJ Coulson, A Fjellberg, DJ Gwiazdowicz, NV Lebedeva, EN Melekhina, ... Polar Research 32 (1), 19273, 2013 | 31 | 2013 |
| Effects of organic pesticides on enchytraeids (Oligochaeta) in agroecosystems: laboratory and higher-tier tests J Römbke, RM Schmelz, C Pelosi Frontiers in Environmental Science 5, 20, 2017 | 30 | 2017 |
| Field studies for the assessment of pesticides with soil mesofauna, in particular enchytraeids, mites and nematodes: Design and first results J Römbke, RM Schmelz, S Knaebe Soil Organisms 81 (2), 237-264, 2009 | 29 | 2009 |
| Increased frequency of drought reduces species richness of enchytraeid communities in both wet and dry heathland soils M Holmstrup, JG Sørensen, K Maraldo, IK Schmidt, S Mason, A Tietema, ... Soil Biology and Biochemistry 53, 43-49, 2012 | 27 | 2012 |
| An updated checklist of currently accepted species of Enchytraeidae (Oligochaeta, Annelida) RM Schmelz, R Collado Newsletter on Enchytraeidae No. 12 14, 67, 2010 | 27 | 2010 |
| Descriptions of three Pristina species (Naididae, Clitellata) from Amazonian forest soils, including P. marcusi sp. nov. R Collado, RM Schmelz Aquatic Oligochaete Biology VIII: Proceedings of the 8th International …, 2001 | 27 | 2001 |
| Three new species of Hemienchytraeus (Enchytraeidae, Oligochaeta) from Amazonian forest soil RM Schmelz, J Römbke Journal of Natural History 39 (32), 2967-2986, 2005 | 24 | 2005 |
| Enchytraeid reproduction test (ERT): sublethal responses of two Enchytraeus species (Oligochaeta) to toxic chemicals R Collado, RM Schmelz, T Moser, J Rombke Pedobiologia, 1999 | 23 | 1999 |
| The groundwater oligochaetes (Annelida, Clitellata) of Slovenia N Giani, B Sambugar, E Martínez-Ansemil, P Martin, RM Schmelz Subterranean Biology 9, 85-102, 2011 | 22 | 2011 |
