2026 Alexander Meissner: Molecular Biology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Genetics	109	542	518	40	38	302	89431
Molecular Biology	109	383	349	34	30	302	89431

Alexander Meissner publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Molecular Biology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alexander Meissner sits on this spectrum.

47 publications 564+

This scientist: 302 publications — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.

Alexander Meissner D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026

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

40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 109 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

2024 - Research.com Genetics in Germany Leader Award
2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Germany Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Genetics in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Alexander Meissner is affiliated with the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a significant number of publications in related subfields such as Molecular Biology, Genetics, Cancer Research, Oncology, and Biomedical Engineering.

The main topics covered in their scientific work include:

Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
Pluripotent Stem Cells Research
RNA modifications and cancer
Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
RNA Research and Splicing
CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics

Alexander Meissner has contributed to several notable papers, including:

DNA methylation: a historical perspective (2022), published in Trends in Genetics
Mouse embryonic stem cells self-organize into trunk-like structures with neural tube and somites (2020), published in Science
Unblending of Transcriptional Condensates in Human Repeat Expansion Disease (2020), published in Cell
The road ahead in genetics and genomics (2020), published in Nature Reviews Genetics
Dnmt1 has de novo activity targeted to transposable elements (2021), published in Nature Structural & Molecular Biology

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Meissner include Helene Kretzmer, Sara Hetzel, Adriano Bolondi, Abhishek Sampath Kumar, and Lars Wittler. This collaboration has contributed to a range of publications across multiple venues.

The venues where Alexander Meissner most often publishes their research feature prominently in the scientific community. These include:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Nature Genetics
Nature Cell Biology
Cell
Nature Communications

Best Publications

Integrative analysis of 111 reference human epigenomes

Anshul Kundaje;Wouter Meuleman;Wouter Meuleman;Jason Ernst

6975
Citations
A Bivalent Chromatin Structure Marks Key Developmental Genes in Embryonic Stem Cells

Bradley E. Bernstein;Tarjei S. Mikkelsen;Tarjei S. Mikkelsen;Xiaohui Xie;Michael Kamal

6355
Citations
Genome-wide maps of chromatin state in pluripotent and lineage-committed cells

Tarjei S. Mikkelsen;Manching Ku;Manching Ku;David B. Jaffe;Biju Issac;Biju Issac

4951
Citations
In vitro reprogramming of fibroblasts into a pluripotent ES-cell-like state

Marius Wernig;Alexander Meissner;Ruth Foreman;Tobias Brambrink

3473
Citations
Highly efficient reprogramming to pluripotency and directed differentiation of human cells with synthetic modified mRNA

Luigi Warren;Philip D. Manos;Philip D. Manos;Tim Ahfeldt;Tim Ahfeldt;Yuin-Han Loh

3238
Citations
DNA methylation: roles in mammalian development

Zachary D. Smith;Alexander Meissner;Alexander Meissner

3174
Citations
Genome-scale DNA methylation maps of pluripotent and differentiated cells

Alexander Meissner;Tarjei S. Mikkelsen;Tarjei S. Mikkelsen;Hongcang Gu;Marius Wernig

2932
Citations
The mammalian epigenome.

Bradley E. Bernstein;Bradley E. Bernstein;Alexander Meissner;Eric S. Lander;Eric S. Lander

2683
Citations
lincRNAs act in the circuitry controlling pluripotency and differentiation

Mitchell Guttman;Julie Donaghey;Bryce W. Carey;Manuel Garber

2139
Citations
Treatment of Sickle Cell Anemia Mouse Model with iPS Cells Generated from Autologous Skin

Jacob Hanna;Marius Wernig;Marius Wernig;Styliani Markoulaki;Styliani Markoulaki;Chiao-Wang Sun;Chiao-Wang Sun

2097
Citations
Targeted Deletion Reveals Essential and Overlapping Functions of the miR-17∼92 Family of miRNA Clusters

Andrea Ventura;Amanda G. Young;Monte M. Winslow;Laura Lintault

1987
Citations
The NIH Roadmap Epigenomics Mapping Consortium

Bradley E Bernstein;John A Stamatoyannopoulos;Joseph F Costello;Bing Ren

1860
Citations
Dissecting direct reprogramming through integrative genomic analysis

Tarjei S. Mikkelsen;Jacob Hanna;Xiaolan Zhang;Manching Ku

1810
Citations
Charting a dynamic DNA methylation landscape of the human genome

Michael J. Ziller;Hongcang Gu;Fabian Müller;Julie Donaghey;Julie Donaghey

1540
Citations
Derepression of BDNF transcription involves calcium-dependent phosphorylation of MeCP2.

Wen G. Chen;Qiang Chang;Yingxi Lin;Alexander Meissner

1515
Citations
Reduced representation bisulfite sequencing for comparative high-resolution DNA methylation analysis

Alexander Meissner;Andreas Gnirke;George W. Bell;Bernard H Ramsahoye

1336
Citations
Paternally Induced Transgenerational Environmental Reprogramming of Metabolic Gene Expression in Mammals

Benjamin R. Carone;Lucas Fauquier;Naomi Habib;Jeremy M. Shea

1302
Citations
Dnmt3a is essential for hematopoietic stem cell differentiation.

Grant A. Challen;Deqiang Sun;Mira Jeong;Min Luo

1227
Citations
Reference Maps of Human ES and iPS Cell Variation Enable High-Throughput Characterization of Pluripotent Cell Lines

Christoph Bock;Evangelos Kiskinis;Evangelos Kiskinis;Griet Verstappen;Griet Verstappen;Hongcang Gu

1146
Citations
A unique regulatory phase of DNA methylation in the early mammalian embryo

Zachary D. Smith;Michelle M. Chan;Michelle M. Chan;Tarjei Sigurd Mikkelsen;Tarjei Sigurd Mikkelsen;Hongcang Gu

1076
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Hongcang Gu Hefei Institutes of Physical Science

Andreas Gnirke Broad Institute

Bradley E. Bernstein Broad Institute

Christoph Bock Austrian Academy of Sciences

Eric S. Lander Broad Institute

John L. Rinn University of Colorado Boulder

Rudolf Jaenisch MIT

Tarjei S. Mikkelsen Arsenal Biosciences (United States)

Aviv Regev Genentech

Kevin Eggan Harvard University

External Links

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