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D-Index
59
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8967
World Ranking
3345
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250

Axel Rethwilm publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

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

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 153 publications — 28th percentile

28% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

Axel Rethwilm D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 59 D-Index — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

Overview

Axel Rethwilm is affiliated with the University of Würzburg in Germany. Their research contributions include work published in noted scientific venues, with a focus reflected in their recent publications.

One of the recent papers authored by Axel Rethwilm is titled "Correction for Kincaid et al., 'Noncanonical MicroRNA (miRNA) Biogenesis Gives Rise to Retroviral Mimics of Lymphoproliferative and Immunosuppressive Host miRNAs'", published in 2020 in the journal mBio. This paper has been cited in the academic community, indicating engagement with ongoing scientific discussions in the related field.

Colleagues frequently collaborating with Axel Rethwilm include:

  • Rodney P. Kincaid
  • Yating Chen
  • Jennifer E. Cox
  • Christopher S. Sullivan

Axel Rethwilm's publications are primarily found in venues such as:

  • mBio

Best Publications

  • Major biological obstacles for persistent cell-based regeneration of articular cartilage

    Andre F Steinert;Steven C Ghivizzani;Axel Rethwilm;Rocky S Tuan

  • Markers of Foamy Virus Infections in Monkeys, Apes, and Accidentally Infected Humans: Appropriate Testing Fails to Confirm Suspected Foamy Virus Prevalence in Humans

    Matthias Schweizer;Robert Turek;Heidi Hahn;Andreas Schliephake

  • Foamy Virus Capsids Require the Cognate Envelope Protein for Particle Export

    Thomas Pietschmann;Martin Heinkelein;Martina Heldmann;Hanswalter Zentgraf

  • Human foamy virus reverse transcription that occurs late in the viral replication cycle.

    A Moebes;J Enssle;P D Bieniasz;M Heinkelein

  • Nucleotide sequence analysis of the env gene and its flanking regions of the human spumaretrovirus reveals two novel genes.

    R. M. Flügel;A. Rethwilm;B. Maurer;Gholamreza Darai

  • Structure-activity relationships of flavonoid-induced cytotoxicity on human leukemia cells.

    Kathrin Plochmann;Gabriele Korte;Eleni Koutsilieri;Elke Richling

  • Nuclear localization of foamy virus Gag precursor protein.

    A W Schliephake;A Rethwilm

  • Hypertrophy is induced during the in vitro chondrogenic differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells by bone morphogenetic protein-2 and bone morphogenetic protein-4 gene transfer

    Andre F. Steinert;Benedikt L Proffen;Manuela Kunz;Christian Hendrich

  • Improved Primate Foamy Virus Vectors and Packaging Constructs

    Martin Heinkelein;Marco Dressler;Gergely Jármy;Matthias Rammling

  • A Particle-Associated Glycoprotein Signal Peptide Essential for Virus Maturation and Infectivity

    Dirk Lindemann;Thomas Pietschmann;Marcus Picard-Maureau;Angelika Berg

  • Real-time PCR for diagnosis of human bocavirus infections and phylogenetic analysis

    Florian Neske;Kerstin Blessing;Franz Tollmann;Jörg Schubert

  • Comparison of three retroviral vector systems for transduction of nonobese diabetic/severe combined immunodeficiency mice repopulating human CD34+ cord blood cells.

    Cordula Leurs;Michael Jansen;Michael Jansen;Karen E. Pollok;Martin Heinkelein

  • Foamy Virus Particle Formation

    Nicole Fischer;Martin Heinkelein;Dirk Lindemann;Jörg Enssle

  • The carboxyl terminus of the human foamy virus Gag protein contains separable nucleic acid binding and nuclear transport domains.

    Shuyuarn F. Yu;Kurt Edelmann;Roland K. Strong;Astrid Moebes

  • The transcriptional transactivator of human foamy virus maps to the bel 1 genomic region

    A Rethwilm;O Erlwein;G Baunach;B Maurer

  • Genome-wide mapping of foamy virus vector integrations into a human cell line.

    Ali Nowrouzi;Marcus Dittrich;Chuck Klanke;Martin Heinkelein

  • Foamy virus reverse transcriptase is expressed independently from the Gag protein

    Jorg Enssle;Ingo Jordan;Bettina Mauer;Axel Rethwilm

  • Replicating foamy virus based vectors directing high level expression of foreign genes

    M. Schmidt;A. Rethwilm

  • Efficient pseudotyping of murine leukemia virus particles with chimeric human foamy virus envelope proteins.

    Dirk Lindemann;Michael Bock;Matthias Schweizer;Axel Rethwilm

  • A simple and rapid single-step multiplex RT-PCR to detect Norovirus, Astrovirus and Adenovirus in clinical stool samples.

    Jacques Rohayem;Stefanie Berger;Thomas Juretzek;Ottmar Herchenröder

  • Evidence of recombination in the norovirus capsid gene.

    Jacques Rohayem;Julia Münch;Axel Rethwilm

Frequent Co-Authors

Dirk Lindemann
Dirk Lindemann TU Dresden
Adriano Aguzzi
Adriano Aguzzi University of Zurich
V. ter Meulen
V. ter Meulen University of Würzburg
Hanswalter Zentgraf
Hanswalter Zentgraf German Cancer Research Center
Ivan D. Horak
Ivan D. Horak Freie Universität Berlin
Marc W. Kirschner
Marc W. Kirschner Harvard University
Silvia Marino
Silvia Marino Queen Mary University of London
Wolfgang Preiser
Wolfgang Preiser Stellenbosch University
Erwin F. Wagner
Erwin F. Wagner Medical University of Vienna
Steven C. Ghivizzani
Steven C. Ghivizzani University of Florida

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