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Bernd Timmermann

Bernd Timmermann

D-Index & Metrics

Genetics

D-Index
60
Citations
60277
World Ranking
3089
National Ranking
213

Bernd Timmermann publication distribution in Genetics in 2026

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

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 163 publications — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more.

Bernd Timmermann D-index placement in Genetics in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 60 D-Index — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more.

Overview

Bernd Timmermann is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as well as Medicine. Within these areas, key subfields include Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases, Neurology, Immunology, and Genetics.

The scientist's research covers a range of topics, notably:

  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • Muscle Physiology and Disorders
  • Respiratory viral infections research

Timmermann has contributed to multiple recent scientific papers, including:

  • COVID-19 severity correlates with airway epithelium-immune cell interactions identified by single-cell analysis, 2020, Nature Biotechnology
  • Single-cell sequencing of human midbrain reveals glial activation and a Parkinson-specific neuronal state, 2021, Brain
  • Pre-activated antiviral innate immunity in the upper airways controls early SARS-CoV-2 infection in children, 2021, Nature Biotechnology
  • Mouse embryonic stem cells self-organize into trunk-like structures with neural tube and somites, 2020, Science
  • An Unbiased Molecular Approach Using 3'-UTRs Resolves the Avian Family-Level Tree of Life, 2020, Molecular Biology and Evolution

The scientist frequently publishes in several venues. The most common include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Cancer Research
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Nature Biotechnology

Collaboration is an integral part of Timmermann's research activity. Frequent coauthors are:

  • Lars Wittler
  • Matthias Lienhard
  • Roland Eils
  • Stefan T. Börno
  • Christian Conrad

Best Publications

  • A global reference for human genetic variation.

    Adam Auton;Gonçalo R. Abecasis;David M. Altshuler;Richard M. Durbin

  • An integrated map of genetic variation from 1,092 human genomes

    Goncalo R Abecasis;Adam Auton;Lisa D Brooks

  • Table S2: Trans-factors and trinucleotide repeat instability Trans-factor

    Arturo López Castel;John D Cleary;Christopher E Pearson

  • Disruptions of Topological Chromatin Domains Cause Pathogenic Rewiring of Gene-Enhancer Interactions

    Darío G. Lupiáñez;Darío G. Lupiáñez;Katerina Kraft;Katerina Kraft;Verena Heinrich;Peter Krawitz;Peter Krawitz

  • Mapping copy number variation by population-scale genome sequencing

    Ryan E. Mills;Klaudia Walter;Chip Stewart;Robert E. Handsaker

  • COVID-19 severity correlates with airway epithelium-immune cell interactions identified by single-cell analysis.

    Robert Lorenz Chua;Soeren Lukassen;Saskia Trump;Bianca P. Hennig

  • A global reference for human genetic variation

    Adam Auton;Gonçalo R. Abecasis;David M. Altshuler;Richard M. Durbin

  • Formation of new chromatin domains determines pathogenicity of genomic duplications

    Martin Franke;Martin Franke;Daniel M. Ibrahim;Guillaume Andrey;Wibke Schwarzer

  • A map of human genome variation from population-scale sequencing

    Richard M. Durbin;David L. Altshuler;Gonçalo R. Abecasis;David R. Bentley

  • Pre-activated antiviral innate immunity in the upper airways controls early SARS-CoV-2 infection in children.

    Jennifer Loske;Jobst Röhmel;Soeren Lukassen;Sebastian Stricker

  • Haplotype-resolved sweet potato genome traces back its hexaploidization history.

    Jun Yang;Jun Yang;M-Hossein Moeinzadeh;Heiner Kuhl;Johannes Helmuth

  • DMSO induces drastic changes in human cellular processes and epigenetic landscape in vitro

    Marcha C.T. Verheijen;Matthias Lienhard;Yannick Schrooders;Olivia Clayton

  • Functional dissection of the Sox9–Kcnj2 locus identifies nonessential and instructive roles of TAD architecture

    Alexandra Despang;Alexandra Despang;Robert Schöpflin;Robert Schöpflin;Martin Franke;Martin Franke;Salaheddine Ali;Salaheddine Ali

  • Somatic Mutation Profiles of MSI and MSS Colorectal Cancer Identified by Whole Exome Next Generation Sequencing and Bioinformatics Analysis

    Bernd Timmermann;Martin Kerick;Christina Roehr;Christina Roehr;Axel Fischer

  • Mouse embryonic stem cells self-organize into trunk-like structures with neural tube and somites

    Jesse V. Veenvliet;Adriano Bolondi;Helene Kretzmer;Leah Haut

  • β-2 Adrenergic Receptor Variants Affect Resting Blood Pressure and Agonist-Induced Vasodilation in Young Adult Caucasians

    Gerfried Gratze;Jürgen Fortin;Ralf Labugger;Alexander Binder

  • Genetics of intellectual disability in consanguineous families

    Hao Hu;Hao Hu;Kimia Kahrizi;Luciana Musante;Zohreh Fattahi

  • Targeted high throughput sequencing in clinical cancer settings: formaldehyde fixed-paraffin embedded (FFPE) tumor tissues, input amount and tumor heterogeneity

    Martin Kerick;Melanie Isau;Melanie Isau;Bernd Timmermann;Holger Sültmann

  • β-2 Adrenoceptor genetic variation is associated with genetic predisposition to essential hypertension: The Bergen Blood Pressure Study

    Bernd Timmermann;Bernd Timmermann;Rune Mo;Rune Mo;Friedrich C. Luft;Friedrich C. Luft;Eva Gerdts;Eva Gerdts

  • Computational analysis of genome-wide DNA methylation during the differentiation of human embryonic stem cells along the endodermal lineage

    Lukas Chavez;Justyna Jozefczuk;Christina Grimm;Jörn Dietrich

Frequent Co-Authors

Stefan Mundlos
Stefan Mundlos Max Planck Society
Hans Lehrach
Hans Lehrach Max Planck Society
Markus Ralser
Markus Ralser Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Martin Vingron
Martin Vingron Max Planck Society
Ralf Herwig
Ralf Herwig Max Planck Society
Alexander Meissner
Alexander Meissner Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics
Bernhard G. Herrmann
Bernhard G. Herrmann Max Planck Society
Sigmar Stricker
Sigmar Stricker Freie Universität Berlin
Axel Visel
Axel Visel Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Peter N. Robinson
Peter N. Robinson The Jackson Laboratory

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