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Bernhard Kräutler

Bernhard Kräutler

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
59
Citations
11962
World Ranking
12579
National Ranking
115

Chemistry

D-Index
65
Citations
14261
World Ranking
7707
National Ranking
45

Bernhard Kräutler publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

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

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 338 publications — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Bernhard Kräutler D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 65 D-Index — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2006 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Chemistry

Overview

Bernhard Kräutler is affiliated with the University of Innsbruck in Austria and focuses their research on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work spans several related scientific fields, including molecular biology, rheumatology, materials chemistry, inorganic chemistry, and sustainability-related environmental studies.

The primary areas of study addressed in Kräutler's publications include porphyrin metabolism and disorders, folate and B vitamins research, porphyrin and phthalocyanine chemistry, heme oxygenase-1 and carbon monoxide, metal-catalyzed oxygenation mechanisms, photosynthetic processes and mechanisms, and crystallization and solubility studies.

Kräutler has a notable presence in a variety of scientific journals, with frequent publications in:

  • Chemistry - A European Journal
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Helvetica Chimica Acta

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Kräutler include:

  • "Antivitamins B12-Some Inaugural Milestones," 2020, Chemistry - A European Journal
  • "Synthesis, Spectral Characterization and Crystal Structure of Chlororhodibalamin: A Synthesis Platform for Rhodium Analogues of Vitamin B12 and for Rh-Based Antivitamins B12," 2020, Synthesis

Other studies in the data include related works on vitamin B12 analogues and chlorophyll breakdown, reflecting interdisciplinary research interests involving chemistry and biological processes.

Kräutler collaborates frequently with a group of co-authors, including:

  • Christoph Kieninger
  • Martin J. Warren
  • Evelyne Deery
  • Klaus Wurst
  • Maren Podewitz

The scientist was recognized by the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in 2006 with an award in the field of chemistry.

Best Publications

  • Chlorophyll breakdown in higher plants.

    Stefan Hörtensteiner;Bernhard Kräutler

  • Chlorophyll Breakdown in Senescent Leaves.

    Philippe Matile;Stefan Hortensteiner;Howard Thomas;Bernhard Krautler

  • Cover Picture: Stereo‐ and Regioselective Phyllobilane Oxidation in Leaf Homogenates of the Peace Lily (Spathiphyllum wallisii): Hypothetical Endogenous Path to Yellow Chlorophyll Catabolites (Chem. Eur. J. 1/2015)

    Clemens Vergeiner;Markus Ulrich;Chengjie Li;Xiujun Liu

  • Chlorophyll breakdown in senescent Arabidopsis leaves. Characterization of chlorophyll catabolites and of chlorophyll catabolic enzymes involved in the degreening reaction.

    Adriana Pruzinská;Gaby Tanner;Sylvain Aubry;Iwona Anders

  • Vitamin B12-derivatives—enzyme cofactors and ligands of proteins and nucleic acids

    Karl Gruber;Barbara Puffer;Bernhard Kräutler

  • Cyanobacteria and Eukaryotic Algae Use Different Chemical Variants of Vitamin B12

    Katherine Emma Helliwell;Andrew David Lawrence;Andre Holzer;Andre Holzer;Ulrich Johan Kudahl

  • On the enigma of chlorophyll degradation:the constitution of a secoporphinoid catabolite.

    Bernhard Kräutler;Bernhard Jaun;Philippe Matile;Karlheinz Bortlik

  • In Vivo Participation of Red Chlorophyll Catabolite Reductase in Chlorophyll Breakdown

    Adriana Pruzinská;Iwona Anders;Sylvain Aubry;Nicole Schenk

  • Solving the Riddle of Chlorophyll Breakdown

    Bernhard Kräutler;Philippe Matile

  • The Key Step in Chlorophyll Breakdown in Higher Plants CLEAVAGE OF PHEOPHORBIDE a MACROCYCLE BY A MONOOXYGENASE

    Stefan Hörtensteiner;Karin Lynn Wüthrich;Philippe Matile;Karl-Hans Ongania

  • Breakdown of chlorophyll: A nonenzymatic reaction accounts for the formation of the colorless "nonfluorescent" chlorophyll catabolites

    Michael Oberhuber;Joachim Berghold;Kathrin Breuker;Stefan Hörtensteiner

  • Vitamin B12: chemistry and biochemistry.

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  • Direct plant tissue analysis and imprint imaging by desorption electrospray ionization mass spectrometry

    Thomas Müller;Sheran Oradu;Demian R. Ifa;R. Graham Cooks

  • Tracking Down Chlorophyll Breakdown in Plants: Elucidation of the Constitution of a “Fluorescent” Chlorophyll Catabolite

    Walter Mühlecker;Karl‐Hans Ongania;Bernhard Kräutler;Philippe Matile

  • The Cofactor of Tetrachloroethene Reductive Dehalogenase of Dehalospirillum multivorans Is Norpseudo‐B12, a New Type of a Natural Corrinoid

    Bernhard Kräutler;Wolfgang Fieber;Sigrid Ostermann;Mario Fasching

  • A Lipophilic Derivative of Vitamin B12 as Selective Carrier for Anions

    Peter Schulthess;Daniel Ammann;Wilhelm Simon;Christian Caderas

  • Diversity of corrinoids in acetogenic bacteria. P-cresolylcobamide from Sporomusa ovata, 5-methoxy-6-methylbenzimidazolylcobamide from Clostridium formicoaceticum and vitamin B12 from Acetobacterium woodii.

    Erhard Stupperich;Hans Jürgen Eisinger;Bernhard Kräutler

  • Colorless tetrapyrrolic chlorophyll catabolites found in ripening fruit are effective antioxidants

    Thomas Müller;Markus Ulrich;Karl-Hans Ongania;Bernhard Kräutler

  • Anion Selectivity of Metalloporphyrins in Membranes

    Daniel Ammann;Marin Huser;Bernhard Kräutler;Bruno Rusterholz

  • Accurate Structural Data Demystify B-12 - High-Resolution Solid-State Structure of Aquocobalamin Perchlorate and Structure-Analysis of the Aquocobalamin Ion in Solution

    Christoph Kratky;Gerald Farber;Karl Gruber;Keith Wilson

  • Aquocyanocobalt(III)-hepta(2-phenylethyl)-cobyrinate as a cationic carrier for nitrite-selective liquid-membrane electrodes

    René Stepánek;Bernhard Kräutler;Peter Schulthess;Bernhard Lindemann

Frequent Co-Authors

Klaus Wurst
Klaus Wurst University of Innsbruck
Karl Gruber
Karl Gruber University of Graz
Robert Konrat
Robert Konrat University of Vienna
Stefan Hörtensteiner
Stefan Hörtensteiner University of Zurich
Klaus R. Liedl
Klaus R. Liedl University of Innsbruck
Steffen Jockusch
Steffen Jockusch Bowling Green State University
Martin J. Warren
Martin J. Warren University of Kent
Philippe Matile
Philippe Matile University of Zurich
Andy Lawrence
Andy Lawrence University of Edinburgh
Thomas J. J. Müller
Thomas J. J. Müller Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

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