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Bruno Stieger
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Biology and Biochemistry
Switzerland
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
100
Citations
36040
World Ranking
1520
National Ranking
34

Medicine

D-Index
101
Citations
36598
World Ranking
8000
National Ranking
111

Bruno Stieger publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Bruno Stieger sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 464 publications — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Bruno Stieger D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 72 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 100 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Switzerland Leader Award

Overview

Bruno Stieger is affiliated with the University of Zurich in Switzerland and conducts research primarily in the field of Medicine, with a focus on Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Oncology, Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry, and Hepatology. Their work covers a range of topics including parasitic infections in humans and animals, drug transport and resistance mechanisms, liver disease diagnosis and treatment, pediatric hepatobiliary diseases and treatments, pharmacological effects and toxicity studies, crystallization and solubility studies, and X-ray diffraction in crystallography.

Stieger's recent publications reflect this diverse focus. Key papers include:

  • Membrane lipids and transporter function, 2021, published in Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease
  • Structure of human drug transporters OATP1B1 and OATP1B3, 2023, published in Nature Communications
  • Structure of human NTCP reveals the basis of recognition and sodium-driven transport of bile salts into the liver, 2022, published in Cell Research
  • Structures of ABCB4 provide insight into phosphatidylcholine translocation, 2021, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Structural basis of bile salt extrusion and small-molecule inhibition in human BSEP, 2023, published in Nature Communications

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Stieger include Cristina Gómez, Fadi Jebbawi, Michael Weingärtner, Junhua Wang, and Simon Stücheli, indicating a consistent professional network.

The scientist regularly publishes in venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature, The Cambridge Structural Database, Nature Communications, and the Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics.

Best Publications

  • The sister of P-glycoprotein represents the canalicular bile salt export pump of mammalian liver.

    Thomas Gerloff;Bruno Stieger;Bruno Hagenbuch;Jerzy Madon

  • Recent advances in 2D and 3D in vitro systems using primary hepatocytes, alternative hepatocyte sources and non-parenchymal liver cells and their use in investigating mechanisms of hepatotoxicity, cell signaling and ADME.

    Patricio Godoy;Nicola J. Hewitt;Ute Albrecht;Melvin E. Andersen

  • Organic anion-transporting polypeptide B (OATP-B) and its functional comparison with three other OATPs of human liver

    Gerd A. Kullak-Ublick;Manfred G. Ismair;Bruno Stieger;Lukas Landmann

  • Enterohepatic Bile Salt Transporters in Normal Physiology and Liver Disease

    Gerd A. Kullak-ublick;Bruno Stieger;Peter J. Meier

  • St John's Wort induces intestinal P-glycoprotein/MDR1 and intestinal and hepatic CYP3A4

    Donat Dürr;Bruno Stieger;Gerd A. Kullak‐Ublick;Katharina M. Rentsch

  • Bile Salt Transporters

    Peter J Meier;B Stieger

  • Drug- and estrogen-induced cholestasis through inhibition of the hepatocellular bile salt export pump (Bsep) of rat liver.

    Bruno Stieger;Karin Fattinger;Jerzy Madon;Gerd A. Kullak-Ublick

  • Expression cloning of a rat liver Na(+)-independent organic anion transporter.

    Emmanuel Jacquemin;Bruno Hagenbuch;Bruno Stieger;Allan W. Wolkoff

  • A high yield preparation for rat kidney brush border membranes Different behaviour of lysosomal markers

    Juerg Biber;Bruno Stieger;Winfried Haase;Heini Murer

  • Functional expression cloning and characterization of the hepatocyte Na+/bile acid cotransport system.

    Bruno Hagenbuch;Bruno Stieger;Montserrat Foguet;Hermann Lubbert

  • Molecular and functional characterization of an organic anion transporting polypeptide cloned from human liver.

    Gerd A. Kullak-Ublick;Bruno Hagenbuch;Bruno Stieger;Claudio D. Schteingart

  • Isolation of a multispecific organic anion and cardiac glycoside transporter from rat brain.

    Birgitta Noé;Bruno Hagenbuch;Bruno Stieger;Peter J. Meier

  • Sphingomyelin synthesis in rat liver occurs predominantly at the cis and medial cisternae of the Golgi apparatus.

    A H Futerman;B Stieger;A L Hubbard;R E Pagano

  • Substrate specificity of sinusoidal bile acid and organic anion uptake systems in rat and human liver

    P J Meier;U Eckhardt;A Schroeder;B Hagenbuch

  • Localization of the organic anion transporting polypeptide 2 (Oatp2) in capillary endothelium and choroid plexus epithelium of rat brain

    Bo Gao;Bruno Stieger;Birgitta Noé;Jean-Marc Fritschy

  • Identification of a novel human organic anion transporting polypeptide as a high affinity thyroxine transporter.

    F. Pizzagalli;B. Hagenbuch;B. Stieger;U. Klenk

  • Hepatocellular carcinoma in ten children under five years of age with bile salt export pump deficiency.

    A. S. Knisely;Sandra S. Strautnieks;Yvonne Meier;Bruno Stieger

  • Severe bile salt export pump deficiency: 82 different ABCB11 mutations in 109 families.

    Sandra S. Strautnieks;Jane A. Byrne;Ludmila Pawlikowska;Dita Cebecauerova

  • The SLCO (former SLC21) superfamily of transporters

    Bruno Hagenbuch;Bruno Stieger

  • Bosentan Is a Substrate of Human OATP1B1 and OATP1B3: Inhibition of Hepatic Uptake as the Common Mechanism of Its Interactions with Cyclosporin A, Rifampicin, and Sildenafil

    Alexander Treiber;Ralph Schneiter;Stephanie Häusler;Bruno Stieger

Frequent Co-Authors

Bruno Hagenbuch
Bruno Hagenbuch University of Kansas
Heini Murer
Heini Murer University of Zurich
Olivier Fardel
Olivier Fardel University of Rennes
Stephan Krähenbühl
Stephan Krähenbühl University of Basel
Patrick Augustijns
Patrick Augustijns KU Leuven
Ronald P.J. Oude Elferink
Ronald P.J. Oude Elferink University of Amsterdam
Yuichi Sugiyama
Yuichi Sugiyama University of Tokyo
Robert J. Porte
Robert J. Porte University Medical Center Groningen
Ulrich Beuers
Ulrich Beuers University of Amsterdam
Achim Weber
Achim Weber University of Zurich

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