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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Chemistry 84 2873 2584 976 817 239 20785

Carsten Krebs publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Carsten Krebs between 1995 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Carsten Krebs published across 31 years, from 1995 to 2025, averaging 8.5 papers a year. Output peaked at 21 publications in 2022. 16 of the 264 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1995 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 21. Peak 21 publications in 2022. 1995: 2 publications 1996: 1 publication 1997: 2 publications 1998: 4 publications 1999: 6 publications 2000: 9 publications 2001: 3 publications 2002: 6 publications 2003: 10 publications 2004: 9 publications 2005: 6 publications 2006: 9 publications 2007: 15 publications 2008: 15 publications 2009: 9 publications 2010: 10 publications 2011: 10 publications 2012: 8 publications 2013: 15 publications 2014: 5 publications 2015: 9 publications 2016: 12 publications 2017: 9 publications 2018: 14 publications 2019: 12 publications 2020: 7 publications 2021: 5 publications 2022: 21 publications 2023: 5 publications 2024: 8 publications 2025: 8 publications
1995 2025

264 publications in total across all disciplines

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Carsten Krebs: publications per year, 1995 to 2025
Year Publications
1995 2
1996 1
1997 2
1998 4
1999 6
2000 9
2001 3
2002 6
2003 10
2004 9
2005 6
2006 9
2007 15
2008 15
2009 9
2010 10
2011 10
2012 8
2013 15
2014 5
2015 9
2016 12
2017 9
2018 14
2019 12
2020 7
2021 5
2022 21
2023 5
2024 8
2025 8
Total 264
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Carsten Krebs 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 Carsten Krebs sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
250 500 750 1,000 1,250
Bar chart with 63 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 61–80 to 1,295+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 1,350. Most scientists, 1,350, have 161–180 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 221–240 publications, is where this scientist sits. 61–80 publications: 66 scientists 81–100 publications: 302 scientists 101–120 publications: 623 scientists 121–140 publications: 918 scientists 141–160 publications: 1,218 scientists 161–180 publications: 1,350 scientists 181–200 publications: 1,344 scientists 201–220 publications: 1,281 scientists 221–240 publications: 1,216 scientists 241–260 publications: 1,100 scientists 261–280 publications: 979 scientists 281–300 publications: 939 scientists 301–320 publications: 764 scientists 321–340 publications: 643 scientists 341–360 publications: 628 scientists 361–380 publications: 522 scientists 381–400 publications: 459 scientists 401–420 publications: 397 scientists 421–440 publications: 327 scientists 441–460 publications: 270 scientists 461–480 publications: 265 scientists 481–500 publications: 252 scientists 501–520 publications: 201 scientists 521–540 publications: 185 scientists 541–560 publications: 148 scientists 561–580 publications: 148 scientists 581–600 publications: 132 scientists 601–620 publications: 114 scientists 621–640 publications: 104 scientists 641–660 publications: 91 scientists 661–680 publications: 92 scientists 681–700 publications: 73 scientists 701–720 publications: 57 scientists 721–740 publications: 54 scientists 741–760 publications: 67 scientists 761–780 publications: 45 scientists 781–800 publications: 46 scientists 801–820 publications: 39 scientists 821–840 publications: 32 scientists 841–860 publications: 36 scientists 861–880 publications: 29 scientists 881–900 publications: 26 scientists 901–920 publications: 24 scientists 921–940 publications: 14 scientists 941–960 publications: 23 scientists 961–980 publications: 28 scientists 981–1,000 publications: 15 scientists 1,001–1,020 publications: 29 scientists 1,021–1,040 publications: 12 scientists 1,041–1,060 publications: 19 scientists 1,061–1,080 publications: 12 scientists 1,081–1,100 publications: 6 scientists 1,101–1,120 publications: 8 scientists 1,121–1,140 publications: 12 scientists 1,141–1,160 publications: 5 scientists 1,161–1,180 publications: 6 scientists 1,181–1,200 publications: 14 scientists 1,201–1,220 publications: 7 scientists 1,221–1,240 publications: 2 scientists 1,241–1,260 publications: 6 scientists 1,261–1,280 publications: 4 scientists 1,281–1,294 publications: 6 scientists 1,295+ publications: 100 scientists
61–80 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 239 publications — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Chemistry scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 17,934 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
61–80 66
81–100 302
101–120 623
121–140 918
141–160 1,218
161–180 1,350
181–200 1,344
201–220 1,281
221–240 1,216 239
241–260 1,100
261–280 979
281–300 939
301–320 764
321–340 643
341–360 628
361–380 522
381–400 459
401–420 397
421–440 327
441–460 270
461–480 265
481–500 252
501–520 201
521–540 185
541–560 148
561–580 148
581–600 132
601–620 114
621–640 104
641–660 91
661–680 92
681–700 73
701–720 57
721–740 54
741–760 67
761–780 45
781–800 46
801–820 39
821–840 32
841–860 36
861–880 29
881–900 26
901–920 24
921–940 14
941–960 23
961–980 28
981–1,000 15
1,001–1,020 29
1,021–1,040 12
1,041–1,060 19
1,061–1,080 12
1,081–1,100 6
1,101–1,120 8
1,121–1,140 12
1,141–1,160 5
1,161–1,180 6
1,181–1,200 14
1,201–1,220 7
1,221–1,240 2
1,241–1,260 6
1,261–1,280 4
1,281–1,294 6
1,295+ 100
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Carsten Krebs 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 Carsten Krebs sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
250 500 750 1,000
Bar chart with 61 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 159+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 1,051. Most scientists, 1,051, have 56–57 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 84–85 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 612 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 808 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 776 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 835 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 861 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 872 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 933 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,051 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 930 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 882 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 834 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 731 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 775 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 683 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 646 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 561 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 501 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 437 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 388 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 354 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 292 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 275 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 254 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 235 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 185 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 192 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 155 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 163 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 125 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 105 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 105 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 112 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 88 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 68 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 69 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 65 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 79 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 61 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 44 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 40 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 33 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 26 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 34 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 35 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 25 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 27 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 17 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 16 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 20 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 20 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 15 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 9 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 9 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 16 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 11 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 3 scientists 158 D-Index: 3 scientists 159+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40–41 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 84 D-Index — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Chemistry scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 17,934 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 289
42–43 612
44–45 808
46–47 776
48–49 835
50–51 861
52–53 872
54–55 933
56–57 1,051
58–59 930
60–61 882
62–63 834
64–65 731
66–67 775
68–69 683
70–71 646
72–73 561
74–75 501
76–77 437
78–79 388
80–81 354
82–83 292
84–85 275 84
86–87 254
88–89 235
90–91 185
92–93 192
94–95 155
96–97 163
98–99 125
100–101 105
102–103 105
104–105 112
106–107 88
108–109 68
110–111 69
112–113 65
114–115 79
116–117 61
118–119 44
120–121 37
122–123 40
124–125 33
126–127 26
128–129 34
130–131 35
132–133 25
134–135 27
136–137 17
138–139 16
140–141 20
142–143 20
144–145 15
146–147 9
148–149 9
150–151 16
152–153 11
154–155 9
156–157 3
158 3
159+ 98
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Carsten Krebs is affiliated with Pennsylvania State University in the United States. Their research spans several interconnected disciplines, primarily within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, materials science, and chemistry. The scientist's work focuses heavily on molecular biology, materials chemistry, and inorganic chemistry, with additional attention to fields such as renewable energy, sustainability, environment, and cell biology.

The main research topics addressed by Krebs include metal-catalyzed oxygenation mechanisms, crystallization and solubility studies, X-ray diffraction in crystallography, metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins, porphyrin metabolism and disorders, microbial metabolism and enzyme function, and heme oxygenase-1 and carbon monoxide.

Krebs's publication record demonstrates involvement in a range of scientific journals and venues. Key publication outlets include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Biochemistry
  • Science
  • Nature Communications

The scientist has frequently collaborated with notable coauthors such as J. Martin Bollinger, Debangsu Sil, Amie K. Boal, C. Näther, and Molly J. McBride.

Among Krebs's recent publications are the following papers:

  • "Fe-S cofactors in the SARS-CoV-2 RNA-dependent RNA polymerase are potential antiviral targets," 2021, Science
  • "A Peroxodiiron(III/III) Intermediate Mediating Both N-Hydroxylation Steps in Biosynthesis of the N-Nitrosourea Pharmacophore of Streptozotocin by the Multi-domain Metalloenzyme SznF," 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Heme biosynthesis depends on previously unrecognized acquisition of iron-sulfur cofactors in human amino-levulinic acid dehydratase," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Structural basis for tRNA methylthiolation by the radical SAM enzyme MiaB," 2021, Nature
  • "Nuclear Resonance Vibrational Spectroscopic Definition of the Facial Triad FeIVO Intermediate in Taurine Dioxygenase: Evaluation of Structural Contributions to Hydrogen Atom Abstraction," 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society

Krebs received recognition as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2019.

Best Publications

  • Non-heme Fe(IV)-oxo intermediates.

    Carsten Krebs;Danica Galonić Fujimori;Christopher T. Walsh;J. Martin Bollinger

  • The First Direct Characterization of a High-Valent Iron Intermediate in the Reaction of an α-Ketoglutarate-Dependent Dioxygenase: A High-Spin Fe(IV) Complex in Taurine/α-Ketoglutarate Dioxygenase (TauD) from Escherichia coli†

    John C. Price;Eric W. Barr;Bhramara Tirupati;J. Martin Bollinger

  • IscU as a scaffold for iron-sulfur cluster biosynthesis: sequential assembly of [2Fe-2S] and [4Fe-4S] clusters in IscU.

    Jeffrey N. Agar;Carsten Krebs;Jeverson Frazzon;Boi Hanh Huynh

  • Evidence for Hydrogen Abstraction from C1 of Taurine by the High-Spin Fe(IV) Intermediate Detected during Oxygen Activation by Taurine:α -Ketoglutarate Dioxygenase (TauD)

    John C. Price;Eric W. Barr;Timothy E. Glass;Carsten Krebs

  • Direct spectroscopic detection of a C-H-cleaving high-spin Fe(IV) complex in a prolyl-4-hydroxylase

    Lee M. Hoffart;Eric W. Barr;Robert B. Guyer;J. Martin Bollinger

  • Two interconverting Fe( IV ) intermediates in aliphatic chlorination by the halogenase CytC3

    Danica P Galonić;Eric W Barr;Christopher T Walsh;J Martin Bollinger

  • EXAFS Spectroscopic Evidence for an FeO Unit in the Fe(IV) Intermediate Observed during Oxygen Activation by Taurine:α-Ketoglutarate Dioxygenase

    Pamela J. Riggs-Gelasco;John C. Price;Robert B. Guyer;Jessica H. Brehm

  • IscA, an Alternate Scaffold for Fe−S Cluster Biosynthesis†

    Carsten Krebs;Jeffrey N. Agar;Archer D. Smith;Jeverson Frazzon

  • Human calprotectin is an iron-sequestering host-defense protein

    Toshiki G Nakashige;Bo Zhang;Carsten Krebs;Elizabeth M Nolan

  • Substrate-Triggered Formation and Remarkable Stability of the C−H Bond-Cleaving Chloroferryl Intermediate in the Aliphatic Halogenase, SyrB2

    Megan L. Matthews;Courtney M. Krest;Eric W. Barr;Frédéric H. Vaillancourt

  • Spectroscopic and Computational Evaluation of the Structure of the High-Spin Fe(IV)-Oxo Intermediates in Taurine: α-Ketoglutarate Dioxygenase from Escherichia coli and Its His99Ala Ligand Variant

    Sebastian Sinnecker;Nina Svensen;Eric W. Barr;Shengfa Ye

  • Elucidation of the Fe( iv )=O intermediate in the catalytic cycle of the halogenase SyrB2

    Shaun D. Wong;Martin Srnec;Megan L. Matthews;Megan L. Matthews;Lei V. Liu

  • Substrate positioning controls the partition between halogenation and hydroxylation in the aliphatic halogenase, SyrB2

    Megan L. Matthews;Christopher S. Neumann;Linde A. Miles;Tyler L. Grove

  • Formation of a pterin radical in the reaction of the heme domain of inducible nitric oxide synthase with oxygen.

    Amy R. Hurshman;Carsten Krebs;Dale E. Edmondson;Boi Hanh Huynh

  • A Radically Different Mechanism for S-Adenosylmethionine–Dependent Methyltransferases

    Tyler L. Grove;Jack S. Benner;Matthew I. Radle;Jessica H. Ahlum

  • A Manganese(IV)/Iron(III) Cofactor in Chlamydia trachomatis Ribonucleotide Reductase

    Wei Jiang;Danny Yun;Lana Saleh;Eric W. Barr

  • A short Fe-Fe distance in peroxodiferric ferritin: control of Fe substrate versus cofactor decay?

    Jungwon Hwang;Carsten Krebs;Boi Hanh Huynh;Dale E. Edmondson

  • Direct spectroscopic evidence for a high-spin Fe(IV) intermediate in tyrosine hydroxylase.

    Bekir E. Eser;Eric W. Barr;Patrick A. Frantom;Lana Saleh

  • Kinetic Dissection of the Catalytic Mechanism of Taurine:α-Ketoglutarate Dioxygenase (TauD) from Escherichia coli†

    John C. Price;Eric W. Barr;Lee M. Hoffart;Carsten Krebs

  • Diphthamide biosynthesis requires an organic radical generated by an iron–sulphur enzyme

    Yang Zhang;Xuling Zhu;Andrew T. Torelli;Michael Lee

  • Direct spectroscopic and kinetic evidence for the involvement of a peroxodiferric intermediate during the ferroxidase reaction in fast ferritin mineralization

    Alice S. Pereira;William Small;Carsten Krebs;Pedro Tavares

Frequent Co-Authors

J. Martin Bollinger
J. Martin Bollinger Pennsylvania State University
Squire J. Booker
Squire J. Booker Pennsylvania State University
Edward I. Solomon
Edward I. Solomon Stanford University
Thomas Weyhermüller
Thomas Weyhermüller Max Planck Society
Christopher T. Walsh
Christopher T. Walsh Stanford University
Nicolai Lehnert
Nicolai Lehnert University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Eckhard Bill
Eckhard Bill Max Planck Society
Amy C. Rosenzweig
Amy C. Rosenzweig Northwestern University
Dale E. Edmondson
Dale E. Edmondson Emory University
Karl Wieghardt
Karl Wieghardt Max Planck Society

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