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D-Index
62
Citations
16055
World Ranking
10664
National Ranking
768

Christian Plank 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 Christian Plank sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 195 publications — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Christian Plank 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 Christian Plank sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 62 D-Index — 46th percentile

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

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

Overview

Christian Plank is a researcher affiliated with the Technical University of Munich in Germany. Their work spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with particular contributions within Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases, Surgery, Biomedical Engineering, and Animal Science and Zoology.

The primary focus of Plank's research includes RNA Interference and Gene Delivery, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, Bone Tissue Engineering Materials, Animal Virus Infection Studies, Viral Gastroenteritis Research and Epidemiology, Orthopaedic Implants and Arthroplasty, and RNA Research and Splicing.

Their publications have appeared in several academic venues. Frequent venues include:

  • Gene Therapy
  • Science Advances
  • Nature Biomedical Engineering
  • Molecular Pharmaceutics
  • Molecular Therapy - Nucleic Acids

Significant recent papers by Plank include:

  • Efficient healing of large osseous segmental defects using optimized chemically modified messenger RNA encoding BMP-2, 2022, Science Advances
  • A computationally designed antigen eliciting broad humoral responses against SARS-CoV-2 and related sarbecoviruses, 2023, Nature Biomedical Engineering
  • Transcript-Activated Coatings on Titanium Mediate Cellular Osteogenesis for Enhanced Osteointegration, 2021, Molecular Pharmaceutics
  • In Vitro Evaluation of a Nanoparticle-Based mRNA Delivery System for Cells in the Joint, 2021, Biomedicines
  • Cellular uptake of modified mRNA occurs via caveolae-mediated endocytosis, yielding high protein expression in slow-dividing cells, 2023, Molecular Therapy - Nucleic Acids

Plank has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Martijn van Griensven
  • Elizabeth R. Balmayor
  • Johannes Geiger
  • Claudia Del Toro Runzer
  • Sneha Vishwanath

Best Publications

  • Magnetofection: enhancing and targeting gene delivery by magnetic force in vitro and in vivo.

    F Scherer;M Anton;U Schillinger;J Henke

  • The influence of endosome-disruptive peptides on gene transfer using synthetic virus-like gene transfer systems.

    Christian Plank;Berndt Oberhauser;Karl Mechtler;Christian Koch

  • Influenza virus hemagglutinin HA-2 N-terminal fusogenic peptides augment gene transfer by transferrin-polylysine-DNA complexes: toward a synthetic virus-like gene-transfer vehicle.

    Ernst Wagner;Christian Plank;Kurt Zatloukal;Matt Cotten

  • LABELLING OF CELLS WITH QUANTUM DOTS

    Wolfgang J Parak;Teresa Pellegrino;Christian Plank

  • The magnetofection method: using magnetic force to enhance gene delivery.

    Christian Plank;Ulrike Schillinger;Franz Scherer;Christian Bergemann

  • Targeted temperature sensitive magnetic liposomes for thermo-chemotherapy

    Pallab Pradhan;Jyotsnendu Giri;Finn Rieken;Christian Koch

  • Gene transfer into hepatocytes using asialoglycoprotein receptor mediated endocytosis of DNA complexed with an artificial tetra-antennary galactose ligand.

    Christian Plank;Kurt Zatloukal;Matt Cotten;Karl Mechtler

  • Magnetically enhanced nucleic acid delivery. Ten years of magnetofection—Progress and prospects

    Christian Plank;Olivier Zelphati;Olga Mykhaylyk

  • Oligomers of the arginine-rich motif of the HIV-1 TAT protein are capable of transferring plasmid DNA into cells

    Carsten Rudolph;Christian Plank;James Lausier;Ulrike Schillinger

  • Generation of magnetic nonviral gene transfer agents and magnetofection in vitro

    Olga Mykhaylyk;Yolanda Sánchez Antequera;Dialekti Vlaskou;Christian Plank

  • Toll-Like Receptor Expression in Human Keratinocytes: Nuclear Factor κB Controlled Gene Activation by Staphylococcus aureus is Toll-Like Receptor 2 But Not Toll-Like Receptor 4 or Platelet Activating Factor Receptor Dependent

    Martin Mempel;Verena Voelcker;Gabriele Köllisch;Christian Plank

  • Insights into the mechanism of magnetofection using PEI‐based magnetofectins for gene transfer

    Stephanie Huth;James Lausier;Soeren W. Gersting;Carsten Rudolph

  • Ectopic expression of a conditional GATA-2/estrogen receptor chimera arrests erythroid differentiation in a hormone-dependent manner

    Karoline Briegel;Kim Chew Lim;Christian Plank;Hartmut Beug

  • Magnetofection--a highly efficient tool for antisense oligonucleotide delivery in vitro and in vivo.

    Florian Krötz;Cor de Wit;Hae Young Sohn;Stefan Zahler

  • Protective copolymers for nonviral gene vectors: synthesis, vector characterization and application in gene delivery

    Finsinger D;Remy Js;Erbacher P;Koch C

  • Magnetofection Potentiates Gene Delivery to Cultured Endothelial Cells

    Florian Krötz;Hae-Young Sohn;Torsten Gloe;Christian Plank

  • Uptake of Colloidal Polyelectrolyte‐Coated Particles and Polyelectrolyte Multilayer Capsules by Living Cells

    A. M. Javier;A. M. Javier;O. Kreft;M. Semmling;M. Semmling;S. Kempter

  • Nonviral vector loaded collagen sponges for sustained gene delivery in vitro and in vivo.

    Franz Scherer;Ulrike Schillinger;Ursula Putz;Axel Stemberger

  • Advances in magnetofection—magnetically guided nucleic acid delivery

    Ulrike Schillinger;Thomas Brill;Carsten Rudolph;Stephanie Huth

  • Enhancing and targeting nucleic acid delivery by magnetic force.

    Christian Plank;Martina Anton;Carsten Rudolph;Joseph Rosenecker

Frequent Co-Authors

Ernst Wagner
Ernst Wagner Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Matthew Cotten
Matthew Cotten Wellcome Sanger Institute
Max L. Birnstiel
Max L. Birnstiel Research Institute of Molecular Pathology
David T. Curiel
David T. Curiel Washington University in St. Louis
Wolfgang Rascher
Wolfgang Rascher University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Alexander Pfeifer
Alexander Pfeifer University of Bonn
Duncan M. Geddes
Duncan M. Geddes Imperial College London
Wolfgang J. Parak
Wolfgang J. Parak Universität Hamburg
Markus Döblinger
Markus Döblinger Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Bernd K. Fleischmann
Bernd K. Fleischmann University of Bonn

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