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Claus Schwechheimer 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 Claus Schwechheimer sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 103 publications — 6th percentile

6% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Claus Schwechheimer 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 Claus Schwechheimer sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Claus Schwechheimer is affiliated with the Technical University of Munich in Germany. Their research focuses on several areas within agricultural and biological sciences, particularly plant science and molecular biology. Schwechheimer's work frequently involves advanced proteomics techniques, plant nutrient uptake and metabolism, photosynthetic processes, and plant reproductive biology.

The scientist has published extensively in fields related to plant molecular biology research, with additional contributions to plant-microbe interactions and immunity, as well as plant tissue culture and regeneration. Their publication record shows involvement in both fundamental and applied aspects of plant biology.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Schwechheimer include:

  • Plant GATA Factors: Their Biology, Phylogeny, and Phylogenomics (2022, Annual Review of Plant Biology)
  • Mass-spectrometry-based draft of the Arabidopsis proteome (2020, Nature)
  • GROWTH-REGULATING FACTORS Interact with DELLAs and Regulate Growth in Cold Stress (2020, The Plant Cell)
  • Naphthylphthalamic acid associates with and inhibits PIN auxin transporters (2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • A Molecular Signal Integration Network Underpinning Arabidopsis Seed Germination (2020, Current Biology)

Claus Schwechheimer frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including Bernhard Küster, Ulrich Z. Hammes, Julia Mergner, Dorina P. Janacek, and Alkistis Eleftheria Lanassa Bassukas.

Their research has been published in a range of venues, with multiple papers appearing in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) and The Plant Cell. Other publication venues include Current Opinion in Plant Biology, Nature, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Best Publications

  • Interactions of the COP9 Signalosome with the E3 Ubiquitin Ligase SCF TIR1 in Mediating Auxin Response

    Claus Schwechheimer;Giovanna Serino;Judy Callis;William L. Crosby

  • The DELLA domain of GA INSENSITIVE mediates the interaction with the GA INSENSITIVE DWARF1A gibberellin receptor of Arabidopsis.

    Björn C. Willige;Soumya Ghosh;Carola Nill;Melina Zourelidou

  • Mass-spectrometry-based draft of the Arabidopsis proteome.

    Julia Mergner;Martin Frejno;Markus List;Michael Papacek

  • Auxin efflux by PIN-FORMED proteins is activated by two different protein kinases, D6 PROTEIN KINASE and PINOID

    Melina Zourelidou;Birgit Absmanner;Benjamin Weller;Inês C R Barbosa

  • COP9 signalosome revisited: a novel mediator of protein degradation.

    Claus Schwechheimer;Xing-Wang Deng

  • The GATA-type transcription factors GNC and GNL/CGA1 repress gibberellin signaling downstream from DELLA proteins and PHYTOCHROME-INTERACTING FACTORS

    René Richter;Carina Behringer;Isabel Karin Müller;Claus Schwechheimer

  • Mobile Gibberellin Directly Stimulates Arabidopsis Hypocotyl Xylem Expansion

    Laura Ragni;Kaisa Nieminen;David Pacheco-Villalobos;Richard Sibout

  • The Arabidopsis NPF3 protein is a GA transporter

    Iris Tal;Yi Zhang;Morten Egevang Jørgensen;Odelia Pisanty

  • Gibberellin Regulates PIN-FORMED Abundance and Is Required for Auxin Transport–Dependent Growth and Development in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Björn C. Willige;Erika Isono;René Richter;Melina Zourelidou

  • Understanding gibberellic acid signaling--are we there yet?

    Claus Schwechheimer

  • Cytokinin controls polarity of PIN1-dependent auxin transport during lateral root organogenesis.

    Peter Marhavý;Jérôme Duclercq;Benjamin Weller;Elena Feraru

  • The polarly localized D6 PROTEIN KINASE is required for efficient auxin transport in Arabidopsis thaliana.

    Melina Zourelidou;Isabel Müller;Björn C. Willige;Carola Nill

  • The COP9 signalosome (CSN): an evolutionary conserved proteolysis regulator in eukaryotic development.

    Claus Schwechheimer

  • Multiple Ubiquitin Ligase–Mediated Processes Require COP9 Signalosome and AXR1 Function

    Claus Schwechheimer;Giovanna Serino;Xing-Wang Deng

  • D6PK AGCVIII Kinases Are Required for Auxin Transport and Phototropic Hypocotyl Bending in Arabidopsis

    Björn C. Willige;Siv Ahlers;Melina Zourelidou;Inês C.R. Barbosa

  • Shedding light on gibberellic acid signalling.

    Claus Schwechheimer;Björn Christopher Willige

  • PLANT TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR STUDIES.

    C. Schwechheimer;M. Zourelidou;M. W. Bevan

  • A molecular rheostat adjusts auxin flux to promote root protophloem differentiation.

    P. Marhava;A. E. L. Bassukas;M. Zourelidou;M. Kolb;M. Kolb

  • B-GATA transcription factors – insights into their structure, regulation, and role in plant development

    Carina Behringer;Claus Schwechheimer

  • GROWTH-REGULATING FACTORS Interact with DELLAs and Regulate Growth in Cold Stress.

    Ourania Lantzouni;Angela Alkofer;Pascal Falter-Braun;Claus Schwechheimer

Frequent Co-Authors

Bernhard Kuster
Bernhard Kuster Technical University of Munich
Klaus F. X. Mayer
Klaus F. X. Mayer Technical University of Munich
Gerd Jürgens
Gerd Jürgens University of Tübingen
Markus Schmid
Markus Schmid Umeå University
Viktor Žárský
Viktor Žárský Czech Academy of Sciences
Waltraud X. Schulze
Waltraud X. Schulze University of Hohenheim
Michael W. Bevan
Michael W. Bevan John Innes Centre
Xing Wang Deng
Xing Wang Deng Peking University
Jiří Friml
Jiří Friml Institute of Science and Technology Austria
Manuel Spannagl
Manuel Spannagl Helmholtz Zentrum München

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