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49
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17960
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Dieter Schweizer 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 Dieter Schweizer sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 95 publications — 4th percentile

4% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Dieter Schweizer 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 Dieter Schweizer sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 9th percentile

9% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Dieter Schweizer is affiliated with the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Austria, contributing primarily to the fields of Medicine and Engineering. Their research focuses on several subfields including Biomedical Engineering, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Mechanics of Materials, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

The scientist's work extensively covers topics such as Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging, Ultrasound Imaging and Elastography, Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications, Flow Measurement and Analysis, Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation, Digital Radiography and Breast Imaging, and AI in cancer detection.

Frequent coauthors in their publications include Orçun Göksel, Can Deniz Bezek, R. Huch, Richard Rau, and M Farkas. Their collaborative efforts have appeared in multiple reputable venues, notably arXiv (Cornell University), International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology, IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control, and European Radiology.

Notable recent papers by Dieter Schweizer demonstrate a focus on ultrasound-based imaging techniques and their applications:

  • Speed-of-sound imaging using diverging waves, 2021, International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery
  • Robust Imaging of Speed of Sound Using Virtual Source Transmission, 2023, IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control
  • Breast density assessment via quantitative sound-speed measurement using conventional ultrasound transducers, 2025, European Radiology
  • Uncertainty estimation for trust attribution to speed-of-sound reconstruction with variational networks, 2025, International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery
  • Pulse-Echo Imaging of Breast Speed of Sound as a Potential Biomarker for Breast Cancer, 2025, Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology

Best Publications

  • Reverse fluorescent chromosome banding with chromomycin and DAPI.

    Dieter Schweizer

  • Histone H3 lysine 9 methylation is an epigenetic imprint of facultative heterochromatin.

    Antoine H F M Peters;Jacqueline E Mermoud;Dónal O'Carroll;Dónal O'Carroll;Michaela Pagani

  • A Caenorhabditis elegans cohesion protein with functions in meiotic chromosome pairing and disjunction

    Pawel Pasierbek;Michael Jantsch;Martin Melcher;Alexander Schleiffer

  • Isolation and Characterization of Suv39h2, a Second Histone H3 Methyltransferase Gene That Displays Testis-Specific Expression

    Dónal O'Carroll;Harry Scherthan;Antoine H. F. M. Peters;Susanne Opravil

  • Localization of RAP1 and topoisomerase II in nuclei and meiotic chromosomes of yeast.

    F. Klein;T. Laroche;M. E. Cardenas;J. F.-X. Hofmann

  • Modification of DAPI banding on human chromosomes by prestaining with a DNA-binding oligopeptide antibiotic, distamycin A.

    D. Schweizer;P. Ambros;M. Andrle

  • Application of Giemsa banding to orchid karyotype analysis

    Trude Schwarzacher;Peter Ambros;Dieter Schweizer

  • Mre11 Deficiency in Arabidopsis Is Associated with Chromosomal Instability in Somatic Cells and Spo11-Dependent Genome Fragmentation during Meiosis

    Jasna Puizina;Jiri Siroky;Petr Mokros;Dieter Schweizer

  • Chromosomal map of the model legume Lotus japonicus

    Andrea Pedrosa;Niels Sandal;Jens Stougaard;Dieter Schweizer

  • The Nuclear Envelope Protein Matefin/SUN-1 Is Required for Homologous Pairing in C. elegans Meiosis

    Alexandra Penkner;Lois Tang;Maria Novatchkova;Markus Ladurner

  • Extensive ribosomal DNA amplification during Andean common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) evolution

    Andrea Pedrosa-Harand;Cícero C. Souza de Almeida;Magdalena Mosiolek;Magdalena Mosiolek;Matthew W. Blair

  • Meiotic chromosome condensation and pairing in Saccharomyces cerevisiae studied by chromosome painting.

    Harry Scherthan;Josef Loidl;Tillman Schuster;Dieter Schweizer

  • Quantitative karyotyping and dual-color FISH mapping of 5S and 18S-25S rDNA probes in the cultivated Phaseolus species (Leguminosae)

    Eduardo A Moscone;Franz Klein;Maria Lambrou;Jörg Fuchs

  • Equilocality of heterochromatin distribution and heterochromatin heterogeneity in acridid grasshoppers

    Bernard John;Max King;Dieter Schweizer;Maria Mendelak

  • Targeted gene knockout reveals a role in meiotic recombination for ZHP-3, a Zip3-related protein in Caenorhabditis elegans.

    Verena Jantsch;Pawel Pasierbek;Michael M. Mueller;Dieter Schweizer

  • Selective interactions between vertebrate polycomb homologs and the SUV39H1 histone lysine methyltransferase suggest that histone H3-K9 methylation contributes to chromosomal targeting of Polycomb group proteins.

    Richard G. A. B. Sewalt;Monika Lachner;Mark Vargas;Karien M. Hamer

  • Cytogenetic map of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.).

    Artur Fonsêca;Joana Ferreira;Tiago Ribeiro Barros dos Santos;Magdalena Mosiolek;Magdalena Mosiolek

  • Giemsa banded karyotypes, systematics, and evolution in Anacyclus (Asteraceae - Anthemideae)

    Dieter Schweizer;Friedrich Ehrendorfer

  • rDNA intergenic region from Arabidopsis thaliana structural analysis, intraspecific variation and functional implications

    Peter Gruendler;Inge Unfried;Kati Pascher;Dieter Schweizer

  • Chromosome banding. Stain combinations for specific regions.

    Schweizer D;Ambros Pf

Frequent Co-Authors

Josef Loidl
Josef Loidl University of Vienna
Peter F. Ambros
Peter F. Ambros St Anna Children's Hospital
Trude Schwarzacher
Trude Schwarzacher University of Leicester
Friedrich Ehrendorfer
Friedrich Ehrendorfer University of Vienna
Dónal O'Carroll
Dónal O'Carroll University of Edinburgh
Alexander Schleiffer
Alexander Schleiffer Research Institute of Molecular Pathology
Thomas Jenuwein
Thomas Jenuwein Max Planck Society
Jörg Fuchs
Jörg Fuchs Leibniz Association
Antoine H.F.M. Peters
Antoine H.F.M. Peters Friedrich Miescher Institute
Harry Scherthan
Harry Scherthan University of Ulm

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