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D-Index
87
Citations
26152
World Ranking
802
National Ranking
48

Dirk Haller publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Microbiology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Dirk Haller sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 319 publications — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

Dirk Haller D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Microbiology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Dirk Haller sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 87 D-Index — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

Overview

Dirk Haller is affiliated with the Technical University of Munich in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on the intersection of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. The scientist has published extensively in subfields including molecular biology, genetics, epidemiology, physiology, and surgery.

Their work covers a range of topics, notably:

  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research
  • Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies
  • Microscopic Colitis
  • IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways

Frequent publication venues for Dirk Haller include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Gastroenterology
  • Journal of Crohn's and Colitis
  • Nature Communications
  • Cell Host & Microbe

They have collaborated often with several co-authors, with the most frequent being:

  • Amira Metwaly
  • Sandra Reitmeier
  • Katja Steiger
  • Klaus Neuhaus
  • Karin Kleigrewe

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Auto-aggressive CXCR6+ CD8 T cells cause liver immune pathology in NASH," 2021, published in Nature
  • "Network analysis methods for studying microbial communities: A mini review," 2021, published in Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal
  • "Arrhythmic Gut Microbiome Signatures Predict Risk of Type 2 Diabetes," 2020, published in Cell Host & Microbe
  • "Microbiome risk profiles as biomarkers for inflammatory and metabolic disorders," 2022, published in Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology
  • "Genome-wide association study in 8,956 German individuals identifies influence of ABO histo-blood groups on gut microbiome," 2021, published in Nature Genetics

Best Publications

  • Critical review: vegetables and fruit in the prevention of chronic diseases

    Heiner Boeing;Angela Bechthold;Achim Bub;Sabine Ellinger

  • Safety assessment of probiotics for human use

    Mary Ellen Sanders;Louis M A Akkermans;Dirk Haller;Cathy Hammerman

  • High-fat diet alters gut microbiota physiology in mice

    Hannelore Daniel;Amin Moghaddas Gholami;David Berry;Charles Desmarchelier

  • Metabolic activation of intrahepatic CD8+ T cells and NKT cells causes nonalcoholic steatohepatitis and liver cancer via cross-talk with hepatocytes

    Monika Julia Wolf;Arlind Adili;Kira Piotrowitz;Zeinab Abdullah

  • A guide to histomorphological evaluation of intestinal inflammation in mouse models

    Ulrike Erben;Christoph Loddenkemper;Katja Doerfel;Simone Spieckermann

  • Non-pathogenic bacteria elicit a differential cytokine response by intestinal epithelial cell/leucocyte co-cultures

    D Haller;C Bode;W P Hammes;A M A Pfeifer

  • The Mouse Intestinal Bacterial Collection (miBC) provides host-specific insight into cultured diversity and functional potential of the gut microbiota

    Ilias Lagkouvardos;Rüdiger Pukall;Birte Abt;Bärbel U. Foesel

  • IMNGS: A comprehensive open resource of processed 16S rRNA microbial profiles for ecology and diversity studies

    Ilias Lagkouvardos;Divya Joseph;Martin Kapfhammer;Sabahattin Giritli

  • A Consideration of Biomarkers to be Used for Evaluation of Inflammation in Human Nutritional Studies

    P.C. Calder;N. Ahluwalia;R. Albers;N. Bosco

  • Dysbiotic gut microbiota causes transmissible Crohn's disease-like ileitis independent of failure in antimicrobial defence

    Monika Schaubeck;Thomas Clavel;Jelena Calasan;Ilias Lagkouvardos

  • Auto-aggressive CXCR6 + CD8 T cells cause liver immune pathology in NASH

    Michael Dudek;Dominik Pfister;Sainitin Donakonda;Pamela Filpe

  • PASylation: a biological alternative to PEGylation for extending the plasma half-life of pharmaceutically active proteins

    Martin Schlapschy;Uli Binder;Claudia Börger;Ina Theobald

  • Guidance for Substantiating the Evidence for Beneficial Effects of Probiotics: Current Status and Recommendations for Future Research

    Ger T. Rijkers;Stig Bengmark;Paul Enck;Dirk Haller

  • Depletion of luminal iron alters the gut microbiota and prevents Crohn's disease-like ileitis

    Tanja Werner;Stefan J. Wagner;Inés Martínez;Jens Walter

  • Enterococcus faecalis metalloprotease compromises epithelial barrier and contributes to intestinal inflammation

    Natalie Steck;Micha Hoffmann;Irina G. Sava;Sandra C. Kim

  • Interleukin-10 Blocked Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress in Intestinal Epithelial Cells: Impact on Chronic Inflammation

    Anna Shkoda;Pedro A. Ruiz;Hannelore Daniel;Sandra C. Kim

  • Oral versus intravenous iron replacement therapy distinctly alters the gut microbiota and metabolome in patients with IBD

    Thomas Lee;Thomas Clavel;Kirill Smirnov;Annemarie Schmidt

  • Mitochondrial function - gatekeeper of intestinal epithelial cell homeostasis.

    Eva Rath;Antonio Moschetta;Dirk Haller

  • Microbiome risk profiles as biomarkers for inflammatory and metabolic disorders

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  • Quercetin Inhibits TNF-Induced NF-κB Transcription Factor Recruitment to Proinflammatory Gene Promoters in Murine Intestinal Epithelial Cells

    Pedro A Ruiz;Annett Braune;Gabriele Hölzlwimmer;Leticia Quintanilla-Fend

  • Interleukin 10 blocked endoplasmic reticulum stress in intestinal epithelial cells: impact on chronic inflammation

    Dirk Haller;Anna Shkoda;Sandra Kim;Hanelore Daniel

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Clavel
Thomas Clavel RWTH Aachen University
Michael Blaut
Michael Blaut University of Potsdam
R. Balfour Sartor
R. Balfour Sartor University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Hannelore Daniel
Hannelore Daniel Technical University of Munich
Mathias Heikenwalder
Mathias Heikenwalder German Cancer Research Center
Martin Klingenspor
Martin Klingenspor Technical University of Munich
Annette Peters
Annette Peters Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Bernhard Kuster
Bernhard Kuster Technical University of Munich
Achim Weber
Achim Weber University of Zurich
Stephan Brand
Stephan Brand Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

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