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Dirk K. Hincha

Dirk K. Hincha

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
75
Citations
17627
World Ranking
5396
National Ranking
392

Dirk K. Hincha 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 Dirk K. Hincha sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 235 publications — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Dirk K. Hincha 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 Dirk K. Hincha sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 75 D-Index — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Dirk K. Hincha was affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany throughout their research career. Their work primarily focused on plant science, with notable contributions in agricultural and biological sciences, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

The main fields of study covered by their research included:

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these fields, the subfields they focused on were:

  • Plant Science
  • Molecular Biology
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Food Science
  • Physiology

Their research addressed several key topics, including:

  • Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Plant Gene Expression Analysis
  • Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls
  • Light effects on plants
  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism

Hincha published extensively, with frequent contributions to the following journals:

  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Methods in molecular biology
  • Plant Cell & Environment
  • Plant and Cell Physiology

Frequent co-authors in their publications included:

  • Ellen Zuther
  • Joachim Kopka
  • Alexander Erban
  • Anja Thalhammer
  • Stephanie Schaarschmidt

The following recent research papers illustrated the scope of their work:

  • Cell wall modification by the xyloglucan endotransglucosylase/hydrolase XTH19 influences freezing tolerance after cold and sub-zero acclimation, 2020, Plant Cell & Environment
  • Characterisation of the ERF102 to ERF105 genes of Arabidopsis thaliana and their role in the response to cold stress, 2020, Plant Molecular Biology
  • Evaluation of Seven Different RNA-Seq Alignment Tools Based on Experimental Data from the Model Plant Arabidopsis thaliana, 2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Natural Variation among Arabidopsis Accessions in the Regulation of Flavonoid Metabolism and Stress Gene Expression by Combined UV Radiation and Cold, 2021, Plant and Cell Physiology
  • Transcriptional and Post-Transcriptional Regulation and Transcriptional Memory of Chromatin Regulators in Response to Low Temperature, 2020, Frontiers in Plant Science

In addition to journal articles, Hincha authored a book titled Plant Cold Acclimation, published in 2020 by Springer Science+Business Media.

Best Publications

  • LEA (Late Embryogenesis Abundant) proteins and their encoding genes in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Michaela Hundertmark;Dirk K Hincha

  • Metabolomics of temperature stress

    Charles Guy;Fatma Kaplan;Joachim Kopka;Joachim Selbig

  • Priming and memory of stress responses in organisms lacking a nervous system.

    Monika Hilker;Jens Schwachtje;Margarete Baier;Salma Balazadeh

  • A global survey of gene regulation during cold acclimation in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Matthew A Hannah;Arnd G Heyer;Dirk K Hincha

  • Natural Genetic Variation of Freezing Tolerance in Arabidopsis

    Matthew A. Hannah;Dana Wiese;Susanne Freund;Oliver Fiehn

  • Fructan and its relationship to abiotic stress tolerance in plants

    David P. Livingston;Dirk K. Hincha;Arnd G. Heyer

  • Disruption of the Arabidopsis circadian clock is responsible for extensive variation in the cold-responsive transcriptome

    Zuzanna Bieniawska;Carmen Espinoza;Armin Schlereth;Ronan Sulpice

  • Expression profiling of rice cultivars differing in their tolerance to long-term drought stress

    Thomas Degenkolbe;Phuc Thi Do;Ellen Zuther;Dirk Repsilber

  • Specific effects of fructo- and gluco-oligosaccharides in the preservation of liposomes during drying.

    Dirk K. Hincha;Ellen Zuther;Elke M. Hellwege;Arnd G. Heyer

  • Flavonoids are determinants of freezing tolerance and cold acclimation in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Elisa Schulz;Takayuki Tohge;Ellen Zuther;Alisdair R. Fernie

  • AtMyb41 Regulates Transcriptional and Metabolic Responses to Osmotic Stress in Arabidopsis

    Felix Lippold;Diego H. Sanchez;Magdalena Musialak;Armin Schlereth

  • The role of raffinose in the cold acclimation response of Arabidopsis thaliana

    Ellen Zuther;Kerstin Büchel;Michaela Hundertmark;Mark Stitt

  • The preservation of liposomes by raffinose family oligosaccharides during drying is mediated by effects on fusion and lipid phase transitions.

    Dirk K. Hincha;Ellen Zuther;Arnd G. Heyer

  • Stabilization of model membranes during drying by compatible solutes involved in the stress tolerance of plants and microorganisms

    Dirk K. Hincha;Martin Hagemann

  • Metabolic and transcriptomic signatures of rice floral organs reveal sugar starvation as a factor in reproductive failure under heat and drought stress.

    Xia Li;Lovely M. F. Lawas;Richard Malo;Ulrike Glaubitz

  • LEA proteins: IDPs with versatile functions in cellular dehydration tolerance.

    Dirk K. Hincha;Anja Thalhammer

  • Heterosis in the freezing tolerance, and sugar and flavonoid contents of crosses between Arabidopsis thaliana accessions of widely varying freezing tolerance

    Marina Korn;Silke Peterek;Hans-Peter Mock;Arnd G. Heyer

  • Heterosis in the freezing tolerance of crosses between two Arabidopsis thaliana accessions (Columbia-0 and C24) that show differences in non-acclimated and acclimated freezing tolerance.

    Peter Rohde;Dirk K. Hincha;Arnd G. Heyer

  • Differential remodeling of the lipidome during cold acclimation in natural accessions of Arabidopsis thaliana

    Thomas Degenkolbe;Patrick Giavalisco;Ellen Zuther;Bettina Seiwert

  • Chlorophyll fluorescence imaging accurately quantifies freezing damage and cold acclimation responses in Arabidopsis leaves.

    Britta Ehlert;Dirk K Hincha

Frequent Co-Authors

Joachim Kopka
Joachim Kopka Max Planck Society
Alexander Erban
Alexander Erban Max Planck Society
Arnd G. Heyer
Arnd G. Heyer University of Stuttgart
John H. Crowe
John H. Crowe University of California, Davis
Matthew A. Hannah
Matthew A. Hannah Bayer Pharmaceuticals
Patrick Giavalisco
Patrick Giavalisco Max Planck Society
Ulrich Heber
Ulrich Heber University of Würzburg
Alisdair R. Fernie
Alisdair R. Fernie Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology
Robert Seckler
Robert Seckler University of Potsdam
Ronan Sulpice
Ronan Sulpice University of Galway

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