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Ernst H. K. Stelzer

Ernst H. K. Stelzer

Goethe University Frankfurt
Germany

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
81
Citations
33579
World Ranking
3804
National Ranking
285

Ernst H. K. Stelzer 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 Ernst H. K. Stelzer sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 266 publications — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ernst H. K. Stelzer 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 Ernst H. K. Stelzer sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 316 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 899 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,025 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,149 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,235 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,162 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,130 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,031 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 714 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 71 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 81 D-Index — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Ernst H. K. Stelzer is affiliated with Goethe University Frankfurt in Germany. Their research spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Engineering, with a significant focus on Molecular Biology and Biomedical Engineering. Other subfields of study include Biophysics, Oncology, and Cell Biology.

The main topics addressed in their work encompass:

  • 3D Printing in Biomedical Research
  • Cancer Cells and Metastasis
  • Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques
  • Cell Image Analysis Techniques
  • Insect Resistance and Genetics
  • Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies
  • Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways

Ernst H. K. Stelzer has published in various scientific venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Scientific Reports
  • Advanced Materials
  • PLoS ONE
  • Scientific Data

A selection of recent papers includes:

  • Light sheet fluorescence microscopy, 2021, Nature Reviews Methods Primers
  • Long-term live imaging and multiscale analysis identify heterogeneity and core principles of epithelial organoid morphogenesis, 2021, BMC Biology
  • Better integration of chemical pollution research will further our understanding of biodiversity loss, 2023, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • p63 uses a switch-like mechanism to set the threshold for induction of apoptosis, 2020, Nature Chemical Biology
  • Early developmental plasticity of lateral roots in response to asymmetric water availability, 2020, Nature Plants

Frequent co-authors of Stelzer include:

  • Frederic Strobl
  • Francesco Pampaloni
  • Louise Breideband
  • Franziska Matthäus
  • Levin Hafa

Ernst H. K. Stelzer is a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), an acknowledgment within the scientific community.

Best Publications

  • The third dimension bridges the gap between cell culture and live tissue

    Francesco Pampaloni;Emmanuel G. Reynaud;Ernst H. K. Stelzer

  • Optical sectioning deep inside live embryos by selective plane illumination microscopy

    Jan Huisken;Jim Swoger;Filippo Del Bene;Joachim Wittbrodt

  • Reconstruction of zebrafish early embryonic development by scanned light sheet microscopy.

    Philipp J. Keller;Annette D. Schmidt;Joachim Wittbrodt;Ernst H.K. Stelzer

  • Recent advances in 2D and 3D in vitro systems using primary hepatocytes, alternative hepatocyte sources and non-parenchymal liver cells and their use in investigating mechanisms of hepatotoxicity, cell signaling and ADME.

    Patricio Godoy;Nicola J. Hewitt;Ute Albrecht;Melvin E. Andersen

  • Aberrations in confocal fluorescence microscopy induced by mismatches in refractive index

    S. Hell;G. Reiner;C. Cremer;E. H. K. Stelzer

  • Properties of a 4Pi confocal fluorescence microscope

    Stefan Hell;Ernst H. K. Stelzer

  • Fast, high-contrast imaging of animal development with scanned light sheet-based structured-illumination microscopy

    Philipp J Keller;Annette D Schmidt;Anthony Santella;Khaled Khairy

  • Polarity controls forces governing asymmetric spindle positioning in the Caenorhabditis elegans embryo

    Stephan W. Grill;Pierre Gönczy;Pierre Gönczy;Ernst H. K. Stelzer;Anthony A. Hyman

  • The subcellular organization of Madin-Darby canine kidney cells during the formation of a polarized epithelium.

    Robert Bacallao;C. Antony;C. Dotti;E. Karsenti

  • Fundamental improvement of resolution with a 4Pi-confocal fluorescence microscope using two-photon excitation

    Stefan Hell;Ernst H. K. Stelzer

  • Hypervariable C-terminal domain of rab proteins acts as a targeting signal.

    Philippe Chavrier;Jean-Pierre Gorvel;Ernst Stelzer;Kai Simons

  • Rab6 Coordinates a Novel Golgi to ER Retrograde Transport Pathway in Live Cells

    Jamie White;Ludger Johannes;Frédéric Mallard;Andreas Girod

  • Sorting of sphingolipids in epithelial (Madin-Darby canine kidney) cells.

    G van Meer;E H Stelzer;R W Wijnaendts-van-Resandt;K Simons

  • Control of microtubule dynamics and length by cyclin A- and cyclin B-dependent kinases in Xenopus egg extracts.

    Fulvia Verde;Marileen Dogterom;Ernst Stelzer;Eric Karsenti

  • A macrodomain-containing histone rearranges chromatin upon sensing PARP1 activation.

    Gyula Timinszky;Susanne Till;Paul O Hassa;Michael Hothorn

  • Three-dimensional high-resolution particle tracking for optical tweezers by forward scattered light.

    A. Pralle;M. Prummer;E.‐L. Florin;E.H.K. Stelzer

  • The distribution of active force generators controls mitotic spindle position.

    Stephan W. Grill;Jonathon Howard;Erik Schäffer;Ernst H. K. Stelzer

  • Structure and dynamics of human interphase chromosome territories in vivo.

    Daniele Zink;Thomas Cremer;Rainer Saffrich;Roger Fischer

  • Recycling of Golgi-resident Glycosyltransferases through the ER Reveals a Novel Pathway and Provides an Explanation for Nocodazole-induced Golgi Scattering

    Brian Storrie;Jamie White;Sabine Röttger;Ernst H.K. Stelzer

  • High-resolution three-dimensional imaging of large specimens with light sheet–based microscopy

    Peter J Verveer;Jim Swoger;Francesco Pampaloni;Klaus Greger

Frequent Co-Authors

Christoph Cremer
Christoph Cremer Heidelberg University
Stefan W. Hell
Stefan W. Hell Max Planck Society
Stephan W. Grill
Stephan W. Grill Max Planck Society
Joachim Wittbrodt
Joachim Wittbrodt Heidelberg University
Thomas Cremer
Thomas Cremer Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Rainer Pepperkok
Rainer Pepperkok European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Gerhard Hummer
Gerhard Hummer Max Planck Society
Michael Knop
Michael Knop Heidelberg University
Stefan Knapp
Stefan Knapp Goethe University Frankfurt
Anthony A. Hyman
Anthony A. Hyman Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics

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Colin J. R. Sheppard

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Publications: 35

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