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D-Index
71
Citations
42303
World Ranking
6487
National Ranking
3020

Folker Meyer 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 Folker Meyer sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 158 publications — 30th percentile

30% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Folker Meyer 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 Folker Meyer sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 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: 72 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: 71 D-Index — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Folker Meyer is affiliated with Argonne National Laboratory in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields and subfields, with a primary focus on medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Within these areas, Meyer has contributed substantially to molecular biology, infectious diseases, ecology, information systems, and biomedical engineering.

Their scholarly work addresses several topics related to microbial ecology and health, infectious diseases, and data management in research. Key topics of Meyer's research include:

  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Research Data Management Practices
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies

Meyer's publication record includes contributions to journals and venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature Microbiology, Das Gesundheitswesen, Scientific Data, and Environmental Microbiome. Some of the recent major papers authored or co-authored by Meyer encompass the following:

  • COVID-19 pandemic reveals the peril of ignoring metadata standards, 2020, Scientific Data
  • Metadata harmonization-Standards are the key for a better usage of omics data for integrative microbiome analysis, 2022, Environmental Microbiome
  • Immune responses in COVID-19 patients during breakthrough infection with SARS-CoV-2 variants Delta, Omicron-BA.1 and Omicron-BA.5, 2023, Frontiers in Immunology
  • Small-scale wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) for infectious diseases and antibiotic resistance: A scoping review, 2024, International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health
  • Identification of herbal teas and their compounds eliciting antiviral activity against SARS-CoV-2 in vitro, 2022, BMC Biology

Throughout their career, Meyer has collaborated frequently with a group of co-authors, most notably including Ivana Kraiselburd, Ulf Dittmer, Jule Gosch, Jens Schoth, and Ricarda Maria Schmithausen. These collaborations highlight Meyer's engagement within diverse research networks.

Best Publications

  • The RAST Server: Rapid Annotations using Subsystems Technology

    Ramy K. Aziz;Ramy K. Aziz;Daniela Bartels;Aaron A. Best;Matthew DeJongh

  • The Metagenomics RAST Server: A Public Resource for the Automatic Phylogenetic and Functional Analysis of Metagenomes

    Folker Meyer;Folker Meyer;Daniel Paarmann;Mark D'Souza;Robert Olson

  • Minimum information about a single amplified genome (MISAG) and a metagenome-assembled genome (MIMAG) of bacteria and archaea

    Robert M. Bowers;Nikos C. Kyrpides;Ramunas Stepanauskas;Miranda Harmon-Smith

  • The Subsystems Approach to Genome Annotation and its Use in the Project to Annotate 1000 Genomes

    Ross Overbeek;Tadhg P. Begley;Ralph M. Butler;Jomuna Choudhuri

  • KBase: The United States Department of Energy Systems Biology Knowledgebase.

    Adam P. Arkin;Adam P. Arkin;Robert W. Cottingham;Christopher S. Henry;Nomi L. Harris

  • Metagenomics - a guide from sampling to data analysis.

    Torsten Thomas;Jack P. Gilbert;Jack P. Gilbert;Folker Meyer;Folker Meyer

  • The complete Corynebacterium glutamicum ATCC 13032 genome sequence and its impact on the production of l-aspartate-derived amino acids and vitamins

    Jörn Kalinowski;Brigitte Bathe;Daniela Bartels;Nicole Bischoff

  • GenDB—an open source genome annotation system for prokaryote genomes

    Folker Meyer;Alexander Goesmann;Alice C. McHardy;Daniela Bartels

  • Minimum information about a marker gene sequence (MIMARKS) and minimum information about any (x) sequence (MIxS) specifications.

    Pelin Yilmaz;Pelin Yilmaz;Renzo Kottmann;Dawn Field;Rob Knight;Rob Knight

  • The Biological Observation Matrix (BIOM) format or: how I learned to stop worrying and love the ome-ome

    Daniel McDonald;Jose C Clemente;Justin Kuczynski;Jai Ram Rideout

  • Genome sequence of the ubiquitous hydrocarbon-degrading marine bacterium Alcanivorax borkumensis

    Susanne Schneiker;Vítor A.P. Martins Dos Santos;Daniela Bartels;Thomas Bekel

  • Complete genome sequence of the myxobacterium Sorangium cellulosum

    Susanne Schneiker;Olena Perlova;Olaf Kaiser;Klaus Gerth

  • A predator unmasked: life cycle of Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus from a genomic perspective

    Snjezana Rendulic;Pratik Jagtap;Andrea Rosinus;Mark Eppinger

  • MG-RAST, a Metagenomics Service for Analysis of Microbial Community Structure and Function.

    Kevin P. Keegan;Kevin P. Keegan;Elizabeth M. Glass;Folker Meyer;Folker Meyer

  • Insights into Genome Plasticity and Pathogenicity of the Plant Pathogenic Bacterium Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria Revealed by the Complete Genome Sequence

    Frank Thieme;Ralf Koebnik;Thomas Bekel;Carolin Berger

  • Whole genome analysis of the marine Bacteroidetes‘Gramella forsetii’ reveals adaptations to degradation of polymeric organic matter

    Margarete Bauer;Michael Kube;Hanno Teeling;Michael Richter

  • Using the metagenomics RAST server (MG-RAST) for analyzing shotgun metagenomes.

    Elizabeth M. Glass;Jared Wilkening;Andreas Wilke;Dionysios Antonopoulos

  • Rose: generating sequence families.

    Jens Stoye;Dirk Evers;Folker Meyer

  • Unlocking the potential of metagenomics through replicated experimental design

    Rob Knight;Janet Jansson;Janet Jansson;Dawn Field;Noah Fierer

  • The M5nr: a novel non-redundant database containing protein sequences and annotations from multiple sources and associated tools

    Andreas Wilke;Andreas Wilke;Travis Harrison;Travis Harrison;Jared Wilkening;Dawn Field

Frequent Co-Authors

Jack A. Gilbert
Jack A. Gilbert University of California, San Diego
Rob Knight
Rob Knight University of California, San Diego
Alfred Pühler
Alfred Pühler Bielefeld University
Dawn Field
Dawn Field University of Oxford
Nikos C. Kyrpides
Nikos C. Kyrpides Joint Genome Institute
Rick Stevens
Rick Stevens Argonne National Laboratory
Alexander Goesmann
Alexander Goesmann University of Giessen
Alice C. McHardy
Alice C. McHardy Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research
Patrick S. G. Chain
Patrick S. G. Chain Los Alamos National Laboratory
Frank Oliver Glöckner
Frank Oliver Glöckner Jacobs University

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