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Frank-Gerrit Klärner

Frank-Gerrit Klärner

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Chemistry 41 17720 16025 1284 1135 226 7037

Frank-Gerrit Klärner publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Frank-Gerrit Klärner between 1968 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Frank-Gerrit Klärner published across 58 years, from 1968 to 2025, averaging 4.3 papers a year. Output peaked at 12 publications in 1998. 1 of the 251 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1968 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 12. Peak 12 publications in 1998. 1968: 2 publications 1969: 0 publications 1970: 0 publications 1971: 1 publication 1972: 1 publication 1973: 2 publications 1974: 3 publications 1975: 0 publications 1976: 0 publications 1977: 1 publication 1978: 1 publication 1979: 5 publications 1980: 1 publication 1981: 2 publications 1982: 4 publications 1983: 2 publications 1984: 3 publications 1985: 0 publications 1986: 7 publications 1987: 3 publications 1988: 0 publications 1989: 7 publications 1990: 9 publications 1991: 3 publications 1992: 3 publications 1993: 4 publications 1994: 5 publications 1995: 4 publications 1996: 5 publications 1997: 8 publications 1998: 12 publications 1999: 11 publications 2000: 4 publications 2001: 9 publications 2002: 7 publications 2003: 5 publications 2004: 4 publications 2005: 11 publications 2006: 7 publications 2007: 4 publications 2008: 4 publications 2009: 10 publications 2010: 8 publications 2011: 5 publications 2012: 5 publications 2013: 8 publications 2014: 2 publications 2015: 6 publications 2016: 11 publications 2017: 7 publications 2018: 3 publications 2019: 6 publications 2020: 5 publications 2021: 5 publications 2022: 3 publications 2023: 2 publications 2024: 0 publications 2025: 1 publication
1968 2025

251 publications in total across all disciplines

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Frank-Gerrit Klärner: publications per year, 1968 to 2025
Year Publications
1968 2
1969 0
1970 0
1971 1
1972 1
1973 2
1974 3
1975 0
1976 0
1977 1
1978 1
1979 5
1980 1
1981 2
1982 4
1983 2
1984 3
1985 0
1986 7
1987 3
1988 0
1989 7
1990 9
1991 3
1992 3
1993 4
1994 5
1995 4
1996 5
1997 8
1998 12
1999 11
2000 4
2001 9
2002 7
2003 5
2004 4
2005 11
2006 7
2007 4
2008 4
2009 10
2010 8
2011 5
2012 5
2013 8
2014 2
2015 6
2016 11
2017 7
2018 3
2019 6
2020 5
2021 5
2022 3
2023 2
2024 0
2025 1
Total 251
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Frank-Gerrit Klärner publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Frank-Gerrit Klärner sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
250 500 750 1,000 1,250
Bar chart with 63 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 61–80 to 1,295+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 1,350. Most scientists, 1,350, have 161–180 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 221–240 publications, is where this scientist sits. 61–80 publications: 66 scientists 81–100 publications: 302 scientists 101–120 publications: 623 scientists 121–140 publications: 918 scientists 141–160 publications: 1,218 scientists 161–180 publications: 1,350 scientists 181–200 publications: 1,344 scientists 201–220 publications: 1,281 scientists 221–240 publications: 1,216 scientists 241–260 publications: 1,100 scientists 261–280 publications: 979 scientists 281–300 publications: 939 scientists 301–320 publications: 764 scientists 321–340 publications: 643 scientists 341–360 publications: 628 scientists 361–380 publications: 522 scientists 381–400 publications: 459 scientists 401–420 publications: 397 scientists 421–440 publications: 327 scientists 441–460 publications: 270 scientists 461–480 publications: 265 scientists 481–500 publications: 252 scientists 501–520 publications: 201 scientists 521–540 publications: 185 scientists 541–560 publications: 148 scientists 561–580 publications: 148 scientists 581–600 publications: 132 scientists 601–620 publications: 114 scientists 621–640 publications: 104 scientists 641–660 publications: 91 scientists 661–680 publications: 92 scientists 681–700 publications: 73 scientists 701–720 publications: 57 scientists 721–740 publications: 54 scientists 741–760 publications: 67 scientists 761–780 publications: 45 scientists 781–800 publications: 46 scientists 801–820 publications: 39 scientists 821–840 publications: 32 scientists 841–860 publications: 36 scientists 861–880 publications: 29 scientists 881–900 publications: 26 scientists 901–920 publications: 24 scientists 921–940 publications: 14 scientists 941–960 publications: 23 scientists 961–980 publications: 28 scientists 981–1,000 publications: 15 scientists 1,001–1,020 publications: 29 scientists 1,021–1,040 publications: 12 scientists 1,041–1,060 publications: 19 scientists 1,061–1,080 publications: 12 scientists 1,081–1,100 publications: 6 scientists 1,101–1,120 publications: 8 scientists 1,121–1,140 publications: 12 scientists 1,141–1,160 publications: 5 scientists 1,161–1,180 publications: 6 scientists 1,181–1,200 publications: 14 scientists 1,201–1,220 publications: 7 scientists 1,221–1,240 publications: 2 scientists 1,241–1,260 publications: 6 scientists 1,261–1,280 publications: 4 scientists 1,281–1,294 publications: 6 scientists 1,295+ publications: 100 scientists
61–80 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 226 publications — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

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Number of Chemistry scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 17,934 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
61–80 66
81–100 302
101–120 623
121–140 918
141–160 1,218
161–180 1,350
181–200 1,344
201–220 1,281
221–240 1,216 226
241–260 1,100
261–280 979
281–300 939
301–320 764
321–340 643
341–360 628
361–380 522
381–400 459
401–420 397
421–440 327
441–460 270
461–480 265
481–500 252
501–520 201
521–540 185
541–560 148
561–580 148
581–600 132
601–620 114
621–640 104
641–660 91
661–680 92
681–700 73
701–720 57
721–740 54
741–760 67
761–780 45
781–800 46
801–820 39
821–840 32
841–860 36
861–880 29
881–900 26
901–920 24
921–940 14
941–960 23
961–980 28
981–1,000 15
1,001–1,020 29
1,021–1,040 12
1,041–1,060 19
1,061–1,080 12
1,081–1,100 6
1,101–1,120 8
1,121–1,140 12
1,141–1,160 5
1,161–1,180 6
1,181–1,200 14
1,201–1,220 7
1,221–1,240 2
1,241–1,260 6
1,261–1,280 4
1,281–1,294 6
1,295+ 100
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Frank-Gerrit Klärner D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

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

No. of scientists
250 500 750 1,000
Bar chart with 61 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 159+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 1,051. Most scientists, 1,051, have 56–57 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 40–41 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 612 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 808 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 776 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 835 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 861 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 872 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 933 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,051 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 930 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 882 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 834 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 731 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 775 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 683 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 646 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 561 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 501 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 437 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 388 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 354 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 292 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 275 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 254 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 235 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 185 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 192 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 155 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 163 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 125 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 105 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 105 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 112 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 88 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 68 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 69 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 65 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 79 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 61 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 44 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 40 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 33 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 26 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 34 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 35 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 25 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 27 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 17 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 16 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 20 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 20 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 15 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 9 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 9 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 16 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 11 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 3 scientists 158 D-Index: 3 scientists 159+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40–41 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 41 D-Index — 2nd percentile

2% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

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Number of Chemistry scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 17,934 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 289 41
42–43 612
44–45 808
46–47 776
48–49 835
50–51 861
52–53 872
54–55 933
56–57 1,051
58–59 930
60–61 882
62–63 834
64–65 731
66–67 775
68–69 683
70–71 646
72–73 561
74–75 501
76–77 437
78–79 388
80–81 354
82–83 292
84–85 275
86–87 254
88–89 235
90–91 185
92–93 192
94–95 155
96–97 163
98–99 125
100–101 105
102–103 105
104–105 112
106–107 88
108–109 68
110–111 69
112–113 65
114–115 79
116–117 61
118–119 44
120–121 37
122–123 40
124–125 33
126–127 26
128–129 34
130–131 35
132–133 25
134–135 27
136–137 17
138–139 16
140–141 20
142–143 20
144–145 15
146–147 9
148–149 9
150–151 16
152–153 11
154–155 9
156–157 3
158 3
159+ 98
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Overview

Frank-Gerrit Klärner is affiliated with the University of Duisburg-Essen in Germany. Their research activity spans multiple areas within medicine and the biological sciences, with a particular focus on neurological disorders and molecular mechanisms relevant to disease.

The main fields of study pursued by Klärner include Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these broad categories, key subfields addressed are Physiology, Neurology, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Pharmacology.

The topics most frequently covered in Klärner's work are:

  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Cellular transport and secretion
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Lysosomal Storage Disorders Research
  • Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases
  • Computational Drug Discovery Methods

Klärner has published in several scientific journals, with repeated contributions to:

  • Molecular Therapy
  • Alzheimer's Research & Therapy
  • ACS Chemical Neuroscience
  • Nature Communications
  • Cell chemical biology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Klärner include Thomas Schräder, Gal Bitan, Ibrar Siddique, Zizheng Li, and Ian Hurst.

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Klärner are:

  • CLR01 protects dopaminergic neurons in vitro and in mouse models of Parkinson's disease, 2020, published in Nature Communications
  • The Amyloid Inhibitor CLR01 Relieves Autophagy and Ameliorates Neuropathology in a Severe Lysosomal Storage Disease, 2020, Molecular Therapy
  • The molecular tweezer CLR01 improves behavioral deficits and reduces tau pathology in P301S-tau transgenic mice, 2021, Alzheimer's Research & Therapy
  • Inhibition of Staphylococcus aureus biofilm-forming functional amyloid by molecular tweezers, 2021, Cell chemical biology
  • Molecular Tweezers: Supramolecular Hosts with Broad-Spectrum Biological Applications, 2022, Pharmacological Reviews

Best Publications

  • Molecular tweezers and clips as synthetic receptors. Molecular recognition and dynamics in receptor-substrate complexes.

    Frank-Gerrit Klärner;Björn Kahlert

  • Lysine-Specific Molecular Tweezers Are Broad-Spectrum Inhibitors of Assembly and Toxicity of Amyloid Proteins

    Sharmistha Sinha;Dahabada H. J. Lopes;Zhenming Du;Eric S. Pang

  • A molecular tweezer for lysine and arginine.

    Michael Fokkens;Thomas Schrader;Frank-Gerrit Klärner

  • Aromatic interactions by molecular tweezers and clips in chemical and biological systems.

    Frank-Gerrit Klärner;Thomas Schrader

  • Molecular tweezers modulate 14-3-3 protein-protein interactions

    David Bier;Rolf Rose;Kenny Bravo-Rodriguez;Maria Bartel

  • Molecular Clip and Tweezer Introduce New Mechanisms of Enzyme Inhibition

    Peter Talbiersky;Frank Bastkowski;Frank-Gerrit Klärner;Thomas Schrader

  • A Novel "Molecular Tweezer" Inhibitor of α-Synuclein Neurotoxicity in Vitro and in Vivo

    Shubhangi Prabhudesai;Sharmistha Sinha;Aida Attar;Aswani Kotagiri

  • Molecular Tweezers for Lysine and Arginine – Powerful Inhibitors of Pathologic Protein Aggregation

    Thomas Schrader;Gal Bitan;Frank-Gerrit Klärner

  • Structure and Dynamics of the Host–Guest Complex of a Molecular Tweezer: Coupling Synthesis, Solid-State NMR, and Quantum-Chemical Calculations

    Steven P. Brown;Torsten Schaller;Uta P. Seelbach;Felix Koziol

  • Molecular Tweezer and Clip in Aqueous Solution: Unexpected Self-Assembly, Powerful Host−Guest Complex Formation, Quantum Chemical 1H NMR Shift Calculation

    Frank-Gerrit Klärner;Björn Kahlert;Anke Nellesen;Jan Zienau

  • Comparison of three amyloid assembly inhibitors: the sugar scyllo-inositol, the polyphenol epigallocatechin gallate, and the molecular tweezer CLR01.

    Sharmistha Sinha;Zhenming Du;Panchanan Maiti;Frank-Gerrit Klärner

  • About the Antiaromaticity of Planar Cyclooctatetraene I thank Jens Panitzky for the additional DFT calculations, and Professor Jay Siegel, La Jolla, CA, and Professor Otto Ermer, Cologne, for helpful comments.

    Frank-Gerrit Klärner

  • Molecular basis for preventing α-synuclein aggregation by a molecular tweezer.

    Srabasti Acharya;Brian M. Safaie;Piriya Wongkongkathep;Magdalena I. Ivanova

  • Protection of primary neurons and mouse brain from Alzheimer's pathology by molecular tweezers.

    Aida Attar;Cristian Ripoli;Elisa Riccardi;Panchanan Maiti

  • Modeling the Supramolecular Properties of Aliphatic-Aromatic Hydrocarbons with Convex-Concave Topology.

    Markus Kamieth;Frank-Gerrit Klärner;François Diederich

  • Molecular tweezers as synthetic receptors: molecular recognition of electron-deficient aromatic and aliphatic substrates.

    Frank-Gerrit Klärner;Ulrich Burkert;Markus Kamieth;Roland Boese

  • Modeling of Supramolecular Properties of Molecular Tweezers, Clips, and Bowls

    Frank-Gerrit Klärner;Jens Panitzky;Dorin Preda;Lawrence T. Scott

  • The Effect of Pressure on Organic Reactions

    Frank-Gerrit Klärner;Frank Wurche

  • Molecular Tweezers as Synthetic Receptors in Host—Guest Chemistry: Inclusion of Cyclohexane and Self‐Assembly of Aliphatic Side Chains

    Frank-Gerrit Klärner;Johannes Benkhoff;Roland Boese;Ulrich Burkert

  • Amyloid β-protein assembly: The effect of molecular tweezers CLR01 and CLR03.

    Xueyun Zheng;Deyu Liu;Frank-Gerrit Klärner;Thomas Schrader

  • Inversionsbarrieren Ortho,ortho′‐verbrückter Biphenyle

    Klaus Müllen;Willi Heinz;Frank-Gerrit Klärner;Wolfgang R. Roth

  • Synthesis and supramolecular structures of molecular clips

    Frank-Gerrit Klärner;Jens Panitzky;Dieter Bläser;Roland Boese

  • High pressure chemistry : synthetic, mechanistic, and supercritical applications

    Rudi van Eldik;Frank-Gerrit Klärner

  • Molecular Tweezer and Clip in Aqueous Solution: Unexpected Self-Assembly, Powerful Host-Guest Complex Formation, Quantum Chemical 1H NMR Shift Calculation [J. Am. Chem. Soc 2006, 128,4831-4841]

    Frank-Gerrit Klärner;Björn Kahlert;Anke Nellesen;Jan Zienau

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Schrader
Thomas Schrader University of Duisburg-Essen
Gal Bitan
Gal Bitan University of California, Los Angeles
Roland Boese
Roland Boese University of Duisburg-Essen
Fritz Vögtle
Fritz Vögtle University of Bonn
Paola Ceroni
Paola Ceroni University of Bologna
Dieter Bläser
Dieter Bläser University of Duisburg-Essen
Christian Ochsenfeld
Christian Ochsenfeld Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Joseph A. Loo
Joseph A. Loo University of California, Los Angeles
Vincenzo Balzani
Vincenzo Balzani University of Bologna
Waldemar Adam
Waldemar Adam University of Würzburg

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