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Franz Berthiller

Franz Berthiller

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Chemistry 57 10972 9902 70 62 162 13627

Franz Berthiller publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Franz Berthiller between 2003 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Franz Berthiller published across 24 years, from 2003 to 2026, averaging 9.8 papers a year. Output peaked at 29 publications in 2015. 26 of the 234 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20 25
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2003 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 29. Peak 29 publications in 2015. 2003: 3 publications 2004: 4 publications 2005: 11 publications 2006: 6 publications 2007: 7 publications 2008: 3 publications 2009: 12 publications 2010: 7 publications 2011: 6 publications 2012: 15 publications 2013: 17 publications 2014: 17 publications 2015: 29 publications 2016: 13 publications 2017: 12 publications 2018: 8 publications 2019: 9 publications 2020: 3 publications 2021: 4 publications 2022: 5 publications 2023: 6 publications 2024: 11 publications 2025: 11 publications 2026: 15 publications
2003 2026

234 publications in total across all disciplines

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Franz Berthiller: publications per year, 2003 to 2026
Year Publications
2003 3
2004 4
2005 11
2006 6
2007 7
2008 3
2009 12
2010 7
2011 6
2012 15
2013 17
2014 17
2015 29
2016 13
2017 12
2018 8
2019 9
2020 3
2021 4
2022 5
2023 6
2024 11
2025 11
2026 15
Total 234
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Franz Berthiller 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 Franz Berthiller 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, 161–180 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: 162 publications — 18th percentile

18% 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 1,350 162
181–200 1,344
201–220 1,281
221–240 1,216
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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Franz Berthiller 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 Franz Berthiller 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, 56–57 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: 57 D-Index — 39th percentile

39% 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
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 57
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

Franz Berthiller is affiliated with BOKU University in Austria and contributes to research primarily in the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans multiple subfields including Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Agronomy and Crop Science, Spectroscopy, and Cell Biology.

The research topics that Berthiller covers are diverse and focus on several key areas: mycotoxins in agriculture and food, ruminant nutrition and digestive physiology, gut microbiota and health, metabolomics and mass spectrometry studies, analytical chemistry and chromatography, plant pathogens and fungal diseases, and wheat and barley genetics and pathology.

Among their recent publications are:

  • Effect of Temperature, Water Activity and Carbon Dioxide on Fungal Growth and Mycotoxin Production of Acclimatised Isolates of Fusarium verticillioides and F. graminearum, 2020, Toxins
  • Progressive microbial adaptation of the bovine rumen and hindgut in response to a step-wise increase in dietary starch and the influence of phytogenic supplementation, 2022, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Adapting an Ergosterol Extraction Method with Marine Yeasts for the Quantification of Oceanic Fungal Biomass, 2021, Journal of Fungi
  • Development and Validation of an LC-MS/MS Based Method for the Determination of Deoxynivalenol and Its Modified Forms in Maize, 2021, Toxins
  • Identification and Functional Characterization of the Gene Cluster Responsible for Fusaproliferin Biosynthesis in Fusarium proliferatum, 2021, Toxins

Berthiller has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including Heidi Schwartz, Gerhard Adam, Qendrim Zebeli, Sara Ricci, and Ezequias Castillo-Lopez. Coauthor collaborations range in publication counts with Schwartz appearing 16 times, followed by Adam with 9, Zebeli with 8, Ricci with 7, and Castillo-Lopez with 7.

The scientist's work has appeared repeatedly in certain publication venues, reflecting research focus areas. These venues include:

  • Toxins (7 publications)
  • World Mycotoxin Journal (5 publications)
  • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY (2 publications)
  • Journal of Chromatography A (2 publications)
  • Analytica Chimica Acta (2 publications)

Franz Berthiller's contributions address complex challenges related to fungal biology, toxin analysis, and plant pathology while integrating advanced analytical techniques such as mass spectrometry and chromatography. This research supports a broad understanding of agricultural sciences with a strong interdisciplinary approach, focusing on the interaction between plant systems, microbial ecology, and food safety.

Best Publications

  • Masked mycotoxins: A review

    Franz Berthiller;Colin Crews;Chiara Dall'Asta;Sarah De Saeger

  • Development and validation of a liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometric method for the determination of 39 mycotoxins in wheat and maize.

    Michael Sulyok;Franz Berthiller;Rudolf Krska;Rainer Schuhmacher

  • Impact of food processing and detoxification treatments on mycotoxin contamination.

    Petr Karlovsky;Michele Suman;Franz Berthiller;Johan De Meester

  • Detoxification of the Fusarium Mycotoxin Deoxynivalenol by a UDP-glucosyltransferase from Arabidopsis thaliana

    Brigitte Poppenberger;Franz Berthiller;Doris Lucyshyn;Tobias Sieberer

  • Optimization and validation of a quantitative liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometric method covering 295 bacterial and fungal metabolites including all regulated mycotoxins in four model food matrices.

    Alexandra Malachová;Michael Sulyok;Eduardo Beltrán;Franz Berthiller

  • Masked mycotoxins: determination of a deoxynivalenol glucoside in artificially and naturally contaminated wheat by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry.

    Franz Berthiller;Chiara Dall'Asta;Rainer Schuhmacher;Marc Lemmens

  • Emerging Mycotoxins: Beyond Traditionally Determined Food Contaminants

    Christiane Gruber-Dorninger;Barbara Novak;Veronika Nagl;Franz Berthiller

  • Rapid simultaneous determination of major type A- and B-trichothecenes as well as zearalenone in maize by high performance liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry

    Franz Berthiller;Rainer Schuhmacher;Gerhard Buttinger;Rudolf Krska

  • Proposal of a comprehensive definition of modified and other forms of mycotoxins including “masked” mycotoxins

    Michael Rychlik;Hans-Ulrich Humpf;Doris Marko;Sven Dänicke

  • Hydrolytic fate of deoxynivalenol-3-glucoside during digestion.

    Franz Berthiller;Rudolf Krska;Konrad J. Domig;Wolfgang Kneifel

  • Formation, determination and significance of masked and other conjugated mycotoxins

    Franz Berthiller;Rainer Schuhmacher;Gerhard Adam;Rudolf Krska

  • Occurrence of deoxynivalenol and its 3-β-D-glucoside in wheat and maize

    Franz Berthiller;Chiara Dall'Asta;Roberto Corradini;Rosangela Marchelli

  • Chromatographic methods for the simultaneous determination of mycotoxins and their conjugates in cereals.

    Franz Berthiller;Michael Sulyok;Rudolf Krska;Rainer Schuhmacher

  • New insights into the human metabolism of the Fusarium mycotoxins deoxynivalenol and zearalenone.

    Benedikt Warth;Michael Sulyok;Franz Berthiller;Rainer Schuhmacher

  • Occurrence of Deoxynivalenol and Its Major Conjugate, Deoxynivalenol-3-Glucoside, in Beer and Some Brewing Intermediates

    Marta Kostelanska;Jana Hajslova;Milena Zachariasova;Alexandra Malachova

  • Simultaneous determination of major type A and B trichothecenes, zearalenone and certain modified metabolites in Finnish cereal grains with a novel liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometric method

    Alexis V. Nathanail;Jenna Syvähuoko;Alexandra Malachová;Marika Jestoi

  • Development and validation of a (semi-)quantitative UHPLC-MS/ MS method for the determination of 191 mycotoxins and other fungal metabolites in almonds, hazelnuts, peanuts and pistachios

    Elisabeth Varga;Thomas Glauner;Franz Berthiller;Rudolf Krska

  • Transcriptome analysis of the barley-deoxynivalenol interaction: evidence for a role of glutathione in deoxynivalenol detoxification.

    Stephanie A. Gardiner;Jayanand Boddu;Franz Berthiller;Christian Hametner

  • Assessment of human deoxynivalenol exposure using an LC-MS/MS based biomarker method.

    Benedikt Warth;Michael Sulyok;Philipp Fruhmann;Franz Berthiller

  • Metabolism of the masked mycotoxin deoxynivalenol-3-glucoside in rats.

    Veronika Nagl;Heidi Schwartz;Rudolf Krska;Wulf-Dieter Moll

  • Advances in the analysis of mycotoxins and its quality assurance.

    Rudolf Krska;Elvira Welzig;F Berthiller;A Molinelli

Frequent Co-Authors

Rudolf Krska
Rudolf Krska BOKU University
Rainer Schuhmacher
Rainer Schuhmacher BOKU University
Alexandra Malachová
Alexandra Malachová BOKU University
Marc Lemmens
Marc Lemmens BOKU University
Michael Sulyok
Michael Sulyok BOKU University
Chiara Dall’Asta
Chiara Dall’Asta University of Parma
Josef Glössl
Josef Glössl BOKU University
Michele Solfrizzo
Michele Solfrizzo National Research Council (CNR)
Karl Kuchler
Karl Kuchler Medical University of Vienna
Susan P. McCormick
Susan P. McCormick United States Department of Agriculture

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