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Franz X. Schmid

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
81
Citations
20657
World Ranking
3304
National Ranking
245

Franz X. Schmid 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 X. Schmid sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 240 publications — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Franz X. Schmid 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 X. Schmid sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 81 D-Index — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Franz X. Schmid is affiliated with the University of Bayreuth in Germany and conducts research primarily in the field of Medicine. Their work spans a variety of subfields, with notable contributions in Molecular Biology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Materials Chemistry, Epidemiology, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

Their research focuses on several main topics related to cardiac and molecular biology, including:

  • Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
  • Signaling Pathways in Disease
  • Enzyme Structure and Function
  • Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management
  • Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches
  • Protein Structure and Dynamics
  • Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair

Schmid's recent publications illustrate the range of their scientific interests and contributions. Among these are:

  • "A technique to resect the Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve 18 months after implantation in case of surgical aortic valve replacement," 2020, General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
  • "Ventricular Rupture due to Myocardial Infarction without Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease," 2020, Case Reports in Cardiology
  • "Phi-Value and NMR Structural Analysis of a Coupled Native-State Prolyl Isomerization and Conformational Protein Folding Process," 2025, Biomolecules
  • "Rezension von: Schmid, Franz X., Verkündigung durch die Kunst im sakralen Raum," 2022, Schwäbische Heimat
  • "Rezension von: Schmid, Franz-Xaver, Marienweihe der Diözese Rottenburg am Rosenkranzfest 1943," 2023, Ulm und Oberschwaben

They have coauthored with the following researchers, indicating collaborative ties across their research themes:

  • Roman P. Jakob
  • Kyriakos Spiliopoulos
  • Ulrich Weininger
  • Maximilian von Delbrück
  • Hendrik Lapp

Frequent publication venues for Schmid include General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Biomolecules, Case Reports in Cardiology, Schwäbische Heimat, and Ulm und Oberschwaben. These journals reflect the multidisciplinary approach of their work, ranging from clinical cardiology to molecular structure analysis and regional scholarly reviews.

Best Publications

  • Cyclophilin and peptidyl-prolyl cis-trans isomerase are probably identical proteins.

    Gunter Fischer;Brigitte Wittmann-Liebold;Kurt Lang;Thomas Kiefhaber

  • GroE facilitates refolding of citrate synthase by suppressing aggregation.

    Johannes Buchner;Marion Schmidt;Miriam Fuchs;Rainer Jaenicke

  • Catalysis of protein folding by prolyl isomerase.

    Kurt Lang;Franz X. Schmid;Gunter Fischer

  • The mechanism of protein folding. Implications of in vitro refolding models for de novo protein folding and translocation in the cell.

    Gunter Fischer;Franz X. Schmid

  • Two exposed amino acid residues confer thermostability on a cold shock protein.

    Dieter Perl;Uwe Mueller;Udo Heinemann;Franz X. Schmid

  • Prolyl Isomerase: Enzymatic Catalysis of Slow Protein-Folding Reactions

    Franz X. Schmid

  • Extremely rapid protein folding in the absence of intermediates.

    Thomas Schindler;Michael Herrler;Mohamed A. Marahiel;Franz X. Schmid

  • A ribosome-associated peptidyl-prolyl cis/trans isomerase identified as the trigger factor.

    G. Stoller;K. P. Rücknagel;K. H. Nierhaus;F. X. Schmid

  • Conservation of rapid two-state folding in mesophilic, thermophilic and hyperthermophilic cold shock proteins.

    Dieter Perl;Christine Welker;Thomas Schindler;Katja Schröder

  • Prolyl isomerases: role in protein folding.

    Franz X. Schmid;Lorenz M. Mayr;Matthias Mücke;Erhard Ralf Schönbrunner

  • The GroE chaperonin machine is a major modulator of the CIRCE heat shock regulon of Bacillus subtilis

    Axel Mogk;Georg Homuth;Christian Scholz;Lana Kim

  • The SurA periplasmic PPIase lacking its parvulin domains functions in vivo and has chaperone activity

    Susanne Behrens;Susanne Behrens;Raimund Maier;Hans de Cock;Franz X. Schmid

  • Acid catalysis of the formation of the slow-folding species of RNase A: evidence that the reaction is proline isomerization.

    Franz X. Schmid;Robert L. Baldwin

  • Cooperation of enzymatic and chaperone functions of trigger factor in the catalysis of protein folding.

    Christian Scholz;Gerlind Stoller;Toralf Zarnt;Gunter Fischer

  • Selecting proteins with improved stability by a phage-based method

    Volker Sieber;Andreas Plückthun;Franz X. Schmid

  • Catalysis of protein folding by cyclophilins from different species.

    Erhard Ralf Schönbrunner;Sabine Mayer;Maximilian Tropschug;Gunter Fischer

  • The Effects of Ionic Strength on Protein Stability: The Cold Shock Protein Family

    Brian N. Dominy;Dieter Perl;Franz X. Schmid;Charles L. Brooks

  • Folding of ribonuclease T1. 1. Existence of multiple unfolded states created by proline isomerization.

    Thomas Kiefhaber;Rainer Quaas;Ulrich Hahn;Franz X. Schmid

  • Mechanism of folding of ribonuclease A. Slow refolding is a sequential reaction via structural intermediates.

    Franz X. Schmid

  • Role of proline isomerization in folding of ribonuclease A at low temperatures.

    Kem H. Cook;Franz X. Schmid;Robert L. Baldwin

Frequent Co-Authors

Andreas Martin
Andreas Martin University of California, Berkeley
Gunter Fischer
Gunter Fischer Max Planck Society
Rainer Jaenicke
Rainer Jaenicke University of Regensburg
Robert L. Baldwin
Robert L. Baldwin Stanford University
Udo Heinemann
Udo Heinemann Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine
Holger Dobbek
Holger Dobbek Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Mohamed A. Marahiel
Mohamed A. Marahiel Philipp University of Marburg
Johannes Buchner
Johannes Buchner Technical University of Munich
Kara Dolinski
Kara Dolinski Princeton University
Joseph Heitman
Joseph Heitman Duke University

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