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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Materials Science 58 7655 7401 446 433 385 12786
Chemistry 56 11550 10402 848 759 357 12119
Engineering and Technology 60 2172 2072 63 59 434 14292

Gerald Urban publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Gerald Urban between 1986 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Gerald Urban published across 40 years, from 1986 to 2025, averaging 12 papers a year. Output peaked at 34 publications in 2015. 4 of the 478 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1986 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 34. Peak 34 publications in 2015. 1986: 4 publications 1987: 0 publications 1988: 2 publications 1989: 0 publications 1990: 25 publications 1991: 5 publications 1992: 8 publications 1993: 3 publications 1994: 10 publications 1995: 9 publications 1996: 9 publications 1997: 10 publications 1998: 7 publications 1999: 2 publications 2000: 6 publications 2001: 7 publications 2002: 8 publications 2003: 11 publications 2004: 5 publications 2005: 7 publications 2006: 11 publications 2007: 9 publications 2008: 6 publications 2009: 29 publications 2010: 13 publications 2011: 21 publications 2012: 18 publications 2013: 24 publications 2014: 24 publications 2015: 34 publications 2016: 26 publications 2017: 26 publications 2018: 19 publications 2019: 25 publications 2020: 16 publications 2021: 19 publications 2022: 12 publications 2023: 4 publications 2024: 3 publications 2025: 1 publication
1986 2025

478 publications in total across all disciplines

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Gerald Urban: publications per year, 1986 to 2025
Year Publications
1986 4
1987 0
1988 2
1989 0
1990 25
1991 5
1992 8
1993 3
1994 10
1995 9
1996 9
1997 10
1998 7
1999 2
2000 6
2001 7
2002 8
2003 11
2004 5
2005 7
2006 11
2007 9
2008 6
2009 29
2010 13
2011 21
2012 18
2013 24
2014 24
2015 34
2016 26
2017 26
2018 19
2019 25
2020 16
2021 19
2022 12
2023 4
2024 3
2025 1
Total 478
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Gerald Urban publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gerald Urban sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400
Bar chart with 78 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 38–47 to 804+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 457. Most scientists, 457, have 148–157 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 428–437 publications, is where this scientist sits. 38–47 publications: 20 scientists 48–57 publications: 35 scientists 58–67 publications: 96 scientists 68–77 publications: 135 scientists 78–87 publications: 190 scientists 88–97 publications: 259 scientists 98–107 publications: 283 scientists 108–117 publications: 369 scientists 118–127 publications: 341 scientists 128–137 publications: 386 scientists 138–147 publications: 372 scientists 148–157 publications: 457 scientists 158–167 publications: 415 scientists 168–177 publications: 407 scientists 178–187 publications: 421 scientists 188–197 publications: 378 scientists 198–207 publications: 403 scientists 208–217 publications: 317 scientists 218–227 publications: 346 scientists 228–237 publications: 321 scientists 238–247 publications: 260 scientists 248–257 publications: 280 scientists 258–267 publications: 240 scientists 268–277 publications: 214 scientists 278–287 publications: 242 scientists 288–297 publications: 203 scientists 298–307 publications: 166 scientists 308–317 publications: 154 scientists 318–327 publications: 175 scientists 328–337 publications: 159 scientists 338–347 publications: 99 scientists 348–357 publications: 131 scientists 358–367 publications: 106 scientists 368–377 publications: 118 scientists 378–387 publications: 97 scientists 388–397 publications: 108 scientists 398–407 publications: 82 scientists 408–417 publications: 71 scientists 418–427 publications: 64 scientists 428–437 publications: 55 scientists 438–447 publications: 54 scientists 448–457 publications: 60 scientists 458–467 publications: 47 scientists 468–477 publications: 40 scientists 478–487 publications: 30 scientists 488–497 publications: 29 scientists 498–507 publications: 38 scientists 508–517 publications: 40 scientists 518–527 publications: 32 scientists 528–537 publications: 23 scientists 538–547 publications: 28 scientists 548–557 publications: 23 scientists 558–567 publications: 19 scientists 568–577 publications: 16 scientists 578–587 publications: 17 scientists 588–597 publications: 18 scientists 598–607 publications: 22 scientists 608–617 publications: 15 scientists 618–627 publications: 9 scientists 628–637 publications: 11 scientists 638–647 publications: 21 scientists 648–657 publications: 12 scientists 658–667 publications: 9 scientists 668–677 publications: 11 scientists 678–687 publications: 9 scientists 688–697 publications: 6 scientists 698–707 publications: 14 scientists 708–717 publications: 7 scientists 718–727 publications: 8 scientists 728–737 publications: 10 scientists 738–747 publications: 9 scientists 748–757 publications: 5 scientists 758–767 publications: 5 scientists 768–777 publications: 11 scientists 778–787 publications: 7 scientists 788–797 publications: 2 scientists 798–803 publications: 4 scientists 804+ publications: 100 scientists
38–47 publications 804+

This scientist: 434 publications — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

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Number of Engineering and Technology scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,796 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
38–47 20
48–57 35
58–67 96
68–77 135
78–87 190
88–97 259
98–107 283
108–117 369
118–127 341
128–137 386
138–147 372
148–157 457
158–167 415
168–177 407
178–187 421
188–197 378
198–207 403
208–217 317
218–227 346
228–237 321
238–247 260
248–257 280
258–267 240
268–277 214
278–287 242
288–297 203
298–307 166
308–317 154
318–327 175
328–337 159
338–347 99
348–357 131
358–367 106
368–377 118
378–387 97
388–397 108
398–407 82
408–417 71
418–427 64
428–437 55 434
438–447 54
448–457 60
458–467 47
468–477 40
478–487 30
488–497 29
498–507 38
508–517 40
518–527 32
528–537 23
538–547 28
548–557 23
558–567 19
568–577 16
578–587 17
588–597 18
598–607 22
608–617 15
618–627 9
628–637 11
638–647 21
648–657 12
658–667 9
668–677 11
678–687 9
688–697 6
698–707 14
708–717 7
718–727 8
728–737 10
738–747 9
748–757 5
758–767 5
768–777 11
778–787 7
788–797 2
798–803 4
804+ 100
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Gerald Urban D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gerald Urban sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400
Bar chart with 78 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 107+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 426. Most scientists, 426, have 42 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 60 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 59 scientists 31 D-Index: 114 scientists 32 D-Index: 129 scientists 33 D-Index: 189 scientists 34 D-Index: 200 scientists 35 D-Index: 262 scientists 36 D-Index: 311 scientists 37 D-Index: 312 scientists 38 D-Index: 350 scientists 39 D-Index: 385 scientists 40 D-Index: 348 scientists 41 D-Index: 362 scientists 42 D-Index: 426 scientists 43 D-Index: 380 scientists 44 D-Index: 310 scientists 45 D-Index: 341 scientists 46 D-Index: 301 scientists 47 D-Index: 306 scientists 48 D-Index: 271 scientists 49 D-Index: 246 scientists 50 D-Index: 210 scientists 51 D-Index: 253 scientists 52 D-Index: 213 scientists 53 D-Index: 221 scientists 54 D-Index: 195 scientists 55 D-Index: 186 scientists 56 D-Index: 170 scientists 57 D-Index: 167 scientists 58 D-Index: 166 scientists 59 D-Index: 144 scientists 60 D-Index: 152 scientists 61 D-Index: 141 scientists 62 D-Index: 138 scientists 63 D-Index: 131 scientists 64 D-Index: 118 scientists 65 D-Index: 114 scientists 66 D-Index: 119 scientists 67 D-Index: 95 scientists 68 D-Index: 87 scientists 69 D-Index: 77 scientists 70 D-Index: 89 scientists 71 D-Index: 69 scientists 72 D-Index: 54 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 55 scientists 75 D-Index: 54 scientists 76 D-Index: 49 scientists 77 D-Index: 53 scientists 78 D-Index: 46 scientists 79 D-Index: 28 scientists 80 D-Index: 39 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 24 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 36 scientists 85 D-Index: 18 scientists 86 D-Index: 25 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 26 scientists 89 D-Index: 27 scientists 90 D-Index: 23 scientists 91 D-Index: 15 scientists 92 D-Index: 12 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 15 scientists 95 D-Index: 10 scientists 96 D-Index: 13 scientists 97 D-Index: 13 scientists 98 D-Index: 9 scientists 99 D-Index: 7 scientists 100 D-Index: 7 scientists 101 D-Index: 8 scientists 102 D-Index: 7 scientists 103 D-Index: 7 scientists 104 D-Index: 9 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106 D-Index: 9 scientists 107+ D-Index: 99 scientists
30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 60 D-Index — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

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Number of Engineering and Technology scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,796 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 59
31 114
32 129
33 189
34 200
35 262
36 311
37 312
38 350
39 385
40 348
41 362
42 426
43 380
44 310
45 341
46 301
47 306
48 271
49 246
50 210
51 253
52 213
53 221
54 195
55 186
56 170
57 167
58 166
59 144
60 152 60
61 141
62 138
63 131
64 118
65 114
66 119
67 95
68 87
69 77
70 89
71 69
72 54
73 46
74 55
75 54
76 49
77 53
78 46
79 28
80 39
81 36
82 24
83 26
84 36
85 18
86 25
87 19
88 26
89 27
90 23
91 15
92 12
93 9
94 15
95 10
96 13
97 13
98 9
99 7
100 7
101 8
102 7
103 7
104 9
105 6
106 9
107+ 99
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Overview

Gerald Urban is affiliated with the University of Freiburg in Germany and has published extensively in the field of engineering, with a focus on biomedical engineering. Their research spans a range of interdisciplinary subfields including molecular biology, bioengineering, electrical and electronic engineering, and cellular and molecular neuroscience.

The main topics in Urban's research output include analytical chemistry and sensors, microfluidic and capillary electrophoresis applications, electrochemical analysis and applications, advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques, biosensors and analytical detection, neuroscience and neural engineering, and 3D printing in biomedical research.

Urban has contributed to several papers, notable among them:

  • On-Site Therapeutic Drug Monitoring, 2020, Trends in Biotechnology
  • CRISPR-powered electrochemical microfluidic multiplexed biosensor for target amplification-free miRNA diagnostics, 2021, Biosensors and Bioelectronics
  • Microfluidic organ-on-chip system for multi-analyte monitoring of metabolites in 3D cell cultures, 2021, Lab on a Chip
  • A CRISPR/Cas13a-powered catalytic electrochemical biosensor for successive and highly sensitive RNA diagnostics, 2021, Biosensors and Bioelectronics
  • Integrated Devices for Non-Invasive Diagnostics, 2021, Advanced Functional Materials

The venues where Urban most frequently publishes include Biosensors and Bioelectronics, Journal of Neural Engineering, Lab on a Chip, Advanced Functional Materials, and Advanced Materials.

During their career, Urban has frequently collaborated with several researchers. Among the most common coauthors are Jochen Kieninger, Andreas Weltin, Can Dincer, H. Ceren Ates, and Michael Bergmann.

Best Publications

  • Disposable Sensors in Diagnostics, Food, and Environmental Monitoring.

    Can Dincer;Richard Bruch;Estefanía Costa-Rama;Maria Teresa Fernández-Abedul

  • Multiplexed Point-of-Care Testing – xPOCT

    Can Dincer;Richard Bruch;André Kling;Petra S. Dittrich

  • SENSOR CON ELECTRODO PARA DETERMINAR EL CAUDAL DE UN FLUIDO

    Karinka Shindhara Alva;Moser Isabella;Jobst Gerhard;Tietjen Uwe

  • CRISPR/Cas13a‐Powered Electrochemical Microfluidic Biosensor for Nucleic Acid Amplification‐Free miRNA Diagnostics

    Richard Bruch;Julia Baaske;Claire Chatelle;Mailin Meirich

  • Miniaturized thin-film biosensors using covalently immobilized glucose oxidase☆

    G. Urban;G. Jobst;F. Kohl;A. Jachimowicz

  • Thin-film microbiosensors for glucose-lactate monitoring

    Gerhard Jobst;Isabella Moser;Mehdi Varahram;Peter Svasek

  • Determination of quantum confinement in CdSe nanocrystals by cyclic voltammetry

    Erol Kucur;Jürgen Riegler;Gerald A. Urban;Thomas Nann

  • Phaseguides: a paradigm shift in microfluidic priming and emptying.

    Paul Vulto;Susann Podszun;Philipp Meyer;Carsten Hermann

  • Cell culture monitoring for drug screening and cancer research: a transparent, microfluidic, multi-sensor microsystem

    Andreas Weltin;Kinga Slotwinski;Jochen Kieninger;Isabella Moser

  • Improved efficiency of hybrid solar cells based on non-ligand-exchanged CdSe quantum dots and poly(3-hexylthiophene)

    Yunfei Zhou;Frank S. Riehle;Ying Yuan;Hans-Frieder Schleiermacher

  • Biosensor arrays for simultaneous measurement of glucose, lactate, glutamate, and glutamine

    Isabella Moser;Gerhard Jobst;Gerald A. Urban

  • Miniaturized multi-enzyme biosensors integrated with pH sensors on flexible polymer carriers for in vivo applications

    G. Urban;G. Jobst;F. Keplinger;E. Aschauer

  • On-Site Therapeutic Drug Monitoring.

    H. Ceren Ates;Jason A. Roberts;Jeffrey Lipman;Jeffrey Lipman;Jeffrey Lipman;Anthony E.G. Cass

  • Toward Continuous Monitoring of Breath Biochemistry: A Paper-Based Wearable Sensor for Real-Time Hydrogen Peroxide Measurement in Simulated Breath

    Daniela Maier;Elmar Laubender;Abhiraj Basavanna;Stefan Schumann

  • Microfluidic chip with integrated electrical cell-impedance sensing for monitoring single cancer cell migration in three-dimensional matrixes.

    Tien Anh Nguyen;Tsung-I Yin;Diego Reyes;Gerald A. Urban

  • SONDA PARA EL TRATAMIENTO POR CORRIENTE ELECTRICA DEL TUBO DIGESTIVO

    Nashef Basem Dr;Urban Gerald Dr;Kovac Werner Dr;Denck Helmuth

  • Microsensor systems for cell metabolism – from 2D culture to organ-on-chip

    Jochen Kieninger;Andreas Weltin;Hubert Flamm;Gerald A. Urban

  • Electrochemical characteristics of nanostructured platinum electrodes – a cyclic voltammetry study

    P. Daubinger;J. Kieninger;T. Unmüssig;G. A. Urban

  • CRISPR-powered electrochemical microfluidic multiplexed biosensor for target amplification-free miRNA diagnostics.

    Richard Bruch;Midori Johnston;André Kling;Thorsten Mattmüller

  • Microfluidic organ-on-chip system for multi-analyte monitoring of metabolites in 3D cell cultures.

    Johannes Dornhof;Jochen Kieninger;Harshini Muralidharan;Jochen Maurer

  • Electrochemical glucose sensors on permselective non-conducting substituted pyrrole polymers

    Thomas Schalkhammer;Eva Mann-Buxbaum;Fritz Pittner;Gerald Urban

Frequent Co-Authors

Zlatko Trajanoski
Zlatko Trajanoski Innsbruck Medical University
Jürgen Heinze
Jürgen Heinze University of Regensburg
Thomas Nann
Thomas Nann University of Newcastle Australia
Wilfried Weber
Wilfried Weber University of Freiburg
Roland Zengerle
Roland Zengerle University of Freiburg
Jens Ducrée
Jens Ducrée Dublin City University
Hirotsugu Yasuda
Hirotsugu Yasuda University of Missouri
Bernhard Jakoby
Bernhard Jakoby Johannes Kepler University of Linz
Stefan Kramer
Stefan Kramer Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Andreas Manz
Andreas Manz Imperial College London

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