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Gottfried Fraenkel 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 Gottfried Fraenkel sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 169 publications — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Gottfried Fraenkel 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 Gottfried Fraenkel 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: 62 D-Index — 46th percentile

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

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1977 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1968 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Gottfried Fraenkel was affiliated with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the United States. Throughout their career, they contributed to the academic community as a researcher recognized by major scientific institutions.

Fraenkel held the distinction of being a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 1977. Additionally, they became a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1968.

The profile does not list specific research areas, subfields, or topics of study directly attributed to Fraenkel. No information is available regarding publications, co-authors, or venues frequently associated with their work.

The scientist is deceased, and thus all references to their career and achievements are made in the past tense.

Best Publications

  • The Raison d'Être of Secondary Plant Substances: These odd chemicals arose as a means of protecting plants from insects and now guide insects to food

    Gottfried S. Fraenkel

  • The orientation of animals

    Gottfried Samuel Fraenkel

  • The orientation of animals, kineses, taxes and compass reactions

    Gottfried Samuel Fraenkel;Donald L. Gunn

  • Bursicon, a hormone which mediates tanning of the cuticle in the adult fly and other insects

    G. Fraenkel;Catherine Hsiao

  • EVALUATION OF OUR THOUGHTS ON SECONDARY PLANT SUBSTANCES

    G. Fraenkel

  • The structure of insect cuticles.

    G. Fraenkel;K. M. Rudall

  • The consumption, digestion, and utilization of food plants by a polyphagous insect, Prodenia eridania (Cramer)

    C.F. Soo Hoo;G. Fraenkel

  • Pupariation and Pupation in Cyclorrhaphous Flies (Diptera): Terminology and Interpretation

    G. Fraenkel;G. Bhaskaran

  • A study of the physical and chemical properties of the insect cuticle

    Gottfried Fraenkel;K. M. Rudall

  • Hormonal and nervous control of tanning in the fly.

    G. Fraenkel;Catherine Hsiao

  • A Hormone Causing Pupation in the Blowfly Calliphora erythrocephala

    Gottfried Fraenkel

  • Reversible enzymatic acetylation of carnitine.

    S. Friedman;G. Fraenkel

  • Rates and cycles of oxygen consumption during pupal diapause in Sarcophaga flesh flies

    D.L. Denlinger;J.H. Willis;G. Fraenkel

  • THE PROCESS BY WHICH THE PUPARIA OF MANY SPECIES OF FLIES BECOME FIXED TO A SUBSTRATE

    G. Fraenkel;Victor J. Brookes

  • The effect of scorpion venom on blowfly larvae-a new method for the evaluation of scorpion venoms potency.

    E. Zlotkin;G. Fraenkel;F. Miranda;S. Lissitzky

  • Linoleic acid, vitamin E and other fat-soluble substances in the nutrition of certain insects, Ephestia kuehniella, E. elutella, E. cautella and Plodia interpunctella (Lep.).

    G. Fraenkel;M. Blewett

  • Morphological and endocrinological aspects of pupal diapause in a fleshfly, Sarcophaga agryrostoma

    G. Fraenkel;Catherine Hsiao

  • The specificity of the tobacco hornworm, Protoparce sexta, to solanaceous plants.

    Robert T. Yamamoto;G. S. Fraenkel

  • Manifestations of a pupal diapause in two species of flies, Sarcophaga argyrostoma and S. bullata☆

    G. Fraenkel;Catherine Hsiao

  • Biological Sciences: Halteres of Flies as Gyroscopic Organs of Equilibrium

    G. Fraenkel;J. W. S. Pringle

Frequent Co-Authors

Rachel Galun
Rachel Galun Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Eliahu Zlotkin
Eliahu Zlotkin Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Konrad Bloch
Konrad Bloch Harvard University

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