2026 Gunter Meister: Molecular Biology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Molecular Biology	81	952	845	76	69	201	33132

Gunter Meister publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Molecular Biology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gunter Meister sits on this spectrum.

47 publications 564+

This scientist: 201 publications — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.

Gunter Meister D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Molecular Biology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gunter Meister sits on this spectrum.

40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 81 D-Index — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

Overview

Gunter Meister is affiliated with the University of Regensburg in Germany and has contributed extensively to the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a particular focus on Molecular Biology. Their research encompasses a range of subfields including Cancer Research, Immunology, Plant Science, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

Their scholarly output includes key topics such as RNA modifications and cancer, MicroRNA in disease regulation, RNA research and splicing, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, RNA interference and gene delivery, circular RNAs in diseases, and cancer-related molecular mechanisms research.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with this scientist include Norbert Eichner, Astrid Bruckmann, G. Lehmann, Hung Ho-Xuan, and Julia Neumeier.

Gunter Meister has published multiple articles in a variety of scientific journals. Prominent publication venues include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nucleic Acids Research, Molecular Cell, Cell Reports, and the International Journal of Molecular Sciences.

Recent papers by this scientist illustrate a diverse research portfolio:

"Reexamining assumptions about miRNA-guided gene silencing" (2021) published in Nucleic Acids Research
"siRNA Specificity: RNAi Mechanisms and Strategies to Reduce Off-Target Effects" (2021) published in Frontiers in Plant Science
"MicroRNA-21-Dependent Macrophage-to-Fibroblast Signaling Determines the Cardiac Response to Pressure Overload" (2021) published in Circulation
"Germline AGO2 mutations impair RNA interference and human neurological development" (2020) published in Nature Communications
"Balancing of mitochondrial translation through METTL8-mediated m3C modification of mitochondrial tRNAs" (2021) published in Molecular Cell

The body of work by Gunter Meister spans numerous aspects of RNA biology and gene regulation, emphasizing molecular mechanisms relevant to disease contexts and therapeutic intervention strategies.

Best Publications

Mechanisms of gene silencing by double-stranded RNA

Gunter Meister;Thomas Tuschl

3339
Citations
Human argonaute2 mediates RNA cleavage targeted by miRNAs and siRNAs

Gunter Meister;Markus Landthaler;Agnieszka Patkaniowska;Yair Dorsett

2515
Citations
Argonaute proteins: functional insights and emerging roles

Gunter Meister

1282
Citations
Regulation of microRNA biogenesis and its crosstalk with other cellular pathways

Thomas Treiber;Nora Treiber;Gunter Meister

1248
Citations
Differential Regulation of microRNAs by p53 Revealed by Massively Parallel Sequencing: miR-34a is a p53 Target That Induces Apoptosis and G1-arrest

Valery Tarasov;Peter Jung;Berlinda Verdoodt;Dmitri Lodygin

1154
Citations
Argonaute proteins : Mediators of RNA silencing

Lasse Peters;Gunter Meister

956
Citations
A Human snoRNA with MicroRNA-Like Functions

Christine Ender;Azra Krek;Azra Krek;Marc R. Friedländer;Michaela Beitzinger

954
Citations
Sequence-specific inhibition of microRNA- and siRNA-induced RNA silencing.

Gunter Meister;Markus Landthaler;Yair Dorsett;Thomas Tuschl

890
Citations
Structural basis for 5′-end-specific recognition of guide RNA by the A. fulgidus Piwi protein

Jin-Biao Ma;Yu-Ren Yuan;Gunter Meister;Yi Pei

833
Citations
The Argonaute protein family

Julia Höck;Gunter Meister

713
Citations
Early dissemination seeds metastasis in breast cancer

Hedayatollah Hosseini;Milan M. S. Obradović;Martin Hoffmann;Kathryn L. Harper

691
Citations
Identification of Novel Argonaute-Associated Proteins

Gunter Meister;Markus Landthaler;Lasse Peters;Po Yu Chen

691
Citations
Crystal Structure of A. aeolicus Argonaute, a Site-Specific DNA-Guided Endoribonuclease, Provides Insights into RISC-Mediated mRNA Cleavage

Yu-Ren Yuan;Yi Pei;Jin-Biao Ma;Vitaly Kuryavyi

535
Citations
Importin 8 is a gene silencing factor that targets argonaute proteins to distinct mRNAs.

Lasse Weinmann;Julia Höck;Tomi Ivacevic;Thomas Ohrt

514
Citations
Proteomic and functional analysis of Argonaute-containing mRNA-protein complexes in human cells.

Julia Höck;Lasse Weinmann;Christine Ender;Sabine Rüdel

450
Citations
Epstein–Barr virus-encoded microRNA miR-BART2 down-regulates the viral DNA polymerase BALF5

Stephanie Barth;Thorsten Pfuhl;Alfredo Mamiani;Claudia Ehses

446
Citations
Methylation of Sm proteins by a complex containing PRMT5 and the putative U snRNP assembly factor pICln.

Gunter Meister;Christian Eggert;Dirk Bühler;Hero Brahms

427
Citations
Identification of human microRNA targets from isolated argonaute protein complexes.

Michaela Beitzinger;Lasse Peters;Jia Yun Zhu;Elisabeth Kremmer

408
Citations
Interactions, localization, and phosphorylation of the m6A generating METTL3-METTL14-WTAP complex.

Eva Schöller;Franziska Weichmann;Thomas Treiber;Sam Ringle

396
Citations
A multiprotein complex mediates the ATP-dependent assembly of spliceosomal U snRNPs.

Gunter Meister;Dirk Bühler;Ramesh Pillai;Friedrich Lottspeich

362
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Utz Fischer University of Würzburg

Thomas Tuschl Rockefeller University

Friedrich A. Grässer Saarland University

Elisabeth Kremmer Max Planck Society

Markus Landthaler Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine

Dinshaw J. Patel Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Joan Albert Barberà University of Barcelona

Mihaela Zavolan University of Basel

Henning Urlaub University of Göttingen

Nikolaus Rajewsky Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine

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