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Biology and Biochemistry
Germany
2025

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
113
Citations
46837
World Ranking
854
National Ranking
57

Hans-Joachim Gabius 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 Hans-Joachim Gabius sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 909 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Hans-Joachim Gabius 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 Hans-Joachim Gabius sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 113 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% 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

  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Hans-Joachim Gabius is affiliated with Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München in Germany. Their research spans the fields of Immunology and Microbiology as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on several specialized subfields including Immunology, Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry, Rheumatology, and Oncology.

The main topics of their research work include:

  • Galectins and Cancer Biology
  • Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research
  • Signaling Pathways in Disease
  • Toxin Mechanisms and Immunotoxins
  • Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis
  • Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases
  • Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms

Frequent publication venues for their work are:

  • Histochemistry and Cell Biology
  • Methods in molecular biology
  • ChemBioChem
  • Osteoarthritis and Cartilage
  • Scientific Reports

Recent notable papers include:

  • "Chemokines and galectins form heterodimers to modulate inflammation" (2020), published in EMBO Reports
  • "Brain macrophages acquire distinct transcriptomes in multiple sclerosis lesions and normal appearing white matter" (2022), published in Acta Neuropathologica Communications
  • "What is the Sugar Code?" (2021), published in ChemBioChem
  • "Glycans in autophagy, endocytosis and lysosomal functions" (2021), published in Glycoconjugate Journal
  • "TIM-3 and CEACAM1 do not interact in cis and in trans" (2020), published in European Journal of Immunology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Hans-Joachim Gabius include:

  • Herbert Kaltner
  • Anna-Kristin Ludwig
  • Kevin H. Mayo
  • Paul V. Murphy
  • Stefan Toegel

Best Publications

  • Galectin-3 marks activated macrophages in failure-prone hypertrophied hearts and contributes to cardiac dysfunction.

    Umesh C. Sharma;Saraswati Pokharel;Thomas J. van Brakel;Jop H. van Berlo

  • Chemical biology of the sugar code.

    Hans-Joachim Gabius;Hans-Christian Siebert;Sabine André;Jesús Jiménez-Barbero

  • Galectin-3 Precipitates as a Pentamer with Synthetic Multivalent Carbohydrates and Forms Heterogeneous Cross-linked Complexes

    Nisar Ahmad;Hans J. Gabius;Sabine André;Herbert Kaltner

  • From lectin structure to functional glycomics: principles of the sugar code

    Hans-Joachim Gabius;Sabine André;Jesús Jiménez-Barbero;Antonio Romero

  • The sugar code: functional lectinomics.

    Hans-Joachim Gabius;Sabine André;Herbert Kaltner;Hans-Christian Siebert

  • Modulatory Potency of the β-Galactoside-specific Lectin from Mistletoe Extract (Iscador) on the Host Defense System in Vivo in Rabbits and Patients

    Tibor Hajto;Katarina Hostanska;Hans-Joachim Gabius

  • Increased Secretion of Tumor Necrosis Factor α, Interleukin 1, and Interleukin 6 by Human Mononuclear Cells Exposed to β-Galactoside-specific Lectin from Clinically Applied Mistletoe Extract

    Tibor Hajto;Katarina Hostanska;Karl Frei;Christiane Rordorf

  • N-acetyl-seryl-aspartyl-lysyl-proline prevents cardiac remodeling and dysfunction induced by galectin-3, a mammalian adhesion/growth-regulatory lectin

    Yun He Liu;Martin D'Ambrosio;Tang Dong Liao;Hongmei Peng

  • Modular Synthesis of Amphiphilic Janus Glycodendrimers and Their Self-Assembly into Glycodendrimersomes and Other Complex Architectures with Bioactivity to Biomedically Relevant Lectins

    Virgil Percec;Pawaret Leowanawat;Hao Jan Sun;Oleg Kulikov

  • Galectin-5 is bound onto the surface of rat reticulocyte exosomes and modulates vesicle uptake by macrophages

    Céline Barrès;Lionel Blanc;Pascale Bette-Bobillo;Sabine André

  • Biological information transfer beyond the genetic code: the sugar code.

    Hans-Joachim Gabius

  • Eukaryotic glycosylation: whim of nature or multipurpose tool?

    G. Reuter;H.-J. Gabius

  • Glycosciences: Status and Perspectives

    H. J. Gabius;S. Gabius

  • Galectin-1 is a major receptor for ganglioside GM1, a product of the growth-controlling activity of a cell surface ganglioside sialidase, on human neuroblastoma cells in culture.

    Jürgen Kopitz;Carolina von Reitzenstein;Maria Burchert;Michael Cantz

  • Galectin-1 Augments Ras Activation and Diverts Ras Signals to Raf-1 at the Expense of Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase

    Galit Elad-Sfadia;Ronit Haklai;Eyal Ballan;Hans-Joachim Gabius

  • Negative regulation of neuroblastoma cell growth by carbohydrate-dependent surface binding of galectin-1 and functional divergence from galectin-3.

    Jürgen Kopitz;Carolina von Reitzenstein;Sabine André;Herbert Kaltner

  • Galectins bind to the multivalent glycoprotein asialofetuin with enhanced affinities and a gradient of decreasing binding constants.

    Tarun K. Dam;Hans J. Gabius;Sabine André;Herbert Kaltner

  • The sugar code : fundamentals of glycosciences

    H. J. Gabius

  • Endogenous lectins as targets for drug delivery.

    N. Yamazaki;S. Kojima;N.V. Bovin;S. André

  • Galectin-4 and sulfatides in apical membrane trafficking in enterocyte-like cells

    Delphine Delacour;Valérie Gouyer;Jean-Pierre Zanetta;Hervé Drobecq

Frequent Co-Authors

Sabine André
Sabine André Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Herbert Kaltner
Herbert Kaltner Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Karel Smetana
Karel Smetana Charles University
Robert Kiss
Robert Kiss Université Libre de Bruxelles
Jesús Jiménez-Barbero
Jesús Jiménez-Barbero CIC bioGUNE
Jürgen Kopitz
Jürgen Kopitz Heidelberg University
Isabelle Salmon
Isabelle Salmon Université Libre de Bruxelles
Nicolai V. Bovin
Nicolai V. Bovin Russian Academy of Sciences
Antonio A. Romero
Antonio A. Romero Spanish National Research Council
Friedrich Cramer
Friedrich Cramer Max Planck Society

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