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Microbiology

D-Index
85
Citations
23042
World Ranking
888
National Ranking
56

Medicine

D-Index
85
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23044
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14733
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Hans Will publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Microbiology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Hans Will sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 275 publications — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

Hans Will D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 85 D-Index — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

Overview

Hans Will is affiliated with the Heinrich-Pette-Institute in Germany. Their research spans several interconnected fields including Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Medicine, and Immunology and Microbiology. The subfields of focus within these areas include Molecular Biology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Microbiology, and Virology.

Themes central to their work involve Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics, RNA Research and Splicing, RNA modifications and cancer, Maternal and fetal healthcare, Gestational Diabetes Research and Management, Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies, as well as Microbial infections and disease research.

Frequent publication venues for this scientist include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nucleic Acids Research
  • Global Medical & Health Communication (GMHC)
  • Tierärztliche Praxis Ausgabe K Kleintiere / Heimtiere

Several collaborations are notable in their research output, with coauthors appearing multiple times:

  • Francesca Rossi
  • René Buschow
  • Laura V. Glaser
  • Tobias Schubert
  • Hannah Staege

The scientist has contributed to various papers including:

  • Connecting the Dots: PHF13 and cohesin promote polymer-polymer phase separation of chromatin into chromosomes, 2022, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Differential oligomerization regulates PHF13 chromatin affinity and function, 2025, Nucleic Acids Research
  • Knowledge Level of Midwives before and after an Online Training Participation, 2022, Global Medical & Health Communication (GMHC)
  • Nachweis von Lyperosomum spp. (Dicrocoeliidae) bei Alpensteinhühnern (Alectoris graeca) und Alpenkrähen (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax) aus einem zoologischen Garten in Nordbayern, 2023, Tierärztliche Praxis Ausgabe K Kleintiere / Heimtiere

Best Publications

  • Statements from the Taormina expert meeting on occult hepatitis B virus infection.

    Giovanni Raimondo;Jean Pierre Allain;Maurizia R. Brunetto;Marie Annick Buendia

  • Regulation of p53 activity by its interaction with homeodomain-interacting protein kinase-2

    Thomas G. Hofmann;Andreas Möller;Hüseyin Sirma;Hanswalter Zentgraf

  • A novel method for efficient amplification of whole hepatitis B virus genomes permits rapid functional analysis and reveals deletion mutants in immunosuppressed patients.

    S. Gunther;Bi-Chen Li;S. Miska;D. H. Kruger

  • WILD-TYPE AND E ANTIGEN-MINUS HEPATITIS B VIRUSES AND COURSE OF CHRONIC HEPATITIS

    M R Brunetto;M M Giarin;F Oliveri;E Chiaberge

  • Regulation of p53 activity in nuclear bodies by a specific PML isoform

    Valentina Fogal;Monica Gostissa;Peter Sandy;Paola Zacchi

  • Repopulation of mouse liver with human hepatocytes and in vivo infection with hepatitis B virus

    Maura Dandri;Martin R. Burda;Eva Török;Joerg M. Pollok

  • Evidence for Covalent Modification of the Nuclear Dot–associated Proteins PML and Sp100 by PIC1/SUMO-1

    Thomas Sternsdorf;Kirsten Jensen;Hans Will

  • A new sensitive method for qualitative and quantitative assay of neomycin phosphotransferase in crude cell extracts

    Bernd Reiss;Rolf Sprengel;Hans Will;Heinz Schaller

  • Hepatitis B virus X protein and p53 tumor suppressor interactions in the modulation of apoptosis

    Lynne W. Elmore;Amy R. Hancock;Shau-Feng Chang;Xin W. Wang

  • Replication strategy of human hepatitis B virus.

    Hans Will;Walter Reiser;Thomas Weimer;Eberhard Pfaff

  • Isolation and characterization of cDNA encoding a human nuclear antigen predominantly recognized by autoantibodies from patients with primary biliary cirrhosis.

    C Szostecki;H H Guldner;H J Netter;H Will

  • The Nuclear Dot Protein Sp100, Characterization of Domains Necessary for Dimerization, Subcellular Localization, and Modification by Small Ubiquitin-like Modifiers

    Thomas Sternsdorf;Kirsten Jensen;Berthold Reich;Hans Will

  • Naturally occurring variants of hepatitis B virus.

    Stephan Günther;Lutz Fischer;Irmgard Pult;Martina Sterneck

  • Serological pattern "anti-HBc alone": report on a workshop.

    P. Grob;W. Jilg;H. Bornhak;G. Gerken

  • The position of heterologous epitopes inserted in hepatitis B virus core particles determines their immunogenicity.

    F. Schödel;A. M. Moriarty;D. L. Peterson;Jian Zheng

  • Variant of hepatitis B virus with primary resistance to adefovir

    Oliver Schildgen;Hueseyin Sirma;Anneke Funk;Cynthia Olotu

  • Signals regulating hepatitis B surface antigen transcription

    Roberto Cattaneo;Hans Will;Nouria Hernandez;Heinz Schaller

  • The autoimmune regulator protein has transcriptional transactivating properties and interacts with the common coactivator CREB-binding protein.

    Jukka Pitkänen;Vassilis Doucas;Thomas Sternsdorf;Toshihiro Nakajima

  • A new hepatitis B virus strain in patients with severe anti-HBe positive chronic hepatitis B

    Maurizia Rossana Brunetto;M Stemler;Ferruccio Bonino;F Schodel

  • Isolation and characterization of a hepatitis B virus endemic in herons.

    Rolf Sprengel;Erhard F. Kaleta;Hans Will

  • Autoantibodies Against “Nuclear Dots” in Primary Biliary Cirrhosis

    Carin Szostecki;Hans H. Guldner;Hans Will

  • Autoantibodies to the Nuclear Sp100 Protein in Primary Biliary Cirrhosis and Associated Diseases: Epitope Specificity and Immunoglobulin Class Distribution

    C. Szostecki;H. Will;H. J. Netter;H. H. Guldner

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephan Günther
Stephan Günther Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine
Gerd R. Pape
Gerd R. Pape Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Heinz Schaller
Heinz Schaller Heidelberg University
Ulrich S. Schubert
Ulrich S. Schubert Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Florian Schödel
Florian Schödel Max Planck Society
Roberto Cattaneo
Roberto Cattaneo Mayo Clinic
Helga Meisel
Helga Meisel Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Ferruccio Bonino
Ferruccio Bonino National Research Council (CNR)
Wolfram H. Gerlich
Wolfram H. Gerlich University of Giessen

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