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Heiko Hermeking 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 Heiko Hermeking sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 154 publications — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Heiko Hermeking 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 Heiko Hermeking sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 316 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 899 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,025 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,149 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,235 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,162 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,130 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,031 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 714 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: 71 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: 67 D-Index — 59th percentile

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

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

Overview

Heiko Hermeking is affiliated with the German Cancer Research Center in Germany. Their scientific work spans multiple research fields, with a core focus on Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, comprising 67 publications. Additionally, 20 publications relate to Medicine.

Their subfields of study include Molecular Biology with 42 publications, Cancer Research with 23, Oncology with 14, Immunology with 4, and Pathology and Forensic Medicine with 3. These areas frame the context for a broad range of investigations primarily centered around molecular and cellular aspects of cancer.

The main topics of research covered by Heiko Hermeking include:

  • MicroRNA in disease regulation
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Circular RNAs in diseases
  • Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Cancer Cells and Metastasis
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics

Heiko Hermeking has contributed to the scientific literature through various frequent publication venues, including:

  • Cancers (6 publications)
  • Cell Death and Differentiation (3 publications)
  • Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology (2 publications)
  • International Journal of Biological Sciences (2 publications)
  • Nature Communications (1 publication)

Highlighted recent papers illustrate the scope of their research:

  • "Genomic aberrations after short-term exposure to colibactin-producing E. coli transform primary colon epithelial cells," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "Curcumin activates a ROS/KEAP1/NRF2/miR-34a/b/c cascade to suppress colorectal cancer metastasis," 2023, Cell Death and Differentiation
  • "Characterization of a p53/miR-34a/CSF1R/STAT3 Feedback Loop in Colorectal Cancer," 2020, Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology
  • "AP4 suppresses DNA damage, chromosomal instability and senescence via inducing MDC1/Mediator of DNA damage Checkpoint 1 and repressing MIR22HG/miR-22-3p," 2022, Molecular Cancer
  • "Additive contribution of microRNA-34a/b/c to human arterial ageing and atherosclerosis," 2021, Atherosclerosis

Frequent collaborators have included Matjaž Rokavec (16 joint works), Markus Kaller (11), Jens Neumann (5), Nassim Bouznad (4), and Zekai Huang (4). These collaborations indicate active involvement in teamwork across related research topics.

Best Publications

  • Identification of c-MYC as a Target of the APC Pathway

    Tong Chuan He;Andrew B. Sparks;Carlo Rago;Heiko Hermeking

  • 14-3-3σ Is a p53-Regulated Inhibitor of G2/M Progression

    Heiko Hermeking;Christoph Lengauer;Kornelia Polyak;Tong Chuan He

  • The miR-34 family in cancer and apoptosis.

    H Hermeking

  • 14-3-3σ is required to prevent mitotic catastrophe after DNA damage

    Timothy A. Chan;Heiko Hermeking;Christoph Lengauer;Kenneth W. Kinzler

  • 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

  • Mediation of c-Myc-induced apoptosis by p53.

    Heiko Hermeking;Dirk Eick

  • Analysis of human transcriptomes

    Victor E Velculescu;Stephen L Madden;Lin Zhang;Alex E Lash

  • Inactivation of miR-34a by aberrant CpG methylation in multiple types of cancer.

    Dmitri Lodygin;Valery Tarasov;Alexey Epanchintsev;Carola Berking

  • MicroRNA-34a regulates cardiac ageing and function

    Reinier A. Boon;Kazuma Iekushi;Stefanie Lechner;Timon Seeger

  • IL-6R/STAT3/miR-34a feedback loop promotes EMT-mediated colorectal cancer invasion and metastasis

    Matjaz Rokavec;Meryem Gülfem Öner;Huihui Li;Rene Jackstadt

  • miR-34 and SNAIL form a double-negative feedback loop to regulate epithelial-mesenchymal transitions.

    Helge Siemens;Rene Jackstadt;Sabine Hünten;Markus Kaller

  • p53 enters the MicroRNA world

    Heiko Hermeking

  • The 14-3-3 cancer connection

    Heiko Hermeking

  • Identification of CDK4 as a target of c-MYC.

    Heiko Hermeking;Carlo Rago;Marino Schuhmacher;Qing Li

  • MicroRNAs in the p53 network: micromanagement of tumour suppression.

    Heiko Hermeking

  • High frequency of hypermethylation at the 14-3-3 σ locus leads to gene silencing in breast cancer

    Anne T. Ferguson;Ella Evron;Christopher B. Umbricht;Tej K. Pandita

  • Characterization of the c-MYC-regulated transcriptome by SAGE: Identification and analysis of c-MYC target genes

    Antje Menssen;Heiko Hermeking

  • 14-3-3 proteins in cell cycle regulation

    Heiko Hermeking;Anne Benzinger

  • Frequent concomitant inactivation of miR-34a and miR-34b/c by CpG methylation in colorectal, pancreatic, mammary, ovarian, urothelial, and renal cell carcinomas and soft tissue sarcomas

    Markus Vogt;Johanna Munding;Martha Grüner;Sven-Thorsten Liffers

  • Frequent Downregulation of miR-34 Family in Human Ovarian Cancers

    David C. Corney;Chang Il Hwang;Andres Matoso;Markus Vogt

Frequent Co-Authors

Andreas Jung
Andreas Jung University of Zurich
Bert Vogelstein
Bert Vogelstein Johns Hopkins University
Dirk Eick
Dirk Eick Center for Integrated Protein Science Munich
Kenneth W. Kinzler
Kenneth W. Kinzler Johns Hopkins University
Andreas M. Zeiher
Andreas M. Zeiher Goethe University Frankfurt
Hiroki Yoshida
Hiroki Yoshida Saga University
John R. Yates
John R. Yates Scripps Research Institute
Atsushi Hirao
Atsushi Hirao Kanazawa University
Paul M. Hwang
Paul M. Hwang National Institutes of Health
Timothy A. Chan
Timothy A. Chan Cleveland Clinic

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