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D-Index
75
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17517
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4520
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Heinz G. Floss publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Heinz G. Floss sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 397 publications — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Heinz G. Floss D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 75 D-Index — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1981 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Heinz G. Floss is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their professional background includes recognition as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), an honor received in 1981.

While detailed information about their specific research papers, frequent co-authors, publication venues, and book publications is not available, their profile indicates an established presence within the scientific community.

There are no listed main fields or subfields of study, nor are there specified main topics of work provided. This absence of detailed thematic data limits the ability to determine the precise areas of their scientific focus or contributions.

Despite the limited publication and collaborative data, Heinz G. Floss's acknowledgement by AAAS suggests involvement in research deemed significant within broader scientific circles during their career.

Best Publications

  • Rifamycin-mode of action, resistance, and biosynthesis.

    Heinz G Floss;Tin-Wein Yu

  • Taxol®: science and applications.

    M. Suffness;M. E. Wall;H. R. Hartzell;E. M. Croom

  • Production of 'hybrid' antibiotics by genetic engineering.

    D. A. Hopwood;F. Malpartida;H. M. Kieser;H. Ikeda

  • Recent developments in the maytansinoid antitumor agents.

    John M. Cassady;Kenneth K. Chan;Heinz G. Floss;Eckhard Leistner

  • The biosynthetic gene cluster of the maytansinoid antitumor agent ansamitocin from Actinosynnema pretiosum

    Tin-Wein Yu;Linquan Bai;Dorothee Clade;Dietmar Hoffmann

  • Biosynthesis of the ansamycin antibiotic rifamycin: deductions from the molecular analysis of the rif biosynthetic gene cluster of Amycolatopsis mediterranei S699.

    Paul R. August;Li Tang;Yeo J. Yoon;Sandra Ning

  • Biosynthesis of anthraquinones by interspecies cloning of actinorhodin biosynthesis genes in streptomycetes: clarification of actinorhodin gene functions.

    P. L. Bartel;Chun-Bao Zhu;J. S. Lampel;D. C. Dosch

  • Biosynthesis of ergot alkaloids and related compounds

    Heinz G. Floss

  • IDENTIFICATION OF A RED PIGMENT FROM STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR A3(2) AS A MIXTURE OF PRODIGIOSIN DERIVATIVES

    Sheng-Wan Tsao;Brian A. M. Rudd;Xian-Guo He;Ching-Jer Chang

  • Combinatorial biosynthesis--potential and problems.

    Heinz G. Floss

  • Cryptic stereospecificity of methane monooxygenase

    N. D. Priestley;N. D. Priestley;N. D. Priestley;H. G. Floss;H. G. Floss;H. G. Floss;W. A. Froland;W. A. Froland;W. A. Froland;J. D. Lipscomb

  • The granaticin biosynthetic gene cluster of Streptomyces violaceoruber Tü22: sequence analysis and expression in a heterologous host

    Koji Ichinose;Koji Ichinose;David J. Bedford;Diethild Tornus;Andreas Bechthold

  • Direct evidence that the rifamycin polyketide synthase assembles polyketide chains processively.

    Tin-Wein Yu;Yuemao Shen;Yukiko Doi-Katayama;Li Tang

  • 3-Amino-5-hydroxybenzoic acid synthase, the terminal enzyme in the formation of the precursor of mC7N units in rifamycin and related antibiotics

    Chun-Gyu Kim;Tin-Wein Yu;Craig B. Fryhle;Sandeep Handa

  • Stereochemical course of the transmethylation catalyzed by catechol O-methyltransferase.

    R W Woodard;M D Tsai;H G Floss;P A Crooks

  • Stereochemistry of the 3-deoxy-D-arabino-heptulosonate 7-phosphate synthetase reaction and the chorismate synthetase reaction.

    H.G. Floss;D.K. Onderka;M. Carroll

  • MECHANISM OF TAXADIENE SYNTHASE, A DITERPENE CYCLASE THAT CATALYZES THE FIRST STEP OF TAXOL BIOSYNTHESIS IN PACIFIC YEW

    Xiaoyan Lin;Mehri Hezari;Alfred E. Koepp;Heinz G. Floss

  • Tritiated Chiral Alkanes as Substrates for Soluble Methane Monooxygenase from Methylococcus capsulatus (Bath): Probes for the Mechanism of Hydroxylation

    Ann M. Valentine;Barrie Wilkinson;Katherine E. Liu;Sonja Komar-Panicucci

  • Biosynthesis of the modified peptide antibiotic thiostrepton in Streptomyces azureus and Streptomyces laurentii

    Ursula Mocek;Zhaopie Zeng;David O'Hagan;Pei Zhou

  • Phenazine Biosynthesis in Pseudomonas fluorescens: Branchpoint from the Primary Shikimate Biosynthetic Pathway and Role of Phenazine-1,6-dicarboxylic Acid

    Matthew McDonald;Dmitri V. Mavrodi;Linda S. Thomashow;Heinz G. Floss

  • Natural products derived from unusual variants of the shikimate pathway

    Heinz G. Floss

Frequent Co-Authors

Adelbert Bacher
Adelbert Bacher Technical University of Munich
Bradley S. Moore
Bradley S. Moore University of California, San Diego
Andreas Kirschning
Andreas Kirschning University of Hannover
Ming-Daw Tsai
Ming-Daw Tsai Academia Sinica
Laurence H. Hurley
Laurence H. Hurley University of Arizona
Axel Zeeck
Axel Zeeck University of Göttingen
Meinhart H. Zenk
Meinhart H. Zenk Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Satoshi Omura
Satoshi Omura Kitasato University
David A. Hopwood
David A. Hopwood John Innes Centre
John C. Vederas
John C. Vederas University of Alberta

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