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Heinz-Jürgen Steinhoff

Heinz-Jürgen Steinhoff

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
52
Citations
8500
World Ranking
13634
National Ranking
1006

Heinz-Jürgen Steinhoff 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-Jürgen Steinhoff sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 183 publications — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Heinz-Jürgen Steinhoff 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-Jürgen Steinhoff sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 52 D-Index — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Heinz-Jürgen Steinhoff is affiliated with Osnabrück University in Germany. Their research spans multiple interconnected fields within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, focusing primarily on molecular biology and biomedical engineering. Additional subfields of their work include atomic and molecular physics and optics, biophysics, and materials chemistry.

Their research topics encompass a range of specialized areas:

  • Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies
  • Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior
  • Electron Spin Resonance Studies
  • Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies
  • Photoreceptor and Optogenetics Research
  • Fungal and Yeast Genetics Research
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms

Steinhoff has coauthored extensively with several researchers, indicating ongoing collaborations. Frequent coauthors include Natalia Voskoboynikova, Armen Y. Mulkidjanian, К. В. Шайтан, Johann P. Klare, and Olga S. Sokolova.

Their publications appear in a variety of scientific journals, many of which publish research on biochemistry and biophysics. Common publication venues are:

  • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes
  • Applied Magnetic Resonance
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • Nanomaterials

Recent publications include the following papers:

  • Spatiotemporal Resolution of Conformational Changes in Biomolecules by Combining Pulsed Electron-Electron Double Resonance Spectroscopy with Microsecond Freeze-Hyperquenching, 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • In cell Gd3+-based site-directed spin labeling and EPR spectroscopy of eGFP, 2020, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • Lipid dynamics in nanoparticles formed by maleic acid-containing copolymers: EPR spectroscopy and molecular dynamics simulations, 2020, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes
  • Mechanisms of Formation, Structure, and Dynamics of Lipoprotein Discs Stabilized by Amphiphilic Copolymers: A Comprehensive Review, 2022, Nanomaterials
  • Lipid Dynamics in Diisobutylene-Maleic Acid (DIBMA) Lipid Particles in Presence of Sensory Rhodopsin II, 2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Best Publications

  • Global hairpin folding of tau in solution.

    Sadasivam Jeganathan;Martin von Bergen;Henrik Brutlach;Heinz-Jürgen Steinhoff

  • Nitrite reductase activity of myoglobin regulates respiration and cellular viability in myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury.

    Ulrike B. Hendgen-Cotta;Marc W. Merx;Sruti Shiva;Joel Schmitz

  • Spin labeling EPR

    Johann P. Klare;Heinz-Jürgen Steinhoff

  • Interaction of alpha-crystallin with spin-labeled peptides

    Zohreh Toossi Farahbakhsh;Qing-Ling Huang;Lin-Lin Ding;Christian Altenbach

  • Determination of interspin distances between spin labels attached to insulin: comparison of electron paramagnetic resonance data with the X-ray structure

    H.J. Steinhoff;N. Radzwill;W. Thevis;V. Lenz

  • Structural insights into the early steps of receptor—transducer signal transfer in archaeal phototaxis

    Ansgar-A. Wegener;Johann P. Klare;Martin Engelhard;Heinz-Jürgen Steinhoff

  • Time-resolved detection of structural changes during the photocycle of spin-labeled bacteriorhodopsin

    HJ Steinhoff;R Mollaaghababa;C Altenbach;K Hideg

  • Molecular details of Bax activation, oligomerization, and membrane insertion.

    Stephanie Bleicken;Mirjam Classen;Pulagam V. L. Padmavathi;Takashi Ishikawa

  • Time-resolved detection of transient movement of helix F in spin-labelled pharaonis sensory rhodopsin II.

    Ansgar-A Wegener;Igor Chizhov;Martin Engelhard;Heinz-Jürgen Steinhoff

  • High-field EPR studies of the structure and conformational changes of site-directed spin labeled bacteriorhodopsin.

    Heinz-Jürgen Steinhoff;Anton Savitsky;Christoph Wegener;Matthias Pfeiffer

  • Assessing Oligomerization of Membrane Proteins by Four-Pulse DEER: pH-Dependent Dimerization of NhaA Na+/H+ Antiporter of E. coli

    Daniel Hilger;Heinrich Jung;Etana Padan;Christoph Wegener

  • Calculation of electron paramagnetic resonance spectra from Brownian dynamics trajectories: application to nitroxide side chains in proteins.

    H.J. Steinhoff;W.L. Hubbell

  • The archaeal sensory rhodopsin II/transducer complex: a model for transmembrane signal transfer

    Johann P Klare;Valentin I Gordeliy;Jörg Labahn;Georg Büldt

  • Phosphorylation of a membrane curvature–sensing motif switches function of the HOPS subunit Vps41 in membrane tethering

    Margarita Cabrera;Lars Langemeyer;Muriel Mari;Ralf Rethmeier

  • Time-resolved detection of transient movement of helices F and G in doubly spin-labeled bacteriorhodopsin.

    Nicole Radzwill;Klaus Gerwert;Heinz-Jürgen Steinhoff

  • Molecular orbital study of polarity and hydrogen bonding effects on the g and hyperfine tensors of site directed NO spin labelled bacteriorhodopsin

    Martin Plato;Heinz-Jürgen Steinhoff;Christoph Wegener;Jens T. Törring

  • HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase-Pseudoknot RNA Aptamer Interaction Has a Binding Affinity in the Low Picomolar Range Coupled with High Specificity

    Oliver Kensch;Bernard A. Connolly;Heinz-Jürgen Steinhoff;Alistair McGregor

  • Site-directed spin-labeling reveals the orientation of the amino acid side-chains in the E-F loop of bacteriorhodopsin.

    Matthias Pfeiffer;Thomas Rink;Klaus Gerwert;Dieter Oesterhelt

  • Structural and Dynamic Characterization of a Vinculin Binding Site in the Talin Rod

    Alexandre R. Gingras;Klaus-Peter Vogel;Heinz-Jürgen Steinhoff;Wolfgang H. Ziegler

  • Conformational heterogeneity of the aspartate transporter Glt Ph

    Inga Hänelt;Dorith Wunnicke;Enrica Bordignon;Heinz-Juergen Steinhoff

  • Inter- and intra-molecular distances determined by EPR spectroscopy and site-directed spin labeling reveal protein-protein and protein-oligonucleotide interaction.

    Heinz-Jürgen Steinhoff

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Engelhard
Martin Engelhard Max Planck Society
Gunnar Jeschke
Gunnar Jeschke ETH Zurich
Klaus Gerwert
Klaus Gerwert Ruhr University Bochum
Gerhard Hummer
Gerhard Hummer Max Planck Society
Frank Seela
Frank Seela University of Münster
Dieter Oesterhelt
Dieter Oesterhelt Max Planck Society
Vladimir P. Skulachev
Vladimir P. Skulachev Lomonosov Moscow State University
Roland Brandt
Roland Brandt Osnabrück University
Michael Matthies
Michael Matthies Osnabrück University
Markus Haase
Markus Haase Osnabrück University

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