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Herbert Waldmann

Herbert Waldmann

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Chemistry
Germany
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
116
Citations
54481
World Ranking
584
National Ranking
43

Herbert Waldmann 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 Herbert Waldmann sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 1,027 publications — 99th percentile

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

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

Herbert Waldmann 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 Herbert Waldmann sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 116 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% 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

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2020 - Liebig-Denkmünze (Liebig Medal), Society of German Chemists
  • 2017 - Paul Karrer Gold Medal, University of Zurich

Overview

Herbert Waldmann is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany and has contributed extensively to the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on Molecular Biology, Pharmacology, Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, and Computational Theory and Mathematics.

Their research covers a range of topics including:

  • Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis
  • Computational Drug Discovery Methods
  • Cell Image Analysis Techniques
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Chemical Synthesis and Analysis
  • Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis

Herbert Waldmann has published numerous papers, with notable recent works including:

  • "Principle and design of pseudo-natural products," 2020, Nature Chemistry
  • "Chemical Evolution of Natural Product Structure," 2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Pseudo Natural Products-Chemical Evolution of Natural Product Structure," 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Programming inactive RNA-binding small molecules into bioactive degraders," 2023, Nature
  • "Ketones as strategic building blocks for the synthesis of natural product-inspired compounds," 2022, Chemical Society Reviews

The scientist collaborates frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Sonja Sievers
  • Axel Pahl
  • Slava Ziegler
  • Carsten Strohmann
  • Michael Grigalunas

Their work has been published extensively in several venues, reflecting the focus and breadth of their research outputs. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Herbert Waldmann has been recognized with awards such as the Liebig-Denkmünze (Liebig Medal) from the Society of German Chemists in 2020 and the Paul Karrer Gold Medal from the University of Zurich in 2017.

Best Publications

  • Enzyme Catalysis in Organic Synthesis

    Karlheinz Drauz;Herbert Waldmann

  • An Acylation Cycle Regulates Localization and Activity of Palmitoylated Ras Isoforms

    Oliver Rocks;Anna Peyker;Martin Kahms;Peter J. Verveer

  • Activation of the Raf-MEK-ERK pathway is required for neutrophil extracellular trap formation

    Abdul Hakkim;Tobias A Fuchs;Nancy E Martinez;Simone Hess

  • Chemical Strategies for Generating Protein Biochips

    Pascal Jonkheijm;Dirk Weinrich;Hendrik Schröder;Christof M. Niemeyer

  • The Pictet–Spengler Reaction in Nature and in Organic Chemistry

    Joachim Stöckigt;Andrey P. Antonchick;Fangrui Wu;Herbert Waldmann

  • From Protein Domains to Drug Candidates—Natural Products as Guiding Principles in the Design and Synthesis of Compound Libraries

    Rolf-Peter Breinbauer;Ingrid R. Vetter;Herbert Waldmann

  • Charting biologically relevant chemical space: A structural classification of natural products (SCONP)

    Marcus A. Koch;Ansgar Schuffenhauer;Michael Scheck;Stefan Wetzel

  • Highly enantioselective synthesis and cellular evaluation of spirooxindoles inspired by natural products

    Andrey P. Antonchick;Claas Gerding-Reimers;Mario Catarinella;Markus Schürmann

  • Biology-oriented synthesis.

    Stefan Wetzel;Robin S. Bon;Kamal Kumar;Herbert Waldmann

  • Target Identification for Small Bioactive Molecules: Finding the Needle in the Haystack

    Slava Ziegler;Verena Pries;Christian Hedberg;Herbert Waldmann

  • Inhibitors of Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases: Next-Generation Drugs?

    Laurent Bialy;Herbert Waldmann

  • Catalytic enantioselective 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions of azomethine ylides for biology-oriented synthesis.

    Rishikesh Narayan;Marco Potowski;Zhi-Jun Jia;Andrey P. Antonchick

  • PROTECTING GROUP STRATEGIES IN ORGANIC SYNTHESIS

    Michael Schelhaas;Herbert Waldmann

  • Charting, navigating, and populating natural product chemical space for drug discovery.

    Hugo Lachance;Stefan Wetzel;Kamal Kumar;Herbert Waldmann

  • Small-molecule inhibition of APT1 affects Ras localization and signaling

    Frank J Dekker;Oliver Rocks;Nachiket Vartak;Sascha Menninger

  • The scaffold tree--visualization of the scaffold universe by hierarchical scaffold classification.

    Ansgar Schuffenhauer;Peter Ertl;Silvio Roggo;Stefan Wetzel

  • Identification of Thiazolidinones Spiro-Fused to Indolin-2-ones as Potent and Selective Inhibitors of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase B

    Viktor V. Vintonyak;Karin Warburg;Holger Kruse;Stefan Grimme

  • New Modalities for Challenging Targets in Drug Discovery

    Eric Valeur;Stéphanie M. Guéret;Stéphanie M. Guéret;Hélène Adihou;Hélène Adihou;Ranganath Gopalakrishnan;Ranganath Gopalakrishnan

  • ASYMMETRIC HETERO-DIELS-ALDER REACTIONS

    Herbert Waldmann

  • From protein domains to drug candidates – natural products as guiding principles in

    Rolf Breinbauer;I R Vetter;H Waldmann

  • The Pictet—Spengler Reaction in Nature and in Organic Chemistry

    Joachim Stoeckigt;Andrey P. Antonchick;Fangrui Wu;Herbert Waldmann

  • Chemical Strategies for Generating Protein Biochips.

    Pascal Jonkheijm;Dirk Weinrich;Hendrik Schroeder;Christof M. Niemeyer

Frequent Co-Authors

Kamal Kumar
Kamal Kumar AiCuris (Germany)
Andrey P. Antonchick
Andrey P. Antonchick Max Planck Society
Roger S. Goody
Roger S. Goody Max Planck Society
Kirill Alexandrov
Kirill Alexandrov Queensland University of Technology
Horst Kunz
Horst Kunz Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Roland Winter
Roland Winter TU Dortmund University
Carsten Strohmann
Carsten Strohmann TU Dortmund University
Wulf Blankenfeldt
Wulf Blankenfeldt Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research
Christof M. Niemeyer
Christof M. Niemeyer Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Daniel Rauh
Daniel Rauh TU Dortmund University

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