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Hermann Steller publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Molecular Biology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Hermann Steller sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 564+

This scientist: 143 publications — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.

Hermann Steller D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026

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

40–41 D-Index: 36 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 101 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 115 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 121 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 118 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 130 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 106 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 116 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 113 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 129 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 120 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 105 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 131 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 95 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 97 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 106 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 83 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 89 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 77 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 70 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 73 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 60 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 48 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 45 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 50 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 31 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 51 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 43 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 38 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 39 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 41 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 29 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 33 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 35 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 20 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 38 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 19 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 28 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 13 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 23 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 16 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 15 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 11 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 21 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 7 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 13 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 14 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 17 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 9 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 8 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 16 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 7 scientists 144 D-Index: 7 scientists 145+ D-Index: 100 scientists
40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 75 D-Index — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

Overview

Hermann Steller is affiliated with Rockefeller University in the United States. Their research spans several areas within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, neuroscience, and medicine, with notable focus on cell biology, molecular biology, neurology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and urology.

The scientist has contributed to advancing knowledge in several specialized topics including:

  • Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways
  • Barrier structure and function studies
  • Neurobiology and insect physiology research
  • Endoplasmic reticulum stress and disease
  • Caveolin-1 and cellular processes
  • Hair growth and disorders
  • Wound healing and treatments

Frequent collaborators in their research include Xiaoling Li, Richard D. Fetter, Tina Schwabe, Christophe Jung, and Ulrike Gaul.

Hermann Steller has published in key venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), eLife, Nature Communications, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and Genes & Development. BioRxiv hosts the majority of their recent outputs.

Key recent publications include:

  • The cAMP effector PKA mediates Moody GPCR signaling in Drosophila blood-brain barrier formation and maturation, 2021, eLife
  • Thy1 marks a distinct population of slow-cycling stem cells in the mouse epidermis, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Variants in the proteasome regulator PSMF1 cause a phenotypic spectrum from early-onset Parkinson's disease to perinatal lethality and disrupt mitochondrial function, 2024, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • PI31 expression prevents neuronal degeneration in a mouse Parkinson Disease model, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The cAMP effector PKA mediates Moody GPCR signaling in Drosophila blood-brain barrier formation and maturation, 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Best Publications

  • Mechanisms and genes of cellular suicide

    Hermann Steller

  • Programmed Cell Death in Animal Development and Disease

    Yaron Fuchs;Hermann Steller

  • Genetic control of programmed cell death in Drosophila

    Kristin White;Megan E. Grether;John M. Abrams;Lynn Young;Lynn Young

  • Isolation of a putative phospholipase c gene of drosophila, norpA, and its role in phototransduction

    B.T. Bloomquist;R.D. Shortridge;S. Schneuwly;M. Perdew

  • Programmed cell death during Drosophila embryogenesis

    John M. Abrams;Kristin White;Liselotte I. Fessler;Hermann Steller

  • The head involution defective gene of Drosophila melanogaster functions in programmed cell death.

    M E Grether;J M Abrams;J Agapite;K White

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring cell death in higher eukaryotes

    L. Galluzzi;L. Galluzzi;L. Galluzzi;S. A. Aaronson;J. Abrams;E. S. Alnemri

  • Apoptotic Cells Can Induce Compensatory Cell Proliferation through the JNK and the Wingless Signaling Pathways

    Hyung Don Ryoo;Travis Gorenc;Hermann Steller

  • Live to die another way: modes of programmed cell death and the signals emanating from dying cells

    Yaron Fuchs;Hermann Steller

  • The Drosophila Gene hid Is a Direct Molecular Target of Ras-Dependent Survival Signaling

    Andreas Bergmann;Julie Agapite;Kimberly McCall;Hermann Steller

  • Induction of apoptosis by Drosophila reaper, hid and grim through inhibition of IAP function

    Lakshmi Goyal;Kimberly McCall;Julie Agapite;Erika Hartwieg

  • Cell Killing by the Drosophila Gene reaper

    Kristin White;Elvan Tahaoglu;Hermann Steller

  • Caspase Activity and a Specific Cytochrome C Are Required for Sperm Differentiation in Drosophila

    Eli Arama;Julie Agapite;Hermann Steller

  • DCP-1, a Drosophila cell death protease essential for development.

    Zhiwei Song;Kimberly McCall;Hermann Steller

  • Apoptosis, Stem Cells, and Tissue Regeneration

    Andreas Bergmann;Hermann Steller

  • The DIAP1 RING finger mediates ubiquitination of Dronc and is indispensable for regulating apoptosis

    Rebecca Wilson;Lakshmi Goyal;Mark Ditzel;Anna Zachariou

  • Regulation of Drosophila IAP1 degradation and apoptosis by reaper and ubcD1

    Hyung Don Ryoo;Andreas Bergmann;Hedva Gonen;Aaron Ciechanover

  • A transposable P vector that confers selectable G418 resistance to Drosophila larvae.

    H. Steller;V. Pirrotta

  • Cooperative functions of the reaper and head involution defective genes in the programmed cell death of Drosophila central nervous system midline cells

    L. Zhou;A. Schnitzler;J. Agapite;L. M. Schwartz

  • A steroid-triggered transcriptional hierarchy controls salivary gland cell death during Drosophila metamorphosis.

    Changan Jiang;Anne Françoise J Lamblin;Hermann Steller;Carl S. Thummel

Frequent Co-Authors

Andreas Bergmann
Andreas Bergmann University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
John M. Abrams
John M. Abrams The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Henrik Molina
Henrik Molina Rockefeller University
Daniel L. Segal
Daniel L. Segal University of Colorado Colorado Springs
Ilio Vitale
Ilio Vitale University of Rome Tor Vergata
Aaron Ciechanover
Aaron Ciechanover Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Guido Kroemer
Guido Kroemer Université Paris Cité
Lorenzo Galluzzi
Lorenzo Galluzzi Cornell University
Eugenia Morselli
Eugenia Morselli San Sebastián University
Gerald M. Rubin
Gerald M. Rubin Howard Hughes Medical Institute

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