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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
66
Citations
19201
World Ranking
8533
National Ranking
626

Holger Sültmann publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 229 publications — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Holger Sültmann 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 Holger Sültmann sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 66 D-Index — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Holger Sültmann is a researcher affiliated with the German Cancer Research Center in Germany. Their academic work primarily focuses on medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research extends to several specialized subfields including pulmonary and respiratory medicine, cancer research, molecular biology, oncology, and surgery.

The main topics addressed in their publications include:

  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations
  • Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research
  • Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
  • Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis

Their recent papers reflect contributions to a range of cancer-related subjects. Notable publications include:

  • "The landscape of viral associations in human cancers," 2020, Nature Genetics
  • "Recommendations for a practical implementation of circulating tumor DNA mutation testing in metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer," 2022, ESMO Open
  • "An artificial intelligence-based chatbot for prostate cancer education: Design and patient evaluation study," 2023, Digital Health
  • "Longitudinal therapy monitoring of ALK-positive lung cancer by combined copy number and targeted mutation profiling of cell-free DNA," 2020, EBioMedicine
  • "Liquid Biopsies beyond Mutation Calling: Genomic and Epigenomic Features of Cell-Free DNA in Cancer," 2021, Cancers

Holger Sültmann has collaborated frequently with several researchers in their field. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Florian Janke
  • Albrecht Stenzinger
  • Arlou Kristina Angeles
  • Petros Christopoulos
  • Michael Thomas

Their work has been published in a variety of scientific journals, with the most common publication venues being:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cancers
  • Urologic Oncology Seminars and Original Investigations
  • Frontiers in Oncology
  • Nature Genetics

Best Publications

  • Variance stabilization applied to microarray data calibration and to the quantification of differential expression.

    Wolfgang Huber;Anja von Heydebreck;Holger Sültmann;Annemarie Poustka

  • Patterns of somatic structural variation in human cancer genomes

    Yilong Li;Nicola D Roberts;Jeremiah A Wala;Jeremiah A Wala;Ofer Shapira;Ofer Shapira

  • Hepatitis B and D Viruses Exploit Sodium Taurocholate Co-transporting Polypeptide for Species-Specific Entry into Hepatocytes

    Yi Ni;Florian A. Lempp;Stefan Mehrle;Shirin Nkongolo

  • Circulating miRNAs are correlated with tumor progression in prostate cancer.

    Jan C. Brase;Marc Johannes;Thorsten Schlomm;Maria Fälth

  • The Human let-7a-3 Locus Contains an Epigenetically Regulated MicroRNA Gene with Oncogenic Function

    Bodo Brueckner;Carlo Stresemann;Ruprecht Kuner;Cora Mund

  • Serum microRNAs as non-invasive biomarkers for cancer

    Jan C Brase;Daniela Wuttig;Ruprecht Kuner;Holger Sültmann

  • Extracellular Vesicle-Mediated Transfer of Genetic Information between the Hematopoietic System and the Brain in Response to Inflammation

    Kirsten Ridder;Sascha Keller;Maria Dams;Anne-Kathleen Rupp

  • Integrative Genomic Analyses Reveal an Androgen-Driven Somatic Alteration Landscape in Early-Onset Prostate Cancer

    Joachim Weischenfeldt;Ronald Simon;Lars Feuerbach;Karin Schlangen

  • Yes and PI3K Bind CD95 to Signal Invasion of Glioblastoma

    Susanne Kleber;Ignacio Sancho-Martinez;Benedict Wiestler;Alexandra Beisel

  • Loss of EpCAM expression in breast cancer derived serum exosomes: role of proteolytic cleavage.

    Anne-Kathleen Rupp;Christian Rupp;Sascha Keller;Jan C. Brase

  • The landscape of viral associations in human cancers.

    Marc Zapatka;Ivan Borozan;Daniel S Brewer;Daniel S Brewer;Murat Iskar

  • Identification and classification of differentially expressed genes in renal cell carcinoma by expression profiling on a global human 31,500-element cDNA array.

    Judith M. Boer;Wolfgang K. Huber;Holger Sültmann;Friederike Wilmer

  • Extracellular vesicle-mediated transfer of functional RNA in the tumor microenvironment

    Kirsten Ridder;Alexandra Sevko;Janina Heide;Maria Dams

  • Molecular Evolution of Early-Onset Prostate Cancer Identifies Molecular Risk Markers and Clinical Trajectories

    Clarissa Gerhauser;Francesco Favero;Thomas Risch;Ronald Simon

  • Dependence of Intracellular and Exosomal microRNAs on Viral E6/E7 Oncogene Expression in HPV-positive Tumor Cells

    Anja Honegger;Daniela Schilling;Sandra Bastian;Jasmin Sponagel

  • Parameter estimation for the calibration and variance stabilization of microarray data.

    Wolfgang Huber;Anja von Heydebreck;Holger Sültmann;Annemarie Poustka

  • BAZ2A (TIP5) is involved in epigenetic alterations in prostate cancer and its overexpression predicts disease recurrence

    Lei Gu;Sandra C Frommel;Christopher C Oakes;Ronald Simon

  • Global gene expression analysis reveals specific patterns of cell junctions in non-small cell lung cancer subtypes.

    Ruprecht Kuner;Thomas Muley;Michael Meister;Markus Ruschhaupt;Markus Ruschhaupt

  • Targeted high throughput sequencing in clinical cancer settings: formaldehyde fixed-paraffin embedded (FFPE) tumor tissues, input amount and tumor heterogeneity

    Martin Kerick;Melanie Isau;Melanie Isau;Bernd Timmermann;Holger Sültmann

  • Extracellular vesicle-mediated transfer of genetic information between the hematopoietic system and the brain in response to inflammation

    Kirsten Ridder;Sascha Keller;Maria Dams;Anne-kathleen Rupp

Frequent Co-Authors

Annemarie Poustka
Annemarie Poustka German Cancer Research Center
Albrecht Stenzinger
Albrecht Stenzinger Heidelberg University
Thorsten Schlomm
Thorsten Schlomm Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Jan Klein
Jan Klein Pennsylvania State University
Peter Schirmacher
Peter Schirmacher University Hospital Heidelberg
Roland Eils
Roland Eils Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Wolfgang Huber
Wolfgang Huber European Bioinformatics Institute
Dirk Jäger
Dirk Jäger Heidelberg University
Stefan Wiemann
Stefan Wiemann German Cancer Research Center
Hans Lehrach
Hans Lehrach Max Planck Society

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