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Best Female Scientists 109 936 893 38 36 424 42550
Medicine 109 5775 5423 325 311 423 44107

Ingrid Fleming publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Ingrid Fleming between 1990 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Ingrid Fleming published across 36 years, from 1990 to 2025, averaging 14.2 papers a year. Output peaked at 63 publications in 2023. 27 of the 510 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
20 40 60
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1990 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 63. Peak 63 publications in 2023. 1990: 7 publications 1991: 5 publications 1992: 2 publications 1993: 8 publications 1994: 2 publications 1995: 7 publications 1996: 9 publications 1997: 6 publications 1998: 8 publications 1999: 9 publications 2000: 12 publications 2001: 8 publications 2002: 11 publications 2003: 21 publications 2004: 12 publications 2005: 15 publications 2006: 29 publications 2007: 15 publications 2008: 19 publications 2009: 13 publications 2010: 10 publications 2011: 13 publications 2012: 22 publications 2013: 12 publications 2014: 9 publications 2015: 17 publications 2016: 19 publications 2017: 16 publications 2018: 20 publications 2019: 21 publications 2020: 13 publications 2021: 18 publications 2022: 12 publications 2023: 63 publications 2024: 14 publications 2025: 13 publications
1990 2025

510 publications in total across all disciplines

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Ingrid Fleming: publications per year, 1990 to 2025
Year Publications
1990 7
1991 5
1992 2
1993 8
1994 2
1995 7
1996 9
1997 6
1998 8
1999 9
2000 12
2001 8
2002 11
2003 21
2004 12
2005 15
2006 29
2007 15
2008 19
2009 13
2010 10
2011 13
2012 22
2013 12
2014 9
2015 17
2016 19
2017 16
2018 20
2019 21
2020 13
2021 18
2022 12
2023 63
2024 14
2025 13
Total 510
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Ingrid Fleming publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ingrid Fleming sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600 800
Bar chart with 86 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 101–120 to 1,796+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 922. Most scientists, 922, have 341–360 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 421–440 publications, is where this scientist sits. 101–120 publications: 5 scientists 121–140 publications: 26 scientists 141–160 publications: 73 scientists 161–180 publications: 155 scientists 181–200 publications: 230 scientists 201–220 publications: 363 scientists 221–240 publications: 487 scientists 241–260 publications: 545 scientists 261–280 publications: 722 scientists 281–300 publications: 768 scientists 301–320 publications: 834 scientists 321–340 publications: 895 scientists 341–360 publications: 922 scientists 361–380 publications: 838 scientists 381–400 publications: 861 scientists 401–420 publications: 918 scientists 421–440 publications: 806 scientists 441–460 publications: 771 scientists 461–480 publications: 751 scientists 481–500 publications: 713 scientists 501–520 publications: 617 scientists 521–540 publications: 610 scientists 541–560 publications: 537 scientists 561–580 publications: 504 scientists 581–600 publications: 509 scientists 601–620 publications: 396 scientists 621–640 publications: 386 scientists 641–660 publications: 371 scientists 661–680 publications: 340 scientists 681–700 publications: 336 scientists 701–720 publications: 307 scientists 721–740 publications: 259 scientists 741–760 publications: 230 scientists 761–780 publications: 228 scientists 781–800 publications: 217 scientists 801–820 publications: 204 scientists 821–840 publications: 186 scientists 841–860 publications: 177 scientists 861–880 publications: 155 scientists 881–900 publications: 139 scientists 901–920 publications: 145 scientists 921–940 publications: 116 scientists 941–960 publications: 133 scientists 961–980 publications: 91 scientists 981–1,000 publications: 96 scientists 1,001–1,020 publications: 77 scientists 1,021–1,040 publications: 70 scientists 1,041–1,060 publications: 63 scientists 1,061–1,080 publications: 77 scientists 1,081–1,100 publications: 49 scientists 1,101–1,120 publications: 54 scientists 1,121–1,140 publications: 49 scientists 1,141–1,160 publications: 51 scientists 1,161–1,180 publications: 35 scientists 1,181–1,200 publications: 39 scientists 1,201–1,220 publications: 26 scientists 1,221–1,240 publications: 37 scientists 1,241–1,260 publications: 36 scientists 1,261–1,280 publications: 27 scientists 1,281–1,300 publications: 32 scientists 1,301–1,320 publications: 28 scientists 1,321–1,340 publications: 17 scientists 1,341–1,360 publications: 30 scientists 1,361–1,380 publications: 28 scientists 1,381–1,400 publications: 17 scientists 1,401–1,420 publications: 21 scientists 1,421–1,440 publications: 15 scientists 1,441–1,460 publications: 12 scientists 1,461–1,480 publications: 12 scientists 1,481–1,500 publications: 18 scientists 1,501–1,520 publications: 14 scientists 1,521–1,540 publications: 17 scientists 1,541–1,560 publications: 15 scientists 1,561–1,580 publications: 6 scientists 1,581–1,600 publications: 2 scientists 1,601–1,620 publications: 12 scientists 1,621–1,640 publications: 11 scientists 1,641–1,660 publications: 8 scientists 1,661–1,680 publications: 5 scientists 1,681–1,700 publications: 5 scientists 1,701–1,720 publications: 10 scientists 1,721–1,740 publications: 12 scientists 1,741–1,760 publications: 14 scientists 1,761–1,780 publications: 6 scientists 1,781–1,795 publications: 5 scientists 1,796+ publications: 100 scientists
101–120 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 423 publications — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

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Number of Medicine scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 20,134 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
101–120 5
121–140 26
141–160 73
161–180 155
181–200 230
201–220 363
221–240 487
241–260 545
261–280 722
281–300 768
301–320 834
321–340 895
341–360 922
361–380 838
381–400 861
401–420 918
421–440 806 423
441–460 771
461–480 751
481–500 713
501–520 617
521–540 610
541–560 537
561–580 504
581–600 509
601–620 396
621–640 386
641–660 371
661–680 340
681–700 336
701–720 307
721–740 259
741–760 230
761–780 228
781–800 217
801–820 204
821–840 186
841–860 177
861–880 155
881–900 139
901–920 145
921–940 116
941–960 133
961–980 91
981–1,000 96
1,001–1,020 77
1,021–1,040 70
1,041–1,060 63
1,061–1,080 77
1,081–1,100 49
1,101–1,120 54
1,121–1,140 49
1,141–1,160 51
1,161–1,180 35
1,181–1,200 39
1,201–1,220 26
1,221–1,240 37
1,241–1,260 36
1,261–1,280 27
1,281–1,300 32
1,301–1,320 28
1,321–1,340 17
1,341–1,360 30
1,361–1,380 28
1,381–1,400 17
1,401–1,420 21
1,421–1,440 15
1,441–1,460 12
1,461–1,480 12
1,481–1,500 18
1,501–1,520 14
1,521–1,540 17
1,541–1,560 15
1,561–1,580 6
1,581–1,600 2
1,601–1,620 12
1,621–1,640 11
1,641–1,660 8
1,661–1,680 5
1,681–1,700 5
1,701–1,720 10
1,721–1,740 12
1,741–1,760 14
1,761–1,780 6
1,781–1,795 5
1,796+ 100
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Ingrid Fleming D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

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

No. of scientists
250 500 750 1,000
Bar chart with 75 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 70–71 to 217+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 1,027. Most scientists, 1,027, have 82–83 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 108–109 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 70–71 D-Index: 226 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 391 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 574 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 730 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 891 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 972 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 1,027 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 1,003 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 960 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 970 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 922 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 839 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 808 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 779 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 668 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 611 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 630 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 513 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 541 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 445 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 429 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 399 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 393 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 318 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 302 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 287 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 255 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 256 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 252 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 230 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 179 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 168 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 163 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 159 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 134 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 134 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 118 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 109 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 106 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 74 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 79 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 80 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 87 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 57 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 74 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 69 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 60 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 53 scientists 166–167 D-Index: 39 scientists 168–169 D-Index: 42 scientists 170–171 D-Index: 32 scientists 172–173 D-Index: 39 scientists 174–175 D-Index: 40 scientists 176–177 D-Index: 28 scientists 178–179 D-Index: 19 scientists 180–181 D-Index: 23 scientists 182–183 D-Index: 31 scientists 184–185 D-Index: 18 scientists 186–187 D-Index: 20 scientists 188–189 D-Index: 22 scientists 190–191 D-Index: 13 scientists 192–193 D-Index: 21 scientists 194–195 D-Index: 12 scientists 196–197 D-Index: 12 scientists 198–199 D-Index: 14 scientists 200–201 D-Index: 15 scientists 202–203 D-Index: 13 scientists 204–205 D-Index: 10 scientists 206–207 D-Index: 8 scientists 208–209 D-Index: 4 scientists 210–211 D-Index: 12 scientists 212–213 D-Index: 11 scientists 214–215 D-Index: 10 scientists 216 D-Index: 4 scientists 217+ D-Index: 98 scientists
70–71 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 109 D-Index — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

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Number of Medicine scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 20,134 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
70–71 226
72–73 391
74–75 574
76–77 730
78–79 891
80–81 972
82–83 1,027
84–85 1,003
86–87 960
88–89 970
90–91 922
92–93 839
94–95 808
96–97 779
98–99 668
100–101 611
102–103 630
104–105 513
106–107 541
108–109 445 109
110–111 429
112–113 399
114–115 393
116–117 318
118–119 302
120–121 287
122–123 255
124–125 256
126–127 252
128–129 230
130–131 179
132–133 168
134–135 163
136–137 159
138–139 134
140–141 134
142–143 118
144–145 109
146–147 106
148–149 74
150–151 79
152–153 80
154–155 87
156–157 57
158–159 74
160–161 69
162–163 60
164–165 53
166–167 39
168–169 42
170–171 32
172–173 39
174–175 40
176–177 28
178–179 19
180–181 23
182–183 31
184–185 18
186–187 20
188–189 22
190–191 13
192–193 21
194–195 12
196–197 12
198–199 14
200–201 15
202–203 13
204–205 10
206–207 8
208–209 4
210–211 12
212–213 11
214–215 10
216 4
217+ 98
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2018 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Ingrid Fleming is affiliated with Goethe University Frankfurt in Germany. Their research primarily intersects the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as well as Medicine, with a total of 92 and 86 publications respectively in these main areas.

The scientist's work further specializes into subfields including Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Physiology, Immunology, and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. These subfields have contributed to a wide range of studies across molecular and physiological mechanisms relevant to health and disease.

The main research topics covered by Ingrid Fleming include:

  • Eicosanoids and Hypertension Pharmacology
  • Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
  • Sulfur Compounds in Biology
  • Immune cells in cancer
  • Nitric Oxide and Endothelin Effects
  • Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension
  • Congenital heart defects research

Frequent venues for publication highlight the scientist's active contributions to both preprint and peer-reviewed journals. These include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cardiovascular Research
  • Cells
  • Nature Communications
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Their collaborative network features multiple recurrent coauthors, demonstrating distinct ongoing research partnerships. Notable frequent coauthors include:

  • Jiong Hu
  • Stefan Günther
  • Ilka Wittig
  • Sofia-Iris Bibli
  • Sven Zukunft

Selected recent publications by Ingrid Fleming provide insight into their research focus and outputs. These include:

  • Metabolism pathways of arachidonic acids: mechanisms and potential therapeutic targets, 2021, Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy
  • Single cell sequencing reveals endothelial plasticity with transient mesenchymal activation after myocardial infarction, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Inhibition of fatty acid oxidation enables heart regeneration in adult mice, 2023, Nature
  • Perivascular adipose tissue as a source of therapeutic targets and clinical biomarkers, 2023, European Heart Journal
  • Adipocyte Piezo1 mediates obesogenic adipogenesis through the FGF1/FGFR1 signaling pathway in mice, 2020, Nature Communications

Ingrid Fleming was recognized with the honor of becoming a Member of Academia Europaea in 2018.

Best Publications

  • Activation of nitric oxide synthase in endothelial cells by Akt-dependent phosphorylation

    Stefanie Dimmeler;Ingrid Fleming;Beate Fisslthaler;Corinna Hermann

  • Molecular mechanisms involved in the regulation of the endothelial nitric oxide synthase

    Ingrid Fleming;Rudi Busse

  • Cytochrome P450 2C is an EDHF synthase in coronary arteries

    Beate Fisslthaler;Rüdiger Popp;Ladislau Kiss;Michael Potente

  • EDHF: bringing the concepts together.

    Rudi Busse;Gillian Edwards;Michel Félétou;Ingrid Fleming

  • Phosphorylation of Thr(495) regulates Ca(2+)/calmodulin-dependent endothelial nitric oxide synthase activity.

    Ingrid Fleming;Beate Fisslthaler;Stefanie Dimmeler;Bruce E. Kemp

  • Transdifferentiation of Blood-Derived Human Adult Endothelial Progenitor Cells Into Functionally Active Cardiomyocytes

    Cornel Badorff;Ralf P. Brandes;Rüdiger Popp;Stefan Rupp

  • Loss of vascular responsiveness induced by endotoxin involves L-arginine pathway.

    G. Julou-Schaeffer;G. A. Gray;I. Fleming;C. Schott

  • Endothelium-Derived Hyperpolarizing Factor Synthase (Cytochrome P450 2C9) Is a Functionally Significant Source of Reactive Oxygen Species in Coronary Arteries

    Ingrid Fleming;U. Ruth Michaelis;Daniel Bredenkötter;Beate Fisslthaler

  • Nitric Oxide Attenuates the Release of Endothelium-Derived Hyperpolarizing Factor

    Johann Bauersachs;Ru¨diger Popp;Markus Hecker;Edith Sauer

  • Molecular mechanisms underlying the activation of eNOS

    Ingrid Fleming

  • Cytochrome P450 and Vascular Homeostasis

    Ingrid Fleming

  • Modulation of the Ca2 Permeable Cation Channel TRPV4 by Cytochrome P450 Epoxygenases in Vascular Endothelium

    Joris Vriens;Grzegorz Owsianik;B Fisslthaler;M Suzuki

  • Ultrastructure and molecular histology of rabbit hind-limb collateral artery growth (arteriogenesis).

    Dimitri Scholz;Wulf Ito;Ingrid Fleming;Elisabeth Deindl

  • Activation and Signaling by the AMP-Activated Protein Kinase in Endothelial Cells

    Beate Fisslthaler;Ingrid Fleming

  • Endothelial Dysfunction Coincides With an Enhanced Nitric Oxide Synthase Expression and Superoxide Anion Production

    Anne Bouloumié;Johann Bauersachs;Wolfgang Linz;Bernward A. Schölkens

  • Intracellular pH and Tyrosine Phosphorylation but Not Calcium Determine Shear Stress–Induced Nitric Oxide Production in Native Endothelial Cells

    Kazuhide Ayajiki;Markus Kindermann;Markus Hecker;Ingrid Fleming

  • An endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor distinct from NO and prostacyclin is a major endothelium-dependent vasodilator in resistance vessels of wild-type and endothelial NO synthase knockout mice

    Ralf P. Brandes;Friedrich-Hubertus Schmitz-Winnenthal;Michel Félétou;Axel Gödecke

  • Ca2+-Independent Activation of the Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase in Response to Tyrosine Phosphatase Inhibitors and Fluid Shear Stress

    Ingrid Fleming;Johann Bauersachs;Beate Fisslthaler;Rudi Busse

  • Endothelial dysfunction in atherosclerosis.

    Rudi Busse;Ingrid Fleming

Frequent Co-Authors

Rudi Busse
Rudi Busse Goethe University Frankfurt
Ralf P. Brandes
Ralf P. Brandes Goethe University Frankfurt
Bruce D. Hammock
Bruce D. Hammock University of California, Davis
Jean-Claude Stoclet
Jean-Claude Stoclet Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Ilka Wittig
Ilka Wittig Goethe University Frankfurt
Stefanie Dimmeler
Stefanie Dimmeler Goethe University Frankfurt
Johann Bauersachs
Johann Bauersachs Hannover Medical School
Andreas Papapetropoulos
Andreas Papapetropoulos National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
John R. Falck
John R. Falck The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Andreas M. Zeiher
Andreas M. Zeiher Goethe University Frankfurt

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