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Johannes A. Mayr publication distribution in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Genetics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Johannes A. Mayr sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 247 publications — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more.

Johannes A. Mayr D-index placement in Genetics in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 72 D-Index — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more.

Overview

Johannes A. Mayr is affiliated with Paracelsus Medical University in Austria and has contributed extensively to research in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a total of 211 publications in these domains. Their work spans critical areas in medicine, notably metabolism, genetic disorders, and mitochondrial function.

Their research focuses on several main topics, including:

  • Metabolism and Genetic Disorders
  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • ATP Synthase and ATPases Research
  • RNA Modifications and Cancer
  • Congenital Heart Defects Research

Mayr's body of work is also divided across multiple subfields of study such as molecular biology, genetics, clinical biochemistry, physiology, and biochemistry. Molecular biology accounts for the largest share, comprising 108 publications.

They have published in several frequently targeted academic venues, including:

  • Genetics in Medicine (12 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (7 publications)
  • Molecular Genetics and Metabolism (6 publications)
  • The American Journal of Human Genetics (5 publications)
  • Neuropediatrics (5 publications)

Their coauthors with the highest number of joint publications include:

  • Saskia B. Wortmann (53 collaborations)
  • René G. Feichtinger (46 collaborations)
  • Holger Prokisch (32 collaborations)
  • Matias Wagner (20 collaborations)
  • Melanie T. Achleitner (15 collaborations)

Key recent papers authored or co-authored by Mayr include:

  • "Serine Catabolism Feeds NADH when Respiration Is Impaired" (2020, Cell Metabolism)
  • "Clinical implementation of RNA sequencing for Mendelian disease diagnostics" (2022, Genome Medicine)
  • "Treating neutropenia and neutrophil dysfunction in glycogen storage disease type Ib with an SGLT2 inhibitor" (2020, Blood)
  • "Impaired complex I repair causes recessive Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy" (2021, Journal of Clinical Investigation)
  • "Defective metabolic programming impairs early neuronal morphogenesis in neural cultures and an organoid model of Leigh syndrome" (2021, Nature Communications)

Best Publications

  • Genetic diagnosis of Mendelian disorders via RNA sequencing

    Laura S. Kremer;Daniel M. Bader;Daniel M. Bader;Christian Mertes;Robert Kopajtich

  • Phenotypic spectrum associated with mutations of the mitochondrial polymerase γ gene

    R Horvath;G Hudson;G Ferrari;N Futterer

  • Lipoic acid biosynthesis defects

    Johannes A. Mayr;René G. Feichtinger;Frederic Tort;Antonia Ribes

  • TMEM70 mutations cause isolated ATP synthase deficiency and neonatal mitochondrial encephalocardiomyopathy.

    Alena Cízková;Viktor Stránecký;Johannes A Mayr;Markéta Tesarová

  • Lack of the mitochondrial protein acylglycerol kinase causes Sengers syndrome.

    Johannes A. Mayr;Tobias B. Haack;Elisabeth Graf;Franz A. Zimmermann

  • Deficient methylation and formylation of mt-tRNA Met wobble cytosine in a patient carrying mutations in NSUN3

    Lindsey Van Haute;Sabine Dietmann;Laura Kremer;Shobbir Hussain

  • Molecular diagnosis in mitochondrial complex I deficiency using exome sequencing

    Tobias B Haack;Birgit Haberberger;Eva-Maria Frisch;Thomas Wieland

  • Inhibition of Neuroblastoma Tumor Growth by Ketogenic Diet and/or Calorie Restriction in a CD1-Nu Mouse Model

    Raphael Johannes Morscher;Sepideh Aminzadeh-Gohari;René Gunther Feichtinger;Johannes Adalbert Mayr

  • Mitochondrial phosphate-carrier deficiency: a novel disorder of oxidative phosphorylation.

    Johannes A. Mayr;Olaf Merkel;Sepp D. Kohlwein;Boris R. Gebhardt

  • Decrease of mitochondrial DNA content and energy metabolism in renal cell carcinoma.

    David Meierhofer;David Meierhofer;Johannes A. Mayr;Ulrike Foetschl;Alexandra Berger

  • Loss of Complex I due to Mitochondrial DNA Mutations in Renal Oncocytoma

    Johannes A. Mayr;David Meierhofer;David Meierhofer;Franz Zimmermann;Rene Feichtinger

  • Mitochondrial ATP synthase deficiency due to a mutation in the ATP5E gene for the F1 ε subunit

    Johannes A. Mayr;Vendula Havlíčková;Franz Zimmermann;Iris Magler

  • Biliary atresia: swiss national study, 1994-2004

    Barbara Wildhaber;Pietro Majno;Johannes Mayr;Zacharias Zachariou

  • ELAC2 Mutations Cause a Mitochondrial RNA Processing Defect Associated with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

    Tobias B. Haack;Robert Kopajtich;Peter Freisinger;Thomas Wieland

  • Mutations in FBXL4, Encoding a Mitochondrial Protein, Cause Early-Onset Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathy

    Xiaowu Gai;Daniele Ghezzi;Mark A. Johnson;Caroline A. Biagosch

  • Serine Catabolism Feeds NADH when Respiration Is Impaired.

    Lifeng Yang;Juan Carlos Garcia Canaveras;Zihong Chen;Lin Wang

  • Mutations in GTPBP3 Cause a Mitochondrial Translation Defect Associated with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, Lactic Acidosis, and Encephalopathy

    Robert Kopajtich;Thomas J. Nicholls;Joanna Rorbach;Metodi D. Metodiev

  • Disturbed mitochondrial and peroxisomal dynamics due to loss of MFF causes Leigh-like encephalopathy, optic atrophy and peripheral neuropathy

    Johannes Koch;René G Feichtinger;Peter Freisinger;Mechthild Pies

  • A ketogenic diet supplemented with medium-chain triglycerides enhances the anti-tumor and anti-angiogenic efficacy of chemotherapy on neuroblastoma xenografts in a CD1-nu mouse model

    Sepideh Aminzadeh-Gohari;René Günther Feichtinger;Silvia Vidali;Felix Locker

  • Lipoic Acid Synthetase Deficiency Causes Neonatal-Onset Epilepsy, Defective Mitochondrial Energy Metabolism, and Glycine Elevation

    Johannes A. Mayr;Franz A. Zimmermann;Christine Fauth;Christa Bergheim

Frequent Co-Authors

Wolfgang Sperl
Wolfgang Sperl Paracelsus Medical University
Holger Prokisch
Holger Prokisch Technical University of Munich
Tobias B. Haack
Tobias B. Haack University of Tübingen
Thomas Meitinger
Thomas Meitinger Technical University of Munich
Tim M. Strom
Tim M. Strom Technical University of Munich
Robert W. Taylor
Robert W. Taylor Newcastle University
Thomas Klopstock
Thomas Klopstock Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Richard J. Rodenburg
Richard J. Rodenburg Radboud University
Daniele Ghezzi
Daniele Ghezzi University of Milan
Charlotte L. Alston
Charlotte L. Alston Newcastle University

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