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D-Index
46
Citations
5936
World Ranking
2761
National Ranking
170

Jörg Nickelsen publication distribution in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jörg Nickelsen sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 103 publications — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 467 publications or more.

Jörg Nickelsen D-index placement in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Plant Science and Agronomy scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jörg Nickelsen sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 200 scientists 31 D-Index: 236 scientists 32 D-Index: 253 scientists 33 D-Index: 283 scientists 34 D-Index: 288 scientists 35 D-Index: 240 scientists 36 D-Index: 246 scientists 37 D-Index: 243 scientists 38 D-Index: 247 scientists 39 D-Index: 229 scientists 40 D-Index: 232 scientists 41 D-Index: 230 scientists 42 D-Index: 228 scientists 43 D-Index: 219 scientists 44 D-Index: 193 scientists 45 D-Index: 164 scientists 46 D-Index: 158 scientists 47 D-Index: 143 scientists 48 D-Index: 131 scientists 49 D-Index: 127 scientists 50 D-Index: 122 scientists 51 D-Index: 122 scientists 52 D-Index: 110 scientists 53 D-Index: 102 scientists 54 D-Index: 98 scientists 55 D-Index: 79 scientists 56 D-Index: 85 scientists 57 D-Index: 88 scientists 58 D-Index: 91 scientists 59 D-Index: 62 scientists 60 D-Index: 61 scientists 61 D-Index: 59 scientists 62 D-Index: 54 scientists 63 D-Index: 61 scientists 64 D-Index: 59 scientists 65 D-Index: 58 scientists 66 D-Index: 41 scientists 67 D-Index: 49 scientists 68 D-Index: 39 scientists 69 D-Index: 32 scientists 70 D-Index: 40 scientists 71 D-Index: 47 scientists 72 D-Index: 38 scientists 73 D-Index: 28 scientists 74 D-Index: 29 scientists 75 D-Index: 28 scientists 76 D-Index: 22 scientists 77 D-Index: 21 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 26 scientists 80 D-Index: 19 scientists 81 D-Index: 16 scientists 82 D-Index: 12 scientists 83 D-Index: 16 scientists 84 D-Index: 14 scientists 85 D-Index: 11 scientists 86 D-Index: 17 scientists 87 D-Index: 13 scientists 88 D-Index: 10 scientists 89 D-Index: 12 scientists 90 D-Index: 18 scientists 91 D-Index: 16 scientists 92 D-Index: 16 scientists 93 D-Index: 17 scientists 94 D-Index: 12 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 9 scientists 97 D-Index: 9 scientists 98 D-Index: 11 scientists 99 D-Index: 12 scientists 100 D-Index: 5 scientists 101 D-Index: 8 scientists 102 D-Index: 4 scientists 103 D-Index: 11 scientists 104 D-Index: 5 scientists 105 D-Index: 9 scientists 106 D-Index: 7 scientists 107 D-Index: 4 scientists 108 D-Index: 8 scientists 109+ D-Index: 99 scientists
30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 46 D-Index — 60th percentile

60% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 109 D-Index or more.

Best Publications

  • Photosystem II assembly: from cyanobacteria to plants.

    Jörg Nickelsen;Birgit Rengstl

  • The Cyanobacterial Homologue of HCF136/YCF48 Is a Component of an Early Photosystem II Assembly Complex and Is Important for Both the Efficient Assembly and Repair of Photosystem II in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

    Josef Komenda;Jörg Nickelsen;Martin Tichý;Martin Tichý;Ondřej Prášil;Ondřej Prášil

  • Biogenic regions of cyanobacterial thylakoids form contact sites with the plasma membrane

    Unknown

  • Determinants for stability of the chloroplast psbD RNA are located within its short leader region in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.

    J Nickelsen;J van Dillewijn;M Rahire;J D Rochaix

  • NAB1 Is an RNA Binding Protein Involved in the Light-Regulated Differential Expression of the Light-Harvesting Antenna of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

    Jan H. Mussgnug;Lutz Wobbe;Ingolf Elles;Christina Claus

  • The Arabidopsis Thylakoid Protein PAM68 Is Required for Efficient D1 Biogenesis and Photosystem II Assembly

    Ute Armbruster;Jessica Zühlke;Birgit Rengstl;Renate Kreller

  • Identification of cis-Acting RNA Leader Elements Required for Chloroplast psbD Gene Expression in Chlamydomonas

    Jorg Rolf Nickelsen;Mark Mike Fleischmann;Eric Boudreau;Michèle Rahire

  • Biogenesis of thylakoid membranes

    Anna Rast;Steffen Heinz;Jörg Nickelsen

  • MRL1, a Conserved Pentatricopeptide Repeat Protein, Is Required for Stabilization of rbcL mRNA in Chlamydomonas and Arabidopsis

    Xenie Johnson;Katia Wostrikoff;Giovanni Finazzi;Richard Kuras

  • Structural basis for VIPP1 oligomerization and maintenance of thylakoid membrane integrity

    Tilak Kumar Gupta;Sven Klumpe;Karin Gries;Steffen Heinz

  • Quantitative LC–MS Provides No Evidence for m6dA or m4dC in the Genome of Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells and Tissues

    Sarah Schiffers;Charlotte Ebert;René Rahimoff;Olesea Kosmatchev

  • The Psb27 assembly factor binds to the CP43 complex of Photosystem II in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

    Josef Komenda;Jana Knoppová;Jana Kopečná;Roman Sobotka

  • Towards autotrophic tissue engineering: Photosynthetic gene therapy for regeneration.

    Myra Noemi Chávez;Thilo Ludwig Schenck;Ursula Hopfner;Carolina Centeno-Cerdas

  • Initial Steps of Photosystem II de Novo Assembly and Preloading with Manganese Take Place in Biogenesis Centers in Synechocystis

    Anna Stengel;Irene L. Gügel;Daniel Hilger;Birgit Rengstl

  • PratA, a Periplasmic Tetratricopeptide Repeat Protein Involved in Biogenesis of Photosystem II in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

    Birgit Klinkert;Friedrich Ossenbühl;Martha Sikorski;Stefan Berry

  • Photosynthetic biomaterials: A pathway towards autotrophic tissue engineering

    Thilo Ludwig Schenck;Ursula Hopfner;Myra Noemi Chávez;Hans-Günther Machens

  • Development of Photosynthetic Biomaterials for In Vitro Tissue Engineering.

    Ursula Hopfner;Thilo-Ludwig Schenck;Myra-Noemi Chávez;Hans-Günther Machens

  • Chloroplast RNA-binding proteins

    Jörg Nickelsen

  • The yeast split-ubiquitin system to study chloroplast membrane protein interactions

    Jan Christoph Pasch;Jörg Nickelsen;Danja Schünemann

  • Synthesis of the D2 Protein of Photosystem II in Chlamydomonas Is Controlled by a High Molecular Mass Complex Containing the RNA Stabilization Factor Nac2 and the Translational Activator RBP40

    Christian Schwarz;Ingolf Elles;Jens Kortmann;Markus Piotrowski

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerhard Link
Gerhard Link Ruhr University Bochum
Jean-David Rochaix
Jean-David Rochaix University of Geneva
Dario Leister
Dario Leister Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Ulrich Kück
Ulrich Kück Ruhr University Bochum
Josef Komenda
Josef Komenda Czech Academy of Sciences
Wolfgang Baumeister
Wolfgang Baumeister Max Planck Society
Peter Jahns
Peter Jahns Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Michael Schroda
Michael Schroda Technical University of Kaiserslautern
Aloysius G.M. Tielens
Aloysius G.M. Tielens Erasmus University Rotterdam
Ondřej Prášil
Ondřej Prášil Institute of Microbiology

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