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Jörg Overmann

Jörg Overmann

Leibniz Association
Germany

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
82
Citations
26015
World Ranking
3664
National Ranking
276

Jörg Overmann publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jörg Overmann sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 412 publications — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jörg Overmann 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 Jörg Overmann sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 316 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 899 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,025 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,149 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,235 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,162 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,130 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,031 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 714 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 71 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 82 D-Index — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Jörg Overmann is affiliated with the Leibniz Association in Germany and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Environmental Science. Their work spans multiple subfields including Molecular Biology, Ecology, Plant Science, Infectious Diseases, and Food Science.

Their research topics cover a broad range of microbial and genomic studies, including:

  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research
  • Probiotics and Fermented Foods
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis

Jörg Overmann has published numerous papers with recent notable works including:

  • "Blind spots in global soil biodiversity and ecosystem function research," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "BacDive in 2022: the knowledge base for standardized bacterial and archaeal data," 2021, Nucleic Acids Research
  • "A collection of bacterial isolates from the pig intestine reveals functional and taxonomic diversity," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Contrasting responses of above- and belowground diversity to multiple components of land-use intensity," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "Automated analysis of genomic sequences facilitates high-throughput and comprehensive description of bacteria," 2021, ISME Communications

The publication venues where Jörg Overmann frequently disseminates research include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Nature Communications
  • Nucleic Acids Research

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Jörg Overmann are:

  • Boyke Bunk
  • Cathrin Spröer
  • Thomas Riedel
  • Thomas Clavel
  • Johannes Sikorski

Best Publications

  • Severe COVID-19 Is Marked by a Dysregulated Myeloid Cell Compartment.

    Jonas Schulte-Schrepping;Nico Reusch;Daniela Paclik;Kevin Baßler

  • Biodiversity at multiple trophic levels is needed for ecosystem multifunctionality

    Santiago Soliveres;Fons van der Plas;Peter Manning;Daniel Prati

  • Comparative genome and phenotypic analysis of three Clostridioides difficile strains isolated from a single patient provide insight into multiple infection of C. difficile.

    Uwe Groß;Elzbieta Brzuszkiewicz;Katrin Gunka;Jessica Starke

  • Sequence and cultivation study of Muribaculaceae reveals novel species, host preference, and functional potential of this yet undescribed family

    Ilias Lagkouvardos;Till R. Lesker;Thomas C. A. Hitch;Eric J. C. Gálvez

  • Land-use intensification causes multitrophic homogenization of grassland communities

    Martin M. Gossner;Martin M. Gossner;Thomas M. Lewinsohn;Thomas M. Lewinsohn;Tiemo Kahl;Fabrice Grassein

  • amoA-based consensus phylogeny of ammonia-oxidizing archaea and deep sequencing of amoA genes from soils of four different geographic regions.

    Michael Pester;Thomas Rattei;Stefan Flechl;Alexander Gröngröft

  • The Mouse Intestinal Bacterial Collection (miBC) provides host-specific insight into cultured diversity and functional potential of the gut microbiota

    Ilias Lagkouvardos;Rüdiger Pukall;Birte Abt;Bärbel U. Foesel

  • 13,16-Dimethyl Octacosanedioic Acid (iso-Diabolic Acid), a Common Membrane-Spanning Lipid of Acidobacteria Subdivisions 1 and 3

    Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté;W. Irene C. Rijpstra;Ellen C. Hopmans;Johan W. H. Weijers

  • An obligately photosynthetic bacterial anaerobe from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent

    J. Thomas Beatty;Jörg Overmann;Michael T. Lince;Ann K. Manske

  • Ecological Significance of Microdiversity: Identical 16S rRNA Gene Sequences Can Be Found in Bacteria with Highly Divergent Genomes and Ecophysiologies

    Elke Jaspers;Jörg Overmann

  • Blind spots in global soil biodiversity and ecosystem function research.

    Carlos A. Guerra;Anna Heintz-Buschart;Johannes Sikorski;Antonis Chatzinotas

  • Longitudinal Multi-omics Analyses Identify Responses of Megakaryocytes, Erythroid Cells, and Plasmablasts as Hallmarks of Severe COVID-19.

    Joana P. Bernardes;Neha Mishra;Florian Tran;Thomas Bahmer

  • Life under extreme energy limitation: a synthesis of laboratory- and field-based investigations.

    Mark A. Lever;Karyn L. Rogers;Karen G. Lloyd;Jörg Overmann

  • Environmental factors affect Acidobacterial communities below the subgroup level in grassland and forest soils.

    Astrid Naether;Astrid Naether;Bärbel U. Foesel;Bärbel U. Foesel;Verena Naegele;Pia K. Wüst

  • An extremely low‐light adapted phototrophic sulfur bacterium from the Black Sea

    Jörg Overmann;Heribert Cypionka;Norbert Pfennig

  • The impact of even‐aged and uneven‐aged forest management on regional biodiversity of multiple taxa in European beech forests

    Peter Schall;Martin M. Gossner;Steffi Heinrichs;Markus Fischer

  • Cyclic AMP and acyl homoserine lactones increase the cultivation efficiency of heterotrophic bacteria from the central Baltic Sea.

    Alke Bruns;Heribert Cypionka;Jörg Overmann

  • Physiology and Phylogeny of Green Sulfur Bacteria Forming a Monospecific Phototrophic Assemblage at a Depth of 100 Meters in the Black Sea

    Ann K. Manske;Jens Glaeser;Marcel M. M. Kuypers;Jörg Overmann

  • Identification and characterization of ecologically significant prokaryotes in the sediment of freshwater lakes: molecular and cultivation studies

    Stefan Spring;Renate Schulze;Jörg Overmann;Karl-Heinz Schleifer

  • Present and Future of Culturing Bacteria

    Jörg Overmann;Birte Abt;Johannes Sikorski

Frequent Co-Authors

Cathrin Spröer
Cathrin Spröer Leibniz Association
Manfred Rohde
Manfred Rohde Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research
Thomas Clavel
Thomas Clavel RWTH Aachen University
François Buscot
François Buscot Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Wolfgang W. Weisser
Wolfgang W. Weisser Technical University of Munich
Gerhard Wanner
Gerhard Wanner Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Heribert Cypionka
Heribert Cypionka Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
Tesfaye Wubet
Tesfaye Wubet Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Rolf Daniel
Rolf Daniel University of Göttingen
Trinad Chakraborty
Trinad Chakraborty University of Giessen

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Heribert Cypionka

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Chuanlun L. Zhang

Chuanlun L. Zhang

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Publications: 36

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