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Jörn Piel

Jörn Piel

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Biology and Biochemistry
Switzerland
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
76
Citations
24673
World Ranking
4984
National Ranking
94

Jörn Piel 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 Jörn Piel sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 212 publications — 54th percentile

54% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jörn Piel 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 Jörn Piel sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 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: 72 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: 76 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Switzerland Leader Award

Overview

Jörn Piel is a researcher affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland. Their work primarily focuses on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a significant number of publications in these fields. They have also contributed to related areas such as medicine, pharmacology, organic chemistry, biotechnology, and plant science.

The scientist's research covers a diverse range of topics, including:

  • Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Marine Sponges and Natural Products
  • Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Chemical Synthesis and Analysis
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology

Jörn Piel has published extensively in a number of high-profile venues. These include:

  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Frequent co-authors in their publications are:

  • Clara Chepkirui
  • Roy A. Meoded
  • Stefan Leopold-Messer
  • Anna L. Vagstad
  • Hannah A. Minas

Some of their recent significant papers include:

  • New developments in RiPP discovery, enzymology and engineering (2020, Natural Product Reports)
  • Biosynthetic potential of the global ocean microbiome (2022, Nature)
  • A roadmap for metagenomic enzyme discovery (2021, Natural Product Reports)
  • Sharing and community curation of mass spectrometry data with Global Natural Products Social Molecular Networking (2020, UNC Libraries)
  • A community resource for paired genomic and metabolomic data mining (2021, Nature Chemical Biology)

The range of topics covered in these papers reflects a focus on natural product chemistry, enzymology, metagenomics, and data sharing within the scientific community.

Best Publications

  • Sharing and community curation of mass spectrometry data with Global Natural Products Social Molecular Networking

    Mingxun Wang;Jeremy J Carver;Vanessa V Phelan;Laura M Sanchez

  • Minimum Information about a Biosynthetic Gene cluster.

    Marnix H. Medema;Marnix H. Medema;Renzo Kottmann;Pelin Yilmaz;Matthew Cummings

  • Genomic insights into the marine sponge microbiome

    Ute Hentschel;Jörn Piel;Sandie M. Degnan;Michael W. Taylor

  • A polyketide synthase-peptide synthetase gene cluster from an uncultured bacterial symbiont of Paederus beetles

    Jörn Piel

  • New developments in RiPP discovery, enzymology and engineering

    Manuel Montalbán-López;Thomas A Scott;Sangeetha Ramesh;Imran R Rahman

  • Metabolites from symbiotic bacteria

    Jörn Piel

  • Antitumor polyketide biosynthesis by an uncultivated bacterial symbiont of the marine sponge Theonella swinhoei

    Jörn Piel;Dequan Hui;Gaiping Wen;Daniel Butzke

  • An environmental bacterial taxon with a large and distinct metabolic repertoire

    Micheal C. Wilson;Tetsushi Mori;Christian Rückert;Agustinus R. Uria

  • Genome analysis of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens FZB42 reveals its potential for biocontrol of plant pathogens.

    X.H. Chen;A. Koumoutsi;R. Scholz;K. Schneider

  • Structural and Functional Characterization of Three Polyketide Synthase Gene Clusters in Bacillus amyloliquefaciens FZB 42

    Xiao-Hua Chen;Joachim Vater;Jörn Piel;Peter Franke

  • Exploiting the mosaic structure of trans-acyltransferase polyketide synthases for natural product discovery and pathway dissection.

    TuAnh Nguyen;Keishi Ishida;Holger Jenke-Kodama;Elke Dittmann

  • Biosynthesis of polyketides by trans-AT polyketide synthases

    Eric J. N. Helfrich;Jörn Piel

  • Genomes of coral dinoflagellate symbionts highlight evolutionary adaptations conducive to a symbiotic lifestyle

    Manuel Aranda;Yangyang Li;Yi Jin Liew;Sebastian Baumgarten

  • Metagenome Mining Reveals Polytheonamides as Posttranslationally Modified Ribosomal Peptides

    Michael F. Freeman;Cristian Gurgui;Maximilian J. Helf;Brandon I. Morinaka

  • Defensive Bacteriome Symbiont with a Drastically Reduced Genome

    Atsushi Nakabachi;Reiko Ueoka;Reiko Ueoka;Kenshiro Oshima;Roberta Teta

  • Single-cell genomics reveals the lifestyle of Poribacteria, a candidate phylum symbiotically associated with marine sponges

    Alexander Siegl;Janine Kamke;Thomas Hochmuth;Jörn Piel

  • Polyketide assembly lines of uncultivated sponge symbionts from structure-based gene targeting

    Katja M Fisch;Cristian Gurgui;Nina Heycke;Sonia A van der Sar

  • A Gene Cluster from a Marine Streptomyces Encoding the Biosynthesis of the Aromatic Spiroketal Polyketide Griseorhodin A

    Aiying Li;Jörn Piel

  • Exploring the chemistry of uncultivated bacterial symbionts: Antitumor polyketides of the pederin family

    Jörn Piel;Daniel Butzke;Nobuhiro Fusetani;Dequan Hui

  • Phylum-wide comparative genomics unravel the diversity of secondary metabolism in Cyanobacteria

    Alexandra Calteau;David Peter Fewer;Amel Latifi;Thérèse Coursin

Frequent Co-Authors

Wilhelm Boland
Wilhelm Boland Max Planck Society
Bradley S. Moore
Bradley S. Moore University of California, San Diego
Matthias Platzer
Matthias Platzer Leibniz Association
Ute Hentschel
Ute Hentschel GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Gabriele M. König
Gabriele M. König University of Bonn
William H. Gerwick
William H. Gerwick University of California, San Diego
Neil J. Oldham
Neil J. Oldham University of Nottingham
Roderich D. Süssmuth
Roderich D. Süssmuth Technical University of Berlin
Eric Oswald
Eric Oswald Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées

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