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Josef Loidl 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 Josef Loidl sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 146 publications — 28th percentile

28% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Josef Loidl 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 Josef Loidl sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 50 D-Index — 11th percentile

11% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Josef Loidl is a researcher affiliated with the University of Vienna in Austria. Their work spans multiple disciplines primarily in the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these domains, the subfields of Molecular Biology and Neurology have been prominent in their research output, alongside contributions to Infectious Diseases, Physiology, and Surgery.

The scientist's research covers a range of specialized topics including Infectious Encephalopathies and Encephalitis, Protist diversity and phylogeny, Long-Term Effects of COVID-19, Metabolism and Genetic Disorders, Mitochondrial Function and Pathology, Retinal and Optic Conditions, and DNA Repair Mechanisms.

Josef Loidl has published extensively, with notable papers including:

  • "Tetrahymena meiosis: Simple yet ingenious" (2021), published in PLoS Genetics
  • "First Reported Case of Reversible Cerebral Vasoconstriction Syndrome After a SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine" (2021), published in Cureus
  • "Spatial constraints on chromosomes are instrumental to meiotic pairing" (2020), published in Journal of Cell Science
  • "Novel requirements for HAP2/GCS1-mediated gamete fusion in Tetrahymena" (2024), published in iScience
  • "Mediastinal and pleural lipomatosis as a manifestation of myotonic dystrophy type 1" (2021), published in Lung India

Frequent coauthors in Josef Loidl's research include Fúlvio A. Scorza, Carla A. Scorza, Miao Tian, Christiane Agreiter, and Kazufumi Mochizuki.

Major publication venues featuring their work are:

  • International Journal of Advanced Multidisciplinary Research and Studies
  • Cureus
  • Surgical Neurology International
  • PubMed
  • The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Best Publications

  • Disjunction of Homologous Chromosomes in Meiosis I Depends on Proteolytic Cleavage of the Meiotic Cohesin Rec8 by Separin

    Sara B.C Buonomo;Rosemary K Clyne;Joerg Fuchs;Josef Loidl

  • The Mus81/Mms4 endonuclease acts independently of double-Holliday junction resolution to promote a distinct subset of crossovers during meiosis in budding yeast.

    Teresa de los Santos;Neil Hunter;Cindy Lee;Brittany Larkin

  • Cohesin ensures bipolar attachment of microtubules to sister centromeres and resists their precocious separation.

    Tomoyuki Tanaka;Jörg Fuchs;Josef Loidl;Kim Nasmyth

  • A Caenorhabditis elegans cohesion protein with functions in meiotic chromosome pairing and disjunction

    Pawel Pasierbek;Michael Jantsch;Martin Melcher;Alexander Schleiffer

  • The initiation of meiotic chromosome pairing: the cytological view.

    Josef Loidl

  • Centromere clustering is a major determinant of yeast interphase nuclear organization

    Quan-wen Jin;Jörg Fuchs;Josef Loidl

  • A model for heterochromatin dispersion and the evolution of C-band patterns

    D. Schweizer;J. Loidl

  • Partner choice during meiosis is regulated by Hop1-promoted dimerization of Mek1

    Hengyao Niu;Lihong Wan;Bridget Baumgartner;Dana Schaefer

  • The aurora B kinase AIR-2 regulates kinetochores during mitosis and is required for separation of homologous Chromosomes during meiosis.

    Susanne Kaitna;Pawel Pasierbek;Michael Jantsch;Josef Loidl

  • Genetic and cytological characterization of the recombination protein RAD-51 in Caenorhabditis elegans

    Arno Alpi;Pawel Pasierbek;Anton Gartner;Josef Loidl

  • Yeast nuclei display prominent centromere clustering that is reduced in nondividing cells and in meiotic prophase.

    Quan-wen Jin;Edgar Trelles-Sticken;Harry Scherthan;Josef Loidl

  • Unusual nuclear structures in meiotic prophase of fission yeast: a cytological analysis.

    J Bähler;T Wyler;J Loidl;J Kohli

  • The Nuclear Envelope Protein Matefin/SUN-1 Is Required for Homologous Pairing in C. elegans Meiosis

    Alexandra Penkner;Lois Tang;Maria Novatchkova;Markus Ladurner

  • Bouquet formation in budding yeast: initiation of recombination is not required for meiotic telomere clustering

    Edgar Trelles-Sticken;Josef Loidl;Harry Scherthan

  • Homologous pairing is reduced but not abolished in asynaptic mutants of yeast.

    Josef Loidl;Franz Klein;Harry Scherthan

  • Meiotic telomere clustering requires actin for its formation and cohesin for its resolution

    Edgar Trelles-Sticken;Caroline Adelfalk;Josef Loidl;Harry Scherthan

  • Meiotic chromosome synapsis in a haploid yeast.

    Josef Loidl;Knud Nairz;Franz Klein

  • Synaptonemal complex spreading in Allium

    J. Loidl;G. H. Jones

  • Meiotic chromosome condensation and pairing in Saccharomyces cerevisiae studied by chromosome painting.

    Harry Scherthan;Josef Loidl;Tillman Schuster;Dieter Schweizer

  • Meiotic Segregation, Synapsis, and Recombination Checkpoint Functions Require Physical Interaction between the Chromosomal Proteins Red1p and Hop1p

    Dana Woltering;Bridget Baumgartner;Sandipan Bagchi;Brittany Larkin

Frequent Co-Authors

Harry Scherthan
Harry Scherthan University of Ulm
Dieter Schweizer
Dieter Schweizer Austrian Academy of Sciences
Jörg Fuchs
Jörg Fuchs Leibniz Association
Maria Novatchkova
Maria Novatchkova University of Vienna
Ralf Schnabel
Ralf Schnabel Technische Universität Braunschweig
Anton Gartner
Anton Gartner University of Dundee
Kim Nasmyth
Kim Nasmyth University of Oxford
Martin A. Gorovsky
Martin A. Gorovsky University of Rochester
Friedrich Ehrendorfer
Friedrich Ehrendorfer University of Vienna
Robert Konrat
Robert Konrat University of Vienna

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