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D-Index
55
Citations
11808
World Ranking
14979
National Ranking
274

Jürg Gertsch 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 Jürg Gertsch sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 208 publications — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jürg Gertsch 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 Jürg Gertsch sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 55 D-Index — 25th percentile

25% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Jürg Gertsch is affiliated with the University of Bern in Switzerland and focuses predominantly on research in the field of medicine. Their work encompasses several subfields including pharmacology, molecular biology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, physiology, and biochemistry.

The scientist's main topics of research involve:

  • Cannabis and cannabinoid research
  • Amino acid enzymes and metabolism
  • Neuroscience and neuropharmacology research
  • Epigenetics and DNA methylation
  • Pancreatic function and diabetes
  • Trypanosoma species research and implications
  • Diet, metabolism, and disease

Jürg Gertsch has published frequently in journals such as:

  • Planta Medica
  • Journal of Natural Products
  • European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
  • ACS Pharmacology & Translational Science
  • Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

Some of the recent papers with full titles, publication years, and venues are:

  • THE CONCISE GUIDE TO PHARMACOLOGY 2021/22: Enzymes, 2021, British Journal of Pharmacology
  • The Concise Guide to PHARMACOLOGY 2023/24: Enzymes, 2023, British Journal of Pharmacology
  • Goods and Bads of the Endocannabinoid System as a Therapeutic Target: Lessons Learned after 30 Years, 2023, Pharmacological Reviews
  • Mechanism of substrate transport and inhibition of the human LAT1-4F2hc amino acid transporter, 2021, Cell Discovery
  • Δ9-cis-Tetrahydrocannabinol: Natural Occurrence, Chirality, and Pharmacology, 2021, Journal of Natural Products

The scientist frequently collaborates with coauthors such as:

  • Andrea Chicca
  • Mario van der Stelt
  • Daniele Pellegata
  • Uwe Grether
  • Karl-Heinz Altmann

Best Publications

  • Mitochondrial CB1 receptors regulate neuronal energy metabolism

    Giovanni Bénard;Federico Massa;Federico Massa;Nagore Puente;Joana Lourenço

  • Plant volatiles: Production, function and pharmacology

    Massimo E. Maffei;Jürg Gertsch;Giovanni Appendino

  • Anticancer drugs from nature—natural products as a unique source of new microtubule-stabilizing agents

    Karl-Heinz Altmann;Jürg Gertsch

  • Alkylamides from Echinacea are a new class of cannabinomimetics. Cannabinoid type 2 receptor-dependent and -independent immunomodulatory effects.

    Stefan Raduner;Adriana Majewska;Jian-Zhong Chen;Xiang-Qun Xie

  • Cannabinoid CB2 receptor ligand profiling reveals biased signalling and off-target activity

    Marjolein Soethoudt;Uwe Grether;Juergen Fingerle;Travis W. Grim

  • THE CONCISE GUIDE TO PHARMACOLOGY 2021/22: Enzymes.

    Stephen P.H. Alexander;Doriano Fabbro;Eamonn Kelly;Alistair Mathie

  • The cannabinoid CB2 receptor-selective phytocannabinoid beta-caryophyllene exerts analgesic effects in mouse models of inflammatory and neuropathic pain

    A.-L. Klauke;I. Racz;B. Pradier;A. Markert

  • Botanical Drugs, Synergy, and Network Pharmacology: Forth and Back to Intelligent Mixtures

    Jürg Gertsch

  • How scientific is the science in ethnopharmacology? Historical perspectives and epistemological problems

    Jürg Gertsch

  • Phytocannabinoids beyond the Cannabis plant – do they exist?

    Jürg Gertsch;Roger Guy Pertwee;Vincenzo Di Marzo

  • The major central endocannabinoid directly acts at GABA A receptors

    Erwin Sigel;Roland Baur;Ildiko Rácz;Janine Marazzi

  • Identification and Quantification of a New Family of Peptide Endocannabinoids (Pepcans) Showing Negative Allosteric Modulation at CB1 Receptors

    Mark Bauer;Mark Bauer;Andrea Chicca;Marco Tamborrini;David Eisen

  • Catalytic selective cyclizations of aminocyclopropanes: formal synthesis of aspidospermidine and total synthesis of goniomitine.

    Filippo De Simone;Jürg Gertsch;Jérôme Waser

  • Yucatec Mayan medicinal plants: evaluation based on indigenous uses

    Anita Ankli;Michael Heinrich;Peter Bork;Lutz Wolfram

  • In silico Target Fishing for Rationalized Ligand Discovery Exemplified on Constituents of Ruta graveolens

    Judith M. Rollinger;Daniela Schuster;Birgit Danzl;Stefan Schwaiger

  • β-caryophyllene ameliorates cisplatin-induced nephrotoxicity in a cannabinoid 2 receptor-dependent manner

    Béla Horváth;Partha Mukhopadhyay;Malek Kechrid;Vivek Patel

  • Evidence for bidirectional endocannabinoid transport across cell membranes.

    Andrea Chicca;Janine Marazzi;Simon Nicolussi;Jürg Gertsch

  • Synergistic immunomopharmacological effects of N-alkylamides in Echinacea purpurea herbal extracts.

    Andrea Chicca;Stefan Raduner;Federica Pellati;Thomas Strompen

  • Mechanism of Inhibition of a Poxvirus Topoisomerase by the Marine Natural Product Sansalvamide A

    Young Hwang;David Rowley;Denise Rhodes;Jeff Gertsch

  • THEMED ISSUE: CANNABINOIDS REVIEW Phytocannabinoids beyond the Cannabis plant - do they exist?

    Jürg Gertsch;Roger G Pertwee;Vincenzo Di Marzo

Frequent Co-Authors

Otto Sticher
Otto Sticher ETH Zurich
Pal Pacher
Pal Pacher National Institutes of Health
Tiziano Tuccinardi
Tiziano Tuccinardi University of Pisa
Jean-Louis Reymond
Jean-Louis Reymond University of Bern
Dmitry B. Veprintsev
Dmitry B. Veprintsev University of Nottingham
Mauro Maccarrone
Mauro Maccarrone University of L'Aquila
Michael Heinrich
Michael Heinrich Oregon Health & Science University
Boris B. Quednow
Boris B. Quednow University of Zurich

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