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Jürgen Hescheler

Jürgen Hescheler

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
93
Citations
32532
World Ranking
2099
National Ranking
147

Jürgen Hescheler 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 Jürgen Hescheler sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 517 publications — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jürgen Hescheler 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 Jürgen Hescheler 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: 93 D-Index — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Jürgen Hescheler is affiliated with the University of Cologne in Germany, focusing on biomedical research within the fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine.

They have contributed extensively to research areas including pluripotent stem cells, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, CRISPR and genetic engineering, neuroscience and neuropharmacology, retinal development and disorders, and ion channel regulation and function.

Notable recent publications by Hescheler include:

  • "Human brain organoids assemble functionally integrated bilateral optic vesicles" (2021, Cell Stem Cell)
  • "Pharmacological Neuroenhancement: Current Aspects of Categorization, Epidemiology, Pharmacology, Drug Development, Ethics, and Future Perspectives" (2021, Neural Plasticity)
  • "Microgravity-induced stress mechanisms in human stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes" (2022, iScience)
  • "Co-transplantation of Mesenchymal Stromal Cells and Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Cardiomyocytes Improves Cardiac Function After Myocardial Damage" (2022, Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine)
  • "mRNA translational specialization by RBPMS presets the competence for cardiac commitment in hESCs" (2023, Science Advances)

Frequent coauthors in their publications include:

  • Agapios Sachinidis
  • Kurt Pfannkuche
  • Filomain Nguemo
  • Toni Schneider
  • Christina Henseler

Jürgen Hescheler's research is often published in journals such as:

  • Cells
  • Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy
  • Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry
  • Scientific Reports
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Their scientific contributions cover several subfields including molecular biology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, physiology, surgery, and cardiology and cardiovascular medicine. This interdisciplinary focus supports advances in stem cell research, cardiac repair technologies, and molecular mechanisms underlying cellular function and neural development.

Best Publications

  • Bone marrow-derived hematopoietic cells generate cardiomyocytes at a low frequency through cell fusion, but not transdifferentiation.

    Jens Martin Nygren;Stefan Jovinge;Martin Breitbach;Petter Säwén

  • The GTP-binding protein, Go, regulates neuronal calcium channels.

    J. Hescheler;W. Rosenthal;W. Trautwein;G. Schultz

  • Assignment of G-protein subtypes to specific receptors inducing inhibition of calcium currents

    C. Kleuss;J. Hescheler;C. Ewel;W. Rosenthal

  • Pluripotent mouse embryonic stem cells are able to differentiate into cardiomyocytes expressing chronotropic responses to adrenergic and cholinergic agents and Ca2+ channel blockers

    Anna M. Wobus;Gerd Wallukat;Jürgen Hescheler

  • Morphological, biochemical, and electrophysiological characterization of a clonal cell (H9c2) line from rat heart.

    J Hescheler;R Meyer;S Plant;D Krautwurst

  • Retinoic Acid Accelerates Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived Cardiac Differentiation and Enhances Development of Ventricular Cardiomyocytes ☆

    Anna M. Wobus;Guan Kaomei;Jin Shan;Marie-Cecile Wellner

  • Muscle Cell Differentiation of Embryonic Stem Cells Reflects Myogenesis in Vivo: Developmentally Regulated Expression of Myogenic Determination Genes and Functional Expression of Ionic Currents

    J. Rohwedel;V. Maltsev;E. Bober;H.-H. Arnold

  • Differentiation of pluripotent embryonic stem cells into the neuronal lineage in vitro gives rise to mature inhibitory and excitatory neurons

    Carsten Strübing;Gudrun Ahnert-Hilger;Jin Shan;Bertram Wiedenmann

  • Different β-subunits determine G-protein interaction with transmembrane receptors

    C. Kleuss;H. Scherübl;J. Hescheler;G. Schultz

  • Host-dependent tumorigenesis of embryonic stem cell transplantation in experimental stroke.

    Franciska Erdö;Christian Bührle;James Blunk;Mathias Hoehn

  • Injection of subunits of cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase into cardiac myocytes modulates Ca2+ current.

    W. Osterrieder;G. Brum;J. Hescheler;W. Trautwein

  • Direct differentiation of atrial and ventricular myocytes from human embryonic stem cells by alternating retinoid signals

    Qiangzhe Zhang;Junjie Jiang;Pengcheng Han;Qi Yuan

  • Engraftment of engineered ES cell–derived cardiomyocytes but not BM cells restores contractile function to the infarcted myocardium

    Eugen Kolossov;Toktam Bostani;Wilhelm Roell;Martin Breitbach

  • Regulation of the multidrug resistance transporter P-glycoprotein in multicellular tumor spheroids by hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF-1) and reactive oxygen species

    Maria Wartenberg;Frederike C. Ling;Markus Müschen;Florian Klein

  • Role of reactive oxygen species and phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase in cardiomyocyte differentiation of embryonic stem cells.

    Heinrich Sauer;Gohar Rahimi;Jürgen Hescheler;Maria Wartenberg

  • Cardiac specific differentiation of mouse embryonic stem cells

    Agapios Sachinidis;Bernd K Fleischmann;Eugen Kolossov;Maria Wartenberg

  • Modulation of Ca current during the phosphorylation cycle in the guinea pig heart.

    M. Kameyama;J. Hescheler;F. Hofmann;W. Trautwein

  • Effective engraftment but poor mid-term persistence of mononuclear and mesenchymal bone marrow cells in acute and chronic rat myocardial infarction

    Jochen Müller-Ehmsen;Benjamin Krausgrill;Volker Burst;Kerstin Schenk

  • Effects of electrical fields on cardiomyocyte differentiation of embryonic stem cells.

    Heinrich Sauer;Gohar Rahimi;Jürgen Hescheler;Maria Wartenberg

  • Estimation of action potential changes from field potential recordings in multicellular mouse cardiac myocyte cultures.

    Marcel D. Halbach;Ulrich Egert;Jürgen Hescheler;Kathrin Banach

Frequent Co-Authors

Agapios Sachinidis
Agapios Sachinidis University of Cologne
Toni Schneider
Toni Schneider University of Cologne
Tomo Saric
Tomo Saric University of Cologne
Maria Wartenberg
Maria Wartenberg Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Heinrich Sauer
Heinrich Sauer University of Giessen
Bernd K. Fleischmann
Bernd K. Fleischmann University of Bonn
Jan G. Hengstler
Jan G. Hengstler TU Dortmund University
Günter Schultz
Günter Schultz Freie Universität Berlin
Klaus Addicks
Klaus Addicks University of Cologne
Herbert Schulz
Herbert Schulz University of Cologne

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