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Karl-Erich Jaeger 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 Karl-Erich Jaeger sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 388 publications — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Karl-Erich Jaeger 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 Karl-Erich Jaeger sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 83 D-Index — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Karl-Erich Jaeger is affiliated with Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, encompassing a broad spectrum of subfields such as Molecular Biology, Genetics, Plant Science, Materials Chemistry, and Pollution.

The scientist's main research topics include Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction, Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization, Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology, Protein Structure and Dynamics, Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms, Enzyme Structure and Function, and Photoreceptor and Optogenetics research.

Jaeger's work has been published frequently in several scientific venues. These include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Microbial Cell Factories
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
  • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Among the recent papers linked to Jaeger are:

  • "A Novel Polyester Hydrolase From the Marine Bacterium Pseudomonas aestusnigri - Structural and Functional Insights," 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • "Integration of Genetic and Process Engineering for Optimized Rhamnolipid Production Using Pseudomonas putida," 2020, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
  • "Enzyme Hydration Determines Resistance in Organic Cosolvents," 2020, ACS Catalysis
  • "Towards robust Pseudomonas cell factories to harbour novel biosynthetic pathways," 2021, Essays in Biochemistry
  • "How to Engineer Organic Solvent Resistant Enzymes: Insights from Combined Molecular Dynamics and Directed Evolution Study," 2020, ChemCatChem

Jaeger frequently collaborates with other researchers. Notable co-authors include Ulrich Krauß, Ulrich Schwaneberg, Thomas Drepper, Stephan Thies, and Holger Gohlke, with multiple joint publications.

Best Publications

  • Lipases for biotechnology.

    Karl-Erich Jaeger;Thorsten Eggert

  • Bacterial lipolytic enzymes: classification and properties

    Jean Louis Arpigny;Karl-Erich Jaeger

  • Microbial lipases form versatile tools for biotechnology

    Karl-Erich Jaeger;Manfred T Reetz

  • Bacterial Biocatalysts: Molecular Biology, Three-Dimensional Structures, and Biotechnological Applications of Lipases

    K E Jaeger;B W Dijkstra;M T Reetz

  • Specific and sensitive plate assay for bacterial lipases.

    G Kouker;K E Jaeger

  • Multivalent glycoconjugates as anti-pathogenic agents

    Anna Bernardi;Jesus Jimenez-Barbero;Alessandro Casnati;Christina De Castro

  • Creation of Enantioselective Biocatalysts for Organic Chemistry by In Vitro Evolution

    Manfred T. Reetz;Albin Zonta;Klaus Schimossek;Karl-Erich Jaeger

  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa lectin LecB is located in the outer membrane and is involved in biofilm formation.

    Denis Tielker;Stephanie Hacker;Remy Loris;Martin Strathmann

  • Reporter proteins for in vivo fluorescence without oxygen

    Thomas Drepper;Thorsten Eggert;Franco Circolone;Achim Heck

  • Prospecting for novel biocatalysts in a soil metagenome.

    S. Voget;C. Leggewie;A. Uesbeck;C. Raasch

  • The crystal structure of Bacillus subtilis lipase: a minimal alpha/beta hydrolase fold enzyme.

    Gertie van Pouderoyen;Thorsten Eggert;Karl-Erich Jaeger;Bauke W. Dijkstra

  • Directed evolution of an enantioselective lipase

    Klaus Liebeton;Klaus Liebeton;Albin Zonta;Klaus Schimossek;Marco Nardini

  • Crystal structure of pseudomonas aeruginosa lipase in the open conformation. The prototype for family I.1 of bacterial lipases.

    Marco Nardini;Dietmar A. Lang;Klaus Liebeton;Karl-Erich Jaeger

  • Inhibition and Dispersion of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilms by Glycopeptide Dendrimers Targeting the Fucose-Specific Lectin LecB

    Emma M.V. Johansson;Shanika A. Crusz;Elena Kolomiets;Lieven Buts

  • Metagenome survey of biofilms in drinking-water networks.

    C. Schmeisser;C. Stöckigt;C. Raasch;J. Wingender

  • A rapid and efficient method for site-directed mutagenesis using one-step overlap extension PCR.

    Andreas Urban;Susanne Neukirchen;Karl-Erich Jaeger

  • Purification of extracellular lipase from Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

    W Stuer;K E Jaeger;U K Winkler

  • Advances in recovery of novel biocatalysts from metagenomes.

    Helen L. Steele;Karl-Erich Jaeger;Rolf Daniel;Wolfgang R. Streit

  • Directed Evolution of an Enantioselective Enzyme through Combinatorial Multiple‐Cassette Mutagenesis

    Manfred T. Reetz;Stephanie Wilensek;Dongxing Zha;Karl-Erich Jaeger

  • Enantioselective biocatalysis optimized by directed evolution

    Karl-Erich Jaeger;Thorsten Eggert

Frequent Co-Authors

Ulrich Schwaneberg
Ulrich Schwaneberg RWTH Aachen University
Manfred T. Reetz
Manfred T. Reetz Max Planck Society
Wolfgang R. Streit
Wolfgang R. Streit Universität Hamburg
Holger Gohlke
Holger Gohlke Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Jochen Büchs
Jochen Büchs RWTH Aachen University
Martina Pohl
Martina Pohl Forschungszentrum Jülich
Manuel Ferrer
Manuel Ferrer Spanish National Research Council
Dieter Willbold
Dieter Willbold Forschungszentrum Jülich
Wolfgang Wiechert
Wolfgang Wiechert Forschungszentrum Jülich
Bauke W. Dijkstra
Bauke W. Dijkstra University of Groningen

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