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2026

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
113
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World Ranking
864
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59

Klaus Aktories 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 Klaus Aktories sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 530 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Klaus Aktories 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 Klaus Aktories 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: 113 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% 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

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2003 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Physiology and Pharmacology/Toxicology
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Klaus Aktories is affiliated with the University of Freiburg in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a strong emphasis on subfields such as Infectious Diseases, Immunology, Molecular Biology, Genetics, and Emergency Medical Services.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics including Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research, Toxin Mechanisms and Immunotoxins, Bacillus and Francisella bacterial research, Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology, Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology, Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research, and Pediatric health and respiratory diseases.

Their recent publications include the following papers:

  • Human peptide α-defensin-1 interferes with Clostridioides difficile toxins TcdA, TcdB, and CDT, 2020, The FASEB Journal
  • Cryo-EM structure of the fully-loaded asymmetric anthrax lethal toxin in its heptameric pre-pore state, 2020, PLoS Pathogens
  • Human α-Defensin-5 Efficiently Neutralizes Clostridioides difficile Toxins TcdA, TcdB, and CDT, 2020, Frontiers in Pharmacology
  • Clostridioides difficile Binary Toxin Is Recognized by the Toll-Like Receptor 2/6 Heterodimer to Induce a Nuclear Factor-κB Response, 2020, The Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • Inverse control of Rab proteins by Yersinia ADP-ribosyltransferase and glycosyltransferase related to clostridial glucosylating toxins, 2020, Science Advances

Klaus Aktories frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including Panagiotis Papatheodorou, Carsten Schwan, Alexander E. Lang, Holger Barth, and Stephan Fischer.

Their work has appeared multiple times in notable publication venues such as Naunyn-Schmiedeberg s Archives of Pharmacology, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), The FASEB Journal, PLoS Pathogens, and Frontiers in Pharmacology.

Klaus Aktories has been recognized with membership in the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina since 2003 under the category of Physiology and Pharmacology/Toxicology. Additionally, they are a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).

Best Publications

  • Glucosylation of Rho proteins by Clostridium difficile toxin B

    I. Just;J. Selzer;M. Wilm;C. von Eichel-Streiber

  • Microinjection of recombinant p21rho induces rapid changes in cell morphology.

    H F Paterson;A J Self;M D Garrett;I Just

  • SUSTAINED SIGNALING LEADING TO T CELL ACTIVATION RESULTS FROM PROLONGED T CELL RECEPTOR OCCUPANCY. ROLE OF T CELL ACTIN CYTOSKELETON

    Salvatore Valitutti;Mark Dessing;Klaus Aktories;Harald Gallati

  • Gln 63 of Rho is deamidated by Escherichia coli cytotoxic necrotizing factor-1

    Gudula Schmidt;Peter Sehr;Matthias Wilm;Jörg Selzer

  • Botulinum C2 toxin ADP-ribosylates actin

    K. Aktories;M. Bärmann;I. Ohishi;S. Tsuyama

  • Rac and Cdc42 play distinct roles in regulating PI(3,4,5)P3 and polarity during neutrophil chemotaxis.

    Supriya Srinivasan;Fei Wang;Suzana Glavas;Alexander Ott

  • The enterotoxin from Clostridium difficile (ToxA) monoglucosylates the Rho proteins.

    Ingo Just;Matthias Wilm;Jörg Selzer;Gundula Rex

  • Binary Bacterial Toxins: Biochemistry, Biology, and Applications of Common Clostridium and Bacillus Proteins

    Holger Barth;Klaus Aktories;Michel R. Popoff;Bradley G. Stiles

  • Ephrin-A5 Induces Collapse of Growth Cones by Activating Rho and Rho Kinase

    Siegfried Wahl;Holger Barth;Thomas Ciossek;Klaus Aktories

  • Clostridium difficile binary toxin CDT: Mechanism, epidemiology, and potential clinical importance

    Dale N Gerding;Stuart Johnson;Maja Rupnik;Klaus Aktories

  • Clostridium difficile toxin CDT induces formation of microtubule-based protrusions and increases adherence of bacteria.

    Carsten Schwan;Bärbel Stecher;Tina Tzivelekidis;Marco van Ham

  • GAP activity of the Yersinia YopE cytotoxin specifically targets the Rho pathway: a mechanism for disruption of actin microfilament structure.

    Ulrich Von Pawel-Rammingen;Maxim V. Telepnev;Gudula Schmidt;Klaus Aktories

  • Delivery of proteins into living cells by reversible membrane permeabilization with streptolysin-O.

    Iwan Walev;Sebastian Chakrit Bhakdi;Fred Hofmann;Nabil Djonder

  • The N-terminal Domain of Pseudomonas aeruginosaExoenzyme S Is a GTPase-activating Protein for Rho GTPases

    Udo-Michael Goehring;Gudula Schmidt;Kristin J. Pederson;Klaus Aktories

  • Bacterial protein toxins that modify host regulatory GTPases

    Klaus Aktories

  • Bacterial cytotoxins: targeting eukaryotic switches

    Klaus Aktories;Joseph T. Barbieri

  • Structure and mode of action of clostridial glucosylating toxins: the ABCD model.

    Thomas Jank;Klaus Aktories

  • The rho gene product expressed in E. Coli is a substrate of botulinum ADP-ribosyltransferase C3

    Klaus Aktories;Ulrich Braun;Sigrid Rösener;Ingo Just

  • Clostridium botulinum type C produces a novel ADP-ribosyltransferase distinct from botulinum C2 toxin

    Klaus Aktories;Ulrich Weller;Gursharan S. Chhatwal

  • Clostridium difficile Toxin Biology.

    Klaus Aktories;Carsten Schwan;Thomas Jank

Frequent Co-Authors

Holger Barth
Holger Barth University of Ulm
Ingo Just
Ingo Just Hannover Medical School
Karl H. Jakobs
Karl H. Jakobs University of Duisburg-Essen
Roland Benz
Roland Benz Jacobs University
Michel R. Popoff
Michel R. Popoff Institut Pasteur
Joseph T. Barbieri
Joseph T. Barbieri Medical College of Wisconsin
Matthias Wilm
Matthias Wilm University College Dublin
Joël Vandekerckhove
Joël Vandekerckhove Ghent University
Werner Seeger
Werner Seeger University of Giessen
Alan Hall
Alan Hall Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

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