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60
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9691
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12209
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873

Lutz Heide 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 Lutz Heide sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 183 publications — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Lutz Heide 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 Lutz Heide 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: 60 D-Index — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Lutz Heide is affiliated with the University of Tübingen in Germany and has contributed to research primarily within the fields of Medicine and Economics, Econometrics and Finance. Their work spans multiple subfields, including Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Economics and Econometrics, Management of Technology and Innovation, Immunology, and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health.

The main topics covered by Heide's research include Pharmaceutical Quality and Counterfeiting, Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy, Blood donation and transfusion practices, Biosimilars and Bioanalytical Methods, Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life, and Intellectual Property and Patents. There is also a focus on Mobile Health and mHealth Applications within their body of work.

Heide has published research in a variety of academic journals, with frequent appearances in the following venues: American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, PLoS ONE, Scientific Reports, The Lancet Global Health, and BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth.

Recent papers include:

  • COVID-19 and risks to the supply and quality of tests, drugs, and vaccines (2020, The Lancet Global Health)
  • Prices, availability and affordability of medicines in Rwanda (2020, PLoS ONE)
  • Availability, prices and affordability of selected antibiotics and medicines against non-communicable diseases in western Cameroon and northeast DR Congo (2020, PLoS ONE)
  • Substandard and Falsified Antibiotics and Medicines against Noncommunicable Diseases in Western Cameroon and Northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (2020, American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene)
  • Quality, availability and storage conditions of oxytocin and misoprostol in Malawi (2020, BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth)

Frequent collaborators in Heide's research include Cathrin Hauk, Nhomsai Hagen, Gesa Gnegel, Pierre Claver Kayumba, and Richard Neci.

Best Publications

  • Diversity and Evolution of the Phenazine Biosynthesis Pathway

    Dmitri V. Mavrodi;Tobin L. Peever;Olga V. Mavrodi;James A. Parejko

  • Identification of the Novobiocin Biosynthetic Gene Cluster of Streptomyces spheroides NCIB 11891

    Marion Steffensky;Agnes Mühlenweg;Zhao-Xin Wang;Shu-Ming Li

  • Prenyl transfer to aromatic substrates: genetics and enzymology

    Lutz Heide

  • Pharmacokinetic study of artemisinin after oral intake of a traditional preparation of Artemisia annua L. (annual wormwood).

    Karin Räth;Katja Taxis;Gitta Walz;Christoph H. Gleiter

  • The structure of dimethylallyl tryptophan synthase reveals a common architecture of aromatic prenyltransferases in fungi and bacteria

    Ute Metzger;Christoph Schall;Georg Zocher;Inge Unsöld

  • Efficacy and tolerability of a standardized willow bark extract in patients with osteoarthritis: randomized placebo-controlled, double blind clinical trial.

    B Schmid;R Lüdtke;H K Selbmann;I Kötter

  • Identification of the coumermycin A(1) biosynthetic gene cluster of Streptomyces rishiriensis DSM 40489.

    Zhao-Xin Wang;Shu-Ming Li;Lutz Heide

  • Molecular cloning and sequence analysis of the clorobiocin biosynthetic gene cluster: new insights into the biosynthesis of aminocoumarin antibiotics.

    Florence Pojer;Shu-Ming Li;Lutz Heide

  • Randomized controlled trial of a traditional preparation of Artemisia annua L. (Annual Wormwood) in the treatment of malaria.

    Markus S Mueller;Nyabuhanga Runyambo;Irmela Wagner;Steffen Borrmann

  • The ABBA family of aromatic prenyltransferases: broadening natural product diversity.

    M. Tello;T. Kuzuyama;L. Heide;J. P. Noel

  • Pharmacokinetics of salicin after oral administration of a standardised willow bark extract.

    B Schmid;I Kötter;L Heide

  • Formation of 4-hydroxybenzoate in Escherichia coli: characterization of the ubiC gene and its encoded enzyme chorismate pyruvate-lyase.

    Marion Siebert;Klaus Severin;Lutz Heide

  • Characterization of Polyprenyldiphosphate: 4-Hydroxybenzoate Polyprenyltransferase from Escherichia coli

    Martin Melzer;Lutz Heide

  • CloQ, a prenyltransferase involved in clorobiocin biosynthesis

    Florence Pojer;Emmanuel Wemakor;Bernd Kammerer;Huawei Chen

  • Simocyclinone D8, an Inhibitor of DNA Gyrase with a Novel Mode of Action

    Ruth H. Flatman;Alison J. Howells;Lutz Heide;Hans-Peter Fiedler

  • Inhibition of DNA gyrase and DNA topoisomerase IV of Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli by aminocoumarin antibiotics

    Silke Alt;Lesley A Mitchenall;Anthony Maxwell;Lutz Heide

  • Efficacy and safety of willow bark extract in the treatment of osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis: results of 2 randomized double-blind controlled trials.

    Claudia Biegert;Irmela Wagner;Rainer Lüdtke;Ina Kötter

  • Biosynthesis of p-hydroxybenzoate from p-coumarate and p-coumaroyl-coenzyme A in cell-free extracts of Lithospermum erythrorhizon cell cultures

    Ralf Loscher;Lutz Heide

  • Genetic Engineering of Plant Secondary Metabolism (Accumulation of 4-Hydroxybenzoate Glucosides as a Result of the Expression of the Bacterial ubiC Gene in Tobacco)

    M Siebert;S Sommer;S M Li;Z X Wang

  • The aminocoumarins: biosynthesis and biology

    Lutz Heide

Frequent Co-Authors

Shu-Ming Li
Shu-Ming Li Philipp University of Marburg
Andreas Bechthold
Andreas Bechthold University of Freiburg
Hans-Peter Fiedler
Hans-Peter Fiedler University of Tübingen
Jörn Kalinowski
Jörn Kalinowski Bielefeld University
Thilo Stehle
Thilo Stehle University of Tübingen
Jürgen Schmidt
Jürgen Schmidt Leibniz Association
Kazufumi Yazaki
Kazufumi Yazaki Kyoto University
Anthony Maxwell
Anthony Maxwell John Innes Centre
Keith F. Chater
Keith F. Chater Norwich Research Park
Christopher T. Walsh
Christopher T. Walsh Stanford University

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