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Manfred T. Reetz

Manfred T. Reetz

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Chemistry
Germany
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
133
Citations
63211
World Ranking
284
National Ranking
24

Manfred T. Reetz publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Manfred T. Reetz sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 907 publications — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Manfred T. Reetz D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Manfred T. Reetz sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 133 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Manfred T. Reetz is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, pharmacology, toxicology, and pharmaceutics. Within these broader areas, their work delves into several specialized subfields including genetics, pharmacology, computational theory and mathematics, and molecular biology.

The scientist's main topics of research span evolution and genetic dynamics, pharmacogenetics and drug metabolism, computational drug discovery methods, and protein structure and dynamics.

Manfred T. Reetz has contributed to several academic publications, with notable recent papers including:

  • "Pervasive cooperative mutational effects on multiple catalytic enzyme traits emerge via long-range conformational dynamics," published in 2021 in Nature Communications
  • "Pervasive cooperative mutational effects on multiple catalytic enzyme traits emerge via long-range conformational dynamics," published in 2020 in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "Effective mentoring ensures the progress of science," published in 2020 in the Journal of Biology

The frequent co-authors in Reetz's publications include Carlos G. Acevedo-Rocha, Aitao Li, Lorenzo D'Amore, Sabrina Hoebenreich, and Joaquín Sanchis.

Reetz's work has been published often in these venues:

  • Nature Communications
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Biology

Best Publications

  • 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

  • Size-Selective Synthesis of Nanostructured Transition Metal Clusters

    Manfred T. Reetz;Wolfgang Helbig

  • Iterative saturation mutagenesis (ISM) for rapid directed evolution of functional enzymes

    Manfred T Reetz;José Daniel Carballeira

  • Phosphane-Free Palladium-Catalyzed Coupling Reactions: The Decisive Role of Pd Nanoparticles.

    Manfred T. Reetz;Elke Westermann

  • Chelation or Non‐Chelation Control in Addition Reactions of Chiral α‐ and β‐ Alkoxy Carbonyl Compounds [New Synthetic Methods (44)]

    Manfred T. Reetz

  • Biocatalysis in Organic Chemistry and Biotechnology: Past, Present, and Future

    Manfred T. Reetz;Manfred T. Reetz

  • Combinatorial and Evolution-Based Methods in the Creation of Enantioselective Catalysts.

    Manfred T. Reetz

  • Lipases as practical biocatalysts

    Manfred T Reetz

  • Expanding the range of substrate acceptance of enzymes: Combinatorial active-site saturation test

    Manfred T. Reetz;Marco Bocola;José Daniel Carballeira;Dongxing Zha

  • Iterative saturation mutagenesis on the basis of B factors as a strategy for increasing protein thermostability

    Manfred T. Reetz;José D. Carballeira;Andreas Vogel

  • Ligand-free Heck reactions using low Pd-loading

    Manfred T. Reetz;Johannes G. de Vries

  • Efficient immobilization of lipases by entrapment in hydrophobic sol-gel materials.

    Manfred T. Reetz;Albin Zonta;Jörg Simpelkamp

  • Laboratory Evolution of Stereoselective Enzymes: A Prolific Source of Catalysts for Asymmetric Reactions

    Manfred T. Reetz

  • Addressing the numbers problem in directed evolution

    Manfred T. Reetz;Daniel Kahakeaw;Renate Lohmer

  • Comparative Theoretical Study of Lewis Acid-Base Complexes of BH3, BF3, BCl3, AlCl3, and SO2

    Volker Jonas;Gernot Frenking;Manfred T. Reetz

  • Organotitanium Reagents in Organic Synthesis

    Manfred T. Reetz

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

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

  • Utility of B-Factors in Protein Science: Interpreting Rigidity, Flexibility, and Internal Motion and Engineering Thermostability.

    Zhoutong Sun;Qian Liu;Ge Qu;Yan Feng

  • Directed evolution of enantioselective enzymes: iterative cycles of CASTing for probing protein-sequence space.

    Manfred T. Reetz;Li-Wen Wang;Marco Bocola

  • Highly Enantioselective Rh‐Catalyzed Hydrogenation Reactions Based on Chiral Monophosphite Ligands

    Manfred T. Reetz;Gerlinde Mehler

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard Goddard
Richard Goddard Max Planck Society
Karl-Erich Jaeger
Karl-Erich Jaeger Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Klaus Harms
Klaus Harms Philipp University of Marburg
Gernot Frenking
Gernot Frenking Philipp University of Marburg
Christof M. Niemeyer
Christof M. Niemeyer Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Frank Hollmann
Frank Hollmann Delft University of Technology
Walter Thiel
Walter Thiel Max Planck Society
Bauke W. Dijkstra
Bauke W. Dijkstra University of Groningen
Richard Mynott
Richard Mynott Max Planck Society
Siegfried R. Waldvogel
Siegfried R. Waldvogel Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz

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