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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Microbiology 69 2001 1825 149 134 313 23071

Margot Zöller publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Margot Zöller between 1969 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Margot Zöller published across 57 years, from 1969 to 2025, averaging 7.8 papers a year. Output peaked at 35 publications in 2023. 11 of the 444 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1969 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 35. Peak 35 publications in 2023. 1969: 1 publication 1970: 0 publications 1971: 0 publications 1972: 0 publications 1973: 0 publications 1974: 0 publications 1975: 2 publications 1976: 2 publications 1977: 5 publications 1978: 4 publications 1979: 1 publication 1980: 7 publications 1981: 0 publications 1982: 7 publications 1983: 6 publications 1984: 3 publications 1985: 5 publications 1986: 7 publications 1987: 4 publications 1988: 5 publications 1989: 4 publications 1990: 4 publications 1991: 6 publications 1992: 9 publications 1993: 12 publications 1994: 8 publications 1995: 6 publications 1996: 12 publications 1997: 11 publications 1998: 21 publications 1999: 17 publications 2000: 19 publications 2001: 27 publications 2002: 20 publications 2003: 13 publications 2004: 15 publications 2005: 20 publications 2006: 14 publications 2007: 11 publications 2008: 2 publications 2009: 10 publications 2010: 6 publications 2011: 9 publications 2012: 3 publications 2013: 15 publications 2014: 6 publications 2015: 8 publications 2016: 7 publications 2017: 4 publications 2018: 6 publications 2019: 9 publications 2020: 2 publications 2021: 1 publication 2022: 2 publications 2023: 35 publications 2024: 4 publications 2025: 7 publications
1969 2025

444 publications in total across all disciplines

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Margot Zöller: publications per year, 1969 to 2025
Year Publications
1969 1
1970 0
1971 0
1972 0
1973 0
1974 0
1975 2
1976 2
1977 5
1978 4
1979 1
1980 7
1981 0
1982 7
1983 6
1984 3
1985 5
1986 7
1987 4
1988 5
1989 4
1990 4
1991 6
1992 9
1993 12
1994 8
1995 6
1996 12
1997 11
1998 21
1999 17
2000 19
2001 27
2002 20
2003 13
2004 15
2005 20
2006 14
2007 11
2008 2
2009 10
2010 6
2011 9
2012 3
2013 15
2014 6
2015 8
2016 7
2017 4
2018 6
2019 9
2020 2
2021 1
2022 2
2023 35
2024 4
2025 7
Total 444
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Margot Zöller publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Microbiology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Margot Zöller sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150 200 250
Bar chart with 64 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 55–64 to 679+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 288. Most scientists, 288, have 135–144 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 305–314 publications, is where this scientist sits. 55–64 publications: 8 scientists 65–74 publications: 29 scientists 75–84 publications: 55 scientists 85–94 publications: 112 scientists 95–104 publications: 137 scientists 105–114 publications: 190 scientists 115–124 publications: 235 scientists 125–134 publications: 234 scientists 135–144 publications: 288 scientists 145–154 publications: 265 scientists 155–164 publications: 264 scientists 165–174 publications: 253 scientists 175–184 publications: 276 scientists 185–194 publications: 190 scientists 195–204 publications: 234 scientists 205–214 publications: 208 scientists 215–224 publications: 198 scientists 225–234 publications: 155 scientists 235–244 publications: 161 scientists 245–254 publications: 160 scientists 255–264 publications: 146 scientists 265–274 publications: 139 scientists 275–284 publications: 148 scientists 285–294 publications: 115 scientists 295–304 publications: 96 scientists 305–314 publications: 88 scientists 315–324 publications: 106 scientists 325–334 publications: 65 scientists 335–344 publications: 76 scientists 345–354 publications: 64 scientists 355–364 publications: 62 scientists 365–374 publications: 65 scientists 375–384 publications: 61 scientists 385–394 publications: 34 scientists 395–404 publications: 44 scientists 405–414 publications: 36 scientists 415–424 publications: 35 scientists 425–434 publications: 29 scientists 435–444 publications: 33 scientists 445–454 publications: 34 scientists 455–464 publications: 25 scientists 465–474 publications: 26 scientists 475–484 publications: 20 scientists 485–494 publications: 19 scientists 495–504 publications: 16 scientists 505–514 publications: 17 scientists 515–524 publications: 23 scientists 525–534 publications: 14 scientists 535–544 publications: 14 scientists 545–554 publications: 18 scientists 555–564 publications: 12 scientists 565–574 publications: 7 scientists 575–584 publications: 9 scientists 585–594 publications: 9 scientists 595–604 publications: 9 scientists 605–614 publications: 7 scientists 615–624 publications: 9 scientists 625–634 publications: 7 scientists 635–644 publications: 4 scientists 645–654 publications: 5 scientists 655–664 publications: 6 scientists 665–674 publications: 7 scientists 675–678 publications: 3 scientists 679+ publications: 99 scientists
55–64 publications 679+

This scientist: 313 publications — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

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Number of Microbiology scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 5,513 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
55–64 8
65–74 29
75–84 55
85–94 112
95–104 137
105–114 190
115–124 235
125–134 234
135–144 288
145–154 265
155–164 264
165–174 253
175–184 276
185–194 190
195–204 234
205–214 208
215–224 198
225–234 155
235–244 161
245–254 160
255–264 146
265–274 139
275–284 148
285–294 115
295–304 96
305–314 88 313
315–324 106
325–334 65
335–344 76
345–354 64
355–364 62
365–374 65
375–384 61
385–394 34
395–404 44
405–414 36
415–424 35
425–434 29
435–444 33
445–454 34
455–464 25
465–474 26
475–484 20
485–494 19
495–504 16
505–514 17
515–524 23
525–534 14
535–544 14
545–554 18
555–564 12
565–574 7
575–584 9
585–594 9
595–604 9
605–614 7
615–624 9
625–634 7
635–644 4
645–654 5
655–664 6
665–674 7
675–678 3
679+ 99
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Margot Zöller D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

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

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 88 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40 to 127+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 162. Most scientists, 162, have 58 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 69 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40 D-Index: 30 scientists 41 D-Index: 86 scientists 42 D-Index: 90 scientists 43 D-Index: 117 scientists 44 D-Index: 122 scientists 45 D-Index: 123 scientists 46 D-Index: 108 scientists 47 D-Index: 110 scientists 48 D-Index: 106 scientists 49 D-Index: 109 scientists 50 D-Index: 129 scientists 51 D-Index: 111 scientists 52 D-Index: 116 scientists 53 D-Index: 127 scientists 54 D-Index: 134 scientists 55 D-Index: 134 scientists 56 D-Index: 112 scientists 57 D-Index: 136 scientists 58 D-Index: 162 scientists 59 D-Index: 151 scientists 60 D-Index: 139 scientists 61 D-Index: 123 scientists 62 D-Index: 126 scientists 63 D-Index: 144 scientists 64 D-Index: 109 scientists 65 D-Index: 103 scientists 66 D-Index: 124 scientists 67 D-Index: 112 scientists 68 D-Index: 103 scientists 69 D-Index: 131 scientists 70 D-Index: 94 scientists 71 D-Index: 93 scientists 72 D-Index: 96 scientists 73 D-Index: 92 scientists 74 D-Index: 80 scientists 75 D-Index: 66 scientists 76 D-Index: 87 scientists 77 D-Index: 60 scientists 78 D-Index: 73 scientists 79 D-Index: 59 scientists 80 D-Index: 57 scientists 81 D-Index: 55 scientists 82 D-Index: 47 scientists 83 D-Index: 77 scientists 84 D-Index: 50 scientists 85 D-Index: 45 scientists 86 D-Index: 42 scientists 87 D-Index: 41 scientists 88 D-Index: 32 scientists 89 D-Index: 38 scientists 90 D-Index: 35 scientists 91 D-Index: 34 scientists 92 D-Index: 27 scientists 93 D-Index: 26 scientists 94 D-Index: 33 scientists 95 D-Index: 22 scientists 96 D-Index: 37 scientists 97 D-Index: 22 scientists 98 D-Index: 21 scientists 99 D-Index: 22 scientists 100 D-Index: 30 scientists 101 D-Index: 16 scientists 102 D-Index: 20 scientists 103 D-Index: 17 scientists 104 D-Index: 19 scientists 105 D-Index: 16 scientists 106 D-Index: 19 scientists 107 D-Index: 18 scientists 108 D-Index: 14 scientists 109 D-Index: 10 scientists 110 D-Index: 9 scientists 111 D-Index: 7 scientists 112 D-Index: 11 scientists 113 D-Index: 6 scientists 114 D-Index: 15 scientists 115 D-Index: 10 scientists 116 D-Index: 12 scientists 117 D-Index: 7 scientists 118 D-Index: 10 scientists 119 D-Index: 10 scientists 120 D-Index: 11 scientists 121 D-Index: 2 scientists 122 D-Index: 7 scientists 123 D-Index: 12 scientists 124 D-Index: 5 scientists 125 D-Index: 9 scientists 126 D-Index: 6 scientists 127+ D-Index: 95 scientists
40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 69 D-Index — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

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Number of Microbiology scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 5,513 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40 30
41 86
42 90
43 117
44 122
45 123
46 108
47 110
48 106
49 109
50 129
51 111
52 116
53 127
54 134
55 134
56 112
57 136
58 162
59 151
60 139
61 123
62 126
63 144
64 109
65 103
66 124
67 112
68 103
69 131 69
70 94
71 93
72 96
73 92
74 80
75 66
76 87
77 60
78 73
79 59
80 57
81 55
82 47
83 77
84 50
85 45
86 42
87 41
88 32
89 38
90 35
91 34
92 27
93 26
94 33
95 22
96 37
97 22
98 21
99 22
100 30
101 16
102 20
103 17
104 19
105 16
106 19
107 18
108 14
109 10
110 9
111 7
112 11
113 6
114 15
115 10
116 12
117 7
118 10
119 10
120 11
121 2
122 7
123 12
124 5
125 9
126 6
127+ 95
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Overview

Margot Zöller is affiliated with Heidelberg University in Germany, where their research primarily focuses on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work encompasses significant contributions to molecular biology and cancer research, with additional involvement in immunology, neurology, and biotechnology subfields.

Their main research topics include:

  • Extracellular vesicles in disease
  • MicroRNA in disease regulation
  • Immunotherapy and immune responses
  • RNA interference and gene delivery
  • Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
  • Cancer research and treatments
  • Cancer cells and metastasis

Selected recent publications by Margot Zöller include:

  • "Tumor-derived exosomes: the next generation of promising cell-free vaccines in cancer immunotherapy," 2020, OncoImmunology
  • "Tspan8-Tumor Extracellular Vesicle-Induced Endothelial Cell and Fibroblast Remodeling Relies on the Target Cell-Selective Response," 2020, Cells
  • "Efficacy of Whole Cancer Stem Cell-Based Vaccines: A Systematic Review of Preclinical and Clinical Studies," 2022, Stem Cells
  • "Increased expression of PDGFA and RAF1 in Tumor-derived exosomes in humancolorectal cancer," 2025, Cellular and Molecular Biology
  • "Increased expression of PDGFA and RAF1 in tumor-derived exosomes in human colorectal cancer," 2022, Research Square

Their publications have appeared frequently in venues such as:

  • Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research
  • Cancer Research
  • OncoImmunology
  • Stem Cells
  • Cells

Margot Zöller collaborates recurrently with several coauthors, notably:

  • Thilo Hackert
  • Marzieh Naseri
  • Zahra Madjd
  • Jan Provazník
  • Zhe Wang

Best Publications

  • A NEW VARIANT OF GLYCOPROTEIN CD44 CONFERS METASTATIC POTENTIAL TO RAT CARCINOMA CELLS

    U. Günthert;M. Hofmann;W. Rudy;S. Reber

  • CD44: can a cancer-initiating cell profit from an abundantly expressed molecule?

    Margot Zöller

  • Tetraspanins: push and pull in suppressing and promoting metastasis

    Margot Zöller

  • Toward tailored exosomes: The exosomal tetraspanin web contributes to target cell selection

    Sanyukta Rana;Shijing Yue;Daniela Stadel;Margot Zöller;Margot Zöller

  • Cell surface tetraspanin Tspan8 contributes to molecular pathways of exosome-induced endothelial cell activation.

    Irina Nazarenko;Sanyukta Rana;Alexandra Baumann;Jessica McAlear

  • CD44 in cancer progression: adhesion, migration and growth regulation.

    R Marhaba;M Zöller;M Zöller

  • Combined evaluation of a panel of protein and miRNA serum-exosome biomarkers for pancreatic cancer diagnosis increases sensitivity and specificity.

    Bindhu Madhavan;Shijing Yue;Uwe Galli;Sanyukta Rana

  • Participation in normal immune responses of a metastasis-inducing splice variant of CD44

    Robert Arch;Karin Wirth;Martin Hofmann;Helmut Ponta

  • Prevention of tumor metastasis formation by anti-variant CD44.

    S Seiter;R Arch;S Reber;D Komitowski

  • CD44 splice variants confer metastatic behavior in rats: homologous sequences are expressed in human tumor cell lines.

    Martin Hofmann;Wolfgang Rudy;Margot Zöller;Cornelia Tölg

  • Exosomal tumor microRNA modulates premetastatic organ cells.

    Sanyukta Rana;Kamilla Malinowska;Margot Zöller;Margot Zöller

  • CD44v6 dependence of premetastatic niche preparation by exosomes.

    Thorsten Jung;Donatello Castellana;Pamela Klingbeil;Ines Cuesta Hernández

  • CD44 splice variants: metastases meet lymphocytes

    Peter Herrlich;Margot Zöller;Steven T. Pals;Helmut Ponta

  • The two major CD44 proteins expressed on a metastatic rat tumor cell line are derived from different splice variants: each one individually suffices to confer metastatic behavior.

    Wolfgang Rudy;Martin Hofmann;Reinhard Schwartz-Albiez;Margot Zöller

  • A Complex of EpCAM, Claudin-7, CD44 Variant Isoforms, and Tetraspanins Promotes Colorectal Cancer Progression

    Sebastian Kuhn;Moritz Koch;Tobias Nübel;Markus Ladwein

  • Host matrix modulation by tumor exosomes promotes motility and invasiveness.

    Wei Mu;Sanyukta Rana;Margot Zöller;Margot Zöller

  • Systemic induction of the angiogenesis switch by the tetraspanin D6.1A/CO-029

    Sabine Gesierich;Igor Berezovskiy;Eduard Ryschich;Margot Zöller

  • Exosome target cell selection and the importance of exosomal tetraspanins: a hypothesis

    Sanyukta Rana;Margot Zöller;Margot Zöller

  • Tumor-exosomes and leukocyte activation: an ambivalent crosstalk

    Daniela Zech;Sanyukta Rana;Markus W Büchler;Margot Zöller;Margot Zöller

  • Synergistic Activity of Sorafenib and Sulforaphane Abolishes Pancreatic Cancer Stem Cell Characteristics

    Vanessa Rausch;Li Liu;Georgios Kallifatidis;Bernd Baumann

  • Transfer of CD8+ Cells Induces Localized Hair Loss Whereas CD4+/CD25− Cells Promote Systemic Alopecia Areata and CD4+/CD25+ Cells Blockade Disease Onset in the C3H/HeJ Mouse Model

    Kevin J. McElwee;Pia Freyschmidt-Paul;Rolf Hoffmann;Sabine Kissling

Frequent Co-Authors

Ron N. Apte
Ron N. Apte Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Thilo Hackert
Thilo Hackert Heidelberg University
Martina Schnölzer
Martina Schnölzer German Cancer Research Center
Elena Voronov
Elena Voronov Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Shraga Segal
Shraga Segal Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Markus W. Büchler
Markus W. Büchler Champalimaud Foundation
Peter Herrlich
Peter Herrlich Leibniz Association
Helmut Ponta
Helmut Ponta Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Jürgen Weitz
Jürgen Weitz TU Dresden
John P. Sundberg
John P. Sundberg Vanderbilt University

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