2026 Mark Helm: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	68	7688	7092	561	530	307	20178

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Biology and Biochemistry

7688

7092

561

530

307

20178

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index

Citations

20178

World Ranking

7688

National Ranking

561

Mark Helm 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 Mark Helm sits on this spectrum.

47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 307 publications — 79th percentile

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

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

Mark Helm 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 Mark Helm sits on this spectrum.

40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 68 D-Index — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Mark Helm is affiliated with Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz in Germany and has contributed extensively to the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology with a particular focus on Molecular Biology. Their work addresses core aspects of RNA biology and cancer research.

Their research covers several key topics including:

RNA modifications and cancer
RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
RNA research and splicing
Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
Cancer-related gene regulation
Epigenetics and DNA methylation
Genomics and phylogenetic studies

Mark Helm's frequent coauthors include Yuri Motorin, Virginie Marchand, Susanne Gerber, Kristina Friedland, and Larissa Bessler, indicating collaborative efforts in RNA-related molecular studies.

The most common venues for their publications are:

Nucleic Acids Research
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Nature Communications
RNA
Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Among their recent papers are:

RNA modifications in physiology and disease: towards clinical applications, 2023, Nature Reviews Genetics
Hakai is required for stabilization of core components of the m6A mRNA methylation machinery, 2021, Nature Communications
HydraPsiSeq: a method for systematic and quantitative mapping of pseudouridines in RNA, 2020, Nucleic Acids Research
METTL1 promotes tumorigenesis through tRNA-derived fragment biogenesis in prostate cancer, 2023, Molecular Cancer
Balancing of mitochondrial translation through METTL8-mediated m3C modification of mitochondrial tRNAs, 2021, Molecular Cell

Best Publications

MODOMICS: a database of RNA modification pathways. 2017 update.

Boccaletto P;Machnicka Ma;Machnicka Ma;Purta E;Piatkowski P

1631
Citations
MODOMICS: a database of RNA modification pathways—2013 update

Magdalena A. Machnicka;Kaja Milanowska;Okan Osman Oglou;Elzbieta Purta

1076
Citations
RNA methylation by Dnmt2 protects transfer RNAs against stress-induced cleavage

Matthias Schaefer;Tim Pollex;Katharina Hanna;Francesca Tuorto

735
Citations
Aberrant methylation of tRNAs links cellular stress to neuro‐developmental disorders

Sandra Blanco;Sabine Dietmann;Joana V Flores;Shobbir Hussain

615
Citations
RNA cytosine methylation by Dnmt2 and NSun2 promotes tRNA stability and protein synthesis.

Francesca Tuorto;Reinhard Liebers;Tanja Musch;Matthias Schaefer

555
Citations
Detecting RNA modifications in the epitranscriptome: predict and validate

Mark Helm;Yuri Motorin

544
Citations
m 6 A modulates neuronal functions and sex determination in Drosophila

Tina Lence;Junaid Akhtar;Marc Bayer;Katharina Schmid

538
Citations
Post-transcriptional nucleotide modification and alternative folding of RNA.

Mark Helm

530
Citations
tRNA stabilization by modified nucleotides.

Yuri Motorin;Mark Helm

502
Citations
Zc3h13/Flacc is required for adenosine methylation by bridging the mRNA-binding factor Rbm15/Spenito to the m6A machinery component Wtap/Fl(2)d.

Philip Knuckles;Tina Lence;Irmgard U. Haussmann;Dominik Jacob

494
Citations
RNA nucleotide methylation

Yuri Motorin;Mark Helm

446
Citations
Search for characteristic structural features of mammalian mitochondrial tRNAs.

Mark Helm;Hervé Brulé;Dagmar Friede;Richard Giegé

393
Citations
5-methylcytosine in RNA: detection, enzymatic formation and biological functions.

Yuri Motorin;Frank Lyko;Mark Helm

346
Citations
A Watson-Crick base-pair-disrupting methyl group (m1A9) is sufficient for cloverleaf folding of human mitochondrial tRNALys.

Mark Helm;Richard Giegé;Catherine Florentz

320
Citations
The presence of modified nucleotides is required for cloverleaf folding of a human mitochondrial tRNA

Mark Helm;Hervé Brulé;Hervé Brulé;Françoise Degoul;Claude Cepanec

308
Citations
Posttranscriptional RNA Modifications: playing metabolic games in a cell's chemical Legoland.

Mark Helm;Juan D. Alfonzo

257
Citations
Human DNMT2 methylates tRNA(Asp) molecules using a DNA methyltransferase-like catalytic mechanism.

Tomasz P. Jurkowski;Madeleine Meusburger;Sameer Phalke;Mark Helm

222
Citations
Illumina-based RiboMethSeq approach for mapping of 2′-O-Me residues in RNA

Virginie Marchand;Florence Blanloeil-Oillo;Mark Helm;Yuri Motorin

211
Citations
Pseudouridine: Still mysterious, but never a fake (uridine)!

Felix Spenkuch;Yuri Motorin;Mark Helm

196
Citations
Mechanism and biological role of Dnmt2 in Nucleic Acid Methylation

Albert Jeltsch;Ann Ehrenhofer-Murray;Tomasz P. Jurkowski;Frank Lyko

187
Citations