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Martin Aepfelbacher

Martin Aepfelbacher

D-Index & Metrics

Microbiology

D-Index
70
Citations
22079
World Ranking
1906
National Ranking
142

Martin Aepfelbacher 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 Martin Aepfelbacher sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 224 publications — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Martin Aepfelbacher 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 Martin Aepfelbacher sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 70 D-Index — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Martin Aepfelbacher is affiliated with Universität Hamburg in Germany. Their research expertise spans medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a focus on infectious diseases, epidemiology, molecular biology, oncology, and clinical biochemistry.

The scientist's work centers on topics related to SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, including clinical studies of COVID-19, detection and testing of SARS-CoV-2, bacterial identification and susceptibility testing, and antimicrobial resistance, particularly in Staphylococcus species and antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

Martin Aepfelbacher has contributed to numerous publications in various venues. Frequent publication outlets include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), the Journal of Clinical Virology, Scientific Reports, Emerging Infectious Diseases, and Microbiology Spectrum.

Notable recent papers include:

  • Autopsy Findings and Venous Thromboembolism in Patients With COVID-19, 2020, Annals of Internal Medicine
  • Multiorgan and Renal Tropism of SARS-CoV-2, 2020, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Neuropathology of patients with COVID-19 in Germany: a post-mortem case series, 2020, The Lancet Neurology
  • Dying with SARS-CoV-2 infection-an autopsy study of the first consecutive 80 cases in Hamburg, Germany, 2020, International Journal of Legal Medicine
  • SARS-CoV-2 renal tropism associates with acute kidney injury, 2020, The Lancet

Martin Aepfelbacher has collaborated extensively with several frequent co-authors including Marc Lütgehetmann (77 co-authored publications), Susanne Pfefferle (51), Dominik Nörz (41), Holger Rohde (40), and Nicole Fischer (32).

Best Publications

  • Autopsy Findings and Venous Thromboembolism in Patients With COVID-19: A Prospective Cohort Study.

    Dominic Wichmann;Jan-Peter Sperhake;Marc Lütgehetmann;Stefan Steurer

  • Multiorgan and Renal Tropism of SARS-CoV-2.

    Victor G. Puelles;Marc Lütgehetmann;Maja T. Lindenmeyer;Jan P. Sperhake

  • Neuropathology of patients with COVID-19 in Germany: a post-mortem case series.

    Jakob Matschke;Marc Lütgehetmann;Christian Hagel;Jan P Sperhake

  • Podosomes: adhesion hot-spots of invasive cells.

    Stefan Linder;Martin Aepfelbacher

  • Lysophosphatidic acid mediates the rapid activation of platelets and endothelial cells by mildly oxidized low density lipoprotein and accumulates in human atherosclerotic lesions.

    Wolfgang Siess;Konrad J. Zangl;Markus Essler;Markus Bauer

  • Open-Source Genomic Analysis of Shiga-Toxin–Producing E. coli O104:H4

    Holger Rohde;Junjie Qin;Yujun Cui;Dongfang Li

  • Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein regulates podosomes in primary human macrophages.

    Stefan Linder;David Nelson;Michael Weiss;Martin Aepfelbacher

  • Dying with SARS-CoV-2 infection-an autopsy study of the first consecutive 80 cases in Hamburg, Germany.

    Carolin Edler;Ann Sophie Schröder;Martin Aepfelbacher;Antonia Fitzek

  • Thrombin Inactivates Myosin Light Chain Phosphatase via Rho and Its Target Rho Kinase in Human Endothelial Cells

    Markus Essler;Mutsuki Amano;Hans Joachim Kruse;Kozo Kaibuchi

  • Yersinia V–Antigen Exploits Toll-like Receptor 2 and CD14 for Interleukin 10–mediated Immunosuppression

    Andreas Sing;Dagmar Rost;Natalia Tvardovskaia;Andreas Roggenkamp

  • A culture-independent sequence-based metagenomics approach to the investigation of an outbreak of Shiga-toxigenic Escherichia coli O104:H4.

    Nicholas J. Loman;Chrystala Constantinidou;Martin Christner;Holger Rohde

  • Rapid Identification of Bacteria from Positive Blood Culture Bottles by Use of Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry Fingerprinting

    Martin Christner;Holger Rohde;Manuel Wolters;Ingo Sobottka

  • SopE and SopE2 from Salmonella typhimurium Activate Different Sets of RhoGTPases of the Host Cell

    Andrea Friebel;Heiko Ilchmann;Martin Aepfelbacher;Kristin Ehrbar

  • SARS-CoV-2 renal tropism associates with acute kidney injury.

    Fabian Braun;Marc Lütgehetmann;Susanne Pfefferle;Milagros N Wong

  • MALDI-TOF MS fingerprinting allows for discrimination of major methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus lineages

    Manuel Wolters;Holger Rohde;Thomas Maier;Cristina Belmar-Campos

  • The giant extracellular matrix‐binding protein of Staphylococcus epidermidis mediates biofilm accumulation and attachment to fibronectin

    Martin Christner;Gefion C. Franke;Nina N. Schommer;Ulrike Wendt

  • p38(MAPK)/MK2-dependent phosphorylation controls cytotoxic RIPK1 signalling in inflammation and infection

    Manoj B Menon;Julia Gropengießer;Jessica Fischer;Lena Novikova

  • Identification of the Staphylococcus aureus etd Pathogenicity Island Which Encodes a Novel Exfoliative Toxin, ETD, and EDIN-B

    Takayuki Yamaguchi;Koji Nishifuji;Megumi Sasaki;Yasuyuki Fudaba

  • Molecular consequences of SARS-CoV-2 liver tropism

    Unknown

  • Microtubule-dependent formation of podosomal adhesion structures in primary human macrophages

    Stefan Linder;Katharina Hüfner;Uwe Wintergerst;Martin Aepfelbacher

  • Dichotomous Regulation of Myosin Phosphorylation and Shape Change by Rho-Kinase and Calcium in Intact Human Platelets

    Markus Bauer;Michaela Retzer;Jonathan I. Wilde;Petra Maschberger

Frequent Co-Authors

Marc Lütgehetmann
Marc Lütgehetmann University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
Holger Rohde
Holger Rohde Universität Hamburg
Jürgen Heesemann
Jürgen Heesemann Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Adam Grundhoff
Adam Grundhoff Heinrich-Pette-Institute
Malik Alawi
Malik Alawi University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
Christian Betzel
Christian Betzel Universität Hamburg
Wolfgang Siess
Wolfgang Siess Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Motoyuki Sugai
Motoyuki Sugai National Institute of Infectious Diseases
Marylyn M. Addo
Marylyn M. Addo Universität Hamburg
Volker Heussler
Volker Heussler University of Bern

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