The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Genetics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Matthias Platzer sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 266 publications — 70th percentile
70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more.
The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Genetics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Matthias Platzer sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 80 D-Index — 64th percentile
64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more.
Matthias Platzer is affiliated with the Leibniz Association in Germany. Their work focuses extensively on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, as well as environmental science. Platzer's research covers several subfields, prominently including paleontology, sociology and political science, ecology, molecular biology, and aging.
Platzer has contributed to topics such as evolution and paleontology studies, family support in illness, genetics, aging, and longevity in model organisms, animal ecology and behavior studies, marine invertebrate physiology and ecology, Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ, and epigenetics and DNA methylation.
Among recent publications attributed to Platzer are:
Platzer frequently publishes in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Cells, eLife, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, and the Journal of Mammalogy.
Collaborations are a significant part of their research output. Frequent coauthors include Marco Groth, Arne Sahm, Martin Bens, Steve Hoffmann, and Karol Szafranski.
Eric S. Lander;Lauren M. Linton;Bruce Birren;Chad Nusbaum
Jochen Hampe;Andre Franke;Philip Rosenstiel;Philip Rosenstiel;Andreas Till
L. Eichinger;J. A. Pachebat;J. A. Pachebat;G. Glöckner;M.-A. Rajandream
Klaus F.X. Mayer;Robbie Waugh;Peter Langridge;Timothy J. Close
Martin Mascher;Heidrun Gundlach;Axel Himmelbach;Sebastian Beier
Mark T Ross;Darren V Grafham;Alison J Coffey;Steven Scherer
Raymonda Varon;Christine Vissinga;Matthias Platzer;Karen M Cerosaletti
Jörn Piel;Dequan Hui;Gaiping Wen;Daniel Butzke
Klaus F. X. Mayer;Mihaela Martis;Pete E. Hedley;Hana Simkova
Ruta Valentonyte;Jochen Hampe;Klaus Huse;Philip Rosenstiel
TuAnh Nguyen;Keishi Ishida;Holger Jenke-Kodama;Elke Dittmann
Kim Zarse;Kim Zarse;Sebastian Schmeisser;Sebastian Schmeisser;Marco Groth;Steffen Priebe
Kathrin Reichwald;Andreas Petzold;Philipp Koch;Bryan R Downie
Frank Geller;Kathrin Reichwald;Astrid Dempfle;Thomas Illig
H. Watanabe;A. Fujiyama;M. Hattori;T. D. Taylor
Natalia Sandoval;Matthias Platzer;André Rosenthal;Thilo Dörk
Claudia Fritsch;Alexander Herrmann;Michael Nothnagel;Karol Szafranski
Katja M Fisch;Cristian Gurgui;Nina Heycke;Sonia A van der Sar
Anke Hinney;Thomas Bettecken;Patrick Tarnow;Harald Brumm
Thomas Wicker;Klaus F X Mayer;Heidrun Gundlach;Mihaela Martis
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