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Matthias Schlesner

Matthias Schlesner

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
61
Citations
42154
World Ranking
11077
National Ranking
794

Matthias Schlesner 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 Matthias Schlesner sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 345 publications — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Matthias Schlesner 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 Matthias Schlesner sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 61 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Matthias Schlesner is affiliated with the University of Augsburg in Germany and primarily works in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with substantial contributions to Medicine. Their research spans various subfields including Molecular Biology, Genetics, Cancer Research, Oncology, and Pathology and Forensic Medicine.

The scientist's main areas of study focus on topics such as Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics, Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, Single-cell and Spatial Transcriptomics, Genetic Factors in Colorectal Cancer, Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment, and RNA Modifications and Cancer.

Schlesner has published extensively in multiple scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Neuro-Oncology
  • Nature Communications
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Blood
  • Nature Biotechnology

Among the recent papers linked to their research efforts are:

  • "The evolutionary history of 2,658 cancers," 2020, Nature
  • "Characterizing genetic intra-tumor heterogeneity across 2,658 human cancer genomes," 2021, Cell
  • "The landscape of viral associations in human cancers," 2020, Nature Genetics
  • "Inflammatory exposure drives long-lived impairment of hematopoietic stem cell self-renewal activity and accelerated aging," 2022, Cell Stem Cell
  • "Autonomous rhythmic activity in glioma networks drives brain tumour growth," 2022, Nature

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Matthias Schlesner include:

  • Roland Eils
  • Nagarajan Paramasivam
  • Wolfgang Wick
  • Felix Sahm
  • Kortine Kleinheinz

Best Publications

  • Signatures of mutational processes in human cancer

    Ludmil B. Alexandrov;Serena Nik-Zainal;Serena Nik-Zainal;David C. Wedge;Samuel A. J. R. Aparicio

  • Complex heatmaps reveal patterns and correlations in multidimensional genomic data

    Zuguang Gu;Roland Eils;Matthias Schlesner

  • circlize Implements and enhances circular visualization in R.

    Zuguang Gu;Lei Gu;Roland Eils;Matthias Schlesner

  • Pan-cancer analysis of whole genomes

    Peter J. Campbell;Gad Getz;Jan O. Korbel;Joshua M. Stuart

  • The landscape of genomic alterations across childhood cancers

    Susanne N. Gröbner;Barbara C. Worst;Joachim Weischenfeldt;Joachim Weischenfeldt;Ivo Buchhalter

  • The evolutionary history of 2,658 cancers

    Moritz Gerstung;Moritz Gerstung;Clemency Jolly;Ignaty Leshchiner;Stefan C Dentro;Stefan C Dentro;Stefan C Dentro

  • The whole-genome landscape of medulloblastoma subtypes

    Paul A. Northcott;Paul A. Northcott;Ivo Buchhalter;Ivo Buchhalter;A. Sorana Morrissy;Volker Hovestadt

  • New Brain Tumor Entities Emerge from Molecular Classification of CNS-PNETs

    Dominik Sturm;Dominik Sturm;Brent A. Orr;Umut H. Toprak;Volker Hovestadt

  • Patterns of somatic structural variation in human cancer genomes

    Yilong Li;Nicola D Roberts;Jeremiah A Wala;Jeremiah A Wala;Ofer Shapira;Ofer Shapira

  • Recurrent somatic alterations of FGFR1 and NTRK2 in pilocytic astrocytoma

    David T W Jones;Barbara Hutter;Natalie Jäger;Andrey Korshunov;Andrey Korshunov

  • Characterizing genetic intra-tumor heterogeneity across 2,658 human cancer genomes

    Stefan C. Dentro;Stefan C. Dentro;Stefan C. Dentro;Ignaty Leshchiner;Kerstin Haase;Maxime Tarabichi;Maxime Tarabichi

  • Recurrent mutation of the ID3 gene in Burkitt lymphoma identified by integrated genome, exome and transcriptome sequencing

    Julia Richter;Matthias Schlesner;Steve Hoffmann;Markus Kreuz

  • Computational pan-genomics: status, promises and challenges.

    Tobias Marschall;Manja Marz;Manja Marz;Thomas Abeel;Louis Dijkstra

  • The landscape of viral associations in human cancers.

    Marc Zapatka;Ivan Borozan;Daniel S Brewer;Daniel S Brewer;Murat Iskar

  • A comprehensive assessment of somatic mutation detection in cancer using whole-genome sequencing

    Tyler S. Alioto;Ivo Buchhalter;Sophia Derdak;Barbara Hutter

  • Next-generation personalised medicine for high-risk paediatric cancer patients – The INFORM pilot study

    Barbara C. Worst;Barbara C. Worst;Cornelis M. van Tilburg;Gnana Prakash Balasubramanian;Petra Fiesel;Petra Fiesel

  • Integrative genomic and transcriptomic analysis of leiomyosarcoma

    Priya Chudasama;Sadaf S. Mughal;Mathijs A. Sanders;Mathijs A. Sanders;Daniel Hübschmann;Daniel Hübschmann

  • Molecular Evolution of Early-Onset Prostate Cancer Identifies Molecular Risk Markers and Clinical Trajectories

    Clarissa Gerhauser;Francesco Favero;Thomas Risch;Ronald Simon

  • A recurrent 11q aberration pattern characterizes a subset of MYC-negative high-grade B-cell lymphomas resembling Burkitt lymphoma.

    Itziar Salaverria;Itziar Salaverria;Idoia Martin-Guerrero;Idoia Martin-Guerrero;Rabea Wagener;Markus Kreuz

  • Characterizing genetic intra-tumor heterogeneity across 2,658 human cancer genomes

    Stefan C. Dentro;Stefan C. Dentro;Stefan C. Dentro;Ignaty Leshchiner;Kerstin Haase;Maxime Tarabichi;Maxime Tarabichi

Frequent Co-Authors

Roland Eils
Roland Eils Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Benedikt Brors
Benedikt Brors German Cancer Research Center
Reiner Siebert
Reiner Siebert University of Ulm
Stefan M. Pfister
Stefan M. Pfister German Cancer Research Center
Barbara Hutter
Barbara Hutter German Cancer Research Center
Peter Lichter
Peter Lichter German Cancer Research Center
Paul C. Boutros
Paul C. Boutros University of California, Los Angeles
Andreas von Deimling
Andreas von Deimling Heidelberg University
Wolfram Klapper
Wolfram Klapper Kiel University
Jan O. Korbel
Jan O. Korbel European Molecular Biology Laboratory

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