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Michael Matthies

Michael Matthies

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
41
Citations
7385
World Ranking
7653
National Ranking
480

Michael Matthies publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michael Matthies sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 159 publications — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Michael Matthies D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

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

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 41 D-Index — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Michael Matthies is affiliated with Osnabrück University in Germany and specializes in research primarily within Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as well as Environmental Science.

The scientist's research focuses on topics including:

  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
  • DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry
  • RNA Interference and Gene Delivery
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • DNA and Biological Computing
  • Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms

Subfields related to this work span Molecular Biology, Ecology, Mechanical Engineering, Pollution, and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials.

Michael Matthies has contributed to publications in a variety of research venues, with multiple works appearing in:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Nucleic Acids Research

Frequent collaborators include Petr Šulc, Erik Poppleton, Lorenzo Rovigatti, Flavio Romano, and Joakim Bohlin. These coauthors have partnered extensively on multiple research projects with Matthies.

Significant recent publications include:

  • "Design, optimization and analysis of large DNA and RNA nanostructures through interactive visualization, editing and molecular simulation" (2020, Nucleic Acids Research)
  • "Design and simulation of DNA, RNA and hybrid protein-nucleic acid nanostructures with oxView" (2022, Nature Protocols)
  • "Inverse design of a pyrochlore lattice of DNA origami through model-driven experiments" (2024, Science)
  • "oxDNA: coarse-grained simulations of nucleic acids made simple" (2023, The Journal of Open Source Software)
  • "The influence of Holliday junction sequence and dynamics on DNA crystal self-assembly" (2022, Nature Communications)

Best Publications

  • Assessing Long-Range Transport Potential of Persistent Organic Pollutants

    Andreas Beyer;Donald Mackay;Michael Matthies;Frank Wania

  • Are marine plastic particles transport vectors for organic pollutants to the Arctic

    Christiane Zarfl;Michael Matthies

  • Generic one-compartment model for uptake of organic chemicals by foliar vegetation.

    Stefan. Trapp;Michael. Matthies

  • Environmental decision support systems: Current issues, methods and tools

    Michael Matthies;Carlo Giupponi;Bertram Ostendorf

  • Dynamics and functional relevance of ammonia-oxidizing archaea in two agricultural soils.

    Kristina Schauss;Andreas Focks;Sven Leininger;Anja Kotzerke

  • Modeling the bioconcentration of organic chemicals in plants.

    Stefan Trapp;Michael Matthies;Irene Scheunert;Eva M. Topp

  • Fate of sulfadiazine administered to pigs and its quantitative effect on the dynamics of bacterial resistance genes in manure and manured soil

    Holger Heuer;Andreas Focks;Marc Lamshöft;Kornelia Smalla

  • Development of a geography-referenced regional exposure assessment tool for European rivers - great-er contribution to great-er #1

    T. Feijtel;G. Boeije;M. Matthies;A. Young

  • Selecting internally consistent physicochemical properties of organic compounds

    Andreas Beyer;Frank Wania;Todd Gouin;Donald Mackay

  • Comparing Estimates of Persistence and Long-Range Transport Potential among Multimedia Models

    Kathrin Fenner;Martin Scheringer;Matthew Macleod;Michael Matthies

  • General Formulation of Characteristic Travel Distance for Semivolatile Organic Chemicals in a Multimedia Environment

    Deborah H. Bennett;Thomas E. McKone;Michael Matthies;William E. Kastenberg

  • Model for uptake of xenobiotics into plants: Validation with bromacil experiments

    Stefan Trapp;Michael Matthies;Craig McFarlane

  • Application of Multimedia Models for Screening Assessment of Long-Range Transport Potential and Overall Persistence

    Jörg Klasmeier;Michael Matthies;Matthew Macleod;Kathrin Fenner

  • Microplastics in oceans.

    Christiane Zarfl;David Fleet;Elke Fries;François Galgani

  • Coastal accumulation of microplastic particles emitted from the Po River, Northern Italy: Comparing remote sensing and hydrodynamic modelling with in situ sample collections

    Elizabeth C. Atwood;Francesco M. Falcieri;Sarah Piehl;Mathias Bochow

  • Analysis, fate and effects of the antibiotic sulfadiazine in soil ecosystems

    Kristina Schauss;Andreas Focks;Holger Heuer;Anja Kotzerke

  • Marine litter ensemble transport simulations in the southern North Sea.

    Daniel Neumann;Ulrich Callies;Michael Matthies

  • Temperature dependence of the characteristic travel distance.

    Andreas Beyer;Frank Wania;Todd Gouin;Donald Mackay

  • The origin and evolution of assessment criteria for persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic (PBT) chemicals and persistent organic pollutants (POPs)

    Michael Matthies;Keith Solomon;Marco Vighi;Andy Gilman

  • A multi-criteria evaluation system for marine litter pollution based on statistical analyses of OSPAR beach litter monitoring time series

    Marcus Schulz;Daniel Neumann;David M. Fleet;Michael Matthies

  • Environmental Science and Pollution Research

    Philippe Garrigues;Emmanuelle Pignard-Péguet;Åke Bergman

Frequent Co-Authors

Stefan Trapp
Stefan Trapp Technical University of Denmark
Christiane Zarfl
Christiane Zarfl University of Tübingen
Andreas Beyer
Andreas Beyer University of Cologne
Frank Wania
Frank Wania University of Toronto
Henner Hollert
Henner Hollert Goethe University Frankfurt
Andreas Schäffer
Andreas Schäffer RWTH Aachen University
Keith R. Solomon
Keith R. Solomon University of Guelph
Heinz-Jürgen Steinhoff
Heinz-Jürgen Steinhoff Osnabrück University
Jörg Oehlmann
Jörg Oehlmann Goethe University Frankfurt

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