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Nils Wiedemann 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 Nils Wiedemann sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 99 publications — 5th percentile

5% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Nils Wiedemann 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 Nils Wiedemann sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 72 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 62 D-Index — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Nils Wiedemann is a researcher affiliated with the University of Freiburg in Germany, specializing in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work spans a broad range of subfields, including molecular biology, clinical biochemistry, law, cell biology, and political science and international relations.

Their research focuses on several main topics, notably mitochondrial function and pathology, ATP synthase and ATPases research, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, metabolism and genetic disorders, digitalization, law, and regulation, fungal and yeast genetics research, as well as privacy, security, and data protection.

Wiedemann has contributed to multiple publications across prominent scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Nature
  • Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
  • Methods in Enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in Enzymology
  • Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
  • Jusletter IT

Their recent papers highlight expertise in mitochondrial biology and protein transport mechanisms. Key recent publications include:

  • Quantitative high-confidence human mitochondrial proteome and its dynamics in cellular context (2021, Cell Metabolism)
  • Mitochondrial complexome reveals quality-control pathways of protein import (2023, Nature)
  • Mitochondrial protein transport: Versatility of translocases and mechanisms (2023, Molecular Cell)
  • Mitochondrial sorting and assembly machinery operates by β-barrel switching (2021, Nature)
  • Central role of Tim17 in mitochondrial presequence protein translocation (2023, Nature)

Collaboration is a notable aspect of Wiedemann's work with frequent co-authors including Nikolaus Pfanner, Jon V. Busto, Thomas Becker, Iniyan Ganesan, and Conny Steiert. The number of joint publications with these colleagues reflects established research partnerships.

Best Publications

  • Mitochondrial Machineries for Protein Import and Assembly.

    Nils Wiedemann;Nikolaus Pfanner

  • Mitochondrial proteins: from biogenesis to functional networks

    Nikolaus Pfanner;Bettina Warscheid;Nils Wiedemann

  • Essential role of Mia40 in import and assembly of mitochondrial intermembrane space proteins.

    Agnieszka Chacinska;Sylvia Pfannschmidt;Nils Wiedemann;Vera Kozjak

  • Machinery for protein sorting and assembly in the mitochondrial outer membrane

    Nils Wiedemann;Vera Kozjak;Agnieszka Chacinska;Birgit Schönfisch

  • The protein import machinery of mitochondria.

    Nils Wiedemann;Ann E. Frazier;Nikolaus Pfanner

  • Definition of a High-Confidence Mitochondrial Proteome at Quantitative Scale

    Marcel Morgenstern;Sebastian B. Stiller;Philipp Lübbert;Christian D. Peikert

  • An essential role of Sam50 in the protein sorting and assembly machinery of the mitochondrial outer membrane.

    Vera Kozjak;Nils Wiedemann;Dusanka Milenkovic;Christiane Lohaus

  • Dissecting Membrane Insertion of Mitochondrial β-Barrel Proteins

    Stephan Kutik;Diana Stojanovski;Lars Becker;Thomas Becker

  • The Mitochondrial Presequence Translocase: An Essential Role of Tim50 in Directing Preproteins to the Import Channel

    Andreas Geissler;Agnieszka Chacinska;Kaye N. Truscott;Nils Wiedemann

  • The Mitochondrial Morphology Protein Mdm10 Functions in Assembly of the Preprotein Translocase of the Outer Membrane

    Chris Meisinger;Michael Rissler;Agnieszka Chacinska;Luiza K.Sanjuán Szklarz

  • The three modules of ADP/ATP carrier cooperate in receptor recruitment and translocation into mitochondria

    Nils Wiedemann;Nikolaus Pfanner;Michael T. Ryan;Michael T. Ryan

  • Mitochondrial Cardiolipin Involved in Outer-Membrane Protein Biogenesis: Implications for Barth Syndrome

    Natalia Gebert;Amit S. Joshi;Stephan Kutik;Thomas Becker

  • Essential role of Isd11 in mitochondrial iron–sulfur cluster synthesis on Isu scaffold proteins

    Nils Wiedemann;Eugen Urzica;Bernard Guiard;Hanne Müller

  • Assembling the mitochondrial outer membrane

    Nikolaus Pfanner;Nils Wiedemann;Chris Meisinger;Trevor James Lithgow

  • Multistep assembly of the protein import channel of the mitochondrial outer membrane.

    Kirstin Model;Chris Meisinger;Thorsten Prinz;Nils Wiedemann

  • Molecular architecture of the active mitochondrial protein gate

    Takuya Shiota;Takuya Shiota;Kenichiro Imai;Jian Qiu;Victoria L Hewitt

  • Biogenesis of the protein import channel Tom40 of the mitochondrial outer membrane: intermembrane space components are involved in an early stage of the assembly pathway.

    Nils. Wiedemann;Kaye Narelle. Truscott;Sylvia. Pfannschmidt;Bernard. Guiard

  • The essential mitochondrial protein Erv1 cooperates with Mia40 in biogenesis of intermembrane space proteins.

    Michael Rissler;Nils Wiedemann;Sylvia Pfannschmidt;Kipros Gabriel

  • A Role for Tim21 in Membrane-Potential-Dependent Preprotein Sorting in Mitochondria

    Martin van der Laan;Nils Wiedemann;David U. Mick;Bernard Guiard

  • Amyloid-β Peptide Induces Mitochondrial Dysfunction by Inhibition of Preprotein Maturation

    Dirk Mossmann;F.-Nora Vögtle;Asli Aras Taskin;Pedro Filipe Teixeira

Frequent Co-Authors

Nikolaus Pfanner
Nikolaus Pfanner University of Freiburg
Chris Meisinger
Chris Meisinger University of Freiburg
Bernard Guiard
Bernard Guiard Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Thomas Becker
Thomas Becker Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Martin van der Laan
Martin van der Laan Saarland University
Peter Rehling
Peter Rehling University of Göttingen
Bettina Warscheid
Bettina Warscheid University of Freiburg
Agnieszka Chacinska
Agnieszka Chacinska IMol Polish Academy of Sciences
Michael T. Ryan
Michael T. Ryan University of Sydney
Helmut E. Meyer
Helmut E. Meyer Ruhr University Bochum

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