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Otto Westphal

Otto Westphal

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
54
Citations
14182
World Ranking
12458
National Ranking
915

Otto Westphal publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Otto Westphal sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 157 publications — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Otto Westphal D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

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

40–41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 612 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 808 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 776 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 835 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 861 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 872 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 933 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,051 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 930 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 882 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 834 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 731 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 775 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 683 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 646 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 561 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 501 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 437 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 388 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 354 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 292 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 275 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 254 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 235 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 185 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 192 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 155 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 163 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 125 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 105 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 105 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 112 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 88 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 68 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 69 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 65 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 79 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 61 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 44 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 40 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 33 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 26 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 34 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 35 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 25 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 27 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 17 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 16 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 20 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 20 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 15 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 9 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 9 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 16 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 11 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 3 scientists 158 D-Index: 3 scientists 159+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 54 D-Index — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1993 - Robert Koch Gold Medal
  • 1968 - Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize

Overview

Otto Westphal was affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany. Throughout their career, they contributed to the scientific community and received recognition for their work through awards.

Otto Westphal was awarded the Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize in 1968. Later, in 1993, they received the Robert Koch Gold Medal. These awards highlight notable moments in their career.

There is no available data on recent papers, frequent co-authors, publication venues, or book publications associated with Otto Westphal. Similarly, details on fields of study, subfields, and main topics of their work are not listed.

Best Publications

  • Über die Extraktion von Bakterien mit Phenol/Wasser

    Otto Westphal;Otto Lüderitz;Fritz Bister

  • A new method for the extraction of R lipopolysaccharides.

    C. Galanos;O. Lüderitz;O. Westphal

  • Synthetic and natural Escherichia coli free lipid A express identical endotoxic activities

    Chris Galanos;Otto Lüderitz;Ernst Th. Rietschel;Otto Westphal

  • CHAPTER 4 – Isolation and Chemical and Immunological Characterization of Bacterial Lipopolysaccharides

    Otto Lüderitz;Otto Westphal;Anne Marie Staub;Hiroshi Nikaido

  • Lipid A: chemical structure and biological activity.

    Otto Lüderitz;Chris Galanos;Volker Lehmann;Marjatta Nurminen

  • Nature and linkages of the fatty acids present in the lipid-A component of Salmonella lipopolysaccharides.

    Ernst Th. Rietschel;Horst Gotter;Otto Lüderitz;Otto Westphal

  • Interaction of Lipopolysaccharides and Lipid A with Complement

    Chris Galanos;Ernst Th. Rietschel;Otto Lüderitz;Otto Westphal

  • Structural investigations on the 2-keto-3-deoxyoctonate region of lipopolysaccharides.

    Wulf Dröge;Volker Lehmann;Otto Lüderitz;Otto Westphal

  • Biological Activities of Lipid A Complexed with Bovine‐Serum Albumin

    Chris Galanos;Ernst T. Rietschel;Otto Lüderitz;Otto Westphal

  • Endotoxic properties of chemically synthesized lipid A part structures. Comparison of synthetic lipid A precursor and synthetic analogues with biosynthetic lipid A precursor and free lipid A.

    Chris Galanos;Volker Lehmann;Otto Lüderitz;Ernst Th. Rietschel

  • Chemistry and immunochemistry of bacterial lipopolysaccharides as cell wall antigens and endotoxins.

    Otto Westphal;Klaus Jann;Karl Himmelspach

  • STRUCTURAL RELATIONSHIPS OF SALMONELLA O AND R ANTIGENS

    O. Lüderitz;C. Galanos;H. J. Risse;E. Ruschmann

  • STUDIES ON THE LYSIS OF RED CELLS AND BIMOLECULAR LIPID LEAFLETS BY SYNTHETIC LYSOLECITHINS, LECITHINS AND STRUCTURAL ANALOGS

    F.C. Reman;R.A. Demel;J. De Gier;L.L.M. Van Deenen

  • Lipid A, the endotoxic center of bacterial lipopolysaccharides: relation of chemical structure to biological activity.

    E T Rietschel;H Brade;L Brade;K Brandenburg

  • Synthesis and Use of O-Stearoyl Polysaccharides in Passive Hemagglutination and Hemolysis

    U. Hämmerling;O. Westphal

  • Über bakterielle Reizstoffe I. Mitt.: Reindarstellung eines Polysaccharid-Pyrogens aus Bacterium coli

    Otto Westphal;Otto Lüderitz;Erwin Eichenberger;Walter Keiderling

  • The Bacterial Hemagglutination Test for the Demonstration of Antibodies to Enterobacteriaceae

    E. Neter;O. Westphal;O. Lüderitz;E. A. Gorzynski

  • On the synthesis of alpha and beta lecithins and their ether analogs

    Hansjörg Eibl;Dieter Arnold;Hans Ulrich Weltzien;Otto Westphal

  • Bacterial endotoxins. The second Carl Prausnitz Memorial Lecture.

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  • IMMUNOCHEMISTRY OF ESCHERICHIA COLI O ANTIGENS

    F. ØRskov;I. ØRskov;B. Jann;K. Jann

  • Chemistry and Immunochemistry of Bacterial Lipopolysaccharides as Cell Wall Antigens and Endotoxins (Part 1 of 2)

    Otto Westphal;Klaus Jann;Karl Himmelspach

Frequent Co-Authors

Ernst Th. Rietschel
Ernst Th. Rietschel Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies
Chris Galanos
Chris Galanos Max Planck Society
Reginald M. Gorczynski
Reginald M. Gorczynski University of Toronto
Jean-Pierre Mach
Jean-Pierre Mach University of Lausanne
Ulrich Zähringer
Ulrich Zähringer Research Center Borstel - Leibniz-Center for Medicine and Biosciences
Klaus Jann
Klaus Jann Max Planck Society
Marina A. Freudenberg
Marina A. Freudenberg University of Freiburg
Richard Kuhn
Richard Kuhn Max Planck Society
Günther Gerisch
Günther Gerisch Max Planck Society
Manuel Modolell
Manuel Modolell Max Planck Society

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