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Peter Dörmann

Peter Dörmann

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
73
Citations
20181
World Ranking
5907
National Ranking
421

Peter Dörmann 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 Peter Dörmann sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 167 publications — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Peter Dörmann 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 Peter Dörmann sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 73 D-Index — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Peter Dörmann is affiliated with the University of Bonn in Germany and focuses primarily on research in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with additional contributions to agricultural and biological sciences. Their work covers a wide range of subfields including molecular biology, plant science, biochemistry, ecology, and renewable energy, sustainability, and the environment.

The scientist's research topics concentrate on lipid metabolism and biosynthesis, photosynthetic processes and mechanisms, plant biochemistry and biosynthesis, plant stress responses and tolerance, microbial metabolic engineering and bioproduction, lipid membrane structure and behavior, and plant molecular biology research.

Recent publications authored or coauthored by Peter Dörmann include:

  • Chloroplasts require glutathione reductase to balance reactive oxygen species and maintain efficient photosynthesis, 2020, The Plant Journal
  • Differential Impact of Plant Secondary Metabolites on the Soil Microbiota, 2021, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Triacylglycerol and phytyl ester synthesis in Synechocystis sp. PCC6803, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Phytol derived from chlorophyll hydrolysis in plants is metabolized via phytenal, 2021, Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • Ablation of glucosinolate accumulation in the oil crop Camelina sativa by targeted mutagenesis of genes encoding the transporters GTR1 and GTR2 and regulators of biosynthesis MYB28 and MYB29, 2022, Plant Biotechnology Journal

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Katharina Gutbrod
  • Helga Peisker
  • Georg Hölzl
  • Philipp Gutbrod
  • Vadim Schütz

Peter Dörmann has regularly published in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), The Plant Journal, The Plant Cell, New Phytologist, and Planta, reflecting a consistent engagement with plant science and molecular biology research communities.

The scientist has contributed to the book "Plant Lipids," published in 2021 by Springer Science+Business Media.

Best Publications

  • Metabolite profiling for plant functional genomics.

    Oliver Fiehn;Joachim Kopka;Peter Dörmann;Thomas Altmann

  • [email protected]: the Golm Metabolome Database

    Joachim Kopka;Nicolas Schauer;Stephan Krueger;Claudia Birkemeyer

  • Vitamin E Protects against Photoinhibition and Photooxidative Stress in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Michel Havaux;Françoise Eymery;Svetlana Porfirova;Pascal Rey

  • Galactolipids rule in seed plants

    Peter Dörmann;Christoph Benning

  • DGD1-independent biosynthesis of extraplastidic galactolipids after phosphate deprivation in Arabidopsis.

    Heiko Härtel;Peter Dörmann;Christoph Benning

  • Isolation of an Arabidopsis mutant lacking vitamin E and identification of a cyclase essential for all tocopherol biosynthesis

    Svetlana Porfirova;Eveline Bergmüller;Susanne Tropf;Rainer Lemke

  • Tocopherol Cyclase (VTE1) Localization and Vitamin E Accumulation in Chloroplast Plastoglobule Lipoprotein Particles

    Pierre-Alexandre Vidi;Marion Kanwischer;Sacha Baginsky;Jotham R. Austin

  • Isolation and characterization of an Arabidopsis mutant deficient in the thylakoid lipid digalactosyl diacylglycerol.

    Peter Dormann;Susanne Hoffmann-Benning;Ilse Balbo;Christoph Benning

  • Galactolipid deficiency and abnormal chloroplast development in the Arabidopsis MGD synthase 1 mutant

    Paul Jarvis;Peter Dörmann;Charles A. Peto;Jason Lutes

  • Structure and function of glycoglycerolipids in plants and bacteria

    Georg Hölzl;Peter Dörmann

  • Lipid transfer from plants to arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi

    Andreas Keymer;Priya Pimprikar;Vera Wewer;Claudia Huber

  • Arabidopsis CURVATURE THYLAKOID1 Proteins Modify Thylakoid Architecture by Inducing Membrane Curvature

    Ute Armbruster;Mathias Labs;Mathias Pribil;Stefania Viola

  • Phospholipase C5 (NPC5) is involved in galactolipid accumulation during phosphate limitation in leaves of Arabidopsis

    Nicole Gaude;Yuki Nakamura;Wolf-Rüdiger Scheible;Hiroyuki Ohta

  • Alterations in Tocopherol Cyclase Activity in Transgenic and Mutant Plants of Arabidopsis Affect Tocopherol Content, Tocopherol Composition, and Oxidative Stress

    Marion Kanwischer;Svetlana Porfirova;Eveline Bergmüller;Peter Dörmann

  • Arbuscular mycorrhiza-specific enzymes FatM and RAM2 fine-tune lipid biosynthesis to promote development of arbuscular mycorrhiza.

    Armando Bravo;Mathias Brands;Vera Wewer;Peter Dörmann

  • Disruption of the Two Digalactosyldiacylglycerol Synthase Genes DGD1 and DGD2 in Arabidopsis Reveals the Existence of an Additional Enzyme of Galactolipid Synthesis

    Amélie A. Kelly;John E. Froehlich;Peter Dörmann

  • Nitrogen deficiency in Arabidopsis affects galactolipid composition and gene expression and results in accumulation of fatty acid phytyl esters

    Nicole Gaude;Claire Bréhélin;Gilbert Tischendorf;Felix Kessler

  • The role of lipid metabolism in the acquisition of desiccation tolerance in Craterostigma plantagineum: a comparative approach

    Francisco Gasulla;Francisco Gasulla;Katharina vom Dorp;Isabel Dombrink;Ulrich Zähringer

  • Arabidopsis galactolipid biosynthesis and lipid trafficking mediated by DGD1.

    Peter Dörmann;Ilse Balbo;Christoph Benning

  • Fatty Acid Phytyl Ester Synthesis in Chloroplasts of Arabidopsis

    Felix Lippold;Katharina vom Dorp;Marion Abraham;Georg Hölzl

Frequent Co-Authors

Christoph Benning
Christoph Benning Michigan State University
Felix Henrique Paim Kessler
Felix Henrique Paim Kessler Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Klaus Willecke
Klaus Willecke University of Bonn
John B. Ohlrogge
John B. Ohlrogge Michigan State University
Andreas J. Meyer
Andreas J. Meyer University of Bonn
Lothar Willmitzer
Lothar Willmitzer Max Planck Society
Sten Stymne
Sten Stymne Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Caroline Gutjahr
Caroline Gutjahr Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology
Thomas Altmann
Thomas Altmann Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research

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