2026 Peter F. Stadler: Computer Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Computer Science	102	330	319	17	17	654	64032
Genetics	119	384	370	25	24	788	85085

Research.com Recognitions

2025 - Research.com Computer Science in Germany Leader Award
2024 - Research.com Genetics in Germany Leader Award
2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Germany Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Genetics in Germany Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Computer Science in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Peter F. Stadler is affiliated with Leipzig University in Germany and has produced extensive research primarily in the field of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their work encompasses a broad range of subfields including Molecular Biology, Genetics, Computational Theory and Mathematics, Ecology, and Cancer Research.

The scientist has contributed to several research topics, notably:

Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
RNA modifications and cancer
Genome Rearrangement Algorithms
Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
RNA Research and Splicing
Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks

Peter F. Stadler's recent papers include:

"A guide to naming human non-coding RNA genes," 2020, The EMBO Journal
"Large-scale benchmarking of circRNA detection tools reveals large differences in sensitivity but not in precision," 2023, Nature Methods
"Human pathways in animal models: possibilities and limitations," 2021, Nucleic Acids Research
"DNA methylation signature in blood mirrors successful weight-loss during lifestyle interventions: the CENTRAL trial," 2020, Genome Medicine
"HumanMetagenomeDB: a public repository of curated and standardized metadata for human metagenomes," 2020, Nucleic Acids Research

Frequent co-authors include:

Marc Hellmuth
Jörg Fallmann
David Schaller
Ulisses Nunes da Rocha
Stephan Wolf

The most common publication venues for Peter F. Stadler are:

arXiv (Cornell University)
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Algorithms for Molecular Biology
Discrete Applied Mathematics
The Art of Discrete and Applied Mathematics

The scientist has also contributed to academic books, including a publication titled "Advances in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology" (2021) through Springer Science+Business Media.

Best Publications

Identification and analysis of functional elements in 1% of the human genome by the ENCODE pilot project

Ewan Birney;John A. Stamatoyannopoulos;Anindya Dutta;Roderic Guigó

6099
Citations
ViennaRNA Package 2.0

Ronny Lorenz;Stephan H. F. Bernhart;Christian Höner zu Siederdissen;Hakim Tafer

5563
Citations
MITOS: Improved de novo metazoan mitochondrial genome annotation

Matthias Bernt;Alexander Donath;Frank Jühling;Frank Jühling;Fabian Externbrink

5207
Citations
Pan-cancer analysis of whole genomes

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

3090
Citations
RNA Maps Reveal New RNA Classes and a Possible Function for Pervasive Transcription

Philipp Kapranov;Jill Cheng;Sujit Dike;David A. Nix

3052
Citations
Fast folding and comparison of RNA secondary structures

I. L. Hofacker;W. Fontana;P. F. Stadler;P. F. Stadler;L. S. Bonhoeffer

3017
Citations
Analyses of pig genomes provide insight into porcine demography and evolution

Martien A. M. Groenen;Alan L. Archibald;Hirohide Uenishi;Christopher K. Tuggle

1625
Citations
The landscape of genomic alterations across childhood cancers

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

1562
Citations
The primary transcriptome of the major human pathogen Helicobacter pylori

Cynthia M. Sharma;Steve Hoffmann;Fabien Darfeuille;Fabien Darfeuille;Jérémy Reignier;Jérémy Reignier

1357
Citations
Proteinortho : Detection of (Co-)orthologs in large-scale analysis

Marcus Lechner;Sven Findeiß;Lydia Steiner;Manja Marz

1245
Citations
From Sequences to Shapes and Back: A Case Study in RNA Secondary Structures

Peter Schuster;Walter Fontana;Peter F. Stadler;Ivo L. Hofacker

1095
Citations
tRNAdb 2009: compilation of tRNA sequences and tRNA genes

Frank Jühling;Mario Mörl;Roland K. Hartmann;Mathias Sprinzl

1032
Citations
Fast and reliable prediction of noncoding RNAs

Stefan Washietl;Ivo L. Hofacker;Peter F. Stadler

880
Citations
Interleukin-6–dependent survival of multiple myeloma cells involves the Stat3-mediated induction of microRNA-21 through a highly conserved enhancer

Dennis Löffler;Katja Brocke-Heidrich;Gabriele Pfeifer;Claudia Stocsits

843
Citations
Secondary structure prediction for aligned RNA sequences.

Ivo L. Hofacker;Martin Fekete;Peter F. Stadler;Peter F. Stadler

838
Citations
Molecular Evolution of a MicroRNA Cluster

Andrea Tanzer;Andrea Tanzer;Peter F Stadler;Peter F Stadler

804
Citations
The African coelacanth genome provides insights into tetrapod evolution

Chris T. Amemiya;Chris T. Amemiya;Jessica Alfoldi;Alison P. Lee;Shaohua Fan

773
Citations
The genome of the recently domesticated crop plant sugar beet ( Beta vulgaris )

Juliane C. Dohm;André E. Minoche;Daniela Holtgräwe;Salvador Capella-Gutiérrez

758
Citations
Smoothness within ruggedness: The role of neutrality in adaptation

Martijn A. Huynen;Peter F. Stadler;Walter Fontana

721
Citations
RNA Secondary Structures

Ivo L. Hofacker;Peter F. Stadler

718
Citations
Improved annotation of protein-coding genes boundaries in metazoan mitochondrial genomes

Alexander Donath;Frank Jühling;Frank Jühling;Marwa Al-Arab;Marwa Al-Arab;Stephan H Bernhart

715
Citations
tRNAdb 2009: compilation of tRNA sequences and tRNA genes

Frank Jühling;Mario Mörl;Roland K Hartmann;Peter Stadler

0
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Ivo L. Hofacker University of Vienna

Rolf Backofen University of Freiburg

Jan Gorodkin University of Copenhagen

Günter P. Wagner Yale University

Chris T. Amemiya University of California, Merced

Martin Middendorf Leipzig University

Reiner Siebert University of Ulm

Roland Eils Charité - University Medicine Berlin

Bernd Schierwater University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation

Gerik Scheuermann Leipzig University

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