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Peter Nürnberg

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Medicine
Germany
2026
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Genetics
Germany
2024

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Medicine 143 1517 1404 74 72 744 71939
Genetics 141 180 175 11 11 712 69805

Peter Nürnberg publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Peter Nürnberg between 1983 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Peter Nürnberg published across 43 years, from 1983 to 2025, averaging 18.7 papers a year. Output peaked at 53 publications in 2016. 16 of the 803 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30 40 50
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1983 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 53. Peak 53 publications in 2016. 1983: 1 publication 1984: 0 publications 1985: 0 publications 1986: 0 publications 1987: 0 publications 1988: 0 publications 1989: 2 publications 1990: 2 publications 1991: 2 publications 1992: 4 publications 1993: 7 publications 1994: 8 publications 1995: 5 publications 1996: 6 publications 1997: 8 publications 1998: 6 publications 1999: 9 publications 2000: 4 publications 2001: 5 publications 2002: 12 publications 2003: 15 publications 2004: 27 publications 2005: 31 publications 2006: 37 publications 2007: 30 publications 2008: 33 publications 2009: 33 publications 2010: 31 publications 2011: 24 publications 2012: 39 publications 2013: 43 publications 2014: 35 publications 2015: 44 publications 2016: 53 publications 2017: 47 publications 2018: 38 publications 2019: 27 publications 2020: 33 publications 2021: 41 publications 2022: 27 publications 2023: 18 publications 2024: 11 publications 2025: 5 publications
1983 2025

803 publications in total across all disciplines

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Peter Nürnberg: publications per year, 1983 to 2025
Year Publications
1983 1
1984 0
1985 0
1986 0
1987 0
1988 0
1989 2
1990 2
1991 2
1992 4
1993 7
1994 8
1995 5
1996 6
1997 8
1998 6
1999 9
2000 4
2001 5
2002 12
2003 15
2004 27
2005 31
2006 37
2007 30
2008 33
2009 33
2010 31
2011 24
2012 39
2013 43
2014 35
2015 44
2016 53
2017 47
2018 38
2019 27
2020 33
2021 41
2022 27
2023 18
2024 11
2025 5
Total 803
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Peter Nürnberg publications per year - data summary

  • Peter Nürnberg, a Genetics scholar from University of Cologne, has 803 publications recorded across 43 years, from 1983 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1983 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive year is 2016, with 53 publications.
  • The least productive year with any output is 1983, with 1 publication.
  • 5 of the 43 years in the span carry no publications at all (1984, 1985, 1986, 1987 and others).
  • The rate of publication averages 18.7 papers per year over the whole span, or 21.1 per year counting only the 38 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 102 publications, 13% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1983-1997: 45 publications (3.0 per year); 1998-2012: 336 publications (22.4 per year); 2013-2025: 422 publications (32.5 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Peter Nürnberg publication distribution in Genetics in 2026

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

No. of scientists
50 100 150 200
Bar chart with 67 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 45–54 to 703+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 217. Most scientists, 217, have 125–134 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 703+ publications, is where this scientist sits. 45–54 publications: 6 scientists 55–64 publications: 10 scientists 65–74 publications: 35 scientists 75–84 publications: 84 scientists 85–94 publications: 102 scientists 95–104 publications: 151 scientists 105–114 publications: 175 scientists 115–124 publications: 203 scientists 125–134 publications: 217 scientists 135–144 publications: 205 scientists 145–154 publications: 193 scientists 155–164 publications: 188 scientists 165–174 publications: 170 scientists 175–184 publications: 178 scientists 185–194 publications: 164 scientists 195–204 publications: 173 scientists 205–214 publications: 159 scientists 215–224 publications: 134 scientists 225–234 publications: 143 scientists 235–244 publications: 105 scientists 245–254 publications: 114 scientists 255–264 publications: 92 scientists 265–274 publications: 88 scientists 275–284 publications: 87 scientists 285–294 publications: 80 scientists 295–304 publications: 62 scientists 305–314 publications: 75 scientists 315–324 publications: 67 scientists 325–334 publications: 60 scientists 335–344 publications: 52 scientists 345–354 publications: 40 scientists 355–364 publications: 48 scientists 365–374 publications: 47 scientists 375–384 publications: 46 scientists 385–394 publications: 31 scientists 395–404 publications: 27 scientists 405–414 publications: 40 scientists 415–424 publications: 30 scientists 425–434 publications: 43 scientists 435–444 publications: 29 scientists 445–454 publications: 14 scientists 455–464 publications: 28 scientists 465–474 publications: 21 scientists 475–484 publications: 21 scientists 485–494 publications: 22 scientists 495–504 publications: 17 scientists 505–514 publications: 12 scientists 515–524 publications: 11 scientists 525–534 publications: 8 scientists 535–544 publications: 8 scientists 545–554 publications: 14 scientists 555–564 publications: 4 scientists 565–574 publications: 11 scientists 575–584 publications: 5 scientists 585–594 publications: 11 scientists 595–604 publications: 12 scientists 605–614 publications: 7 scientists 615–624 publications: 6 scientists 625–634 publications: 10 scientists 635–644 publications: 9 scientists 645–654 publications: 10 scientists 655–664 publications: 6 scientists 665–674 publications: 6 scientists 675–684 publications: 6 scientists 685–694 publications: 4 scientists 695–702 publications: 6 scientists 703+ publications: 100 scientists
45–54 publications 703+

This scientist: 712 publications — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more.

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Number of Genetics scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 4,342 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
45–54 6
55–64 10
65–74 35
75–84 84
85–94 102
95–104 151
105–114 175
115–124 203
125–134 217
135–144 205
145–154 193
155–164 188
165–174 170
175–184 178
185–194 164
195–204 173
205–214 159
215–224 134
225–234 143
235–244 105
245–254 114
255–264 92
265–274 88
275–284 87
285–294 80
295–304 62
305–314 75
315–324 67
325–334 60
335–344 52
345–354 40
355–364 48
365–374 47
375–384 46
385–394 31
395–404 27
405–414 40
415–424 30
425–434 43
435–444 29
445–454 14
455–464 28
465–474 21
475–484 21
485–494 22
495–504 17
505–514 12
515–524 11
525–534 8
535–544 8
545–554 14
555–564 4
565–574 11
575–584 5
585–594 11
595–604 12
605–614 7
615–624 6
625–634 10
635–644 9
645–654 10
655–664 6
665–674 6
675–684 6
685–694 4
695–702 6
703+ 100 712
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Peter Nürnberg publication distribution in Genetics in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 4,342 Genetics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 67 ranges running from 45–54 to 703+ publications.
  • Peter Nürnberg, a Genetics scholar from University of Cologne, records 712 publications - the 98th percentile of the discipline.
  • 98% of ranked Genetics scientists score the same or lower than Peter Nürnberg, and about 2% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 195–204 publications range, and Peter Nürnberg ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 125–134 publications, holding 217 scientists (5% of the field).
  • 56% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 205–214 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 703 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (2% of the field).

Peter Nürnberg D-index placement in Genetics in 2026

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

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 61 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 160+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 191. Most scientists, 191, have 62–63 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 140–141 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 24 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 52 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 84 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 112 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 118 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 141 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 143 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 145 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 179 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 162 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 175 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 191 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 172 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 184 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 164 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 158 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 150 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 136 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 127 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 127 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 111 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 110 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 110 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 84 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 102 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 66 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 72 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 70 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 54 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 60 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 49 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 55 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 45 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 42 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 28 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 39 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 25 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 31 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 29 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 34 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 29 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 29 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 18 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 27 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 22 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 16 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 11 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 17 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 12 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 21 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 4 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 9 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 14 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 6 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 10 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 7 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 9 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 8 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 8 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 9 scientists 160+ D-Index: 96 scientists
40–41 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 141 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more.

View D-Index distribution as a table
Number of Genetics scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 4,342 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 24
42–43 52
44–45 84
46–47 112
48–49 118
50–51 141
52–53 143
54–55 145
56–57 179
58–59 162
60–61 175
62–63 191
64–65 172
66–67 184
68–69 164
70–71 158
72–73 150
74–75 136
76–77 127
78–79 127
80–81 111
82–83 110
84–85 110
86–87 84
88–89 102
90–91 66
92–93 72
94–95 70
96–97 54
98–99 60
100–101 49
102–103 55
104–105 45
106–107 42
108–109 28
110–111 39
112–113 25
114–115 31
116–117 29
118–119 34
120–121 29
122–123 29
124–125 18
126–127 27
128–129 22
130–131 16
132–133 11
134–135 17
136–137 12
138–139 21
140–141 4 141
142–143 9
144–145 14
146–147 6
148–149 10
150–151 7
152–153 9
154–155 8
156–157 8
158–159 9
160+ 96
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Peter Nürnberg D-index placement in Genetics in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 4,342 Genetics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 61 ranges running from 40–41 to 160+ D-Index.
  • Peter Nürnberg, a Genetics scholar from University of Cologne, records 141 D-Index - the 96th percentile of the discipline.
  • 96% of ranked Genetics scientists score the same or lower than Peter Nürnberg, and about 4% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 70–71 D-Index range, and Peter Nürnberg ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 62–63 D-Index, holding 191 scientists (4% of the field).
  • 51% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 70–71 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more, 96 scientists in all (2% of the field).

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Medicine 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

Overview

Peter Nürnberg is affiliated with the University of Cologne in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine, with a notable focus on Molecular Biology, Genetics, Cancer Research, Cell Biology, and Neurology.

Their main topics of study include Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Genomics and Rare Diseases, Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics, RNA modifications and cancer, Microtubule and mitosis dynamics, Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research, and RNA regulation and disease.

Peter Nürnberg has published extensively in several scientific venues, with the most frequent publication outlets including bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, Human Genetics, Brain, and Clinical Genetics.

The scientist's recent papers highlight a range of topics and findings:

  • Swarm Learning for decentralized and confidential clinical machine learning, 2021, Nature
  • Long-lived macrophage reprogramming drives spike protein-mediated inflammasome activation in COVID-19, 2021, EMBO Molecular Medicine
  • Chromothripsis followed by circular recombination drives oncogene amplification in human cancer, 2021, Nature Genetics
  • Deregulation and epigenetic modification of BCL2-family genes cause resistance to venetoclax in hematologic malignancies, 2022, Blood
  • Evolutionary trajectories of small cell lung cancer under therapy, 2024, Nature

Frequent collaborators of Peter Nürnberg include Janine Altmüller, Hölger Thiele, Bernd Wollnik, Holger Thiele, and Kerstin Becker.

Best Publications

  • Comprehensive genomic profiles of small cell lung cancer

    Julie George;Jing Shan Lim;Se Jin Jang;Yupeng Cun

  • Integrative genome analyses identify key somatic driver mutations of small-cell lung cancer

    Martin Peifer;Lynnette Fernández-Cuesta;Martin L. Sos;Julie George

  • Severe COVID-19 Is Marked by a Dysregulated Myeloid Cell Compartment.

    Jonas Schulte-Schrepping;Nico Reusch;Daniela Paclik;Kevin Baßler

  • Frequent and Focal FGFR1 Amplification Associates with Therapeutically Tractable FGFR1 Dependency in Squamous Cell Lung Cancer

    Jonathan Weiss;Martin L. Sos;Danila Seidel;Martin Peifer

  • The centrosomal protein nephrocystin-6 is mutated in Joubert syndrome and activates transcription factor ATF4

    John A. Sayer;John A. Sayer;Edgar A. Otto;John F. O'Toole;Gudrun Nurnberg

  • 15q13.3 microdeletions increase risk of idiopathic generalized epilepsy

    Ingo Helbig;Heather C. Mefford;Andrew J. Sharp;Michel Guipponi

  • Linkage of familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (FHL) type-4 to chromosome 6q24 and identification of mutations in syntaxin 11

    Udo zur Stadt;Susanne Schmidt;Brigitte Kasper;Karin Beutel

  • Positional cloning uncovers mutations in PLCE1 responsible for a nephrotic syndrome variant that may be reversible.

    Bernward Hinkes;Roger C. Wiggins;Rasheed Gbadegesin;Christopher N. Vlangos

  • Mutations in ENPP1 are associated with 'idiopathic' infantile arterial calcification

    Frank Rutsch;Nico Ruf;Sucheta Vaingankar;Mohammad R Toliat

  • Correlation between genetic and geographic structure in Europe.

    Oscar Lao;Timothy T. Lu;Michael Nothnagel;Olaf Junge

  • Telomerase activation by genomic rearrangements in high-risk neuroblastoma

    Martin Peifer;Falk Hertwig;Frederik Roels;Daniel Dreidax

  • Incidence, Risk Factors, and Attributable Mortality of Secondary Infections in the Intensive Care Unit After Admission for Sepsis

    Lonneke A van Vught;Peter M C Klein Klouwenberg;Cristian Spitoni;Brendon P Scicluna

  • Swarm Learning for decentralized and confidential clinical machine learning.

    Stefanie Warnat-Herresthal;Hartmut Schultze;Krishnaprasad Lingadahalli Shastry;Sathyanarayanan Manamohan

  • NAD(P)H Oxidase and Multidrug Resistance Protein Genetic Polymorphisms Are Associated With Doxorubicin-Induced Cardiotoxicity

    Leszek Wojnowski;Bettina Kulle;Markus Schirmer;Gregor Schlüter

  • Diagnostic yield of various genetic approaches in patients with unexplained developmental delay or mental retardation.

    Anita Rauch;Juliane Hoyer;Sabine Guth;Christiane Zweier

  • Mutations in the Tight-Junction Gene Claudin 19 (CLDN19) Are Associated with Renal Magnesium Wasting, Renal Failure, and Severe Ocular Involvement

    Martin Konrad;André Schaller;Dominik Seelow;Amit V. Pandey

  • Recessive mutations in DGKE cause atypical hemolytic-uremic syndrome

    Mathieu Lemaire;Véronique Frémeaux-Bacchi;Franz Schaefer;Murim Choi

  • Recurrent microdeletions at 15q11.2 and 16p13.11 predispose to idiopathic generalized epilepsies

    Carolien G F De Kovel;Holger Trucks;Ingo Helbig;Heather C. Mefford

  • Mutations in GRIN2A cause idiopathic focal epilepsy with rolandic spikes

    Johannes R Lemke;Dennis Lal;Eva M Reinthaler;Isabelle Steiner

  • A comprehensive linkage analysis for myocardial infarction and its related risk factors.

    Ulrich Broeckel;Christian Hengstenberg;Björn Mayer;Stephan Holmer

Frequent Co-Authors

Janine Altmüller
Janine Altmüller University of Cologne
Gudrun Nürnberg
Gudrun Nürnberg University of Cologne
Holger Thiele
Holger Thiele Leipzig University
Mohammad R. Toliat
Mohammad R. Toliat University of Cologne
Christian Becker
Christian Becker University of Cologne
Bernd Wollnik
Bernd Wollnik University of Göttingen
Christian Kubisch
Christian Kubisch Universität Hamburg
Michael Krawczak
Michael Krawczak Kiel University
Jochen Hampe
Jochen Hampe TU Dresden
Thomas Sander
Thomas Sander University of Cologne

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