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D-Index
68
Citations
20267
World Ranking
7685
National Ranking
140

Peter Schürmann 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 Schürmann sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 181 publications — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Peter Schürmann 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 Schürmann sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 68 D-Index — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Peter Schürmann is affiliated with the University of Neuchâtel in Switzerland. Their research mainly focuses on medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with an emphasis on cancer research and related molecular mechanisms.

The scientist's work spans multiple subfields, including cancer research, molecular biology, epidemiology, endocrine and autonomic systems, and immunology. Their research interests are reflected in the main topics they cover, such as cancer-related molecular mechanisms research, cervical cancer and HPV research, neuroscience of respiration and sleep, cancer genomics and diagnostics, neuroendocrine regulation and behavior, neonatal respiratory health research, and reproductive tract infections research.

They have published extensively in several scientific journals, with frequent contributions to the following venues:

  • International Journal of Cancer
  • International Journal of Legal Medicine
  • Tumour Virus Research
  • HLA
  • Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

Among recent published papers are:

  • "Association of genomic variants at the human leukocyte antigen locus with cervical cancer risk, HPV status and gene expression levels" (2020), International Journal of Cancer
  • "Association of genomic variants at PAX8 and PBX2 with cervical cancer risk" (2021), International Journal of Cancer
  • "Gene variants associated with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in relation to sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)" (2021), International Journal of Legal Medicine
  • "Genetic association study of fatal pulmonary embolism" (2020), International Journal of Legal Medicine
  • "Association of two genomic variants with HPV type-specific risk of cervical cancer" (2023), Tumour Virus Research

Peter Schürmann often collaborates with a set of frequent co-authors, including:

  • Thilo Dörk
  • Dhanya Ramachandran
  • Peter Hillemanns
  • Matthias Jentschke
  • Gerd Böhmer

Best Publications

  • Association analysis identifies 65 new breast cancer risk loci

    Kyriaki Michailidou;Kyriaki Michailidou;Sara Lindström;Sara Lindström;Joe Dennis;Jonathan Beesley

  • Polygenic Risk Scores for Prediction of Breast Cancer and Breast Cancer Subtypes

    Nasim Mavaddat;Kyriaki Michailidou;Kyriaki Michailidou;Joe Dennis;Michael Lush

  • Breast Cancer Risk Genes - Association Analysis in More than 113,000 Women

    Leila Dorling;Sara Carvalho;Jamie Allen

  • A common coding variant in CASP8 is associated with breast cancer risk

    Angela Cox;Alison M. Dunning;Montserrat Garcia-Closas;Sabapathy Balasubramanian

  • Rapid induction of virus-neutralizing antibodies and viral clearance in a single-source outbreak of hepatitis C

    Jan M. Pestka;Mirjam B. Zeisel;Edith Bläser;Peter Schürmann

  • Prediction of Breast Cancer Risk Based on Profiling With Common Genetic Variants

    Nasim Mavaddat;Paul D.P. Pharoah;Kyriaki Michailidou;Jonathan Tyrer

  • Newly discovered breast cancer susceptibility loci on 3p24 and 17q23.2.

    Shahana Ahmed;Gilles Thomas;Maya Ghoussaini;Catherine S. Healey

  • Proteomics gives insight into the regulatory function of chloroplast thioredoxins

    Yves Balmer;Antonius Koller;Gregorio del Val;Wanda Manieri

  • The ferredoxin/thioredoxin system of oxygenic photosynthesis.

    Peter Schürmann;Bob B. Buchanan

  • PLANT THIOREDOXIN SYSTEMS REVISITED.

    Peter Schürmann;J.-P. Jacquot

  • Heterogeneity of Breast Cancer Associations with Five Susceptibility Loci by Clinical and Pathological Characteristics

    Montserrat Garcia-Closas;Per Hall;Heli Nevanlinna;Karen Pooley

  • Evidence of presynaptic location and function of the prion protein.

    Jochen Herms;Tobias Tings;Stefan Gall;Axel Madlung

  • Identification of ten variants associated with risk of estrogen-receptor-negative breast cancer.

    Roger L Milne;Roger L Milne;Karoline B Kuchenbaecker;Karoline B Kuchenbaecker;Kyriaki Michailidou;Kyriaki Michailidou;Jonathan Beesley

  • Genome-wide association study identifies 32 novel breast cancer susceptibility loci from overall and subtype-specific analyses

    Haoyu Zhang;Haoyu Zhang;Thomas U. Ahearn;Julie Lecarpentier;Daniel Barnes

  • Thioredoxin links redox to the regulation of fundamental processes of plant mitochondria.

    Yves Balmer;William H. Vensel;Charlene K. Tanaka;William J. Hurkman

  • Genome-wide association analysis identifies three new breast cancer susceptibility loci

    Maya Ghoussaini;Olivia Fletcher;Kyriaki Michailidou;Clare Turnbull

  • The plant-specific function of 2-Cys peroxiredoxin-mediated detoxification of peroxides in the redox-hierarchy of photosynthetic electron flux

    Janine König;Margarete Baier;Frank Horling;Uwe Kahmann

  • Modulation of coupling factor ATPase activity in intact chloroplasts: The role of the thioredoxin system

    John D. Mills;Peter Mitchell;Peter Schürmann

  • Ferredoxin-activated Fructose Diphosphatase of Spinach Chloroplasts: RESOLUTION OF THE SYSTEM, PROPERTIES OF THE ALKALINE FRUCTOSE DIPHOSPHATASE COMPONENT, AND PHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE FERREDOXIN-LINKED ACTIVATION

    Bob B. Buchanan;Peter Schürmann;Peter P. Kalberer

  • A complete ferredoxin/thioredoxin system regulates fundamental processes in amyloplasts

    Yves Balmer;William H. Vensel;Nick Cai;Wanda Manieri

Frequent Co-Authors

Bob B. Buchanan
Bob B. Buchanan University of California, Berkeley
Jean-Pierre Jacquot
Jean-Pierre Jacquot University of Lorraine
David B. Knaff
David B. Knaff Texas Tech University
Akira Tsugita
Akira Tsugita University of Tokyo
Hans Eklund
Hans Eklund Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Michael K. Johnson
Michael K. Johnson University of Georgia
Christian Brunold
Christian Brunold University of Bern
Karl-Josef Dietz
Karl-Josef Dietz Bielefeld University
Stanislav Kopriva
Stanislav Kopriva University of Cologne
Nicolas Rouhier
Nicolas Rouhier University of Lorraine

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