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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Molecular Biology 56 2181 1963 144 133 125 20077

Philipp Mertins publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Philipp Mertins between 1987 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Philipp Mertins published across 40 years, from 1987 to 2026, averaging 8.9 papers a year. Output peaked at 91 publications in 2024. 38 of the 354 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
20 40 60 80
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1987 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 91. Peak 91 publications in 2024. 1987: 1 publication 1988: 0 publications 1989: 0 publications 1990: 1 publication 1991: 0 publications 1992: 0 publications 1993: 0 publications 1994: 0 publications 1995: 0 publications 1996: 0 publications 1997: 0 publications 1998: 0 publications 1999: 0 publications 2000: 0 publications 2001: 0 publications 2002: 0 publications 2003: 0 publications 2004: 0 publications 2005: 0 publications 2006: 1 publication 2007: 0 publications 2008: 1 publication 2009: 0 publications 2010: 0 publications 2011: 1 publication 2012: 4 publications 2013: 6 publications 2014: 7 publications 2015: 10 publications 2016: 7 publications 2017: 8 publications 2018: 13 publications 2019: 11 publications 2020: 23 publications 2021: 17 publications 2022: 24 publications 2023: 90 publications 2024: 91 publications 2025: 35 publications 2026: 3 publications
1987 2026

354 publications in total across all disciplines

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Philipp Mertins: publications per year, 1987 to 2026
Year Publications
1987 1
1988 0
1989 0
1990 1
1991 0
1992 0
1993 0
1994 0
1995 0
1996 0
1997 0
1998 0
1999 0
2000 0
2001 0
2002 0
2003 0
2004 0
2005 0
2006 1
2007 0
2008 1
2009 0
2010 0
2011 1
2012 4
2013 6
2014 7
2015 10
2016 7
2017 8
2018 13
2019 11
2020 23
2021 17
2022 24
2023 90
2024 91
2025 35
2026 3
Total 354
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Philipp Mertins publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Molecular Biology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Philipp Mertins sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 53 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 47–56 to 564+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 177. Most scientists, 177, have 117–126 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 117–126 publications, is where this scientist sits. 47–56 publications: 7 scientists 57–66 publications: 17 scientists 67–76 publications: 65 scientists 77–86 publications: 90 scientists 87–96 publications: 125 scientists 97–106 publications: 131 scientists 107–116 publications: 162 scientists 117–126 publications: 177 scientists 127–136 publications: 158 scientists 137–146 publications: 158 scientists 147–156 publications: 146 scientists 157–166 publications: 159 scientists 167–176 publications: 131 scientists 177–186 publications: 110 scientists 187–196 publications: 112 scientists 197–206 publications: 100 scientists 207–216 publications: 89 scientists 217–226 publications: 98 scientists 227–236 publications: 74 scientists 237–246 publications: 72 scientists 247–256 publications: 63 scientists 257–266 publications: 53 scientists 267–276 publications: 54 scientists 277–286 publications: 49 scientists 287–296 publications: 52 scientists 297–306 publications: 43 scientists 307–316 publications: 46 scientists 317–326 publications: 41 scientists 327–336 publications: 42 scientists 337–346 publications: 31 scientists 347–356 publications: 28 scientists 357–366 publications: 29 scientists 367–376 publications: 26 scientists 377–386 publications: 24 scientists 387–396 publications: 24 scientists 397–406 publications: 14 scientists 407–416 publications: 13 scientists 417–426 publications: 20 scientists 427–436 publications: 12 scientists 437–446 publications: 20 scientists 447–456 publications: 11 scientists 457–466 publications: 10 scientists 467–476 publications: 14 scientists 477–486 publications: 14 scientists 487–496 publications: 10 scientists 497–506 publications: 13 scientists 507–516 publications: 13 scientists 517–526 publications: 2 scientists 527–536 publications: 4 scientists 537–546 publications: 6 scientists 547–556 publications: 8 scientists 557–563 publications: 6 scientists 564+ publications: 100 scientists
47–56 publications 564+

This scientist: 125 publications — 25th percentile

25% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.

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Number of Molecular Biology scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,076 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
47–56 7
57–66 17
67–76 65
77–86 90
87–96 125
97–106 131
107–116 162
117–126 177 125
127–136 158
137–146 158
147–156 146
157–166 159
167–176 131
177–186 110
187–196 112
197–206 100
207–216 89
217–226 98
227–236 74
237–246 72
247–256 63
257–266 53
267–276 54
277–286 49
287–296 52
297–306 43
307–316 46
317–326 41
327–336 42
337–346 31
347–356 28
357–366 29
367–376 26
377–386 24
387–396 24
397–406 14
407–416 13
417–426 20
427–436 12
437–446 20
447–456 11
457–466 10
467–476 14
477–486 14
487–496 10
497–506 13
507–516 13
517–526 2
527–536 4
537–546 6
547–556 8
557–563 6
564+ 100
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Philipp Mertins D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026

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

No. of scientists
25 50 75 100 125
Bar chart with 54 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 145+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 131. Most scientists, 131, have 64–65 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 56–57 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 36 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 101 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 115 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 121 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 118 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 130 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 106 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 116 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 113 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 129 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 120 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 105 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 131 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 95 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 97 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 106 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 83 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 89 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 77 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 70 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 73 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 60 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 48 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 45 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 50 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 31 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 51 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 43 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 38 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 39 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 41 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 29 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 33 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 35 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 20 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 38 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 19 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 28 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 13 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 23 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 16 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 15 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 11 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 21 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 7 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 13 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 14 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 17 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 9 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 8 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 16 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 7 scientists 144 D-Index: 7 scientists 145+ D-Index: 100 scientists
40–41 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 56 D-Index — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

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Number of Molecular Biology scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,076 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 36
42–43 101
44–45 115
46–47 121
48–49 118
50–51 130
52–53 106
54–55 116
56–57 113 56
58–59 129
60–61 120
62–63 105
64–65 131
66–67 95
68–69 97
70–71 106
72–73 83
74–75 89
76–77 77
78–79 70
80–81 73
82–83 60
84–85 48
86–87 45
88–89 50
90–91 31
92–93 51
94–95 43
96–97 38
98–99 39
100–101 41
102–103 29
104–105 33
106–107 35
108–109 20
110–111 38
112–113 19
114–115 28
116–117 13
118–119 23
120–121 16
122–123 15
124–125 11
126–127 21
128–129 7
130–131 13
132–133 14
134–135 17
136–137 9
138–139 8
140–141 16
142–143 7
144 7
145+ 100
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Overview

Philipp Mertins is affiliated with the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in Germany. Their research spans several interconnected fields within the life sciences, with a particular focus on molecular mechanisms underlying diseases and cellular function.

The primary fields of study in which Philipp Mertins has contributed include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine

Within these broad categories, Mertins' work covers various subfields:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Immunology
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
  • Oncology
  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

The main topics addressed in their research feature:

  • Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances
  • Ubiquitin and Proteasome Pathways
  • Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications
  • RNA and Protein Synthesis Mechanisms
  • Protein Degradation and Inhibitors
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • RNA Research and Splicing

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Philipp Mertins include:

  • Proteogenomic Landscape of Breast Cancer Tumorigenesis and Targeted Therapy, 2020, Cell
  • Systems Analysis of RhoGEF and RhoGAP Regulatory Proteins Reveals Spatially Organized RAC1 Signalling from Integrin Adhesions, 2020, Nature Cell Biology
  • Longitudinal Effects of Elexacaftor/Tezacaftor/Ivacaftor on Sputum Viscoelastic Properties, Airway Infection and Inflammation in Patients with Cystic Fibrosis, 2023, European Respiratory Journal
  • Evolutionary Origins and Interactomes of Human, Young Microproteins and Small Peptides Translated from Short Open Reading Frames, 2023, Molecular Cell
  • Self-Sustaining IL-8 Loops Drive a Prothrombotic Neutrophil Phenotype in Severe COVID-19, 2021, JCI Insight

Mertins has frequently collaborated with several researchers in their field, including:

  • Marieluise Kirchner
  • Oliver Popp
  • Kerstin Fentker
  • Matthias Ziehm
  • Marcus Mall

The venues where their research has most often been published include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Journal of Cystic Fibrosis
  • Klinische Pädiatrie
  • Frontiers in Immunology

Best Publications

  • Proteogenomics connects somatic mutations to signalling in breast cancer

    Philipp Mertins;D. R. Mani;Kelly V. Ruggles;Michael A. Gillette;Michael A. Gillette

  • Proteogenomic characterization of human colon and rectal cancer

    Bing Zhang;Jing Wang;Xiaojing Wang;Jing Zhu

  • Perturbation of m6A Writers Reveals Two Distinct Classes of mRNA Methylation at Internal and 5′ Sites

    Schraga Schwartz;Maxwell R. Mumbach;Marko Jovanovic;Tim Wang;Tim Wang

  • Integrated Proteogenomic Characterization of Human High-Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer

    Hui Zhang;Tao Liu;Zhen Zhang;Samuel H. Payne

  • High-Resolution Mapping Reveals a Conserved, Widespread, Dynamic mRNA Methylation Program in Yeast Meiosis

    Schraga Schwartz;Sudeep D. Agarwala;Maxwell R. Mumbach;Marko Jovanovic

  • Integrated proteomic analysis of post-translational modifications by serial enrichment

    Philipp Mertins;Jana W Qiao;Jinal Patel;Namrata D Udeshi

  • Proteogenomic Analysis of Human Colon Cancer Reveals New Therapeutic Opportunities.

    Suhas Vasaikar;Chen Huang;Xiaojing Wang;Vladislav A. Petyuk

  • Reproducible workflow for multiplexed deep-scale proteome and phosphoproteome analysis of tumor tissues by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry

    Philipp Mertins;Philipp Mertins;Lauren C. Tang;Karsten Krug;David J. Clark

  • A Genome-wide CRISPR Screen in Primary Immune Cells to Dissect Regulatory Networks

    Oren Parnas;Marko Jovanovic;Thomas M. Eisenhaure;Thomas M. Eisenhaure;Rebecca H. Herbst;Rebecca H. Herbst

  • The Translational Landscape of the Human Heart

    Sebastiaan van Heesch;Franziska Witte;Valentin Schneider-Lunitz;Jana F. Schulz

  • Dynamic profiling of the protein life cycle in response to pathogens

    Marko Jovanovic;Michael S. Rooney;Philipp Mertins;Dariusz Przybylski

  • Transcriptional and Translational Differences of Microglia from Male and Female Brains.

    Dilansu Guneykaya;Andranik Ivanov;Daniel Perez Hernandez;Verena Haage

  • Refined Preparation and Use of Anti-diglycine Remnant (K-ε-GG) Antibody Enables Routine Quantification of 10,000s of Ubiquitination Sites in Single Proteomics Experiments

    Namrata D. Udeshi;Tanya Svinkina;Philipp Mertins;Eric Kuhn

  • Ischemia in Tumors Induces Early and Sustained Phosphorylation Changes in Stress Kinase Pathways but Does Not Affect Global Protein Levels

    Philipp Mertins;Feng Yang;Tao Liu;D. R. Mani

  • Proteogenomic Landscape of Breast Cancer Tumorigenesis and Targeted Therapy.

    Karsten Krug;Eric J. Jaehnig;Shankha Satpathy;Lili Blumenberg

  • TMT Labeling for the Masses: A Robust and Cost-efficient, In-solution Labeling Approach.

    Jana Zecha;Shankha Satpathy;Tamara Kanashova;Shayan C. Avanessian

  • Functional analysis of receptor tyrosine kinase mutations in lung cancer identifies oncogenic extracellular domain mutations of ERBB2

    Heidi Greulich;Bethany Kaplan;Philipp Mertins;Tzu-Hsiu Chen

  • Large-scale identification of ubiquitination sites by mass spectrometry

    Namrata D Udeshi;Philipp Mertins;Tanya Svinkina;Steven A Carr

  • A Curated Resource for Phosphosite-specific Signature Analysis

    Karsten Krug;Philipp Mertins;Philipp Mertins;Bin Zhang;Peter Hornbeck

  • A Genome-wide CRISPR Screen in Primary Immune Cells to Dissect Regulatory Networks

    Oren Parnas;Marko Jovanovic;Thomas M. Eisenhaure;Rebecca H. Herbst

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven A. Carr
Steven A. Carr Broad Institute
Nir Hacohen
Nir Hacohen Harvard University
Karl R. Clauser
Karl R. Clauser Broad Institute
Aviv Regev
Aviv Regev Genentech
Matthew J. Ellis
Matthew J. Ellis Baylor College of Medicine
Li Ding
Li Ding Washington University in St. Louis
David Fenyö
David Fenyö New York University
Benjamin L. Ebert
Benjamin L. Ebert Harvard University
Amanda G. Paulovich
Amanda G. Paulovich Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Bing Zhang
Bing Zhang Baylor College of Medicine

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