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D-Index
98
Citations
33774
World Ranking
1670
National Ranking
931

Rainer Fischer 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 Rainer Fischer sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 484 publications — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Rainer Fischer 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 Rainer Fischer sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 98 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Rainer Fischer is affiliated with Purdue University West Lafayette in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Within these fields, the scientist's work spans several subfields including Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Biotechnology, Cell Biology, and Pharmacology.

The scientist's main research topics cover various specialized areas such as:

  • Fungal and yeast genetics research
  • Fungal biology and applications
  • Light effects on plants
  • Nematode management and characterization studies
  • Genetics, aging, and longevity in model organisms
  • Bioluminescence and chemiluminescence research
  • Enzyme-mediated dye degradation

Rainer Fischer has contributed to multiple research publications, including notable papers such as:

  • "Molecular farming - The slope of enlightenment" (2020), published in Biotechnology Advances
  • "Flow Cytometry: The Next Revolution" (2023), published in Cells
  • "Fatal attraction of Caenorhabditis elegans to predatory fungi through 6-methyl-salicylic acid" (2021), published in Nature Communications
  • "Immobilization of yeast cell walls with surface displayed laccase from Streptomyces cyaneus within dopamine-alginate beads for dye decolorization" (2021), published in International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
  • "Fungal Melanin Biosynthesis Pathway as Source for Fungal Toxins" (2022), published in mBio

The scientist has frequently published in venues such as:

  • Nature Communications
  • mBio
  • PLoS Genetics
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • PLoS Pathogens

Collaboration is an important part of their work. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Valentin Wernet
  • Zhenzhong Yu
  • Raluca Ostafe
  • Jia Gao
  • Radivoje Prodanović

Best Publications

  • The CRISPR/Cas9 system for plant genome editing and beyond

    Luisa Bortesi;Rainer Fischer

  • A comprehensive model for the cellular uptake of cationic cell-penetrating peptides

    Falk Duchardt;Mariola Fotin-Mleczek;Heinz Schwarz;Rainer Fischer

  • Molecular farming in plants: host systems and expression technology.

    Richard M. Twyman;Eva Stoger;Stefan Schillberg;Paul Christou

  • Plant-based production of biopharmaceuticals.

    Rainer Fischer;Eva Stoger;Stefan Schillberg;Paul Christou

  • Autophagy promotes MHC class II presentation of peptides from intracellular source proteins

    Jörn Dengjel;Oliver Schoor;Rainer Fischer;Michael Reich

  • Plant cell cultures for the production of recombinant proteins

    Stephan Hellwig;Jürgen Drossard;Richard M Twyman;Rainer Fischer

  • Tomato Ve disease resistance genes encode cell surface-like receptors

    Lawrence M. Kawchuk;John Hachey;Dermot R. Lynch;Frank Kulcsar

  • Molecular farming of pharmaceutical proteins.

    Rainer Fischer;Neil Emans

  • Detection of hematogenous micrometastasis in patients with prostate cancer

    J G Moreno;C M Croce;R Fischer;M Monne

  • Cereal crops as viable production and storage systems for pharmaceutical scFv antibodies.

    Eva Stöger;Carmen Vaquero;Esperanza Torres;Markus Sack

  • Transient expression of a tumor-specific single-chain fragment and a chimeric antibody in tobacco leaves.

    Carmen Vaquero;Markus Sack;John Chandler;Jürgen Drossard

  • Sowing the seeds of success: pharmaceutical proteins from plants.

    Eva Stoger;Julian K.-C. Ma;Rainer Fischer;Paul Christou

  • Molecular farming for new drugs and vaccines. Current perspectives on the production of pharmaceuticals in transgenic plants

    Julian K C. Ma;Eugenia Barros;Ralph Bock;Paul Christou

  • Endosperm-specific co-expression of recombinant soybean ferritin and Aspergillus phytase in maize results in significant increases in the levels of bioavailable iron.

    Georgia Drakakaki;Sylvain Marcel;Raymond P. Glahn;Elizabeth K. Lund

  • Detection of on-target and off-target mutations generated by CRISPR/Cas9 and other sequence-specific nucleases.

    Julia Zischewski;Rainer Fischer;Luisa Bortesi

  • Optimization of human papillomavirus type 16 (HPV-16) L1 expression in plants: comparison of the suitability of different HPV-16 L1 gene variants and different cell-compartment localization

    J. Maclean;M. Koekemoer;A. J. Olivier;D. Stewart

  • Plant-derived pharmaceuticals – the road forward

    Julian K.-C. Ma;Rachel Chikwamba;Penny Sparrow;Rainer Fischer

  • Auxin transport inhibitors impair vesicle motility and actin cytoskeleton dynamics in diverse eukaryotes

    Pankaj Dhonukshe;Pankaj Dhonukshe;Pankaj Dhonukshe;Ilya Grigoriev;Rainer Fischer;Motoki Tominaga

  • Tumor localization of anti-CEA single-chain Fvs: improved targeting by non-covalent dimers

    Anna M. Wu;Wengang Chen;Andrew Raubitschek;Lawrence E. Williams

  • Plantibodies: applications, advantages and bottlenecks.

    Eva Stoger;Markus Sack;Rainer Fischer;Paul Christou

Frequent Co-Authors

Stefan Schillberg
Stefan Schillberg Fraunhofer Society
Richard M. Twyman
Richard M. Twyman University of Warwick
Dirk Prüfer
Dirk Prüfer University of Münster
Eva Stoger
Eva Stoger BOKU University
Paul Christou
Paul Christou University of Lleida
Andreas Vilcinskas
Andreas Vilcinskas University of Giessen
Julian K.-C. Ma
Julian K.-C. Ma St George's, University of London
Friedrich Altmann
Friedrich Altmann BOKU University
Nicole F. Steinmetz
Nicole F. Steinmetz University of California, San Diego
Johannes Stadlmann
Johannes Stadlmann BOKU University

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