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111
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42101
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Rainer Schulz publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

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

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 538 publications — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Rainer Schulz D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

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

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 111 D-Index — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Overview

Rainer Schulz is affiliated with the University of Giessen in Germany, contributing extensively to the fields of medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research spans a broad spectrum within these disciplines, with a significant focus on molecular biology and cardiology-related subfields.

The main areas of study for Schulz include molecular biology, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, pathology and forensic medicine, physiology, and developmental neuroscience. Their research particularly emphasizes topics related to cardiac ischemia and reperfusion, anesthesia and neurotoxicity, cardiac arrest and resuscitation, mitochondrial function and pathology, pulmonary hypertension research and treatments, cardiac fibrosis and remodeling, and cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias.

Frequent publication venues for Schulz's work include the International Journal of Molecular Sciences, British Journal of Pharmacology, Cardiovascular Research, Basic Research in Cardiology, and Redox Biology. This range of journals reflects the interdisciplinary nature of their research contributions.

Key recent papers authored by or associated with Schulz cover a variety of cardiovascular and biochemical topics, including:

  • Effects of air pollution particles (ultrafine and fine particulate matter) on mitochondrial function and oxidative stress - Implications for cardiovascular and neurodegenerative diseases, 2020, Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics
  • IMproving Preclinical Assessment of Cardioprotective Therapies (IMPACT) criteria: guidelines of the EU-CARDIOPROTECTION COST Action, 2021, Basic Research in Cardiology
  • Interaction of Cardiovascular Nonmodifiable Risk Factors, Comorbidities and Comedications With Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury and Cardioprotection by Pharmacological Treatments and Ischemic Conditioning, 2022, Pharmacological Reviews
  • Oxidative stress and inflammation contribute to traffic noise-induced vascular and cerebral dysfunction via uncoupling of nitric oxide synthases, 2020, Redox Biology
  • Health position paper and redox perspectives on reactive oxygen species as signals and targets of cardioprotection, 2023, Redox Biology

Schulz collaborates frequently with several researchers, including Péter Ferdinandy, Klaus-Dieter Schlüter, Susanne Rohrbach, Zoltán Giricz, and Jacqueline Heger. These collaborations reflect an active engagement in multidisciplinary research efforts within cardiovascular and molecular biology domains.

Best Publications

  • A Cathepsin D-Cleaved 16 kDa Form of Prolactin Mediates Postpartum Cardiomyopathy

    Denise Hilfiker-Kleiner;Karol Kaminski;Edith Podewski;Tomasz Bonda

  • Interaction of Cardiovascular Risk Factors with Myocardial Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury, Preconditioning, and Postconditioning

    Peter Ferdinandy;Rainer Schulz;Gary F. Baxter

  • Postconditioning and protection from reperfusion injury: where do we stand? Position paper from the Working Group of Cellular Biology of the Heart of the European Society of Cardiology

    Michel Ovize;Gary F. Baxter;Fabio Di Lisa;Péter Ferdinandy

  • Plasma nitrite reflects constitutive nitric oxide synthase activity in mammals.

    Petra Kleinbongard;André Dejam;Thomas Lauer;Tienush Rassaf;Tienush Rassaf

  • Red blood cells express a functional endothelial nitric oxide synthase.

    Petra Kleinbongard;Rainer Schulz;Tienush Rassaf;Thomas Lauer

  • Interaction of Risk Factors, Comorbidities, and Comedications with Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury and Cardioprotection by Preconditioning, Postconditioning, and Remote Conditioning

    Peter Ferdinandy;Derek J. Hausenloy;Gerd Heusch;Gary Francis Baxter

  • Nitric oxide in myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury.

    Rainer Schulz;Malte Kelm;Gerd Heusch

  • Multitarget Strategies to Reduce Myocardial Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury: JACC Review Topic of the Week.

    Sean M. Davidson;Péter Ferdinandy;Ioanna Andreadou;Hans Erik Bøtker

  • High-Density Lipoproteins and Their Constituent, Sphingosine-1-Phosphate, Directly Protect the Heart Against Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury In Vivo via the S1P3 Lysophospholipid Receptor

    Gregor Theilmeier;Christoph Schmidt;Jörg Herrmann;Petra Keul

  • Cardioprotection Nitric Oxide, Protein Kinases, and Mitochondria

    Gerd Heusch;Kerstin Boengler;Rainer Schulz

  • TNFα in atherosclerosis, myocardial ischemia/reperfusion and heart failure

    Petra Kleinbongard;Gerd Heusch;Rainer Schulz

  • Coronary microembolization: from bedside to bench and back to bedside.

    Gerd Heusch;Petra Kleinbongard;Dirk Böse;Bodo Levkau

  • Measurement of regional myocardial blood flow with multiple colored microspheres.

    P Kowallik;R Schulz;B D Guth;A Schade

  • Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription 3 Is Required for Myocardial Capillary Growth, Control of Interstitial Matrix Deposition, and Heart Protection From Ischemic Injury

    Denise Hilfiker-Kleiner;Andres Hilfiker;Martin Fuchs;Karol Kaminski

  • Inhibition of permeability transition pore opening by mitochondrial STAT3 and its role in myocardial ischemia/reperfusion

    Kerstin Boengler;Denise Hilfiker-Kleiner;Gerd Heusch;Rainer Schulz

  • ATP Release From Activated Neutrophils Occurs via Connexin 43 and Modulates Adenosine-Dependent Endothelial Cell Function

    Holger K. Eltzschig;Tobias Eckle;Alice Mager;Natalie Küper

  • The myocardial JAK/STAT pathway: from protection to failure.

    Kerstin Boengler;Denise Hilfiker-Kleiner;Helmut Drexler;Gerd Heusch

  • Signal transduction of ischemic preconditioning.

    Rainer Schulz;Michael V Cohen;Matthias Behrends;James M Downey

  • Decreased plasma levels of nitric oxide derivatives in obstructive sleep apnoea: response to CPAP therapy

    R Schulz;D Schmidt;A Blum;X Lopes-Ribeiro

  • Letter by Xia regarding article, "High-density lipoproteins and their constituent, sphingosine-1-phosphate, directly protect the heart against ischemia/reperfusion injury in vivo via the S1P3 lysophospholipid receptor".

    Gregor Theilmeier;Christoph Schmidt;Jörg Herrmann;Petra Keul

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerd Heusch
Gerd Heusch University of Duisburg-Essen
Péter Ferdinandy
Péter Ferdinandy Semmelweis University
David Garcia-Dorado
David Garcia-Dorado Autonomous University of Barcelona
Derek J. Hausenloy
Derek J. Hausenloy National University of Singapore
Fabio Di Lisa
Fabio Di Lisa University of Padua
Raimund Erbel
Raimund Erbel University of Duisburg-Essen
Malte Kelm
Malte Kelm Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Werner Seeger
Werner Seeger University of Giessen
Sean M. Davidson
Sean M. Davidson University College London
Derek M. Yellon
Derek M. Yellon University College London

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