The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Rainer U. Meckenstock sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 153 publications — 15th percentile
15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.
The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Rainer U. Meckenstock sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 68 D-Index — 64th percentile
64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.
Rainer U. Meckenstock is affiliated with the University of Duisburg-Essen in Germany. Their research focuses extensively on environmental science and engineering, with a significant concentration on pollution, molecular biology, ecology, biomedical engineering, and environmental chemistry.
Meckenstock's scientific contributions span several main topics including microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants, microbial community ecology and physiology, microbial metabolic engineering and bioproduction, anaerobic digestion and biogas production, environmental remediation with nanomaterials, hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, and arsenic contamination and mitigation.
Frequent publication venues for Meckenstock's work include Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Environmental Science & Technology, FEMS Microbiology Ecology, and The Science of The Total Environment.
Among their recent papers are the following:
Several researchers have frequently co-authored publications with Meckenstock. These include Lisa Voskuhl, Verena S. Brauer, Mark Pannekens, Sadjad Mohammadian, and Isabelle Heker.
Rainer U. Meckenstock;Barbara Morasch;Christian Griebler;Hans H. Richnow
Ralf Rabus;Matthias Boll;Johann Heider;Rainer U. Meckenstock
Torsten C. Schmidt;Luc Zwank;Martin Elsner;Michael Berg
Rainer U. Meckenstock;Eva Annweiler;Walter Michaelis;Hans H. Richnow
Rainer U. Meckenstock;Martin Elsner;Christian Griebler;Tillmann Lueders
Rainer U. Meckenstock;Matthias Boll;Housna Mouttaki;Janina S. Koelschbach
Christian Griebler;Michael Safinowski;Andrea Vieth;Hans H Richnow
Rainer U Meckenstock;Michael Safinowski;Christian Griebler
Manfred Wolf;Andreas Kappler;Jie Jiang;Rainer U. Meckenstock
Christian Winderl;Bettina Anneser;Christian Griebler;Rainer U. Meckenstock
Dirk Schulze-Makuch;Dirk Schulze-Makuch;Dirk Wagner;Samuel P Kounaves;Samuel P Kounaves;Kai Mangelsdorf
Umakanth Kunapuli;Tillmann Lueders;Rainer U Meckenstock
Rainer U Meckenstock;Housna Mouttaki
Nidal Abu Laban;Draženka Selesi;Thomas Rattei;Patrick Tischler
Eva Annweiler;Arne Materna;Michael Safinowski;Andreas Kappler
Eva Annweiler;Walter Michaelis;Rainer U. Meckenstock
Barbara Morasch;Hans H. Richnow;Bernhard Schink;Rainer U. Meckenstock
Hans H. Richnow;Eva Annweiler;Walter Michaelis;Rainer U. Meckenstock
Mark Pannekens;Lisa Kroll;Hubert Müller;Fatou Tall Mbow
Barbara Morasch;Barbara Morasch;Bernhard Schink;Christoph C. Tebbe;Rainer U. Meckenstock
Caroline Kisker;Hermann Schindelin;Dietmar Baas;Janos Rétey
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