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Ralf Erdmann

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
78
Citations
26918
World Ranking
4480
National Ranking
330

Ralf Erdmann publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 236 publications — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ralf Erdmann 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 Ralf Erdmann sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 78 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Ralf Erdmann is affiliated with Ruhr University Bochum in Germany and works primarily within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, contributing 127 publications in this domain. Their research also spans Medicine with 34 publications. The subfields of study include Molecular Biology (116 publications), Epidemiology (19 publications), Immunology (7 publications), Organic Chemistry (6 publications), and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (5 publications).

The scientist's research topics focus extensively on Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors, with 92 publications, and RNA Research and Splicing, covered in 44 publications. Other key topics include Trypanosoma species research and implications (30 publications), RNA modifications and cancer (22 publications), interferon and immune responses (12 publications), biochemical and molecular research (10 publications), and fungal and yeast genetics research (8 publications).

Frequent co-authors in their work include Wolfgang Schliebs (31 collaborations), Vishal C. Kalel (18), Michael Sattler (15), Wolfgang Girzalsky (10), and Katharina Reglinski (9).

The scientist's work has been published repeatedly in several venues, with the highest number of publications appearing in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with 15 papers. Other regular publication outlets are Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology (8 publications), Biological Chemistry (7 publications), Methods in Molecular Biology (4 publications), and European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry (3 publications).

Among recent papers authored by their research group or coauthors are the following:

  • Challenges of Using Expansion Microscopy for Super-resolved Imaging of Cellular Organelles, 2020, ChemBioChem
  • A piggybacking mechanism enables peroxisomal localization of the glyoxylate cycle enzyme Mdh2 in yeast, 2020, Journal of Cell Science
  • The Peroxisomal Targeting Signal 3 (PTS3) of the Budding Yeast Acyl-CoA Oxidase Is a Signal Patch, 2020, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • Pex14p Phosphorylation Modulates Import of Citrate Synthase 2 Into Peroxisomes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, 2020, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • Towards the molecular architecture of the peroxisomal receptor docking complex, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Ralf Erdmann was recognized as a Member of Academia Europaea in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • A unified nomenclature for peroxisome biogenesis factors.

    B. Distel;R. Erdmann;S. J. Gould;G. Blobel

  • Pex14p, a Peroxisomal Membrane Protein Binding Both Receptors of the Two PTS-Dependent Import Pathways

    Markus Albertini;Peter Rehling;Ralf Erdmann;Wolfgang Girzalsky

  • PAS1, a yeast gene required for peroxisome biogenesis, encodes a member of a novel family of putative ATPases

    Ralf Erdmann;Franziska F. Wiebel;Arne Flessau;Joanna Rytka

  • Yeast cell cycle protein CDC48p shows full-length homology to the mammalian protein VCP and is a member of a protein family involved in secretion, peroxisome formation, and gene expression.

    K U Fröhlich;H W Fries;M Rüdiger;R Erdmann

  • Isolation of peroxisome-deficient mutants of Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

    Ralf Erdmann;Marten Veenhuis;Daphne Mertens;Wolf-H. Kunau

  • PAS7 encodes a novel yeast member of the WD-40 protein family essential for import of 3-oxoacyl-CoA thiolase, a PTS2-containing protein, into peroxisomes.

    Martina Marzioch;Ralf Erdmann;Marten Veenhuis;Wolf-H. Kunau

  • Giant peroxisomes in oleic acid-induced Saccharomyces cerevisiae lacking the peroxisomal membrane protein Pmp27p.

    R Erdmann;G Blobel

  • Small cationic antimicrobial peptides delocalize peripheral membrane proteins

    Michaela Wenzel;Alina Iulia Chiriac;Andreas Otto;Dagmar Zweytick

  • The peroxisomal importomer constitutes a large and highly dynamic pore

    Michael Meinecke;Michael Meinecke;Christian Cizmowski;Wolfgang Schliebs;Vivien Krüger

  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae pex3p and pex19p are required for proper localization and stability of peroxisomal membrane proteins.

    Ewald H. Hettema;Wolfgang Girzalsky;Marlene van den Berg;Ralf Erdmann

  • Identification of Pex13p a peroxisomal membrane receptor for the PTS1 recognition factor.

    R Erdmann;G Blobel

  • Functional role of the AAA peroxins in dislocation of the cycling PTS1 receptor back to the cytosol

    Harald W. Platta;Silke Dora Grunau;Katja Rosenkranz;Wolfgang Girzalsky

  • Erratum to: Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) (Autophagy, 12, 1, 1-222, 10.1080/15548627.2015.1100356

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Pex19p, a farnesylated protein essential for peroxisome biogenesis.

    Klaudia Götte;Wolfgang Girzalsky;Michael Linkert;Evelyn Baumgart

  • Ubiquitination of the peroxisomal import receptor Pex5p is required for its recycling.

    Harald W. Platta;Fouzi El Magraoui;Daniel Schlee;Silke Grunau

  • Peroxisomal matrix protein import: the transient pore model.

    Ralf Erdmann;Wolfgang Schliebs

  • Peroxisomal multifunctional beta-oxidation protein of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Molecular analysis of the fox2 gene and gene product.

    J K Hiltunen;B Wenzel;A Beyer;R Erdmann

  • Proteomics Characterization of Mouse Kidney Peroxisomes by Tandem Mass Spectrometry and Protein Correlation Profiling

    Sebastian Wiese;Thomas Gronemeyer;Rob Ofman;Markus Kunze

Frequent Co-Authors

Bettina Warscheid
Bettina Warscheid University of Freiburg
Michael Sattler
Michael Sattler Technical University of Munich
Helmut E. Meyer
Helmut E. Meyer Ruhr University Bochum
Matthias Wilmanns
Matthias Wilmanns Universität Hamburg
Marten Veenhuis
Marten Veenhuis University of Groningen
Evelina Gatti
Evelina Gatti Aix-Marseille University
Ida J. van der Klei
Ida J. van der Klei University of Groningen
Pascal Mäser
Pascal Mäser Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
Shazib Pervaiz
Shazib Pervaiz National University of Singapore
Katrin Marcus
Katrin Marcus Ruhr University Bochum

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