2026 Ralf Herwig: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	59	12234	11259	874	818	241	59425

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World Ranking

Current World Ranking

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Current National Ranking

Publications

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Biology and Biochemistry

12234

11259

874

818

241

59425

Biology and Biochemistry

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Citations

59425

World Ranking

12234

National Ranking

874

Overview

Ralf Herwig is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany and has contributed extensively to the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a significant focus on Medicine. Their research spans various subfields, including Molecular Biology, Computational Theory and Mathematics, Genetics, Surgery, and Physiology.

The main topics covered in their work include Computational Drug Discovery Methods, Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks, RNA modifications and cancer, Pancreatic function and diabetes, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research, and RNA Research and Splicing.

Ralf Herwig's recent publications encompass a range of influential papers in high-impact journals. Notable works include:

Systematic assessment of long-read RNA-seq methods for transcript identification and quantification, 2024, Nature Methods
Deregulation and epigenetic modification of BCL2-family genes cause resistance to venetoclax in hematologic malignancies, 2022, Blood
ConsensusPathDB 2022: molecular interactions update as a resource for network biology, 2021, Nucleic Acids Research
Crowdsourced mapping of unexplored target space of kinase inhibitors, 2021, Nature Communications
NetCore: a network propagation approach using node coreness, 2020, Nucleic Acids Research

Their frequent publication venues reflect a consistent presence in journals that focus on molecular biology, bioinformatics, and related disciplines. These venues include:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Nucleic Acids Research
Nature Communications
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics

Collaboration is also a marked feature of Ralf Herwig's research activity. Frequent co-authors include Matthias Lienhard, Bernd Timmermann, Kristina Thedinga, Paul Prasse, and Alexandra Chadt, indicating active collaboration within their research community.

Best Publications

A global reference for human genetic variation.

Adam Auton;Gonçalo R. Abecasis;David M. Altshuler;Richard M. Durbin

18403
Citations
An integrated map of genetic variation from 1,092 human genomes

Goncalo R Abecasis;Adam Auton;Lisa D Brooks

13558
Citations
Table S2: Trans-factors and trinucleotide repeat instability Trans-factor

Arturo López Castel;John D Cleary;Christopher E Pearson

10086
Citations
Mapping copy number variation by population-scale genome sequencing

Ryan E. Mills;Klaudia Walter;Chip Stewart;Robert E. Handsaker

1331
Citations
A global reference for human genetic variation

Adam Auton;Gonçalo R. Abecasis;David M. Altshuler;Richard M. Durbin

963
Citations
Systems Biology in Practice: Concepts, Implementation and Application

Edda Klipp;Ralf Herwig;Axel Kowald;Christoph Wierling

862
Citations
The ConsensusPathDB interaction database: 2013 update

Atanas Kamburov;Ulrich Stelzl;Hans Lehrach;Ralf Herwig

846
Citations
ConsensusPathDB: toward a more complete picture of cell biology

Atanas Kamburov;Konstantin Pentchev;Hanna Galicka;Christoph K. Wierling

652
Citations
ConsensusPathDB—a database for integrating human functional interaction networks

Atanas Kamburov;Christoph K. Wierling;Hans Lehrach;Ralf Herwig

611
Citations
A map of human genome variation from population-scale sequencing

Richard M. Durbin;David L. Altshuler;Gonçalo R. Abecasis;David R. Bentley

569
Citations
Systems Biology: A Textbook

Edda Klipp;Wolfram Liebermeister;Christoph Wierling;Axel Kowald

561
Citations
Analysis of Oct4-dependent transcriptional networks regulating self-renewal and pluripotency in human embryonic stem cells

Yasmin Babaie;Ralf Herwig;Boris Greber;Thore C. Brink

487
Citations
Integrated pathway-level analysis of transcriptomics and metabolomics data with IMPaLA

Atanas Kamburov;Rachel Cavill;Timothy M. D. Ebbels;Ralf Herwig

412
Citations
Analyzing and interpreting genome data at the network level with ConsensusPathDB.

Ralf Herwig;Christopher Hardt;Matthias Lienhard;Atanas Kamburov

403
Citations
MEDIPS: genome-wide differential coverage analysis of sequencing data derived from DNA enrichment experiments

Matthias Lienhard;Christina Grimm;Markus Morkel;Ralf Herwig

342
Citations
Molecular dissection of colorectal cancer in pre-clinical models identifies biomarkers predicting sensitivity to EGFR inhibitors

Moritz Schütte;Thomas Risch;Nilofar Abdavi-Azar;Karsten Boehnke

302
Citations
Transcript Level Alterations Reflect Gene Dosage Effects Across Multiple Tissues in a Mouse Model of Down Syndrome

Pascal Kahlem;Marc Sultan;Ralf Herwig;Matthias Steinfath

301
Citations
Large-Scale Clustering of cDNA-Fingerprinting Data

Ralf Herwig;Albert J. Poustka;Christine Müller;Christof Bull

298
Citations
DMSO induces drastic changes in human cellular processes and epigenetic landscape in vitro

Marcha C.T. Verheijen;Matthias Lienhard;Yannick Schrooders;Olivia Clayton

298
Citations
Primary Differentiation in the Human Blastocyst: Comparative Molecular Portraits of Inner Cell Mass and Trophectoderm Cells

James Adjaye;John Huntriss;Ralf Herwig;Alia BenKahla

267
Citations