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D-Index
80
Citations
28598
World Ranking
4020
National Ranking
1987

Ralph S. Wolfe 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 Ralph S. Wolfe sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 217 publications — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ralph S. Wolfe 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 Ralph S. Wolfe sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 72 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 80 D-Index — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Ralph S. Wolfe was a scientist affiliated with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the United States. Their career included research contributions associated with this institution.

Information regarding their specific research papers, frequent co-authors, and publication venues is not available in the provided data.

Details on their main fields of study, subfields, and primary research topics have not been recorded in the available dataset.

No records of book publications or awards received are documented in the information given.

The scientist is noted as deceased. All descriptions are presented accordingly in past tense.

Best Publications

  • Methanogens: reevaluation of a unique biological group.

    W E Balch;G E Fox;L J Magrum;C R Woese

  • Formation of Methane by Bacterial Extracts

    E.A. Wolin;M.J. Wolin;R.S. Wolfe

  • The Phylogeny of Prokaryotes

    GE Fox;E Stackebrandt;RB Hespell;J Gibson

  • Methanobacillus omelianskii, a Symbiotic Association of Two Species of Bacteria*

    M. P. Bryant;E. A. Wolin;M. J. Wolin;R. S. Wolfe

  • Magnetite in Freshwater Magnetotactic Bacteria

    Richard B. Frankel;Richard P. Blakemore;Ralph S. Wolfe

  • Methanococcus jannaschii sp. nov., an extremely thermophilic methanogen from a submarine hydrothermal vent

    W. J. Jones;J. A. Leigh;F. Mayer;C. R. Woese

  • Acetobacterium, a New Genus of Hydrogen-Oxidizing, Carbon Dioxide-Reducing, Anaerobic Bacteria

    William E. Balch;S. Schoberth;Ralph S. Tanner;R. S. Wolfe

  • UNUSUAL COENZYMES OF METHANOGENESIS

    Anthony A. DiMarco;Thomas A. Bobik;Ralph S. Wolfe

  • Classification of methanogenic bacteria by 16S ribosomal RNA characterization.

    George E. Fox;Linda J. Magrum;William E. Balch;Ralph S. Wolfe

  • Preparation of coenzyme M analogues and their activity in the methyl coenzyme M reductase system of Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum.

    Robert P. Gunsalus;James A. Romesser;Ralph S. Wolfe

  • Microbial Formation of Methane

    Wolfe Rs

  • Nutrition and carbon metabolism of Methanococcus voltae.

    W B Whitman;E Ankwanda;R S Wolfe

  • Structure and Methylation of Coenzyme M (HSCH2CH2SO3)

    Craig D. Taylor;Ralph S. Wolfe

  • Isolation and properties of a fluorescent compound, factor 420 , from Methanobacterium strain M.o.H.

    P. Cheeseman;A. Toms-Wood;R. S. Wolfe

  • A genetic system for Archaea of the genus Methanosarcina: Liposome-mediated transformation and construction of shuttle vectors

    William W. Metcalf;Jun Kai Zhang;Ethel Apolinario;Kevin R. Sowers

  • Novel biochemistry of methanogenesis.

    P E Rouvière;R S Wolfe

  • Methanospirillum, a new genus of methanogenic bacteria, and characterization of methanospirillum hungatii sp.nov.

    James G. Ferry;Paul H. Smith;R. S. Wolfe

  • Anaerobic degradation of benzoate to methane by a microbial consortium.

    J. G. Ferry;R. S. Wolfe

  • A new coenzyme of methyl transfer, coenzyme M.

    McBride Bc;Wolfe Rs

  • Specificity and biological distribution of coenzyme M (2-mercaptoethanesulfonic acid).

    W E Balch;R S Wolfe

Frequent Co-Authors

William E. Balch
William E. Balch Scripps Health
Kenneth L. Rinehart
Kenneth L. Rinehart University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
William B. Whitman
William B. Whitman University of Georgia
Carl R. Woese
Carl R. Woese University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
George E. Fox
George E. Fox University of Houston
William W. Metcalf
William W. Metcalf University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Michael F. Summers
Michael F. Summers University of Maryland, Baltimore County
John A. Leigh
John A. Leigh University of Washington
Thomas A. Bobik
Thomas A. Bobik Iowa State University
James G. Ferry
James G. Ferry Pennsylvania State University

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