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Ralph T. Schwarz

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
58
Citations
9935
World Ranking
13390
National Ranking
951

Ralph T. Schwarz publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 197 publications — 48th percentile

48% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ralph T. Schwarz 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 T. Schwarz sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 58 D-Index — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Ralph T. Schwarz is primarily affiliated with Philipp University of Marburg in Germany. Their research encompasses multiple disciplines within the biological and medical sciences, with a focus on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, alongside medicine.

The scientist's work spans several subfields, including molecular biology, public health, environmental and occupational health, hepatology, and biochemistry. This diversity reflects a broad approach to studying biological systems and their health-related impacts.

Among the main topics explored by Schwarz are malaria research and control, vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches, hepatitis C virus research, metabolomics and mass spectrometry studies, sulfur compounds in biology, and genomics, phytochemicals, and oxidative stress. This range illustrates attention to infectious diseases, molecular mechanisms, and biochemical processes.

Ralph T. Schwarz has contributed to recent published works, including:

  • FT-GPI, a highly sensitive and accurate predictor of GPI-anchored proteins, reveals the composition and evolution of the GPI proteome in Plasmodium species, 2023, Malaria Journal
  • The competitive interplay of 12-oxophytodienoic acid (OPDA), protein thiols and glutathione, 2025, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

The scientist has collaborated with various researchers, with frequent co-authors including Lena M. Sauer, Rodrigo Cánovas, Daniel B. Roche, Hosam Shams-Eldin, and Patrice Ravel. This network of collaborators indicates engagement within a multidisciplinary community.

Publications are frequently found in venues such as the Malaria Journal and bioRxiv, reflecting a balance between peer-reviewed journals and preprint repositories in life sciences.

Best Publications

  • Activation of TLR2 and TLR4 by Glycosylphosphatidylinositols Derived from Toxoplasma gondii

    Françoise Debierre-Grockiego;Marco A. Campos;Nahid Azzouz;Jörg Schmidt

  • Primary structure of the precursor to the three major surface antigens of Plasmodium falciparum merozoites.

    Anthony A. Holder;Michael J. Lockyer;Karel G. Odink;Jasbir S. Sandhu

  • Glycosylphosphatidylinositol toxin of Plasmodium induces nitric oxide synthase expression in macrophages and vascular endothelial cells by a protein tyrosine kinase-dependent and protein kinase C-dependent signaling pathway.

    S D Tachado;P Gerold;M J McConville;T Baldwin

  • Glycosylphosphatidylinositol toxin of Plasmodium up-regulates intercellular adhesion molecule-1, vascular cell adhesion molecule-1, and E-selectin expression in vascular endothelial cells and increases leukocyte and parasite cytoadherence via tyrosine kinase-dependent signal transduction.

    L Schofield;S Novakovic;P Gerold;R T Schwarz

  • Signal transduction in macrophages by glycosylphosphatidylinositols of Plasmodium, Trypanosoma, and Leishmania: activation of protein tyrosine kinases and protein kinase C by inositolglycan and diacylglycerol moieties.

    Souvenir D. Tachado;Peter Gerold;Ralph Schwarz;Suzanna Novakovic

  • Structural analysis of the glycosyl-phosphatidylinositol membrane anchor of the merozoite surface proteins-1 and -2 of Plasmodium falciparum.

    Peter Gerold;Louis Schofield;Michael J. Blackman;Anthony A. Holder

  • Critical roles of glycosylphosphatidylinositol for Trypanosoma brucei

    Kisaburo Nagamune;Tomoyoshi Nozaki;Yusuke Maeda;Kazuhito Ohishi

  • Sequencing of the smallest Apicomplexan genome from the human pathogen Babesia microti

    Emmanuel Cornillot;Kamel Hadj-Kaddour;Amina Dassouli;Benjamin Noel

  • Glycosylphosphatidylinositols synthesized by asexual erythrocytic stages of the malarial parasite, Plasmodium falciparum. Candidates for plasmodial glycosylphosphatidylinositol membrane anchor precursors and pathogenicity factors.

    P Gerold;A Dieckmann-Schuppert;R T Schwarz

  • Cell-free synthesis of glycosyl-phosphatidylinositol precursors for the glycolipid membrane anchor of Trypanosoma brucei variant surface glycoproteins. Structural characterization of putative biosynthetic intermediates.

    A. K. Menon;R. T. Schwarz;S. Mayor;G. A. M. Cross

  • Apparent lack of N-glycosylation in the asexual intraerythrocytic stage of Plasmodium falciparum.

    Angela Dieckmann-Schuppert;Stephanie Bender;Maria Odenthal-Schnittler;Ernst Bause

  • 1-deoxynojirimycin impairs oligosaccharide processing of alpha 1-proteinase inhibitor and inhibits its secretion in primary cultures of rat hepatocytes.

    V Gross;T Andus;T A Tran-Thi;R T Schwarz

  • Evidence for glycosyl-phosphatidylinositol anchoring of Toxoplasma gondii major surface antigens.

    S Tomavo;R T Schwarz;J F Dubremetz

  • Roles of Glycosylphosphatidylinositols of Toxoplasma gondii INDUCTION OF TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-α PRODUCTION IN MACROPHAGES

    Françoise Debierre-Grockiego;Nahid Azzouz;Jörg Schmidt;Jean-François Dubremetz

  • Identification of a species-specific inhibitor of glycosylphosphatidylinositol synthesis

    Christine Sütterlin;Anton Horvath;Peter Gerold;Ralph T. Schwarz

  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae GPI10, the functional homologue of human PIG-B, is required for glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchor synthesis

    C Sütterlin;M V Escribano;P Gerold;Y Maeda

  • Inhibition of formation of complex oligosaccharides by the glucosidase inhibitor bromoconduritol

    R Datema;P A Romero;G Legler;R T Schwarz

  • The protozoan inositol phosphorylceramide synthase: a novel drug target that defines a new class of sphingolipid synthase.

    Paul W. Denny;Hosam Shams-Eldin;Helen. P. Price;Deborah F. Smith

  • Molecular structure of the “low molecular weight antigen” of Toxoplasma gondii: a glucose α1-4 N-acetylgalactosamine makes free glycosyl-phosphatidylinositols highly immunogenic

    Boris Striepen;Christina F Zinecker;Jan B.L Damm;Pedro A.T Melgers

  • Strain variation in the circumsporozoite protein gene of Plasmodium falciparum.

    Michael J. Lockyer;Ralph T. Schwarz

Frequent Co-Authors

Jean-François Dubremetz
Jean-François Dubremetz University of Montpellier
Boris Striepen
Boris Striepen University of Pennsylvania
Anthony A. Holder
Anthony A. Holder The Francis Crick Institute
Ricardo T. Gazzinelli
Ricardo T. Gazzinelli Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Terry K. Smith
Terry K. Smith University of St Andrews
Louis Schofield
Louis Schofield James Cook University
Yann Guérardel
Yann Guérardel University of Lille
Hans-Dieter Klenk
Hans-Dieter Klenk Philipp University of Marburg
Rudolf Geyer
Rudolf Geyer University of Giessen
Howard Riezman
Howard Riezman University of Geneva

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