2026 Reinhard Jahn: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	143	237	208	16	13	467	79407

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Biology and Biochemistry

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Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Germany Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Germany Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Germany Leader Award
2015 - Member of Academia Europaea
2015 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Reinhard Jahn is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany and has contributed extensively to research in the field of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a focus on molecular biology, cell biology, and cellular and molecular neuroscience.

Them research covers several main topics including lipid membrane structure and behavior, cellular transport and secretion, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, ATP synthase and ATPases research, mitochondrial function and pathology, force microscopy techniques and applications, and neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms.

Recent publications include:

Local externalization of phosphatidylserine mediates developmental synaptic pruning by microglia, 2020, The EMBO Journal
Mechanisms of SNARE proteins in membrane fusion, 2023, Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
Vesicle Tethering on the Surface of Phase-Separated Active Zone Condensates, 2020, Molecular Cell
Hidden proteome of synaptic vesicles in the mammalian brain, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
An overview of the synaptic vesicle lipid composition, 2021, Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics

Frequent co-authors include Marcelo Ganzella, Julia Preobraschenski, Agata Witkowska, Momchil Ninov, and Ángel Pérez-Lara.

Their work has appeared most often in the following publication venues:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Nature Communications
Biophysical Journal
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Methods in molecular biology

Reinhard Jahn has been recognized with membership in prominent scholarly organizations including the Academia Europaea and the National Academy of Sciences, both awarded in 2015.

Best Publications

SNAREs--engines for membrane fusion.

Reinhard Jahn;Richard H. Scheller

3602
Citations
Crystal structure of a SNARE complex involved in synaptic exocytosis at 2.4 Å resolution

Sutton Rb;Fasshauer D;Jahn R;Brunger At

2940
Citations
Molecular Anatomy of a Trafficking Organelle

Shigeo Takamori;Matthew Holt;Katinka Stenius;Edward A. Lemke

2699
Citations
Membrane Fusion and Exocytosis

Reinhard Jahn;Thomas C. Südhof

1802
Citations
Botulinum neurotoxin A selectively cleaves the synaptic protein SNAP-25

Juan Blasi;Juan Blasi;Edwin R. Chapman;Egenhard Link;Thomas Binz

1522
Citations
STED microscopy reveals that synaptotagmin remains clustered after synaptic vesicle exocytosis

Katrin I. Willig;Silvio O. Rizzoli;Volker Westphal;Reinhard Jahn

1350
Citations
Conserved structural features of the synaptic fusion complex: SNARE proteins reclassified as Q- and R-SNAREs

D Fasshauer;R B Sutton;A T Brunger;R Jahn

1325
Citations
Synaptotagmin: a calcium sensor on the synaptic vesicle surface

Nils Brose;Alexander G. Petrenko;Thomas C. Südhof;Reinhard Jahn

1267
Citations
A 38,000-dalton membrane protein (p38) present in synaptic vesicles.

Reinhard Jahn;Werner Schiebler;Charles Ouimet;Paul Greengard

1167
Citations
Molecular machines governing exocytosis of synaptic vesicles

Reinhard Jahn;Dirk Fasshauer

1055
Citations
Phospholipid binding by a synaptic vesicle protein homologous to the regulatory region of protein kinase C

Mark S. Perin;Victor A. Fried;Gregory A. Mignery;Reinhard Jahn

1029
Citations
Structure and Conformational Changes in NSF and Its Membrane Receptor Complexes Visualized by Quick-Freeze/Deep-Etch Electron Microscopy

Phyllis I Hanson;Robyn Roth;Hiroshi Morisaki;Reinhard Jahn

994
Citations
Identification of a vesicular glutamate transporter that defines a glutamatergic phenotype in neurons.

Shigeo Takamori;Jeong Seop Rhee;Christian Rosenmund;Reinhard Jahn

988
Citations
SynGO : An Evidence-Based, Expert-Curated Knowledge Base for the Synapse

Frank Koopmans;Pim van Nierop;Maria Andres-Alonso;Andrea Byrnes

966
Citations
Video-Rate Far-Field Optical Nanoscopy Dissects Synaptic Vesicle Movement

Volker Westphal;Silvio O. Rizzoli;Marcel A. Lauterbach;Dirk Kamin

949
Citations
Vesicle fusion from yeast to man.

Susan Ferro-Novick;Reinhard Jahn

897
Citations
Protein p38: an integral membrane protein specific for small vesicles of neurons and neuroendocrine cells.

F Navone;R Jahn;G Di Gioia;H Stukenbrok

782
Citations
SNAREs are concentrated in cholesterol-dependent clusters that define docking and fusion sites for exocytosis

Thorsten Lang;Dieter Bruns;Dirk Wenzel;Dietmar Riedel

779
Citations
Proteins of synaptic vesicles involved in exocytosis and membrane recycling

Thomas C. Südhof;Reinhard Jahn

721
Citations
Conserved structural features of the synaptic fusion complex: SNARE proteins reclassified as Q- and R-SNAREs (membrane fusionyneurotransmissionyclostridial neurotoxins)

Dirk Fasshauer;R. Bryan Sutton;A Xel T. Brunger;Reinhard Jahn

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