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D-Index
64
Citations
12398
World Ranking
2645
National Ranking
201

Reinhard Rachel publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Microbiology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Reinhard Rachel sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 169 publications — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

Reinhard Rachel D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Microbiology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Reinhard Rachel sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 64 D-Index — 54th percentile

54% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

Overview

Reinhard Rachel is affiliated with the University of Regensburg in Germany, contributing to the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology with a particular focus on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry, Structural Biology, Ecology, and Genetics. Their research involves multiple interdisciplinary subfields within these broader scientific areas.

Their recent publications demonstrate a focus on microbial and structural biology, advanced microscopy techniques, and cellular metabolic processes. Notable papers include:

  • "An archaellum filament composed of two alternating subunits" (2022) published in Nature Communications
  • "The importance of biofilm formation for cultivation of a Micrarchaeon and its interactions with its Thermoplasmatales host" (2022) published in Nature Communications
  • "Functional compartmentalization and metabolic separation in a prokaryotic cell" (2021) published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Three-dimensional SEM, TEM, and STEM for analysis of large-scale biological systems" (2022) published in Histochemistry and Cell Biology
  • "Dual-axis STEM tomography at 200 kV: Setup, performance, limitations" (2020) published in Journal of Structural Biology

Research topics covered by Reinhard Rachel include:

  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications
  • Enzyme Structure and Function
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
  • Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications
  • Protein Structure and Dynamics

Frequent coauthors who collaborate with Reinhard Rachel are:

  • Sabrina Gfrerer
  • Johannes Gescher
  • Dina Grohmann
  • Susanne Krause
  • Carsten Reuse

Most of Reinhard Rachel's work has been published in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Archives of Microbiology
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Nature Communications
  • Scientific Reports

Best Publications

  • A new phylum of Archaea represented by a nanosized hyperthermophilic symbiont

    Harald Huber;Michael J. Hohn;Reinhard Rachel;Tanja Fuchs;Tanja Fuchs

  • Layer-by-Layer Assembled Gold Nanoparticles for siRNA Delivery

    Asmaa Elbakry;Alaa Zaky;Renate Liebl;Reinhard Rachel

  • Pyrolobus fumarii, gen. and sp. nov., represents a novel group of archaea, extending the upper temperature limit for life to 113 degrees C

    Elisabeth Blöchl;Reinhard Rachel;Siegfried Burggraf;Doris Hafenbradl

  • Ferroglobus placidus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel hyperthermophilic archaeum that oxidizes Fe2+ at neutral pH under anoxic conditions

    D. Hafenbradl;M. Keller;R. Dirmeier;Reinhard Rachel

  • Pyrobaculum aerophilum sp. nov., a novel nitrate-reducing hyperthermophilic archaeum.

    P. Völkl;R. Huber;E. Drobner;Reinhard Rachel

  • Virology: independent virus development outside a host.

    Monika Häring;Gisle Vestergaard;Reinhard Rachel;Lanming Chen

  • Electron Tomography of Ice-Embedded Prokaryotic Cells

    Rudo Grimm;Hapreet Singh;Reinhard Rachel;Dieter Typke

  • Thermocrinis ruber gen. nov., sp. nov., a Pink-Filament-Forming Hyperthermophilic Bacterium Isolated from Yellowstone National Park

    Robert Huber;Wolfgang Eder;Stefan Heldwein;Gerhard Wanner

  • Symmetric complexes of GroE chaperonins as part of the functional cycle.

    Marion Schmidt;Kerstin Rutkat;Reinhard Rachel;Günter Pfeifer

  • Arginine-rich cell-penetrating peptides induce membrane multilamellarity and subsequently enter via formation of a fusion pore.

    Christoph Allolio;Aniket Magarkar;Aniket Magarkar;Piotr Jurkiewicz;Katarína Baxová

  • Characterization of a 200-kDa Diatom Protein that is Specifically Associated with a Silica-Based Substructure of the Cell Wall

    Nils Kröger;Gerhard Lehmann;Reinhard Rachel;Manfred Sumper

  • Stabilization of amorphous calcium carbonate in inorganic silica-rich environments.

    Matthias Kellermeier;Emilio Melero-Garcia;Fabian Glaab;Regina Klein

  • Furrow-like invaginations of the yeast plasma membrane correspond to membrane compartment of Can1.

    Vendula Strádalová;Wiebke Stahlschmidt;Guido Grossmann;Michaela Blazíková;Michaela Blazíková

  • Mating type-specific cell-cell recognition of Saccharomyces cerevisiae: cell wall attachment and active sites of a- and alpha-agglutinin.

    C. Cappellaro;C. Baldermann;Reinhard Rachel;W. Tanner

  • Pyrodictium abyssi sp. nov. Represents a Novel Heterotrophic Marine Archaeal Hyperthermophile Growing at 110°C

    Ursula Pley;Jutta Schipka;Agata Gambacorta;Holger W. Jannasch

  • Nanoarchaeum equitans and Ignicoccus hospitalis: New Insights into a Unique, Intimate Association of Two Archaea

    Ulrike Jahn;Martin Gallenberger;Walter Paper;Benjamin Junglas

  • Thermococcus chitonophagus sp. nov., a novel, chitin-degrading hyperthermophilic archaeum from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent environment

    Robert Huber;Josef Stöhr;Sabine Hohenhaus;Reinhard Rachel

  • Ignicoccus gen. nov., a novel genus of hyperthermophilic, chemolithoautotrophic Archaea, represented by two new species, Ignicoccus islandicus sp nov and Ignicoccus pacificus sp nov. and Ignicoccus pacificus sp. nov.

    Harald Huber;Siegfried Burggraf;Thomas Mayer;Irith Wyschkony

  • The ultrastructure of Ignicoccus: evidence for a novel outer membrane and for intracellular vesicle budding in an archaeon

    Reinhard Rachel;Irith Wyschkony;Sabine Riehl;Harald Huber

  • Remarkable morphological diversity of viruses and virus-like particles in hot terrestrial environments

    Reinhard Rachel;M. Bettstetter;B. P. Hedlund;M. Häring

  • Archaeoglobus veneficus sp. nov., a novel facultative chemolithoautotrophic hyperthermophilic sulfite reducer, isolated from abyssal black smokers

    Harald Huber;Holger Jannasch;Reinhard Rachel;Tanja Fuchs

  • Flagella of Pyrococcus furiosus: Multifunctional Organelles, Made for Swimming, Adhesion to Various Surfaces, and Cell-Cell Contacts

    Daniela J. Näther;Reinhard Rachel;Gerhard Wanner;Reinhard Wirth

  • Formation of ammonium from nitrate during chemolithoautotrophic growth of the extremely thermophilic bacterium ammonifex degensii gen. nov. sp. nov.

    R. Huber;P. Rossnagel;C.R. Woese;R. Rachel

  • A genomic analysis of the archaeal system Ignicoccus hospitalis-Nanoarchaeum equitans.

    Mircea Podar;Iain Anderson;Kira S. Makarova;James G. Elkins

Frequent Co-Authors

Harald Huber
Harald Huber University of Regensburg
Karl O. Stetter
Karl O. Stetter University of Regensburg
David Prangishvili
David Prangishvili Institut Pasteur
Gerhard Wanner
Gerhard Wanner Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Robert Huber
Robert Huber University of Duisburg-Essen
Roger A. Garrett
Roger A. Garrett University of Copenhagen
Mircea Podar
Mircea Podar Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Sonja-Verena Albers
Sonja-Verena Albers University of Freiburg
Michael Thomm
Michael Thomm University of Regensburg
Widmar Tanner
Widmar Tanner University of Regensburg

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