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Reinhold Schäfer 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 Reinhold Schäfer sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 172 publications — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Reinhold Schäfer 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 Reinhold Schäfer 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: 49 D-Index — 9th percentile

9% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Reinhold Schäfer is affiliated with Charité - University Medicine Berlin in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine, with a focus on Molecular Biology, Oncology, Cancer Research, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Cell Biology.

The scientist's recent publications reflect a concentration on cancer biology, especially colorectal cancer and molecular oncology. Notable papers include:

  • Support of a molecular tumour board by an evidence-based decision management system for precision oncology, 2020, European Journal of Cancer
  • SFPQ Depletion Is Synthetically Lethal with BRAFV600E in Colorectal Cancer Cells, 2020, Cell Reports
  • Identification of a neural development gene expression signature in colon cancer stem cells reveals a role for EGR2 in tumorigenesis, 2022, iScience
  • A combined computational and functional approach identifies IGF2BP2 as a driver of chemoresistance in a wide array of pre-clinical models of colorectal cancer, 2023, Molecular Cancer
  • RNA sequencing of long-term label-retaining colon cancer stem cells identifies novel regulators of quiescence, 2021, iScience

Frequent co-authors working with Reinhold Schäfer include Ulrich Keilholz, Christine Sers, Serge Leyvraz, Mario Lamping, and Frederick Klauschen. The collaborative efforts have resulted in multiple publications, with the most frequent co-author having 12 joint works.

Their research is often published in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • European Journal of Cancer
  • Advances in Biological Regulation
  • iScience
  • Cell Reports

Schäfer's main topics of work cover a wide array of cancer-related themes, including:

  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Cancer Cells and Metastasis
  • Colorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies
  • Cancer-related Molecular Pathways
  • Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation

Best Publications

  • Alpha B-crystallin is a small heat shock protein.

    Roman Klemenz;Erika Frohli;Rudolf H. Steiger;Reinhold Schafer

  • Caveolin-1 is down-regulated in human ovarian carcinoma and acts as a candidate tumor suppressor gene.

    Kai Wiechen;Luda Diatchenko;Alexander Agoulnik;K. Michael Scharff

  • A genome-wide survey of RAS transformation targets

    Johannes Zuber;Oleg I. Tchernitsa;Bernd Hinzmann;Anne-Chantal Schmitz

  • 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

  • Expression of the murine small heat shock proteins hsp 25 and alpha B crystallin in the absence of stress.

    R Klemenz;A C Andres;E Fröhli;R Schäfer

  • Gene expression profiling of 30 cancer cell lines predicts resistance towards 11 anticancer drugs at clinically achieved concentrations.

    Balazs Györffy;Balazs Györffy;Paweł Surowiak;Olaf Kiesslich;Carsten Denkert

  • Alpha B-crystallin expression in mouse NIH 3T3 fibroblasts: glucocorticoid responsiveness and involvement in thermal protection.

    A Aoyama;E Fröhli;R Schäfer;R Klemenz

  • Network quantification of EGFR signaling unveils potential for targeted combination therapy

    Bertram Klinger;Bertram Klinger;Anja Sieber;Raphaela Fritsche‐Guenther;Franziska Witzel;Franziska Witzel

  • Ras-mediated deregulation of the circadian clock in cancer.

    Angela Relógio;Philippe Thomas;Paula Medina-Pérez;Silke Reischl

  • Systematic evaluation of the miRNA-ome and its downstream effects on mRNA expression identifies gastric cancer progression.

    Oleg Tchernitsa;Atsuko Kasajima;Reinhold Schäfer;Ralf Jürgen Kuban

  • HMGA2 gene is a promising target for ovarian cancer silencing therapy.

    Anastasia Malek;Elena Bakhidze;Aurelia Noske;Christine Sers

  • Guidelines for the selection of functional assays to evaluate the hallmarks of cancer

    Otília Menyhárt;Hajnalka Harami-Papp;Saraswati Sukumar;Reinhold Schäfer

  • Growth-inhibitory activity and downregulation of the class II tumor-suppressor gene H-rev107 in tumor cell lines and experimental tumors.

    Christine Sers;Urban Emmenegger;Knut Husmann;Katharina Bucher

  • The PI3K inhibitor LY294002 blocks drug export from resistant colon carcinoma cells overexpressing MRP1

    R Abdul-Ghani;V Serra;B Györffy;K Jürchott

  • Nitric oxide mediates apoptosis induction selectively in transformed fibroblasts compared to nontransformed fibroblasts.

    Stefanie Heigold;Christine Sers;Wibke Bechtel;Boris Ivanovas

  • Assay Establishment and Validation of a High-Throughput Screening Platform for Three-Dimensional Patient-Derived Colon Cancer Organoid Cultures:

    Karsten Boehnke;Philip W. Iversen;Dirk Schumacher;María José Lallena

  • Alpha B crystallin accumulation is a specific response to Ha-ras and v-mos oncogene expression in mouse NIH 3T3 fibroblasts.

    R Klemenz;E Fröhli;A Aoyama;S Hoffmann

  • The PDZ-LIM protein RIL modulates actin stress fiber turnover and enhances the association of α-actinin with F-actin

    Tea Vallenius;Burkhard Scharm;Aino Vesikansa;Keijo Luukko

  • Subtraction cloning of H-rev107, a gene specifically expressed in H-ras resistant fibroblasts.

    A Hajnal;R Klemenz;R Schäfer

  • Non-Canonical Hedgehog Signaling Is a Positive Regulator of the WNT Pathway and Is Required for the Survival of Colon Cancer Stem Cells

    Joseph L. Regan;Joseph L. Regan;Dirk Schumacher;Stephanie Staudte;Stephanie Staudte;Andreas Steffen

Frequent Co-Authors

Christine Sers
Christine Sers Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Ulrich Keilholz
Ulrich Keilholz Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Johannes Zuber
Johannes Zuber Research Institute of Molecular Pathology
Hanspeter Herzel
Hanspeter Herzel Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Manfred Dietel
Manfred Dietel Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Klaus Willecke
Klaus Willecke University of Bonn
Jalid Sehouli
Jalid Sehouli Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Wilko Weichert
Wilko Weichert Technical University of Munich
Ulf Leser
Ulf Leser Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
André Rosenthal
André Rosenthal Institute of Molecular Biotechnology

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