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Richard R. Schmidt

Richard R. Schmidt

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Chemistry 88 2247 2018 166 149 932 35020

Richard R. Schmidt publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Richard R. Schmidt between 1962 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Richard R. Schmidt published across 64 years, from 1962 to 2025, averaging 15.2 papers a year. Output peaked at 36 publications in 1987. 6 of the 970 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1962 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 36. Peak 36 publications in 1987. 1962: 3 publications 1963: 0 publications 1964: 4 publications 1965: 9 publications 1966: 0 publications 1967: 1 publication 1968: 1 publication 1969: 1 publication 1970: 7 publications 1971: 5 publications 1972: 4 publications 1973: 2 publications 1974: 3 publications 1975: 6 publications 1976: 6 publications 1977: 10 publications 1978: 12 publications 1979: 18 publications 1980: 18 publications 1981: 24 publications 1982: 34 publications 1983: 27 publications 1984: 31 publications 1985: 25 publications 1986: 32 publications 1987: 36 publications 1988: 35 publications 1989: 23 publications 1990: 29 publications 1991: 28 publications 1992: 28 publications 1993: 32 publications 1994: 31 publications 1995: 33 publications 1996: 25 publications 1997: 28 publications 1998: 34 publications 1999: 30 publications 2000: 32 publications 2001: 31 publications 2002: 34 publications 2003: 28 publications 2004: 34 publications 2005: 16 publications 2006: 19 publications 2007: 9 publications 2008: 9 publications 2009: 6 publications 2010: 12 publications 2011: 5 publications 2012: 7 publications 2013: 8 publications 2014: 2 publications 2015: 3 publications 2016: 1 publication 2017: 1 publication 2018: 2 publications 2019: 5 publications 2020: 4 publications 2021: 4 publications 2022: 6 publications 2023: 11 publications 2024: 3 publications 2025: 3 publications
1962 2025

970 publications in total across all disciplines

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Richard R. Schmidt: publications per year, 1962 to 2025
Year Publications
1962 3
1963 0
1964 4
1965 9
1966 0
1967 1
1968 1
1969 1
1970 7
1971 5
1972 4
1973 2
1974 3
1975 6
1976 6
1977 10
1978 12
1979 18
1980 18
1981 24
1982 34
1983 27
1984 31
1985 25
1986 32
1987 36
1988 35
1989 23
1990 29
1991 28
1992 28
1993 32
1994 31
1995 33
1996 25
1997 28
1998 34
1999 30
2000 32
2001 31
2002 34
2003 28
2004 34
2005 16
2006 19
2007 9
2008 9
2009 6
2010 12
2011 5
2012 7
2013 8
2014 2
2015 3
2016 1
2017 1
2018 2
2019 5
2020 4
2021 4
2022 6
2023 11
2024 3
2025 3
Total 970
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Richard R. Schmidt publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Richard R. Schmidt sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
250 500 750 1,000 1,250
Bar chart with 63 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 61–80 to 1,295+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 1,350. Most scientists, 1,350, have 161–180 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 921–940 publications, is where this scientist sits. 61–80 publications: 66 scientists 81–100 publications: 302 scientists 101–120 publications: 623 scientists 121–140 publications: 918 scientists 141–160 publications: 1,218 scientists 161–180 publications: 1,350 scientists 181–200 publications: 1,344 scientists 201–220 publications: 1,281 scientists 221–240 publications: 1,216 scientists 241–260 publications: 1,100 scientists 261–280 publications: 979 scientists 281–300 publications: 939 scientists 301–320 publications: 764 scientists 321–340 publications: 643 scientists 341–360 publications: 628 scientists 361–380 publications: 522 scientists 381–400 publications: 459 scientists 401–420 publications: 397 scientists 421–440 publications: 327 scientists 441–460 publications: 270 scientists 461–480 publications: 265 scientists 481–500 publications: 252 scientists 501–520 publications: 201 scientists 521–540 publications: 185 scientists 541–560 publications: 148 scientists 561–580 publications: 148 scientists 581–600 publications: 132 scientists 601–620 publications: 114 scientists 621–640 publications: 104 scientists 641–660 publications: 91 scientists 661–680 publications: 92 scientists 681–700 publications: 73 scientists 701–720 publications: 57 scientists 721–740 publications: 54 scientists 741–760 publications: 67 scientists 761–780 publications: 45 scientists 781–800 publications: 46 scientists 801–820 publications: 39 scientists 821–840 publications: 32 scientists 841–860 publications: 36 scientists 861–880 publications: 29 scientists 881–900 publications: 26 scientists 901–920 publications: 24 scientists 921–940 publications: 14 scientists 941–960 publications: 23 scientists 961–980 publications: 28 scientists 981–1,000 publications: 15 scientists 1,001–1,020 publications: 29 scientists 1,021–1,040 publications: 12 scientists 1,041–1,060 publications: 19 scientists 1,061–1,080 publications: 12 scientists 1,081–1,100 publications: 6 scientists 1,101–1,120 publications: 8 scientists 1,121–1,140 publications: 12 scientists 1,141–1,160 publications: 5 scientists 1,161–1,180 publications: 6 scientists 1,181–1,200 publications: 14 scientists 1,201–1,220 publications: 7 scientists 1,221–1,240 publications: 2 scientists 1,241–1,260 publications: 6 scientists 1,261–1,280 publications: 4 scientists 1,281–1,294 publications: 6 scientists 1,295+ publications: 100 scientists
61–80 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 932 publications — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

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Number of Chemistry scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 17,934 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
61–80 66
81–100 302
101–120 623
121–140 918
141–160 1,218
161–180 1,350
181–200 1,344
201–220 1,281
221–240 1,216
241–260 1,100
261–280 979
281–300 939
301–320 764
321–340 643
341–360 628
361–380 522
381–400 459
401–420 397
421–440 327
441–460 270
461–480 265
481–500 252
501–520 201
521–540 185
541–560 148
561–580 148
581–600 132
601–620 114
621–640 104
641–660 91
661–680 92
681–700 73
701–720 57
721–740 54
741–760 67
761–780 45
781–800 46
801–820 39
821–840 32
841–860 36
861–880 29
881–900 26
901–920 24
921–940 14 932
941–960 23
961–980 28
981–1,000 15
1,001–1,020 29
1,021–1,040 12
1,041–1,060 19
1,061–1,080 12
1,081–1,100 6
1,101–1,120 8
1,121–1,140 12
1,141–1,160 5
1,161–1,180 6
1,181–1,200 14
1,201–1,220 7
1,221–1,240 2
1,241–1,260 6
1,261–1,280 4
1,281–1,294 6
1,295+ 100
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Richard R. Schmidt D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

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

No. of scientists
250 500 750 1,000
Bar chart with 61 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 159+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 1,051. Most scientists, 1,051, have 56–57 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 88–89 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 612 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 808 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 776 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 835 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 861 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 872 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 933 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,051 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 930 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 882 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 834 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 731 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 775 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 683 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 646 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 561 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 501 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 437 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 388 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 354 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 292 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 275 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 254 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 235 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 185 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 192 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 155 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 163 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 125 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 105 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 105 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 112 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 88 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 68 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 69 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 65 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 79 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 61 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 44 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 40 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 33 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 26 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 34 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 35 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 25 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 27 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 17 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 16 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 20 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 20 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 15 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 9 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 9 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 16 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 11 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 3 scientists 158 D-Index: 3 scientists 159+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40–41 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 88 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

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Number of Chemistry scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 17,934 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 289
42–43 612
44–45 808
46–47 776
48–49 835
50–51 861
52–53 872
54–55 933
56–57 1,051
58–59 930
60–61 882
62–63 834
64–65 731
66–67 775
68–69 683
70–71 646
72–73 561
74–75 501
76–77 437
78–79 388
80–81 354
82–83 292
84–85 275
86–87 254
88–89 235 88
90–91 185
92–93 192
94–95 155
96–97 163
98–99 125
100–101 105
102–103 105
104–105 112
106–107 88
108–109 68
110–111 69
112–113 65
114–115 79
116–117 61
118–119 44
120–121 37
122–123 40
124–125 33
126–127 26
128–129 34
130–131 35
132–133 25
134–135 27
136–137 17
138–139 16
140–141 20
142–143 20
144–145 15
146–147 9
148–149 9
150–151 16
152–153 11
154–155 9
156–157 3
158 3
159+ 98
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Overview

Richard R. Schmidt is affiliated with the University of Konstanz in Germany. Their research primarily intersects the fields of molecular biology, organic chemistry, and plant science, with additional work in pharmacology and surgery.

The scientist's main topics of investigation include carbohydrate chemistry and synthesis, glycosylation and glycoproteins research, chemical synthesis and analysis, legume nitrogen fixing symbiosis, asymmetric synthesis and catalysis, enzyme catalysis and immobilization, and microbial metabolites in food biotechnology.

Frequent venues for their publications include:

  • IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications
  • ACS Catalysis
  • The Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • Organic Chemistry Frontiers
  • Chinese Journal of Chemistry

Recent notable papers authored include:

  • O-Glycosyl Trichloroacetimidates as Glycosyl Donors and Platinum(IV) Chloride as a Dual Catalyst Permitting Stereo- and Regioselective Glycosidations, 2021, ACS Catalysis
  • Catalytic Regioselective Benzoylation of 1,2-trans-Diols in Carbohydrates with Benzoyl Cyanide: The Axial Oxy Group Effect and the Action of Achiral and Chiral Amine Catalysts, 2020, ACS Catalysis
  • Regioselective benzoylation of unprotected β-glycopyranosides with benzoyl cyanide and an amine catalyst - application to saponin synthesis, 2020, Organic Chemistry Frontiers
  • Divergent Synthesis of Core m1, Core m2 and Core m3 O-Mannosyl Glycopeptides via a Chemoenzymatic Approach, 2022, Chinese Journal of Chemistry
  • Synthesis of Core M3 Matriglycan Constituents via an Additive-Controlled 1,2-cis-Xylopyranosylation with O-Xylosyl Imidates as Donors, 2023, The Journal of Organic Chemistry

Richard R. Schmidt has collaborated frequently with multiple researchers, including Joseph Sottile, Paul Sullivan, Shesha Jayaram, F.P. Dawson, and Saleh Saleh. These collaborations have contributed to a diverse and interdisciplinary body of work.

Best Publications

  • New Methods for the Synthesis of Glycosides and Oligosaccharides—Are There Alternatives to the Koenigs‐Knorr Method? [New Synthetic Methods (56)]

    Richard R. Schmidt

  • New principles for glycoside-bond formation.

    Xiangming Zhu;Richard R. Schmidt

  • Anomeric-oxygen activation for glycoside synthesis: the trichloroacetimidate method.

    Richard R. Schmidt;Willy Kinzy

  • Facile Synthesis of α- and β-O-Glycosyl Imidates; Preparation of Glycosides and Disaccharides

    Richard R. Schmidt;Josef Michel

  • Commensal bacteria regulate toll-like receptor 3-dependent inflammation after skin injury

    Yuping Lai;Anna Di Nardo;Anna Di Nardo;Teruaki Nakatsuji;Teruaki Nakatsuji;Anke Leichtle;Anke Leichtle

  • Neue Methoden zur Glycosid- und Oligosaccharidsynthese – gibt es Alternativen zur Koenigs-Knorr-Methode?

    Richard R. Schmidt

  • NKT cells enhance CD4+ and CD8+ T cell responses to soluble antigen in vivo through direct interaction with dendritic cells.

    Ian F. Hermans;Jonathan D. Silk;Uzi Gileadi;Mariolina Salio

  • The crystal structure of human CD1d with and without alpha-galactosylceramide.

    Michael Koch;Victoria S Stronge;Dawn Shepherd;Stephan D Gadola

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

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

  • Synthetic Routes to Thiooligosaccharides and Thioglycopeptides

    Kandasamy Pachamuthu;Richard R. Schmidt

  • Synthetic lipoteichoic acid from Staphylococcus aureus is a potent stimulus of cytokine release

    Siegfried Morath;Andreas Stadelmaier;Armin Geyer;Richard R. Schmidt

  • Einfache Synthese von α-und β-O-Glykosylimidaten; Herstellung von Glykosiden und Disacchariden†

    Richard R. Schmidt;Josef Michel

  • Structure of Human Cd1B with Bound Ligands at 2.3 A, a Maze for Alkyl Chains

    Stephan D. Gadola;Stephan D. Gadola;Nathan R. Zaccai;Karl Harlos;Dawn Shepherd

  • Efficient sialylation with phosphite as leaving group

    Thomas J. Martin;Richard R. Schmidt

  • Nitriles as Solvents in Glycosylation Reactions: Highly Selective β-Glycoside Synthesis1

    Richard R. Schmidt;Michael Behrendt;Alexander Toepfer

  • Sphingosine 1-phosphate-induced cell rounding and neurite retraction are mediated by the G protein-coupled receptor H218.

    James R. Van Brocklyn;Zhenxing Tu;Lisa C. Edsall;Richard R. Schmidt

  • Hetero-Diels-Alder reaction in highly functionalized natural product synthesis

    Richard R. Schmidt

  • Glycosylimidate, 12 Direkte Synthese von O‐α‐ und O‐β‐Glycosyl‐imidaten

    Richard R. Schmidt;Josef Michel;Michael Roos

  • The length of lipids bound to human CD1d molecules modulates the affinity of NKT cell TCR and the threshold of NKT cell activation

    C McCarthy;D Shepherd;S Fleire;V S Stronge

  • Sphingomyelin is synthesized in the cis Golgi

    Dieter Jeckel;Achim Karrenbauer;Rolf Birk;R. Richard Schmidt

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin E. Maier
Martin E. Maier University of Tübingen
Konrad Sandhoff
Konrad Sandhoff University of Bonn
Gerd Ritter
Gerd Ritter Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Thomas Hartung
Thomas Hartung Johns Hopkins University
José M. Lassaletta
José M. Lassaletta Spanish National Research Council
Vincenzo Cerundolo
Vincenzo Cerundolo University of Oxford
Werner Reutter
Werner Reutter Freie Universität Berlin
Ulrich Zähringer
Ulrich Zähringer Research Center Borstel - Leibniz-Center for Medicine and Biosciences
Motomu Tanaka
Motomu Tanaka Heidelberg University

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