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Robert Huber 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 Robert Huber sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 929 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Robert Huber 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 Robert Huber 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: 188 D-Index — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2021 - OSA Fellows Robert Huber Universität zu Lübeck, Germany For outstanding contributions to the development of tunable lasers and imaging techniques, especially Fourier domain mode locking
  • 2003 - Member of the European Academy of Sciences
  • 1999 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 1995 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1994 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences
  • 1990 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 1988 - Nobel Prize for the determination of the three-dimensional structure of a photosynthetic reaction centre
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts

Overview

Robert Huber is affiliated with the University of Duisburg-Essen in Germany and specializes in research within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Medicine. Their work spans subfields including Molecular Biology, Oncology, Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, and Biomedical Engineering.

The primary topics covered in Robert Huber's research include Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis, Chemical Synthesis and Analysis, Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology, Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis, Chemical Synthesis and Reactions, and Enzyme Structure and Function.

Their recent papers comprise:

  • A precisely positioned MED12 activation helix stimulates CDK8 kinase activity (2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • Activation by substoichiometric inhibition (2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • Structural basis for the regulation of nucleosome recognition and HDAC activity by histone deacetylase assemblies (2021, Science Advances)
  • Dipeptidyl peptidase 9 triggers BRCA2 degradation and promotes DNA damage repair (2022, EMBO Reports)
  • Chemoproteomics-Enabled Identification of 4-Oxo-β-Lactams as Inhibitors of Dipeptidyl Peptidases 8 and 9 (2022, Angewandte Chemie International Edition)

Frequent co-authors working alongside Robert Huber include Markus Kaiser, Ruth Geiss-Friedlander, B. Ross, Oguz Bolgi, and Lorenz Fehr.

They have published multiple articles in several scientific venues, notably:

  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • European Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Angewandte Chemie

Robert Huber's distinctions include:

  • Nobel Prize (1988) for the determination of the three-dimensional structure of a photosynthetic reaction centre
  • Member of Academia Europaea (1990)
  • Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences (1994)
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (1995)
  • Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom (1999)
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences (2003)
  • OSA Fellow (2021) for contributions to tunable lasers and imaging techniques, especially Fourier domain mode locking
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts

Best Publications

  • Structure of the protein subunits in the photosynthetic reaction centre of Rhodopseudomonas viridis at 3Å resolution

    Johann Deisenhofer;Otto Epp;Kunio Miki;Robert Huber

  • Accurate Bond and Angle Parameters for X-ray Protein Structure Refinement

    Richard A. Engh;Robert Huber

  • Structure of 20S proteasome from yeast at 2.4 A resolution.

    Michael Groll;Lars Ditzel;Jan Löwe;Daniela Stock

  • X-ray structure analysis of a membrane protein complex. Electron density map at 3 Å resolution and a model of the chromophores of the photosynthetic reaction center from Rhodopseudomonas viridis

    Johann Deisenhofer;Otto Epp;Kunio Miki;Robert Huber

  • Crystal structure of the 20S proteasome from the archaeon T. acidophilum at 3.4 A resolution.

    Jan Löwe;Daniela Stock;Bing Jap;Peter Zwickl

  • Natural protein proteinase inhibitors and their interaction with proteinases

    Wolfram Bode;Robert Huber

  • The complete genome of the hyperthermophilic bacterium Aquifex aeolicus

    Gerard Deckert;Patrick V. Warren;Terry Gaasterland;William G. Young

  • Implications of the three-dimensional structure of alpha 1-antitrypsin for structure and function of serpins.

    Huber R;Carrell Rw

  • The refined 1.9 A crystal structure of human alpha-thrombin: interaction with D-Phe-Pro-Arg chloromethylketone and significance of the Tyr-Pro-Pro-Trp insertion segment.

    W Bode;I Mayr;U Baumann;R Huber

  • Human α1-proteinase inhibitor: Crystal structure analysis of two crystal modifications, molecular model and preliminary analysis of the implications for function

    Hartmut Loebermann;Ryoji Tokuoka;Johann Deisenhofer;Robert Huber

  • Thermotoga maritima sp. nov. represents a new genus of unique extremely thermophilic eubacteria growing up to 90°C

    Robert Huber;Thomas A. Langworthy;Helmut König;Michael Thomm

  • A gated channel into the proteasome core particle.

    Michael Groll;Monica Bajorek;Alwin Köhler;Luis Moroder

  • The structure of a complex of recombinant hirudin and human alpha-thrombin

    Timothy J. Rydel;K. G. Ravichandran;A. Tulinsky;Wolfram Bode

  • Structural basis of the activation and action of trypsin

    Robert Huber;Wolfram Bode

  • Handbook of metalloproteins

    Albrecht Messerschmidt;R. Huber;Thomas Poulos;Karl Wieghardt

  • The 3.2-A crystal structure of the human IgG1 Fc fragment-Fc gammaRIII complex.

    Peter Sondermann;Robert Huber;Vaughan Oosthuizen;Vaughan Oosthuizen;Uwe Jacob

  • Proteasome from Thermoplasma acidophilum: A threonine protease

    Erika Seemüller;Andrei Lupas;Daniela Stock;Jan Löwe

  • Organic anion-transporting polypeptide B (OATP-B) and its functional comparison with three other OATPs of human liver

    Gerd A. Kullak-Ublick;Manfred G. Ismair;Bruno Stieger;Lukas Landmann

  • The Geometry of the Reactive Site and of the Peptide Groups in Trypsin, Trypsinogen and its Complexes with Inhibitors

    M. Marquart;J. Walter;J. Deisenhofer;W. Bode

  • The 2.0 A X-ray crystal structure of chicken egg white cystatin and its possible mode of interaction with cysteine proteinases.

    W. Bode;R. Engh;D. Musil;U. Thiele

Frequent Co-Authors

Wolfram Bode
Wolfram Bode Max Planck Society
Michael Groll
Michael Groll Technical University of Munich
Karl O. Stetter
Karl O. Stetter University of Regensburg
Richard A. Engh
Richard A. Engh University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Luis Moroder
Luis Moroder Max Planck Society
Albrecht Messerschmidt
Albrecht Messerschmidt Max Planck Society
Tim Clausen
Tim Clausen Research Institute of Molecular Pathology
Adelbert Bacher
Adelbert Bacher Technical University of Munich
Hans Brandstetter
Hans Brandstetter University of Salzburg
Maria João Romão
Maria João Romão Universidade Nova de Lisboa

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