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D-Index & Metrics

Genetics

D-Index
55
Citations
14578
World Ranking
3558
National Ranking
54

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
58
Citations
15599
World Ranking
12994
National Ranking
231

Rolf Zeller publications per year

1983: 3 publications 1984: 1 publications 1985: 2 publications 1986: 0 publications 1987: 4 publications 1988: 1 publications 1989: 1 publications 1990: 3 publications 1991: 1 publications 1992: 1 publications 1993: 3 publications 1994: 1 publications 1995: 4 publications 1996: 3 publications 1997: 2 publications 1998: 2 publications 1999: 5 publications 2000: 2 publications 2001: 3 publications 2002: 6 publications 2003: 4 publications 2004: 4 publications 2005: 1 publications 2006: 1 publications 2007: 5 publications 2008: 9 publications 2009: 5 publications 2010: 7 publications 2011: 2 publications 2012: 6 publications 2013: 3 publications 2014: 6 publications 2015: 3 publications 2016: 0 publications 2017: 2 publications 2018: 0 publications 2019: 2 publications 2020: 4 publications 2021: 3 publications 2022: 3 publications 2023: 1 publications 2024: 4 publications 2025: 3 publications
1983 2025

126 publications in total across all disciplines

Rolf Zeller publication distribution in Genetics in 2026

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

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 110 publications — 11th percentile

11% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more.

Rolf Zeller D-index placement in Genetics in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 55 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more.

Overview

Rolf Zeller is affiliated with the University of Basel in Switzerland. Their research primarily falls within the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a strong focus on subfields such as Molecular Biology, Genetics, and Developmental Biology.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • Pluripotent Stem Cells Research
  • Congenital heart defects research
  • Congenital limb and hand anomalies
  • Animal Genetics and Reproduction
  • Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities

Rolf Zeller has published multiple papers, a selection of which includes:

  • "HOX13-dependent chromatin accessibility underlies the transition towards the digit development program," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Dynamic and self-regulatory interactions among gene regulatory networks control vertebrate limb bud morphogenesis," 2020, Current Topics in Developmental Biology
  • "Gene Regulatory and Expression Differences between Mouse and Pig Limb Buds Provide Insights into the Evolutionary Emergence of Artiodactyl Traits," 2020, Cell Reports
  • "Spatial regulation by multiple Gremlin1 enhancers provides digit development with cis-regulatory robustness and evolutionary plasticity," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "Gli3 utilizes Hand2 to synergistically regulate tissue-specific transcriptional networks," 2020, eLife

Their work is frequently published in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Development
  • Current Topics in Developmental Biology
  • Cell Reports

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Aimée Zúñiga
  • Jonas Malkmus
  • Angela Morabito
  • Rushikesh Sheth
  • Victorio Palacio

Rolf Zeller's research contributions span topics important to understanding developmental biology processes, gene regulatory networks, and genetic mechanisms underlying congenital abnormalities and evolutionary traits.

Best Publications

  • Hematoxylin and Eosin Staining of Tissue and Cell Sections

    Andrew H. Fischer;Kenneth A. Jacobson;Jack Rose;Rolf Zeller

  • Rearrangements of the cytoskeleton and cell contacts induce process formation during differentiation of conditionally immortalized mouse podocyte cell lines

    Peter Mundel;Jochen Reiser;Aimée Zúñiga Mejı́a Borja;Hermann Pavenstädt

  • Impaired cerebral cortex development and blood pressure regulation in FGF-2-deficient mice.

    Rosanna Dono;Gemma Texido;Rudolf Dussel;Heimo Ehmke;Heimo Ehmke

  • The short stature homeobox gene SHOX is involved in skeletal abnormalities in Turner syndrome

    Mark Clement-Jones;Simone Schiller;Ercole Rao;Rüdiger J. Blaschke

  • Progression of Vertebrate Limb Development Through SHH-Mediated Counteraction of GLI3

    Pascal te Welscher;Aimée Zuniga;Sanne Kuijper;Thijs Drenth

  • Signal relay by BMP antagonism controls the SHH/FGF4 feedback loop in vertebrate limb buds.

    Aimée Zúñiga;Anna-Pavlina G. Haramis;Anna-Pavlina G. Haramis;Andrew P. McMahon;Rolf Zeller;Rolf Zeller

  • Recapitulation of endochondral bone formation using human adult mesenchymal stem cells as a paradigm for developmental engineering

    Celeste Scotti;Beatrice Tonnarelli;Adam Papadimitropoulos;Arnaud Scherberich

  • Vertebrate limb bud development : moving towards integrative analysis of organogenesis

    Rolf Zeller;Javier López-Ríos;Aimée Zuniga

  • Gremlin-mediated BMP antagonism induces the epithelial-mesenchymal feedback signaling controlling metanephric kidney and limb organogenesis.

    Odyssé Michos;Lia Panman;Kristina Vintersten;Konstantin Beier

  • Synaptopodin-deficient mice lack a spine apparatus and show deficits in synaptic plasticity.

    Thomas Deller;Martin Korte;Sophie Chabanis;Alexander Drakew

  • The cytomegalovirus enhancer: a pan-active control element in transgenic mice.

    E V Schmidt;G Christoph;R Zeller;P Leder

  • Mutual genetic antagonism involving GLI3 and dHAND prepatterns the vertebrate limb bud mesenchyme prior to SHH signaling

    Pascal te Welscher;Marian Fernandez-Teran;Marian A. Ros;Rolf Zeller

  • Localized expression of the atrial natriuretic factor gene during cardiac embryogenesis.

    R Zeller;K D Bloch;B S Williams;R J Arceci

  • 'Formins': proteins deduced from the alternative transcripts of the limb deformity gene.

    Richard P. Woychik;Richard L. Maas;Richard L. Maas;Rolf Zeller;Rolf Zeller;Thomas F. Vogt

  • Distinct roles of Hand2 in initiating polarity and posterior Shh expression during the onset of mouse limb bud development.

    Antonella Galli;Dimitri Robay;Marco Osterwalder;Xiaozhong Bao

  • A Self-Regulatory System of Interlinked Signaling Feedback Loops Controls Mouse Limb Patterning

    Jean-Denis Bénazet;Mirko Bischofberger;Eva Tiecke;Alexandre Gonçalves

  • Tissue remodelling through branching morphogenesis

    Markus Affolter;Rolf Zeller;Emmanuel Caussinus

  • Reduction of BMP4 activity by gremlin 1 enables ureteric bud outgrowth and GDNF/WNT11 feedback signalling during kidney branching morphogenesis.

    Odyssé Michos;Alexandre Gonçalves;Javier Lopez-Rios;Eva Tiecke

  • Nucleocytoplasmic distribution of snRNPs and stockpiled snRNA-binding proteins during oogenesis and early development in Xenopus laevis

    Rolf Zeller;Thomas Nyffenegger;Eddy M. De Robertis

  • Vertebrate Limb Development: Moving from Classical Morphogen Gradients to an Integrated 4-Dimensional Patterning System

    Jean-Denis Bénazet;Rolf Zeller

Frequent Co-Authors

Axel Visel
Axel Visel Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Iain W. Mattaj
Iain W. Mattaj Human Technopole
Philip Leder
Philip Leder Harvard University
José Luis de la Pompa
José Luis de la Pompa Spanish National Centre for Cardiovascular Research
Denis Duboule
Denis Duboule Collège de France
Richard L. Maas
Richard L. Maas Brigham and Women's Hospital
Ivan Martin
Ivan Martin University Hospital of Basel
E. M. De Robertis
E. M. De Robertis University of California, Los Angeles
Richard P. Woychik
Richard P. Woychik National Institutes of Health

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