Rüdiger Hardeland

Rüdiger Hardeland publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

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

Rüdiger Hardeland D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

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

Best Publications

• Melatonin: Nature's most versatile biological signal?

  S R Pandi-Perumal;V Srinivasan;G J M Maestroni;D P Cardinali

  1301
  Citations

• Melatonin—A pleiotropic, orchestrating regulator molecule

  Rüdiger Hardeland;Daniel P. Cardinali;Venkatramanujam Srinivasan;D. Warren Spence

  1019
  Citations

• Antioxidative protection by melatonin: multiplicity of mechanisms from radical detoxification to radical avoidance.

  Rüdiger Hardeland

  905
  Citations

• Functional roles of melatonin in plants, and perspectives in nutritional and agricultural science

  Dun Xian Tan;Rudiger Hardeland;Lucien C. Manchester;Ahmet Korkmaz

  709
  Citations

• Melatonin: a hormone, a tissue factor, an autocoid, a paracoid, and an antioxidant vitamin

  Dun Xian Tan;Lucien C. Manchester;Rüdiger Hardeland;Silvia Lopez-Burillo

  685
  Citations

• The significance of the metabolism of the neurohormone melatonin: Antioxidative protection and formation of bioactive substances

  R. Hardeland;R.J. Reiter;B. Poeggeler;D.-X. Tan

  599
  Citations

• Melatonin, the circadian multioscillator system and health: the need for detailed analyses of peripheral melatonin signaling.

  Rüdiger Hardeland;Juan Antonio Madrid;Dun Xian Tan;Russel J. Reiter

  526
  Citations

• Non-vertebrate melatonin

  Rüdiger Hardeland;Burkhard Poeggeler;Burkhard Poeggeler

  524
  Citations

• Melatonin and inflammation—Story of a double‐edged blade

  Rüdiger Hardeland

  478
  Citations

• Circadian rhythms, oxidative stress, and antioxidative defense mechanisms.

  Rüdiger Hardeland;Ana Coto-Montes;Burkhard Poeggeler

  443
  Citations

• The changing biological roles of melatonin during evolution: From an antioxidant to signals of darkness, sexual selection and fitness

  Dun Xian Tan;Rüdiger Hardeland;Lucien C. Manchester;Sergio D. Paredes

  432
  Citations

• Anti-inflammatory actions of melatonin and its metabolites, N1-acetyl-N2-formyl-5-methoxykynuramine (AFMK) and N1-acetyl-5-methoxykynuramine (AMK), in macrophages.

  Juan C. Mayo;Rosa M. Sainz;Dun Xian Tan;Rüdiger Hardeland

  408
  Citations

• Melatonin antioxidative defense: therapeutical implications for aging and neurodegenerative processes.

  Seithikurippu R. Pandi-Perumal;Seithikurippu R. Pandi-Perumal;Ahmed S. BaHammam;Gregory M. Brown;Gregory M. Brown;D. Warren Spence

  406
  Citations

• Melatonin

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  376
  Citations

• On the primary functions of melatonin in evolution: Mediation of photoperiodic signals in a unicell, photooxidation, and scavenging of free radicals*

  Ruediger Hardeland;Ivonne Balzer;Burkhard Poeggeler;Birgit Fuhrberg

  369
  Citations

• Melatonin, a potent agent in antioxidative defense: Actions as a natural food constituent, gastrointestinal factor, drug and prodrug

  Rüdiger Hardeland;SR Pandi-Perumal

  350
  Citations

• Aging, Melatonin, and the Pro- and Anti-Inflammatory Networks.

  Rüdiger Hardeland

  350
  Citations

• Melatonin and the theories of aging: a critical appraisal of melatonin's role in antiaging mechanisms

  Rüdiger Hardeland

  349
  Citations

• Reduced oxidative damage in ALS by high-dose enteral melatonin treatment.

  Jochen H. Weishaupt;Claudia Bartels;Esther Pölking;Jeannine Dietrich

  343
  Citations

• On the significance of an alternate pathway of melatonin synthesis via 5-methoxytryptamine: comparisons across species

  Dun Xian Tan;Rüdiger Hardeland;Kyoungwhan Back;Lucien C. Manchester

  330
  Citations