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Sabine Rüsch-Gerdes

Sabine Rüsch-Gerdes

D-Index & Metrics

Microbiology

D-Index
71
Citations
19443
World Ranking
1832
National Ranking
133

Sabine Rüsch-Gerdes publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Microbiology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Sabine Rüsch-Gerdes sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 147 publications — 25th percentile

25% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

Sabine Rüsch-Gerdes D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

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

40 D-Index: 30 scientists 41 D-Index: 86 scientists 42 D-Index: 90 scientists 43 D-Index: 117 scientists 44 D-Index: 122 scientists 45 D-Index: 123 scientists 46 D-Index: 108 scientists 47 D-Index: 110 scientists 48 D-Index: 106 scientists 49 D-Index: 109 scientists 50 D-Index: 129 scientists 51 D-Index: 111 scientists 52 D-Index: 116 scientists 53 D-Index: 127 scientists 54 D-Index: 134 scientists 55 D-Index: 134 scientists 56 D-Index: 112 scientists 57 D-Index: 136 scientists 58 D-Index: 162 scientists 59 D-Index: 151 scientists 60 D-Index: 139 scientists 61 D-Index: 123 scientists 62 D-Index: 126 scientists 63 D-Index: 144 scientists 64 D-Index: 109 scientists 65 D-Index: 103 scientists 66 D-Index: 124 scientists 67 D-Index: 112 scientists 68 D-Index: 103 scientists 69 D-Index: 131 scientists 70 D-Index: 94 scientists 71 D-Index: 93 scientists 72 D-Index: 96 scientists 73 D-Index: 92 scientists 74 D-Index: 80 scientists 75 D-Index: 66 scientists 76 D-Index: 87 scientists 77 D-Index: 60 scientists 78 D-Index: 73 scientists 79 D-Index: 59 scientists 80 D-Index: 57 scientists 81 D-Index: 55 scientists 82 D-Index: 47 scientists 83 D-Index: 77 scientists 84 D-Index: 50 scientists 85 D-Index: 45 scientists 86 D-Index: 42 scientists 87 D-Index: 41 scientists 88 D-Index: 32 scientists 89 D-Index: 38 scientists 90 D-Index: 35 scientists 91 D-Index: 34 scientists 92 D-Index: 27 scientists 93 D-Index: 26 scientists 94 D-Index: 33 scientists 95 D-Index: 22 scientists 96 D-Index: 37 scientists 97 D-Index: 22 scientists 98 D-Index: 21 scientists 99 D-Index: 22 scientists 100 D-Index: 30 scientists 101 D-Index: 16 scientists 102 D-Index: 20 scientists 103 D-Index: 17 scientists 104 D-Index: 19 scientists 105 D-Index: 16 scientists 106 D-Index: 19 scientists 107 D-Index: 18 scientists 108 D-Index: 14 scientists 109 D-Index: 10 scientists 110 D-Index: 9 scientists 111 D-Index: 7 scientists 112 D-Index: 11 scientists 113 D-Index: 6 scientists 114 D-Index: 15 scientists 115 D-Index: 10 scientists 116 D-Index: 12 scientists 117 D-Index: 7 scientists 118 D-Index: 10 scientists 119 D-Index: 10 scientists 120 D-Index: 11 scientists 121 D-Index: 2 scientists 122 D-Index: 7 scientists 123 D-Index: 12 scientists 124 D-Index: 5 scientists 125 D-Index: 9 scientists 126 D-Index: 6 scientists 127+ D-Index: 95 scientists
40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 71 D-Index — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

Overview

Sabine Rüsch-Gerdes was affiliated with Kiel University in Germany during their academic career. Their professional work was connected to this institution, which is known for its research activities across various scientific disciplines.

There are no recorded recent papers, frequent co-authors, publication venues, book publications, fields or subfields of study, main topics of work, or awards linked to Sabine Rüsch-Gerdes in the provided data. This limits the detailed insights into their specific research contributions or academic collaborations.

The available information indicates that Sabine Rüsch-Gerdes is deceased. Therefore, all references to their work are in the past tense.

Best Publications

  • Proposal for Standardization of Optimized Mycobacterial Interspersed Repetitive Unit-Variable-Number Tandem Repeat Typing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

    Philip Supply;Philip Supply;Caroline Allix;Sarah Lesjean;Sarah Lesjean;Mara Cardoso-Oelemann;Mara Cardoso-Oelemann

  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex genetic diversity: mining the fourth international spoligotyping database (SpolDB4) for classification, population genetics and epidemiology

    Karine Brudey;Jeffrey R Driscoll;Leen Rigouts;Wolfgang M Prodinger

  • WHO guidelines for the programmatic management of drug-resistant tuberculosis: 2011 update

    D. Falzon;E. Jaramillo;H. J. Schünemann;M. Arentz

  • Worldwide Emergence of Extensively Drug-resistant Tuberculosis

    N. Sarita Shah;Abigail Wright;Gill-Han Bai;Lucia Barrera

  • Origin, Spread and Demography of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex

    Thierry Wirth;Falk Hildebrand;Caroline Allix-Béguec;Florian Wölbeling

  • Evolutionary history and global spread of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing lineage

    Matthias Merker;Camille Blin;Stefano Mona;Nicolas Duforet-Frebourg

  • Whole Genome Sequencing versus Traditional Genotyping for Investigation of a Mycobacterium tuberculosis Outbreak: A Longitudinal Molecular Epidemiological Study

    Andreas Roetzer;Roland Diel;Thomas A. Kohl;Christian Rückert

  • Rapid Molecular Detection of Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis by the Automated GeneXpert MTB/RIF System

    Doris Hillemann;Sabine Rüsch-Gerdes;Catharina Boehme;Elvira Richter

  • Evaluation of the GenoType MTBDRplus Assay for Rifampin and Isoniazid Susceptibility Testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains and Clinical Specimens

    Doris Hillemann;Sabine Rüsch-Gerdes;Elvira Richter

  • Management of patients with multidrug-resistant/extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in Europe: a TBNET consensus statement

    Christoph Lange;Ibrahim Abubakar;Jan Willem C. Alffenaar;Graham Bothamley

  • Multicenter Evaluation of the BACTEC MGIT 960 System for Recovery of Mycobacteria

    Bruce A. Hanna;Adeleh Ebrahimzadeh;L. Bruce Elliott;Margie A. Morgan

  • Feasibility of the GenoType MTBDRsl Assay for Fluoroquinolone, Amikacin-Capreomycin, and Ethambutol Resistance Testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains and Clinical Specimens

    Doris Hillemann;Sabine Rüsch-Gerdes;Elvira Richter

  • Non-tuberculous mycobacteria: patterns of isolation; a multi-country retrospective survey

    Nuria Martín-Casabona;A. R. Bahrmand;J. Bennedsen;V. Østergaard Thomsen

  • Assessment of an Optimized Mycobacterial Interspersed Repetitive- Unit-Variable-Number Tandem-Repeat Typing System Combined with Spoligotyping for Population-Based Molecular Epidemiology Studies of Tuberculosis

    Mara Cardoso Oelemann;Mara Cardoso Oelemann;Roland Diel;Vincent Vatin;Vincent Vatin;Walter Haas

  • Multicenter Laboratory Validation of the BACTEC MGIT 960 Technique for Testing Susceptibilities of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to Classical Second-Line Drugs and Newer Antimicrobials

    Sabine Rüsch-Gerdes;Gaby E. Pfyffer;Manuel Casal;Maureen Chadwick

  • Frequency of rpoB Mutations Inside and Outside the Cluster I Region in Rifampin-Resistant Clinical Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates

    Markus Heep;Barbara Brandstätter;Ulrich Rieger;Norbert Lehn

  • Autophagy gene variant IRGM -261T contributes to protection from tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis but not by M. africanum strains.

    Christopher D. Intemann;Thorsten Thye;Stefan Niemann;Edmund N. L. Browne

  • Differentiation of Clinical Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Isolates by gyrB DNA Sequence Polymorphism Analysis

    Stefan Niemann;Dag Harmsen;Sabine Rüsch-Gerdes;Elvira Richter

  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains with Highly Discordant Rifampin Susceptibility Test Results

    A. Van Deun;L. Barrera;I. Bastian;L. Fattorini

  • Comparison of the Mycobacteria Growth Indicator Tube (MGIT) with radiometric and solid culture for recovery of acid-fast bacilli

    Unknown

  • Multicenter Evaluation of Fully Automated BACTEC Mycobacteria Growth Indicator Tube 960 System for Susceptibility Testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

    Pascale Bemer;Frantiska Palicova;Sabine Rüsch-Gerdes;Henri B. Drugeon

  • Tuberculosis Recurrence and Mortality after Successful Treatment: Impact of Drug Resistance

    Helen Cox;Yared Kebede;Sholpan Allamuratova;Gabit Ismailov

Frequent Co-Authors

Stefan Niemann
Stefan Niemann Research Center Borstel - Leibniz-Center for Medicine and Biosciences
Elvira Richter
Elvira Richter University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Helen Cox
Helen Cox University of Cape Town
Francis Drobniewski
Francis Drobniewski Imperial College London
Sven Hoffner
Sven Hoffner Karolinska Institute
Philip Supply
Philip Supply Institut Pasteur
Rolf D. Horstmann
Rolf D. Horstmann Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine
Enrico Tortoli
Enrico Tortoli Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Nalin Rastogi
Nalin Rastogi Institut Pasteur
Camille Locht
Camille Locht Institut Pasteur

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