2026 Torsten Schwede: Engineering and Technology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Engineering and Technology	65	1476	1404	27	27	146	61305

Research.com Recognitions

2022 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Switzerland Leader Award

Overview

Torsten Schwede is affiliated with the University of Basel in Switzerland and has contributed to the field of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a particular focus on Molecular Biology. Their research spans several subfields, including Materials Chemistry, Computational Theory and Mathematics, Infectious Diseases, and Oncology.

The main topics addressed in Schwede's work include:

Protein Structure and Dynamics
Enzyme Structure and Function
RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
Computational Drug Discovery Methods
Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
Machine Learning in Bioinformatics
Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies

Schwede has published extensively in several scientific venues. Key frequent publication sources include:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Bioinformatics
Journal of Molecular Biology

Among the notable recent papers by Schwede are:

Critical assessment of methods of protein structure prediction (CASP)-Round XIV, 2021, Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics
ProMod3-A versatile homology modelling toolbox, 2021, PLoS Computational Biology
QMEANDisCo-distance constraints applied on model quality estimation, 2020, Bioinformatics
Uncovering new families and folds in the natural protein universe, 2023, Nature
Critical assessment of methods of protein structure prediction ( CASP )-Round XV, 2023, Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics

Frequent co-authors in Schwede's work include:

Gerardo Tauriello
Janani Durairaj
Gabriel Studer
Joana Pereira
Andrew Waterhouse

Best Publications

SWISS-MODEL: homology modelling of protein structures and complexes.

Andrew Waterhouse;Andrew Waterhouse;Martino Bertoni;Martino Bertoni;Stefan Bienert;Stefan Bienert;Gabriel Studer;Gabriel Studer

12635
Citations
The SWISS-MODEL workspace: a web-based environment for protein structure homology modelling

Konstantin Arnold;Lorenza Bordoli;Jürgen Kopp;Torsten Schwede

8989
Citations
SWISS-MODEL: an automated protein homology-modeling server

Torsten Schwede;Jürgen Kopp;Nicolas Guex;Manuel C. Peitsch

7117
Citations
SWISS-MODEL: modelling protein tertiary and quaternary structure using evolutionary information

Marco Biasini;Stefan Bienert;Andrew Waterhouse;Konstantin Arnold

5439
Citations
Toward the estimation of the absolute quality of individual protein structure models

Pascal Benkert;Marco Biasini;Torsten Schwede

2621
Citations
The SWISS-MODEL Repository and associated resources

Florian Kiefer;Konstantin Arnold;Michael Künzli;Lorenza Bordoli

2582
Citations
Automated comparative protein structure modeling with SWISS-MODEL and Swiss-PdbViewer: a historical perspective.

Nicolas Guex;Manuel C. Peitsch;Torsten Schwede;Torsten Schwede

2233
Citations
The SWISS-MODEL Repository—new features and functionality

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2127
Citations
Protein structure homology modeling using SWISS-MODEL workspace

Lorenza Bordoli;Florian Kiefer;Florian Kiefer;Konstantin Arnold;Konstantin Arnold;Pascal Benkert;Pascal Benkert

1501
Citations
lDDT: a local superposition-free score for comparing protein structures and models using distance difference tests

Valerio Mariani;Marco Biasini;Alessandro Barbato;Torsten Schwede

1165
Citations
The SWISS-MODEL Repository: new features and functionalities.

Jürgen Kopp;Torsten Schwede

983
Citations
QMEAN server for protein model quality estimation

Pascal Benkert;Michael Künzli;Torsten Schwede

980
Citations
QMEANDisCo-distance constraints applied on model quality estimation.

Gabriel Studer;Gabriel Studer;Christine Rempfer;Christine Rempfer;Andrew M Waterhouse;Andrew M Waterhouse;Rafal Gumienny;Rafal Gumienny

971
Citations
Modeling protein quaternary structure of homo- and hetero-oligomers beyond binary interactions by homology

Martino Bertoni;Martino Bertoni;Florian Kiefer;Florian Kiefer;Marco Biasini;Marco Biasini;Lorenza Bordoli;Lorenza Bordoli

940
Citations
Critical assessment of methods of protein structure prediction (CASP)-Round XIII

Andriy Kryshtafovych;Torsten Schwede;Maya Topf;Krzysztof Fidelis

577
Citations
Critical assessment of methods of protein structure prediction (CASP)-Round XIV.

Andriy Kryshtafovych;Torsten Schwede;Maya Topf;Krzysztof Fidelis

509
Citations
The SWISS‐MODEL Repository of annotated three‐dimensional protein structure homology models

Jürgen Kopp;Torsten Schwede

448
Citations
Second messenger-mediated spatiotemporal control of protein degradation regulates bacterial cell cycle progression

Anna Duerig;Sören Abel;Marc Folcher;Micael Nicollier

377
Citations
The Protein Model Portal--a comprehensive resource for protein structure and model information.

Juergen Haas;Steven Roth;Konstantin Arnold;Florian Kiefer

306
Citations
Critical assessment of methods of protein structure prediction: Progress and new directions in round XI

John Moult;Krzysztof Fidelis;Andriy Kryshtafovych;Torsten Schwede

276
Citations
2017 publication guidelines for structural modelling of small-angle scattering data from biomolecules in solution: an update.

Jill Trewhella;Anthony P. Duff;Dominique Durand;Frank Gabel

274
Citations