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U. Benjamin Kaupp

U. Benjamin Kaupp

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
72
Citations
18826
World Ranking
6291
National Ranking
444

U. Benjamin Kaupp 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 U. Benjamin Kaupp sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 185 publications — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

U. Benjamin Kaupp 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 U. Benjamin Kaupp sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 72 D-Index — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

U. Benjamin Kaupp is affiliated with the University of Bonn in Germany. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, as well as neuroscience. The subfields Kaupp contributes to include molecular biology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, reproductive medicine, atomic and molecular physics and optics, and public health, environmental and occupational health.

Kaupp's scientific work covers several key topics such as photoreceptor and optogenetics research, sperm and testicular function, reproductive biology and fertility, neurobiology and insect physiology research, orbital angular momentum in optics, retinal development and disorders, and neuroscience and neuropharmacology research.

The scientist has published in various prominent venues, with frequent publications appearing in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology CITE

The following are some of Kaupp's recent papers along with their year of publication and venues:

  • The 2020 motile active matter roadmap, 2020, Journal of Physics Condensed Matter
  • Reconstruction of the birth of a male sex chromosome present in Atlantic herring, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Rotational motion and rheotaxis of human sperm do not require functional CatSper channels and transmembrane Ca 2+ signaling, 2020, The EMBO Journal
  • Spatiotemporal Resolution of Conformational Changes in Biomolecules by Combining Pulsed Electron-Electron Double Resonance Spectroscopy with Microsecond Freeze-Hyperquenching, 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Control of intracellular pH and bicarbonate by CO2 diffusion into human sperm, 2023, Nature Communications

Frequent collaboration is a part of Kaupp's research environment. Regular coauthors include Luis Álvarez, Timo Strünker, Wolfgang Bönigk, Christoph Brenker, and Dagmar Wachten.

Best Publications

  • Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated Ion Channels

    U. Benjamin Kaupp;Reinhard Seifert

  • The CatSper channel mediates progesterone-induced Ca2+ influx in human sperm

    Timo Strünker;Normann Goodwin;Christoph Brenker;Nachiket D. Kashikar;Nachiket D. Kashikar

  • Olfactory signalling in vertebrates and insects: differences and commonalities

    U. Benjamin Kaupp

  • The 2020 motile active matter roadmap

    Gerhard Gompper;Roland G Winkler;Thomas Speck;Alexandre Solon

  • Pacemaker channel dysfunction in a patient with sinus node disease

    Eric Schulze-Bahr;Axel Neu;Patrick Friederich;U. Benjamin Kaupp

  • Molecular characterization of a slowly gating human hyperpolarization-activated channel predominantly expressed in thalamus, heart, and testis

    Reinhard Seifert;Alexander Scholten;Renate Gauss;Antoaneta Mincheva

  • Profoundly Different Calcium Permeation and Blockage Determine the Specific Function of Distinct Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated Channels

    Stephan Frings;Reinhard Seifert;Matthias Godde;U.Benjamin Kaupp

  • The Native Rat Olfactory Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated Channel Is Composed of Three Distinct Subunits

    Wolfgang Bönigk;Jonathan Bradley;Frank Müller;Federico Sesti

  • The cyclic nucleotide-gated channels of vertebrate photoreceptors and olfactory epithelium.

    U. Benjamin Kaupp

  • Fast manipulation of cellular cAMP level by light in vivo

    Saskia Schröder-Lang;Martin Schwärzel;Reinhard Seifert;Timo Strünker

  • Primary structure of cAMP-gated channel from bovine olfactory epithelium

    Jost Ludwig;Talya Margalit;Elisabeth Eismann;Doron Lancet

  • Hyperpolarization-activated channels HCN1 and HCN4 mediate responses to sour stimuli

    David R. Stevens;Reinhard Seifert;Bernd Bufe;Frank Müller

  • A 240 kDa protein represents the complete β subunit of the cyclic nucleotide-gated channel from rod photoreceptor

    Heinz Gerd Ko¨rschen;Michelle Illing;Reinhard Seifer;Federico Sesti

  • Hydrodynamics of Sperm Cells near Surfaces

    Jens Elgeti;U. Benjamin Kaupp;Gerhard Gompper

  • Performance of Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy for Measuring Diffusion and Concentration

    Jörg Enderlein;Ingo Gregor;Digambara Patra;Thomas Dertinger

  • Rod and cone photoreceptor cells express distinct genes for cGMP-gated channels

    Wolfgang Bönigk;Wolfram Altenhofen;Frank Müller;Andrea Dose

  • Role of cGMP and Ca2+ in Vertebrate Photoreceptor Excitation and Adaptation

    U B Kaupp;K W Koch

  • Chloride accumulation in mammalian olfactory sensory neurons.

    Hiroshi Kaneko;Ilva Putzier;Stephan Frings;U Benjamin Kaupp

  • Cyclic nucleotide-gated channels on the flagellum control Ca2+ entry into sperm.

    Burkhard Wiesner;Jocelyn Weiner;Ralf Middendorff;Volker Hagen

  • Cyclic GMP directly regulates a cation conductance in membranes of bovine rods by a cooperative mechanism.

    K W Koch;U B Kaupp

Frequent Co-Authors

Frank Müller
Frank Müller Forschungszentrum Jülich
Gerhard Gompper
Gerhard Gompper Forschungszentrum Jülich
Dieter Willbold
Dieter Willbold Forschungszentrum Jülich
Elisabeth Kremmer
Elisabeth Kremmer Max Planck Society
Martin Biel
Martin Biel Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Franz Hofmann
Franz Hofmann Technical University of Munich
Robert A. Lamb
Robert A. Lamb Northwestern University
Peter Hegemann
Peter Hegemann Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Karl-Wilhelm Koch
Karl-Wilhelm Koch Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
Judith Klein-Seetharaman
Judith Klein-Seetharaman Arizona State University

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