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D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
75
Citations
18150
World Ranking
5376
National Ranking
2547

Ursula Jakob publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 145 publications — 24th percentile

24% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ursula Jakob 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 Ursula Jakob sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 75 D-Index — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Biochemistry and Biophysics
  • 2020 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Ursula Jakob is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research spans a range of topics within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, contributing significantly to understanding cellular processes and protein biology.

They have contributed extensively to the following main fields of study:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

The subfields of study where Ursula Jakob has a strong presence include:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Genetics
  • Cell Biology
  • Aging
  • Neurology

Their main research topics center around:

  • Heat shock proteins research
  • Coagulation, Bradykinin, Polyphosphates, and Angioedema
  • Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease
  • Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms
  • Redox biology and oxidative stress
  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Enzyme Structure and Function

Ursula Jakob has published numerous papers in prominent venues, with frequent publications in the following journals:

  • Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • mBio
  • Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
  • Molecular Cell

Recent notable papers include:

  • "Fundamentals of redox regulation in biology," 2024, Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
  • "Copper Induces Protein Aggregation, a Toxic Process Compensated by Molecular Chaperones," 2022, mBio
  • "Polyphosphate drives bacterial heterochromatin formation," 2021, Science Advances
  • "Polyphosphate Functions In Vivo as an Iron Chelator and Fenton Reaction Inhibitor," 2020, mBio
  • "Depletion of mitochondrial inorganic polyphosphate (polyP) in mammalian cells causes metabolic shift from oxidative phosphorylation to glycolysis," 2021, Biochemical Journal

The scientist has collaborated extensively with several researchers including:

  • Lila M. Gierasch
  • F. Peter Guengerich
  • Ruma Banerjee
  • Roger Colbran
  • Peter Cresswell

Ursula Jakob's work has been recognized with memberships and fellowships including:

  • German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina - Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften (2020) for Biochemistry and Biophysics
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2020)

Best Publications

  • Small heat shock proteins are molecular chaperones

    U Jakob;M Gaestel;K Engel;J Buchner

  • Hsp90 chaperones protein folding in vitro.

    Hans Wiech;Johannes Buchner;Richard Zimmermann;Ursula Jakob

  • Chaperone Activity with a Redox Switch

    Ursula Jakob;Wilson B Muse;Markus Eser;James C.A. Bardwell

  • Quantifying changes in the thiol redox proteome upon oxidative stress in vivo

    Lars I. Leichert;Florian Gehrke;Harini V. Gudiseva;Tom Blackwell

  • Assisting spontaneity: the role of Hsp90 and small Hsps as molecular chaperones

    Ursula Jakob;Johannes Buchner

  • Transient Interaction of Hsp90 with Early Unfolding Intermediates of Citrate Synthase: IMPLICATIONS FOR HEAT SHOCK IN VIVO

    Ursula Jakob;Hauke Lilie;Ines Meyer;Johannes Buchner

  • Bacterial Responses to Reactive Chlorine Species

    Michael J. Gray;Wei Yun Wholey;Ursula Jakob

  • Oxidant Sensing by Reversible Disulfide Bond Formation

    Claudia M. Cremers;Ursula Jakob

  • Bleach Activates a Redox-Regulated Chaperone by Oxidative Protein Unfolding

    J. Winter;M. Ilbert;P.C.F. Graf;D. Özcelik

  • Thiol-based redox switches in eukaryotic proteins.

    Nicolas Brandes;Sebastian Schmitt;Ursula Jakob

  • The role of thiols in antioxidant systems.

    Kathrin Ulrich;Ursula Jakob

  • Polyphosphate Is a Primordial Chaperone

    Michael J. Gray;Wei Yun Wholey;Nico O. Wagner;Claudia M. Cremers

  • RNA methylation under heat shock control

    Hans Bügl;Eric B. Fauman;Bart L. Staker;Fuzhong Zheng

  • Protein thiol modifications visualized in vivo.

    Lars I Leichert;Ursula Jakob

  • Analysis of chaperone function using citrate synthase as nonnative substrate protein.

    Johannes Buchner;Holger Grallert;Ursula Jakob

  • Thiol-based redox switches

    Bastian Groitl;Ursula Jakob

  • XIAP Is a Copper Binding Protein Deregulated in Wilson's Disease and Other Copper Toxicosis Disorders

    Arjmand R. Mufti;Ezra Burstein;Ezra Burstein;Rebecca A. Csomos;Paul C.F. Graf

  • Redox Switch of Hsp33 Has a Novel Zinc-binding Motif

    Ursula Jakob;Markus Eser;James C.A. Bardwell

  • Severe Oxidative Stress Causes Inactivation of DnaK and Activation of the Redox-Regulated Chaperone Hsp33

    Jeannette Winter;Katrin Linke;Anna Jatzek;Ursula Jakob

  • Genetic selection designed to stabilize proteins uncovers a chaperone called Spy

    Shu Quan;Philipp Koldewey;Philipp Koldewey;Tim Tapley;Tim Tapley;Nadine Kirsch;Nadine Kirsch

Frequent Co-Authors

James C. A. Bardwell
James C. A. Bardwell University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Johannes Buchner
Johannes Buchner Technical University of Munich
Elizabeth Rhoades
Elizabeth Rhoades University of Pennsylvania
Hauke Lilie
Hauke Lilie Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Stephen P. Cramer
Stephen P. Cramer Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
Michael C. Fitzgerald
Michael C. Fitzgerald Duke University
Ruma Banerjee
Ruma Banerjee University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Stephen W. Ragsdale
Stephen W. Ragsdale University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Christine C. Winterbourn
Christine C. Winterbourn University of Otago
L. Aravind
L. Aravind National Institutes of Health

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