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2026

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
101
Citations
29870
World Ranking
1476
National Ranking
96

Uwe Sonnewald 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 Uwe Sonnewald sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 309 publications — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Uwe Sonnewald 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 Uwe Sonnewald sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 72 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 101 D-Index — 93rd percentile

93% 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

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Uwe Sonnewald is affiliated with the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a strong emphasis on Plant Science and Molecular Biology. Their work encompasses various subfields, including Food Science, Materials Chemistry, and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Cassava research and cyanide
  • Potato Plant Research
  • Plant responses to water stress
  • Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms

Sonnewald has published extensively across several noteworthy venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • The Plant Journal
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Journal of Plant Physiology
  • Nature Plants

Frequent collaborators in Sonnewald's research comprise:

  • Wolfgang Zierer
  • Alisdair R. Fernie
  • H. Ekkehard Neuhaus
  • Benjamin Pommerrenig
  • Sophia Sonnewald

Selected recent publications by Uwe Sonnewald include:

  • "Synchronization of developmental, molecular and metabolic aspects of source-sink interactions" (2020), Nature Plants
  • "Tuber and Tuberous Root Development" (2021), Annual Review of Plant Biology
  • "Metabolic rewiring promotes anti-inflammatory effects of glucocorticoids" (2024), Nature
  • "The Cassava Source-Sink project: opportunities and challenges for crop improvement by metabolic engineering" (2020), The Plant Journal
  • "Metabolic reprogramming of osteoclasts represents a therapeutic target during the treatment of osteoporosis" (2020), Scientific Reports

Best Publications

  • Evidence of the crucial role of sucrose synthase for sink strength using transgenic potato plants (Solanum tuberosum L.)

    Rita Zrenner;Marcel Salanoubat;Lothar Willmitzer;Uwe Sonnewald

  • Pyrimidine and Purine Biosynthesis and Degradation in Plants

    Rita Zrenner;Mark Stitt;Uwe Sonnewald;Ralf Boldt

  • Expression of a yeast-derived invertase in the cell wall of tobacco and Arabidopsis plants leads to accumulation of carbohydrate and inhibition of photosynthesis and strongly influences growth and phenotype of transgenic tobacco plants.

    A. von Schaewen;M. Stitt;R. Schmidt;U. Sonnewald

  • Inhibition of the ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase in transgenic potatoes leads to sugar-storing tubers and influences tuber formation and expression of tuber storage protein genes.

    B Müller-Röber;U Sonnewald;L Willmitzer

  • Both developmental and metabolic signals activate the promoter of a class I patatin gene

    Mario Rocha-Sosa;Uwe Sonnewald;Wolf Frommer;Marina Stratmann

  • The stomatal response to reduced relative humidity requires guard cell-autonomous ABA synthesis.

    Hubert Bauer;Peter Ache;Silke Lautner;Joerg Fromm

  • Simultaneous Application of Heat, Drought, and Virus to Arabidopsis Plants Reveals Significant Shifts in Signaling Networks

    Christian Maximilian Prasch;Uwe Sonnewald

  • Systemic Acquired Resistance Mediated by the Ectopic Expression of Invertase: Possible Hexose Sensing in the Secretory Pathway.

    Karin Herbers;Philippe Meuwly;Wolf B. Frommer;Jean-Pierre Metraux

  • Transgenic tobacco plants expressing yeast‐derived invertase in either the cytosol, vacuole or apoplast: a powerful tool for studying sucrose metabolism and sink/source interactions

    U Sonnewald;M Brauer;A von Schaewen;M Stitt

  • Reprogramming a maize plant: transcriptional and metabolic changes induced by the fungal biotroph Ustilago maydis.

    Gunther Doehlemann;Ramon Wahl;Robin J. Horst;Lars M. Voll

  • An ethanol inducible gene switch for plants used to manipulate carbon metabolism.

    M X Caddick;A J Greenland;I Jepson;K P Krause

  • A Small Decrease of Plastid Transketolase Activity in Antisense Tobacco Transformants Has Dramatic Effects on Photosynthesis and Phenylpropanoid Metabolism

    Stefan Henkes;Uwe Sonnewald;Ralf Badur;Ralf Flachmann

  • One of two different ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase genes from potato responds strongly to elevated levels of sucrose.

    B. T. Müller-Röber;J. Kossmann;L. C. Hannah;L. Willmitzer

  • Impact of Altered Gibberellin Metabolism on Biomass Accumulation, Lignin Biosynthesis, and Photosynthesis in Transgenic Tobacco Plants

    Sophia Biemelt;Henning Tschiersch;Uwe Sonnewald

  • The nitrate and ammonium nitrate supply have a major influence on the response of photosynthesis, carbon metabolism, nitrogen metabolism and growth to elevated carbon dioxide in tobacco

    M. Geiger;V. Haake;F. Ludewig;U. Sonnewald

  • Specific Roles of α- and γ-Tocopherol in Abiotic Stress Responses of Transgenic Tobacco

    Ali-Reza Abbasi;Mohamad Hajirezaei;Daniel Hofius;Uwe Sonnewald

  • Regulation of metabolism in transgenic plants

    Mark Stitt;Uwe Sonnewald

  • Production of Human Papillomavirus Type 16 Virus-Like Particles in Transgenic Plants

    Sophia Biemelt;Uwe Sonnewald;Petra Galmbacher;Lothar Willmitzer

  • Soluble acid invertase determines the hexose-to-sucrose ratio in cold-stored potato tubers

    Rita Zrenner;Konrad Schüler;Uwe Sonnewald

  • A moderate decrease of plastid aldolase activity inhibits photosynthesis, alters the levels of sugars and starch, and inhibits growth of potato plants

    Volker Haake;Rita Zrenner;Uwe Sonnewald;Mark Stitt

Frequent Co-Authors

Lothar Willmitzer
Lothar Willmitzer Max Planck Society
Mark Stitt
Mark Stitt Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology
Lars M. Voll
Lars M. Voll Philipp University of Marburg
Alisdair R. Fernie
Alisdair R. Fernie Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology
Mohammad-Reza Hajirezaei
Mohammad-Reza Hajirezaei Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research
Wolf B. Frommer
Wolf B. Frommer Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Uwe Scholz
Uwe Scholz Leibniz Association
Karl-Heinz Kogel
Karl-Heinz Kogel University of Giessen
Peter Geigenberger
Peter Geigenberger Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Frank Ordon
Frank Ordon Julius Kühn-Institut

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