2026 Volker Hartenstein: Molecular Biology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Molecular Biology	85	838	748	441	387	217	97054

Volker Hartenstein publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Molecular Biology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Volker Hartenstein sits on this spectrum.

47 publications 564+

This scientist: 217 publications — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.

Volker Hartenstein D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Molecular Biology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Volker Hartenstein sits on this spectrum.

40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 85 D-Index — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

Overview

Volker Hartenstein is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Neuroscience and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Genetics, and Molecular Biology as subfields.

The scientist's main topics of study include:

Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
Circadian rhythm and melatonin
Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
Neural dynamics and brain function
Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms
Physiological and biochemical adaptations

Volker Hartenstein has contributed to numerous publications over the years. Recent papers include:

The connectome of an insect brain, 2023, Science
Whole-brain annotation and multi-connectome cell typing of Drosophila, 2024, Nature
Neurotransmitter classification from electron microscopy images at synaptic sites in Drosophila melanogaster, 2024, Cell
Neurotransmitter Classification from Electron Microscopy Images at Synaptic Sites in Drosophila Melanogaster, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
A visual pathway for skylight polarization processing in Drosophila, 2021, eLife

Frequent collaborators in the work of Volker Hartenstein include:

Katharina Eichler
Pratyush Kandimalla
Jaison J. Omoto
Tom Kazimiers
Philipp Schlegel

The scientist's work is often published in venues such as:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Developmental Biology
Journal of Neuroscience
The Journal of Comparative Neurology
Cell and Tissue Research

Best Publications

Fiji: an open-source platform for biological-image analysis

Johannes Schindelin;Ignacio Arganda-Carreras;Erwin Frise;Verena Kaynig

58990
Citations
The Embryonic Development of Drosophila melanogaster

José A. Campos-Ortega;Volker Hartenstein

3571
Citations
Systematic determination of patterns of gene expression during Drosophila embryogenesis

Pavel Tomancak;Amy Beaton;Richard Weiszmann;Elaine Kwan

877
Citations
THE DROSOPHILA SINE OCULIS LOCUS ENCODES A HOMEODOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN REQUIRED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ENTIRE VISUAL SYSTEM

Benjamin N.R. Cheyette;Patricia J. Green;Kathy Martin;Hideki Garren

737
Citations
Specification of Drosophila hematopoietic lineage by conserved transcription factors.

Tim Lebestky;Ting Chang;Volker Hartenstein;Utpal Banerjee

687
Citations
A Systematic Nomenclature for the Insect Brain

Kei Ito;Kazunori Shinomiya;Masayoshi Ito;J. Douglas Armstrong

669
Citations
Development of adult sensilla on the wing and notum of Drosophila melanogaster.

V. Hartenstein;J.W. Posakony

546
Citations
Global analysis of patterns of gene expression during Drosophila embryogenesis.

Pavel Tomancak;Pavel Tomancak;Pavel Tomancak;Benjamin P Berman;Benjamin P Berman;Amy Beaton;Amy Beaton;Richard Weiszmann

539
Citations
The Development of Cellular Junctions in the Drosophila Embryo

Ulrich Tepass;Volker Hartenstein

515
Citations
Embryonic origin of hemocytes and their relationship to cell death in Drosophila

Ulrich Tepass;Liselotte I. Fessler;Amina Aziz;Volker Hartenstein

511
Citations
Early neurogenesis in wild-typeDrosophila melanogaster.

Volker Hartenstein;Jose A Campos-Ortega

496
Citations
A dual function of the Notch gene in Drosophila sensillum development.

Volker Hartenstein;James W. Posakony

471
Citations
Thicker Than Blood: Conserved Mechanisms in Drosophila and Vertebrate Hematopoiesis

Cory J Evans;Volker Hartenstein;Utpal Banerjee

466
Citations
shotgun encodes Drosophila E-cadherin and is preferentially required during cell rearrangement in the neurectoderm and other morphogenetically active epithelia.

U Tepass;E Gruszynski-DeFeo;T A Haag;L Omatyar

442
Citations
An integrated micro- and macroarchitectural analysis of the Drosophila brain by computer-assisted serial section electron microscopy.

Albert Cardona;Stephan Saalfeld;Stephan W. Preibisch;Benjamin Schmid

441
Citations
CATMAID: collaborative annotation toolkit for massive amounts of image data

Stephan Saalfeld;Albert Cardona;Volker Hartenstein;Pavel Tomančák

386
Citations
Homeobox genes and connective tissue patterning

G. Oliver;R. Wehr;N. A. Jenkins;N. G. Copeland

365
Citations
G-TRACE: rapid Gal4-based cell lineage analysis in Drosophila

Cory J Evans;John M Olson;Kathy T Ngo;Eunha Kim

364
Citations
The neuroendocrine system of invertebrates: a developmental and evolutionary perspective

Volker Hartenstein

359
Citations
A genome-wide resource for the analysis of protein localisation in Drosophila.

Mihail Sarov;Christiane Barz;Helena Jambor;Marco Y Hein

357
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Albert Cardona University of Cambridge

Utpal Banerjee University of California, Los Angeles

Heinrich Reichert University of Basel

Ulrich Tepass University of Toronto

José A. Campos-Ortega University of Cologne

Gerald M. Rubin Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Reinhard M. Rieger University of Innsbruck

Elisabeth Knust Max Planck Society

K. VijayRaghavan National Centre for Biological Sciences

Susan E. Celniker Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

External Links

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