2026 Volker Schmid: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	53	16114	14794	1129	1051	155	10696

Overview

Volker Schmid is affiliated with Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München in Germany. The scientist's research spans several interconnected fields primarily within medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

The main fields of study covered in their work include:

Medicine
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these broader areas, Schmid's investigations further specialize into subfields such as:

Molecular Biology
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Biophysics
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

The scientist's research topics combine molecular and clinical perspectives, dealing with:

Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
Aortic aneurysm repair treatments
Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches
MRI in cancer diagnosis
Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease
Protein Structure and Dynamics
Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology

Recent journal publications demonstrate a focus on molecular mechanisms, medical imaging, and clinical outcomes, including:

"Structural Basis of Tail-Anchored Membrane Protein Biogenesis by the GET Insertase Complex," 2020, Molecular Cell
"Cohesin depleted cells rebuild functional nuclear compartments after endomitosis," 2020, Nature Communications
"The Effects of Minimum Caseload Requirements on Management and Outcome in Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair," 2020, Deutsches Ärzteblatt international
"Assessment of chemical facility ethylene oxide emissions using mobile and multipoint monitoring," 2023, Atmospheric Environment X
"Co-localization analysis in fluorescence microscopy via maximum entropy copula," 2020, The International Journal of Biostatistics

Collaborations have been frequent with several researchers, including:

Zahra Amini Farsani
Thomas Cremer
Matthias Trenner
Michael Salvermoser
Hans-Henning Eckstein

Publication venues reflect the interdisciplinary nature of Schmid's work, spanning molecular biology, clinical sciences, and environmental health:

Molecular Cell
Nature Communications
Deutsches Ärzteblatt international
Atmospheric Environment X
The International Journal of Biostatistics

Best Publications

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: current burden and future projections

A. D. Lopez;K. Shibuya;C. Rao;C. D. Mathers

2074
Citations
An automated tool for detection of FLAIR-hyperintense white-matter lesions in Multiple Sclerosis

Paul Schmidt;Christian Gaser;Milan Arsic;Dorothea Buck

1358
Citations
Pattern Recognition and Signal Analysis in Medical Imaging

Anke Meyer-Baese;Volker J. Schmid

312
Citations
Reversing the Life Cycle: Medusae Transforming into Polyps and Cell Transdifferentiation in Turritopsis nutricula (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa)

S. Piraino;F. Boero;B. Aeschbach;V. Schmid

251
Citations
The potential of 3D-FISH and super-resolution structured illumination microscopy for studies of 3D nuclear architecture

Yolanda Markaki;Daniel Smeets;Susanne Fiedler;Volker J. Schmid

202
Citations
Evolution of striated muscle : Jellyfish and the origin of triploblasty

Katja Seipel;Volker Schmid

199
Citations
The germ line and somatic stem cell gene Cniwi in the jellyfish Podocoryne carnea

Katja Seipel;Nathalie Yanze;Volker Schmid

191
Citations
Three-dimensional super-resolution microscopy of the inactive X chromosome territory reveals a collapse of its active nuclear compartment harboring distinct Xist RNA foci

Daniel Smeets;Daniel Smeets;Yolanda Markaki;Volker J Schmid;Felix Kraus;Felix Kraus

190
Citations
Conservation of Brachyury, Mef2, and Snail in the myogenic lineage of jellyfish: a connection to the mesoderm of bilateria.

Jürg Spring;Nathalie Yanze;Christoph Jösch;Arnoud M. Middel

178
Citations
Evolution and Functional Diversity of Jellyfish Opsins

Hiroshi Suga;Volker Schmid;Walter J. Gehring

164
Citations
Cnidarians as a model system for understanding evolution and regeneration

Brigitte Galliot;Volker Schmid

164
Citations
The mesoderm specification factor twist in the life cycle of jellyfish.

Jürg Spring;Nathalie Yanze;Arnoud M. Middel;Michael Stierwald

153
Citations
Conservation of Hox/ParaHox-related genes in the early development of a cnidarian.

Nathalie Yanze;Jürg Spring;Corinne Schmidli;Volker Schmid

139
Citations
Working with the DICOM and NIfTI Data Standards in R

Brandon Whitcher;Volker J. Schmid;Andrew Thorton

138
Citations
Finding a dominance order most consistent with a linear hierarchy: an improved algorithm for the I&SI method

Volker S. Schmid;Han de Vries

126
Citations
Isolated, mononucleated, striated muscle can undergo pluripotent transdifferentiation and form a complex regenerate.

Volker Schmid;Hansjürg Alder

125
Citations
The Sine oculis/Six class family of homeobox genes in jellyfish with and without eyes: development and eye regeneration.

Michael Stierwald;Nathalie Yanze;Roky P. Bamert;Lars Kammermeier

124
Citations
Mesodermal anatomies in cnidarian polyps and medusae

Katja Seipel;Volker Schmid

117
Citations
Bayesian Age-Period-Cohort Modeling and Prediction - BAMP

Volker J. Schmid;Leonhard Held

113
Citations
3D structured illumination microscopy of defined chromosomal structures visualized by 3D (immuno)-FISH opens new perspectives for studies of nuclear architecture

Yolanda Markaki;Daniel Smeets;Susanne Fiedler;Volker J. Schmid

12
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