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Wilhelm Stoffel

Wilhelm Stoffel

University of Cologne
Germany

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
74
Citations
22544
World Ranking
5533
National Ranking
401

Wilhelm Stoffel publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 252 publications — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Wilhelm Stoffel 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 Wilhelm Stoffel sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 74 D-Index — 72nd percentile

72% 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

  • 1969 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Genetics/Molecular Biology and Cell Biology
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Wilhelm Stoffel is affiliated with the University of Cologne in Germany. Their research focuses primarily on biochemical and molecular biological processes related to fatty acid metabolism and nutrition.

The main fields of study in Stoffel's work include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Nursing

Within these broad fields, Stoffel has contributed to several subfields, notably:

  • Nutrition and Dietetics
  • Biochemistry
  • Surgery
  • Molecular Biology

The topics Stoffel has extensively explored revolve around lipid science and metabolic regulation:

  • Fatty Acid Research and Health
  • Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis
  • Cholesterol and Lipid Metabolism
  • Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors

Stoffel has published research primarily in the journal Molecular Metabolism, contributing two papers there. Recent notable publications include:

  • "Dietary ω3-and ω6-Polyunsaturated fatty acids reconstitute fertility of Juvenile and adult Fads2-Deficient mice," 2020, Molecular Metabolism
  • "High fat / high cholesterol diet does not provoke atherosclerosis in the ω3-and ω6-polyunsaturated fatty acid synthesis-inactivated Δ6-fatty acid desaturase-deficient mouse," 2021, Molecular Metabolism

Collaborators frequently working alongside Stoffel include:

  • Inga Schmidt-Soltau
  • Erika Binczek
  • Ina Wegner
  • Andreas Thomas
  • Mario Thevis

Recognition of Stoffel's scientific contributions includes membership in the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, awarded in 1969 for work in Genetics/Molecular Biology and Cell Biology, as well as membership in the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).

Best Publications

  • Tmbase-A database of membrane spanning protein segments

    K Hofmann;W Stoffel

  • Structure, expression, and functional analysis of a Na(+)-dependent glutamate/aspartate transporter from rat brain.

    Thorsten Storck;Stefan Schulte;Kay Hofmann;Wilhelm Stoffel

  • Analysis of Long-Chain Fatty Acids by Gas-Liquid Chromatography

    Wilhelm. Stoffel;Florence. Chu;E. H. Ahrens

  • Studies of Adipose Tissue in Man A Microtechnic for Sampling and Analysis

    Jules Hirsch;John W. Farquhar;E. H. Ahrens;Malcolm L. Peterson

  • Functional breakdown of the lipid bilayer of the myelin membrane in central and peripheral nervous system by disrupted galactocerebroside synthesis

    Andreas Bosio;Erika Binczek;Wilhelm Stoffel

  • Glutamate transporter EAAC-1-deficient mice develop dicarboxylic aminoaciduria and behavioral abnormalities but no neurodegeneration

    Pietro Peghini;Julia Janzen;Wilhelm Stoffel

  • Cloning and characterization of the mammalian brain-specific, Mg2+-dependent neutral sphingomyelinase

    Kay Hofmann;Stefan Tomiuk;Gabriela Wolff;Wilhelm Stoffel

  • Correlation of in vivo and in vitro phase transitions of membrane lipids in Escherichia coli.

    P. Overath;H. U. Schairer;W. Stoffel

  • APPLICATION OF SPECIFIC EXTRACORPOREAL REMOVAL OF LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN IN FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLAEMIA

    W. Stoffel;H. Borberg;V. Greve

  • Cloned mammalian neutral sphingomyelinase: Functions in sphingolipid signaling?

    Stefan Tomiuk;Kay Hofmann;Michael Nix;Markus Zumbansen

  • Assembly of myelin by association of proteolipid protein with cholesterol- and galactosylceramide-rich membrane domains.

    Mikael Simons;Eva-Maria Krämer;Christoph Thiele;Wilhelm Stoffel

  • Disruption of the compacted myelin sheath of axons of the central nervous system in proteolipid protein-deficient mice

    Detlev Boison;Wilhelm Stoffel

  • Acid sphingomyelinase-deficient mice mimic the neurovisceral form of human lysosomal storage disease (Niemann-Pick disease)

    Bernd Otterbach;Wilhelm Stoffel

  • Proteolipid protein (PLP) of CNS myelin: positions of free, disulfide-bonded, and fatty acid thioester-linked cysteine residues and implications for the membrane topology of PLP

    Thomas Weimbs;Wilhelm Stoffel

  • Human and murine serine-palmitoyl-CoA transferase--cloning, expression and characterization of the key enzyme in sphingolipid synthesis.

    Bertram Weiss;Wilhelm Stoffel

  • The effect on human serum-lipids of a dietary fat, highly unsaturated, but poor in essential fatty acids.

    EdwardH. Ahrens;Jules Hirsch;William Insull;Wilhelm Stoffel

  • Δ6‐Desaturase (FADS2) deficiency unveils the role of ω3‐ and ω6‐polyunsaturated fatty acids

    Wilhelm Stoffel;Barbara Holz;Britta Jenke;Erika Binczek

  • Ceramide UDPgalactosyltransferase from myelinating rat brain: purification, cloning, and expression.

    Stefan Schulte;Wilhelm Stoffel

  • Individual exons encode the integral membrane domains of human myelin proteolipid protein.

    Hans-Josef Diehl;Martin Schaich;Ralph-Michael Budzinski;Wilhelm Stoffel

  • Inhibition of the high-affinity brain glutamate transporter GLAST-1 via direct phosphorylation.

    Marcus Conradt;Wilhelm Stoffel

Frequent Co-Authors

Kay Hofmann
Kay Hofmann University of Cologne
Mario Thevis
Mario Thevis German Sport University Cologne
Peter Lichter
Peter Lichter German Cancer Research Center
Günter Blobel
Günter Blobel Rockefeller University
Peter Walter
Peter Walter University of California, San Francisco
Rolf Müller
Rolf Müller Saarland University
Jack Rosenbluth
Jack Rosenbluth New York University
Lukas Rüttiger
Lukas Rüttiger University of Tübingen
Frank W. Pfrieger
Frank W. Pfrieger Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Marlies Knipper
Marlies Knipper University of Tübingen

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