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D-Index
41
Citations
8291
World Ranking
17683
National Ranking
1281

Wolf-Dieter Deckwer publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Wolf-Dieter Deckwer sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 181 publications — 25th percentile

25% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Wolf-Dieter Deckwer D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Wolf-Dieter Deckwer sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 612 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 808 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 776 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 835 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 861 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 872 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 933 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,051 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 930 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 882 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 834 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 731 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 775 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 683 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 646 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 561 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 501 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 437 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 388 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 354 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 292 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 275 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 254 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 235 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 185 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 192 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 155 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 163 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 125 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 105 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 105 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 112 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 88 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 68 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 69 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 65 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 79 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 61 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 44 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 40 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 33 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 26 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 34 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 35 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 25 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 27 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 17 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 16 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 20 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 20 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 15 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 9 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 9 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 16 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 11 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 3 scientists 158 D-Index: 3 scientists 159+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 41 D-Index — 2nd percentile

2% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Overview

Wolf-Dieter Deckwer was affiliated with the Technische Universität Braunschweig in Germany. Their academic career centered around scientific research associated with this institution.

While specific recent papers, co-authors, publication venues, fields or subfields of study, and main topics of work are not listed, the available data confirms the scientist's contributions were formally recognized in an academic context.

Wolf-Dieter Deckwer was deceased at the time this information was recorded.

Best Publications

  • Enzymatic Degradation of Poly(ethylene terephthalate): Rapid Hydrolyse using a Hydrolase from T. fusca

    Rolf-Joachim Müller;Hedwig Schrader;Jörn Profe;Karolin Dresler

  • Biodegradation of polyesters containing aromatic constituents.

    Rolf-Joachim Müller;Ilona Kleeberg;Wolf-Dieter Deckwer

  • Fermentation of glycerol to 1,3-propanediol by Klebsiella and Citrobacter strains

    Thomas Homann;Carmen Tag;Hanno Biebl;Wolf-Dieter Deckwer

  • Studies on the enzymatic hydrolysis of polyesters. II. Aliphatic-aromatic copolyesters

    Elke Marten;Rolf-Joachim Müller;Wolf-Dieter Deckwer

  • Bacillus megaterium—from simple soil bacterium to industrial protein production host

    Patricia S. Vary;Rebekka Biedendieck;Tobias Fuerch;Friedhelm Meinhardt

  • Studies on the enzymatic hydrolysis of polyesters I. Low molecular mass model esters and aliphatic polyesters

    Elke Marten;Rolf-Joachim Müller;Wolf-Dieter Deckwer

  • Hydrodynamic Properties of the Fischer-Tropsch Slurry Process

    Wolf-Dieter Deckwer;Youssef Louisi;Ahmed Zaidi;Milos Ralek

  • Degradation of natural and synthetic polyesters under anaerobic conditions

    Dunja-Manal Abou-Zeid;Rolf-Joachim Müller;Wolf-Dieter Deckwer

  • Biodegradation of Aliphatic-Aromatic Copolyesters by Thermomonospora fusca and Other Thermophilic Compost Isolates

    Ilona Kleeberg;Claudia Hetz;Reiner Michael Kroppenstedt;Rolf-Joachim Müller

  • Synthesis, properties and biodegradability of polyesters based on 1,3‐propanediol

    Uwe Witt;Rolf-Joachim Müller;Josef Augusta;Hartmut Widdecke

  • Glycerol conversion to 1,3-propanediol by newly isolated clostridia

    Hanno Biebl;Sabine Marten;Hans Hippe;Wolf-Dieter Deckwer

  • New biodegradable polyester-copolymers from commodity chemicals with favorable use properties

    Uwe Witt;Rolf-Joachim Müller;Wolf-Dieter Deckwer

  • Removal of mercury from chemical wastewater by microoganisms in technical scale

    Irene Wagner-Döbler;Harald Von Canstein;Ying Li;Kenneth N. Timmis

  • Studies on sequence distribution of aliphatic/aromatic copolyesters by high‐resolution 13C nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy for evaluation of biodegradability

    Uwe Witt;Rolf-Joachim Müller;Wolf-Dieter Deckwer

  • Combined use of proteomic analysis and enzyme activity assays for metabolic pathway analysis of glycerol fermentation by Klebsiella pneumoniae.

    Wei Wang;Jibin Sun;Michael Hartlep;Wolf-Dieter Deckwer

  • Biodegradation of aliphatic homopolyesters and aliphatic-aromatic copolyesters by anaerobic microorganisms.

    Dunja-Manal Abou-Zeid;Rolf-Joachim Müller;Wolf-Dieter Deckwer

  • Production and secretion of recombinant Leuconostoc mesenteroides dextransucrase DsrS in Bacillus megaterium.

    Marco Malten;Rajan Hollmann;Wolf-Dieter Deckwer;Dieter Jahn

  • Fermentative production of 1,3-propanediol from glycerol by Clostridium butyricum up to a scale of 2m 3

    Bernd Günzel;Sems Yonsel;Wolf-Dieter Deckwer

  • Multiplicity and stability analysis of microorganisms in continuous culture: effects of metabolic overflow and growth inhibition

    Zhi-Long Xiu;An-Ping Zeng;Wolf-Dieter Deckwer

  • Comparison of temperature- and isopropyl-β-d-thiogalacto-pyranoside-induced synthesis of basic fibroblast growth factor in high-cell-density cultures of recombinant Escherichia coli

    Anke Seeger;Bernard Schneppe;John E.G. McCarthy;Wolf-Dieter Deckwer

Frequent Co-Authors

Rolf D. Schmid
Rolf D. Schmid University of Stuttgart
An-Ping Zeng
An-Ping Zeng Hamburg University of Technology
Dieter Jahn
Dieter Jahn Technische Universität Braunschweig
Kenneth N. Timmis
Kenneth N. Timmis Technische Universität Braunschweig
Christoph Wittmann
Christoph Wittmann Saarland University
Jens Weitkamp
Jens Weitkamp University of Stuttgart
Manfred Nimtz
Manfred Nimtz Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research
Irene Wagner-Döbler
Irene Wagner-Döbler Technische Universität Braunschweig
Zhilong Xiu
Zhilong Xiu Dalian University of Technology
Ursula Rinas
Ursula Rinas University of Hannover

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