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D-Index
41
Citations
5579
World Ranking
17796
National Ranking
1290

Wolf-Dieter Fessner 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 Fessner sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 227 publications — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Wolf-Dieter Fessner 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 Fessner sits on this spectrum.

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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 Fessner is affiliated with the Technical University of Darmstadt in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a particular emphasis on molecular biology and organic chemistry. Additional areas of study include biochemistry, computational theory and mathematics, and biomedical engineering.

Their research topics cover a range of scientific themes, such as enzyme catalysis and immobilization, microbial metabolic engineering and bioproduction, and biochemical acid research studies. Other areas explored include carbohydrate chemistry and synthesis, computational drug discovery methods, glycosylation and glycoproteins research, as well as innovative microfluidic and catalytic techniques innovation.

Fessner's recent publications reflect these areas of focus. Notable papers include:

  • Biocatalytic routes to anti-viral agents and their synthetic intermediates, 2020, Chemical Society Reviews
  • Winning the numbers game in enzyme evolution - fast screening methods for improved biotechnology proteins, 2020, Current Opinion in Structural Biology
  • Enzymatic Synthesis of Aliphatic Acyloins Catalyzed by Thermostable Transketolase, 2020, ChemCatChem
  • An α2,3-Sialyltransferase from Photobacterium phosphoreum with Broad Substrate Scope: Controlling Hydrolytic Activity by Directed Evolution, 2020, Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Transketolase Catalyzed Synthesis of N-Aryl Hydroxamic Acids, 2021, Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis

The publication venues where Fessner frequently appears include Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, Chemical Society Reviews, Current Opinion in Structural Biology, ChemCatChem, and Chemistry - A European Journal.

Their frequent collaborators include:

  • Simon J. Charnock
  • Laurence Hecquet
  • Sjoerd Slagman
  • Y. V. Sheludko
  • Hubert Casajus

Best Publications

  • Recent progress in stereoselective synthesis with aldolases

    Pere Clapés;Wolf-Dieter Fessner;Georg A Sprenger;Anne K Samland

  • Biocatalytic synthesis of hydroxylated natural products using aldolases and related enzymes

    Wolf-Dieter Fessner;Virgil Helaine

  • Pagodanë: the efficient synthesis of a novel, versatile molecular framework

    Wolf Dieter Fessner;Gottfried Sedelmeier;Paul R. Spurr;Grety Rihs

  • Systems Biocatalysis: Development and engineering of cell-free "artificial metabolisms" for preparative multi-enzymatic synthesis.

    Wolf-Dieter Fessner

  • Enzymatic C-C bond formation in asymmetric synthesis

    Wolf-Dieter Fessner;Christiane Walter

  • Verbotene Reaktionen. — [2 + 2]-Cycloreversion starrer Cyclobutane

    William v. E. Doering;Wolfgang R. Roth;Rolf Breuckmann;Lutz Figge

  • The Mechanism of Class II, Metal-Dependent Aldolases

    Wolf-Dieter Fessner;Achim Schneider;Heike Held;Gudrun Sinerius

  • nanoDSF as screening tool for enzyme libraries and biotechnology development.

    Anders O. Magnusson;Anna Szekrenyi;Henk-Jan Joosten;James Finnigan

  • Synthesis of Dihydroxyacetone Phosphate (and Isosteric Analogues) by Enzymatic Oxidation; Sugars from Glycerol**

    Wolf-Dieter Fessner;Gudrun Sinerius

  • “Artificial Metabolisms” for the Asymmetric One-Pot Synthesis of Branched-Chain Saccharides†‡

    Wolf‐Dieter Fessner;Christiane Walter

  • Efficient multi-enzymatic synthesis of d-xylulose 5-phosphate

    Frank T Zimmermann;Achim Schneider;Ulrich Schörken;Georg A Sprenger

  • C-Glycosides by Aqueous Condensation of β-Dicarbonyl Compounds with Unprotected Sugars

    Ingo Riemann;Michael A. Papadopoulos;Marion Knorst;Wolf-Dieter Fessner

  • Enzyme mediated CC bond formation

    Wolf-Dieter Fessner

  • The structure of rhamnose isomerase from Escherichia coli and its relation with xylose isomerase illustrates a change between inter and intra-subunit complementation during evolution.

    Ingo P. Korndörfer;Wolf-Dieter Fessner;Brian W. Matthews

  • Enzymatic syntheses of rare ketose 1-phosphates

    Wolf-Dieter Fessner;Josefa Badía;Oliver Eyrisch;Achim Schneider

  • Biocatalysis: From Discovery to Application

    Wolf-Dieter Fessner

  • Catalytic Action of Fuculose 1-Phosphate Aldolase (Class II) as Derived from Structure-Directed Mutagenesis

    Andreas C. Joerger;Claudius Gosse;Wolf-Dieter Fessner;Georg E. Schulz

  • L-lyxose metabolism employs the L-rhamnose pathway in mutant cells of Escherichia coli adapted to grow on L-lyxose.

    J Badia;R Gimenez;L Baldomá;E Barnes

  • Towards click bioconjugations on cube-octameric silsesquioxane scaffolds

    Sebastian Fabritz;Dirk Heyl;Viktor Bagutski;Martin Empting

  • Stable carbocations. 273. [1.1.1.1]- and [2.2.1.1]Pagodane dications: frozen two-electron Woodward-Hoffmann transition-state models

    G. K. Surya. Prakash;V. V. Krishnamurthy;Rainer. Herges;Robert. Bau

  • Dodecahedranes from [1.1.1.1]Pagodanes

    Wolf-Dieter Fessner;Bulusu A. R. C. Murty;Jürgen Wörth;Dieter Hunkler

  • Biocatalytic routes to anti-viral agents and their synthetic intermediates.

    Sjoerd Slagman;Wolf-Dieter Fessner

Frequent Co-Authors

Georg A. Sprenger
Georg A. Sprenger University of Stuttgart
Rainer Herges
Rainer Herges Kiel University
Robert Bau
Robert Bau University of Southern California
Paul v. R. Schleyer
Paul v. R. Schleyer University of Georgia
G. K. Surya Prakash
G. K. Surya Prakash University of Southern California
Nicholas J. Turner
Nicholas J. Turner University of Manchester
George A. Olah
George A. Olah University of Southern California
Teodor Parella
Teodor Parella Autonomous University of Barcelona
Jürgen Heinze
Jürgen Heinze University of Regensburg
Kurt Faber
Kurt Faber University of Graz

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