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Wolf-Dietrich Hardt

Wolf-Dietrich Hardt

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Microbiology 93 587 520 13 12 253 31956

Wolf-Dietrich Hardt publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Wolf-Dietrich Hardt between 1993 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Wolf-Dietrich Hardt published across 34 years, from 1993 to 2026, averaging 8.5 papers a year. Output peaked at 26 publications in 2021. 25 of the 290 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20 25
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1993 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 26. Peak 26 publications in 2021. 1993: 2 publications 1994: 2 publications 1995: 3 publications 1996: 4 publications 1997: 1 publication 1998: 3 publications 1999: 4 publications 2000: 1 publication 2001: 6 publications 2002: 7 publications 2003: 6 publications 2004: 5 publications 2005: 10 publications 2006: 5 publications 2007: 5 publications 2008: 8 publications 2009: 8 publications 2010: 11 publications 2011: 12 publications 2012: 13 publications 2013: 8 publications 2014: 10 publications 2015: 11 publications 2016: 9 publications 2017: 8 publications 2018: 7 publications 2019: 14 publications 2020: 12 publications 2021: 26 publications 2022: 15 publications 2023: 15 publications 2024: 14 publications 2025: 24 publications 2026: 1 publication
1993 2026

290 publications in total across all disciplines

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Wolf-Dietrich Hardt: publications per year, 1993 to 2026
Year Publications
1993 2
1994 2
1995 3
1996 4
1997 1
1998 3
1999 4
2000 1
2001 6
2002 7
2003 6
2004 5
2005 10
2006 5
2007 5
2008 8
2009 8
2010 11
2011 12
2012 13
2013 8
2014 10
2015 11
2016 9
2017 8
2018 7
2019 14
2020 12
2021 26
2022 15
2023 15
2024 14
2025 24
2026 1
Total 290
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Wolf-Dietrich Hardt publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

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

No. of scientists
50 100 150 200 250
Bar chart with 64 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 55–64 to 679+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 288. Most scientists, 288, have 135–144 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 245–254 publications, is where this scientist sits. 55–64 publications: 8 scientists 65–74 publications: 29 scientists 75–84 publications: 55 scientists 85–94 publications: 112 scientists 95–104 publications: 137 scientists 105–114 publications: 190 scientists 115–124 publications: 235 scientists 125–134 publications: 234 scientists 135–144 publications: 288 scientists 145–154 publications: 265 scientists 155–164 publications: 264 scientists 165–174 publications: 253 scientists 175–184 publications: 276 scientists 185–194 publications: 190 scientists 195–204 publications: 234 scientists 205–214 publications: 208 scientists 215–224 publications: 198 scientists 225–234 publications: 155 scientists 235–244 publications: 161 scientists 245–254 publications: 160 scientists 255–264 publications: 146 scientists 265–274 publications: 139 scientists 275–284 publications: 148 scientists 285–294 publications: 115 scientists 295–304 publications: 96 scientists 305–314 publications: 88 scientists 315–324 publications: 106 scientists 325–334 publications: 65 scientists 335–344 publications: 76 scientists 345–354 publications: 64 scientists 355–364 publications: 62 scientists 365–374 publications: 65 scientists 375–384 publications: 61 scientists 385–394 publications: 34 scientists 395–404 publications: 44 scientists 405–414 publications: 36 scientists 415–424 publications: 35 scientists 425–434 publications: 29 scientists 435–444 publications: 33 scientists 445–454 publications: 34 scientists 455–464 publications: 25 scientists 465–474 publications: 26 scientists 475–484 publications: 20 scientists 485–494 publications: 19 scientists 495–504 publications: 16 scientists 505–514 publications: 17 scientists 515–524 publications: 23 scientists 525–534 publications: 14 scientists 535–544 publications: 14 scientists 545–554 publications: 18 scientists 555–564 publications: 12 scientists 565–574 publications: 7 scientists 575–584 publications: 9 scientists 585–594 publications: 9 scientists 595–604 publications: 9 scientists 605–614 publications: 7 scientists 615–624 publications: 9 scientists 625–634 publications: 7 scientists 635–644 publications: 4 scientists 645–654 publications: 5 scientists 655–664 publications: 6 scientists 665–674 publications: 7 scientists 675–678 publications: 3 scientists 679+ publications: 99 scientists
55–64 publications 679+

This scientist: 253 publications — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

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Number of Microbiology scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 5,513 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
55–64 8
65–74 29
75–84 55
85–94 112
95–104 137
105–114 190
115–124 235
125–134 234
135–144 288
145–154 265
155–164 264
165–174 253
175–184 276
185–194 190
195–204 234
205–214 208
215–224 198
225–234 155
235–244 161
245–254 160 253
255–264 146
265–274 139
275–284 148
285–294 115
295–304 96
305–314 88
315–324 106
325–334 65
335–344 76
345–354 64
355–364 62
365–374 65
375–384 61
385–394 34
395–404 44
405–414 36
415–424 35
425–434 29
435–444 33
445–454 34
455–464 25
465–474 26
475–484 20
485–494 19
495–504 16
505–514 17
515–524 23
525–534 14
535–544 14
545–554 18
555–564 12
565–574 7
575–584 9
585–594 9
595–604 9
605–614 7
615–624 9
625–634 7
635–644 4
645–654 5
655–664 6
665–674 7
675–678 3
679+ 99
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Wolf-Dietrich Hardt D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

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

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 88 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40 to 127+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 162. Most scientists, 162, have 58 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 93 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40 D-Index: 30 scientists 41 D-Index: 86 scientists 42 D-Index: 90 scientists 43 D-Index: 117 scientists 44 D-Index: 122 scientists 45 D-Index: 123 scientists 46 D-Index: 108 scientists 47 D-Index: 110 scientists 48 D-Index: 106 scientists 49 D-Index: 109 scientists 50 D-Index: 129 scientists 51 D-Index: 111 scientists 52 D-Index: 116 scientists 53 D-Index: 127 scientists 54 D-Index: 134 scientists 55 D-Index: 134 scientists 56 D-Index: 112 scientists 57 D-Index: 136 scientists 58 D-Index: 162 scientists 59 D-Index: 151 scientists 60 D-Index: 139 scientists 61 D-Index: 123 scientists 62 D-Index: 126 scientists 63 D-Index: 144 scientists 64 D-Index: 109 scientists 65 D-Index: 103 scientists 66 D-Index: 124 scientists 67 D-Index: 112 scientists 68 D-Index: 103 scientists 69 D-Index: 131 scientists 70 D-Index: 94 scientists 71 D-Index: 93 scientists 72 D-Index: 96 scientists 73 D-Index: 92 scientists 74 D-Index: 80 scientists 75 D-Index: 66 scientists 76 D-Index: 87 scientists 77 D-Index: 60 scientists 78 D-Index: 73 scientists 79 D-Index: 59 scientists 80 D-Index: 57 scientists 81 D-Index: 55 scientists 82 D-Index: 47 scientists 83 D-Index: 77 scientists 84 D-Index: 50 scientists 85 D-Index: 45 scientists 86 D-Index: 42 scientists 87 D-Index: 41 scientists 88 D-Index: 32 scientists 89 D-Index: 38 scientists 90 D-Index: 35 scientists 91 D-Index: 34 scientists 92 D-Index: 27 scientists 93 D-Index: 26 scientists 94 D-Index: 33 scientists 95 D-Index: 22 scientists 96 D-Index: 37 scientists 97 D-Index: 22 scientists 98 D-Index: 21 scientists 99 D-Index: 22 scientists 100 D-Index: 30 scientists 101 D-Index: 16 scientists 102 D-Index: 20 scientists 103 D-Index: 17 scientists 104 D-Index: 19 scientists 105 D-Index: 16 scientists 106 D-Index: 19 scientists 107 D-Index: 18 scientists 108 D-Index: 14 scientists 109 D-Index: 10 scientists 110 D-Index: 9 scientists 111 D-Index: 7 scientists 112 D-Index: 11 scientists 113 D-Index: 6 scientists 114 D-Index: 15 scientists 115 D-Index: 10 scientists 116 D-Index: 12 scientists 117 D-Index: 7 scientists 118 D-Index: 10 scientists 119 D-Index: 10 scientists 120 D-Index: 11 scientists 121 D-Index: 2 scientists 122 D-Index: 7 scientists 123 D-Index: 12 scientists 124 D-Index: 5 scientists 125 D-Index: 9 scientists 126 D-Index: 6 scientists 127+ D-Index: 95 scientists
40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 93 D-Index — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

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Number of Microbiology scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 5,513 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40 30
41 86
42 90
43 117
44 122
45 123
46 108
47 110
48 106
49 109
50 129
51 111
52 116
53 127
54 134
55 134
56 112
57 136
58 162
59 151
60 139
61 123
62 126
63 144
64 109
65 103
66 124
67 112
68 103
69 131
70 94
71 93
72 96
73 92
74 80
75 66
76 87
77 60
78 73
79 59
80 57
81 55
82 47
83 77
84 50
85 45
86 42
87 41
88 32
89 38
90 35
91 34
92 27
93 26 93
94 33
95 22
96 37
97 22
98 21
99 22
100 30
101 16
102 20
103 17
104 19
105 16
106 19
107 18
108 14
109 10
110 9
111 7
112 11
113 6
114 15
115 10
116 12
117 7
118 10
119 10
120 11
121 2
122 7
123 12
124 5
125 9
126 6
127+ 95
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Microbiology and Immunology

Overview

Wolf-Dietrich Hardt is affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland and has contributed extensively to research in Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology with a focus on the intersection of microbiology and immunology. Their work encompasses molecular biology, endocrinology, food science, infectious diseases, and immunology, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to microbial and host interactions.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology
  • Escherichia coli research studies
  • Vibrio bacteria research studies
  • Probiotics and fermented foods
  • Antibiotic resistance in bacteria
  • Immune response and inflammation

Wolf-Dietrich Hardt has published multiple papers in reputed journals, with recent works including:

  • "Evolutionary causes and consequences of bacterial antibiotic persistence," 2020, Nature Reviews Microbiology
  • "Plasmid- and strain-specific factors drive variation in ESBL-plasmid spread in vitro and in vivo," 2020, The ISME Journal
  • "Intestinal epithelial NAIP/NLRC4 restricts systemic dissemination of the adapted pathogen Salmonella Typhimurium due to site-specific bacterial PAMP expression," 2020, Mucosal Immunology
  • "Import of Aspartate and Malate by DcuABC Drives H2/Fumarate Respiration to Promote Initial Salmonella Gut-Lumen Colonization in Mice," 2020, Cell Host & Microbe
  • "Long-term evolution and short-term adaptation of microbiota strains and sub-strains in mice," 2021, Cell Host & Microbe

Frequent co-authors associated with Wolf-Dietrich Hardt include Bidong D. Nguyen, Stefan A. Fattinger, Shinichi Sunagawa, Mikael E. Sellin, and Julia A. Vorholt. Collaboration with these researchers has resulted in a significant number of publications.

The scientist tends to publish in several notable venues, with the highest number in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Cell Host & Microbe
  • Nature Microbiology
  • PLoS Pathogens

Wolf-Dietrich Hardt received recognition from the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in 2018 for work related to Microbiology and Immunology.

Best Publications

  • Phages and the Evolution of Bacterial Pathogens: from Genomic Rearrangements to Lysogenic Conversion

    Harald Brüssow;Carlos Canchaya;Wolf-Dietrich Hardt

  • Definitions and guidelines for research on antibiotic persistence

    Naomi N.Q. Balaban;Sophie Helaine;Kim Lewis;Martin Ackermann;Martin Ackermann

  • Pretreatment of Mice with Streptomycin Provides a Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Colitis Model That Allows Analysis of Both Pathogen and Host

    Manja Barthel;Siegfried Hapfelmeier;Siegfried Hapfelmeier;Leticia Quintanilla-Martínez;Marcus Kremer

  • Salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium exploits inflammation to compete with the intestinal microbiota

    Bärbel Stecher;Riccardo Robbiani;Alan W. Walker;Astrid M. Westendorf

  • S. typhimurium Encodes an Activator of Rho GTPases that Induces Membrane Ruffling and Nuclear Responses in Host Cells

    Wolf Dietrich Hardt;Li Mei Chen;Kornel E. Schuebel;Xosé R. Bustelo

  • Intestinal lamina propria dendritic cell subsets have different origin and functions.

    Chen Varol;Alexandra Vallon-Eberhard;Eran Elinav;Eran Elinav;Tegest Aychek

  • The role of microbiota in infectious disease

    Bärbel Stecher;Wolf Dietrich Hardt

  • Innate and Adaptive Immunity Cooperate Flexibly to Maintain Host-Microbiota Mutualism

    Emma Wetter Slack;Emma Wetter Slack;Siegfried Hapfelmeier;Siegfried Hapfelmeier;Bärbel Stecher;Yuliya Velykoredko

  • The Salmonella Pathogenicity Island (SPI)-2 and SPI-1 Type III Secretion Systems Allow Salmonella Serovar typhimurium to Trigger Colitis via MyD88-Dependent and MyD88-Independent Mechanisms

    Siegfried Hapfelmeier;Bärbel Stecher;Manja Barthel;Marcus Kremer

  • Gut inflammation can boost horizontal gene transfer between pathogenic and commensal Enterobacteriaceae.

    Bärbel Stecher;Rémy Denzler;Lisa Maier;Florian Bernet

  • Self-destructive cooperation mediated by phenotypic noise.

    Martin Ackermann;Bärbel Stecher;Nikki E. Freed;Pascal Songhet

  • Like Will to Like: Abundances of Closely Related Species Can Predict Susceptibility to Intestinal Colonization by Pathogenic and Commensal Bacteria

    Bärbel Stecher;Samuel Chaffron;Rina Käppeli;Siegfried Hapfelmeier

  • Mechanisms controlling pathogen colonization of the gut

    Bärbel Stecher;Wolf-Dietrich Hardt

  • 'Blooming' in the gut: how dysbiosis might contribute to pathogen evolution

    Bärbel Stecher;Lisa Maier;Wolf-Dietrich Hardt

  • Clostridium difficile toxin CDT induces formation of microtubule-based protrusions and increases adherence of bacteria.

    Carsten Schwan;Bärbel Stecher;Tina Tzivelekidis;Marco van Ham

  • Epithelium-intrinsic NAIP/NLRC4 inflammasome drives infected enterocyte expulsion to restrict Salmonella replication in the intestinal mucosa.

    Mikael E. Sellin;Anna A. Müller;Boas Felmy;Tamas Dolowschiak

  • High-avidity IgA protects the intestine by enchaining growing bacteria

    Kathrin Moor;Médéric Diard;Mikael E. Sellin;Mikael E. Sellin;Boas Felmy

  • Identification of SopE2 from Salmonella typhimurium, a conserved guanine nucleotide exchange factor for Cdc42 of the host cell.

    Silke Stender;Andrea Friebel;Stefan Linder;Manfred Rohde

  • The Microbiota Mediates Pathogen Clearance from the Gut Lumen after Non-Typhoidal Salmonella Diarrhea

    Kathrin Endt;Baerbel Stecher;Samuel Chaffron;Emma Slack

  • Flagella and chemotaxis are required for efficient induction of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium colitis in streptomycin-pretreated mice.

    Bärbel Stecher;Siegfried Hapfelmeier;Catherine Müller;Marcus Kremer

Frequent Co-Authors

Bärbel Stecher
Bärbel Stecher Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Christian von Mering
Christian von Mering University of Zurich
Christoph Dehio
Christoph Dehio University of Basel
Roland K. Hartmann
Roland K. Hartmann Philipp University of Marburg
Mathias Heikenwalder
Mathias Heikenwalder German Cancer Research Center
Andrew J. Macpherson
Andrew J. Macpherson University of Bern
Volker A. Erdmann
Volker A. Erdmann Freie Universität Berlin

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