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Wolfgang Meyerhof

Wolfgang Meyerhof

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
79
Citations
18665
World Ranking
4395
National Ranking
327

Wolfgang Meyerhof publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Wolfgang Meyerhof sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 232 publications — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Wolfgang Meyerhof 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 Wolfgang Meyerhof sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 79 D-Index — 79th percentile

79% 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

  • 2012 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences
  • 1955 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Wolfgang Meyerhof is affiliated with Saarland University in Germany and has produced a body of research primarily within the fields of neuroscience and nursing. Their work focuses on biochemical analysis, sensory systems, and nutrition-related topics, contributing significant insights particularly in sensory perception and chemical sensing techniques.

The scientist's research spans multiple interconnected subfields, including Nutrition and Dietetics, Sensory Systems, Biomedical Engineering, Genetics, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. This interdisciplinary approach aligns with their concentration on olfactory and sensory function studies as well as ion channels and receptors.

Wolfgang Meyerhof's prominent topics of work feature the following areas:

  • Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques
  • Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies
  • Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies
  • Ion Channels and Receptors
  • Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
  • Pharmacological Effects of Natural Compounds
  • Chromatography in Natural Products

Their research has been published in multiple venues, reflecting the diversity and focus of their academic output. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Chemical Senses
  • Food Chemistry
  • Nutrients
  • IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology CITE
  • Genome Biology and Evolution

Selected recent publications showcase the range of their investigative work:

  • "Segregated Expression of ENaC Subunits in Taste Cells" (2020, Chemical Senses)
  • "At the Root of T2R Gene Evolution: Recognition Profiles of Coelacanth and Zebrafish Bitter Receptors" (2020, Genome Biology and Evolution)
  • "Comprehensive structure-activity-relationship studies of sensory active compounds in licorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra)" (2021, Food Chemistry)
  • "Sodium Imbalance in Mice Results Primarily in Compensatory Gene Regulatory Responses in Kidney and Colon, but Not in Taste Tissue" (2020, Nutrients)
  • "Differential Activation of TAS2R4 May Recover Ability to Taste Propylthiouracil for Some TAS2R38 AVI Homozygotes" (2024, Nutrients)

Meyerhof frequently collaborates with several researchers across these studies, including:

  • Maik Behrens
  • Kristina Lossow
  • Christian Schmid
  • Anne Brockhoff
  • Corinna Dawid

The scientist has been recognized with awards such as membership in the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina for Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences in 2012, and as a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation since 1955.

Best Publications

  • The molecular receptive ranges of human TAS2R bitter taste receptors.

    Wolfgang Meyerhof;Claudia Batram;Christina Kuhn;Anne Brockhoff

  • The molecular basis of individual differences in phenylthiocarbamide and propylthiouracil bitterness perception.

    Bernd Bufe;Paul A.S. Breslin;Christina Kuhn;Danielle R. Reed

  • The human TAS2R16 receptor mediates bitter taste in response to beta-glucopyranosides.

    Bernd Bufe;Thomas Hofmann;Dietmar Krautwurst;Jan-Dirk Raguse

  • Bitter Taste Receptors for Saccharin and Acesulfame K

    Christina Kuhn;Bernd Bufe;Marcel Winnig;Thomas Hofmann

  • Different phenolic compounds activate distinct human bitter taste receptors.

    Susana Soares;Susann Kohl;Sophie Thalmann;Nuno Mateus

  • Molecular cloning of a novel putative G-protein coupled receptor expressed during rat spermiogenesis.

    Wolfgang Meyerhof;Renate Müller-Brechlin;Dietmar Richter

  • G Protein–Coupled Receptors in Human Fat Taste Perception

    Maria Mercedes Galindo;Nadine Voigt;Julia Stein;Jessica van Lengerich

  • Hyperpolarization-activated channels HCN1 and HCN4 mediate responses to sour stimuli

    David R. Stevens;Reinhard Seifert;Bernd Bufe;Frank Müller

  • Gustatory and extragustatory functions of mammalian taste receptors

    Maik Behrens;Wolfgang Meyerhof

  • Human Psychometric and Taste Receptor Responses to Steviol Glycosides

    Caroline Hellfritsch;Anne Brockhoff;Frauke Stähler;Wolfgang Meyerhof

  • The human taste receptor hTAS2R14 responds to a variety of different bitter compounds

    Maik Behrens;Anne Brockhoff;Christina Kuhn;Bernd Bufe

  • Gustatory Expression Pattern of the Human TAS2R Bitter Receptor Gene Family Reveals a Heterogenous Population of Bitter Responsive Taste Receptor Cells

    Maik Behrens;Susann Foerster;Frauke Staehler;Jan-Dirk Raguse

  • Positive selection on a high-sensitivity allele of the human bitter-taste receptor TAS2R16

    Nicole Soranzo;Bernd Bufe;Pardis C. Sabeti;James F. Wilson

  • Elucidation of mammalian bitter taste

    Wolfgang Meyerhof

  • Broad tuning of the human bitter taste receptor hTAS2R46 to various sesquiterpene lactones, clerodane and labdane diterpenoids, strychnine, and denatonium.

    Anne Brockhoff;Maik Behrens;Alberto Massarotti;Giovanni Appendino

  • Leptin-Induced Nuclear Translocation of STAT3 Immunoreactivity in Hypothalamic Nuclei Involved in Body Weight Regulation

    Thomas Hübschle;Elke Thom;Anna Watson;Joachim Roth

  • Identification of specific ligands for orphan olfactory receptors. G protein-dependent agonism and antagonism of odorants.

    Elena Shirokova;Kristin Schmiedeberg;Peter Bedner;Heiner Niessen

  • Sweet and umami taste: natural products, their chemosensory targets, and beyond.

    Maik Behrens;Wolfgang Meyerhof;Caroline Hellfritsch;Thomas Hofmann

  • Bitter taste receptors and human bitter taste perception.

    M. Behrens;W. Meyerhof

  • Molecular cloning of a somatostatin-28 receptor and comparison of its expression pattern with that of a somatostatin-14 receptor in rat brain

    Wolfgang Meyerhof;Iris Wulfsen;Christiane Schonrock;Susanne Fehr

Frequent Co-Authors

Maik Behrens
Maik Behrens Technical University of Munich
Thomas Hofmann
Thomas Hofmann Technical University of Munich
Dietmar Richter
Dietmar Richter Universität Hamburg
Irm Hermans-Borgmeyer
Irm Hermans-Borgmeyer Universität Hamburg
Thomas Gudermann
Thomas Gudermann Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Paolo Carloni
Paolo Carloni Forschungszentrum Jülich
Hans-Jürgen Kreienkamp
Hans-Jürgen Kreienkamp Universität Hamburg
Walter G. Thomas
Walter G. Thomas University of Queensland
Wolfgang Kummer
Wolfgang Kummer University of Giessen
Giovanni Appendino
Giovanni Appendino University of Eastern Piedmont Amadeo Avogadro

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