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Genetics and Molecular Biology
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2024

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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Molecular Biology 118 280 257 25 22 494 53069

Wolfgang Wurst publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Wolfgang Wurst between 1984 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Wolfgang Wurst published across 42 years, from 1984 to 2025, averaging 14.6 papers a year. Output peaked at 43 publications in 2009. 33 of the 613 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30 40
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1984 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 43. Peak 43 publications in 2009. 1984: 1 publication 1985: 1 publication 1986: 0 publications 1987: 0 publications 1988: 0 publications 1989: 1 publication 1990: 0 publications 1991: 1 publication 1992: 0 publications 1993: 4 publications 1994: 1 publication 1995: 2 publications 1996: 5 publications 1997: 1 publication 1998: 6 publications 1999: 4 publications 2000: 11 publications 2001: 10 publications 2002: 11 publications 2003: 14 publications 2004: 23 publications 2005: 23 publications 2006: 25 publications 2007: 32 publications 2008: 25 publications 2009: 43 publications 2010: 23 publications 2011: 29 publications 2012: 32 publications 2013: 25 publications 2014: 25 publications 2015: 30 publications 2016: 19 publications 2017: 29 publications 2018: 21 publications 2019: 16 publications 2020: 25 publications 2021: 26 publications 2022: 21 publications 2023: 15 publications 2024: 22 publications 2025: 11 publications
1984 2025

613 publications in total across all disciplines

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Wolfgang Wurst: publications per year, 1984 to 2025
Year Publications
1984 1
1985 1
1986 0
1987 0
1988 0
1989 1
1990 0
1991 1
1992 0
1993 4
1994 1
1995 2
1996 5
1997 1
1998 6
1999 4
2000 11
2001 10
2002 11
2003 14
2004 23
2005 23
2006 25
2007 32
2008 25
2009 43
2010 23
2011 29
2012 32
2013 25
2014 25
2015 30
2016 19
2017 29
2018 21
2019 16
2020 25
2021 26
2022 21
2023 15
2024 22
2025 11
Total 613
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Wolfgang Wurst publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026

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

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 53 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 47–56 to 564+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 177. Most scientists, 177, have 117–126 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 487–496 publications, is where this scientist sits. 47–56 publications: 7 scientists 57–66 publications: 17 scientists 67–76 publications: 65 scientists 77–86 publications: 90 scientists 87–96 publications: 125 scientists 97–106 publications: 131 scientists 107–116 publications: 162 scientists 117–126 publications: 177 scientists 127–136 publications: 158 scientists 137–146 publications: 158 scientists 147–156 publications: 146 scientists 157–166 publications: 159 scientists 167–176 publications: 131 scientists 177–186 publications: 110 scientists 187–196 publications: 112 scientists 197–206 publications: 100 scientists 207–216 publications: 89 scientists 217–226 publications: 98 scientists 227–236 publications: 74 scientists 237–246 publications: 72 scientists 247–256 publications: 63 scientists 257–266 publications: 53 scientists 267–276 publications: 54 scientists 277–286 publications: 49 scientists 287–296 publications: 52 scientists 297–306 publications: 43 scientists 307–316 publications: 46 scientists 317–326 publications: 41 scientists 327–336 publications: 42 scientists 337–346 publications: 31 scientists 347–356 publications: 28 scientists 357–366 publications: 29 scientists 367–376 publications: 26 scientists 377–386 publications: 24 scientists 387–396 publications: 24 scientists 397–406 publications: 14 scientists 407–416 publications: 13 scientists 417–426 publications: 20 scientists 427–436 publications: 12 scientists 437–446 publications: 20 scientists 447–456 publications: 11 scientists 457–466 publications: 10 scientists 467–476 publications: 14 scientists 477–486 publications: 14 scientists 487–496 publications: 10 scientists 497–506 publications: 13 scientists 507–516 publications: 13 scientists 517–526 publications: 2 scientists 527–536 publications: 4 scientists 537–546 publications: 6 scientists 547–556 publications: 8 scientists 557–563 publications: 6 scientists 564+ publications: 100 scientists
47–56 publications 564+

This scientist: 494 publications — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.

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Number of Molecular Biology scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,076 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
47–56 7
57–66 17
67–76 65
77–86 90
87–96 125
97–106 131
107–116 162
117–126 177
127–136 158
137–146 158
147–156 146
157–166 159
167–176 131
177–186 110
187–196 112
197–206 100
207–216 89
217–226 98
227–236 74
237–246 72
247–256 63
257–266 53
267–276 54
277–286 49
287–296 52
297–306 43
307–316 46
317–326 41
327–336 42
337–346 31
347–356 28
357–366 29
367–376 26
377–386 24
387–396 24
397–406 14
407–416 13
417–426 20
427–436 12
437–446 20
447–456 11
457–466 10
467–476 14
477–486 14
487–496 10 494
497–506 13
507–516 13
517–526 2
527–536 4
537–546 6
547–556 8
557–563 6
564+ 100
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Wolfgang Wurst D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Molecular Biology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Wolfgang Wurst sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
25 50 75 100 125
Bar chart with 54 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 145+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 131. Most scientists, 131, have 64–65 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 118–119 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 36 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 101 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 115 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 121 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 118 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 130 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 106 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 116 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 113 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 129 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 120 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 105 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 131 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 95 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 97 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 106 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 83 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 89 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 77 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 70 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 73 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 60 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 48 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 45 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 50 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 31 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 51 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 43 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 38 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 39 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 41 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 29 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 33 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 35 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 20 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 38 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 19 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 28 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 13 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 23 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 16 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 15 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 11 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 21 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 7 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 13 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 14 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 17 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 9 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 8 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 16 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 7 scientists 144 D-Index: 7 scientists 145+ D-Index: 100 scientists
40–41 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 118 D-Index — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

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Number of Molecular Biology scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,076 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 36
42–43 101
44–45 115
46–47 121
48–49 118
50–51 130
52–53 106
54–55 116
56–57 113
58–59 129
60–61 120
62–63 105
64–65 131
66–67 95
68–69 97
70–71 106
72–73 83
74–75 89
76–77 77
78–79 70
80–81 73
82–83 60
84–85 48
86–87 45
88–89 50
90–91 31
92–93 51
94–95 43
96–97 38
98–99 39
100–101 41
102–103 29
104–105 33
106–107 35
108–109 20
110–111 38
112–113 19
114–115 28
116–117 13
118–119 23 118
120–121 16
122–123 15
124–125 11
126–127 21
128–129 7
130–131 13
132–133 14
134–135 17
136–137 9
138–139 8
140–141 16
142–143 7
144 7
145+ 100
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Wolfgang Wurst is affiliated with the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions also in Medicine. The main subfields in which they publish include Molecular Biology, Neurology, Genetics, Physiology, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

Their work covers various topics, notably:

  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Alzheimer's Disease Research and Treatments
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
  • Muscle Physiology and Disorders
  • Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases

Frequent co-authors in Wurst's collaborations include Martin Hrabé de Angelis, Helmut Fuchs, Lillian Garrett, Florian Giesert, and Valérie Gailus-Durner.

The scientist has published in a range of journals, with recurring venues being bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature Communications, Neuroscience Applied, Immunity, and Scientific Reports.

Selected recent publications include:

  • "Somatic gene editing ameliorates skeletal and cardiac muscle failure in pig and human models of Duchenne muscular dystrophy" (2020, Nature Medicine)
  • "The rRNA m6A methyltransferase METTL5 is involved in pluripotency and developmental programs" (2020, Genes & Development)
  • "Human and mouse essentiality screens as a resource for disease gene discovery" (2020, Nature Communications)
  • "A resource of targeted mutant mouse lines for 5,061 genes" (2021, Nature Genetics)
  • "Global site-specific neddylation profiling reveals that NEDDylated cofilin regulates actin dynamics" (2020, Nature Structural & Molecular Biology)

Best Publications

  • ACSL4 dictates ferroptosis sensitivity by shaping cellular lipid composition

    Sebastian Doll;Bettina Proneth;Yulia Y Tyurina;Elena Panzilius

  • Increasing the efficiency of homology-directed repair for CRISPR-Cas9-induced precise gene editing in mammalian cells

    Van Trung Chu;Timm Weber;Benedikt Wefers;Wolfgang Wurst

  • Glutathione Peroxidase 4 Senses and Translates Oxidative Stress into 12/15-Lipoxygenase Dependent- and AIF-Mediated Cell Death

    Alexander Seiler;Manuela Schneider;Heidi Förster;Stephan Roth

  • Selenium Utilization by GPX4 Is Required to Prevent Hydroperoxide-Induced Ferroptosis

    Irina Ingold;Carsten Berndt;Sabine Schmitt;Sebastian Doll

  • Impaired stress response and reduced anxiety in mice lacking a functional corticotropin-releasing hormone receptor 1

    Peter Timpl;Rainer Spanagel;Inge Sillaber;Adelheid Kresse

  • Arc/Arg3.1 Is Essential for the Consolidation of Synaptic Plasticity and Memories

    Niels Plath;Ora Ohana;Ora Ohana;Björn Dammermann;Mick L. Errington

  • Targeted disruption of the trkB neurotrophin receptor gene results in nervous system lesions and neonatal death

    Rüdiger Klein;Richard J. Smeyne;Wolfgang Wurst;Linda K. Long

  • The knockout mouse project

    Christopher P. Austin;James F. Battey;Allan Bradley;Maja Bucan

  • A humanized version of Foxp2 affects cortico-basal ganglia circuits in mice

    Wolfgang Enard;Sabine Gehre;Kurt Hammerschmidt;Sabine M. Hölter

  • Neural plate patterning: Upstream and downstream of the isthmic organizer

    Wolfgang Wurst;Laure Bally-Cuif

  • Essential role for mitochondrial thioredoxin reductase in hematopoiesis, heart development, and heart function.

    Marcus Conrad;Cemile Jakupoglu;Stéphanie G. Moreno;Stefanie Lippl

  • A comparative phenotypic and genomic analysis of C57BL/6J and C57BL/6N mouse strains

    Michelle M Simon;Simon Greenaway;Jacqueline K White;Helmut Fuchs

  • The mouse Pax21Neu mutation is identical to a human PAX2 mutation in a family with renal-coloboma syndrome and results in developmental defects of the brain, ear, eye, and kidney

    Jack Favor;Rodica Sandulache;Angelika Neuhäuser-Klaus;Walter Pretsch

  • Limbic corticotropin-releasing hormone receptor 1 mediates anxiety-related behavior and hormonal adaptation to stress.

    Marianne B Müller;Stephan Zimmermann;Inge Sillaber;Thomas P Hagemeyer

  • Hdac2 regulates the cardiac hypertrophic response by modulating Gsk3 beta activity.

    Chinmay M Trivedi;Yang Luo;Yang Luo;Zhan Yin;Zhan Yin;Maozhen Zhang;Maozhen Zhang

  • Loss of parkin or PINK1 function increases Drp1-dependent mitochondrial fragmentation

    A. Kathrin Lutz;Nicole Exner;Mareike E. Fett;Julia S. Schlehe

  • Inducible gene deletion in astroglia and radial glia- : A valuable tool for functional and lineage analysis

    Tetsuji Mori;Kohichi Tanaka;Annalisa Buffo;Wolfgang Wurst

  • EphA -ephrin -a-mediated β cell communication regulates insulin secretion from pancreatic islets

    Irena Konstantinova;Ganka Nikolova;Mica Ohara-Imaizumi;Paolo Meda

  • Parkinson's disease mutations in PINK1 result in decreased Complex I activity and deficient synaptic function

    Vanessa Morais;Patrik Verstreken;Anne Roethig;Joel Smet

  • Development of an intein-mediated split–Cas9 system for gene therapy

    Dong-Jiunn Jeffery Truong;Karin Kühner;Ralf Kühn;Stanislas Werfel

Frequent Co-Authors

Jan M. Deussing
Jan M. Deussing Max Planck Society
Florian Holsboer
Florian Holsboer Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry
Valerie Gailus-Durner
Valerie Gailus-Durner Helmholtz Zentrum München
Martin Hrabé de Angelis
Martin Hrabé de Angelis Technical University of Munich
Helmut Fuchs
Helmut Fuchs Helmholtz Zentrum München
Ralf Kühn
Ralf Kühn Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine
Thomas Klopstock
Thomas Klopstock Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Martin Klingenspor
Martin Klingenspor Technical University of Munich
Eckhard Wolf
Eckhard Wolf Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Johannes Beckers
Johannes Beckers Technical University of Munich

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