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2024

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Molecular Biology

D-Index
118
Citations
53069
World Ranking
280
National Ranking
25

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.

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 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.

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.

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40 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.

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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