Rainer Ebel

9.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
167 papers, 7.2k citations indexed

About

Rainer Ebel is a scholar working on Pharmacology, Biotechnology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Rainer Ebel has authored 167 papers receiving a total of 7.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 89 papers in Pharmacology, 68 papers in Biotechnology and 58 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Rainer Ebel's work include Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (81 papers), Marine Sponges and Natural Products (66 papers) and Fungal Biology and Applications (28 papers). Rainer Ebel is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (81 papers), Marine Sponges and Natural Products (66 papers) and Fungal Biology and Applications (28 papers). Rainer Ebel collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Germany and Egypt. Rainer Ebel's co-authors include RuAngelie Edrada‐Ebel, Peter Proksch, Mostafa E. Rateb, Victor Wray, Marcel Jaspars, Peter Proksch, Wernér E.G. Müller, Wenhan Lin, Wael E. Houssen and Wael M. Abdel‐Mageed and has published in prestigious journals such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Analytical Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Rainer Ebel

158 papers receiving 7.0k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Secondary metabolites of fungi from marine habitats

2011 510 citations Mostafa E. Rateb, Rainer Ebel profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Rainer Ebel	3.8k	2.8k	2.4k	1.5k	954	167	7.2k
Gabriele M. König	3.2k 0.8×	3.1k 1.1×	3.0k 1.3×	2.1k 1.4×	838 0.9×	287	9.2k
RuAngelie Edrada‐Ebel	3.7k 1.0×	2.6k 0.9×	3.7k 1.6×	1.9k 1.2×	1.7k 1.7×	190	9.5k
Hartmut Laatsch	3.0k 0.8×	1.7k 0.6×	2.5k 1.1×	2.2k 1.5×	1.4k 1.4×	347	7.3k
Marcel Jaspars	2.8k 0.7×	2.0k 0.7×	3.9k 1.7×	1.6k 1.1×	1.4k 1.4×	297	8.9k
Robert J. Capon	3.3k 0.9×	3.3k 1.2×	2.7k 1.1×	3.3k 2.1×	514 0.5×	369	9.2k
James B. Gloer	3.1k 0.8×	1.4k 0.5×	1.9k 0.8×	2.1k 1.4×	1.5k 1.6×	173	6.9k
Rohan A. Davis	2.4k 0.6×	2.3k 0.8×	2.3k 1.0×	2.3k 1.5×	507 0.5×	184	6.6k
Anthony D. Wright	1.8k 0.5×	2.3k 0.8×	1.7k 0.7×	1.6k 1.1×	1.0k 1.1×	229	6.7k
Jongheon Shin	2.8k 0.7×	2.6k 0.9×	3.0k 1.3×	2.0k 1.3×	621 0.7×	290	7.2k
Anthony R. Carroll	2.5k 0.7×	3.0k 1.1×	3.1k 1.3×	2.9k 1.9×	741 0.8×	261	9.7k

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Aro, Rudolf, Abdullah Akhdhar, Rainer Ebel, et al.. (2025). Comparison of CIC and HR GFMAS for the measurements of extractable organofluorines (EOF) in different biological tissues of pilot whales. Analytica Chimica Acta. 1351. 343855–343855.

Thissera, Bathini, Sylvia Soldatou, Lassaâd Belbahri, et al.. (2025). Unconventional approaches for the induction of microbial natural products. Journal of Applied Microbiology. 136(1). 1 indexed citations

Ebel, Rainer, et al.. (2025). Computational repurposing of polyphenols for anti-Mpoxviral activity. In Silico Pharmacology. 13(2). 65–65.

Ebel, Rainer, et al.. (2024). Antibacterial activity of natural flavones against bovine mastitis pathogens: in vitro, SAR analysis, and computational study. In Silico Pharmacology. 12(2). 78–78.

Pérez‐Moreno, Guiomar, et al.. (2023). Antiparasitic Activities of Compounds Isolated from Aspergillus fumigatus Strain Discovered in Northcentral Nigeria. Antibiotics. 12(1). 109–109. 6 indexed citations

Ebel, Rainer, et al.. (2023). (E)-N-(3-(5-(3-Acetamidopropyl)-3,6-dioxopiperazin-2-yl)propyl)-5-hydroxy-3-methylpent-2-enamide. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2023(3). M1680–M1680.

Ebel, Rainer, et al.. (2023). Virtual Screening of a Library of Naturally Occurring Anthraquinones for Potential Anti-Fouling Agents. Molecules. 28(3). 995–995. 5 indexed citations

Milne, Bruce F., et al.. (2023). Arabinofuranosyl Thymine Derivatives—Potential Candidates against Cowpox Virus: A Computational Screening Study. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(2). 1751–1751.

Attah, Alfred F., et al.. (2022). Can Crude Oil Exploration Influence the Phytochemicals and Bioactivity of Medicinal Plants? A Case of Nigerian Vernonia amygdalina and Ocimum gratissimum. Molecules. 27(23). 8372–8372. 1 indexed citations

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Qader, Mallique, Ahmed A. Hamed, Sylvia Soldatou, et al.. (2021). Antimicrobial and Antibiofilm Activities of the Fungal Metabolites Isolated from the Marine Endophytes Epicoccum nigrum M13 and Alternaria alternata 13A. Marine Drugs. 19(4). 232–232. 53 indexed citations

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Jarmusch, Scott A., et al.. (2020). Iron-meditated fungal starvation by lupine rhizosphere-associated and extremotolerant Streptomyces sp. S29 desferrioxamine production. Molecular Omics. 17(1). 95–107. 18 indexed citations

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Fang, Qing, Rainer Ebel, Kwaku Kyeremeh, et al.. (2020). Signalling and Bioactive Metabolites from Streptomyces sp. RK44. Molecules. 25(3). 460–460. 14 indexed citations

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Hamed, Ahmed A., Sylvia Soldatou, Mallique Qader, et al.. (2020). Screening Fungal Endophytes Derived from Under-Explored Egyptian Marine Habitats for Antimicrobial and Antioxidant Properties in Factionalised Textiles. Microorganisms. 8(10). 1617–1617. 43 indexed citations

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Murúa, Pedro, RuAngelie Edrada‐Ebel, Sylvia Soldatou, et al.. (2020). Morphological, genotypic and metabolomic signatures confirm interfamilial hybridization between the ubiquitous kelps Macrocystis (Arthrothamnaceae) and Lessonia (Lessoniaceae). Scientific Reports. 10(1). 8279–8279. 11 indexed citations

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Jones, E.B. Gareth, Ka-Lai Pang, Mohamed A. Abdel‐Wahab, et al.. (2019). An online resource for marine fungi. Fungal Diversity. 96(1). 347–433. 144 indexed citations

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Fang, Qing, et al.. (2019). Accramycin A, A New Aromatic Polyketide, from the Soil Bacterium, Streptomyces sp. MA37. Molecules. 24(18). 3384–3384. 36 indexed citations

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Houssen, Wael E., Andrew McEwan, Alan T. Bull, et al.. (2016). Isolation and anti-HIV-1 integrase activity of lentzeosides A–F from extremotolerant lentzea sp. H45, a strain isolated from a high-altitude Atacama Desert soil. The Journal of Antibiotics. 70(4). 448–453. 27 indexed citations

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Huang, Sheng, Somayah S. Elsayed, Jioji N. Tabudravu, et al.. (2015). Biosynthesis of Neocarazostatin A Reveals the Sequential Carbazole Prenylation and Hydroxylation in the Tailoring Steps. Chemistry & Biology. 22(12). 1633–1642. 39 indexed citations

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Ebel, Rainer, et al.. (2005). Glucosylation of p- and m-hydroxyphenols by plant cell suspension cultures of Solanum mammosum.. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

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Proksch, Peter, RuAngelie Edrada‐Ebel, & Rainer Ebel. (2002). Drugs from the seas - current status and microbiological implications. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 59(2-3). 125–134. 419 indexed citations

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