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Mårten Wikström

Mårten Wikström

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
90
Citations
26624
World Ranking
2089
National Ranking
4

Mårten Wikström publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Mårten Wikström sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 306 publications — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Mårten Wikström D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 90 D-Index — 89th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2010 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Mårten Wikström was affiliated with the University of Helsinki in Finland. Their research predominantly spanned the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Medicine, contributing to 19 and 13 publications respectively.

The scientist specialized in molecular and cellular studies, with 16 publications in Molecular Biology and additional contributions in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Surgery, and Emergency Medicine.

The main research topics covered in their work included:

  • ATP Synthase and ATPases Research
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Photoreceptor and Optogenetics Research
  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
  • Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders
  • Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment
  • Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management

The scientist authored several papers, with notable recent publications including:

  • "Thermodynamic efficiency, reversibility, and degree of coupling in energy conservation by the mitochondrial respiratory chain", 2020, Communications Biology
  • "Structures of the intermediates in the catalytic cycle of mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase", 2022, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics

Other relevant papers in the research community where they were not the primary author but related to their field include:

  • "Architecture of bacterial respiratory chains", 2021, Nature Reviews Microbiology
  • "Electric fields control water-gated proton transfer in cytochrome c oxidase", 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "A spontaneous mitonuclear epistasis converging on Rieske Fe-S protein exacerbates complex III deficiency in mice", 2020, Nature Communications

Frequent coauthors with whom they collaborated included Shahin Mohseni, Vivek Sharma, Yang Cao, Ville R. I. Kaila, and Gary Alan Bass.

Their work was often published in the following venues:

  • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics
  • European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery
  • Nature Reviews Microbiology
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Communications Biology

Mårten Wikström was recognized as a Member of Academia Europaea in 2010.

Best Publications

  • Oxygen activation and the conservation of energy in cell respiration.

    Gerald T. Babcock;Mårten Wikström

  • Safranine as a probe of the mitochondrial membrane potential

    Karl E.O. Åkerman;Mårten K.F. Wikström

  • Proton pump coupled to cytochrome c oxidase in mitochondria.

    Marten K. F. Wikstrom

  • A complete Neandertal mitochondrial genome sequence determined by high-throughput sequencing

    Richard E. Green;Anna-Sapfo Malaspinas;Johannes Krause;Adrian W. Briggs

  • Cytochrome oxidase : a synthesis

    Mårten Wikström;Klaas Krab;Matti Saraste

  • Proton-coupled electron transfer in cytochrome oxidase.

    Ville R. I. Kaila;Michael I. Verkhovsky;Mårten Wikström

  • The structure of the ubiquinol oxidase from Escherichia coli and its ubiquinone binding site.

    Jeff Abramson;Sirpa Riistama;Gisela Larsson;Audrius Jasaitis

  • Oxygen Activation and Energy Conservation by Cytochrome c Oxidase

    Mårten Karl Fredrik Wikström;Klaas Krab;Vivek Sharma

  • Properties of the two terminal oxidases of Escherichia coli.

    Anne Puustinen;Moshe Finel;Tuomas Haltia;Robert B. Gennis

  • Identification of the electron transfers in cytochrome oxidase that are coupled to proton-pumping

    Mårten Wikström

  • Proton-translocating cytochrome complexes.

    Wikström M;Krab K;Saraste M

  • Proton-coupled electron transfer drives the proton pump of cytochrome c oxidase

    Ilya Belevich;Michael I. Verkhovsky;Mårten Wikström

  • Water-gated mechanism of proton translocation by cytochrome c oxidase.

    Mårten Wikström;Michael I. Verkhovsky;Gerhard Hummer

  • Proton-pumping cytochrome c oxidase

    Mårten Wikström;Klaas Krab

  • Oxidoreduction of cytochrome b in the presence of antimycin.

    Mårten K.F. Wikström;Jan A. Berden

  • Two protons are pumped from the mitochondrial matrix per electron transferred between NADH and ubiquinone

    Mårten Wikström

  • Cytochrome c oxidase: 25 years of the elusive proton pump

    Mårten Wikström

  • Proton translocation by cytochrome c oxidase.

    Michael I. Verkhovsky;Audrius Jasaitis;Marina L. Verkhovskaya;Joel E. Morgan

  • Structural models of the redox centres in cytochrome oxidase.

    Liisa Holm;Matti Saraste;Mårten Wikström

  • The catalytic cycle of cytochrome c oxidase is not the sum of its two halves.

    Dmitry Bloch;Ilya Belevich;Audrius Jasaitis;Camilla Ribacka

  • New Perspectives on Proton Pumping in Cellular Respiration

    Mårten Wikström;Vivek Sharma;Ville R. I. Kaila;Jonathan P. Hosler

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael I. Verkhovsky
Michael I. Verkhovsky University of Helsinki
Ville R. I. Kaila
Ville R. I. Kaila Stockholm University
Gerhard Hummer
Gerhard Hummer Max Planck Society
Matti Saraste
Matti Saraste European Bioinformatics Institute
Moshe Finel
Moshe Finel University of Helsinki
Robert B. Gennis
Robert B. Gennis University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Gerald T. Babcock
Gerald T. Babcock Michigan State University
Dage Sundholm
Dage Sundholm University of Helsinki
Tomasz Róg
Tomasz Róg University of Helsinki
Margareta R. A. Blomberg
Margareta R. A. Blomberg Stockholm University

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