2026 Mårten Wikström: Chemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Chemistry	90	2089	4	306	26624

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Chemistry

2089

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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

1525
Citations
Safranine as a probe of the mitochondrial membrane potential

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

929
Citations
Proton pump coupled to cytochrome c oxidase in mitochondria.

Marten K. F. Wikstrom

910
Citations
A complete Neandertal mitochondrial genome sequence determined by high-throughput sequencing

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

783
Citations
Cytochrome oxidase : a synthesis

Mårten Wikström;Klaas Krab;Matti Saraste

731
Citations
Proton-coupled electron transfer in cytochrome oxidase.

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

560
Citations
The structure of the ubiquinol oxidase from Escherichia coli and its ubiquinone binding site.

Jeff Abramson;Sirpa Riistama;Gisela Larsson;Audrius Jasaitis

522
Citations
Oxygen Activation and Energy Conservation by Cytochrome c Oxidase

Mårten Karl Fredrik Wikström;Klaas Krab;Vivek Sharma

423
Citations
Properties of the two terminal oxidases of Escherichia coli.

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

400
Citations
Identification of the electron transfers in cytochrome oxidase that are coupled to proton-pumping

Mårten Wikström

374
Citations
Proton-translocating cytochrome complexes.

Wikström M;Krab K;Saraste M

329
Citations
Proton-coupled electron transfer drives the proton pump of cytochrome c oxidase

Ilya Belevich;Michael I. Verkhovsky;Mårten Wikström

329
Citations
Water-gated mechanism of proton translocation by cytochrome c oxidase.

Mårten Wikström;Michael I. Verkhovsky;Gerhard Hummer

327
Citations
Proton-pumping cytochrome c oxidase

Mårten Wikström;Klaas Krab

325
Citations
Oxidoreduction of cytochrome b in the presence of antimycin.

Mårten K.F. Wikström;Jan A. Berden

315
Citations
Two protons are pumped from the mitochondrial matrix per electron transferred between NADH and ubiquinone

Mårten Wikström

287
Citations
Cytochrome c oxidase: 25 years of the elusive proton pump

Mårten Wikström

282
Citations
Proton translocation by cytochrome c oxidase.

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

276
Citations
Structural models of the redox centres in cytochrome oxidase.

Liisa Holm;Matti Saraste;Mårten Wikström

268
Citations
The catalytic cycle of cytochrome c oxidase is not the sum of its two halves.

Dmitry Bloch;Ilya Belevich;Audrius Jasaitis;Camilla Ribacka

267
Citations
New Perspectives on Proton Pumping in Cellular Respiration

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

267
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael I. Verkhovsky University of Helsinki

Ville R. I. Kaila Stockholm University

Gerhard Hummer Max Planck Society

Matti Saraste European Bioinformatics Institute

Moshe Finel University of Helsinki

Robert B. Gennis University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Gerald T. Babcock Michigan State University

Dage Sundholm University of Helsinki

Tomasz Róg University of Helsinki

Margareta R. A. Blomberg Stockholm University

External Links

Personal website of Mårten Wikström

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