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Mikko Nikinmaa

Mikko Nikinmaa

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
63
Citations
11308
World Ranking
10430
National Ranking
73

Mikko Nikinmaa publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Mikko Nikinmaa sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 261 publications — 70th percentile

70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Mikko Nikinmaa D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 63 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Mikko Nikinmaa is affiliated with the University of Turku in Finland. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on several interconnected subfields including Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Molecular Biology, and Oceanography.

The scientist's work has concentrated on key topics such as physiological and biochemical adaptations, animal behavior and reproduction, fish ecology and management studies, erythrocyte function and pathophysiology, high altitude and hypoxia, heme oxygenase-1 and carbon monoxide, and the neuroscience of respiration and sleep.

Nikinmaa's recent publications illustrate these research interests. Notable papers include:

  • Are you ready for the heat? Phenotypic plasticity versus adaptation of heat tolerance in three-spined stickleback, 2022, Ecosphere
  • Finally, a promising model for high-altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE)-A Mountaineers' Malady, 2020, Acta Physiologica
  • Copper exposure improves the upper thermal tolerance in a sex-specific manner, irrespective of fish thermal history, 2022, Aquatic Toxicology
  • Cardiovascular oxygen transport and peripheral oxygen extraction capacity contribute to acute heat tolerance in European seabass, 2022, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology
  • Environmentally driven changes in Baltic salmon oxidative status during marine migration, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment

Frequent coauthors in Nikinmaa's research include Katja Anttila, Giovanna Mottola, Mirella Kanerva, María E. López, and Anti Vasemägi. Collaboration with these researchers has contributed to a range of studies in physiology, toxicology, ecology, and environmental sciences.

Their publications are often featured in specialized journals such as Aquatic Toxicology, Ecosphere, Acta Physiologica, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology, and The Science of The Total Environment. Aquatic Toxicology is among the venues with multiple publications by this scientist.

Best Publications

  • Oxygen-dependent gene expression in fishes

    Mikko Nikinmaa;Bernard B. Rees

  • Oxygen-dependent diseases in the retina: role of hypoxia-inducible factors.

    Olli Arjamaa;Mikko Nikinmaa

  • Oxidative stress during stressful heat exposure and recovery in the North Sea eelpout Zoarces viviparus L.

    Katja Heise;Susana Puntarulo;Mikko Nikinmaa;Doris Abele

  • Characterization of a hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF-1alpha ) from rainbow trout. Accumulation of protein occurs at normal venous oxygen tension.

    Arto J. Soitamo;Christina M.I. Råbergh;Max Gassmann;Lea Sistonen

  • Temperature regulates hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1) in a poikilothermic vertebrate, crucian carp (Carassius carassius).

    Eeva Rissanen;Hanna K Tranberg;Jørund Sollid;Göran E Nilsson

  • Adrenergic regulation of haemoglobin oxygen affinity in rainbow trout red cells

    Mikko Nikinmaa

  • Membrane transport and control of hemoglobin-oxygen affinity in nucleated erythrocytes.

    M Nikinmaa

  • Regulatory role of HIF-1α in the pathogenesis of age-related macular degeneration (AMD)

    Olli Arjamaa;Mikko Nikinmaa;Antero Salminen;Kai Kaarniranta

  • Forest management is associated with physiological stress in an old-growth forest passerine.

    Petri Suorsa;Esa Huhta;Ari Nikula;Mikko Nikinmaa

  • Adrenergic Swelling of Nucleated Erythrocytes: Cellular Mechanisms in a Bird, Domestic Goose, and two Teleosts, Striped Bass and Rainbow Trout

    Mikko Nikinmaa;Wray H. Huestis

  • Biomarkers and fluctuating asymmetry as indicators of pollution-induced stress in two hole-nesting passerines

    T. Eeva;S. Tanhuanpää;C. Råbergh;S. Airaksinen

  • Effects of short-term copper exposure on gill structure, metallothionein and hypoxia-inducible factor-1α (HIF-1α) levels in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

    Daléne van Heerden;André Vosloo;Mikko Nikinmaa

  • Oxygen-dependent cellular functions--why fishes and their aquatic environment are a prime choice of study.

    Mikko Nikinmaa

  • Vertebrate red blood cells

    Mikko Nikinmaa

  • Molecular Evolution of the Metazoan PHD–HIF Oxygen-Sensing System

    Kalle T. Rytkönen;Tom A. Williams;Gillian Mary Claire Renshaw;Craig R. Primmer

  • Environmental perturbations of oxygen transport in teleost fishes: causes, consequences and compensations

    Frank B. Jensen;Mikko Nikinmaa;Roy E. Weber

  • EFFECTS OF ADRENALINE ON RED CELL VOLUME AND CONCENTRATION GRADIENT OF PROTONS ACROSS THE RED CELL MEMBRANE IN THE RAINBOW TROUT,SALMO GAIRDNERI

    Mikko Nikinmaa

  • Effects of heat shock and hypoxia on protein synthesis in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) cells.

    Susanna Airaksinen;Christina M. I. Råbergh;Lea Sistonen;Mikko Nikinmaa

  • Tissue-specific expression of zebrafish (Danio rerio) heat shock factor 1 mRNAs in response to heat stress.

    C M Råbergh;S Airaksinen;A Soitamo;H V Björklund

  • The blood oxygen binding properties of hypoxicSalmo gairdneri

    Antti Soivio;Mikko Nikinmaa;Kai Westman

Frequent Co-Authors

Tapio Eeva
Tapio Eeva University of Turku
Craig R. Primmer
Craig R. Primmer University of Helsinki
Juha Merilä
Juha Merilä University of Hong Kong
Lea Sistonen
Lea Sistonen Åbo Akademi University
Esa Lehikoinen
Esa Lehikoinen University of Turku
Daniel Schlenk
Daniel Schlenk University of California, Riverside
Max Gassmann
Max Gassmann University of Zurich
Ronald S. Tjeerdema
Ronald S. Tjeerdema University of California, Davis
Frank B. Jensen
Frank B. Jensen University of Southern Denmark
Doris Abele
Doris Abele Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research

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