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D-Index
48
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7754
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18442
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130

Risto Renkonen 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 Risto Renkonen sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 214 publications — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Risto Renkonen 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 Risto Renkonen sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 72 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 7th percentile

7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Risto Renkonen is affiliated with the University of Helsinki in Finland and is engaged primarily in research fields related to medicine as well as biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work includes subfields such as surgery, molecular biology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, oncology, and cancer research.

The scientist's research covers a variety of topics demonstrating a focus on transplantation, respiratory diseases, cancer biology, and proteomics. Key topics addressed in their publications include renal transplantation outcomes and treatments, transplantation methods and outcomes, asthma and respiratory diseases, respiratory and cough-related research, cancer metabolism, and advanced proteomics techniques. Additionally, studies on extracellular vesicles in disease form part of their expertise.

Frequent publication venues for Renkonen include:

  • The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
  • PLoS ONE
  • Clinical and Translational Allergy
  • BMJ Open Respiratory Research
  • Scientific Reports

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Renkonen are:

  • Extracellular vesicles from human plasma and serum are carriers of extravesicular cargo-Implications for biomarker discovery (2020, PLoS ONE)
  • Genomics of asthma, allergy and chronic rhinosinusitis: novel concepts and relevance in airway mucosa (2020, Clinical and Translational Allergy)
  • Label-free plasma proteomics identifies haptoglobin-related protein as candidate marker of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and dysregulation of complement and oxidative pathways (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • Plasma protein expression differs between colorectal cancer patients depending on primary tumor location (2020, Cancer Medicine)
  • Orexin-A measurement in narcolepsy: A stability study and a comparison of LC-MS/MS and immunoassays (2021, Clinical Biochemistry)

Renkonen collaborates frequently with several co-authors. The most common co-authors are:

  • Sakari Joenväärä
  • Mayank Saraswat
  • Tiialotta Tohmola
  • Matilda Holm
  • Kishor Dhaygude

Best Publications

  • A novel endothelial cell surface receptor tyrosine kinase with extracellular epidermal growth factor homology domains.

    J Partanen;E Armstrong;T P Mäkelä;J Korhonen

  • Lymphatic Endothelium and Kaposi's Sarcoma Spindle Cells Detected by Antibodies against the Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-3

    Lotta Jussila;Reija Valtola;Taina A. Partanen;Petri Salven

  • Extracellular vesicles from human plasma and serum are carriers of extravesicular cargo-Implications for biomarker discovery.

    Mari Palviainen;Mayan K. Saraswat;Zoltan Varga;Diana Kitka

  • The expression of human intercellular adhesion molecule-2 is refractory to inflammatory cytokines.

    Pekka Nortamo;Rui Li;Risto Renkonen;Tuomo Timonen

  • The inflammatory mechanisms of allograft rejection.

    P. Hsauyry;E. von Willebrand;E. Parthenais;A. Nemlander

  • De novo expression of endothelial sialyl Lewis(a) and sialyl Lewis(x) during cardiac transplant rejection: superior capacity of a tetravalent sialyl Lewis(x) oligosaccharide in inhibiting L-selectin-dependent lymphocyte adhesion.

    J P Turunen;M L Majuri;A Seppo;S Tiisala

  • Complementary Acceptor and Site Specificities of Fuc-TIV and Fuc-TVII Allow Effective Biosynthesis of Sialyl-TriLex and Related Polylactosamines Present on Glycoprotein Counterreceptors of Selectins

    Ritva Niemelä;Jari Natunen;Marja-Leena Majuri;Hannu Maaheimo

  • Endothelial and epithelial expression of sialyl Lewisx and sialyl Lewisa in lesions of breast carcinoma

    Jutta Renkonen;Timo Paavonen;Risto Renkonen

  • Predictive value of monocyte histocompatibility leukocyte antigen-DR expression and plasma interleukin-4 and -10 levels in critically ill patients with sepsis.

    Marja Hynninen;Ville Pettilä;Olli Takkunen;Riitta Orko

  • Recombinant E-selectin-protein mediates tumor cell adhesion via Sialyl-Lea and sialyl-Lex

    Marja-Leena Majuri;Pirkko Mattila;Risto Renkonen

  • Analysis of nucleotide sugars from cell lysates by ion-pair solid-phase extraction and reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography.

    Jarkko Räbinä;Minna Mäki;Emma M. Savilahti;Nina Järvinen

  • Glycosylation might provide endothelial zip codes for organ-specific leukocyte traffic into inflammatory sites.

    Jutta Renkonen;Olli Tynninen;Pekka Häyry;Pekka Häyry;Timo Paavonen

  • TNF alpha-induced expression of endothelial adhesion molecules, ICAM-1 and VCAM-1, is linked to protein kinase C activation.

    P Mattila;M L Majuri;P S Mattila;R Renkonen

  • The vascular E-selectin binds to the leukocyte integrins CD11/CD18

    Pekka Kotovuori;Eveliina Tontti;Rod Pigott;Maura Shepherd

  • Expression and function of α2,3‐sialyl‐ and α,3/l,4‐fucosyltransferases in colon adenocarcinoma cell lines: Role in synthesis of E‐selectin counter‐receptors

    Marja-Leena Majuri;Ritva Niemelä;Sinikka Tiisala;Ossi Renkonen

  • Composition of Drosophila melanogaster Proteome Involved in Fucosylated Glycan Metabolism

    Christophe Roos;Meelis Kolmer;Pirkko Mattila;Risto Renkonen;Risto Renkonen

  • Selective expression of sialyl-Lewis x and Lewis a epitopes, putative ligands for L-selectin, on peripheral lymph-node high endothelial venules.

    T. Paavonen;R. Renkonen

  • Synthesis of a divalent sialyl Lewis x O-glycan, a potent inhibitor of lymphocyte-endothelium adhesion. Evidence that multivalency enhances the saccharide binding to L-selectin.

    Hannu Maaheimo;Risto Renkonen;Juha Pekka Turunen;Leena Penttilä

  • Functional expression of Escherichia coli enzymes synthesizing GDP-L-fucose from inherent GDP-D-mannose in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

    Pirkko Mattila;Jarkko Räbinä;Solveig Hortling;Jari Helin

  • Biosynthesis of 6-deoxyhexose glycans in bacteria.

    Minna Mäki;Risto Renkonen

Frequent Co-Authors

Pekka Häyry
Pekka Häyry University of Helsinki
Ossi Renkonen
Ossi Renkonen University of Helsinki
Caj Haglund
Caj Haglund University of Helsinki
Juha Pekkanen
Juha Pekkanen University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Heini Huhtala
Heini Huhtala Tampere University
Ari Ristimäki
Ari Ristimäki University of Helsinki
Mika J. Mäkelä
Mika J. Mäkelä University of Helsinki
Tari Haahtela
Tari Haahtela University of Helsinki
Carl G. Gahmberg
Carl G. Gahmberg University of Helsinki
Anu Suomalainen
Anu Suomalainen University of Helsinki

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