Armağan Koçer

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Armağan Koçer is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Armağan Koçer has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Molecular Biology, 12 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 6 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Armağan Koçer's work include Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (20 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (9 papers) and Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies (8 papers). Armağan Koçer is often cited by papers focused on Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (20 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (9 papers) and Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies (8 papers). Armağan Koçer collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Hungary and France. Armağan Koçer's co-authors include Martin Walko, Ben L. Feringa, Wim Meijberg, ‪Siewert J. Marrink, Bert Poolman, Helgi I. Ingólfsson, Duygu Elif Yılmaz, Jon T. Sack, Frank Sobott and Catherine Vénien‐Bryan and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Armağan Koçer

32 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

A Light-Actuated Nanovalve Derived from a Channel Protein 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 100 200 300 400
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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.

  1. A Light-Actuated Nanovalve Derived from a Channel Protein
    2005 465 citations Armağan Koçer, Martin Walko et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Armağan Koçer Netherlands 19 924 418 326 269 224 32 1.5k
Jana Shen United States 26 1.1k 1.2× 288 0.7× 281 0.9× 159 0.6× 241 1.1× 63 1.7k
Еlena А. Kotova Russia 27 1.5k 1.6× 352 0.8× 269 0.8× 282 1.0× 216 1.0× 131 2.1k
Wim Meijberg Netherlands 16 783 0.8× 364 0.9× 332 1.0× 245 0.9× 157 0.7× 22 1.2k
Zheng Shi United States 23 931 1.0× 219 0.5× 314 1.0× 162 0.6× 310 1.4× 53 1.8k
Satoshi Yamaguchi Japan 24 885 1.0× 415 1.0× 369 1.1× 116 0.4× 389 1.7× 98 1.9k
Hua Deng United States 25 1.1k 1.2× 197 0.5× 336 1.0× 137 0.5× 104 0.5× 76 1.5k
Marián Antalı́k Slovakia 21 1.0k 1.1× 153 0.4× 306 0.9× 84 0.3× 167 0.7× 102 1.7k
Tamás Beke‐Somfai Hungary 20 1.2k 1.3× 142 0.3× 238 0.7× 156 0.6× 569 2.5× 88 1.8k
Izuru Kawamura Japan 21 562 0.6× 168 0.4× 364 1.1× 299 1.1× 181 0.8× 100 1.5k
Tatyana I. Rokitskaya Russia 26 1.5k 1.7× 231 0.6× 187 0.6× 267 1.0× 242 1.1× 105 2.2k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Armağan Koçer

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Jong, Edwin de & Armağan Koçer. (2023). Current Methods for Identifying Plasma Membrane Proteins as Cancer Biomarkers. Membranes. 13(4). 409–409. 10 indexed citations
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Walko, Martin, et al.. (2016). In situ, Reversible Gating of a Mechanosensitive Ion Channel through Protein-Lipid Interactions. Frontiers in Physiology. 7. 409–409. 5 indexed citations
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Koçer, Armağan. (2015). Mechanisms of mechanosensing — mechanosensitive channels, function and re-engineering. Current Opinion in Chemical Biology. 29. 120–127. 29 indexed citations
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Walko, Martin, et al.. (2015). Study of light-induced MscL gating by EPR spectroscopy. European Biophysics Journal. 44(7). 557–565. 5 indexed citations
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Pacheco‐Torres, Jesús, Martin Walko, Pilar López‐Larrubia, et al.. (2015). Image guided drug release from pH-sensitive Ion channel-functionalized stealth liposomes into an in vivo glioblastoma model. Nanomedicine Nanotechnology Biology and Medicine. 11(6). 1345–1354. 36 indexed citations
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Ingólfsson, Helgi I., Pratima Thakur, Karl F. Herold, et al.. (2014). Phytochemicals Perturb Membranes and Promiscuously Alter Protein Function. ACS Chemical Biology. 9(8). 1788–1798. 225 indexed citations
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Brüggemann, Andrea, et al.. (2014). Studying mechanosensitive ion channels with an automated patch clamp. European Biophysics Journal. 43(2-3). 97–104. 9 indexed citations
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Fertig, Niels, et al.. (2013). Electrophysiological Characterization of Mechanosensitive Ion Channels in Native Bacterial Membranes. Biophysical Journal. 104(2). 470a–470a. 1 indexed citations
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Persson, Malin, Maria Gullberg, Conny Tolf, et al.. (2013). Transportation of Nanoscale Cargoes by Myosin Propelled Actin Filaments. PLoS ONE. 8(2). e55931–e55931. 30 indexed citations
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Koçer, Armağan, et al.. (2012). Nanopore sensors: From hybrid to abiotic systems. Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 38(1). 1–10. 40 indexed citations
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Thami, Thierry, et al.. (2012). Thin phosphatidylcholine films as background surfaces with further possibilities of functionalization for biomedical applications. Colloids and Surfaces B Biointerfaces. 101. 189–195. 6 indexed citations
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Bilenberg, Brian, et al.. (2012). Well-Defined Microapertures for Ion Channel Biosensors. Analytical Chemistry. 85(2). 811–815. 7 indexed citations
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Moiset, Gemma, Jacek T. Mika, Armağan Koçer, et al.. (2011). The Molecular Basis for Antimicrobial Activity of Pore-Forming Cyclic Peptides. Biophysical Journal. 100(10). 2422–2431. 59 indexed citations
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Küsters, Ilja, et al.. (2011). Taming Membranes: Functional Immobilization of Biological Membranes in Hydrogels. PLoS ONE. 6(5). e20435–e20435. 19 indexed citations
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Moiset, Gemma, Jacek T. Mika, Armağan Koçer, et al.. (2011). The Molecular Basis for Antimicrobial Activity of Pore-Forming Cyclic Peptides. Biophysical Journal. 100(3). 333a–333a. 3 indexed citations
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Koçer, Armağan, et al.. (2010). In vitro synthesis and oligomerization of the mechanosensitive channel of large conductance, MscL, into a functional ion channel. FEBS Letters. 585(1). 249–254. 18 indexed citations
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Koçer, Armağan. (2007). A Remote Controlled Valve in Liposomes for Triggered Liposomal Release. Journal of Liposome Research. 17(3-4). 219–225. 21 indexed citations
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Koçer, Armağan, Martin Walko, & Ben L. Feringa. (2007). Synthesis and utilization of reversible and irreversible light-activated nanovalves derived from the channel protein MscL. Nature Protocols. 2(6). 1426–1437. 60 indexed citations
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Koçer, Armağan, et al.. (2006). Rationally Designed Chemical Modulators Convert a Bacterial Channel Protein into a pH‐Sensory Valve. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 45(19). 3126–3130. 64 indexed citations
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Koçer, Armağan, Martin Walko, Wim Meijberg, & Ben L. Feringa. (2005). A Light-Actuated Nanovalve Derived from a Channel Protein. Science. 309(5735). 755–758. 465 indexed citations breakdown →

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