Axel Ekman

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
39 papers, 575 citations indexed

About

Axel Ekman is a scholar working on Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Radiation and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Axel Ekman has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 575 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, 12 papers in Radiation and 11 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Axel Ekman's work include Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques (12 papers), Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications (8 papers) and Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications (6 papers). Axel Ekman is often cited by papers focused on Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques (12 papers), Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications (8 papers) and Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications (6 papers). Axel Ekman collaborates with scholars based in United States, Finland and Germany. Axel Ekman's co-authors include Carolyn A. Larabell, Jian-Hua Chen, Gerry McDermott, Mark A. Le Gros, Valentina Loconte, J. Timonen, Venera Weinhardt, Antti Koponen, Harri Kiiskinen and Jukka A. Ketoja and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Physical Review Letters and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Axel Ekman

37 papers receiving 557 citations

Hit Papers

Nitrogen-fixing organelle in a marine alga 2024 2026 2025 2024 25 50 75
What are hit papers?

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. Nitrogen-fixing organelle in a marine alga
    2024 88 citations Tyler H. Coale, Valentina Loconte 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
Axel Ekman United States 15 157 127 105 68 65 39 575
Claire Michelet France 14 73 0.5× 170 1.3× 59 0.6× 76 1.1× 9 0.1× 42 571
Zhaojun Wang China 13 58 0.4× 74 0.6× 19 0.2× 73 1.1× 36 0.6× 34 652
Jérôme Carnis Germany 10 55 0.4× 119 0.9× 16 0.2× 73 1.1× 3 0.0× 26 562
Yi Ruan China 13 165 1.1× 13 0.1× 18 0.2× 122 1.8× 21 0.3× 52 584
Du Li China 17 203 1.3× 25 0.2× 28 0.3× 338 5.0× 40 0.6× 76 926
Ricardo M. Sánchez Germany 7 200 1.3× 22 0.2× 7 0.1× 34 0.5× 18 0.3× 10 396
M. Hahn Germany 10 204 1.3× 45 0.4× 6 0.1× 74 1.1× 27 0.4× 19 561
Chris T.W.M. Schneijdenberg Netherlands 11 162 1.0× 37 0.3× 4 0.0× 62 0.9× 99 1.5× 15 531
Ingo Gestmann Germany 7 112 0.7× 21 0.2× 5 0.0× 42 0.6× 51 0.8× 12 423

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Fields of papers citing papers by Axel Ekman

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Axel Ekman

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Axel Ekman. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Axel Ekman based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Axel Ekman. Axel Ekman is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Chen, Jian-Hua, Mary Mirvis, Axel Ekman, et al.. (2025). Automated segmentation of soft X-ray tomography: Native cellular structure with submicron resolution at high-throughput for whole-cell quantitative imaging in yeast. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 36(10). ar132–ar132.
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Coale, Tyler H., Valentina Loconte, Kendra A. Turk‐Kubo, et al.. (2024). Nitrogen-fixing organelle in a marine alga. Science. 384(6692). 217–222. 88 indexed citations breakdown →
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Eng, Thomas, Deepanwita Banerjee, Yan Chen, et al.. (2023). Maximizing microbial bioproduction from sustainable carbon sources using iterative systems engineering. Cell Reports. 42(9). 113087–113087. 20 indexed citations
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Klerk, Eleonora de, Christopher H. Emfinger, Mark P. Keller, et al.. (2023). Loss of ZNF148 enhances insulin secretion in human pancreatic β cells. JCI Insight. 8(11). 3 indexed citations
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Turk‐Kubo, Kendra A., Valentina Loconte, Axel Ekman, et al.. (2023). Soft X-ray Tomography Enables New Insights into the Coordinated Division of Organelle-like Symbiont in a Globally Distributed Unicellular Marine Haptophyte Alga. Microscopy and Microanalysis. 29(Supplement_1). 1165–1165. 1 indexed citations
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Loconte, Valentina, Jitin Singla, Jian-Hua Chen, et al.. (2023). Soft X-ray Tomography for Mapping and Quantifying Intracellular Organelle Interactions. Microscopy and Microanalysis. 29(Supplement_1). 1181–1181. 1 indexed citations
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Loconte, Valentina, Jian-Hua Chen, Axel Ekman, et al.. (2023). The Role of Soft X-ray Tomography in Generating Whole-cell Models. Microscopy and Microanalysis. 29(Supplement_1). 1170–1170. 1 indexed citations
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Autin, Ludovic, et al.. (2022). Integrative structural modelling and visualisation of a cellular organelle. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3. e11–e11. 7 indexed citations
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Zhang, Shuning, Valentina Loconte, Yan Liu, et al.. (2022). An intensity-based post-processing tool for 3D instance segmentation of organelles in soft X-ray tomograms. PLoS ONE. 17(9). e0269887–e0269887. 2 indexed citations
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Chen, Jian-Hua, Valentina Loconte, Axel Ekman, et al.. (2022). A protocol for full-rotation soft X-ray tomography of single cells. STAR Protocols. 3(1). 101176–101176. 17 indexed citations
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Loconte, Valentina, Jitin Singla, Jian-Hua Chen, et al.. (2022). Soft X-ray tomography to map and quantify organelle interactions at the mesoscale. Structure. 30(4). 510–521.e3. 31 indexed citations
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Loconte, Valentina, Jian-Hua Chen, Mirko Cortese, et al.. (2021). Using soft X-ray tomography for rapid whole-cell quantitative imaging of SARS-CoV-2-infected cells. Cell Reports Methods. 1(7). 100117–100117. 27 indexed citations
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Levine, Zachary H., et al.. (2020). X-ray computed tomography using partially coherent Fresnel diffraction with application to an optical fiber. Optics Express. 29(2). 1788–1788. 4 indexed citations
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White, Kate L., Jitin Singla, Valentina Loconte, et al.. (2020). Visualizing subcellular rearrangements in intact β cells using soft x-ray tomography. Science Advances. 6(50). 40 indexed citations
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Weinhardt, Venera, Jian-Hua Chen, Axel Ekman, et al.. (2020). Switchable resolution in soft x-ray tomography of single cells. PLoS ONE. 15(1). e0227601–e0227601. 13 indexed citations
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Plautz, Tia, Rosanne Boudreau, Axel Ekman, et al.. (2017). Progress Toward Automatic Segmentation of Soft X-ray Tomograms Using Convolutional Neural Networks. Microscopy and Microanalysis. 23(S1). 984–985. 4 indexed citations
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Koponen, Antti, et al.. (2017). The Effect of Void Structure on the Permeability of Fibrous Networks. Transport in Porous Media. 117(2). 247–259. 19 indexed citations
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Ekman, Axel, Arttu Miettinen, T. Tallinen, & J. Timonen. (2014). Contact Formation in Random Networks of Elongated Objects. Physical Review Letters. 113(26). 268001–268001. 11 indexed citations
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Ekman, Axel, et al.. (1997). Exploration of polygonal environments using range data. IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics Part B (Cybernetics). 27(2). 250–255. 10 indexed citations
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Ekman, Axel, et al.. (1993). Incremental Map-Making in Indoor Environments. IFAC Proceedings Volumes. 26(1). 187–192. 4 indexed citations

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