Ilpo Vattulainen

23.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
309 papers, 16.4k citations indexed

About

Ilpo Vattulainen is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Ilpo Vattulainen has authored 309 papers receiving a total of 16.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 230 papers in Molecular Biology, 73 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 51 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Ilpo Vattulainen's work include Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (160 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (60 papers) and Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (57 papers). Ilpo Vattulainen is often cited by papers focused on Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (160 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (60 papers) and Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (57 papers). Ilpo Vattulainen collaborates with scholars based in Finland, Denmark and United States. Ilpo Vattulainen's co-authors include Tomasz Róg, Mikko Karttunen, Andrey A. Gurtovenko, M. Hyvönen, Matti Javanainen, Hector Martinez‐Seara, Tapio Ala-Nissilä, Perttu Niemelä, Marta Pasenkiewicz‐Gierula and O. H. Samuli Ollila and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Chemical Reviews and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Ilpo Vattulainen

301 papers receiving 16.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Molecular lipidomics of exosomes released by PC-3 prostate cancer cells

2013 607 citations Tomasz Róg, Ilpo Vattulainen et al. profile →
Ordering effects of cholesterol and its analogues

2008 510 citations Tomasz Róg, Marta Pasenkiewicz‐Gierula et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ilpo Vattulainen Finland	72	11.7k	3.3k	2.3k	1.8k	1.7k	309	16.4k
Ole G. Mouritsen Denmark	71	10.8k 0.9×	3.9k 1.2×	2.1k 0.9×	1.5k 0.8×	1.8k 1.0×	359	16.5k
Carsten Kutzner Germany	17	8.4k 0.7×	2.4k 0.7×	2.1k 0.9×	3.1k 1.7×	1.6k 0.9×	37	15.6k
James C. Gumbart United States	41	14.0k 1.2×	2.4k 0.7×	2.2k 0.9×	3.2k 1.7×	1.2k 0.7×	154	20.5k
Rosemary Braun United States	20	10.1k 0.9×	1.9k 0.6×	1.7k 0.7×	2.4k 1.3×	982 0.6×	46	15.8k
Gerrit Groenhof Finland	39	9.5k 0.8×	3.5k 1.0×	2.1k 0.9×	3.2k 1.8×	2.0k 1.2×	87	18.7k
Jeffery B. Klauda United States	48	11.8k 1.0×	2.5k 0.8×	1.5k 0.7×	1.2k 0.7×	1.3k 0.8×	168	16.3k
Teemu J. Murtola Finland	27	10.2k 0.9×	1.8k 0.5×	2.0k 0.9×	3.0k 1.6×	2.1k 1.2×	139	20.5k
Elizabeth Villa United States	39	14.0k 1.2×	2.2k 0.7×	2.0k 0.9×	3.1k 1.7×	1.0k 0.6×	83	20.5k
Richard M. Venable United States	44	8.7k 0.7×	2.5k 0.8×	1.4k 0.6×	1.1k 0.6×	1.3k 0.8×	88	11.6k
M Abraham Australia	6	9.5k 0.8×	1.6k 0.5×	1.8k 0.8×	2.8k 1.5×	2.1k 1.2×	6	18.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Ilpo Vattulainen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ilpo Vattulainen

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Scollo, Federica, Waldemar Kulig, Anna‐Kristin Ludwig, et al.. (2025). Unraveling the GM₁ Specificity of Galectin-1 Binding to Lipid Membranes. PubMed. 5(3). 415–426.

Enkavi, Giray, Mykhailo Girych, Rafael Moliner, Ilpo Vattulainen, & Eero Ċastrén. (2024). TrkB transmembrane domain: bridging structural understanding with therapeutic strategy. Trends in Biochemical Sciences. 49(5). 445–456. 19 indexed citations

Goellner, Sarah, Giray Enkavi, Vibhu Prasad, et al.. (2023). Zika virus prM protein contains cholesterol binding motifs required for virus entry and assembly. Nature Communications. 14(1). 7344–7344. 10 indexed citations

Olżyńska, Agnieszka, et al.. (2023). Surfactant Proteins SP-B and SP-C in Pulmonary Surfactant Monolayers: Physical Properties Controlled by Specific Protein–Lipid Interactions. Langmuir. 39(12). 4338–4350. 16 indexed citations

Lolicato, Fabio, Federica Scollo, Hans‐Michael Müller, et al.. (2022). Cholesterol promotes clustering of PI(4,5)P2 driving unconventional secretion of FGF2. The Journal of Cell Biology. 221(11). 11 indexed citations

Kaptan, Shreyas, Mykhailo Girych, Giray Enkavi, et al.. (2022). Maturation of the SARS-CoV-2 virus is regulated by dimerization of its main protease. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal. 20. 3336–3346. 10 indexed citations

Peränen, Johan, et al.. (2020). High‐content imaging and structure‐based predictions reveal functional differences between Niemann‐Pick C1 variants. Traffic. 21(5). 386–397. 12 indexed citations

Wilmes, Stephan, Maximillian Hafer, Julie A. Tucker, et al.. (2020). Mechanism of homodimeric cytokine receptor activation and dysregulation by oncogenic mutations. Science. 367(6478). 643–652. 115 indexed citations

Gurtovenko, Andrey A., Matti Javanainen, Fabio Lolicato, & Ilpo Vattulainen. (2019). The Devil Is in the Details: What Do We Really Track in Single-Particle Tracking Experiments of Diffusion in Biological Membranes?. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 10(5). 1005–1011. 13 indexed citations

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Gutmann, Theresia, Ingmar B. Schäfer, Chetan Poojari, et al.. (2019). Cryo-EM structure of the complete and ligand-saturated insulin receptor ectodomain. The Journal of Cell Biology. 219(1). 86 indexed citations

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Javanainen, Matti, Giray Enkavi, Ramón Guixà-González, et al.. (2019). Reduced level of docosahexaenoic acid shifts GPCR neuroreceptors to less ordered membrane regions. PLoS Computational Biology. 15(5). e1007033–e1007033. 24 indexed citations

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Enkavi, Giray, Matti Javanainen, Waldemar Kulig, Tomasz Róg, & Ilpo Vattulainen. (2019). Multiscale Simulations of Biological Membranes: The Challenge To Understand Biological Phenomena in a Living Substance. Chemical Reviews. 119(9). 5607–5774. 215 indexed citations

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Paananen, Riku O., Ilpo Vattulainen, & Jukka Moilanen. (2018). Structure of tear film lipid layer models containing cholesteryl esters and lysophosphatidylcholine. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 59(9). 4906–4906. 1 indexed citations

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Javanainen, Matti, Ilpo Vattulainen, & Luca Monticelli. (2016). On Atomistic Models for Molecular Oxygen. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 121(3). 518–528. 19 indexed citations

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Kalli, Antreas C., Tomasz Róg, Ilpo Vattulainen, Iain D. Campbell, & Mark S.P. Sansom. (2016). The Integrin Receptor in Biologically Relevant Bilayers: Insights from Molecular Dynamics Simulations. The Journal of Membrane Biology. 250(4). 337–351. 27 indexed citations

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Åström, Jan, Sunil Kumar, Ilpo Vattulainen, & Mikko Karttunen. (2008). Avalanches, hardening and softening in dense cross-linked actin networks. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 13(1). 7–7.

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Róg, Tomasz, Marta Pasenkiewicz‐Gierula, Ilpo Vattulainen, & Mikko Karttunen. (2007). What Happens if Cholesterol Is Made Smoother. Biophysical Journal. 92(10). 3346–3357. 91 indexed citations

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Patra, Michael, Emppu Salonen, Emma Terämä, et al.. (2005). Under the Influence of Alcohol: The Effect of Ethanol and Methanol on Lipid Bilayers. Biophysical Journal. 90(4). 1121–1135. 343 indexed citations

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Stimson, Lorna, Ilpo Vattulainen, Tomasz Róg, & Mikko Karttunen. (2005). Exploring the effect of anaesthetic gases on biomembranes. Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters. 10. 1 indexed citations

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Vattulainen, Ilpo. (2005). Molecules dancing in membranes. Diffusion fundamentals.. 2. 2 indexed citations

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