Jerker Widengren

9.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
147 papers, 7.5k citations indexed

About

Jerker Widengren is a scholar working on Biophysics, Molecular Biology and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Jerker Widengren has authored 147 papers receiving a total of 7.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 65 papers in Biophysics, 57 papers in Molecular Biology and 26 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Jerker Widengren's work include Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (61 papers), Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies (22 papers) and Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (20 papers). Jerker Widengren is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (61 papers), Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies (22 papers) and Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (20 papers). Jerker Widengren collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, Germany and China. Jerker Widengren's co-authors include Rudolf Rigler, Claus A. M. Seidel, Hans Blom, Peet Kask, Christian Eggeling, Petra Schwille, Tor Sandén, Andriy Chmyrov, Ülo Mets and Daniel Rönnlund and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Jerker Widengren

140 papers receiving 7.4k citations

Hit Papers

Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy with high count rat... 1993 2026 2004 2015 1993 1995 1998 250 500 750
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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. Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy with high count rate and low background: analysis of translational diffusion
    1993 785 citations Rudolf Rigler, Jerker Widengren et al. profile →
  2. Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy of triplet states in solution: a theoretical and experimental study
    1995 606 citations Jerker Widengren, Rudolf Rigler et al. profile →
  3. Photobleaching of Fluorescent Dyes under Conditions Used for Single-Molecule Detection:  Evidence of Two-Step Photolysis
    1998 548 citations Jerker Widengren, Rudolf Rigler et al. profile →

Peers

Jerker Widengren
Andreas Zumbusch Germany
Thomas Schmidt Netherlands
Klaus Suhling United Kingdom
Jörg Enderlein Germany
Douglas Magde United States
Ahmed A. Heikal United States
Yoshie Harada Japan
Christoph Bräuchle Germany
Gilad Haran Israel
Rudolf Rigler Sweden
Andreas Zumbusch Germany
Jerker Widengren
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Fields of papers citing papers by Jerker Widengren

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jerker Widengren

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Jerker Widengren. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Jerker Widengren 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 Jerker Widengren. Jerker Widengren 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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Pennacchietti, Francesca, et al.. (2025). All-optical strategies to minimize photobleaching in reversibly switchable fluorescent proteins. Nature Communications. 16(1). 10843–10843.
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Chen, Hongjian, et al.. (2024). Non-fluorescent transient states of tyrosine as a basis for label-free protein conformation and interaction studies. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 6464–6464. 4 indexed citations
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Liu, Haichun, et al.. (2024). Interplay between a Heptamethine Cyanine Dye Sensitizer (IR806) and Lanthanide Upconversion Nanoparticles. Advanced Optical Materials. 12(29). 2 indexed citations
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Ali, Amjad, et al.. (2024). Photoisomerization of heptamethine cyanine (Cy7) dyes: A theoretical study. Dyes and Pigments. 230. 112354–112354. 1 indexed citations
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Liu, Haichun, et al.. (2023). Combined Fluorescence Fluctuation and Spectrofluorometric Measurements Reveal a Red-Shifted, Near-IR Emissive Photo-Isomerized Form of Cyanine 5. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(3). 1990–1990. 5 indexed citations
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Guo, Xin, Rui Pu, Zhimin Zhu, et al.. (2022). Achieving low-power single-wavelength-pair nanoscopy with NIR-II continuous-wave laser for multi-chromatic probes. Nature Communications. 13(1). 2843–2843. 31 indexed citations
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Minoia, Melania, et al.. (2021). Neuronal death in pneumococcal meningitis is triggered by pneumolysin and RrgA interactions with β-actin. PLoS Pathogens. 17(3). e1009432–e1009432. 21 indexed citations
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Sender, Vicky, Karina Hentrich, Anuj Pathak, et al.. (2020). Capillary leakage provides nutrients and antioxidants for rapid pneumococcal proliferation in influenza-infected lower airways. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(49). 31386–31397. 27 indexed citations
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Sjöholm, Johannes, Jan Bergstrand, Radek Šachl, et al.. (2017). The lateral distance between a proton pump and ATP synthase determines the ATP-synthesis rate. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 2926–2926. 45 indexed citations
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Iovino, Federico, Joo-Yeon Engelen-Lee, Matthijs C. Brouwer, et al.. (2017). pIgR and PECAM-1 bind to pneumococcal adhesins RrgA and PspC mediating bacterial brain invasion. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 214(6). 1619–1630. 83 indexed citations
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Mocsár, Gábor, Daniel Rönnlund, Jerker Widengren, et al.. (2016). MHC I Expression Regulates Co-clustering and Mobility of Interleukin-2 and -15 Receptors in T Cells. Biophysical Journal. 111(1). 100–112. 14 indexed citations
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Nordgren, Niklas, Torbjörn Pettersson, Daniel Rönnlund, et al.. (2014). Oncogenes induce a vimentin filament collapse mediated by HDAC6 that is linked to cell stiffness. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(4). 1515–1520. 91 indexed citations
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Kronqvist, Nina, Mārtiņš Otikovs, Marlene Andersson, et al.. (2014). Sequential Ph-Driven Dimerization and Stabilization of the N-Terminal Domain Enables Rapid Spider Silk Formation. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 3254–3254. 1 indexed citations
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Kronqvist, Nina, Mārtiņš Otikovs, Gefei Chen, et al.. (2014). Sequential pH-driven dimerization and stabilization of the N-terminal domain enables rapid spider silk formation. Nature Communications. 5(1). 3254–3254. 146 indexed citations
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Widengren, Jerker. (2012). Studying Ion Exchange in Solution and at Biological Membranes by FCS. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 519. 231–252. 2 indexed citations
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Chmyrov, Andriy, et al.. (2010). Quenching of Triplet State Fluorophores for Studying Diffusion-Mediated Reactions in Lipid Membranes. Biophysical Journal. 99(11). 3821–3830. 18 indexed citations
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Bastiaens, Philippe I. H., E.H.W. Pap, Jerker Widengren, Rudolf Rigler, & Antonie J. W. G. Visser. (1994). Fluorescence methods to study lipid-protein association: The interaction of protein kinase C with lipid-loaded mixed micelles. Journal of Fluorescence. 4(4). 377–383. 7 indexed citations

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