Kim Ekroos

11.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
91 papers, 7.6k citations indexed

About

Kim Ekroos is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Spectroscopy and Biochemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Kim Ekroos has authored 91 papers receiving a total of 7.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 75 papers in Molecular Biology, 34 papers in Spectroscopy and 13 papers in Biochemistry. Recurrent topics in Kim Ekroos's work include Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies (46 papers), Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications (24 papers) and Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications (23 papers). Kim Ekroos is often cited by papers focused on Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies (46 papers), Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications (24 papers) and Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications (23 papers). Kim Ekroos collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Finland and Norway. Kim Ekroos's co-authors include Andrej Shevchenko, Kai Simons, Christer S. Ejsing, Dimple Kauhanen, Eva Duchoslav, Gerhard Liebisch, Tuulia Sylvänne, Tore Skotland, Kirsten Sandvig and Júlio L. Sampaio and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Kim Ekroos

87 papers receiving 7.5k 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.

  1. Global analysis of the yeast lipidome by quantitative shotgun mass spectrometry
    2009 790 citations Christer S. Ejsing, Júlio L. Sampaio et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  2. Molecular lipidomics of exosomes released by PC-3 prostate cancer cells
    2013 607 citations Alicia Llorente, Tore Skotland et al. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids profile →
  3. Resistance of cell membranes to different detergents
    2003 560 citations Kim Ekroos, Andrej Shevchenko et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers

Kim Ekroos
Harald Köfeler Austria
H. Alex Brown United States
Robert N. Cole United States
Robert H. Weiss United States
Michael Kinter United States
Birgit Schilling United States
Michael V. Milburn United States
Valerie B. O’Donnell United Kingdom
Wilhelm Haas United States
Oswald Quehenberger United States
Harald Köfeler Austria
Kim Ekroos
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kim Ekroos

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kim Ekroos. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kim Ekroos 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 Kim Ekroos. Kim Ekroos 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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Skotland, Tore, Kim Ekroos, Alicia Llorente, & Kirsten Sandvig. (2025). Quantitative Lipid Analysis of Extracellular Vesicle Preparations: A Perspective. Journal of Extracellular Vesicles. 14(3). e70049–e70049. 3 indexed citations
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Hoffmann, Nils, Robert Ahrends, Erin Baker, et al.. (2025). Introduction of a lipidomics scoring system for data quality assessment. Journal of Lipid Research. 66(8). 100817–100817.
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Skotland, Tore, Kim Ekroos, Jeffrey G. McDonald, et al.. (2024). Pitfalls in lipid mass spectrometry of mammalian samples — a brief guide for biologists. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology. 25(10). 759–760. 10 indexed citations
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Vandenbosch, Michiel, Nathan Heath Patterson, Marc Claesen, et al.. (2023). Toward Omics-Scale Quantitative Mass Spectrometry Imaging of Lipids in Brain Tissue Using a Multiclass Internal Standard Mixture. Analytical Chemistry. 95(51). 18719–18730. 20 indexed citations
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Höring, Marcus, et al.. (2022). Benchmarking One-Phase Lipid Extractions for Plasma Lipidomics. Analytical Chemistry. 94(36). 12292–12296. 39 indexed citations
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Baloni, Priyanka, Kwangsik Nho, Matthias Arnold, et al.. (2021). Investigating the importance of acylcarnitines in Alzheimer's disease.. PuSH - Publication Server of Helmholtz Zentrum München. 1 indexed citations
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Höring, Marcus, Kim Ekroos, Paul R.S. Baker, et al.. (2020). Correction of Isobaric Overlap Resulting from Sodiated Ions in Lipidomics. Analytical Chemistry. 92(16). 10966–10970. 24 indexed citations
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Ekroos, Kim, et al.. (2020). Lipid-based biomarkers for CVD, COPD, and aging – A translational perspective. Progress in Lipid Research. 78. 101030–101030. 33 indexed citations
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Liebisch, Gerhard, Robert Ahrends, Makoto Arita, et al.. (2019). Lipidomics needs more standardization. Nature Metabolism. 1(8). 745–747. 144 indexed citations
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Titz, Bjoern, Raffaella Maria Gadaleta, Giuseppe Lo Sasso, et al.. (2018). Proteomics and Lipidomics in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Research: From Mechanistic Insights to Biomarker Identification. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 19(9). 2775–2775. 32 indexed citations
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Busnelli, Marco, Stefano Manzini, Mika Hilvo, et al.. (2017). Liver-specific deletion of the Plpp3 gene alters plasma lipid composition and worsens atherosclerosis in apoE−/− mice. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 44503–44503. 41 indexed citations
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Róg, Tomasz, Adam Orłowski, Moutusi Manna, et al.. (2016). Cholesterol Modulated Interdigitation of Long-Chain Sphingomyelin and Glycolipids. Biophysical Journal. 110(3). 578a–579a. 1 indexed citations
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Håversen, Liliana, Reza Mobini, Linda Andersson, et al.. (2016). ARAP2 promotes GLUT1-mediated basal glucose uptake through regulation of sphingolipid metabolism. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids. 1861(11). 1643–1651. 13 indexed citations
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Cheng, Jin M., Matti Suoniemi, Isabella Kardys, et al.. (2015). Plasma concentrations of molecular lipid species in relation to coronary plaque characteristics and cardiovascular outcome: Results of the ATHEROREMO-IVUS study. Atherosclerosis. 243(2). 560–566. 135 indexed citations
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Tarasov, Kirill V., et al.. (2014). High-content screening of yeast mutant libraries by shotgun lipidomics. Molecular BioSystems. 10(6). 1364–1376. 25 indexed citations
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Phuyal, Santosh, Tore Skotland, Nina P. Hessvik, et al.. (2014). The Ether Lipid Precursor Hexadecylglycerol Stimulates the Release and Changes the Composition of Exosomes Derived from PC-3 Cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 290(7). 4225–4237. 100 indexed citations
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Ejsing, Christer S., Júlio L. Sampaio, Vineeth Surendranath, et al.. (2009). Global analysis of the yeast lipidome by quantitative shotgun mass spectrometry. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(7). 2136–2141. 790 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kotronen, Anna, Vidya Velagapudi, Laxman Yetukuri, et al.. (2009). Serum saturated fatty acids containing triacylglycerols are better markers of insulin resistance than total serum triacylglycerol concentrations. Diabetologia. 52(4). 684–690. 157 indexed citations
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Yetukuri, Laxman, Kim Ekroos, Antonio Vidal‐Puig, & Matej Orešič. (2007). Informatics and computational strategies for the study of lipids. Molecular BioSystems. 4(2). 121–127. 168 indexed citations

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