Mats H. M. Olsson

11.4k total citations · 4 hit papers
43 papers, 8.9k citations indexed

About

Mats H. M. Olsson is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Mats H. M. Olsson has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 8.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 8 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Mats H. M. Olsson's work include Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (13 papers), Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (9 papers) and Protein Structure and Dynamics (9 papers). Mats H. M. Olsson is often cited by papers focused on Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (13 papers), Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (9 papers) and Protein Structure and Dynamics (9 papers). Mats H. M. Olsson collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, Denmark and United States. Mats H. M. Olsson's co-authors include Jan H. Jensen, Michał Rostkowski, Chresten R. Søndergaard, Arieh Warshel, Ulf Ryde, Pankaz K. Sharma, Hanbin Liu, Yun Xiang, Mitsunori Kato and Björn O. Roos 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

Mats H. M. Olsson

43 papers receiving 8.8k citations

Hit Papers

PROPKA3: Consistent Treatment of Internal and Surface Res... 2006 2026 2012 2019 2011 2011 2006 2006 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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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. PROPKA3: Consistent Treatment of Internal and Surface Residues in Empirical pKaPredictions
    2011 3.3k citations Mats H. M. Olsson, Chresten R. Søndergaard et al. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation profile →
  2. Improved Treatment of Ligands and Coupling Effects in Empirical Calculation and Rationalization of pKa Values
    2011 1.4k citations Chresten R. Søndergaard, Mats H. M. Olsson et al. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation profile →
  3. Electrostatic Basis for Enzyme Catalysis
    2006 1.1k citations Arieh Warshel, Pankaz K. Sharma et al. profile →
  4. Dynamical Contributions to Enzyme Catalysis:  Critical Tests of A Popular Hypothesis
    2006 241 citations Mats H. M. Olsson, Arieh Warshel et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Mats H. M. Olsson Sweden 31 5.8k 1.6k 1.0k 978 870 43 8.9k
Paolo Carloni Italy 54 6.1k 1.1× 1.6k 1.0× 1.1k 1.0× 1.4k 1.4× 509 0.6× 336 10.0k
Donald Bashford United States 40 7.3k 1.3× 2.0k 1.3× 1.2k 1.2× 1.8k 1.9× 588 0.7× 71 10.0k
Michael J. Sutcliffe United Kingdom 52 5.5k 0.9× 1.3k 0.8× 705 0.7× 547 0.6× 488 0.6× 169 8.3k
Ramy Farid United States 28 5.3k 0.9× 1.1k 0.7× 1.4k 1.3× 746 0.8× 421 0.5× 48 8.2k
Thom Vreven United States 40 3.9k 0.7× 1.6k 1.0× 1.2k 1.2× 1.9k 1.9× 722 0.8× 76 7.7k
Carmay Lim Taiwan 48 3.9k 0.7× 1.4k 0.9× 1.4k 1.4× 1.1k 1.2× 545 0.6× 193 7.8k
Andreas W. Götz United States 32 4.3k 0.8× 1.6k 1.0× 1.0k 1.0× 1.6k 1.6× 436 0.5× 83 7.8k
Elizabeth Hatcher United States 17 4.6k 0.8× 1.3k 0.8× 1.2k 1.2× 1.1k 1.1× 275 0.3× 20 8.0k
Pedro Alexandrino Fernandes Portugal 52 6.3k 1.1× 2.0k 1.2× 2.1k 2.0× 745 0.8× 715 0.8× 376 11.8k
Felix Frolow Israel 45 6.3k 1.1× 1.9k 1.2× 2.0k 1.9× 407 0.4× 600 0.7× 193 10.8k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Olsson, Mats H. M., Henning Osholm Sørensen, N. Bovet, et al.. (2017). Interactions of the Calcite {10.4} Surface with Organic Compounds: Structure and Behaviour at Mineral – Organic Interfaces. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 7592–7592. 52 indexed citations
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Olsson, Mats H. M., et al.. (2015). Adsorption of Ethanol and Water on Calcite: Dependence on Surface Geometry and Effect on Surface Behavior. Langmuir. 31(13). 3847–3853. 34 indexed citations
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Maria, Leonardo De, Mats H. M. Olsson, Lars H. Christensen, et al.. (2015). Effect of mutations on the thermostability of Aspergillus aculeatus β-1,4-galactanase. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal. 13. 256–264. 12 indexed citations
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Okhrimenko, D.V., J. Nissenbaum, Martin Andersson, Mats H. M. Olsson, & S. L. S. Stipp. (2013). Energies of the Adsorption of Functional Groups to Calcium Carbonate Polymorphs: The Importance of −OH and −COOH Groups. Langmuir. 29(35). 11062–11073. 78 indexed citations
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Olsson, Mats H. M., Chresten R. Søndergaard, Michał Rostkowski, & Jan H. Jensen. (2011). PROPKA3: Consistent Treatment of Internal and Surface Residues in Empirical pKa Predictions. Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen). 26 indexed citations
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Olsson, Mats H. M.. (2011). Protein electrostatics and pKa blind predictions; contribution from empirical predictions of internal ionizable residues. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 79(12). 3333–3345. 38 indexed citations
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Alexov, Emil, Ernest L. Mehler, Nathan Baker, et al.. (2011). Progress in the prediction of pKavalues in proteins. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 79(12). 3260–3275. 221 indexed citations
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Rostkowski, Michał, Mats H. M. Olsson, Chresten R. Søndergaard, & Jan H. Jensen. (2011). Graphical analysis of pH-dependent properties of proteins predicted using PROPKA. BMC Structural Biology. 11(1). 6–6. 345 indexed citations
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Olsson, Mats H. M., Chresten R. Søndergaard, Michał Rostkowski, & Jan H. Jensen. (2011). PROPKA3: Consistent Treatment of Internal and Surface Residues in Empirical pKaPredictions. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. 7(2). 525–537. 3276 indexed citations breakdown →
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Olsson, Mats H. M.. (2011). Improving the desolvation penalty in empirical protein pKa modeling. Journal of Molecular Modeling. 18(3). 1097–1106. 8 indexed citations
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Olsson, Mats H. M., Per E. M. Siegbahn, Margareta R. A. Blomberg, & Arieh Warshel. (2007). Exploring pathways and barriers for coupled ET/PT in cytochrome c oxidase: A general framework for examining energetics and mechanistic alternatives. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1767(3). 244–260. 42 indexed citations
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Sharma, Pankaz K., Zhen T. Chu, Mats H. M. Olsson, & Arieh Warshel. (2007). A new paradigm for electrostatic catalysis of radical reactions in vitamin B 12 enzymes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(23). 9661–9666. 85 indexed citations
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Olsson, Mats H. M., Janez Mavri, & Arieh Warshel. (2006). Transition state theory can be used in studies of enzyme catalysis: lessons from simulations of tunnelling and dynamical effects in lipoxygenase and other systems. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 361(1472). 1417–1432. 89 indexed citations
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Olsson, Mats H. M., Pankaz K. Sharma, & Arieh Warshel. (2005). Simulating redox coupled proton transfer in cytochrome c oxidase: Looking for the proton bottleneck. FEBS Letters. 579(10). 2026–2034. 52 indexed citations
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Olsson, Mats H. M. & Arieh Warshel. (2004). Solute Solvent Dynamics and Energetics in Enzyme Catalysis:  The SN2 Reaction of Dehalogenase as a General Benchmark. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 126(46). 15167–15179. 77 indexed citations
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Olsson, Mats H. M., Per E. M. Siegbahn, & Arieh Warshel. (2003). Simulating large nuclear quantum mechanical corrections in hydrogen atom transfer reactions in metalloenzymes. JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry. 9(1). 96–99. 25 indexed citations
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Ryde, Ulf, et al.. (2000). On the role of strain in blue copper proteins. JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry. 5(5). 565–574. 77 indexed citations
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Olsson, Mats H. M. & Ulf Ryde. (1999). The influence of axial ligands on the reduction potential of blue copper proteins. JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry. 4(5). 654–663. 58 indexed citations
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Pierloot, Kristine, et al.. (1998). Relation between the Structure and Spectroscopic Properties of Blue Copper Proteins. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 120(50). 13156–13166. 135 indexed citations
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Olsson, Mats H. M., Ulf Ryde, & Björn O. Roos. (1998). Quantum chemical calculations of the reorganization energy of blue‐copper proteins. Protein Science. 7(12). 2659–2668. 70 indexed citations

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