Mervi Toivari

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
42 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Mervi Toivari is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Food Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Mervi Toivari has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Molecular Biology, 20 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 6 papers in Food Science. Recurrent topics in Mervi Toivari's work include Biofuel production and bioconversion (20 papers), Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (17 papers) and Fungal and yeast genetics research (16 papers). Mervi Toivari is often cited by papers focused on Biofuel production and bioconversion (20 papers), Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (17 papers) and Fungal and yeast genetics research (16 papers). Mervi Toivari collaborates with scholars based in Finland, Sweden and Australia. Mervi Toivari's co-authors include Merja Penttilä, Marilyn G. Wiebe, Laura Ruohonen, Suvi T. Häkkinen, Anneli Ritala, Peter Richard, Laura Salusjärvi, Yvonne Nygård, Aristos Aristidou and Hannu Maaheimo and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Mervi Toivari

42 papers receiving 2.1k 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.

Single Cell Protein—State-of-the-Art, Industrial Landscape and Patents 2001–2016

2017 472 citations Anneli Ritala, Suvi T. Häkkinen et al. Frontiers in Microbiology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mervi Toivari Finland	24	1.6k	1.1k	225	179	148	42	2.2k
Ming‐Zhu Ding China	34	1.6k 1.0×	803 0.7×	221 1.0×	307 1.7×	143 1.0×	82	2.6k
Katrin Ochsenreither Germany	22	1.2k 0.7×	737 0.6×	138 0.6×	156 0.9×	144 1.0×	68	1.7k
Guang Zhao China	31	1.9k 1.1×	768 0.7×	136 0.6×	144 0.8×	111 0.8×	76	2.6k
Igor G. Morgunov Russia	29	2.0k 1.2×	1.3k 1.1×	143 0.6×	196 1.1×	88 0.6×	70	2.5k
Shuobo Shi China	26	2.0k 1.2×	907 0.8×	93 0.4×	113 0.6×	120 0.8×	76	2.3k
Michael Kohlstedt Germany	23	1.3k 0.8×	940 0.8×	105 0.5×	260 1.5×	108 0.7×	41	2.0k
Ya‐Jie Tang China	25	1.1k 0.7×	422 0.4×	221 1.0×	261 1.5×	190 1.3×	42	1.6k
Limin Wang China	26	1.3k 0.8×	788 0.7×	269 1.2×	272 1.5×	41 0.3×	67	2.3k
Yonghong Wang China	24	1.1k 0.7×	692 0.6×	139 0.6×	130 0.7×	91 0.6×	81	1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Mervi Toivari

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mervi Toivari

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Mojžita, Dominik, Hannu Maaheimo, Satu Hilditch, et al.. (2025). Discovery of Cortinarius O-methyltransferases for the heterologous production of dermolutein and physcion. Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts. 18(1). 25–25. 1 indexed citations

Toivari, Mervi, et al.. (2023). Production of d-glucaric acid with phosphoglucose isomerase-deficient Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Biotechnology Letters. 46(1). 69–83. 2 indexed citations

Aisala, Heikki, et al.. (2023). Production and sensory analysis of grape flavoured beer by co-fermentation of an industrial and a genetically modified laboratory yeast strain. European Food Research and Technology. 249(8). 1991–2000. 6 indexed citations

Salusjärvi, Laura, et al.. (2022). Control of D-lactic acid content in P(LA-3HB) copolymer in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae using a synthetic gene expression system. Metabolic Engineering Communications. 14. e00199–e00199. 4 indexed citations

Salusjärvi, Laura, Peddinti Gopalacharyulu, Michael Lienemann, et al.. (2022). Production of biopolymer precursors beta-alanine and L-lactic acid from CO2 with metabolically versatile Rhodococcus opacus DSM 43205. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. 10. 989481–989481. 7 indexed citations

Kuivanen, Joosu, et al.. (2021). Engineering of Saccharomyces cerevisiae for anthranilate and methyl anthranilate production. Microbial Cell Factories. 20(1). 34–34. 20 indexed citations

Blomberg, Peter, et al.. (2019). Evaluation of synthetic formaldehyde and methanol assimilation pathways in Yarrowia lipolytica. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6(1). 27–27. 26 indexed citations

Salusjärvi, Laura, et al.. (2019). Biotechnological production of glycolic acid and ethylene glycol: current state and perspectives. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 103(6). 2525–2535. 96 indexed citations

Ritala, Anneli, Suvi T. Häkkinen, Mervi Toivari, & Marilyn G. Wiebe. (2017). Single Cell Protein—State-of-the-Art, Industrial Landscape and Patents 2001–2016. Frontiers in Microbiology. 8. 2009–2009. 472 indexed citations breakdown →

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Toivari, Mervi, et al.. (2016). Engineering Aspergillus nidulans for heterologous ent-kaurene and gamma-terpinene production. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 100(14). 6345–6359. 9 indexed citations

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Wiebe, Marilyn G., Yvonne Nygård, Merja Oja, et al.. (2015). A novel aldose-aldose oxidoreductase for co-production of D-xylonate and xylitol from D-xylose with Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 99(22). 9439–9447. 15 indexed citations

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Toivari, Mervi, et al.. (2013). Low pH d-xylonate production with Pichia kudriavzevii. Bioresource Technology. 133. 555–562. 72 indexed citations

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Rintala, Eija, Paula Jouhten, Mervi Toivari, et al.. (2011). Transcriptional Responses of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to Shift from Respiratory and Respirofermentative to Fully Fermentative Metabolism. OMICS A Journal of Integrative Biology. 15(7-8). 461–476. 23 indexed citations

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Toivari, Mervi, Hannu Maaheimo, Merja Penttilä, & Laura Ruohonen. (2009). Enhancing the flux of D-glucose to the pentose phosphate pathway in Saccharomyces cerevisiae for the production of D-ribose and ribitol. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 85(3). 731–739. 22 indexed citations

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Rintala, Eija, Mervi Toivari, Juha‐Pekka Pitkänen, et al.. (2009). Low oxygen levels as a trigger for enhancement of respiratory metabolism in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. BMC Genomics. 10(1). 461–461. 51 indexed citations

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Jouhten, Paula, Eija Rintala, Anne Huuskonen, et al.. (2008). Oxygen dependence of metabolic fluxes and energy generation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae CEN.PK113-1A. BMC Systems Biology. 2(1). 60–60. 103 indexed citations

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Wiebe, Marilyn G., Eija Rintala, Anu Tamminen, et al.. (2007). Central carbon metabolism ofSaccharomyces cerevisiaein anaerobic, oxygen-limited and fully aerobic steady-state conditions and following a shift to anaerobic conditions. FEMS Yeast Research. 8(1). 140–154. 71 indexed citations

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Toivari, Mervi, Aristos Aristidou, Laura Ruohonen, & Merja Penttilä. (2001). Conversion of Xylose to Ethanol by Recombinant Saccharomyces cerevisiae: Importance of Xylulokinase (XKS1) and Oxygen Availability. Metabolic Engineering. 3(3). 236–249. 198 indexed citations

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Eriksson, Anders, Anna‐Kaisa Järvinen, Kari K. Eklund, et al.. (2001). Effect of age and body weight on neurohumoral variables in healthy Cavalier King Charles Spaniels. American Journal of Veterinary Research. 62(11). 1818–1824. 14 indexed citations

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Toivari, Mervi, et al.. (2000). Ethanol inhibits IgE-induced degranulation and cytokine production in cultured mouse and human mast cells. Life Sciences. 67(23). 2795–2806. 15 indexed citations

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