Nikolaus Pfanner

43.7k total citations · 7 hit papers
305 papers, 32.6k citations indexed

About

Nikolaus Pfanner is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Clinical Biochemistry and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Nikolaus Pfanner has authored 305 papers receiving a total of 32.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 296 papers in Molecular Biology, 81 papers in Clinical Biochemistry and 17 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Nikolaus Pfanner's work include Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (271 papers), ATP Synthase and ATPases Research (150 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (102 papers). Nikolaus Pfanner is often cited by papers focused on Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (271 papers), ATP Synthase and ATPases Research (150 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (102 papers). Nikolaus Pfanner collaborates with scholars based in Germany, France and United States. Nikolaus Pfanner's co-authors include Nils Wiedemann, Chris Meisinger, Walter Neupert, Bernard Guiard, Agnieszka Chacińska, Joachim Rassow, Peter Rehling, Wolfgang Voos, Michael T. Ryan and Kaye N. Truscott and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Nikolaus Pfanner

304 papers receiving 32.1k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Importing Mitochondrial Proteins: Machineries and Mechanisms

2009 1.1k citations Agnieszka Chacińska, Dusanka Milenkovic et al. Cell profile →
The proteome of Saccharomyces cerevisiae mitochondria

2003 708 citations Albert Sickmann, Jörg Reinders et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Mitochondrial protein import

1989 706 citations F. Ulrich Hartl, Nikolaus Pfanner et al. profile →
Mitochondrial proteins: from biogenesis to functional networks

2019 687 citations Nikolaus Pfanner, Bettina Warscheid et al. profile →
Requirement for hsp70 in the mitochondrial matrix for translocation and folding of precursor proteins

1990 610 citations Walter Neupert, Elizabeth A. Craig et al. profile →
Mitochondrial Machineries for Protein Import and Assembly

2017 610 citations Nils Wiedemann, Nikolaus Pfanner profile →
Mitochondrial protein import: from proteomics to functional mechanisms

2010 550 citations Oliver Schmidt, Nikolaus Pfanner et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nikolaus Pfanner Germany	107	30.6k	6.1k	3.2k	1.6k	1.5k	305	32.6k
Walter Neupert Germany	101	29.7k 1.0×	5.3k 0.9×	3.4k 1.1×	1.3k 0.8×	1.3k 0.9×	341	31.8k
Thomas Langer Germany	77	15.8k 0.5×	3.1k 0.5×	3.0k 0.9×	2.4k 1.5×	1.9k 1.3×	175	18.5k
Jodi Nunnari United States	57	16.4k 0.5×	4.0k 0.7×	3.2k 1.0×	2.6k 1.6×	2.0k 1.3×	83	19.1k
Gottfried Schatz Switzerland	94	21.6k 0.7×	3.4k 0.6×	2.8k 0.9×	553 0.3×	884 0.6×	217	23.7k
Ferdinando Palmieri Italy	78	14.3k 0.5×	6.8k 1.1×	861 0.3×	740 0.5×	2.1k 1.4×	281	18.1k
Jean‐Claude Martinou Switzerland	79	22.0k 0.7×	1.9k 0.3×	2.3k 0.7×	3.1k 1.9×	2.2k 1.4×	194	27.9k
Emile Van Schaftingen Belgium	68	9.8k 0.3×	2.0k 0.3×	1.4k 0.4×	880 0.5×	2.3k 1.5×	263	15.6k
Sidney Fleischer United States	77	17.6k 0.6×	1.7k 0.3×	2.9k 0.9×	720 0.4×	2.8k 1.9×	301	23.8k
Suzanne Jackowski United States	68	8.5k 0.3×	1.2k 0.2×	2.3k 0.7×	1.2k 0.7×	763 0.5×	168	12.4k
Suresh Subramani United States	76	15.7k 0.5×	870 0.1×	2.2k 0.7×	3.2k 2.0×	1.4k 0.9×	209	19.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nikolaus Pfanner

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Urban, Sylvia, Judith M. Müller, Qing Wang, et al.. (2025). Mitochondrial KMT9 methylates DLAT to control pyruvate dehydrogenase activity and prostate cancer growth. Nature Communications. 16(1). 1191–1191. 3 indexed citations

Brave, Fabian den, Uwe Schulte, Bernd Fakler, Nikolaus Pfanner, & Thomas Becker. (2023). Mitochondrial complexome and import network. Trends in Cell Biology. 34(7). 578–594. 13 indexed citations

Rampelt, Heike, Florian Wollweber, Mariya Licheva, et al.. (2022). Dual role of Mic10 in mitochondrial cristae organization and ATP synthase-linked metabolic adaptation and respiratory growth. Cell Reports. 38(4). 110290–110290. 22 indexed citations

Pfanner, Nikolaus, Richard Zimmermann, & F. Ulrich Hartl. (2019). Walter Neupert (1939–2019). Cell. 178(5). 1031–1033. 2 indexed citations

Opaliński, Łukasz, Jiyao Song, Chantal Priesnitz, et al.. (2018). Recruitment of Cytosolic J-Proteins by TOM Receptors Promotes Mitochondrial Protein Biogenesis. Cell Reports. 25(8). 2036–2043.e5. 68 indexed citations

Lindau, Caroline, Christophe Wirth, Jian Qiu, et al.. (2018). Membrane protein insertion through a mitochondrial β-barrel gate. Science. 359(6373). 109 indexed citations

Rampelt, Heike, Maria Bohnert, Ralf M. Zerbes, et al.. (2017). Mic10, a Core Subunit of the Mitochondrial Contact Site and Cristae Organizing System, Interacts with the Dimeric F 1 F o -ATP Synthase. Journal of Molecular Biology. 429(8). 1162–1170. 48 indexed citations

Krüger, Vivien, Thomas Becker, Lars Becker, et al.. (2017). Identification of new channels by systematic analysis of the mitochondrial outer membrane. The Journal of Cell Biology. 216(11). 3485–3495. 50 indexed citations

Gerbeth, Carolin, Oliver Schmidt, Sanjana Rao, et al.. (2013). Glucose-Induced Regulation of Protein Import Receptor Tom22 by Cytosolic and Mitochondria-Bound Kinases. Cell Metabolism. 18(4). 578–587. 77 indexed citations

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Gebert, Michael, Sandra G. Schrempp, Silke Oeljeklaus, et al.. (2012). Mgr2 promotes coupling of the mitochondrial presequence translocase to partner complexes. The Journal of Cell Biology. 197(5). 595–604. 75 indexed citations

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Schmidt, Oliver, Angelika B. Harbauer, Sanjana Rao, et al.. (2011). Regulation of Mitochondrial Protein Import by Cytosolic Kinases. Cell. 144(2). 227–239. 190 indexed citations

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Chacińska, Agnieszka, Martin van der Laan, Bernard Guiard, et al.. (2009). Distinct Forms of Mitochondrial TOM-TIM Supercomplexes Define Signal-Dependent States of Preprotein Sorting. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 30(1). 307–318. 92 indexed citations

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Stojanovski, Diana, Judith M. Müller, Dusanka Milenkovic, et al.. (2007). The MIA system for protein import into the mitochondrial intermembrane space. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research. 1783(4). 610–617. 50 indexed citations

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Sickmann, Albert, Jörg Reinders, Cornelia Joppich, et al.. (2003). The proteome of Saccharomyces cerevisiae mitochondria. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 100(23). 13207–13212. 708 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ryan, Michael T., Wolfgang Voos, & Nikolaus Pfanner. (2001). Chapter 11 Assaying protein import into mitochondria. Methods in cell biology. 65. 189–215. 113 indexed citations

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Laloraya, Shikha, P. Dekker, Wolfgang Voos, Elizabeth A. Craig, & Nikolaus Pfanner. (1995). Mitochondrial GrpE Modulates the Function of Matrix Hsp70 in Translocation and Maturation of Preproteins. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 15(12). 7098–7105. 64 indexed citations

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Moczko, Martin, Birgit Schönfisch, Wolfgang Voos, Nikolaus Pfanner, & Joachim Rassow. (1995). The Mitochondrial ClpB Homolog Hsp78 Cooperates with Matrix Hsp70 in Maintenance of Mitochondrial Function. Journal of Molecular Biology. 254(4). 538–543. 47 indexed citations

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Hönlinger, Angelika, Michael Kübrich, Martin Moczko, et al.. (1995). The Mitochondrial Receptor Complex: Mom22 Is Essential for Cell Viability and Directly Interacts with Preproteins†. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 15(6). 3382–3389. 106 indexed citations

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Steger, Heinrich, Thomas Söllner, Michael Kiebler, et al.. (1990). Import of ADP/ATP carrier into mitochondria. The Journal of Cell Biology. 4 indexed citations

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Tropschug, Maximilian, Donald W. Nicholson, F. Ulrich Hartl, et al.. (1988). Cyclosporin A-binding protein (cyclophilin) of Neurospora crassa. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 40 indexed citations

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