Ottar Sundheim

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Ottar Sundheim is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Epidemiology and Parasitology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ottar Sundheim has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Molecular Biology, 2 papers in Epidemiology and 2 papers in Parasitology. Recurrent topics in Ottar Sundheim's work include DNA Repair Mechanisms (11 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (6 papers) and DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (6 papers). Ottar Sundheim is often cited by papers focused on DNA Repair Mechanisms (11 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (6 papers) and DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (6 papers). Ottar Sundheim collaborates with scholars based in Norway, United States and Canada. Ottar Sundheim's co-authors include Hans E. Krokan, Geir Slupphaug, Marit Otterlei, Mansour Akbari, Per Arne, Cathrine Broberg Vågbø, Frank Skorpen, John A. Tainer, Magnar Bjørås and Bodil Kavli and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Ottar Sundheim

18 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

Human and bacterial oxidative demethylases repair alkylat... 2003 2026 2010 2018 2003 100 200 300 400 500
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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. Human and bacterial oxidative demethylases repair alkylation damage in both RNA and DNA
    2003 528 citations Per Arne, Marit Otterlei et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ottar Sundheim Norway 14 1.6k 261 210 151 129 18 1.8k
Linda J. Wheeler United States 17 1.1k 0.7× 194 0.7× 201 1.0× 178 1.2× 63 0.5× 30 1.3k
Rinku Jain United States 23 1.3k 0.8× 156 0.6× 172 0.8× 219 1.5× 72 0.6× 40 1.7k
Ingrun Alseth Norway 23 1.5k 0.9× 181 0.7× 88 0.4× 221 1.5× 136 1.1× 38 1.6k
Yuan He United States 20 1.6k 1.0× 76 0.3× 132 0.6× 154 1.0× 139 1.1× 43 1.9k
Emadoldin Feyzi Norway 11 987 0.6× 186 0.7× 191 0.9× 123 0.8× 71 0.6× 11 1.3k
David D. Shock United States 29 2.1k 1.4× 289 1.1× 342 1.6× 314 2.1× 57 0.4× 47 2.4k
Javier Peña-Dı́az Norway 21 1.3k 0.8× 268 1.0× 254 1.2× 127 0.8× 237 1.8× 29 1.6k
Sarah C. Trewick United Kingdom 7 1.3k 0.8× 179 0.7× 113 0.5× 151 1.0× 32 0.2× 10 1.4k
Michal A. Kurowski Poland 8 949 0.6× 146 0.6× 173 0.8× 149 1.0× 29 0.2× 8 1.2k
Inés G. Muñoz Spain 20 1.0k 0.6× 167 0.6× 113 0.5× 126 0.8× 59 0.5× 39 1.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ottar Sundheim

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All Works

18 of 18 papers shown
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Müller, Gerrit, et al.. (2023). EARLY VALIDATION OF HIGH-TECH STARTUPS BY USING (BIG) DATA. International Journal of Innovation Management. 27(5). 1 indexed citations
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Hu, Yi, Ida Ericsson, Stephen P. Methot, et al.. (2012). A Combined Nuclear and Nucleolar Localization Motif in Activation-Induced Cytidine Deaminase (AID) Controls Immunoglobulin Class Switching. Journal of Molecular Biology. 425(2). 424–443. 27 indexed citations
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Hanssen‐Bauer, Audun, Ottar Sundheim, Javier Peña-Dı́az, et al.. (2011). XRCC1 coordinates disparate responses and multiprotein repair complexes depending on the nature and context of the DNA damage. Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis. 52(8). 623–635. 58 indexed citations
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Sundheim, Ottar, et al.. (2010). Divergent β-hairpins determine double-strand versus single-strand substrate recognition of human AlkB-homologues 2 and 3. Nucleic Acids Research. 38(19). 6447–6455. 33 indexed citations
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Dale, Hege Avsnes, et al.. (2008). Characterization of Human Cytomegalovirus Uracil DNA Glycosylase (UL114) and Its Interaction with Polymerase Processivity Factor (UL44). Journal of Molecular Biology. 381(2). 276–288. 28 indexed citations
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Sundheim, Ottar, et al.. (2008). AlkB demethylases flip out in different ways. DNA repair. 7(11). 1916–1923. 42 indexed citations
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Feyzi, Emadoldin, Per Arne, Cathrine Broberg Vågbø, et al.. (2008). Human AlkB Homolog 1 Is a Mitochondrial Protein That Demethylates 3-Methylcytosine in DNA and RNA. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 283(36). 25046–25056. 153 indexed citations
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Hagen, Lars, Bodil Kavli, Mirta Mittelstedt Leal de Sousa, et al.. (2007). Cell cycle-specific UNG2 phosphorylations regulate protein turnover, activity and association with RPA. The EMBO Journal. 27(1). 51–61. 112 indexed citations
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Pettersen, Henrik Sahlin, Ottar Sundheim, Karin M. Gilljam, et al.. (2007). Uracil–DNA glycosylases SMUG1 and UNG2 coordinate the initial steps of base excision repair by distinct mechanisms. Nucleic Acids Research. 35(12). 3879–3892. 93 indexed citations
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Feyzi, Emadoldin, Ottar Sundheim, P Aas, et al.. (2007). RNA Base Damage and Repair. Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology. 8(6). 326–331. 20 indexed citations
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Sundheim, Ottar, Cathrine Broberg Vågbø, Magnar Bjørås, et al.. (2006). Human ABH3 structure and key residues for oxidative demethylation to reverse DNA/RNA damage. The EMBO Journal. 25(14). 3389–3397. 146 indexed citations
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Huffman, Joy L., Ottar Sundheim, & John A. Tainer. (2005). Structural Features of DNA Glycosylases and AP Endonucleases. 323–346. 1 indexed citations
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Huffman, Joy L., Ottar Sundheim, & John A. Tainer. (2005). DNA base damage recognition and removal: New twists and grooves. Mutation research. Fundamental and molecular mechanisms of mutagenesis. 577(1-2). 55–76. 174 indexed citations
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Peña-Dı́az, Javier, Mansour Akbari, Ottar Sundheim, et al.. (2004). Trypanosoma cruzi Contains a Single Detectable Uracil-DNA Glycosylase and Repairs Uracil Exclusively Via Short Patch Base Excision Repair. Journal of Molecular Biology. 342(3). 787–799. 13 indexed citations
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Arne, Per, Marit Otterlei, Pål Ø. Falnes, et al.. (2003). Human and bacterial oxidative demethylases repair alkylation damage in both RNA and DNA. Nature. 421(6925). 859–863. 528 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kavli, Bodil, Ottar Sundheim, Mansour Akbari, et al.. (2002). hUNG2 Is the Major Repair Enzyme for Removal of Uracil from U:A Matches, U:G Mismatches, and U in Single-stranded DNA, with hSMUG1 as a Broad Specificity Backup. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 277(42). 39926–39936. 281 indexed citations
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Leiros, Ingar, et al.. (2001). Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of a cold-adapted uracil-DNA glycosylase from Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua). Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 57(11). 1706–1708. 9 indexed citations
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Helland, Ronny, Jacek Otlewski, Ottar Sundheim, Michał Dadlez, & Arne O. Smalås. (1999). The crystal structures of the complexes between bovine β-trypsin and ten P1 variants of BPTI. Journal of Molecular Biology. 287(5). 923–942. 88 indexed citations

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