Pekka Orponen

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
58 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Pekka Orponen is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Computer Networks and Communications and Computational Theory and Mathematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Pekka Orponen has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 19 papers in Computer Networks and Communications and 18 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics. Recurrent topics in Pekka Orponen's work include Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (12 papers), Machine Learning and Algorithms (8 papers) and Neural Networks and Applications (8 papers). Pekka Orponen is often cited by papers focused on Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (12 papers), Machine Learning and Algorithms (8 papers) and Neural Networks and Applications (8 papers). Pekka Orponen collaborates with scholars based in Finland, United States and Sweden. Pekka Orponen's co-authors include Björn Högberg, Abdulmelik Mohammed, Erik Benson, Eugen Czeizler, Sergej Masich, Jiřı́ Šı́ma, Patrik Floréen, Petteri Kaski, Uwe Schöning and Mikko J. Alava and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Pekka Orponen

56 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

DNA rendering of polyhedral meshes at the nanoscale 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 100 200 300 400 500
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. DNA rendering of polyhedral meshes at the nanoscale
    2015 539 citations Erik Benson, Abdulmelik Mohammed 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
Pekka Orponen Finland 17 701 324 243 234 200 58 1.4k
Reinhard Heckel United States 19 1.0k 1.5× 331 1.0× 233 1.0× 106 0.5× 215 1.1× 56 1.6k
Niranjan Srinivas United States 8 1.5k 2.2× 580 1.8× 374 1.5× 97 0.4× 406 2.0× 8 2.6k
Cheng‐Yan Kao Taiwan 17 426 0.6× 211 0.7× 150 0.6× 125 0.5× 36 0.2× 66 954
Max Garzón United States 14 454 0.6× 367 1.1× 239 1.0× 48 0.2× 47 0.2× 83 934
Heinz Koeppl Germany 22 884 1.3× 123 0.4× 103 0.4× 163 0.7× 144 0.7× 149 1.5k
Erik Rauch United States 14 212 0.3× 109 0.3× 72 0.3× 180 0.8× 85 0.4× 18 819
Norio Baba Japan 14 184 0.3× 342 1.1× 55 0.2× 52 0.2× 57 0.3× 104 958
Larry Bull United Kingdom 24 507 0.7× 1.2k 3.6× 194 0.8× 228 1.0× 224 1.1× 166 1.9k
Martyn Amos United Kingdom 17 445 0.6× 253 0.8× 154 0.6× 93 0.4× 117 0.6× 70 982
Alvin R. Lebeck United States 35 419 0.6× 297 0.9× 161 0.7× 3.2k 13.8× 103 0.5× 124 4.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Pekka Orponen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Pekka Orponen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Pekka Orponen. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Pekka Orponen. The network helps show where Pekka Orponen may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Pekka Orponen

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Pekka Orponen. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Pekka Orponen 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 Pekka Orponen. Pekka Orponen 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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Wang, Wen, Abdulmelik Mohammed, Rong Chen, et al.. (2025). Automated design of scaffold-free DNA wireframe nanostructures. Nature Communications. 16(1). 4666–4666. 3 indexed citations
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Kawamata, Ibuki, Lukas Oesinghaus, Abdulmelik Mohammed, et al.. (2022). Algorithmic Design of 3D Wireframe RNA Polyhedra. ACS Nano. 16(10). 16608–16616. 7 indexed citations
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Ilin, Alexander, et al.. (2022). RNA secondary structure prediction with convolutional neural networks. BMC Bioinformatics. 23(1). 58–58. 19 indexed citations
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Orponen, Pekka, et al.. (2021). Cotranscriptional Kinetic Folding of RNA Secondary Structures Including Pseudoknots. Journal of Computational Biology. 28(9). 892–908. 2 indexed citations
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Benson, Erik, et al.. (2018). Effects of Design Choices on the Stiffness of Wireframe DNA Origami Structures. ACS Nano. 12(9). 9291–9299. 33 indexed citations
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Benson, Erik, Abdulmelik Mohammed, Alessandro Bosco, et al.. (2016). Computer‐Aided Production of Scaffolded DNA Nanostructures from Flat Sheet Meshes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 55(31). 8869–8872. 47 indexed citations
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Benson, Erik, Abdulmelik Mohammed, Sergej Masich, et al.. (2015). DNA rendering of polyhedral meshes at the nanoscale. Nature. 523(7561). 441–444. 539 indexed citations breakdown →
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Elomaa, Tapio, Heikki Mannila, & Pekka Orponen. (2010). Algorithms and Applications: essays Dedicated to Esko Ukkonen on the Occasion of His 60th Birthday. DIAL (Catholic University of Leuven). 4 indexed citations
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Floréen, Patrik, et al.. (2005). Exact and approximate balanced data gathering in energy-constrained sensor networks. Theoretical Computer Science. 344(1). 30–46. 19 indexed citations
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Floréen, Patrik, et al.. (2005). Lifetime maximization for multicasting in energy-constrained wireless networks. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications. 23(1). 117–126. 34 indexed citations
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Šı́ma, Jiřı́ & Pekka Orponen. (2003). Exponential transients in continuous-time Liapunov systems. Theoretical Computer Science. 306(1-3). 353–372. 9 indexed citations
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Šı́ma, Jiřı́ & Pekka Orponen. (2001). Computing with continuous-time Liapunov systems. 3. 722–731. 4 indexed citations
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Orponen, Pekka. (1997). Computing with truly asynchronous threshold logic networks. Theoretical Computer Science. 174(1-2). 123–136. 15 indexed citations
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Greiner, Russell & Pekka Orponen. (1996). Probably approximately optimal satisficing strategies. Artificial Intelligence. 82(1-2). 21–44. 9 indexed citations
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Buhrman, Harry & Pekka Orponen. (1996). Random Strings Make Hard Instances. Journal of Computer and System Sciences. 53(2). 261–266.
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Orponen, Pekka. (1994). Computational complexity of neural networks: a survey. Työväentutkimus Vuosikirja. 1(1). 94–110. 49 indexed citations
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Greiner, Russell & Pekka Orponen. (1991). Probably approximately optimal derivation strategies. Principles of Knowledge Representation and Reasoning. 277–288. 10 indexed citations
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Orponen, Pekka & Russell Greiner. (1990). On the sample complexity of finding good search strategies. Conference on Learning Theory. 352–358. 4 indexed citations
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Orponen, Pekka & Heikki Mannila. (1990). On Approximation Preserving Reductions: Complete Problems and Robust Measures (Revised Version). 6 indexed citations
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Floréen, Patrik & Pekka Orponen. (1989). On the computational complexity of analyzing Hopfield nets. Complex Systems. 3. 15 indexed citations

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