Poul Nissen

26.8k total citations · 7 hit papers
215 papers, 19.8k citations indexed

About

Poul Nissen is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Poul Nissen has authored 215 papers receiving a total of 19.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 184 papers in Molecular Biology, 37 papers in Materials Chemistry and 20 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Poul Nissen's work include Ion Transport and Channel Regulation (65 papers), ATP Synthase and ATPases Research (51 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (43 papers). Poul Nissen is often cited by papers focused on Ion Transport and Channel Regulation (65 papers), ATP Synthase and ATPases Research (51 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (43 papers). Poul Nissen collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, United States and France. Poul Nissen's co-authors include Peter B. Moore, Thomas A. Steitz, Nenad Ban, J.L. Hansen, Jesper V. Møller, Jens Preben Morth, Michael Palmgren, Jens Nyborg, Thomas Sørensen and Bjørn Panyella Pedersen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Poul Nissen

211 papers receiving 19.6k citations

Hit Papers

The Complete Atomic Structure of the Large Ribosomal Subu... 1995 2026 2005 2015 2000 2000 2007 1995 2001 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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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. The Complete Atomic Structure of the Large Ribosomal Subunit at 2.4 Å Resolution
    2000 2.5k citations Nenad Ban, Poul Nissen et al. Science profile →
  2. The Structural Basis of Ribosome Activity in Peptide Bond Synthesis
    2000 1.6k citations Poul Nissen, Nenad Ban et al. Science profile →
  3. Crystal structure of the sodium–potassium pump
    2007 738 citations Jens Preben Morth, Thomas Sørensen et al. profile →
  4. Crystal Structure of the Ternary Complex of Phe-tRNA Phe , EF-Tu, and a GTP Analog
    1995 718 citations Poul Nissen, Morten Kjeldgaard et al. Science profile →
  5. RNA tertiary interactions in the large ribosomal subunit: The A-minor motif
    2001 533 citations Poul Nissen, Joseph A. Ippolito et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  6. P-Type ATPases
    2011 508 citations Poul Nissen et al. profile →
  7. The Structures of Four Macrolide Antibiotics Bound to the Large Ribosomal Subunit
    2002 422 citations Joseph A. Ippolito, Nenad Ban 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
Poul Nissen Denmark 72 16.1k 2.3k 1.6k 1.4k 1.3k 215 19.8k
Osamu Nureki Japan 74 19.5k 1.2× 3.0k 1.3× 1.2k 0.7× 2.0k 1.5× 947 0.7× 367 23.8k
G. Bunkóczi United Kingdom 21 15.4k 1.0× 2.5k 1.1× 3.8k 2.3× 1.7k 1.2× 2.0k 1.5× 28 21.3k
Robert D. Oeffner United Kingdom 13 14.7k 0.9× 2.4k 1.0× 3.8k 2.3× 1.6k 1.2× 1.8k 1.4× 20 20.4k
Bernhard Lohkamp Sweden 15 16.0k 1.0× 2.5k 1.1× 4.0k 2.5× 1.9k 1.3× 2.0k 1.5× 26 22.3k
W.B. Arendall United States 13 16.3k 1.0× 2.3k 1.0× 4.4k 2.7× 1.6k 1.1× 1.6k 1.3× 16 22.6k
Hermann Schägger Germany 62 21.6k 1.3× 2.2k 0.9× 1.4k 0.9× 1.0k 0.7× 2.1k 1.6× 122 28.0k
Nir Ben‐Tal Israel 57 11.8k 0.7× 1.8k 0.8× 1.8k 1.1× 978 0.7× 1.3k 1.0× 186 15.7k
S.K. Burley United States 86 23.1k 1.4× 3.3k 1.4× 3.9k 2.4× 2.0k 1.4× 1.6k 1.2× 333 33.0k
Geerten W. Vuister Netherlands 46 15.8k 1.0× 1.6k 0.7× 3.8k 2.3× 1.1k 0.8× 2.0k 1.5× 120 20.2k
Guang Zhu Hong Kong 32 13.7k 0.9× 1.5k 0.6× 3.1k 1.9× 1.1k 0.8× 1.9k 1.5× 125 18.4k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Sun, Chao & Poul Nissen. (2024). Observing A Protein In Its Natural Habitat. Materials Today Physics. 43. 101417–101417.
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Sitsel, Oleg, Christina Grønberg, Kasper R. Andersen, et al.. (2024). Transition metal transporting P‐type ATPases : terminal metal‐binding domains serve as sensors for autoinhibitory tails. FEBS Journal. 292(7). 1654–1674. 1 indexed citations
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Rosenbæk, Lena L., Rasmus Kock Flygaard, Michael Habeck, et al.. (2022). Cryo‐EM structure of the human NKCC1 transporter reveals mechanisms of ion coupling and specificity. The EMBO Journal. 41(23). e110169–e110169. 20 indexed citations
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Dieudonné, Thibaud, Christine Jaxel, Joseph A. Lyons, et al.. (2022). Autoinhibition and regulation by phosphoinositides of ATP8B1, a human lipid flippase associated with intrahepatic cholestatic disorders. eLife. 11. 30 indexed citations
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Dieudonné, Thibaud, Cédric Montigny, Thomas Boesen, et al.. (2021). Structural Basis of Substrate-Independent Phosphorylation in a P4-ATPase Lipid Flippase. Journal of Molecular Biology. 433(16). 167062–167062. 25 indexed citations
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Clausen, Johannes D., Bertrand Arnou, Cédric Montigny, et al.. (2020). The SERCA residue Glu340 mediates interdomain communication that guides Ca 2+ transport. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(49). 31114–31122. 12 indexed citations
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Derua, Rita, Jacob Lauwring Andersen, Ilse Vandecaetsbeek, et al.. (2019). Structures of the heart specific SERCA 2a Ca 2+ ‐ ATP ase. The EMBO Journal. 38(5). 43 indexed citations
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Sørensen, Thomas, Esko Oksanen, Jacob Lauwring Andersen, et al.. (2018). Membrane-protein crystals for neutron diffraction. Acta Crystallographica Section D Structural Biology. 74(12). 1208–1218. 7 indexed citations
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Liljas, Anders, et al.. (2016). Textbook of Structural Biology. WORLD SCIENTIFIC eBooks. 22 indexed citations
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Sehgal, Pankaj, Natalya U. Fedosova, Renato Murillo, et al.. (2015). Discovery of Tricyclic Clerodane Diterpenes as Sarco/Endoplasmic Reticulum Ca(2+)-ATPase Inhibitors and Structure-Activity Relationships.. 1 indexed citations
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Reinhard, Linda, et al.. (2014). Crystals of Na+/K+-ATPase with bound cisplatin. Biochemical Pharmacology. 92(3). 494–498. 18 indexed citations
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Andersson, Magnus, Daniel Mattle, Oleg Sitsel, et al.. (2013). Copper-transporting P-type ATPases use a unique ion-release pathway. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 21(1). 43–48. 88 indexed citations
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Bublitz, Maike, Maria Musgaard, Hanne Poulsen, et al.. (2013). Ion Pathways in the Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Ca2+-ATPase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 288(15). 10759–10765. 110 indexed citations
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Olesen, Claus, Luca Signor, Poul Nissen, et al.. (2012). Active Detergent-solubilized H+,K+-ATPase Is a Monomer. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287(50). 41963–41978. 9 indexed citations
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Hein, Kim L., Ulrich Kragh‐Hansen, Jens Preben Morth, et al.. (2010). Crystallographic analysis reveals a unique lidocaine binding site on human serum albumin. Journal of Structural Biology. 171(3). 353–360. 99 indexed citations
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Marchand, Alexandre, Anne-Marie Lund Winther, Peter J. Holm, et al.. (2008). Crystal Structure of D351A and P312A Mutant Forms of the Mammalian Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Ca2+-ATPase Reveals Key Events in Phosphorylation and Ca2+ Release. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 283(21). 14867–14882. 29 indexed citations
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Nielsen, R.C., Thomas Sørensen, Jesper V. Møller, et al.. (2005). Crystallization of a mammalian membrane protein overexpressed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(33). 11687–11691. 78 indexed citations
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Sørensen, Thomas, Jesper V. Møller, & Poul Nissen. (2004). Phosphoryl Transfer and Calcium Ion Occlusion in the Calcium Pump. Science. 304(5677). 1672–1675. 353 indexed citations
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Olesen, Claus, Thomas Sørensen, R.C. Nielsen, Jesper V. Møller, & Poul Nissen. (2004). Dephosphorylation of the Calcium Pump Coupled to Counterion Occlusion. Science. 306(5705). 2251–2255. 225 indexed citations
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Nissen, Poul, Joseph A. Ippolito, Nenad Ban, Peter B. Moore, & Thomas A. Steitz. (2001). RNA tertiary interactions in the large ribosomal subunit: The A-minor motif. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 98(9). 4899–4903. 533 indexed citations breakdown →

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