Tiina Karu

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 993 citations indexed

About

Tiina Karu is a scholar working on Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Tiina Karu has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 993 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, 7 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 3 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Tiina Karu's work include Laser Applications in Dentistry and Medicine (8 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (6 papers) and Laser Design and Applications (3 papers). Tiina Karu is often cited by papers focused on Laser Applications in Dentistry and Medicine (8 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (6 papers) and Laser Design and Applications (3 papers). Tiina Karu collaborates with scholars based in Russia, United States and Italy. Tiina Karu's co-authors include Salvatore Passarella, V. S. Letokhov, V. V. Lobko, G. S. Kalendo, Rinat O. Esenaliev, Ludmila V. Pyatibrat, П. М. Балабан and Alexander A. Oraevsky and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology, Lasers in Surgery and Medicine and IUBMB Life.

In The Last Decade

Tiina Karu

13 papers receiving 942 citations

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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.

Photobiology of Low-power Laser Effects

1989 530 citations Tiina Karu Health Physics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tiina Karu Russia	11	824	189	150	134	120	13	993
G. S. Kalendo Russia	13	763 0.9×	217 1.1×	140 0.9×	88 0.7×	107 0.9×	23	904
Sergei F. Kolyakov Russia	8	720 0.9×	163 0.9×	80 0.5×	75 0.6×	136 1.1×	27	893
Ludmila V. Pyatibrat Russia	18	1.3k 1.5×	315 1.7×	208 1.4×	137 1.0×	198 1.6×	28	1.5k
Hoon Chung South Korea	4	929 1.1×	118 0.6×	106 0.7×	189 1.4×	200 1.7×	4	1.2k
Lidya Maltz Israel	13	1.1k 1.3×	113 0.6×	141 0.9×	62 0.5×	79 0.7×	22	1.2k
Denise Hawkins South Africa	11	766 0.9×	53 0.3×	88 0.6×	80 0.6×	236 2.0×	18	905
István Stadler United States	14	493 0.6×	71 0.4×	79 0.5×	92 0.7×	170 1.4×	30	914
L. Schindl Austria	13	849 1.0×	39 0.2×	125 0.8×	101 0.8×	313 2.6×	18	984
Josepa Rigau Spain	15	729 0.9×	59 0.3×	104 0.7×	50 0.4×	187 1.6×	28	997
William Posten United States	7	495 0.6×	48 0.3×	70 0.5×	76 0.6×	203 1.7×	8	755

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13 of 13 papers shown

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Passarella, Salvatore & Tiina Karu. (2014). Absorption of monochromatic and narrow band radiation in the visible and near IR by both mitochondrial and non-mitochondrial photoacceptors results in photobiomodulation. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology. 140. 344–358. 200 indexed citations

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Karu, Tiina & Ludmila V. Pyatibrat. (2011). Gene expression under laser and light-emitting diodes radiation for modulation of cell adhesion: Possible applications for biotechnology. IUBMB Life. 63(9). n/a–n/a. 26 indexed citations

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Karu, Tiina, et al.. (1994). Two different mechanisms of low-intensity laser photobiological effects on Escherichia coli. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology. 24(3). 155–161. 55 indexed citations

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Karu, Tiina & V. S. Letokhov. (1994). Possible benefits of two-quantum excitation in ALA-PDT?. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology. 23(2-3). 261–262. 2 indexed citations

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Karu, Tiina, Ludmila V. Pyatibrat, & G. S. Kalendo. (1992). Influence of He-Ne laser radiation on HeLa cell survival rate after gamma-irradiation. 32(2). 202–206. 2 indexed citations

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Балабан, П. М., et al.. (1992). He‐Ne laser irradiation of single identified neurons. Lasers in Surgery and Medicine. 12(3). 329–337. 21 indexed citations

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Karu, Tiina. (1992). DEREPRESSION OF THE GENOME AFTER IRRADIATION OF HUMAN LYMPHOCYTES WITH HE-NE LASER. LASER THERAPY. 4(1). 5–24. 28 indexed citations

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Karu, Tiina. (1989). Photobiology of Low-power Laser Effects. Health Physics. 56(5). 691–704. 530 indexed citations breakdown →

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Karu, Tiina, et al.. (1989). Role of primary photoacceptors in low‐power laser effects: Action of He‐Ne laser radiation on bacteriophage T4‐Escherichia coli interaction. Lasers in Surgery and Medicine. 9(1). 67–69. 17 indexed citations

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Karu, Tiina, G. S. Kalendo, V. S. Letokhov, & V. V. Lobko. (1984). Biostimulation of HeLa cells by low-intensity visible light. Il Nuovo Cimento D. 3(2). 319–325. 26 indexed citations

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Karu, Tiina, G. S. Kalendo, V. S. Letokhov, & V. V. Lobko. (1984). Biostimulation of Hela cells by low-intensity visible light. Il Nuovo Cimento D. 3(2). 309–318. 33 indexed citations

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Karu, Tiina, et al.. (1983). Stimulation of E. coli growth by laser and incoherent red light. Il Nuovo Cimento D. 2(4). 1138–1144. 42 indexed citations

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Karu, Tiina, G. S. Kalendo, & V. S. Letokhov. (1981). Control of RNA synthesis rate in tumour cell HeLa by action of a low- intensity visible light of copper laser. Lettere al nuovo cimento della societa italiana di fisica/Lettere al nuovo cimento. 32(2). 55–59. 11 indexed citations

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