Tim König

1.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
20 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Tim König is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Tim König has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Cell Biology and 3 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Tim König's work include Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (12 papers), ATP Synthase and ATPases Research (7 papers) and Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (4 papers). Tim König is often cited by papers focused on Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (12 papers), ATP Synthase and ATPases Research (7 papers) and Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (4 papers). Tim König collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Canada and Netherlands. Tim König's co-authors include Thomas Langer, Takashi Tatsuta, Heidi M. McBride, Mari J. Aaltonen, Hendrik Nolte, Timothy Wai, Shotaro Saita, Marcus Krüger, Christoph Potting and Mathias Haag and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, The EMBO Journal and Molecular Cell.

In The Last Decade

Tim König

20 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

MIROs and DRP1 drive mitochondrial-derived vesicle biogenesis and promote quality control

2021 184 citations Tim König, Hendrik Nolte et al. Nature Cell Biology profile →
Mitochondrial-derived vesicles in metabolism, disease, and aging

2024 66 citations Tim König, Heidi M. McBride Cell Metabolism profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tim König Germany	14	1.1k	274	216	192	146	20	1.3k
Shotaro Saita Japan	13	936 0.9×	260 0.9×	297 1.4×	229 1.2×	133 0.9×	14	1.2k
Yuka Eura Japan	11	1.2k 1.1×	364 1.3×	213 1.0×	187 1.0×	206 1.4×	18	1.4k
Shilpa Gandre-Babbe United States	7	1.1k 1.0×	322 1.2×	182 0.8×	94 0.5×	140 1.0×	7	1.2k
Wei-Ke Ji China	12	822 0.8×	198 0.7×	134 0.6×	244 1.3×	121 0.8×	31	1.0k
Kelly R. Pitts United States	14	942 0.9×	200 0.7×	151 0.7×	355 1.8×	165 1.1×	26	1.3k
Yolanda Cámara Spain	19	1.5k 1.4×	448 1.6×	86 0.4×	75 0.4×	202 1.4×	35	1.7k
Emélie Braschi Canada	6	1.5k 1.4×	262 1.0×	604 2.8×	211 1.1×	248 1.7×	7	1.8k
Arun Raturi Canada	11	683 0.6×	68 0.2×	162 0.8×	418 2.2×	158 1.1×	14	1.0k
Benedetta Ruzzenente Sweden	18	1.7k 1.6×	377 1.4×	70 0.3×	97 0.5×	114 0.8×	27	1.8k
Alexander R. van Vliet Belgium	16	1.0k 0.9×	83 0.3×	440 2.0×	706 3.7×	175 1.2×	22	1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Tim König

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Fields of papers citing papers by Tim König

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tim König

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Tim König. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Tim König 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 Tim König. Tim König is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Kim, Vladislav, et al.. (2025). Self-supervision advances morphological profiling by unlocking powerful image representations. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 4876–4876. 3 indexed citations

König, Tim & Heidi M. McBride. (2024). Mitochondrial-derived vesicles in metabolism, disease, and aging. Cell Metabolism. 36(1). 21–35. 66 indexed citations breakdown →

Leggio, Bruno, Tim König, Vladislav Kim, et al.. (2024). Cell Painting unravels insecticidal modes of action on Spodoptera frugiperda insect cells. Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology. 203. 105983–105983. 3 indexed citations

Türk, Clara, Hendrik Nolte, Franziska Lang, et al.. (2021). Phosphoproteomics of the developing heart identifies PERM1 - An outer mitochondrial membrane protein. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology. 154. 41–59. 10 indexed citations

Aaltonen, Mari J., Irina Alecu, Tim König, Steffany A. L. Bennett, & Eric A. Shoubridge. (2021). Serine palmitoyltransferase assembles at ER–mitochondria contact sites. Life Science Alliance. 5(2). e202101278–e202101278. 20 indexed citations

König, Tim, Hendrik Nolte, Mari J. Aaltonen, et al.. (2021). MIROs and DRP1 drive mitochondrial-derived vesicle biogenesis and promote quality control. Nature Cell Biology. 23(12). 1271–1286. 184 indexed citations breakdown →

Sprenger, Hans‐Georg, Tim König, Maria Patrón, et al.. (2018). Loss of the mitochondrial i ‐ AAA protease YME 1L leads to ocular dysfunction and spinal axonopathy. EMBO Molecular Medicine. 11(1). 44 indexed citations

Saita, Shotaro, Takashi Tatsuta, Philipp Lampe, et al.. (2018). PARL partitions the lipid transfer protein STARD7 between the cytosol and mitochondria. The EMBO Journal. 37(4). 79 indexed citations

Vukotic, Milena, Hendrik Nolte, Tim König, et al.. (2017). Acylglycerol Kinase Mutated in Sengers Syndrome Is a Subunit of the TIM22 Protein Translocase in Mitochondria. Molecular Cell. 67(3). 471–483.e7. 105 indexed citations

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Rak, Marko, et al.. (2017). Joint deformable liver registration and bias field correction for MR-guided HDR brachytherapy. International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery. 12(12). 2169–2180. 1 indexed citations

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Wai, Timothy, Shotaro Saita, Hendrik Nolte, et al.. (2016). The membrane scaffold SLP2 anchors a proteolytic hub in mitochondria containing PARL and the i ‐AAA protease YME1L. EMBO Reports. 17(12). 1844–1856. 142 indexed citations

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Szczepanowska, Karolina, Christina Becker, Katharina Senft, et al.. (2016). Loss of CLPP alleviates mitochondrial cardiomyopathy without affecting the mammalian UPR ^mt. EMBO Reports. 17(7). 953–964. 94 indexed citations

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Gutiérrez-García, Ricardo, Hyun Ju Lee, Seda Koyuncu, et al.. (2016). Somatic increase of CCT8 mimics proteostasis of human pluripotent stem cells and extends C. elegans lifespan. Nature Communications. 7(1). 13649–13649. 72 indexed citations

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König, Tim, Simon E. Tröder, Kavya Bakka, et al.. (2016). The m -AAA Protease Associated with Neurodegeneration Limits MCU Activity in Mitochondria. Molecular Cell. 64(1). 148–162. 152 indexed citations

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Steffen, Johannes, et al.. (2016). Information Efficient Automatic Object Detection and Segmentation using Cosegmentation, Similarity based Clustering, and Graph Label Transfer. 397–406. 2 indexed citations

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Mitsopoulos, Panagiotis, Yu-Han Chang, Timothy Wai, et al.. (2015). Stomatin-Like Protein 2 Is Required for In Vivo Mitochondrial Respiratory Chain Supercomplex Formation and Optimal Cell Function. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 35(10). 1838–1847. 66 indexed citations

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Rinschen, Markus M., Xiongwu Wu, Tim König, et al.. (2014). Phosphoproteomic Analysis Reveals Regulatory Mechanisms at the Kidney Filtration Barrier. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 25(7). 1509–1522. 34 indexed citations

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König, Tim, et al.. (2014). Ultrasound texture-based CAD system for detecting neuromuscular diseases. International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery. 10(9). 1493–1503. 22 indexed citations

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Potting, Christoph, Takashi Tatsuta, Tim König, et al.. (2013). TRIAP1/PRELI Complexes Prevent Apoptosis by Mediating Intramitochondrial Transport of Phosphatidic Acid. Cell Metabolism. 18(2). 287–295. 166 indexed citations

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König, Tim, et al.. (1975). Inhibition by quinaldate of dehydrogenases.. PubMed. 10(3). 171–6. 1 indexed citations

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