Tommy Nilsson

13.0k total citations · 4 hit papers
95 papers, 10.7k citations indexed

About

Tommy Nilsson is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Tommy Nilsson has authored 95 papers receiving a total of 10.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Molecular Biology, 49 papers in Cell Biology and 11 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Tommy Nilsson's work include Cellular transport and secretion (48 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (24 papers) and Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (19 papers). Tommy Nilsson is often cited by papers focused on Cellular transport and secretion (48 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (24 papers) and Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (19 papers). Tommy Nilsson collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Sweden and United Kingdom. Tommy Nilsson's co-authors include Michael R. Jackson, P A Peterson, Matthias Weiß, Graham Warren, Paul Slusarewicz, Per A. Peterson, John Bergeron, Cathérine Rabouille, W. G. Warren and Norman Hui and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Tommy Nilsson

91 papers receiving 10.5k 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.

Identification of a consensus motif for retention of transmembrane proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum.

1990 807 citations Michael R. Jackson, Tommy Nilsson et al. profile →
Characterization of a cis-Golgi matrix protein, GM130.

1995 705 citations Nobuhiro Nakamura, Cathérine Rabouille et al. profile →
Anomalous Subdiffusion Is a Measure for Cytoplasmic Crowding in Living Cells

2004 574 citations Matthias Weiß, Markus Elsner et al. profile →
Overexpression of the Dynamitin (p50) Subunit of the Dynactin Complex Disrupts Dynein-dependent Maintenance of Membrane Organelle Distribution

1997 560 citations Tommy Nilsson et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tommy Nilsson Germany	44	7.1k	5.5k	1.2k	1.0k	883	95	10.7k
Rainer Pepperkok Germany	71	11.4k 1.6×	5.9k 1.1×	855 0.7×	999 1.0×	922 1.0×	202	16.0k
Derek Toomre United States	47	8.7k 1.2×	4.7k 0.9×	1.6k 1.3×	1.7k 1.6×	907 1.0×	117	13.9k
Sanford M. Simon United States	55	7.7k 1.1×	2.5k 0.5×	658 0.5×	567 0.6×	516 0.6×	144	13.0k
John F. Hancock United States	75	17.8k 2.5×	7.7k 1.4×	1.6k 1.3×	2.1k 2.1×	873 1.0×	210	21.6k
H Wiley United States	58	6.7k 0.9×	2.1k 0.4×	906 0.8×	351 0.3×	377 0.4×	159	10.8k
Michael Edidin United States	57	8.0k 1.1×	2.3k 0.4×	3.3k 2.8×	1.2k 1.2×	511 0.6×	188	13.1k
David O. Morgan United States	74	21.1k 3.0×	9.4k 1.7×	1.2k 1.0×	587 0.6×	967 1.1×	190	27.3k
Ken Jacobson United States	50	8.6k 1.2×	5.1k 0.9×	1.0k 0.8×	1.2k 1.2×	314 0.4×	112	14.2k
Luke M. Rice United States	31	15.0k 2.1×	3.8k 0.7×	1.2k 1.0×	646 0.6×	224 0.3×	57	19.2k
George Poste United States	65	8.3k 1.2×	1.4k 0.3×	2.1k 1.7×	964 1.0×	753 0.9×	259	15.1k

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Casini, Andrea, et al.. (2024). Testing and Validation of Innovative eXtended Reality Technologies for Astronaut Training in a Partial-Gravity Parabolic Flight Campaign. 776–784.

Nilsson, Tommy, et al.. (2023). Augmented Reality in Service of Human Operations on the Moon: Insights from a Virtual Testbed. elib (German Aerospace Center). 1–8. 1 indexed citations

Au, Catherine, Louis Hermo, Alireza Fazel, et al.. (2015). Expression, sorting, and segregation of Golgi proteins during germ cell differentiation in the testis. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 26(22). 4015–4032. 21 indexed citations

Au, Catherine, et al.. (2013). Cell Biology of the Endoplasmic Reticulum and the Golgi Apparatus through Proteomics. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology. 5(1). a015073–a015073. 24 indexed citations

Nilsson, Tommy, Matthias Mann, Ruedi Aebersold, et al.. (2010). Mass spectrometry in high-throughput proteomics: ready for the big time. Nature Methods. 7(9). 681–685. 375 indexed citations

Bergeron, John, Catherine Au, Michel Desjardins, Peter S. McPherson, & Tommy Nilsson. (2010). Cell biology through proteomics – ad astra per alia porci. Trends in Cell Biology. 20(6). 337–345. 15 indexed citations

Kartberg, Fredrik, Markus Elsner, Linda Fröderberg, Lennart Asp, & Tommy Nilsson. (2005). Commuting between Golgi cisternae—Mind the GAP!. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research. 1744(3). 351–363. 19 indexed citations

Young, Joanne, Tobias Stauber, Elaine Del Nery, et al.. (2004). Regulation of Microtubule-dependent Recycling at theTrans-Golgi Network by Rab6A and Rab6A'. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 16(1). 162–177. 99 indexed citations

Nilsson, Tommy. (2004). Arrangerade nätverk för kompetensutveckling – fackets roll i lokalt utvecklingsarbete. 1–156. 4 indexed citations

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Weiß, Matthias & Tommy Nilsson. (2003). A Kinetic Proof‐reading Mechanism for Protein Sorting. Traffic. 4(2). 65–73. 28 indexed citations

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Brito, Catarina, et al.. (2003). Importance of Cys, Gln, and Tyr from the Transmembrane Domain of Human α3/4 Fucosyltransferase III for Its Localization and Sorting in the Golgi of Baby Hamster Kidney Cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278(9). 7624–7629. 25 indexed citations

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Storrie, Brian, Rainer Pepperkok, & Tommy Nilsson. (2000). Breaking the COPI monopoly on Golgi recycling. Trends in Cell Biology. 10(9). 385–390. 60 indexed citations

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Füllekrug, Joachim & Tommy Nilsson. (1998). Protein sorting in the Golgi complex. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research. 1404(1-2). 77–84. 40 indexed citations

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Hui, Norman, et al.. (1997). An isoform of the Golgi t-SNARE, syntaxin 5, with an endoplasmic reticulum retrieval signal.. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 8(9). 1777–1787. 83 indexed citations

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Rabouille, Cathérine & Tommy Nilsson. (1995). Redrawing compartmental boundaries in the exocytic pathway. FEBS Letters. 369(1). 97–100. 10 indexed citations

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Nilsson, Tommy, Paul Slusarewicz, Mee H. Hoe, & Graham Warren. (1993). Kin recognition. FEBS Letters. 330(1). 1–4. 186 indexed citations

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Nilsson, Tommy, et al.. (1991). Mot en ny svensk modell : arbete och förhandlingssystem i förändring. 2 indexed citations

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Nilsson, Tommy, Michael R. Jackson, & Per A. Peterson. (1989). Short cytoplasmic sequences serve as retention signals for transmembrane proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum. Cell. 58(4). 707–718. 444 indexed citations

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Nilsson, Tommy. (1985). Från kamratföreningar till facklig rörelse : de svenska tjänstemännens organisationsutveckling 1900-1980. 4 indexed citations

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Palme, Jacob, et al.. (1981). Experience with the use of the COM computerized conferencing system. STIN. 82. 32604. 14 indexed citations

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