Ville Santala

2.3k total citations
75 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Ville Santala is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Building and Construction. According to data from OpenAlex, Ville Santala has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Molecular Biology, 43 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 20 papers in Building and Construction. Recurrent topics in Ville Santala's work include Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (36 papers), Biofuel production and bioconversion (35 papers) and Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production (20 papers). Ville Santala is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (36 papers), Biofuel production and bioconversion (35 papers) and Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production (20 papers). Ville Santala collaborates with scholars based in Finland, Italy and United States. Ville Santala's co-authors include Matti Karp, Suvi Santala, Rahul Mangayil, Elena Efimova, Jin Luo, Sampo Tuukkanen, Arno Pammo, Urpo Lamminmäki, Tommi Aho and Essi Sarlin and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Ville Santala

71 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ville Santala Finland 25 858 852 332 164 156 75 1.6k
Rafał Łukajtis Poland 10 386 0.4× 613 0.7× 380 1.1× 113 0.7× 79 0.5× 13 1.0k
Chuang Xue China 28 1.6k 1.9× 1.8k 2.2× 266 0.8× 159 1.0× 63 0.4× 75 2.7k
A. Joe Shaw United States 20 1.3k 1.5× 1.1k 1.3× 166 0.5× 125 0.8× 86 0.6× 27 1.7k
Frank R. Bengelsdorf Germany 22 922 1.1× 750 0.9× 529 1.6× 266 1.6× 45 0.3× 51 1.5k
Simone Brethauer Switzerland 17 711 0.8× 1.1k 1.3× 100 0.3× 55 0.3× 158 1.0× 24 1.4k
Nancy Dowe United States 17 1.1k 1.3× 1.1k 1.3× 103 0.3× 68 0.4× 92 0.6× 22 1.5k
Isabelle Meynial‐Salles France 28 1.3k 1.5× 946 1.1× 162 0.5× 189 1.2× 74 0.5× 37 2.4k
Yonglan Xi China 19 367 0.4× 495 0.6× 303 0.9× 96 0.6× 26 0.2× 49 1.1k
Stefan Pflügl Austria 19 735 0.9× 492 0.6× 58 0.2× 81 0.5× 134 0.9× 35 1.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ville Santala

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Luo, Jin, Elena Efimova, Ville Santala, & Suvi Santala. (2025). Metabolic engineering of Acinetobacter baylyi ADP1 for efficient utilization of pentose sugars and production of glutamic acid. Metabolic Engineering. 93. 145–157.
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Efimova, Elena, et al.. (2024). Carbon-wise utilization of lignin-related compounds by synergistically employing anaerobic and aerobic bacteria. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 17(1). 78–78. 3 indexed citations
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Sarlin, Essi, et al.. (2024). Optimization of Citrus Pulp Waste-Based Medium for Improved Bacterial Nanocellulose Production. Microorganisms. 12(10). 2095–2095.
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Efimova, Elena, et al.. (2024). Analysis of detoxification kinetics and end products of furan aldehydes in Acinetobacter baylyi ADP1. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 29678–29678. 1 indexed citations
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Konttinen, Jukka, et al.. (2023). Modeling large‐scale bioreactors with diffusion equations. Part I: Predicting axial dispersion coefficient and mixing times. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 121(3). 1060–1075. 2 indexed citations
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Konttinen, Jukka, et al.. (2023). Modeling large‐scale bioreactors with diffusion equations. Part II: Characterizing substrate, oxygen, temperature, carbon dioxide, and pH profiles. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 121(3). 1102–1117. 4 indexed citations
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Luo, Jin, Elena Efimova, Daniel C. Volke, Ville Santala, & Suvi Santala. (2022). Engineering cell morphology by CRISPR interference in Acinetobacter baylyi ADP1. Microbial Biotechnology. 15(11). 2800–2818. 11 indexed citations
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Santala, Suvi & Ville Santala. (2021). Acinetobacter baylyi ADP1—naturally competent for synthetic biology. Essays in Biochemistry. 65(2). 309–318. 17 indexed citations
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Luo, Jin, et al.. (2020). Wax ester production in nitrogen-rich conditions by metabolically engineered Acinetobacter baylyi ADP1. Metabolic Engineering Communications. 10. e00128–e00128. 14 indexed citations
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Efimova, Elena, et al.. (2020). Towards bioproduction of poly-α-olefins from lignocellulose. Green Chemistry. 22(15). 5067–5076. 13 indexed citations
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Mangayil, Rahul, Antti J. Rissanen, Arno Pammo, et al.. (2020). Characterization of a novel bacterial cellulose producer for the production of eco-friendly piezoelectric-responsive films from a minimal medium containing waste carbon. Cellulose. 28(2). 671–689. 28 indexed citations
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Efimova, Elena, et al.. (2019). Alkane and wax ester production from lignin‐related aromatic compounds. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 116(8). 1934–1945. 21 indexed citations
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Santala, Suvi, Elena Efimova, & Ville Santala. (2018). Dynamic decoupling of biomass and wax ester biosynthesis in Acinetobacter baylyi by an autonomously regulated switch. Metabolic Engineering Communications. 7. e00078–e00078. 16 indexed citations
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Efimova, Elena, et al.. (2018). Improved fatty aldehyde and wax ester production by overexpression of fatty acyl-CoA reductases. Microbial Cell Factories. 17(1). 19–19. 32 indexed citations
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Santala, Suvi, et al.. (2018). Production of alkanes from CO2 by engineered bacteria. Biotechnology for Biofuels. 11(1). 228–228. 33 indexed citations
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Efimova, Elena, Alexander Efimov, Vesa P. Hytönen, et al.. (2018). Molecular tools for selective recovery and detection of lignin-derived molecules. Green Chemistry. 20(12). 2829–2839. 6 indexed citations
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Gumulya, Yosephine, Naomi J. Boxall, Himel Nahreen Khaleque, et al.. (2018). In a quest for engineering acidophiles for biomining applications: challenges and opportunities. Genes. 9(2). 116–116. 80 indexed citations
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Mangayil, Rahul, Satu Rajala, Arno Pammo, et al.. (2017). Engineering and Characterization of Bacterial Nanocellulose Films as Low Cost and Flexible Sensor Material. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 9(22). 19048–19056. 110 indexed citations
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Santala, Ville, et al.. (2014). Fluorescent protein-based FRET sensor for intracellular monitoring of redox status in bacteria at single cell level. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 406(28). 7195–7204. 13 indexed citations
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Santala, Suvi, Elena Efimova, Antti Larjo, et al.. (2011). Improved Triacylglycerol Production in Acinetobacter baylyi ADP1 by Metabolic Engineering. Microbial Cell Factories. 10(1). 36–36. 73 indexed citations

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