Åke Bergman

28.2k total citations · 4 hit papers
380 papers, 20.7k citations indexed

About

Åke Bergman is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Cancer Research and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Åke Bergman has authored 380 papers receiving a total of 20.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 268 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 70 papers in Cancer Research and 47 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Åke Bergman's work include Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (240 papers), Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals (135 papers) and Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment (67 papers). Åke Bergman is often cited by papers focused on Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (240 papers), Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals (135 papers) and Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment (67 papers). Åke Bergman collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United States and Netherlands. Åke Bergman's co-authors include Göran Marsh, María Athanasiadou, Eva Klasson‐Wehler, Andreas Sjödin, Lars Hagmar, R. Thomas Zoeller, Susan Jobling, Karen A. Kidd, Jerrold J. Heindel and Abraham Brouwer and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Åke Bergman

374 papers receiving 19.9k 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.

State-of-the-science of endocrine disrupting chemicals, 2012

2012 995 citations Åke Bergman et al. profile →
In vitro estrogenicity of polybrominated diphenyl ethers, hydroxylated PDBEs, and polybrominated bisphenol A compounds.

2001 634 citations Ilonka A.T.M. Meerts, Robert J. Letcher et al. Environmental Health Perspectives profile →
State of the science of endocrine disrupting chemicals 2012: an assessment of the state of the science of endocrine disruptors prepared by a group of experts for the United Nations Environment Programme and World Health Organization.

2013 352 citations Åke Bergman et al. profile →
A novel abbreviation standard for organobromine, organochlorine and organophosphorus flame retardants and some characteristics of the chemicals

2012 347 citations Åke Bergman et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Source apportionment of organotin pollution in different types of drinking water from megacity communities using multiple receptor models: a case study in Shanghai, China 2025 ·Environmental Science Water Research & Technology ·Qinghui Huang, Ying Shirley Meng, Yang Lü, Zhiliang Zhu, Yanling Qiu, Åke Bergman	0
2	Emerging per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in human milk from Sweden and China 2020 ·Environmental Science Processes & Impacts ·Raed Awad, Yihui Zhou, Elisabeth Nyberg, (unknown), Yongning Wu, Qianfen Xiao, (unknown), Zhiliang Zhu, Åke Bergman, Jonathan P. Benskin	95
3	Human exposure to PCDDs and their precursors from heron and tern eggs in the Yangtze River Delta indicate PCP origin 2017 ·Environmental Pollution ·Yihui Zhou, Ge Yin, Lillemor Asplund, Kathryn A. Stewart, Panu Rantakokko, Anders Bignert, Päivi Ruokojärvi, Hannu Kiviranta, Yanling Qiu, Zhijun Ma, Åke Bergman	9
4	New Approaches to Assess the Transthyretin Binding Capacity of Bioactivated Thyroid Hormone Disruptors 2012 ·Toxicological Sciences ·Mauricio Montaño, Emmanuelle Cocco, Cédric Guignard, Göran Marsh, Lucien Hoffmann, Åke Bergman, Arno C. Gutleb, Albertinka J. Murk	52
5	Planetary boundaries for chemical pollution 2012 ·BOA (University of Milano-Bicocca) ·Martin Scheringer, Thomas Backhaus, Åke Bergman, Cynthia A. de Wit, Miriam L. Diamond, Michael Zwicky Hauschild, Ivan Holoubek, Rainer Lohmann, Sverker Molander, Rickard Arvidsson, Linn Persson, Noriyuki Suzuki, Marco Vighi	1
6	Polybrominated diphenyl ethers and their hydroxylated metabolites in serum in humans in Nicaragua 2008 ·Environmental Health Perspectives ·María Athanasiadou, Steven Cuadra, E. Neil G. Marsh, Åke Bergman, Kristina Jakobsson	3
7	Interactions of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers with the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Pathway 2006 ·Toxicological Sciences ·Annelieke K. Peters, Sandra M. Nijmeijer, Katarina Gradin, Maria Backlund, Åke Bergman, Lorenz Poellinger, Michael S. Denison, Martin van den Berg	67
8	Prenatal exposure of rats to hydroxylated PCBs and some brominated flame retardants 2006 ·VU Research Portal ·(unknown), Peter Cenijn, M.J.M. van Velzen, Hellmuth Lilienthal, Tina Malmberg, Åke Bergman, Arno C. Gutleb, Juliette Legler, Abraham Brouwer	2
9	Inhibition and Induction of Aromatase (CYP19) Activity by Brominated Flame Retardants in H295R Human Adrenocortical Carcinoma Cells 2005 ·Toxicological Sciences ·Rocío F. Cantón, J. Thomas Sanderson, Robert J. Letcher, Åke Bergman, Martin van den Berg	127
10	Temporal trend of bis(4-chlorophenyl) sulfone, methylsulfonyl-DDE and -PCBs in Baltic guillemot (Uria aalge) egg 1971–2001 – A comparison to 4,4′-DDE and PCB trends 2005 ·Environmental Pollution ·Hrönn Ólína Jörundsdóttir, Karin Norström, Mats Olsson, Hai Pham‐Tuan, Heinrich Hühnerfuß, Anders Bignert, Åke Bergman	37
11	Chemical Reactivity as a Tool for Estimating Persistence 2005 ·Environmental Science & Technology ·Nicholas Green, Åke Bergman	14
12	Flame retardants, polychlorinated biphenyls and insecticides in pregnant women in the northern part of the Netherlands 2004 ·VU Research Portal ·Lisethe Meijer, Jana M. Weiss, M.J.M. van Velzen, Abraham Brouwer, Åke Bergman, Pieter J.J. Sauer	1
13	In vitro estrogenicity of polybrominated diphenyl ethers, hydroxylated PDBEs, and polybrominated bisphenol A compounds. breakdown → 2001 ·Environmental Health Perspectives ·Ilonka A.T.M. Meerts, Robert J. Letcher, Saske Hoving, E. Neil G. Marsh, Åke Bergman, (unknown), Bart van der Burg, Abraham Brouwer	634
14	Levels of PCBs and hydroxylated PCB metabolites in blood from pregnant Faroe Island women 2000 ·University of Southern Denmark Research Portal (University of Southern Denmark) ·Britta Fängström, María Athanasiadou, Åke Bergman, Philippe Grandjean, Pál Weihe	4
15	Interaction of polybrominated biphenyls ether metabolites (PBDE-OH) with human transthyretin in vitro. 1998 ·Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling ·Ilonka A.T.M. Meerts, E. Neil G. Marsh, (unknown), (unknown), Eva Jakobsson, Åke Bergman, A. Brouwer	28
16	Effects of Four Organohalogen Environmental Contaminants on Cytochrome P450 Forms That Catalyze 4- and 2-Hydroxylation of Estradiol in the Rat Liver 1997 ·Biochemical and Molecular Medicine ·Juan Segura‐Aguilar, Víctor M. Castro, Åke Bergman	15
17	Inhibition of thyroid hormone sulfation by hydroxylated metabolites of polychlorinated biphenyls in vitro. 1996 ·Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling ·A. Gerlienke Schuur, M. E. van Meeteren, Willeke M. C. Jong, Abraham Brouwer, T.J. Visser, Åke Bergman	4
18	Effects of PCB and Different Fractions of PCB on the Reproduction of the Mink (Mustela vison). 1992 ·AMBIO ·(unknown), Mats Olsson, Søren Krogh Jensen, (unknown), (unknown), Åke Bergman	82
19	Skull-bone lesions in the Baltic grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) 1992 ·AMBIO ·Åke Bergman	97
20	Glycosyl transfer from nucleotide sugars to C85- and C55-polyprenyl and retinyl phosphates by microsomal subfractions and Golgi membranes of rat liver 1978 ·Biochemical Journal ·Åke Bergman, T Mańkowski, Tadeusz Chojnacki, Luigi M. De Luca, Elisabeth Peterson, Gustav Dallner	48

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