Alexander Ploner

9.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
124 papers, 6.3k citations indexed

About

Alexander Ploner is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Epidemiology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexander Ploner has authored 124 papers receiving a total of 6.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Molecular Biology, 31 papers in Epidemiology and 21 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Alexander Ploner's work include Cervical Cancer and HPV Research (24 papers), Gene expression and cancer classification (14 papers) and Breast Cancer Treatment Studies (13 papers). Alexander Ploner is often cited by papers focused on Cervical Cancer and HPV Research (24 papers), Gene expression and cancer classification (14 papers) and Breast Cancer Treatment Studies (13 papers). Alexander Ploner collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United States and Singapore. Alexander Ploner's co-authors include Yudi Pawitan, Pär Sparén, Per Hall, Karin Sundström, Joakim Dillner, Jonas Bergh, Lance D. Miller, Johanna Smeds, Sigrid Klaar and Edison T. Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

Alexander Ploner

120 papers receiving 6.1k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

  1. An expression signature for p53 status in human breast cancer predicts mutation status, transcriptional effects, and patient survival
    2005 966 citations Lance D. Miller, Johanna Smeds et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  2. HPV Vaccination and the Risk of Invasive Cervical Cancer
    2020 862 citations Jiayao Lei, Alexander Ploner et al. profile →
  3. Gene expression profiling spares early breast cancer patients from adjuvant therapy: derived and validated in two population-based cohorts
    2005 613 citations Yudi Pawitan, Per Hall et al. profile →
  4. Longitudinal trajectories, correlations and mortality associations of nine biological ages across 20-years follow-up
    2020 243 citations Xia Li, Alexander Ploner et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alexander Ploner Sweden 39 2.4k 1.6k 1.4k 1.1k 754 124 6.3k
Ze‐Guang Han China 47 4.3k 1.8× 779 0.5× 1.3k 0.9× 1.7k 1.5× 608 0.8× 234 8.9k
Xiaozhong Peng China 47 4.1k 1.7× 2.9k 1.8× 770 0.5× 1.4k 1.3× 501 0.7× 277 10.7k
Joseph L. Wiemels United States 52 4.9k 2.0× 2.0k 1.2× 1.4k 1.0× 1.7k 1.5× 992 1.3× 256 11.8k
Hongxia Ma China 41 3.7k 1.5× 646 0.4× 1.1k 0.8× 2.5k 2.3× 440 0.6× 278 7.3k
Knut Liestøl Norway 43 1.8k 0.7× 956 0.6× 788 0.6× 573 0.5× 549 0.7× 191 6.7k
Gregory J. Tsongalis United States 41 2.6k 1.1× 573 0.3× 1.1k 0.8× 1.8k 1.7× 525 0.7× 266 6.1k
Abdul‐Badi Abou‐Samra United States 56 6.0k 2.5× 986 0.6× 3.1k 2.2× 709 0.6× 794 1.1× 257 11.3k
Jiang Gu China 48 2.4k 1.0× 1.2k 0.7× 976 0.7× 406 0.4× 926 1.2× 271 8.0k
Caroline Lee Singapore 51 5.9k 2.4× 1.1k 0.7× 2.1k 1.5× 2.1k 1.9× 735 1.0× 194 10.6k
Zhengdong Zhang China 43 4.4k 1.8× 481 0.3× 1.3k 0.9× 2.4k 2.2× 673 0.9× 274 7.5k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Cheng, Kai-Yuan, Natassia Robinson, Alexander Ploner, et al.. (2024). Impact of traumatic brain injury on risk for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Psychiatry Research. 339. 115990–115990. 6 indexed citations
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Li, Xia, Alexander Ploner, Yunzhang Wang, et al.. (2023). Rare functional variants in the CRP and G6PC genes modify the relationship between obesity and serum C‐reactive protein in white British population. Molecular Genetics & Genomic Medicine. 11(12). e2255–e2255. 1 indexed citations
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Veličko, Inga, Alexander Ploner, Lena Marions, et al.. (2022). Patterns of sexual behaviour associated with repeated chlamydia testing and infection in men and women: a latent class analysis. BMC Public Health. 22(1). 2 indexed citations
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Yu, Jingru, Alexander Ploner, Maximilian Kordes, et al.. (2021). Plasma protein biomarkers for early detection of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. International Journal of Cancer. 148(8). 2048–2058. 16 indexed citations
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Yu, Jingru, Huan Song, Isabella Ekheden, et al.. (2021). Gastric Mucosal Abnormality and Risk of Pancreatic Cancer: A Population-Based Gastric Biopsy Cohort Study in Sweden. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 30(11). 2088–2095. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Jiangrong, Miriam Elfström, Bengt Andrae, et al.. (2019). Cervical cancer case–control audit: Results from routine evaluation of a nationwide cervical screening program. International Journal of Cancer. 146(5). 1230–1240. 40 indexed citations
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Kowalec, Kaarina, Yi Lu, Amir Sariaslan, et al.. (2019). Increased schizophrenia family history burden and reduced premorbid IQ in treatment-resistant schizophrenia: a Swedish National Register and Genomic Study. Molecular Psychiatry. 26(8). 4487–4495. 26 indexed citations
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Wang, Jiangrong, Alexander Ploner, Pär Sparén, et al.. (2018). Mode of HPV vaccination delivery and equity in vaccine uptake: A nationwide cohort study. Preventive Medicine. 120. 26–33. 42 indexed citations
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Holm, Johanna, Louise Eriksson, Alexander Ploner, et al.. (2017). Assessment of Breast Cancer Risk Factors Reveals Subtype Heterogeneity. Cancer Research. 77(13). 3708–3717. 84 indexed citations
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Wang, Jiangrong, Bengt Andrae, Karin Sundström, et al.. (2017). Effectiveness of cervical screening after age 60 years according to screening history: Nationwide cohort study in Sweden. PLoS Medicine. 14(10). e1002414–e1002414. 44 indexed citations
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Lamb, Favelle, Eva Herweijer, Alexander Ploner, et al.. (2017). Timing of two versus three doses of quadrivalent HPV vaccine and associated effectiveness against condyloma in Sweden: a nationwide cohort study. BMJ Open. 7(6). e015021–e015021. 13 indexed citations
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Reynolds, Chandra A., Alexander Ploner, Lotte Gerritsen, et al.. (2016). Longitudinal decline of leukocyte telomere length in old age and the association with sex and genetic risk. STM:n Hallinnonalan avoin julkaisuarkisto (Julkari). 1 indexed citations
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Veličko, Inga, Alexander Ploner, Pär Sparén, et al.. (2016). Sexual and testing behaviour associated with Chlamydia trachomatis infection: a cohort study in an STI clinic in Sweden. BMJ Open. 6(8). e011312–e011312. 19 indexed citations
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Karlsson, Ida, Anna M. Bennet, Alexander Ploner, et al.. (2015). Apolipoprotein E ε4 genotype and the temporal relationship between depression and dementia. Neurobiology of Aging. 36(4). 1751–1756. 27 indexed citations
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Narasimhalu, Kaavya, Kristina Johnell, Alexander Ploner, et al.. (2013). The Use of Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) May Increase the Risk of Dementia in Patients with Late Life Depression (P03.104). Neurology. 80(7_supplement). 1 indexed citations
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Gusnanto, Arief, Alexander Ploner, Farag Shuweihdi, & Yudi Pawitan. (2013). Partial least squares and logistic regression random-effects estimates for gene selection in supervised classification of gene expression data. Journal of Biomedical Informatics. 46(4). 697–709. 7 indexed citations
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Sundström, Karin, Alexander Ploner, Lisen Arnheim‐Dahlström, et al.. (2012). Prospective Study of HPV16 Viral Load and Risk of In Situ and Invasive Squamous Cervical Cancer. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 22(1). 150–158. 33 indexed citations
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Klein, Robert J., Christer Halldén, Angel M. Cronin, et al.. (2010). Blood Biomarker Levels to Aid Discovery of Cancer-Related Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms: Kallikreins and Prostate Cancer. Cancer Prevention Research. 3(5). 611–619. 45 indexed citations
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Miller, Lance D., Johanna Smeds, Joshy George, et al.. (2005). An expression signature for p53 status in human breast cancer predicts mutation status, transcriptional effects, and patient survival. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(38). 13550–13555. 966 indexed citations breakdown →
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Pawitan, Yudi, Stefan Michiels, Serge Koscielny, Arief Gusnanto, & Alexander Ploner. (2005). False discovery rate, sensitivity and sample size for microarray studies. Computer applications in the biosciences. 21(13). 3017–3024. 347 indexed citations

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