B. Hessel

3.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
47 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

B. Hessel is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Hematology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, B. Hessel has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 14 papers in Hematology and 8 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in B. Hessel's work include Blood properties and coagulation (33 papers), Platelet Disorders and Treatments (8 papers) and Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology (7 papers). B. Hessel is often cited by papers focused on Blood properties and coagulation (33 papers), Platelet Disorders and Treatments (8 papers) and Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology (7 papers). B. Hessel collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United States and Australia. B. Hessel's co-authors include Birger Blombäck, Margareta Blombäck, Pehr Edman, Roman Procyk, Kjell Carlsson, Shiroh Iwanaga, Sadaaki Iwanaga, Kamaran Fatah, N. Åslund and Anders Liljeborg and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Biological Chemistry and FEBS Letters.

In The Last Decade

B. Hessel

47 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

A two-step fibrinogen–fibrin transition in blood coagulation 1966 2026 1986 2006 1978 1966 100 200 300
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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.

  1. A two-step fibrinogen–fibrin transition in blood coagulation
    1978 395 citations Birger Blombäck, B. Hessel et al. Nature profile →
  2. Human fibrinopeptides isolation, characterization and structure
    1966 391 citations Birger Blombäck, Margareta Blombäck et al. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
B. Hessel Sweden 22 1.6k 874 535 371 220 47 2.6k
John R. Shainoff United States 26 1.3k 0.8× 595 0.7× 330 0.6× 278 0.7× 133 0.6× 68 2.0k
N. Heimburger Germany 25 453 0.3× 924 1.1× 724 1.4× 143 0.4× 447 2.0× 93 2.5k
Raymund Machovich Hungary 27 616 0.4× 929 1.1× 459 0.9× 151 0.4× 573 2.6× 107 2.3k
Lung T. Yam United States 35 469 0.3× 378 0.4× 1.3k 2.5× 340 0.9× 181 0.8× 116 4.0k
M.W.C. Hatton Canada 25 361 0.2× 526 0.6× 585 1.1× 98 0.3× 213 1.0× 69 1.8k
Czesław S. Cierniewski Poland 30 537 0.3× 694 0.8× 1.0k 1.9× 203 0.5× 435 2.0× 124 2.6k
Ralph Pannell United States 23 437 0.3× 839 1.0× 910 1.7× 134 0.4× 869 4.0× 44 2.3k
Dietmar Berger Germany 28 592 0.4× 702 0.8× 622 1.2× 89 0.2× 434 2.0× 66 2.8k
Per Wallén Sweden 28 827 0.5× 1.1k 1.2× 831 1.6× 122 0.3× 1.6k 7.3× 60 2.8k
Gaston Vilaire United States 28 685 0.4× 2.1k 2.4× 1.3k 2.3× 194 0.5× 348 1.6× 46 4.1k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hessel, B., et al.. (1998). Effect of zinc ions on fibrin network structure. Blood Coagulation & Fibrinolysis. 9(7). 629–636. 9 indexed citations
2.
Jörneskog, Gun, Nils Egberg, B Fagrell, et al.. (1996). Altered properties of the fibrin gel structure in patients with IDDM. Diabetologia. 39(12). 1519–1523. 83 indexed citations
3.
Hessel, B., Angela Silveira, Kjell Carlsson, et al.. (1995). Fibrinogenemia Tampere — A dysfibrinogenemia with defective gelation and thromboembolic disease. Thrombosis Research. 78(4). 323–339. 8 indexed citations
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Blombäck, Birger, Kjell Carlsson, Kamaran Fatah, B. Hessel, & Roman Procyk. (1994). Fibrin in human plasma: Gel architectures governed by rate and nature of fibrinogen activation. Thrombosis Research. 75(5). 521–538. 217 indexed citations
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Blombäck, Birger, D. Banerjee, Kjell Carlsson, et al.. (1990). Native Fibrin Gel Networks and Factors Influencing their Formation in Health and Disease. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 281. 1–23. 43 indexed citations
6.
Hessel, B., Hans Johnsson, & Angela Silveira. (1989). Induced Antibodies to von Willebrand Factor. Pathophysiology of Haemostasis and Thrombosis. 19(5). 284–291. 1 indexed citations
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Dyr, Jan E., Birger Blombäck, B. Hessel, & F. Kornalík. (1989). Conversion of fibrinogen to fibrin induced by preferential release of fibrinopeptide B. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects. 990(1). 18–24. 18 indexed citations
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Dyr, Jan E., B. Hessel, Jiřı́ Suttnar, F. Kornalík, & Birger Blombäck. (1989). Fibrinopeptide-releasing enzymes in the venom from the southern copperhead snake (Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix). Toxicon. 27(3). 359–373. 11 indexed citations
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Blombäck, Birger, Kjell Carlsson, B. Hessel, et al.. (1989). Native fibrin gel networks observed by 3D microscopy, permeation and turbidity. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Protein Structure and Molecular Enzymology. 997(1-2). 96–110. 207 indexed citations
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Blombäck, Birger, Roman Procyk, & B. Hessel. (1987). Alternative pathways in blood coagulation.. PubMed. 67. 157–62. 2 indexed citations
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Heldin, Paraskevi, B. Hessel, E. Humble, Birger Blombäck, & Lorentz Engström. (1987). Effect of phosphorylation in vitro of human fibrinogen with protein kinase C on thrombin-induced gelation. Thrombosis Research. 47(1). 93–99. 13 indexed citations
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Hessel, B., et al.. (1987). Fibrinogen Aarhus and factor XIII induced polymerization and gel formation. British Journal of Haematology. 66(3). 355–361. 1 indexed citations
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Hessel, B., et al.. (1986). Fibrinogen Aarhus — a new case of dysfibrinogenemia. Thrombosis Research. 42(1). 21–37. 15 indexed citations
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Kudryk, B, et al.. (1982). Measurement in human blood of fibrinogen/fibrin fragments containing the bβ 15–42 sequence. Thrombosis Research. 25(3). 277–291. 66 indexed citations
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Runehagen, Arne, et al.. (1981). BINDING OF FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS TO S. AUREUS AND TO β‐HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCI GROUP A, C AND G. Acta Pathologica Microbiologica Scandinavica Section B Microbiology. 89B(1-6). 49–55. 18 indexed citations
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Blombäck, Birger, B. Hessel, Masahisa Okada, & Nils Egberg. (1981). MECHANISM OF FIBRIN FORMATION AND ITS REGULATION*. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 370(1). 536–544. 16 indexed citations
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Inada, Yǔji, B. Hessel, & Birger Blombäck. (1978). Photooxidation of fibrinogen in the presence of methylene blue and its effect on polymerization. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Protein Structure. 532(1). 161–170. 56 indexed citations
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Blombäck, Birger, et al.. (1976). Disulfide bridges in NH2-terminal part of human fibrinogen. Thrombosis Research. 8(5). 639–658. 66 indexed citations
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Iwanaga, Sadaaki, et al.. (1968). Amino acid sequence of the N-terminal part of γ-chain in human fibrinogen. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Protein Structure. 160(2). 280–283. 49 indexed citations
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Blombäck, Birger, Margareta Blombäck, Pehr Edman, & B. Hessel. (1962). Amino-Acid Sequence and the Occurrence of Phosphorus in Human Fibrinopeptides. Nature. 193(4818). 883–884. 58 indexed citations

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