Birgitta Floderus

6.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
61 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Birgitta Floderus is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Biophysics and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Birgitta Floderus has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in General Health Professions, 16 papers in Biophysics and 12 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Birgitta Floderus's work include Electromagnetic Fields and Biological Effects (16 papers), Workplace Health and Well-being (13 papers) and Employment and Welfare Studies (12 papers). Birgitta Floderus is often cited by papers focused on Electromagnetic Fields and Biological Effects (16 papers), Workplace Health and Well-being (13 papers) and Employment and Welfare Studies (12 papers). Birgitta Floderus collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United States and Denmark. Birgitta Floderus's co-authors include Ulf dé Fairé, Marjorie E. Marenberg, Neil Risch, Lisa Berkman, Carin Stenlund, Finn Diderichsen, Pia Svedberg, Paul Lichtenstein, M Voss and Nancy L. Pedersen and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, PLoS ONE and Cancer.

In The Last Decade

Birgitta Floderus

61 papers receiving 4.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Genetic Susceptibility to Death from Coronary Heart Disease in a Study of Twins

1994 933 citations Marjorie E. Marenberg, Neil Risch et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
The Swedish Twin Registry: a unique resource for clinical, epidemiological and genetic studies

2002 568 citations Paul Lichtenstein, Ulf dé Fairé et al. Journal of Internal Medicine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Birgitta Floderus Sweden	36	891	672	620	490	453	61	4.6k
Kenneth Muir United Kingdom	43	218 0.2×	214 0.3×	559 0.9×	191 0.4×	356 0.8×	246	6.0k
Susan A. Oliveria United States	37	337 0.4×	112 0.2×	265 0.4×	666 1.4×	741 1.6×	91	5.2k
Jani Raitanen Finland	34	640 0.7×	309 0.5×	160 0.3×	86 0.2×	808 1.8×	199	4.2k
Lorene M. Nelson United States	45	236 0.3×	62 0.1×	229 0.4×	179 0.4×	702 1.5×	108	6.6k
Naja Hulvej Rod Denmark	40	1.6k 1.8×	58 0.1×	130 0.2×	411 0.8×	525 1.2×	211	5.0k
Pia Svedberg Sweden	30	1.5k 1.6×	39 0.1×	275 0.4×	139 0.3×	363 0.8×	142	3.9k
Susan Kelly United Kingdom	36	376 0.4×	26 0.0×	532 0.9×	355 0.7×	503 1.1×	117	4.4k
Coleen A. Boyle United States	32	605 0.7×	29 0.0×	626 1.0×	174 0.4×	674 1.5×	59	5.9k
Donlin M. Long United States	45	613 0.7×	44 0.1×	207 0.3×	278 0.6×	2.5k 5.5×	162	9.0k
Graziella Filippini Italy	44	173 0.2×	49 0.1×	79 0.1×	125 0.3×	356 0.8×	149	5.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Birgitta Floderus

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Birgitta Floderus

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All Works

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Gustafsson, Klas, Staffan Marklund, Gunnar Aronsson, Anders Wikman, & Birgitta Floderus. (2015). Interaction Effects of Social Isolation and Peripheral Work Position on Risk of Disability Pension: A Prospective Study of Swedish Women and Men. PLoS ONE. 10(6). e0130361–e0130361. 3 indexed citations

Gustafsson, Klas, Gunnar Aronsson, Staffan Marklund, et al.. (2013). Social Integration, Socioeconomic Conditions and Type of Ill Health Preceding Disability Pension in Young Women: a Swedish Population-Based Study. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 21(1). 77–87. 20 indexed citations

Gustafsson, Klas, Gunnar Aronsson, Staffan Marklund, Anders Wikman, & Birgitta Floderus. (2013). Does Social Isolation and Low Societal Participation Predict Disability Pension? A Population Based Study. PLoS ONE. 8(11). e80655–e80655. 8 indexed citations

Floderus, Birgitta, Maud Hagman, Gunnar Aronsson, Staffan Marklund, & Anders Wikman. (2011). Medically certified sickness absence with insurance benefits in women with and without children. European Journal of Public Health. 22(1). 85–92. 29 indexed citations

Nakaya, Naoki, Pernille Envold Bidstrup, Kumi Saito‐Nakaya, et al.. (2010). Personality Traits and Cancer Risk and Survival Based on Finnish and Swedish Registry Data. American Journal of Epidemiology. 172(4). 377–385. 63 indexed citations

Floderus, Birgitta, Sara Göransson, Kristina Alexanderson, & Gunnar Aronsson. (2005). Self-estimated life situation in patients on long-term sick leave. Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine. 37(5). 291–299. 112 indexed citations

Lichtenstein, Paul, Ulf dé Fairé, Birgitta Floderus, et al.. (2002). The Swedish Twin Registry: a unique resource for clinical, epidemiological and genetic studies. Journal of Internal Medicine. 252(3). 184–205. 568 indexed citations breakdown →

Floderus, Birgitta, et al.. (2002). Occupational exposures to high frequency electromagnetic fields in the intermediate range ( >300 Hz–10 MHz). Bioelectromagnetics. 23(8). 568–577. 32 indexed citations

Håkansson, Niclas, et al.. (2001). Occupational Sunlight Exposure and Cancer Incidence among Swedish Construction Workers. Epidemiology. 12(5). 552–557. 98 indexed citations

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Nylén, Lotta, M Voss, & Birgitta Floderus. (2001). Mortality among women and men relative to unemployment, part time work, overtime work, and extra work: a study based on data from the Swedish twin registry. Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 58(1). 52–57. 108 indexed citations

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Feychting, Maria, et al.. (1998). Dementia and occupational exposure to magnetic fields. Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health. 24(1). 46–53. 54 indexed citations

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Floderus, Birgitta, Tomas Persson, & Carin Stenlund. (1996). Magnetic-field Exposures in the Workplace: Reference Distribution and Exposures in Occupational Groups. International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health. 2(3). 226–238. 71 indexed citations

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Lichtenstein, Paul, et al.. (1996). [An (inter)national resource. The Swedish registry on twins informs on the role of environment and heredity in diseases].. PubMed. 93(12). 1127–30. 4 indexed citations

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Marenberg, Marjorie E., Neil Risch, Lisa Berkman, Birgitta Floderus, & Ulf dé Fairé. (1994). Genetic Susceptibility to Death from Coronary Heart Disease in a Study of Twins. New England Journal of Medicine. 330(15). 1041–1046. 933 indexed citations breakdown →

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Mack, Thomas M. & Birgitta Floderus. (1991). Malignant melanoma risk by nativity, place of residence at diagnosis, and age at migration. Cancer Causes & Control. 2(6). 401–411. 57 indexed citations

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Floderus, Birgitta, Lotti Barlow, & Thomas M. Mack. (1990). Recall Bias in Subjective Reports of Familial Cancer. Epidemiology. 1(4). 318–321. 44 indexed citations

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Floderus, Birgitta, Rune Cederlöf, & Lars Friberg. (1988). Smoking and Mortality: A 21-Year Follow-Up Based on the Swedish Twin Registry. International Journal of Epidemiology. 17(2). 332–340. 46 indexed citations

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Knave, Bengt & Birgitta Floderus. (1988). Exposure to low-frequency electromagnetic fields--a health hazard?. PubMed. 14 Suppl 1. 46–8. 4 indexed citations

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Myrhed, M & Birgitta Floderus. (1976). Alcohol Consumption in Relation to Factors Associated with Ischemic Heart Disease - A Cotwin Control Study. Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae. 25. 129–132. 35 indexed citations

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Theorell, Töres, Evy Lind, & Birgitta Floderus. (1975). The Relationship of Disturbing Life-Changes and Emotions to the Early Development of Myocardial Infarction and Other Serious Illnesses. International Journal of Epidemiology. 4(4). 281–293. 131 indexed citations

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