Björn Åkerman

2.8k total citations
74 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Björn Åkerman is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Björn Åkerman has authored 74 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Molecular Biology, 32 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 17 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Björn Åkerman's work include DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (25 papers), Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis Applications (23 papers) and Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (16 papers). Björn Åkerman is often cited by papers focused on DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (25 papers), Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis Applications (23 papers) and Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (16 papers). Björn Åkerman collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United States and France. Björn Åkerman's co-authors include Bengt Nordén, Nils Carlsson, Mila Boncheva, Mats Jönsson, Per Lincoln, Eimer Tuite, Christian Thörn, Hanna Gustafsson, Krister Holmberg and Lisbeth Olsson and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Björn Åkerman

74 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Björn Åkerman Sweden 26 1.3k 828 391 340 291 74 2.4k
Ewald Terpetschnig United States 27 828 0.6× 431 0.5× 738 1.9× 377 1.1× 344 1.2× 62 2.1k
Arivazhagan Rajendran Japan 24 1.8k 1.3× 415 0.5× 263 0.7× 334 1.0× 182 0.6× 44 2.5k
Pavol Miškovský Slovakia 26 1.0k 0.8× 653 0.8× 533 1.4× 232 0.7× 76 0.3× 125 2.3k
Charles P. Scholes United States 35 1.6k 1.2× 268 0.3× 836 2.1× 168 0.5× 274 0.9× 89 3.2k
Gonzalo Cosa Canada 37 1.8k 1.3× 830 1.0× 1.3k 3.4× 861 2.5× 318 1.1× 119 4.1k
Seiichi Nishizawa Japan 33 2.0k 1.5× 334 0.4× 1.2k 3.0× 584 1.7× 516 1.8× 133 4.0k
Krishna N. Ganesh India 31 2.5k 1.8× 245 0.3× 472 1.2× 641 1.9× 212 0.7× 162 3.4k
Shigeori Takenaka Japan 31 2.6k 1.9× 520 0.6× 433 1.1× 1.1k 3.2× 527 1.8× 215 3.8k
Eimer Tuite United Kingdom 25 1.8k 1.3× 326 0.4× 480 1.2× 580 1.7× 251 0.9× 46 2.6k
Elmar G. Weinhold Germany 38 3.1k 2.3× 483 0.6× 523 1.3× 1.6k 4.6× 194 0.7× 245 5.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Björn Åkerman

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Fields of papers citing papers by Björn Åkerman

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Björn Åkerman. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Björn Åkerman. The network helps show where Björn Åkerman may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Björn Åkerman

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Björn Åkerman. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Björn Åkerman based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Björn Åkerman. Björn Åkerman is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Åkerman, Björn, et al.. (2018). Interaction of DNA with water soluble complex of Nickle and formation of DNA cross-links. Chemico-Biological Interactions. 282. 55–62. 8 indexed citations
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Abrahamsson, Maria, et al.. (2018). Measuring viscosity inside mesoporous silica using protein-bound molecular rotor probe. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 20(36). 23202–23213. 6 indexed citations
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Åkerman, Björn, et al.. (2016). Distribution of Immobilized Enzymes on the Surface and into the Mesoporous Silica Particle. Biophysical Journal. 110(3). 550a–550a. 1 indexed citations
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Carlsson, Nils, et al.. (2015). A fluorescence spectroscopy assay for real-time monitoring of enzyme immobilization into mesoporous silica particles. Analytical Biochemistry. 476. 51–58. 19 indexed citations
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El‐Sagheer, Afaf H., et al.. (2014). Force-induced melting of DNA—evidence for peeling and internal melting from force spectra on short synthetic duplex sequences. Nucleic Acids Research. 42(12). 8083–8091. 20 indexed citations
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Sun, Lu & Björn Åkerman. (2014). Characterization of self-assembled DNA concatemers from synthetic oligonucleotides. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal. 11(18). 66–72. 5 indexed citations
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Westerlund, Fredrik, Jonas Elm, Nils Carlsson, et al.. (2011). Direct probing of ion pair formation using a symmetric triangulenium dye. Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences. 10(12). 1963–1973. 26 indexed citations
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Carlsson, Nils, et al.. (2011). Spectroscopic characterization of Coomassie blue and its binding to amyloid fibrils. Analytical Biochemistry. 420(1). 33–40. 6 indexed citations
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Carlsson, Nils, et al.. (2010). Quantification of protein concentration by the Bradford method in the presence of pharmaceutical polymers. Analytical Biochemistry. 411(1). 116–121. 103 indexed citations
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Carlsson, Nils, et al.. (2006). Comparison of oligonucleotide migration in a bicontinuous cubic phase of monoolein and water and in a fibrous agarose hydrogel. Electrophoresis. 27(15). 3007–3017. 1 indexed citations
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Cole, Kenneth D., Adolfas K. Gaigalas, & Björn Åkerman. (2006). Single-molecule measurements of trapped and migrating circular DNA during electrophoresis in agarose gels. Electrophoresis. 27(22). 4396–4407. 4 indexed citations
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Westerlund, Fredrik, et al.. (2006). Comparing mono- and divalent DNA groove binding cyanine dyes—Binding geometries, dissociation rates, and fluorescence properties. Biophysical Chemistry. 122(3). 195–205. 6 indexed citations
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Dias, Rita S., et al.. (2005). Electrophoretic properties of complexes between DNA and the cationic surfactant cetyltrimethylammonium bromide. Electrophoresis. 26(15). 2908–2917. 15 indexed citations
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Westman, Gunnar, et al.. (2005). Time‐resolved electrophoretic analysis of mobility shifts for dissociating DNA ligands. Electrophoresis. 26(3). 524–532. 18 indexed citations
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Yarmoluk, S. M., et al.. (2002). Interaction of cyanine dyes with nucleic acids. Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy. 58(14). 3223–3232. 46 indexed citations
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Åkerman, Björn & Kenneth D. Cole. (2002). Electrophoretic capture of circular DNA in gels. Electrophoresis. 23(16). 2549–2561. 18 indexed citations
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Åkerman, Björn. (1998). Effects of Supercoiling in Electrophoretic Trapping of Circular DNA in Polyacrylamide Gels. Biophysical Journal. 74(6). 3140–3151. 25 indexed citations
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Gisselfält, Katrin, Björn Åkerman, & Mats Jönsson. (1997). Effects of local changes in the helix flexibility on electrophoretic migration of DNA in agarose gel. Electrophoresis. 18(5). 663–674. 9 indexed citations
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Åkerman, Björn. (1996). Single- and double-strand photocleavage of DNA by YO, YOYO and TOTO. Nucleic Acids Research. 24(6). 1080–1090. 110 indexed citations
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Nordén, Bengt, Christer Elvingson, Mats Jönsson, & Björn Åkerman. (1991). ELECTROPHORETIC ORIENTATION OF DNA. Chalmers Research (Chalmers University of Technology). 2 indexed citations

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