Björn Andersson

16.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
182 papers, 8.4k citations indexed

About

Björn Andersson is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Epidemiology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Björn Andersson has authored 182 papers receiving a total of 8.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 68 papers in Molecular Biology, 54 papers in Epidemiology and 35 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Björn Andersson's work include Trypanosoma species research and implications (36 papers), Research on Leishmaniasis Studies (24 papers) and Biochemical and Molecular Research (20 papers). Björn Andersson is often cited by papers focused on Trypanosoma species research and implications (36 papers), Research on Leishmaniasis Studies (24 papers) and Biochemical and Molecular Research (20 papers). Björn Andersson collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United States and United Kingdom. Björn Andersson's co-authors include Tobias Allander, Annelie Bjerkner, Martti T. Tammi, Annika Tiveljung‐Lindell, Margareta Eriksson, Per Björntorp, Per Mårin, Henric Blomgren, L. Olbe and Oscar Franzén and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Björn Andersson

176 papers receiving 8.2k 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.

Cloning of a human parvovirus by molecular screening of respiratory tract samples

2005 1.2k citations Tobias Allander, Martti T. Tammi et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
The gene encoding ribosomal protein S19 is mutated in Diamond-Blackfan anaemia

1999 594 citations Björn Andersson et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Björn Andersson Sweden	44	2.7k	2.4k	1.5k	1.1k	1.1k	182	8.4k
David Goulding United Kingdom	51	1.3k 0.5×	4.2k 1.8×	1.9k 1.2×	1.4k 1.3×	779 0.7×	157	9.1k
Nicholas A. Saunders Australia	52	1.3k 0.5×	4.0k 1.7×	1.2k 0.8×	545 0.5×	2.5k 2.3×	267	11.3k
Xin Su China	46	1.2k 0.5×	1.7k 0.7×	1.3k 0.8×	3.4k 3.1×	936 0.9×	267	8.4k
Stephen B. Lambert Australia	56	4.1k 1.5×	2.2k 0.9×	2.3k 1.5×	353 0.3×	1.4k 1.3×	285	10.7k
Kwang Sik Kim United States	67	3.7k 1.4×	3.1k 1.3×	2.3k 1.5×	1.9k 1.7×	416 0.4×	276	13.4k
Thomas E. Lane United States	54	1.8k 0.7×	2.0k 0.8×	1.9k 1.2×	767 0.7×	901 0.8×	168	10.6k
Wilson Savino Brazil	48	1.8k 0.7×	2.1k 0.9×	472 0.3×	1.4k 1.2×	597 0.6×	328	8.8k
Nadim J. Ajami United States	50	1.6k 0.6×	5.2k 2.2×	2.5k 1.6×	977 0.9×	1.8k 1.7×	175	9.8k
Ralf R. Schumann Germany	50	2.4k 0.9×	2.2k 0.9×	1.2k 0.8×	853 0.8×	664 0.6×	111	9.8k
Tetsuya Mizutani Japan	41	1.7k 0.6×	1.2k 0.5×	2.6k 1.7×	940 0.9×	321 0.3×	309	6.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Björn Andersson

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Björn Andersson

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Ludvigsson, Johnny, Staffan Mårild, Henrik Imberg, et al.. (2025). Early-Life Body Mass Index and Inflammatory Bowel Disease Risk: A Scandinavian Birth Cohort Study. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. 31(12). 3327–3336.

Størdal, Ketil, et al.. (2024). Atopic Dermatitis in Early Childhood and Risk of Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Scandinavian Birth Cohort Study. The Journal of Pediatrics. 270. 114027–114027. 2 indexed citations

Bahrami, Fariborz, Suzanne van Veen, Josefine Persson, et al.. (2022). Blood transcriptional profiles distinguish different clinical stages of cutaneous leishmaniasis in humans. Molecular Immunology. 149. 165–173. 4 indexed citations

Glans, Hedvig, Leif Dotevall, Gert Van der Auwera, et al.. (2022). Treatment outcome of imported cutaneous leishmaniasis among travelers and migrants infected with Leishmania major and Leishmania tropica: a retrospective study in European centers 2013 to 2019. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 122. 375–381. 3 indexed citations

Li, Xi, Afrouz Abbaspour, Susanne Fabre, et al.. (2022). Clinical and metagenomic profiling of hormonal acne‐prone skin in different populations. Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology. 21(11). 6233–6242. 2 indexed citations

Lewis, Michael D., Carlos Talavera‐López, Matthew Yeo, et al.. (2022). Microevolution of Trypanosoma cruzi reveals hybridization and clonal mechanisms driving rapid genome diversification. eLife. 11. 11 indexed citations

Hernandez-Castro, Luis E., Anita G. Villacís, Arne Jacobs, et al.. (2022). Population genomics and geographic dispersal in Chagas disease vectors: Landscape drivers and evidence of possible adaptation to the domestic setting. PLoS Genetics. 18(2). e1010019–e1010019. 7 indexed citations

Moraes, Milene Höehr de, Débora Denardin Lückemeyer, Glauber Wagner, et al.. (2021). Differential expression and activity of arginine kinase between the American trypanosomatids Trypanosoma rangeli and Trypanosoma cruzi. Experimental Parasitology. 230. 108159–108159.

Glans, Hedvig, et al.. (2021). High genome plasticity and frequent genetic exchange in Leishmania tropica isolates from Afghanistan, Iran and Syria. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 15(12). e0010110–e0010110. 11 indexed citations

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Magnusson, Jens P., Margherita Zamboni, Jeff E. Mold, et al.. (2020). Activation of a neural stem cell transcriptional program in parenchymal astrocytes. eLife. 9. 63 indexed citations

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Schwabl, Philipp, Hideo Imamura, Frederik Van den Broeck, et al.. (2019). Meiotic sex in Chagas disease parasite Trypanosoma cruzi. Nature Communications. 10(1). 3972–3972. 51 indexed citations

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Pou, Christian, Mauricio Barrientos‐Somarribas, Gordana Bogdanović, et al.. (2018). Virome definition in cerebrospinal fluid of patients with neurological complications after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Journal of Clinical Virology. 108. 112–120. 8 indexed citations

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Kong, Heidi H., Björn Andersson, Thomas Clavel, et al.. (2017). Performing Skin Microbiome Research: A Method to the Madness. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 137(3). 561–568. 152 indexed citations

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Browall, Sarah, Jeanette Tångrot, Ilias Galanis, et al.. (2013). Intraclonal Variations Among Streptococcus pneumoniae Isolates Influence the Likelihood of Invasive Disease in Children. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 209(3). 377–388. 54 indexed citations

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Franzén, Oscar, Carlos Talavera‐López, Stephen Ochaya, et al.. (2012). Comparative genomic analysis of human infective Trypanosoma cruzi lineages with the bat-restricted subspecies T. cruzi marinkellei. BMC Genomics. 13(1). 531–531. 42 indexed citations

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Allander, Tobias, Martti T. Tammi, Margareta Eriksson, et al.. (2005). Cloning of a human parvovirus by molecular screening of respiratory tract samples. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(36). 12891–12896. 1224 indexed citations breakdown →

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Andersson, Björn, et al.. (2000). Sorting of viable seeds in electrostatic field.. Aspects of applied biology. 297–304. 4 indexed citations

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Dahlgren, U., et al.. (1996). Antibody Response in Bronchoalveolar Lavage and Serum of Rats after Aerosol Immunization of the Airways with a Well-Adhering and a Poorly Adhering Strain of <i>Streptococcus pneumoniae</i>. International Archives of Allergy and Immunology. 109(1). 35–43. 2 indexed citations

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Blick, Mark, Björn Andersson, & Miloslav Beran. (1985). Development of a second Philadelphia (Ph1) chromosome in chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) is characterized by a single aberrant overexpressed 8 kb c-abl transcript and the loss of the normal c-abl transcripts. Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research. 26. 1 indexed citations

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Andersson, Björn, et al.. (1977). [Denture hygiene III. Does the cleaning of complete dentures help to cure stomatitis].. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 69(7). 394–8. 2 indexed citations

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