Björn Brindefalk

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 546 citations indexed

About

Björn Brindefalk is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Björn Brindefalk has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 546 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Ecology and 3 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Björn Brindefalk's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (5 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (4 papers) and Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies (3 papers). Björn Brindefalk is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (5 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (4 papers) and Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies (3 papers). Björn Brindefalk collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, Denmark and Germany. Björn Brindefalk's co-authors include Kyaw Min Aung, Bernt Eric Uhlin, Anetta Härtlová, Sun Nyunt Wai, Nelson O. Gekara, Hui Jiang, Saskia F. Erttmann, Klas I. Udekwu, Siv G. E. Andersson and Johan Viklund and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Nature Communications and Immunity.

In The Last Decade

Björn Brindefalk

15 papers receiving 542 citations

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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.

The gut microbiota prime systemic antiviral immunity via the cGAS-STING-IFN-I axis

2022 224 citations Saskia F. Erttmann, Kyaw Min Aung et al. Immunity profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Björn Brindefalk Sweden	11	308	124	115	74	65	17	546
Francesco Vitali Italy	16	238 0.8×	56 0.5×	51 0.4×	79 1.1×	61 0.9×	40	603
J. Andrés Valderrama United States	13	442 1.4×	74 0.6×	68 0.6×	139 1.9×	216 3.3×	16	774
Miguelangel Cuenca Switzerland	6	410 1.3×	84 0.7×	100 0.9×	189 2.6×	30 0.5×	6	610
Huihui Gao China	13	169 0.5×	40 0.3×	92 0.8×	30 0.4×	55 0.8×	52	508
Delong Kong China	16	372 1.2×	57 0.5×	53 0.5×	128 1.7×	31 0.5×	61	753
Miria Elias Canada	10	165 0.5×	89 0.7×	43 0.4×	90 1.2×	160 2.5×	15	492
Qingyang Dong China	8	223 0.7×	72 0.6×	71 0.6×	58 0.8×	24 0.4×	11	534
Hualan Liu United States	11	481 1.6×	151 1.2×	91 0.8×	129 1.7×	27 0.4×	16	746
Ruihong Ning China	14	318 1.0×	60 0.5×	50 0.4×	32 0.4×	42 0.6×	23	610

Countries citing papers authored by Björn Brindefalk

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Björn Brindefalk

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17 of 17 papers shown

Sullivan, Alexis R., Edvin Karlsson, Daniel Svensson, et al.. (2025). Airborne eDNA captures three decades of ecosystem biodiversity. Nature Communications. 16(1). 11281–11281.

Hallberg, Boubou, et al.. (2024). Neonatal nutrition and early childhood body composition in infants born extremely preterm. Clinical Nutrition ESPEN. 63. 727–735.

Ahlinder, Jon, Maria Hellmér, Emelie Salomonsson, et al.. (2024). Upstream land use with microbial downstream consequences: Iron and humic substances link to Legionella spp.. Water Research. 256. 121579–121579. 1 indexed citations

Persad, Emma, et al.. (2024). Blood pressure trends following birth in infants born under 25 weeks’ gestational age: a retrospective cohort study. BMJ Paediatrics Open. 8(1). e002438–e002438. 1 indexed citations

Ahlinder, Jon, Björn Brindefalk, Ingrid Dacklin, et al.. (2023). Succession of bacterial biofilm communities following removal of chloramine from a full-scale drinking water distribution system. npj Clean Water. 6(1). 11 indexed citations

Brindefalk, Björn, Harald Brolin, Melle Säve‐Söderbergh, et al.. (2022). Bacterial composition in Swedish raw drinking water reveals three major interacting ubiquitous metacommunities. MicrobiologyOpen. 11(5). e1320–e1320. 3 indexed citations

Erttmann, Saskia F., Kyaw Min Aung, Björn Brindefalk, et al.. (2022). The gut microbiota prime systemic antiviral immunity via the cGAS-STING-IFN-I axis. Immunity. 55(5). 847–861.e10. 224 indexed citations breakdown →

Ahlinder, Jon, Rikard Dryselius, Karin Jacobsson, et al.. (2021). Use of metagenomic microbial source tracking to investigate the source of a foodborne outbreak of cryptosporidiosis. Food and Waterborne Parasitology. 26. e00142–e00142. 11 indexed citations

Sundell, David, Caroline Öhrman, Daniel Svensson, et al.. (2021). FlexTaxD: flexible modification of taxonomy databases for improved sequence classification. Bioinformatics. 37(21). 3932–3933. 2 indexed citations

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Bonaglia, Stefano, Elias Broman, Björn Brindefalk, et al.. (2020). Activated carbon stimulates microbial diversity and PAH biodegradation under anaerobic conditions in oil-polluted sediments. Chemosphere. 248. 126023–126023. 54 indexed citations

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Motiei, Asa, Björn Brindefalk, Martin Ogonowski, et al.. (2020). Disparate effects of antibiotic-induced microbiome change and enhanced fitness in Daphnia magna. PLoS ONE. 15(1). e0214833–e0214833. 35 indexed citations

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Brindefalk, Björn, et al.. (2020). Diet change affects intestinal microbiota restoration and improves vertical sleeve gastrectomy outcome in diet-induced obese rats. European Journal of Nutrition. 59(8). 3555–3564. 10 indexed citations

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Silao, Fitz Gerald S., et al.. (2019). Mitochondrial proline catabolism activates Ras1/cAMP/PKA-induced filamentation in Candida albicans. PLoS Genetics. 15(2). e1007976–e1007976. 65 indexed citations

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Brindefalk, Björn, Martin Ekman, Karolina Ininbergs, et al.. (2016). Distribution and expression of microbial rhodopsins in the Baltic Sea and adjacent waters. Environmental Microbiology. 18(12). 4442–4455. 11 indexed citations

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Brindefalk, Björn, Benoît H. Dessailly, Corin Yeats, et al.. (2013). Evolutionary history of the TBP-domain superfamily. Nucleic Acids Research. 41(5). 2832–2845. 21 indexed citations

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Brindefalk, Björn, Thijs J. G. Ettema, Johan Viklund, Mikael Thollesson, & Siv G. E. Andersson. (2011). A Phylometagenomic Exploration of Oceanic Alphaproteobacteria Reveals Mitochondrial Relatives Unrelated to the SAR11 Clade. PLoS ONE. 6(9). e24457–e24457. 46 indexed citations

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Brindefalk, Björn, Johan Viklund, Daniel S. D. Larsson, Mikael Thollesson, & Siv G. E. Andersson. (2006). Origin and Evolution of the Mitochondrial Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetases. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 24(3). 743–756. 51 indexed citations

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