Bjørn E. Christensen

7.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
129 papers, 5.6k citations indexed

About

Bjørn E. Christensen is a scholar working on Plant Science, Food Science and Biomaterials. According to data from OpenAlex, Bjørn E. Christensen has authored 129 papers receiving a total of 5.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Plant Science, 47 papers in Food Science and 31 papers in Biomaterials. Recurrent topics in Bjørn E. Christensen's work include Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls (50 papers), Polysaccharides Composition and Applications (37 papers) and Seaweed-derived Bioactive Compounds (16 papers). Bjørn E. Christensen is often cited by papers focused on Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls (50 papers), Polysaccharides Composition and Applications (37 papers) and Seaweed-derived Bioactive Compounds (16 papers). Bjørn E. Christensen collaborates with scholars based in Norway, Sweden and United States. Bjørn E. Christensen's co-authors include Olav Smidsrød, Kåre A. Kristiansen, Kjell M. Vårum, Bjørn T. Stokke, Antje Potthast, Sabina P. Strand, Per Artursson, Signe Danielsen, Torleiv Lien and Mohamed Issa and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Bjørn E. Christensen

127 papers receiving 5.4k citations

Hit Papers

Plectasin is a peptide antibiotic with therapeutic potent... 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 100 200 300 400 500
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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. Plectasin is a peptide antibiotic with therapeutic potential from a saprophytic fungus
    2005 533 citations Bjørn E. Christensen et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Bjørn E. Christensen Norway 41 1.7k 1.4k 1.1k 1.1k 1000 129 5.6k
Young‐Mog Kim South Korea 41 2.0k 1.2× 626 0.5× 811 0.7× 564 0.5× 1.0k 1.0× 286 5.7k
Francisco M. Goycoolea United Kingdom 48 1.8k 1.0× 2.6k 1.9× 1.4k 1.3× 950 0.9× 2.3k 2.3× 188 8.6k
Baskaralingam Vaseeharan India 59 1.4k 0.8× 690 0.5× 1.8k 1.6× 1.4k 1.3× 715 0.7× 247 10.2k
Kjell M. Vårum Norway 55 4.1k 2.4× 3.8k 2.8× 1.4k 1.2× 1.3k 1.2× 904 0.9× 99 9.7k
Shiru Jia China 55 3.8k 2.2× 2.6k 2.0× 1.2k 1.1× 2.4k 2.3× 762 0.8× 263 9.7k
Huahua Yu China 43 1.5k 0.9× 1.5k 1.1× 931 0.8× 499 0.5× 490 0.5× 184 5.7k
Ian W. Sutherland United Kingdom 34 2.2k 1.3× 378 0.3× 1.6k 1.5× 685 0.6× 1.4k 1.4× 67 5.9k
Maria Tereza dos Santos Correia Brazil 38 2.3k 1.3× 448 0.3× 1.8k 1.6× 465 0.4× 1.3k 1.3× 281 6.1k
Yves‐Jacques Schneider Belgium 56 2.9k 1.7× 1.2k 0.9× 1.5k 1.3× 1.0k 1.0× 835 0.8× 168 9.7k
Nooruddin Thajuddin India 42 1.2k 0.7× 576 0.4× 1.1k 1.0× 1.9k 1.7× 651 0.7× 219 7.2k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

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Christensen, Bjørn E., et al.. (2024). Synthesis of linear chitosan-block-dextran copolysaccharides with dihydrazide and dioxyamine linkers. Carbohydrate Polymers. 345. 122576–122576. 1 indexed citations
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Draget, Kurt I., et al.. (2023). Alginate Blocks and Block Polysaccharides: A Review. Macromolecular Symposia. 408(1). 6 indexed citations
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Donati, Ivan & Bjørn E. Christensen. (2023). Alginate-metal cation interactions: Macromolecular approach. Carbohydrate Polymers. 321. 121280–121280. 68 indexed citations
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Widmalm, Göran, et al.. (2016). The size and shape of three water-soluble, non-ionic polysaccharides produced by lactic acid bacteria: A comparative study. Carbohydrate Polymers. 142. 91–97. 11 indexed citations
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Rieder, Anne, Svein Halvor Knutsen, Bjørn E. Christensen, et al.. (2015). Inter-laboratory evaluation of SEC-post-column calcofluor for determination of the weight-average molar mass of cereal β-glucan. Carbohydrate Polymers. 124. 254–264. 17 indexed citations
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Andersen, Therese, Jan Egil Melvik, Olav Gåserød, Eben Alsberg, & Bjørn E. Christensen. (2013). Ionically gelled alginate foams: Physical properties controlled by type, amount and source of gelling ions. Carbohydrate Polymers. 99. 249–256. 30 indexed citations
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Andersen, Therese, et al.. (2013). In Situ Gelation for Cell Immobilization and Culture in Alginate Foam Scaffolds. Tissue Engineering Part A. 20(3-4). 2720303126–2720303126. 23 indexed citations
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Mellegård, Hilde, Ákos T. Kovács, Toril Lindbäck, et al.. (2011). Transcriptional Responses of Bacillus cereus towards Challenges with the Polysaccharide Chitosan. PLoS ONE. 6(9). e24304–e24304. 12 indexed citations
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Steigedal, Magnus, Håvard Sletta, Soledad Moreno, et al.. (2008). The Azotobacter vinelandii AlgE mannuronan C‐5‐epimerase family is essential for the in vivo control of alginate monomer composition and for functional cyst formation. Environmental Microbiology. 10(7). 1760–1770. 21 indexed citations
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Köping‐Höggård, Magnus, Mohamed Issa, Signe Danielsen, et al.. (2004). Improved chitosan-mediated gene delivery based on easily dissociated chitosan polyplexes of highly defined chitosan oligomers. Gene Therapy. 11(19). 1441–1452. 294 indexed citations
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Köping‐Höggård, Magnus, Mohamed Issa, Signe Danielsen, et al.. (2003). A new approach to chitosan-mediated gene delivery based on easily dissociated chitosan polyplexes of highly defined chitosan oligomers. Gene Therapy. 2 indexed citations
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Campa, Cristiana, Astrid Oust, Berit Smestad Paulsen, et al.. (2003). Determination of average degree of polymerisation and distribution of oligosaccharides in a partially acid-hydrolysed homopolysaccharide: A comparison of four experimental methods applied to mannuronan. Journal of Chromatography A. 1026(1-2). 271–281. 35 indexed citations
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Tømmeraas, Kristoffer, Magnus Köping‐Höggård, Kjell M. Vårum, et al.. (2002). Preparation and characterisation of chitosans with oligosaccharide branches. Carbohydrate Research. 337(24). 2455–2462. 70 indexed citations
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Roubroeks, Johannes P., Gudmund Skjåk‐Bræk, Liv Ryan, & Bjørn E. Christensen. (2000). Molecular Weight Dependency on the Production of the TNF Stimulated by Fractions of rye (13),(14)-beta- d-Glucan. Scandinavian Journal of Immunology. 52(6). 584–587. 11 indexed citations
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Harding, Stephen E., Gisela Berth, Jürgen Hartmann, et al.. (1996). Physicochemical studies on xylinan (acetan). III. Hydrodynamic characterization by analytical ultracentrifugation and dynamic light scattering. Biopolymers. 39(5). 729–736. 6 indexed citations
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Christensen, Bjørn E., et al.. (1996). Degradation of double-stranded xanthan by hydrogen peroxide in the presence of ferrous ions: comparison to acid hydrolysis. Carbohydrate Research. 280(1). 85–99. 24 indexed citations

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