Björn Folkow

15.0k total citations · 4 hit papers
209 papers, 10.8k citations indexed

About

Björn Folkow is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Physiology and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Björn Folkow has authored 209 papers receiving a total of 10.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 81 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 52 papers in Physiology and 29 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems. Recurrent topics in Björn Folkow's work include Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control (44 papers), Neuroscience of respiration and sleep (24 papers) and Nitric Oxide and Endothelin Effects (22 papers). Björn Folkow is often cited by papers focused on Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control (44 papers), Neuroscience of respiration and sleep (24 papers) and Nitric Oxide and Endothelin Effects (22 papers). Björn Folkow collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United States and Norway. Björn Folkow's co-authors include Margareta Hallbäck, Lilian Weiss, Yen Lundgren, Ramon Sivertsson, Alvar Svanborg, Olav Thulesius, Bengt ÖBerg, Bengt Rippe, Eduardo H. Rubinstein and Olov Celander and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Circulation and Physiological Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Björn Folkow

208 papers receiving 9.5k citations

Hit Papers

align trajectories

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.

Physiological aspects of primary hypertension.

1982 1.4k citations Björn Folkow profile →
The Importance of Adaptive Changes in Vascular Design for the Establishment and Maintenance of Primary Hypertension, as Studied in Man and in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat

1972 409 citations Björn Folkow et al. PubMed profile →
Adaptive Structural Changes of the Vascular Walls in Hypertension and their Relation to the Control of the Peripheral Resistance.

1958 409 citations Björn Folkow et al. Acta Physiologica Scandinavica profile →
Cardiovascular Structural Adaptation; its Role in the Initiation and Maintenance of Primary Hypertension

1978 319 citations Björn Folkow profile →

Peers

Countries citing papers authored by Björn Folkow

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Björn Folkow's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Björn Folkow with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Björn Folkow more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Björn Folkow

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Björn Folkow. 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 Folkow. The network helps show where Björn Folkow may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Björn Folkow

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Björn Folkow. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Björn Folkow 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 Folkow. Björn Folkow is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

Sort: Min cites: Since: Top N: Style:

20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Incretory renal functions – Tigerstedt, renin and its neglected antagonist medullipin 2007 ·Acta Physiologica ·Björn Folkow	5
2	Prenatal Exposure to Interleukin-6 Results in Hypertension and Increased Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis Activity in Adult Rats 2004 ·Endocrinology ·Anne‐Maj Samuelsson, (unknown), Jovanna Dahlgren, Elias Eriksson, Bo Angelin, Björn Folkow, Agneta Holmäng	58
3	Mental Stress and its Importance for Cardiovascular Disorders; Physiological Aspects, "From-Mice-to-Man" 2001 ·Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal ·Björn Folkow	28
4	Perspectives on the integrative functions of the ‘sympatho-adrenomedullary system’ 2000 ·Autonomic Neuroscience ·Björn Folkow	41
5	Stress, health and the social environment : James P. Henry's ethologic approach to medicine, reflected by recent researh in animals and man : in memory of a great 20th century physiologist 1997 ·James P. Henry, Björn Folkow, Thomas Schmidt, Kerstin Uvnäs‐Moberg	7
6	Kidneys and Primary Hypertension—Initiators, Stabilizers or/and Victim-Aggravators? 1994 ·Blood Pressure ·Björn Folkow	12
7	N‐ω‐nitro‐i‐arginine inhibits the humoral renomedullary vasodepressor response in a Wistar ‘assay’ rat, otherwise induced by extracorporeal high‐pressure perfusion of an isolated kidney 1992 ·PubMed ·Göran Bergström, (unknown), Björn Folkow, Gunnar Karlström, G Göthberg	8
8	Trophic effects of hypophyseal hormones on resistance vessels and the heart in normotensive and renal hypertensive rats 1992 ·Acta Physiologica Scandinavica ·Björn Folkow, Olle Isaksson, Gunnar Karlström, A.F. Lever, Margareta Nordlander	22
9	Some Reflections on Today's Hypertension Research 1992 ·Blood Pressure ·Björn Folkow	2
10	GIRAFFES, RATS AND MAN – WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ‘STRUCTURAL FACTOR’ IN NORMO‐ AND HYPERTENSIVE STATES? 1991 ·Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology ·Björn Folkow	10
11	Mental “stress” and hypertension 1991 ·Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science ·Björn Folkow	15
12	Is the humoral renal antihypertensive activity of the spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR) reset to the high blood pressure? 1991 ·Acta Physiologica Scandinavica ·Gunnar Karlström, Göran Bergström, Björn Folkow, (unknown), G Göthberg	12
13	Sympathetic Nervous Control of Blood Pressure 1989 ·American Journal of Hypertension ·Björn Folkow	36
14	The Humoral Renal Antihypertensive System: Nervous and Hemodynamic Effects in Normotensive and Undipped Renal Hypertensive Rats 1988 ·The American Journal of the Medical Sciences ·Göran Karlström, Björn Folkow, G Göthberg	8
15	The importance of hypophyseal hormones for structural cardiovascular adaptation in hypertension 1988 ·Journal of Hypertension ·Björn Folkow, (unknown), Göran Karlström, Anthony F. Lever, Margareta Nordlander	13
16	Failure of chronic administration of growth hormone to affect blood pressure, vascular reactivity and sodium metabolism in normal rats 1988 ·Journal of Hypertension ·Stephen Harrap, (unknown), (unknown), David L. Davies, (unknown), Björn Folkow, Anthony F. Lever	11
17	Post‐tetanic potentiation of the vascular neurogenic response in rats 1987 ·Acta Physiologica Scandinavica ·(unknown), Björn Folkow	4
18	Stress, Hypothalamic Function and Neuroendocrine Consequences 1987 ·Acta Medica Scandinavica ·Björn Folkow	21
19	Structure and function of the arteries in hypertension 1987 ·American Heart Journal ·Björn Folkow	97
20	A Proposed Differentiated Neuro-Effector Organization in Muscle Resistance Vessels 1964 ·Journal of Vascular Research ·Björn Folkow, Bengt ÖBerg, Eduardo H. Rubinstein	20

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact