David Pettersson

9.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
68 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

David Pettersson is a scholar working on Oncology, Surgery and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, David Pettersson has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Oncology, 16 papers in Surgery and 10 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in David Pettersson's work include Global Cancer Incidence and Screening (12 papers), Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection (12 papers) and Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments (8 papers). David Pettersson is often cited by papers focused on Global Cancer Incidence and Screening (12 papers), Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection (12 papers) and Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments (8 papers). David Pettersson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and Norway. David Pettersson's co-authors include Anna Martling, Bengt Glimelius, Björn Cedermark, T. Holm, Calin Radu, Henrik Iversen, Torbjörn Holm, Hemming Johansson, Ester Lörinc and Ingvar Syk and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Neurology.

In The Last Decade

David Pettersson

64 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Optimal fractionation of preoperative radiotherapy and timing to surgery for rectal cancer (Stockholm III): a multicentre, randomised, non-blinded, phase 3, non-inferiority trial

2017 395 citations Torbjörn Holm, David Pettersson et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
David Pettersson United States	18	1.2k	896	307	175	148	68	1.8k
Jonathan A. Wilks United States	15	861 0.7×	748 0.8×	567 1.8×	191 1.1×	81 0.5×	29	2.1k
Rebecca Asher Australia	21	902 0.8×	558 0.6×	373 1.2×	472 2.7×	113 0.8×	71	2.6k
Saral Mehra United States	28	595 0.5×	1.1k 1.2×	342 1.1×	163 0.9×	109 0.7×	108	2.2k
Stacie Hudgens United States	22	535 0.5×	266 0.3×	335 1.1×	181 1.0×	53 0.4×	104	1.7k
Stephen F. Hall Canada	23	639 0.5×	794 0.9×	546 1.8×	179 1.0×	123 0.8×	68	2.1k
Adrienne Groman United States	25	840 0.7×	425 0.5×	895 2.9×	260 1.5×	165 1.1×	97	1.9k
Jonathan D. Tward United States	24	448 0.4×	732 0.8×	775 2.5×	225 1.3×	198 1.3×	120	2.2k
Ferah Yıldız Türkiye	20	348 0.3×	448 0.5×	376 1.2×	163 0.9×	137 0.9×	123	1.3k
Katherine A. Morgan United States	23	849 0.7×	1.4k 1.6×	421 1.4×	102 0.6×	106 0.7×	86	2.3k
William M. Lydiatt United States	30	1.4k 1.2×	1.3k 1.5×	842 2.7×	278 1.6×	223 1.5×	95	3.5k

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Johansson, Anna L.V., Anna Skog, Tom Børge Johannesen, et al.. (2025). Changes in cancer incidence and stage during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020–2021 in the Nordic countries. Acta Oncologica. 64. 257–266.

Eden, Christopher, et al.. (2024). Clinical and neuroradiographic features of fentanyl inhalation-induced leukoencephalopathy. BMJ Case Reports. 17(5). e258395–e258395. 2 indexed citations

Lee, Min Joung, Rohan Verma, Bronwyn E. Hamilton, et al.. (2024). The utility of orbital imaging in the evaluation of orbital disease. PLoS ONE. 19(8). e0308528–e0308528. 1 indexed citations

Pettersson, David, et al.. (2023). Turning the world upside down: reversal-of-vision metamorphopsia in a patient with syncope. BMJ Case Reports. 16(12). e255453–e255453.

Lundberg, Frida E., Helgi Birgisson, Tom Børge Johannesen, et al.. (2022). Survival trends in patients diagnosed with colon and rectal cancer in the nordic countries 1990–2016: The NORDCAN survival studies. European Journal of Cancer. 172. 76–84. 22 indexed citations

Yaghi, Nasser K., et al.. (2022). Neurological emergency from rare spinal metalloma: Case report and literature review. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 17(5). 1540–1548. 2 indexed citations

Pettersson, David, et al.. (2021). Kratom-Induced Seizures Associated With Reversible Basal Ganglia T1 Hyperintensities on MRI (1562). Neurology. 96(15_supplement). 1 indexed citations

Pettersson, David, et al.. (2020). MR Imaging Features of Middle Cranial Fossa Encephaloceles and Their Associations with Epilepsy. American Journal of Neuroradiology. 41(11). 2068–2074. 9 indexed citations

Li, Ningcheng, et al.. (2020). Anoxic Brain Injury Detection with the Normalized Diffusion to ASL Perfusion Ratio: Implications for Blood-Brain Barrier Injury and Permeability. American Journal of Neuroradiology. 41(4). 598–606. 5 indexed citations

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Schneble, Erika J, Christopher M. Läck, Michael E. Zapadka, et al.. (2020). Increased Notching of the Corpus Callosum in Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: A Callosal Misunderstanding?. American Journal of Neuroradiology. 41(4). 725–728. 2 indexed citations

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Pettersson, David, Mika Gissler, Jenny Hällgren, et al.. (2020). The overall and sex- and age-group specific incidence rates of cancer in people with schizophrenia: a population-based cohort study. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences. 29. e132–e132. 32 indexed citations

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Lörinc, Ester, Madelene Ahlberg, David Pettersson, et al.. (2019). Tumour regression after radiotherapy for rectal cancer – Results from the randomised Stockholm III trial. Radiotherapy and Oncology. 135. 178–186. 87 indexed citations

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Pettersson, David, et al.. (2019). Postoperative complications in relation to overall treatment time in patients with rectal cancer receiving neoadjuvant radiotherapy. British journal of surgery. 106(9). 1248–1256. 14 indexed citations

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Schneble, Erika J, et al.. (2019). Morphological changes of the dorsal contour of the corpus callosum during the first two years of life. Pediatric Radiology. 50(4). 543–549. 4 indexed citations

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Edén, Michael, Samantha Harrison, Michelle Griffin, et al.. (2019). Impact of variation in cancer registration practice on observed international cancer survival differences between International Cancer Benchmarking Partnership (ICBP) jurisdictions. Cancer Epidemiology. 58. 184–192. 16 indexed citations

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Krause, Katie, et al.. (2018). Defining the Normal Dorsal Contour of the Corpus Callosum with Time. American Journal of Neuroradiology. 40(1). 86–91. 6 indexed citations

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Foster, Bryan R., et al.. (2016). Endorectal multiparametric MRI of the prostate: incremental effect of perfusion imaging on biopsy target identification. Clinical Imaging. 40(3). 553–557. 5 indexed citations

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Korngold, Elena, Bryan R. Foster, Antonio C. Westphalen, et al.. (2016). Prostate cancer with a pseudocapsule at MR imaging: a marker of high grade and stage disease?. Clinical Imaging. 40(3). 365–369. 5 indexed citations

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Pettersson, David, Elena Korngold, Bryan R. Foster, et al.. (2015). Direct MRI-guided biopsy of the prostate: use of post-biopsy needle track imaging to confirm targeting. Abdominal Imaging. 40(7). 2517–2522. 2 indexed citations

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Schwartzbaum, Judith, Michaela Prochazka, David Pettersson, et al.. (2012). Role of Tobacco Use in the Etiology of Acoustic Neuroma. American Journal of Epidemiology. 175(12). 1243–1251. 18 indexed citations

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