Fredrik Mertens

519 total papers · 35.3k total citations
397 papers, 24.1k citations indexed

About

Fredrik Mertens is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Rheumatology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Fredrik Mertens has authored 397 papers receiving a total of 24.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 213 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 106 papers in Rheumatology and 103 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Fredrik Mertens's work include Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment (207 papers), Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities (69 papers) and Bone Tumor Diagnosis and Treatments (58 papers). Fredrik Mertens is often cited by papers focused on Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment (207 papers), Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities (69 papers) and Bone Tumor Diagnosis and Treatments (58 papers). Fredrik Mertens collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United States and Italy. Fredrik Mertens's co-authors include Felix Mitelman, Christopher D.�M. Fletcher, Nils Mandahl, Bertil Johansson, K. Krishnan Unni, Mattias Höglund, Ioannis Panagopoulos, Paola Dal Cin, Anders Rydholm and Henryk A. Domanski and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Nature Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Fredrik Mertens

391 papers receiving 23.4k citations

Hit Papers

World Health Organization... 1997 2026 2006 2016 2002 2002 2007 1997 2013 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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 benchmark for papers published in the same subfield and year, or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. World Health Organization Classification of Tumours. Pathology and Genetics of Tumours of Soft Tissue and Bone
    2002 2.2k citations Christopher D.�M. Fletcher, Fredrik Mertens et al. Lund University Publications (Lund University) profile →
  2. Pathology and genetics of tumours of soft tissue and bone
    2002 1.6k citations Christopher D.�M. Fletcher, K. Krishnan Unni et al. profile →
  3. The impact of translocations and gene fusions on cancer causation
    2007 996 citations Felix Mitelman, Bertil Johansson et al. Nature reviews. Cancer profile →
  4. A breakpoint map of recurrent chromosomal rearrangements in human neoplasia
    1997 558 citations Felix Mitelman, Fredrik Mertens et al. Nature Genetics profile →
  5. Nuclear expression of STAT6 distinguishes solitary fibrous tumor from histologic mimics
    2013 503 citations Leona A. Doyle, Marina Vivero et al. Modern Pathology profile →
  6. The emerging complexity of gene fusions in cancer
    2015 462 citations Fredrik Mertens, Bertil Johansson et al. Nature reviews. Cancer profile →
  7. WHO Classification of Tumours of Soft Tissue and Bone: WHO Classification of Tumours, vol. 5
    2013 340 citations Christopher D.�M. Fletcher, Pancras C.W. Hogendoorn et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Fredrik Mertens 12.2k 8.2k 7.0k 6.0k 4.6k 397 24.1k
Nils Mandahl 8.9k 0.7× 4.9k 0.6× 5.7k 0.8× 4.1k 0.7× 4.0k 0.9× 389 18.1k
Piero Picci 16.8k 1.4× 9.6k 1.2× 6.5k 0.9× 6.8k 1.1× 2.7k 0.6× 562 25.4k
Pancras C.W. Hogendoorn 15.2k 1.3× 9.4k 1.2× 5.1k 0.7× 6.9k 1.2× 2.5k 0.5× 441 26.0k
Paola Dal Cin 8.8k 0.7× 5.3k 0.6× 5.2k 0.7× 4.0k 0.7× 3.8k 0.8× 349 18.8k
Jason L. Hornick 11.5k 0.9× 6.9k 0.8× 4.5k 0.6× 8.2k 1.4× 4.7k 1.0× 486 24.6k
Alexander J. Lazar 9.2k 0.8× 4.0k 0.5× 6.5k 0.9× 8.9k 1.5× 3.4k 0.7× 446 20.9k
Andrew G. Huvos 13.0k 1.1× 8.2k 1.0× 3.6k 0.5× 9.5k 1.6× 3.3k 0.7× 331 25.9k
Jae Y. Ro 10.4k 0.9× 4.3k 0.5× 6.6k 0.9× 7.6k 1.3× 2.9k 0.6× 597 24.1k
Felix Mitelman 6.6k 0.5× 3.5k 0.4× 11.8k 1.7× 5.7k 0.9× 5.6k 1.2× 612 30.0k
Julia A. Bridge 8.8k 0.7× 4.4k 0.5× 3.5k 0.5× 3.7k 0.6× 2.5k 0.5× 287 13.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Fredrik Mertens

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