Håvard Jenssen

10.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
135 papers, 8.4k citations indexed

About

Håvard Jenssen is a scholar working on Microbiology, Molecular Biology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Håvard Jenssen has authored 135 papers receiving a total of 8.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 70 papers in Microbiology, 65 papers in Molecular Biology and 29 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Håvard Jenssen's work include Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities (70 papers), Biochemical and Structural Characterization (34 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (17 papers). Håvard Jenssen is often cited by papers focused on Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities (70 papers), Biochemical and Structural Characterization (34 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (17 papers). Håvard Jenssen collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, Canada and Germany. Håvard Jenssen's co-authors include Robert E. W. Hancock, Pamela Hamill, Rebecca Hancock, Biljana Mojsoska, Christopher D. Fjell, Jason Kindrachuk, Tore Jarl Gutteberg, Artem Cherkasov, Kai Hilpert and Jeanette H. Andersen and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and The Journal of Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Håvard Jenssen

132 papers receiving 8.2k citations

Hit Papers

Peptide Antimicrobial Agents 2006 2026 2012 2019 2006 2020 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 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. Peptide Antimicrobial Agents
    2006 2.0k citations Håvard Jenssen, Pamela Hamill et al. Clinical Microbiology Reviews profile →
  2. Correlation between hemolytic activity, cytotoxicity and systemic in vivo toxicity of synthetic antimicrobial peptides
    2020 311 citations Natalia Molchanova, Håvard Jenssen et al. Scientific Reports profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Håvard Jenssen Denmark 47 4.9k 4.7k 1.3k 952 755 135 8.4k
Wuyuan Lu United States 54 4.3k 0.9× 5.2k 1.1× 2.2k 1.7× 1.2k 1.3× 473 0.6× 169 9.0k
Peter H. Nibbering Netherlands 54 2.6k 0.5× 2.7k 0.6× 1.7k 1.3× 515 0.5× 388 0.5× 175 8.1k
André J. Ouellette United States 52 5.0k 1.0× 5.0k 1.1× 3.0k 2.3× 737 0.8× 1.4k 1.8× 141 9.9k
Gill Diamond United States 41 4.7k 1.0× 3.0k 0.6× 3.1k 2.4× 467 0.5× 427 0.6× 93 7.6k
Guðmundur H. Guðmundsson Sweden 51 5.9k 1.2× 4.2k 0.9× 3.9k 3.0× 316 0.3× 568 0.8× 121 10.1k
Renato Gennaro Italy 52 5.8k 1.2× 4.8k 1.0× 2.8k 2.2× 585 0.6× 526 0.7× 114 8.6k
Donald J. Davidson United Kingdom 45 4.0k 0.8× 2.8k 0.6× 3.0k 2.4× 383 0.4× 311 0.4× 92 7.8k
Evan F. Haney Canada 32 4.1k 0.9× 3.8k 0.8× 1.0k 0.8× 676 0.7× 496 0.7× 57 5.7k
Kai Hilpert Germany 31 3.8k 0.8× 4.3k 0.9× 730 0.6× 1.5k 1.6× 1.1k 1.4× 71 8.4k
Guangshun Wang United States 47 6.4k 1.3× 6.0k 1.3× 1.6k 1.3× 683 0.7× 701 0.9× 131 8.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Håvard Jenssen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Håvard Jenssen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Håvard Jenssen

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

All Works

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Chakraborty, Sudip, Renxun Chen, Dennis Palms, et al.. (2024). The effect of immobilisation strategies on the ability of peptoids to reduce the adhesion of P. aeruginosa strains to contact lenses. Experimental Eye Research. 250. 110149–110149. 3 indexed citations
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Lauritsen, Frants R., et al.. (2023). MIMS as a Low-Impact Tool to Identify Pathogens in Water. Water. 15(1). 184–184. 3 indexed citations
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Nielsen, Josefine Eilsø, Morgan A. Alford, Natalia Molchanova, et al.. (2022). Self-Assembly of Antimicrobial Peptoids Impacts Their Biological Effects on ESKAPE Bacterial Pathogens. ACS Infectious Diseases. 8(3). 533–545. 61 indexed citations
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Petković, Marija, et al.. (2021). Immunomodulatory Properties of Host Defence Peptides in Skin Wound Healing. Biomolecules. 11(7). 952–952. 42 indexed citations
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Pedersen, Martin Schou, Sarah Mollerup, Lone Nielsen, et al.. (2019). Genome Sequence of an Unknown Subtype of Hepatitis C Virus Genotype 6: Another Piece for the Taxonomic Puzzle. Microbiology Resource Announcements. 8(42). 3 indexed citations
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Moura, João, Anja E. Sørensen, Ermelindo C. Leal, et al.. (2019). microRNA-155 inhibition restores Fibroblast Growth Factor 7 expression in diabetic skin and decreases wound inflammation. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 5836–5836. 66 indexed citations
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Abdel-Hamid, Mahmoud, Ehab Romeih, Ali Osman, et al.. (2019). Camel milk whey hydrolysate inhibits growth and biofilm formation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Food Control. 111. 107056–107056. 45 indexed citations
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Pedersen, Martin Schou, Ulrik Fahnøe, T. A. Hansen, et al.. (2018). A near full-length open reading frame next generation sequencing assay for genotyping and identification of resistance-associated variants in hepatitis C virus. Journal of Clinical Virology. 105. 49–56. 8 indexed citations
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Løbner‐Olesen, Anders, et al.. (2018). LL‐37 fragments have antimicrobial activity against Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilms and wound healing potential in HaCaT cell line. Journal of Peptide Science. 24(7). e3080–e3080. 44 indexed citations
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Mojsoska, Biljana, et al.. (2017). Peptoids successfully inhibit the growth of gram negative E. coli causing substantial membrane damage. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 42332–42332. 76 indexed citations
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Wieczorek, Michał W., Håvard Jenssen, Jason Kindrachuk, et al.. (2010). Structural Studies of An Immune Modulating and Direct Antimicrobial Peptide. Biophysical Journal. 98(3). 84a–84a. 1 indexed citations
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Nijnik, Anastasia, Laurence Madera, Shuhua Ma, et al.. (2010). Synthetic Cationic Peptide IDR-1002 Provides Protection against Bacterial Infections through Chemokine Induction and Enhanced Leukocyte Recruitment. The Journal of Immunology. 184(5). 2539–2550. 176 indexed citations
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Jenssen, Håvard & Stein Ivar Aspmo. (2008). Serum Stability of Peptides. Methods in molecular biology. 494. 177–186. 98 indexed citations
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Jenssen, Håvard, et al.. (2008). Inhibition of HSV cell-to-cell spread by lactoferrin and lactoferricin. Antiviral Research. 79(3). 192–198. 51 indexed citations
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Jenssen, Håvard, Pamela Hamill, & Robert E. W. Hancock. (2006). Peptide Antimicrobial Agents. Clinical Microbiology Reviews. 19(3). 491–511. 2005 indexed citations breakdown →
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Samuelsen, Ørjan, Hanne H. Haukland, Håvard Jenssen, et al.. (2005). Induced resistance to the antimicrobial peptide lactoferricin B in Staphylococcus aureus. FEBS Letters. 579(16). 3421–3426. 32 indexed citations
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Seyfarth, M, et al.. (1978). [Course of cellular immunity in urologic neoplasms].. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 71(10). 743–6. 1 indexed citations

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