Hugo Zeberg

4.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
43 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Hugo Zeberg is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Hugo Zeberg has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 8 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Hugo Zeberg's work include Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (5 papers), Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (4 papers) and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (4 papers). Hugo Zeberg is often cited by papers focused on Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (5 papers), Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (4 papers) and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (4 papers). Hugo Zeberg collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, Germany and Japan. Hugo Zeberg's co-authors include Svante Pääbo, Peter Århem, Andreas Fahlström, Brun Ulfhake, Arvid Guterstam, H. Henrik Ehrsson, Kristoffer Sahlholm, Hugh P. C. Robinson, Janet Kelso and Clas Blomberg and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Hugo Zeberg

42 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

The major genetic risk factor for severe COVID-19 is inherited from Neanderthals

2020 323 citations Hugo Zeberg, Svante Pääbo Nature profile →
A genomic region associated with protection against severe COVID-19 is inherited from Neandertals

2021 126 citations Hugo Zeberg, Svante Pääbo Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
The genetic changes that shaped Neandertals, Denisovans, and modern humans

2024 23 citations Hugo Zeberg, Svante Pääbo et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hugo Zeberg

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

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	The activity and expression of adenylosuccinate lyase were reduced during modern human evolution, affecting brain and behavior 2025 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Xiang-Chun Ju, Shin‐Yu Lee, (unknown), Laís Ceschini Machado, (unknown), (unknown), Michael C. Roy, Toshihiro Endo, Wieland Β. Huttner, Adam Siepel, Izumi Fukunaga, Hugo Zeberg, Svante Pääbo	1
2	Natural Selection of a Virus-Protective FUT2 Variant Following the Transition to Agriculture 2025 ·Molecular Biology and Evolution ·Johan Nordgren, (unknown), Dana D. Hu, (unknown), Ainash Childebayeva, Kay Prüfer, Marie Hagbom, Lennart Svensson, Hugo Zeberg	0
3	Muscle AMP deaminase activity was lower in Neandertals than in modern humans 2025 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), Shin‐Yu Lee, T. Nyman, (unknown), (unknown), Svante Pääbo, Hugo Zeberg	1
4	The level of protein in the maternal murine diet modulates the facial appearance of the offspring via mTORC1 signaling 2024 ·Nature Communications ·Meng Xie, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Ruslan Deviatiiarov, Guzel R. Gazizova, Elena Shagimardanova, Tomáš Zikmund, Greet Kerckhofs, Evgeny Ivashkin, (unknown), Phillip T. Newton, Olov Andersson, Kaj Fried, Oleg Gusev, Hugo Zeberg, Jozef Kaiser, Igor Adameyko, Andrei S. Chagin	1
5	In Vitro Comparison of Ulotaront (SEP-363856) and Ralmitaront (RO6889450): Two TAAR1 Agonist Candidate Antipsychotics 2023 ·The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Hugo Zeberg, Per Svenningsson, Kristoffer Sahlholm	12
6	ELF5 is a potential respiratory epithelial cell-specific risk gene for severe COVID-19 2022 ·Nature Communications ·Maik Pietzner, Robert Lorenz Chua, Eleanor Wheeler, Katharina Jechow, Julian Willett, Helena Radbruch, Saskia Trump, Bettina Heidecker, Hugo Zeberg, Frank L. Heppner, Roland Eils, Marcus Mall, J. Brent Richards, Leif Erik Sander, Irina Lehmann, Soeren Lukassen, Nicholas J. Wareham, Christian Conrad, Claudia Langenberg	15
7	Multi-ancestry fine mapping implicates OAS1 splicing in risk of severe COVID-19 2022 ·Nature Genetics ·Jennifer E. Huffman, Guillaume Butler‐Laporte, Atlas Khan, Erola Pairo‐Castineira, Theodore G. Drivas, Gina M. Peloso, Tomoko Nakanishi, (unknown), Andrea Ganna, Anurag Verma, J. Kenneth Baillie, Krzysztof Kiryluk, J. Brent Richards, Hugo Zeberg	62
8	Transfer of anatomy during surgical clerkships: an exploratory study of a student-staff partnership 2022 ·International Journal of Medical Education ·(unknown), (unknown), Björn Meister, Hugo Zeberg, Klara Bolander Laksov, Wilhelmina Ekström	4
9	Prevalence and characteristics of unipolar mania in a low-income country setting: population-based data from the Butajira cohort, rural Ethiopia 2022 ·Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology ·(unknown), Hugo Zeberg, Rosie Mayston, Lena Backlund, Abebaw Fekadu	3
10	The clinically relevant CYP2C83 and CYP2C92 haplotype is inherited from Neandertals 2022 ·The Pharmacogenomics Journal ·(unknown), Magnus Ingelman‐Sundberg, Svante Pääbo, Hugo Zeberg	11
11	Three-dimensional visualisation of authentic cases in anatomy learning – An educational design study 2022 ·BMC Medical Education ·Charlotte Silén, Klas Karlgren, Hans Hjelmqvist, Björn Meister, Hugo Zeberg, Ånna Pettersson	11
12	A genomic region associated with protection against severe COVID-19 is inherited from Neandertals breakdown → 2021 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Hugo Zeberg, Svante Pääbo	126
13	Ligand with Two Modes of Interaction with the Dopamine D₂ Receptor–An Induced-Fit Mechanism of Insurmountable Antagonism 2020 ·ACS Chemical Neuroscience ·(unknown), Hugo Zeberg, Tomasz Maciej Stępniewski, R. Benjamin Free, Sean W. Reilly, Robert R. Luedtke, Peter Århem, Francisco Ciruela, David R. Sibley, Robert H. Mach, Jana Selent, Johanna Nilsson, Kristoffer Sahlholm	8
14	The major genetic risk factor for severe COVID-19 is inherited from Neanderthals breakdown → 2020 ·Nature ·Hugo Zeberg, Svante Pääbo	323
15	A Neanderthal Sodium Channel Increases Pain Sensitivity in Present-Day Humans 2020 ·Current Biology ·Hugo Zeberg, Michael Dannemann, Kristoffer Sahlholm, Kristin Tsuo, Tomislav Maričić, Victor Wiebe, Wulf Hevers, Hugh P. C. Robinson, Janet Kelso, Svante Pääbo	30
16	Differences in neurosurgical treatment of intracerebral haemorrhage: a nation-wide observational study of 578 consecutive patients 2019 ·Acta Neurochirurgica ·Andreas Fahlström, (unknown), Henrietta Nittby Redebrandt, Hugo Zeberg, Jiří Bártek, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Parmenion P. Tsitsopoulos, Niklas Marklund	10
17	Tool use changes the spatial extension of the magnetic touch illusion. 2018 ·Journal of Experimental Psychology General ·Arvid Guterstam, (unknown), Hugo Zeberg, H. Henrik Ehrsson	12
18	The magnetic touch illusion: A perceptual correlate of visuo-tactile integration in peripersonal space 2016 ·Cognition ·Arvid Guterstam, Hugo Zeberg, (unknown), H. Henrik Ehrsson	20
19	Changes in behaviors of male C57BL/6J mice across adult life span and effects of dietary restriction 2011 ·AGE ·Andreas Fahlström, Hugo Zeberg, Brun Ulfhake	62
20	Synchronization of Firing in Cortical Fast-Spiking Interneurons at Gamma Frequencies: A Phase-Resetting Analysis 2010 ·PLoS Computational Biology ·Nathan W. Gouwens, Hugo Zeberg, Kunichika Tsumoto, Takashi Tateno, Kazuyuki Aihara, Hugh P. C. Robinson	27

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