Jan O. Andersson

7.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
74 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Jan O. Andersson is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Parasitology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Jan O. Andersson has authored 74 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Molecular Biology, 28 papers in Parasitology and 9 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Jan O. Andersson's work include Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics (26 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (22 papers) and Protist diversity and phylogeny (19 papers). Jan O. Andersson is often cited by papers focused on Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics (26 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (22 papers) and Protist diversity and phylogeny (19 papers). Jan O. Andersson collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, Canada and United States. Jan O. Andersson's co-authors include Siv G. E. Andersson, Andrew J. Roger, Staffan G. Svärd, Raf M. Podowski, C. G. Kurland, Alireza Zomorodipour, Herbert H. Winkler, Thomas Sicheritz‐Pontén, Ann-Sofie Eriksson and Fritz Melchers and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and The Journal of Experimental Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Jan O. Andersson

71 papers receiving 4.9k citations

Hit Papers

The genome sequence of Rickettsia prowazekii and the orig... 1998 2026 2007 2016 1998 400 800 1.2k
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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.

  1. The genome sequence of Rickettsia prowazekii and the origin of mitochondria
    1998 1.2k citations Siv G. E. Andersson, Alireza Zomorodipour et al. Nature profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jan O. Andersson Sweden 36 2.4k 1.6k 861 843 658 74 5.1k
Robert P. Hirt United Kingdom 43 3.0k 1.2× 1.7k 1.1× 378 0.4× 1.1k 1.3× 852 1.3× 88 5.3k
Vincent Robert France 38 722 0.3× 865 0.6× 842 1.0× 365 0.4× 1.2k 1.8× 227 5.7k
Paul H. Dear United Kingdom 27 1.9k 0.8× 1.3k 0.8× 660 0.8× 460 0.5× 362 0.6× 46 4.3k
M. Cóluzzi Italy 52 2.7k 1.1× 708 0.5× 913 1.1× 436 0.5× 1.7k 2.6× 193 8.3k
John M. Logsdon United States 36 2.7k 1.1× 641 0.4× 165 0.2× 949 1.1× 806 1.2× 147 5.0k
Jennifer Daub United Kingdom 21 2.4k 1.0× 342 0.2× 307 0.4× 839 1.0× 892 1.4× 25 3.9k
Barton E. Slatko United States 38 2.5k 1.0× 410 0.3× 1.0k 1.2× 1.0k 1.2× 780 1.2× 116 5.0k
Javier Martı́nez Spain 32 976 0.4× 1.6k 1.0× 567 0.7× 1.3k 1.6× 164 0.2× 131 4.0k
Francisco J. Ayala United States 34 722 0.3× 906 0.6× 307 0.4× 361 0.4× 276 0.4× 87 3.7k
Debra A. Peattie United States 20 2.5k 1.0× 639 0.4× 294 0.3× 399 0.5× 359 0.5× 25 3.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jan O. Andersson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jan O. Andersson

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Havelka, Miloš, Vojtěch Žárský, Feifei Xu, et al.. (2025). The expanded genome of Hexamita inflata, a free-living diplomonad. Scientific Data. 12(1). 192–192.
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Xu, Feifei, Elin Einarsson, Dimitra Peirasmaki, et al.. (2020). The compact genome of Giardia muris reveals important steps in the evolution of intestinal protozoan parasites. Microbial Genomics. 6(8). 24 indexed citations
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Haglund, Jesper, et al.. (2019). Practical exercises in university mechanics. Digitala vetenskapliga arkivet (Diva) (Karlstad University). 1 indexed citations
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Einarsson, Elin, et al.. (2016). Comparative Cell Biology and Evolution of Annexins in Diplomonads. mSphere. 1(2). 10 indexed citations
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Bardy, Marjatta, et al.. (2012). Kestävää kehitystä etsimässä. STM:n Hallinnonalan avoin julkaisuarkisto (Julkari). 1 indexed citations
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Ankarklev, Johan, Marianne Lebbad, Johan Lindh, et al.. (2012). Common Coinfections of Giardia intestinalis and Helicobacter pylori in Non-Symptomatic Ugandan Children. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 6(8). e1780–e1780. 80 indexed citations
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Andersson, Jan O.. (2010). Basic Income From an Ecological Perspective. Basic Income Studies. 4(2). 24 indexed citations
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Lebbad, Marianne, et al.. (2009). From mouse to moose: Multilocus genotyping of Giardia isolates from various animal species. Veterinary Parasitology. 168(3-4). 231–239. 194 indexed citations
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Franzén, Oscar, Jon Jerlström-Hultqvist, Ellen Sherwood, et al.. (2009). Draft Genome Sequencing of Giardia intestinalis Assemblage B Isolate GS: Is Human Giardiasis Caused by Two Different Species?. PLoS Pathogens. 5(8). e1000560–e1000560. 205 indexed citations
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Andersson, Jan O.. (2006). Microbial Phylogeny and Evolution: Concepts and Controversies. Systematic Biology. 55(2). 359–361. 37 indexed citations
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Lagerström, Malin C., Robert Fredriksson, Thóra K. Bjarnadóttir, et al.. (2005). Origin of the prolactin-releasing hormone (PRLH) receptors: Evidence of coevolution between PRLH and a redundant neuropeptide Y receptor during vertebrate evolution. Genomics. 85(6). 688–703. 36 indexed citations
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Andersson, Jan O., et al.. (2003). Evidence for cryptic Golgi in putatively ‘Golgi-lacking’ lineages. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 270. 1 indexed citations
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Andersson, Jan O. & Andrew J. Roger. (2002). A Cyanobacterial Gene in Nonphotosynthetic Protists—An Early Chloroplast Acquisition in Eukaryotes?. Current Biology. 12(2). 115–119. 71 indexed citations
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Andersson, Jan O., et al.. (2001). Ecologically unsustainable trade. Ecological Economics. 37(1). 113–122. 151 indexed citations
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Andersson, Jan O., et al.. (2001). Microstructured diamond dies for transfer moulding. Diamond and Related Materials. 10(1). 7–12. 5 indexed citations
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Andersson, Jan O. & Siv G. E. Andersson. (2001). Pseudogenes, Junk DNA, and the Dynamics of Rickettsia Genomes. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 18(5). 829–839. 122 indexed citations
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Andersson, Jan O., et al.. (1999). Genome degradation is an ongoing process in Rickettsia. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 16(9). 1178–1191. 144 indexed citations
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Andersson, Siv G. E., Alireza Zomorodipour, Jan O. Andersson, et al.. (1998). The genome sequence of Rickettsia prowazekii and the origin of mitochondria. Nature. 396(6707). 133–140. 1232 indexed citations breakdown →
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Andersson, Jan O.. (1983). Lars Anell and Birgitta Nygren: The Developing Countries and the World Economic Order. London: Frances Pinter, 1980.. Scandinavian Political Studies. 1. 1 indexed citations
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Andersson, Jan O., António Coutinho, & Fritz Melchers. (1979). Mitogen-activated B-cell blasts reactive to more than one mitogen.. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 149(3). 553–564. 47 indexed citations

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