Jesper Lagergren

47.5k total citations · 6 hit papers
467 papers, 21.9k citations indexed

About

Jesper Lagergren is a scholar working on Surgery, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Gastroenterology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jesper Lagergren has authored 467 papers receiving a total of 21.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 405 papers in Surgery, 229 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 122 papers in Gastroenterology. Recurrent topics in Jesper Lagergren's work include Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment (257 papers), Esophageal and GI Pathology (190 papers) and Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes (180 papers). Jesper Lagergren is often cited by papers focused on Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment (257 papers), Esophageal and GI Pathology (190 papers) and Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes (180 papers). Jesper Lagergren collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United Kingdom and Norway. Jesper Lagergren's co-authors include Pernilla Lagergren, Olof Nyrén, Anders Lindgren, Reinhold Bergström, Weimin Ye, Nele Brusselaers, Fredrik Mattsson, Mats Lindblad, David Cunningham and Elizabeth Smyth and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

Jesper Lagergren

457 papers receiving 21.4k citations

Hit Papers

Symptomatic Gastroesophag... 1999 2026 2008 2017 1999 2017 2017 1999 2017 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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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. Symptomatic Gastroesophageal Reflux as a Risk Factor for Esophageal Adenocarcinoma
    1999 2.2k citations Jesper Lagergren et al. profile →
  2. Oesophageal cancer
    2017 831 citations Jesper Lagergren, Pernilla Lagergren et al. profile →
  3. Oesophageal cancer
    2017 691 citations Jesper Lagergren, Pernilla Lagergren et al. profile →
  4. Association between Body Mass and Adenocarcinoma of the Esophagus and Gastric Cardia
    1999 494 citations Jesper Lagergren et al. profile →
  5. The Epidemiology of Esophageal Adenocarcinoma
    2017 369 citations Jesper Lagergren et al. profile →
  6. Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
    2020 201 citations John Maret‐Ouda, Sheraz R. Markar et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Jesper Lagergren 16.8k 8.8k 5.5k 4.0k 2.1k 467 21.9k
Olof Nyrén 10.5k 0.6× 4.7k 0.5× 3.8k 0.7× 2.8k 0.7× 1.7k 0.8× 276 18.6k
Thomas L. Vaughan 7.1k 0.4× 4.3k 0.5× 1.7k 0.3× 1.8k 0.4× 2.1k 1.0× 181 12.3k
Farin Kamangar 6.4k 0.4× 4.3k 0.5× 917 0.2× 3.8k 1.0× 2.8k 1.3× 230 14.4k
Amnon Sonnenberg 9.7k 0.6× 3.8k 0.4× 5.4k 1.0× 2.5k 0.6× 553 0.3× 442 14.9k
Rocío López 6.5k 0.4× 2.4k 0.3× 2.1k 0.4× 2.2k 0.5× 1.9k 0.9× 570 18.0k
Yu‐Xiao Yang 3.7k 0.2× 1.6k 0.2× 2.2k 0.4× 2.3k 0.6× 1.5k 0.7× 208 8.8k
Alexander S. Rosemurgy 5.0k 0.3× 1.9k 0.2× 1.3k 0.2× 2.8k 0.7× 787 0.4× 362 8.7k
Gioacchino Leandro 6.9k 0.4× 2.7k 0.3× 2.6k 0.5× 1.3k 0.3× 718 0.3× 321 14.9k
Kjetil Søreide 4.1k 0.2× 2.0k 0.2× 878 0.2× 2.7k 0.7× 899 0.4× 277 8.7k
John H. Bond 5.1k 0.3× 13.3k 1.5× 1.1k 0.2× 18.8k 4.7× 1.2k 0.6× 119 23.2k

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All Works

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Holmberg, Dag, et al.. (2024). Prevalence and risk factors of gastro-oesophageal reflux symptoms among adolescents, the HUNT study. Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology. 59(7). 816–820. 2 indexed citations
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Radkiewicz, Cecilia, et al.. (2023). Incidence Trends and Survival in Early-Onset Esophagogastric Adenocarcinoma: A Swedish Population-Based Cohort Study. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 32(7). 919–926. 7 indexed citations
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Liu, Zhiqiang, et al.. (2023). Circulating Sex Hormone Levels and Risk of Gastrointestinal Cancer: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Prospective Studies. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 32(7). 936–946. 19 indexed citations
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Holmberg, Dag, Giola Santoni, My von Euler‐Chelpin, et al.. (2023). Non-erosive gastro-oesophageal reflux disease and incidence of oesophageal adenocarcinoma in three Nordic countries: population based cohort study. BMJ. 382. e076017–e076017. 6 indexed citations
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Kauppila, Joonas H., Fredrik Mattsson, & Jesper Lagergren. (2023). Impact of Age on the Treatment and Survival in Esophagogastric Cancer. Annals of Surgical Oncology. 30(5). 2716–2725. 5 indexed citations
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Kauppila, Joonas H., Sheraz R. Markar, Giola Santoni, Dag Holmberg, & Jesper Lagergren. (2023). Temporal Changes in Obesity-Related Medication After Bariatric Surgery vs No Surgery for Obesity. JAMA Surgery. 158(8). 817–817. 4 indexed citations
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Bergman, Otto, Aadil Khan, Anton Gisterå, et al.. (2022). Capsular inflammation after immediate breast reconstruction – Gene expression patterns and inflammatory cell infiltration in irradiated and non-irradiated breasts. Journal of Plastic Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery. 76. 18–26. 2 indexed citations
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Lagergren, Jesper, et al.. (2020). Helicobacter pylori eradication treatment and the risk of Barrett's esophagus and esophageal adenocarcinoma. Helicobacter. 25(3). e12688–e12688. 33 indexed citations
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Lagergren, Jesper, et al.. (2018). Helicobacter pylori eradication treatment and the risk of gastric adenocarcinoma in a Western population. Gut. 67(12). 2092–2096. 91 indexed citations
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Brusselaers, Nele & Jesper Lagergren. (2018). Maintenance use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and risk of gastrointestinal cancer in a nationwide population-based cohort study in Sweden. BMJ Open. 8(7). e021869–e021869. 31 indexed citations
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Kauppila, Joonas H., Fredrik Mattsson, Nele Brusselaers, & Jesper Lagergren. (2018). Prognosis of oesophageal adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma following surgery and no surgery in a nationwide Swedish cohort study. BMJ Open. 8(5). e021495–e021495. 69 indexed citations
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Brusselaers, Nele, Lars Engstrand, & Jesper Lagergren. (2018). Maintenance proton pump inhibition therapy and risk of oesophageal cancer. Cancer Epidemiology. 53. 172–177. 54 indexed citations
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Simin, Johanna, Rulla M. Tamimi, Jesper Lagergren, Hans‐Olov Adami, & Nele Brusselaers. (2017). Menopausal hormone therapy and cancer risk: An overestimated risk?. European Journal of Cancer. 84. 60–68. 75 indexed citations
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Maret‐Ouda, John, et al.. (2016). Mortality from laparoscopic antireflux surgery in a nationwide cohort of the working-age population. British journal of surgery. 103(7). 863–870. 19 indexed citations
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Dai, James Y., Jean de Dieu Tapsoba, Matthew F. Buas, et al.. (2015). A Newly Identified Susceptibility Locus near FOXP1 Modifies the Association of Gastroesophageal Reflux with Barrett's Esophagus. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 24(11). 1739–1747. 19 indexed citations
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Maret‐Ouda, John, Wenjing Tao, Fredrik Mattsson, et al.. (2015). Esophageal adenocarcinoma after obesity surgery in a population-based cohort study. Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases. 13(1). 28–34. 35 indexed citations
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Brusselaers, Nele, Fredrik Mattsson, Asif Johar, et al.. (2014). Marital status and survival after oesophageal cancer surgery: a population-based nationwide cohort study in Sweden. BMJ Open. 4(6). e005418–e005418. 17 indexed citations
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Brusselaers, Nele, Rickard Ljung, Fredrik Mattsson, et al.. (2013). Education level and survival after oesophageal cancer surgery: a prospective population-based cohort study. BMJ Open. 3(12). e003754–e003754. 9 indexed citations
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Brusselaers, Nele, Fredrik Mattsson, & Jesper Lagergren. (2013). Hospital and surgeon volume in relation to long-term survival after oesophagectomy: systematic review and meta-analysis. Gut. 63(9). 1393–1400. 118 indexed citations

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