Kaarina Kowalec

1.8k total citations
50 papers, 668 citations indexed

About

Kaarina Kowalec is a scholar working on Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Genetics and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, Kaarina Kowalec has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 668 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine, 15 papers in Genetics and 11 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in Kaarina Kowalec's work include Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies (15 papers), Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (14 papers) and Hepatitis C virus research (5 papers). Kaarina Kowalec is often cited by papers focused on Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies (15 papers), Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (14 papers) and Hepatitis C virus research (5 papers). Kaarina Kowalec collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Sweden and United States. Kaarina Kowalec's co-authors include Ruth Ann Marrie, Kathryn C. Fitzgerald, Amber Salter, Helen Tremlett, Sophie E. Legge, Patrick F. Sullivan, Sathish Periyasamy, Yi Lu, Marcos Santoro and John D. Fisk and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, American Journal of Psychiatry and Neurology.

In The Last Decade

Kaarina Kowalec

47 papers receiving 654 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kaarina Kowalec Canada 13 218 133 125 78 77 50 668
Peter Hjorth Denmark 16 208 1.0× 43 0.3× 214 1.7× 113 1.4× 160 2.1× 47 1.1k
Günter Schumann United States 16 115 0.5× 103 0.8× 44 0.4× 149 1.9× 167 2.2× 49 945
Giorgio Pistis Italy 16 33 0.2× 152 1.1× 74 0.6× 36 0.5× 75 1.0× 31 687
Alessia d’Arma Italy 14 88 0.4× 23 0.2× 161 1.3× 42 0.5× 153 2.0× 42 561
Bobby Stuijfzand United Kingdom 8 35 0.2× 144 1.1× 60 0.5× 63 0.8× 52 0.7× 22 638
Giovanni Forza Italy 11 111 0.5× 43 0.3× 39 0.3× 183 2.3× 45 0.6× 22 851
Nayan Acharya United States 15 50 0.2× 36 0.3× 238 1.9× 38 0.5× 15 0.2× 21 677
C. Elise Kleyn United Kingdom 18 78 0.4× 19 0.1× 132 1.1× 55 0.7× 53 0.7× 51 1.0k
Barry Widmer United Kingdom 16 88 0.4× 809 6.1× 79 0.6× 77 1.0× 186 2.4× 25 1.7k
Robin Kroll United States 16 362 1.7× 284 2.1× 746 6.0× 50 0.6× 130 1.7× 40 1.6k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kaarina Kowalec

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Salter, Amber, Samantha Lancia, Kaarina Kowalec, Kathryn C. Fitzgerald, & Ruth Ann Marrie. (2025). Comorbidities, safety and persistence in phase III clinical trials in multiple sclerosis. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 96(11). 1070–1076.
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Aziz, Md. Abdul, et al.. (2024). Knowledge, perceptions, and attitudes toward pharmacogenomics among pharmacists and pharmacy students: A systematic review. Health Science Reports. 7(1). e1844–e1844. 9 indexed citations
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Salter, Amber, Samantha Lancia, Kaarina Kowalec, Kathryn C. Fitzgerald, & Ruth Ann Marrie. (2024). Investigating the Prevalence of Comorbidity in Multiple Sclerosis Clinical Trial Populations. Neurology. 102(5). e209135–e209135. 9 indexed citations
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Leong, Christine, Kun Liu, Joseph A. Delaney, et al.. (2024). The impact of COVID-19 public health measures on the utilization of antipsychotics in schizophrenia in Manitoba – A population-based study. Schizophrenia Research. 272. 69–76.
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Bernstein, Çharles N., John D. Fisk, Randy Walld, et al.. (2024). Psychiatric Comorbidity Does Not Enhance Prescription Opioid Use in Inflammatory Bowel Disease as It Does in the General Population. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. 31(2). 386–393. 1 indexed citations
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Kowalec, Kaarina, Kathryn C. Fitzgerald, Amber Salter, et al.. (2023). Polygenicity of Comorbid Depression in Multiple Sclerosis. Neurology. 101(5). e522–e532. 6 indexed citations
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Kowalec, Kaarina, Joëlle A. Pasman, Henrik Larsson, et al.. (2023). Genetic Contribution to the Heterogeneity of Major Depressive Disorder: Evidence From a Sibling-Based Design Using Swedish National Registers. American Journal of Psychiatry. 180(10). 714–722. 10 indexed citations
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Kowalec, Kaarina, Christine Leong, Joseph A. Delaney, et al.. (2023). Preterm birth and stillbirth rates associated with socioeconomic disparities during COVID-19 pandemic: a population-based cross-sectional study. BMJ Paediatrics Open. 7(1). e001686–e001686. 5 indexed citations
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Kowalec, Kaarina, Amber Salter, Kathryn C. Fitzgerald, et al.. (2022). Depressive symptom trajectories and polygenic risk scores in individuals with an immune-mediated inflammatory disease. General Hospital Psychiatry. 77. 21–28. 7 indexed citations
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Harder, Arvid, Ying Xiong, Kaarina Kowalec, et al.. (2022). Genetic heterogeneity and subtypes of major depression. Molecular Psychiatry. 27(3). 1667–1675. 64 indexed citations
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Song, Jie, Shuyang Yao, Kaarina Kowalec, et al.. (2022). The impact of educational attainment, intelligence and intellectual disability on schizophrenia: a Swedish population-based register and genetic study. Molecular Psychiatry. 27(5). 2439–2447. 12 indexed citations
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Peymani, Payam, Christine M. Vaccaro, Christine Leong, et al.. (2022). Drug utilization patterns before and during COVID-19 pandemic in Manitoba, Canada: A population-based study. PLoS ONE. 17(11). e0278072–e0278072. 12 indexed citations
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Vasileiou, Eleni S., Çharles N. Bernstein, Fred Lublin, et al.. (2022). Association of Vitamin D Polygenic Risk Scores and Disease Outcome in People With Multiple Sclerosis. Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation. 10(1). 4 indexed citations
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Harroud, Adil, Ruth Ann Marrie, Kathryn C. Fitzgerald, et al.. (2021). Mendelian randomization provides no evidence for a causal role in the bidirectional relationship between depression and multiple sclerosis. Multiple Sclerosis Journal. 27(13). 2077–2084. 14 indexed citations
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Marrie, Ruth Ann, James M. Bolton, Scott B. Patten, et al.. (2020). Prevalence and Risk Factors of Substance Use Disorder in Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. 27(1). 58–64. 16 indexed citations
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Salter, Amber, Kaarina Kowalec, Kathryn C. Fitzgerald, Gary Cutter, & Ruth Ann Marrie. (2020). Comorbidity is associated with disease activity in MS. Neurology. 95(5). e446–e456. 39 indexed citations
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Kowalec, Kaarina, Yi Lu, Amir Sariaslan, et al.. (2019). Increased schizophrenia family history burden and reduced premorbid IQ in treatment-resistant schizophrenia: a Swedish National Register and Genomic Study. Molecular Psychiatry. 26(8). 4487–4495. 26 indexed citations
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Kowalec, Kaarina, Eilís Hannon, Georgina Mansell, et al.. (2019). Methylation age acceleration does not predict mortality in schizophrenia. Translational Psychiatry. 9(1). 157–157. 13 indexed citations
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Kowalec, Kaarina, Galen E.B. Wright, Britt I. Drögemöller, et al.. (2016). Genome-wide scan identifies association between an interferon regulatory factor-related variant and interferon-beta induced liver injury in multiple sclerosis patients. Multiple Sclerosis Journal. 22(3). 834–836. 1 indexed citations

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