Karl Michaëlsson

27.2k citations

325 papers · 16.6k indexed · 5 hit papers · h-index 65

Impact in

Orthopedics and Sports Medicine top 0.05%
- Bone health and osteoporosis research
Pathology and Forensic Medicine top 0.1%
- Vitamin D Research Studies
- Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology

Papers in

Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 121
- Bone health and osteoporosis research 117
Pathology and Forensic Medicine 67
- Vitamin D Research Studies 48

Co-authors: Håkan Melhus Alicja Wolk Susanna C. Larsson Liisa Byberg Sverker Ljunghall Jonas F. Ludvigsson Per Aspenberg Rolf Gedeborg
Journals: Osteoporosis International (19 papers)Journal of Bone and Mineral Research (17 papers)Bone (12 papers)PLoS ONE (11 papers)Journal of Internal Medicine (10 papers)
Partner nations: Sweden United States United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Karl Michaëlsson

313 papers receiving 16.1k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories log scale

Adaptation of the Charlson Comorbidity Index for Register-Based Research in Sweden 2021 · 169 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2021 Clinical Epidemiology
2016 European Journal of Epidemiology
2016 New England Journal of Medicine
2012 Circulation Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes
2011 New England Journal of Medicine

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1	Comparing waist circumference with body mass index on obesity-related cancer risk: a pooled Swedish study JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute ·Ming Sun, Christel Häggström, Sayed Hosain Ahmadi Hosaini, Innocent B. Mboya, Ylva Trolle Lagerros, Karl Michaëlsson, Sven Sandin, Jerzy Leppert, Sara Hägg, Sölve Elmståhl, Patrik K. E. Magnusson, Stefan Söderberg, Weiyao Yin, Abbas Chabok, Angela Wood, Tanja Stocks, Josef Fritz	2025	1
2	Cross-population GWAS and proteomics improve risk prediction and reveal mechanisms in atrial fibrillation Nature Communications ·Shuai Yuan, Jie Chen, Xixian Ruan, Jeremy Malheim, 王天俊, Lijuan Wang, Fangyuan Jiang, 希稲垣, Michael G. Levin, Benjamin F. Voight, Dipender Gill, Stephen Burgess, Agneta Åkesson, Karl Michaëlsson, Xue Li, Scott M. Damrauer, Susanna C. Larsson	2025	0
3	Circulating proteins and incident myocardial infarction: appraising sex-specific differences and causality European Heart Journal ·Olga E. Titova, Shuai Yuan, Liisa Byberg, John A. Baron, Lars Lind, Karl Michaëlsson, Susanna C. Larsson	2025	0
4	Cardio-metabolic-related plasma proteins reveal biological links between cardiovascular diseases and fragility fractures: a cohort and Mendelian randomisation investigation EBioMedicine ·Karl Michaëlsson, Mateusz Milanowski, John A. Baron, Tove Fall, Alicja Wolk, Lars Lind, Jonas Höijer, Carl Brunius, Eva Warensjö Lemming, Olga E. Titova, Bodil Svennblad, Susanna C. Larsson, Shuai Yuan, Håkan Melhus, Liisa Byberg, Hannah L. Brooke	2025	1
5	Cardiopulmonary exercise testing and body composition ERJ Open Research ·Per Karlsson, Lars Lind, Karl Michaëlsson, Andreï Malinovschi	2024	0
6	Meat consumption and the risk of hip fracture in women and men: two prospective Swedish cohort studies European Journal of Nutrition ·Eva Warensjö Lemming, Liisa Byberg, Jonas Höijer, John A. Baron, Alicja Wolk, Karl Michaëlsson	2024	0
7	Dietary fatty acids and incident hip fractures in cohorts of women and men. A relative validation and follow-up study The journal of nutrition health & aging ·Eva Warensjö Lemming, Liisa Byberg, Jonas Höijer, Susanna C. Larsson, Alicja Wolk, Karl Michaëlsson	2024	2
8	Comprehensive analyses of circulating cardiometabolic proteins and objective measures of fat mass International Journal of Obesity ·Olga E. Titova, Carl Brunius, Eva Warensjö Lemming, В. И. Невзоров, John A. Baron, Liisa Byberg, Karl Michaëlsson, Susanna C. Larsson	2023	2
9	Genome-Wide Association and Two-Sample Mendelian Randomization Analyses of Plasma Ghrelin and Gastrointestinal Cancer Risk Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention ·Susanna C. Larsson, Jonas Höijer, Jing Sun, Xue Li, Stephen Burgess, Karl Michaëlsson	2023	2
10	Pre‐pregnancy participation and performance in world's largest cross‐country ski race as a proxy for physical exercise and fitness, and perinatal outcomes: Prospective registry‐based cohort study BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology ·Cathrine Axfors, Anna‐Karin Wikström, Inger Sundström Poromaa, Ulf Hållmarker, Karl Michaëlsson, John Wallert, Richard White, Alkistis Skalkidou	2023	0
11	Body Mass Index Differentially Moderates Heritability of Total Joint Replacement Due to Hip and Knee Osteoarthritis Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery ·Nils P. Hailer, Ralf Kuja‐Halkola, Portia S. Bonner, Nancy L. Pedersen, Karl Michaëlsson	2021	1
12	Combined associations of body mass index and adherence to a Mediterranean-like diet with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality: A cohort study PLoS Medicine ·Karl Michaëlsson, John A. Baron, Liisa Byberg, Jonas Höijer, Susanna C. Larsson, Bodil Svennblad, Håkan Melhus, Alicja Wolk, Eva Warensjö Lemming	2020	25
13	Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Concentrations and Major Depression: A Mendelian Randomization Study Nutrients ·Karl Michaëlsson, Håkan Melhus, Susanna C. Larsson	2018	33
14	Bisphosphonates and Atypical Femoral Shaft Fractures REPLY New England Journal of Medicine ·Jörg Schilcher, Karl Michaëlsson, Per Aspenberg	2011	2
15	Plasma Parathyroid Hormone and Risk of Congestive Heart Failure in the Community European Journal of Heart Failure ·Emil Hagström, Erik Ingelsson, Johan Sundström, Per Hellman, Tobias E. Larsson, Lars Berglund, Håkan Melhus, Claes Held, Karl Michaëlsson, Lars Lind, Johan Ärnlöv	2010	87
16	Correction: Determining Vitamin D Status: A Comparison between Commercially Available Assays PLoS ONE ·Greta Snellman, Håkan Melhus, Rolf Gedeborg, Liisa Byberg, Lars Berglund, Lisa Wernroth, Karl Michaëlsson	2010	19
17	Combined effects of obesity and physical activity in predicting mortality among men Journal of Internal Medicine ·Nicola Orsini, Rino Bellocco, Matteo Bottai, Michele Pagano, Karl Michaëlsson, Alicja Wolk	2008	26
18	Transforming growth factor β₁genotype and change in left ventricular mass during antihypertensive treatment–results from the swedish irbesartan left ventricular hypertrophy investigation versus atenolol (Silvhia) Clinical Cardiology ·Pär Hallberg, Lars Lind, Il-Dong Kim, Karl Michaëlsson, Julia Karlsson, Lisa Kurland, Thomas Kahan, Karin Malmqvist, K. Peter Öhman, Fredrik H. Nyström, Ulrika Liljedahl, Ann‐Christine Syvänen, Håkan Melhus	2004	9
19	Serum retinol levels and fracture risk : Authors reply New England Journal of Medicine ·Håkan Melhus, Karl Michaëlsson	2003	0
20	Diet and osteoporosis Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis eBooks ·Karl Michaëlsson	1996	1

About Karl Michaëlsson

Karl Michaëlsson is a scholar working on Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Physiology, Nephrology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, having authored 325 papers that have together received 16.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Bone health and osteoporosis research (117 papers), Vitamin D Research Studies (48 papers), Hip and Femur Fractures (48 papers), Nutritional Studies and Diet (43 papers), Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (26 papers), Nutrition and Health in Aging (25 papers), Diet and metabolism studies (20 papers) and Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (19 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine (4.7k citations), Pathology and Forensic Medicine (4.0k citations), Nephrology (876 citations), Nutrition and Dietetics (1.6k citations) and Physiology (2.5k citations). Karl Michaëlsson has collaborated with scholars based in Sweden, United States and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Håkan Melhus, Alicja Wolk, Susanna C. Larsson, Liisa Byberg, Sverker Ljunghall, Jonas F. Ludvigsson, Per Aspenberg, Rolf Gedeborg, Jörg Schilcher and Stephen Burgess. Their work appears in journals such as Osteoporosis International, Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, Bone, PLoS ONE and Journal of Internal Medicine.

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