Klas Blomgren

30.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
219 papers, 14.1k citations indexed

About

Klas Blomgren is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Developmental Neuroscience and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Klas Blomgren has authored 219 papers receiving a total of 14.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 75 papers in Molecular Biology, 66 papers in Developmental Neuroscience and 64 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Klas Blomgren's work include Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (53 papers), Neonatal and fetal brain pathology (50 papers) and Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (48 papers). Klas Blomgren is often cited by papers focused on Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (53 papers), Neonatal and fetal brain pathology (50 papers) and Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (48 papers). Klas Blomgren collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, China and United States. Klas Blomgren's co-authors include Changlian Zhu, Henrik Hagberg, Xiaoyang Wang, Donna M. Ferriero, Bridgette D. Semple, Linda J. Noble‐Haeusslein, Guido Kroemer, Carina Mallard, H. Georg Kuhn and Ben A. Bahr and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Klas Blomgren

215 papers receiving 13.9k citations

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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.

Brain development in rodents and humans: Identifying benchmarks of maturation and vulnerability to injury across species

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Klas Blomgren Sweden	64	4.8k	4.0k	2.9k	2.2k	2.0k	219	14.1k
Pierre Gressèns France	75	5.1k 1.1×	8.4k 2.1×	3.4k 1.2×	3.5k 1.6×	4.0k 2.0×	464	21.1k
Cobi J. Heijnen Netherlands	80	4.6k 1.0×	3.1k 0.8×	1.3k 0.4×	1.5k 0.7×	3.1k 1.5×	438	21.1k
Changlian Zhu China	51	3.1k 0.7×	3.0k 0.7×	1.5k 0.5×	1.1k 0.5×	1.6k 0.8×	231	9.2k
Annemieke Kavelaars Netherlands	68	3.1k 0.7×	2.1k 0.5×	993 0.3×	1.3k 0.6×	2.1k 1.1×	248	13.9k
Carina Mallard Sweden	65	3.2k 0.7×	7.9k 2.0×	1.7k 0.6×	2.9k 1.3×	4.1k 2.0×	248	14.9k
Paul A. Rosenberg United States	66	5.8k 1.2×	2.9k 0.7×	2.1k 0.7×	3.1k 1.4×	2.2k 1.1×	184	17.1k
Paul van der Valk Netherlands	80	5.8k 1.2×	1.2k 0.3×	1.5k 0.5×	4.3k 1.9×	1.4k 0.7×	252	19.5k
Linda J. Noble‐Haeusslein United States	57	4.5k 0.9×	1.5k 0.4×	1.5k 0.5×	1.6k 0.7×	722 0.4×	132	13.5k
Henrik Hagberg Sweden	92	6.3k 1.3×	12.4k 3.1×	2.8k 1.0×	4.1k 1.8×	5.8k 2.9×	395	26.9k
Donna M. Ferriero United States	90	4.6k 1.0×	17.0k 4.2×	3.2k 1.1×	2.4k 1.1×	7.7k 3.8×	338	28.0k

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Engskog‐Vlachos, Pinelopi, Mikael K.R. Engskog, Kathleen Grabert, et al.. (2025). Metabolic Profiling Reveals a Glycolytic Shift and an IRG1 /Itaconate/ NF2L2 Axis Regulating Neurotoxic Oxidative Stress in Inflammatory Microglia. Journal of Neurochemistry. 169(9). e70219–e70219.

Zhou, Kai, et al.. (2024). Microglia depletion and repopulation do not alter the effects of cranial irradiation on hippocampal neurogenesis. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 123. 57–63. 1 indexed citations

Nilsson, Maria, Roberto Bolzani, Mariagrazia Benassi, et al.. (2024). Optical coherence tomography of the macular ganglion cell layer in children with neurofibromatosis type 1 is a useful tool in the assessment for optic pathway gliomas. PLoS ONE. 19(7). e0305548–e0305548.

Han, Wei, Jörg Kahnt, Amalia M. Dolga, et al.. (2023). Dying transplanted neural stem cells mediate survival bystander effects in the injured brain. Cell Death and Disease. 14(3). 173–173. 4 indexed citations

Sandeberg, Margareta af, et al.. (2023). Moral distress and ethical climate in pediatric oncology care impact healthcare professionals' intentions to leave. Psycho-Oncology. 32(7). 1067–1075. 12 indexed citations

Blomgren, Klas, et al.. (2023). Memantine increases the dendritic complexity of hippocampal young neurons in the juvenile brain after cranial irradiation. Frontiers in Oncology. 13. 1202200–1202200. 5 indexed citations

Åberg, Maria, et al.. (2022). Post-Compulsory Education in Teenagers and Young Adults Treated for Brain Tumors in Childhood: A Swedish Nationwide Registry-Based Study. Cancers. 15(1). 255–255. 1 indexed citations

Han, Jinming, Yueshan Fan, Kai Zhou, et al.. (2020). Underestimated Peripheral Effects Following Pharmacological and Conditional Genetic Microglial Depletion. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 21(22). 8603–8603. 25 indexed citations

Tiselius, Elisabet, et al.. (2018). Development and evaluation of the Communication over Language Barriers questionnaire (CoLB-q) in paediatric healthcare. Patient Education and Counseling. 101(9). 1661–1668. 8 indexed citations

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Wang, Yafeng, Kai Zhou, Tao Li, et al.. (2017). Inhibition of autophagy prevents irradiation-induced neural stem and progenitor cell death in the juvenile mouse brain. Cell Death and Disease. 8(3). e2694–e2694. 36 indexed citations

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Trefná, Hana Dobšíček, H. Petra Kok, Johanna Gellermann, et al.. (2015). EP-1271: Development of focused microwave hyperthermia of pediatric brain cance. Radiotherapy and Oncology. 115. S685–S686. 4 indexed citations

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Zhu, Changlian, Yanyan Sun, Jianfeng Gao, et al.. (2012). Inhaled Nitric Oxide Protects Males But not Females from Neonatal Mouse Hypoxia–Ischemia Brain Injury. Translational Stroke Research. 4(2). 201–207. 27 indexed citations

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Terpolilli, Nicole A., Seong-Woong Kim, Serge C. Thal, et al.. (2011). Inhalation of Nitric Oxide Prevents Ischemic Brain Damage in Experimental Stroke by Selective Dilatation of Collateral Arterioles. Circulation Research. 110(5). 727–738. 158 indexed citations

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Zhu, Changlian, Jianfeng Gao, Niklas Karlsson, et al.. (2010). Isoflurane Anesthesia Induced Persistent, Progressive Memory Impairment, Caused a Loss of Neural Stem Cells, and Reduced Neurogenesis in Young, but Not Adult, Rodents. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism. 30(5). 1017–1030. 240 indexed citations

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Zhu, Changlian, Wenqing Kang, Falin Xu, et al.. (2009). Erythropoietin Improved Neurologic Outcomes in Newborns With Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy. PEDIATRICS. 124(2). e218–e226. 264 indexed citations

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Zhang, Li-Qun, Christiana M. Cooper‐Kuhn, Ulf Nannmark, Klas Blomgren, & H. Georg Kuhn. (2009). Stimulatory Effects of Thyroid Hormone on Brain Angiogenesis in vivo and in vitro. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism. 30(2). 323–335. 51 indexed citations

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Galluzzi, Lorenzo, Klas Blomgren, & Guido Kroemer. (2009). Mitochondrial membrane permeabilization in neuronal injury. Nature reviews. Neuroscience. 10(7). 481–494. 323 indexed citations

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Naylor, Andrew S., Cecilia Bull, Marie K.L. Nilsson, et al.. (2008). Voluntary running rescues adult hippocampal neurogenesis after irradiation of the young mouse brain. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(38). 14632–14637. 162 indexed citations

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Culmsee, Carsten, Changlian Zhu, Stefan Landshamer, et al.. (2005). Apoptosis-Inducing Factor Triggered by Poly(ADP-Ribose) Polymerase and Bid Mediates Neuronal Cell Death after Oxygen-Glucose Deprivation and Focal Cerebral Ischemia. Journal of Neuroscience. 25(44). 10262–10272. 284 indexed citations

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Eklind, Saskia, Carina Mallard, Anna‐Lena Leverin, et al.. (2001). Bacterial endotoxin sensitizes the immature brain to hypoxic–ischaemic injury. European Journal of Neuroscience. 13(6). 1101–1106. 342 indexed citations

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