Lars Alfredsson

75.3k citations

506 papers · 29.2k indexed · 7 hit papers · h-index 87

Impact in

Rheumatology top 0.02%
- Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research
Pathology and Forensic Medicine top 0.05%
- Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies

Papers in

Rheumatology 160
- Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies 131
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research 106
Pathology and Forensic Medicine 128
- Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies 90

Co-authors: Lars Klareskog Tomas Olsson Leonid Padyukov Henrik Källberg Anna Karin Hedström Töres Theorell Anders Knutsson Peter Westerholm
Journals: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases (50 papers)Arthritis Research & Therapy (23 papers)Multiple Sclerosis Journal (18 papers)International Journal of Epidemiology (15 papers)Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health (14 papers)
Partner nations: Sweden United States United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Lars Alfredsson

486 papers receiving 28.1k citations

Hit Papers

7 papers align trajectories log scale

Interactions between genetic, lifestyle and environmental risk factors for multiple sclerosis 2016 · 769 citations

What are hit papers?

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.

2016 Nature Reviews Neurology
2015 BioMed Research International
2013 Nature Biotechnology
2012 Nature Genetics
2005 Arthritis & Rheumatism
2005 European Journal of Epidemiology
2002 Journal of Psychosomatic Research

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1	Smoking and Obesity Interact to Adversely Affect Disease Progression and Cognitive Performance in Multiple Sclerosis European Journal of Neurology ·Anagha Kailaschandra Sirsat, Tomas Olsson, Lars Alfredsson, Anna Karin Hedström	2025	2
2	Lifestyle factors associated with benign multiple sclerosis Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry ·Jie Guo, Tomas Olsson, Jan Hillert, Lars Alfredsson, Anna Karin Hedström	2025	0
3	Association Between Alcohol Consumption and Disability Accumulation in Multiple Sclerosis Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation ·Jing Wu, Tomas Olsson, Jan Hillert, Lars Alfredsson, Anna Karin Hedström	2024	2
4	A genome-wide cross-trait analysis identifies genomic correlation, pleiotropic loci, and causal relationship between sex hormone-binding globulin and rheumatoid arthritis Human Genomics ·K Poenitz, L Attanasio, Lars Alfredsson, Lars Klareskog, Ingrid Kockum, Xia Jiang	2023	3
5	DNA Methylation Signatures of Multiple Sclerosis Occur Independently of Known Genetic Risk and Are Primarily Attributed to B Cells and Monocytes International Journal of Molecular Sciences ·Alexandre Xavier, Vicki E. Maltby, Ewoud Ewing, 水昌张, Przemysław Ratajczak, Jesper Tegnér, Mark Slee, Helmut Butzkueven, Ingrid Kockum, Lara Kular, (unknown), Vilija Jokubaitis, Trevor J. Kilpatrick, Lars Alfredsson, Maja Jagodic, Anne‐Louise Ponsonby, Bruce Taylor, Rodney J. Scott, Rod A. Lea, Jeannette Lechner‐Scott	2023	7
6	Genome-wide investigation of persistence with methotrexate treatment in early rheumatoid arthritis Lara D. Veeken ·Muhammad Shehr Yar, Saedís Saevarsdóttir, Lina-Marcela Díaz-Gallo, Ramnath Balasubramaniam, Lars Alfredsson, Lars Klareskog, Eva Baecklund, Lena Björkman, Alf Kastbom, Solbritt Rantapää‐Dahlqvist, Carl Turesson, Ingileif Jónsdóttir, Kāri Stefánsson, Thomas Frisell, Leonid Padyukov, Johan Askling, Helga Westerlind	2023	1
7	Neither low social support nor low decision latitude at work is associated with disease remission among patients with rheumatoid arthritis: results from the Swedish EIRA study Arthritis Research & Therapy ·F. P. L. T. Salasar, Anna Karin Hedström, Lars Klareskog, Daniela Di Giuseppe, Lars Alfredsson, Johan Askling, Sofia Ernestam, Saedís Saevarsdóttir, Lotta Ljung	2022	0
8	Investigation of the association between coffee and risk of RA—results from the Swedish EIRA study Arthritis Research & Therapy ·Helga Westerlind, João Pedro Gonçalves de Souza Soares, Liu Xiao-mei, Lars Alfredsson, Lars Klareskog, Daniela Di Giuseppe	2022	2
9	Spasticity treatment patterns among people with multiple sclerosis: a Swedish cohort study Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry ·Nindya Meydita, Fredrik Piehl, Tomas Olsson, Lars Alfredsson, Jan Hillert, Ingrid Kockum, Pernilla Stridh, Scott Montgomery	2022	4
10	Long-term risk of a major cardiovascular event by apoB, apoA-1, and the apoB/apoA-1 ratio—Experience from the Swedish AMORIS cohort: A cohort study PLoS Medicine ·Göran Walldius, Ulf dé Fairé, Lars Alfredsson, Karin Leander, Peter Westerholm, Håkan Malmström, Torbjörn Ivert, Niklas Hammar	2021	38
11	Season of birth is associated with multiple sclerosis and disease severity Multiple Sclerosis Journal - Experimental Translational and Clinical ·Pernilla Stridh, Jesse Huang, AK Hedström, Lars Alfredsson, Tomas Olsson, Jan Hillert, Ali Manouchehrinia, Ingrid Kockum	2021	3
12	Pregnancy does not modify the risk of MS in genetically susceptible women Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation ·Е.В. Дюкова, Sean L. Wu, Xiaorong Shao, Patrick T. Bradshaw, Edlin Gonzales, Jessica B. Smith, Anny H. Xiang, Jacqueline Venet-Gutiérrez, V.Venkatesan, Steffan D. Bos, Elizabetta D'Anastasio, Tomas Olsson, Ingrid Kockum, Annette Langer‐Gould, Catherine Schaefer, Lars Alfredsson, Lisa F. Barcellos	2020	3
13	Hospital diagnosed pneumonia before age 20 years and multiple sclerosis risk BMJ Neurology Open ·Nindya Meydita, Ayako Hiyoshi, Sarah Burkill, Shahram Bahmanyar, Johan Öckinger, Lars Alfredsson, Tomas Olsson, Scott Montgomery	2020	5
14	IL-22 Binding Protein Promotes the Disease Process in Multiple Sclerosis The Journal of Immunology ·Mónica Armas-Neira, André Ortlieb Guerreiro‐Cacais, Sahl Khalid Bedri, Mathias Linnerbauer, Magdalena Lindén, Nada Abdelmagid, Karolina Tandre, Connor J. Larmore, Goitom Aregawi, Colin P. Glover, Clare A. Jones, Lars Alfredsson, Lars Rönnblom, Ingrid Kockum, Mohsen Khademi, Maja Jagodic, Tomas Olsson	2019	16
15	Genotypes of HLA, TCF7L2, and FTO as potential modifiers of the association between sweetened beverage consumption and risk of LADA and type 2 diabetes European Journal of Nutrition ·美佐子小畑, Emma Ahlqvist, Lars Alfredsson, Tomas Andersson, Mozhgan Dorkhan, Leif Groop, (unknown), Alicja Wolk, Sofia Carlsson	2019	8
16	Low levels of antibodies against common viruses associate with anti-citrullinated protein antibody-positive rheumatoid arthritis; implications for disease aetiology Arthritis Research & Therapy ·Natalia Sherina, Hulda S. Hreggvidsdottir, Camilla Bengtsson, Monika Hansson, Lena Israelsson, Lars Alfredsson, Karin Lundberg	2017	22
17	Smoking and risk of treatment-induced neutralizing antibodies to interferon β-1a Multiple Sclerosis Journal ·Anna Karin Hedström, Malin Ryner, M. Curtiss, Anna Fogdell‐Hahn, Lars Alfredsson, Tomas Olsson, Jan Hillert	2013	36
18	Exposure to environmental tobacco smoke is associated with increased risk for multiple sclerosis Multiple Sclerosis Journal ·AK Hedström, Maria Bäärnhielm, Tomas Olsson, Lars Alfredsson	2011	91
19	HLA-DRB1 and month of birth in multiple sclerosis Neurology ·S V Ramagopalan, Jenny Link, Jake Byrnes, D. A. Dyment, Gavin Giovannoni, Rogier Q. Hintzen, Emilie Sundqvist, Ingrid Kockum, C. Smestad, Benedicte A. Lie, Hanne F. Harbo, Leonid Padyukov, Lars Alfredsson, Tomas Olsson, A. Dessa Sadovnick, Jan Hillert, George C. Ebers	2009	38
20	Downsizing of staff lowers long term sick leave in female employees with high cardiovascular risk UCL Discovery (University College London) ·T Theorell, Gabriel Oxenstierna, Heidi Westerlund, Oussama Abdelli, Lars Alfredsson	2003	1

About Lars Alfredsson

Lars Alfredsson is a scholar working on Rheumatology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Immunology, Radiological and Ultrasound Technology and Pharmacology, having authored 506 papers that have together received 29.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies (131 papers), Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research (106 papers), Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies (90 papers), Workplace Health and Well-being (58 papers), Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (46 papers), Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (42 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (34 papers) and Employment and Welfare Studies (30 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Rheumatology (8.6k citations), Pathology and Forensic Medicine (5.3k citations), Immunology (4.9k citations), Medical Laboratory Technology (261 citations) and Pharmacology (2.4k citations). Lars Alfredsson has collaborated with scholars based in Sweden, United States and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Lars Klareskog, Tomas Olsson, Leonid Padyukov, Henrik Källberg, Anna Karin Hedström, Töres Theorell, Anders Knutsson, Peter Westerholm, Johan Rönnelid and Jan Hillert. Their work appears in journals such as Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, Arthritis Research & Therapy, Multiple Sclerosis Journal, International Journal of Epidemiology and Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health.

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