Lars Bäckman

53.0k total citations · 8 hit papers
611 papers, 32.1k citations indexed

About

Lars Bäckman is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Mental health and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Lars Bäckman has authored 611 papers receiving a total of 32.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 208 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 172 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health and 91 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Lars Bäckman's work include Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (143 papers), Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (83 papers) and Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (80 papers). Lars Bäckman is often cited by papers focused on Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (143 papers), Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (83 papers) and Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (80 papers). Lars Bäckman collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, Germany and United States. Lars Bäckman's co-authors include Lars Nyberg, Ulman Lindenberger, Laura Fratiglioni, Bengt Winblad, Lars‐Göran Nilsson, Brent J. Small, Martin Lövdén, Shu Li, Stuart MacDonald and Erika J. Laukka and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, New England Journal of Medicine and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Lars Bäckman

600 papers receiving 30.9k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

Memory aging and brain maintenance

2012 803 citations Lars Nyberg, Martin Lövdén et al. profile →
SIROLIMUS (RAPAMYCIN)-BASED THERAPY IN HUMAN RENAL TRANSPLANTATION

1999 700 citations Lars Bäckman et al. profile →
Interleukin-2–Receptor Blockade with Daclizumab to Prevent Acute Rejection in Renal Transplantation

1998 667 citations Lars Bäckman et al. profile →
Stability, Growth, and Decline in Adult Life Span Development of Declarative Memory: Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Data From a Population-Based Study.

2005 621 citations Lars Nyberg, Lars Bäckman et al. Psychology and Aging profile →
The correlative triad among aging, dopamine, and cognition: Current status and future prospects

2006 586 citations Lars Bäckman, Lars Nyberg et al. profile →
Cognitive impairment in preclinical Alzheimer's disease: A meta-analysis.

2005 569 citations Lars Bäckman, Anna‐Karin Berger et al. Neuropsychology profile →
A theoretical framework for the study of adult cognitive plasticity.

2010 523 citations Martin Lövdén, Lars Bäckman et al. profile →
Multidomain lifestyle intervention benefits a large elderly population at risk for cognitive decline and dementia regardless of baseline characteristics: The FINGER trial

2017 266 citations Lars Bäckman et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lars Bäckman Sweden	90	11.9k	9.7k	4.8k	4.3k	3.2k	611	32.1k
Kristine Yaffe United States	132	9.8k 0.8×	20.0k 2.1×	6.4k 1.3×	15.4k 3.5×	1.7k 0.5×	853	64.6k
Stephen R. Wisniewski United States	101	4.1k 0.3×	13.3k 1.4×	7.7k 1.6×	2.6k 0.6×	997 0.3×	492	42.6k
Alan B. Zonderman United States	85	3.7k 0.3×	4.5k 0.5×	2.3k 0.5×	4.5k 1.0×	1.0k 0.3×	450	27.0k
Paolo Maria Rossini Italy	99	25.4k 2.1×	4.7k 0.5×	2.3k 0.5×	4.0k 0.9×	1.3k 0.4×	774	44.9k
Paolo Fusar‐Poli United Kingdom	98	9.6k 0.8×	16.6k 1.7×	5.4k 1.1×	1.1k 0.2×	531 0.2×	560	35.5k
Jason Brandt United States	83	4.7k 0.4×	9.1k 0.9×	1.4k 0.3×	4.1k 0.9×	263 0.1×	343	22.7k
Brenda W.J.H. Penninx Netherlands	138	6.1k 0.5×	10.5k 1.1×	12.9k 2.7×	11.7k 2.7×	2.0k 0.6×	989	74.1k
Mary Amanda Dew United States	84	2.2k 0.2×	5.7k 0.6×	3.3k 0.7×	1.3k 0.3×	3.8k 1.2×	483	25.5k
Marshal F. Folstein United States	57	18.5k 1.6×	37.4k 3.9×	6.0k 1.3×	15.5k 3.6×	2.4k 0.7×	147	85.1k
Robert A. Steer United States	66	6.5k 0.5×	10.2k 1.0×	15.8k 3.3×	1.9k 0.4×	726 0.2×	218	51.4k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lars Bäckman

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Papenberg, Goran, Jarkko Johansson, Carl‐Johan Boraxbekk, et al.. (2025). Associations between inflammation and striatal dopamine D2-receptor availability in aging. Journal of Neuroinflammation. 22(1). 24–24. 2 indexed citations

Karalija, Nina, Goran Papenberg, Jarkko Johansson, et al.. (2024). Longitudinal support for the correlative triad among aging, dopamine D2-like receptor loss, and memory decline. Neurobiology of Aging. 136. 125–132. 6 indexed citations

Falahati, Farshad, Jarkko Johansson, Micael Andersson, et al.. (2024). Two long-axis dimensions of hippocampal-cortical integration support memory function across the adult lifespan. eLife. 13. 2 indexed citations

Johansson, Jarkko, Anna Rieckmann, Anders Wåhlin, et al.. (2024). Dopamine D1-Receptor Organization Contributes to Functional Brain Architecture. Journal of Neuroscience. 44(11). e0621232024–e0621232024. 7 indexed citations

Ekström, Ingrid, Maria Josefsson, Lars Bäckman, & Erika J. Laukka. (2024). Predictors of cognitive aging profiles over 15 years: A longitudinal population-based study.. Psychology and Aging. 39(5). 467–483. 3 indexed citations

Nyberg, Lars, Nina Karalija, Goran Papenberg, et al.. (2022). Longitudinal stability in working memory and frontal activity in relation to general brain maintenance. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 20957–20957. 9 indexed citations

Gorbach, Tetiana, Jarkko Johansson, Micael Andersson, et al.. (2022). DyNAMiC : A prospective longitudinal study of dopamine and brain connectomes: A new window into cognitive aging. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 100(6). 1296–1320. 15 indexed citations

Eklund, Anders, Nina Karalija, Jan Malm, et al.. (2021). Cerebral arterial pulsatility is linked to hippocampal microvascular function and episodic memory in healthy older adults. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism. 41(7). 1778–1790. 28 indexed citations

Bäckman, Lars, et al.. (2020). Increased functional homotopy of the prefrontal cortex is associated with corpus callosum degeneration and working memory decline. Neurobiology of Aging. 96. 68–78. 12 indexed citations

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Seubert, Janina, Grégoria Kalpouzos, Maria Larsson, et al.. (2020). Temporolimbic cortical volume is associated with semantic odor memory performance in aging. NeuroImage. 211. 116600–116600. 14 indexed citations

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Palmquist, Eva, Maria Larsson, Jonas Olofsson, et al.. (2019). A Prospective Study on Risk Factors for Olfactory Dysfunction in Aging. The Journals of Gerontology Series A. 75(3). 603–610. 27 indexed citations

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Salami, Alireza, Anna Rieckmann, Nina Karalija, et al.. (2018). Neurocognitive Profiles of Older Adults with Working-Memory Dysfunction. Cerebral Cortex. 28(7). 2525–2539. 30 indexed citations

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Garzón, Benjamín, Rouslan Sitnikov, Lars Bäckman, & Grégoria Kalpouzos. (2017). Automated segmentation of midbrain structures with high iron content. NeuroImage. 170. 199–209. 20 indexed citations

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Qiu, Chengxuan, Eva von Strauss, Lars Bäckman, Bengt Winblad, & Laura Fratiglioni. (2013). Twenty-year changes in dementia occurrence suggest decreasing incidence in central Stockholm, Sweden. Neurology. 80(20). 1888–1894. 219 indexed citations

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Qiu, Chengxuan, Yuyang Zhang, Lena Bronge, et al.. (2012). Medial temporal lobe is vulnerable to vascular risk factors in men: a population‐based study. European Journal of Neurology. 19(6). 876–883. 28 indexed citations

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Rieckmann, Anna, Sari Karlsson, Per Karlsson, et al.. (2011). Dopamine D1 Receptor Associations within and between Dopaminergic Pathways in Younger and Elderly Adults: Links to Cognitive Performance. Cerebral Cortex. 21(9). 2023–2032. 53 indexed citations

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Bäckman, Lars, et al.. (2009). Training of the executive component of working memory: Subcortical areas mediate transfer effects. Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience. 27(5). 405–419. 67 indexed citations

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Berger, Anna‐Karin, et al.. (1999). Depression does not aggravate the episodic memory deficits associated with Alzheimer's disease.. Neuropsychology. 13(4). 532–538. 10 indexed citations

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Bäckman, Lars, Lars‐Göran Nilsson, & Reza Nouri. (1993). Attentional demands and recall of verbal and color information in action events. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology. 34(3). 246–254. 20 indexed citations

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Nilsson, Lars‐Göran & Lars Bäckman. (1989). Implicit memory and the enactment of verbal instructions. Circulation. 112(24). e359; author reply e359–60. 24 indexed citations

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