Lars Olov Bygren

4.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
43 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Lars Olov Bygren is a scholar working on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, General Health Professions and Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Lars Olov Bygren has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, 12 papers in General Health Professions and 11 papers in Health. Recurrent topics in Lars Olov Bygren's work include Birth, Development, and Health (13 papers), Health disparities and outcomes (11 papers) and Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (5 papers). Lars Olov Bygren is often cited by papers focused on Birth, Development, and Health (13 papers), Health disparities and outcomes (11 papers) and Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (5 papers). Lars Olov Bygren collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, Russia and Norway. Lars Olov Bygren's co-authors include Gunnar Kaati, Marcus Pembrey, Michael Sjöstróm, Sören Edvinsson, Sven‐Erik Johansson, Kate Northstone, Jean Golding, A M Grjibovski, Richard Saffery and John Carstensen and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Annals of Internal Medicine and American Journal of Public Health.

In The Last Decade

Lars Olov Bygren

41 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

  1. Sex-specific, male-line transgenerational responses in humans
    2005 768 citations Marcus Pembrey, Lars Olov Bygren et al. European Journal of Human Genetics profile →

Peers

Lars Olov Bygren
Marianne van den Bree United Kingdom
Ezra Susser United States
Stacy S. Drury United States
Sören Edvinsson Sweden
Antony Ambler United Kingdom
Rebecca G. Smith United Kingdom
Susan Harlap United States
Michaeline Bresnahan United States
Dheeraj Rai United Kingdom
June Machover Reinisch United States
Marianne van den Bree United Kingdom
Lars Olov Bygren
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Fields of papers citing papers by Lars Olov Bygren

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lars Olov Bygren

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Lars Olov Bygren. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Lars Olov Bygren based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Lars Olov Bygren. Lars Olov Bygren is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bygren, Lars Olov, et al.. (2023). Association between attending cultural events and all-cause mortality: a longitudinal study with three measurements (1982–2017). BMJ Open. 13(2). e065714–e065714. 1 indexed citations
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Johansson, Sven‐Erik, et al.. (2023). A longitudinal study of the association between attending cultural events and coronary heart disease. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(1). 72–72. 1 indexed citations
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Pembrey, Marcus, et al.. (2014). Human transgenerational responses to early-life experience: potential impact on development, health and biomedical research. Journal of Medical Genetics. 51(9). 563–572. 196 indexed citations
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Bygren, Lars Olov, et al.. (2013). Seniors’ experiences of visual art environmental enrichment. Open Journal of Nursing. 3(2). 163–168. 1 indexed citations
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Tinghög, Petter, John Carstensen, Gunnar Kaati, et al.. (2011). Migration and mortality trajectories: A study of individuals born in the rural community of Överkalix, Sweden. Social Science & Medicine. 73(5). 744–751. 3 indexed citations
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Cuypers, Koenraad, Steinar Krokstad, Turid Lingaas Holmen, et al.. (2011). Patterns of receptive and creative cultural activities and their association with perceived health, anxiety, depression and satisfaction with life among adults: the HUNT study, Norway. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. 66(8). 698–703. 177 indexed citations
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Bygren, Lars Olov, et al.. (2009). Cultural Participation and Health: A Randomized Controlled Trial Among Medical Care Staff. Psychosomatic Medicine. 71(4). 469–473. 53 indexed citations
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Bygren, Lars Olov, et al.. (2009). Attending cultural events and cancer mortality: A Swedish cohort study. Arts & Health. 1(1). 64–73. 53 indexed citations
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Kaati, Gunnar, Lars Olov Bygren, Marcus Pembrey, & Michael Sjöstróm. (2007). Transgenerational response to nutrition, early life circumstances and longevity. European Journal of Human Genetics. 15(7). 784–790. 316 indexed citations
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Wilkinson, Anna V., Andrew J. Waters, Lars Olov Bygren, & Alvin R. Tarlov. (2007). Are variations in rates of attending cultural activities associated with population health in the United States?. BMC Public Health. 7(1). 226–226. 56 indexed citations
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Pembrey, Marcus, Lars Olov Bygren, Gunnar Kaati, et al.. (2005). Sex-specific, male-line transgenerational responses in humans. European Journal of Human Genetics. 14(2). 159–166. 768 indexed citations breakdown →
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Grjibovski, A M, Agneta Yngve, Lars Olov Bygren, & Michael Sjöstróm. (2005). Socio‐demographic determinants of initiation and duration of breastfeeding in northwest Russia. Acta Paediatrica. 94(5). 588–594. 38 indexed citations
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Grjibovski, A M, Lars Olov Bygren, Agneta Yngve, & Michael Sjöstróm. (2004). Large social disparities in spontaneous preterm birth rates in transitional Russia. Public Health. 119(2). 77–86. 22 indexed citations
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Eriksson, Anders, et al.. (2003). Ischemic Heart Disease and Acute Myocardial Infarction as Cause of Death in a Cause-of-death Register. Journal of Official Statistics. 19(1). 71. 1 indexed citations
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Bygren, Lars Olov, et al.. (2000). Change in food availability during pregnancy: Is it related to adult sudden death from cerebro- and cardiovascular disease in offspring?. American Journal of Human Biology. 12(4). 447–453. 27 indexed citations
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Bucht, Gösta, et al.. (2000). Inpatient care quality: analyzing Swedish hospitals with stroke as a tracer. International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance. 13(5). 218–222.
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Bygren, Lars Olov, et al.. (1999). Survival during and after hospitalization: a medical record linkage. International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance. 12(1). 13–17. 3 indexed citations
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Wieland, Darryl, et al.. (1995). Health Outcomes of Post‐Hospital In‐Home Team Care: Secondary Analysis of a Swedish Trial. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 43(3). 301–307. 25 indexed citations
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Carstensen, John, Lars Olov Bygren, & Thomas Hatschek. (1990). Cancer incidence among swedish brewery workers. International Journal of Cancer. 45(3). 393–396. 38 indexed citations

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