Lena Ekelund

798 total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 593 citations indexed

About

Lena Ekelund is a scholar working on Plant Science, Food Science and Marketing. According to data from OpenAlex, Lena Ekelund has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 593 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Plant Science, 7 papers in Food Science and 4 papers in Marketing. Recurrent topics in Lena Ekelund's work include Organic Food and Agriculture (11 papers), Culinary Culture and Tourism (3 papers) and Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact (2 papers). Lena Ekelund is often cited by papers focused on Organic Food and Agriculture (11 papers), Culinary Culture and Tourism (3 papers) and Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact (2 papers). Lena Ekelund collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, Denmark and Germany. Lena Ekelund's co-authors include Fredrik Fernqvist, Elin Röös, Sara Spendrup, Håkan Jönsson, Erik Hunter, Anna‐Lisa Lindén, Mikaël Klintman, Magnus Boström, Mattias Andersson and Anette K. Mortensen and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Cleaner Production and Food Quality and Preference.

In The Last Decade

Lena Ekelund

20 papers receiving 547 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

  1. Credence and the effect on consumer liking of food – A review
    2013 369 citations Fredrik Fernqvist, Lena Ekelund Food Quality and Preference profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Lena Ekelund Sweden 8 290 285 187 113 101 27 593
Fredrik Fernqvist Sweden 11 333 1.1× 274 1.0× 230 1.2× 130 1.2× 68 0.7× 22 688
Jens Oliver Kügler Denmark 9 297 1.0× 182 0.6× 131 0.7× 89 0.8× 160 1.6× 14 684
Stephan G.H. Meyerding Germany 15 260 0.9× 280 1.0× 297 1.6× 107 0.9× 134 1.3× 40 795
Marija Cerjak Croatia 14 359 1.2× 274 1.0× 261 1.4× 68 0.6× 82 0.8× 55 719
Maria Luisa Scalvedi Italy 8 437 1.5× 243 0.9× 195 1.0× 157 1.4× 55 0.5× 10 780
Lynn Van Wezemael Belgium 12 356 1.2× 144 0.5× 100 0.5× 140 1.2× 138 1.4× 17 757
Géraldine Enderli France 6 381 1.3× 165 0.6× 128 0.7× 137 1.2× 38 0.4× 9 648
Antje Risius Germany 14 217 0.7× 172 0.6× 157 0.8× 97 0.9× 239 2.4× 34 683
Sina Nitzko Germany 10 202 0.7× 188 0.7× 159 0.9× 101 0.9× 140 1.4× 21 499
Jorge Herman Behrens Brazil 23 815 2.8× 308 1.1× 129 0.7× 156 1.4× 73 0.7× 59 1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Lena Ekelund

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lena Ekelund

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lena Ekelund

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Lena Ekelund. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Lena Ekelund 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 Lena Ekelund. Lena Ekelund 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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Ekelund, Lena & Sara Spendrup. (2016). Climate labelling and the importance of increased vegetable consumption. Acta Horticulturae. 191–198. 2 indexed citations
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Fernqvist, Fredrik, Sara Spendrup, & Lena Ekelund. (2015). Changing consumer intake of potato, a focus group study. British Food Journal. 117(1). 210–221. 19 indexed citations
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Ekelund, Lena. (2015). REGIONAL IDENTITY AND AUTHENTICITY AS A MEANS OF REACHING THE CONSUMER. Acta Horticulturae. 181–192. 1 indexed citations
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Ekelund, Lena, et al.. (2014). Communicating GHG mitigating food consumption in-store. British Food Journal. 116(10). 1618–1635. 9 indexed citations
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Fernqvist, Fredrik & Lena Ekelund. (2013). Consumer attitudes towards origin and organic - the role of credence labels on consumers' liking of tomatoes. European Journal of Horticultural Science. 184–190. 14 indexed citations
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Röös, Elin, et al.. (2013). Communicating the environmental impact of meat production: challenges in the development of a Swedish meat guide. Journal of Cleaner Production. 73. 154–164. 55 indexed citations
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Fernqvist, Fredrik & Lena Ekelund. (2013). Credence and the effect on consumer liking of food – A review. Food Quality and Preference. 32. 340–353. 369 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ekelund, Lena & Christine Räisänen. (2011). Re-organizing for Innovation: Top Management Attention as a Driver of Strategic Renewal. Chalmers Publication Library (Chalmers University of Technology).
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Ekelund, Lena & Håkan Jönsson. (2011). How does Modernity Taste? Tomatoes in the Societal Change from Modernity to Late Modernity. Culture Unbound Journal of Current Cultural Research. 3(3). 439–454. 7 indexed citations
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Ekelund, Lena, et al.. (2009). Konsumenter om jordgubbar. Epsilon Open Archive (Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet biblioteket (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences)).
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Ekelund, Lena, et al.. (2009). THE COMPETITIVENESS OF LOCAL FOOD CLUSTERS SUPERMARKET STRATEGIES VERSUS CONSUMER PREFERENCES FOR VEGETABLES IN SWEDEN. Acta Horticulturae. 193–200. 4 indexed citations
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Ekelund, Lena, et al.. (2009). PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT AND VALUE MIGRATION IN THE HORTICULTURAL VALUE CHAIN FOR POT PLANTS. Acta Horticulturae. 777–782. 2 indexed citations
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Fernqvist, Fredrik & Lena Ekelund. (2009). CONSUMER ATTITUDES TO POTATOES AND POSSIBLE DIFFERENTIATION PATHS OF THE COMMODITY THE CASE OF SWEDEN. Acta Horticulturae. 313–318. 5 indexed citations
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Spendrup, Sara & Lena Ekelund. (2009). FROM AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY TO DIFFERENTIATED HORTICULTURAL DELICACY THE POTATO IN SWEDEN. Acta Horticulturae. 339–344. 3 indexed citations
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Klintman, Mikaël, Magnus Boström, Lena Ekelund, & Anna‐Lisa Lindén. (2008). Maten märks: förutsättningar för konsumentmakt. Örebro University Library (Örebro University). 2 indexed citations
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Ekelund, Lena, et al.. (2008). EXPERIENCES OF QUALITY IN THE HORTICULTURAL VALUE CHAIN - THE CASE OF SWEDEN. Acta Horticulturae. 107–114. 3 indexed citations
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Ekelund, Lena, et al.. (2004). CONSUMERS CHOICE OF ORGANIC VERSUS CONVENTIONAL FRUIT AND VEGETABLES - THE ROLE OF THE GROCERY STORE. Acta Horticulturae. 115–120. 4 indexed citations
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Ekelund, Lena, et al.. (2004). CONSUMER PREFERENCES FOR ORGANIC VEGETABLES - THE CASE OF SWEDEN. Acta Horticulturae. 121–128. 18 indexed citations
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Ekelund, Lena, et al.. (2003). Informationskompetens - färdighet eller insikt? En jämförelse mellan två modeller över begreppet informationskompetens. Lund University Publications Student Papers (Lund University). 1 indexed citations
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Ekelund, Lena. (1983). THE ADVANTAGES OF MARKET PROXIMITY TO HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTION. Acta Horticulturae. 271–276. 1 indexed citations

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