Marcel Ballin

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 754 citations indexed

About

Marcel Ballin is a scholar working on Physiology, Infectious Diseases and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Marcel Ballin has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 754 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Physiology, 7 papers in Infectious Diseases and 7 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Marcel Ballin's work include Physical Activity and Health (9 papers), SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (6 papers) and Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (6 papers). Marcel Ballin is often cited by papers focused on Physical Activity and Health (9 papers), SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (6 papers) and Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (6 papers). Marcel Ballin collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, Norway and Denmark. Marcel Ballin's co-authors include Peter Nordström, Anna Nordström, Jonathan Bergman, Johan Niklasson, Miia Kivipelto, Andreas Hult, Joan Condell, Salvatore Tedesco, Antti Alamäki and Sabine Björk and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, American Journal of Epidemiology and Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.

In The Last Decade

Marcel Ballin

28 papers receiving 739 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.

Risk of infection, hospitalisation, and death up to 9 months after a second dose of COVID-19 vaccine: a retrospective, total population cohort study in Sweden

2022 178 citations Peter Nordström, Marcel Ballin et al. The Lancet profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Marcel Ballin Sweden	13	383	198	141	106	87	31	754
Emily S. Heilbrunn United States	8	409 1.1×	111 0.6×	41 0.3×	74 0.7×	53 0.6×	19	717
Fagen Xie United States	17	249 0.7×	151 0.8×	50 0.4×	40 0.4×	36 0.4×	63	765
Rohollah Valizadeh Iran	18	237 0.6×	74 0.4×	89 0.6×	28 0.3×	53 0.6×	107	907
Sergio Alejandro Gómez‐Ochoa Colombia	12	422 1.1×	54 0.3×	44 0.3×	124 1.2×	77 0.9×	51	1.1k
Naho Tsuchiya Japan	16	217 0.6×	64 0.3×	67 0.5×	122 1.2×	71 0.8×	55	776
Srikrishna V Malayala United States	15	430 1.1×	156 0.8×	23 0.2×	65 0.6×	37 0.4×	37	925
Gregor H. L. M. Franssen Netherlands	5	213 0.6×	30 0.2×	81 0.6×	53 0.5×	78 0.9×	8	471
Kimberly Muellers United States	9	669 1.7×	62 0.3×	23 0.2×	130 1.2×	81 0.9×	19	875
Eun Kyeong Jeong South Korea	10	166 0.4×	34 0.2×	47 0.3×	121 1.1×	67 0.8×	17	555
Jodi A. Cisewski United States	9	111 0.3×	75 0.4×	40 0.3×	28 0.3×	83 1.0×	12	549

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Ballin, Marcel, Anna Nordström, Peter Nordström, & Viktor H. Ahlqvist. (2025). Cardiorespiratory fitness in adolescence and premature mortality: widespread bias identified using negative control outcomes and sibling comparisons. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology.

Ballin, Marcel, Örjan Ekblom, Anna Nordström, Viktor H. Ahlqvist, & Peter Nordström. (2025). Overstated association between adolescent physical fitness and adulthood depression risk due to familial factors. Journal of Internal Medicine. 298(3). 200–213.

Matton, Anna, Ruth Stephen, Mariagnese Barbera, et al.. (2025). Mechanisms of interventions targeting modifiable factors for dementia risk reduction. Molecular Neurodegeneration. 20(1). 75–75. 1 indexed citations

Ballin, Marcel, Viktor H. Ahlqvist, Daniel Berglind, et al.. (2025). Cardiorespiratory fitness in adolescence and risk of type 2 diabetes in late adulthood in one million Swedish men: nationwide sibling controlled cohort study. PubMed. 4(1). e001313–e001313.

Herráiz-Adillo, Ángel, Hampus Eriksson, Viktor H. Ahlqvist, et al.. (2025). Blood Pressure in Adolescence and Atherosclerosis in Middle Age. JAMA Cardiology. 11(1). 14–14. 1 indexed citations

Nordström, Peter, Viktor H. Ahlqvist, Marcel Ballin, & Anna Nordström. (2024). A novel clinical prediction model for hip fractures: a development and validation study in the total population of Sweden. EClinicalMedicine. 77. 102877–102877. 2 indexed citations

Nordström, Peter, Marcel Ballin, & Anna Nordström. (2023). Safety and effectiveness of monovalent COVID-19 mRNA vaccination and risk factors for hospitalisation caused by the omicron variant in 0.8 million adolescents: A nationwide cohort study in Sweden. PLoS Medicine. 20(2). e1004127–e1004127. 7 indexed citations

Nordström, Peter, Jonathan Bergman, Marcel Ballin, & Anna Nordström. (2022). Trends in Hip Fracture Incidence, Length of Hospital Stay, and 30-Day Mortality in Sweden from 1998–2017: A Nationwide Cohort Study. Calcified Tissue International. 111(1). 21–28. 20 indexed citations

Nordström, Peter, Marcel Ballin, & Anna Nordström. (2022). Effectiveness of a fourth dose of mRNA COVID-19 vaccine against all-cause mortality in long-term care facility residents and in the oldest old: A nationwide, retrospective cohort study in Sweden. The Lancet Regional Health - Europe. 21. 100466–100466. 48 indexed citations

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Nordström, Peter, Marcel Ballin, & Anna Nordström. (2022). Risk of infection, hospitalisation, and death up to 9 months after a second dose of COVID-19 vaccine: a retrospective, total population cohort study in Sweden. The Lancet. 399(10327). 814–823. 178 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ballin, Marcel, John P. A. Ioannidis, Jonathan Bergman, et al.. (2022). Time-varying risk of death after SARS-CoV-2 infection in Swedish long-term care facility residents: a matched cohort study. BMJ Open. 12(11). e066258–e066258. 5 indexed citations

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Bergman, Jonathan, Marcel Ballin, Anna Nordström, & Peter Nordström. (2021). Risk factors for COVID-19 diagnosis, hospitalization, and subsequent all-cause mortality in Sweden: a nationwide study. European Journal of Epidemiology. 36(3). 287–298. 105 indexed citations

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Ballin, Marcel, Peter Nordström, Johan Niklasson, & Anna Nordström. (2021). Associations of Visceral Adipose Tissue and Skeletal Muscle Density With Incident Stroke, Myocardial Infarction, and All‐Cause Mortality in Community‐Dwelling 70‐Year‐Old Individuals: A Prospective Cohort Study. Journal of the American Heart Association. 10(9). e020065–e020065. 35 indexed citations

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Ballin, Marcel & Peter Nordström. (2021). Does exercise prevent major non‐communicable diseases and premature mortality? A critical review based on results from randomized controlled trials. Journal of Internal Medicine. 290(6). 1112–1129. 23 indexed citations

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Nordström, Peter, Marcel Ballin, & Anna Nordström. (2021). Effectiveness of heterologous ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 and mRNA prime-boost vaccination against symptomatic Covid-19 infection in Sweden: A nationwide cohort study. The Lancet Regional Health - Europe. 11. 100249–100249. 98 indexed citations

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Ballin, Marcel, et al.. (2021). Association of dog ownership with accelerometer-measured physical activity and daily steps in 70-year-old individuals: a population-based cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health. 21(1). 2313–2313. 5 indexed citations

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Nordström, Peter, Jonathan Bergman, Marcel Ballin, Sabine Björk, & Anna Nordström. (2020). Bone-Specific Drugs and Osteonecrosis of Sites Other Than the Jaw: A Nationwide Cohort Study. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. 35(9). 1703–1710. 3 indexed citations

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Ballin, Marcel, Peter Nordström, Johan Niklasson, & Anna Nordström. (2020). Associations of Objectively Measured Physical Activity and Sedentary Time with the Risk of Stroke, Myocardial Infarction or All-Cause Mortality in 70-Year-Old Men and Women: A Prospective Cohort Study. Sports Medicine. 51(2). 339–349. 37 indexed citations

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Ballin, Marcel, Peter Nordström, Johan Niklasson, et al.. (2020). Daily step count and incident diabetes in community-dwelling 70-year-olds: a prospective cohort study. BMC Public Health. 20(1). 1830–1830. 33 indexed citations

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Ballin, Marcel, et al.. (2019). <p>Effects of interval training on quality of life and cardiometabolic risk markers in older adults: a randomized controlled trial</p>. Clinical Interventions in Aging. Volume 14. 1589–1599. 15 indexed citations

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