Maria Nilsson

14.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
80 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Maria Nilsson is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, General Health Professions and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Maria Nilsson has authored 80 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 20 papers in General Health Professions and 13 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Maria Nilsson's work include Climate Change and Health Impacts (22 papers), Global Health Care Issues (12 papers) and Health disparities and outcomes (10 papers). Maria Nilsson is often cited by papers focused on Climate Change and Health Impacts (22 papers), Global Health Care Issues (12 papers) and Health disparities and outcomes (10 papers). Maria Nilsson collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United States and Germany. Maria Nilsson's co-authors include Åsa Holmner, Joacim Rocklöv, Tord Kjellström, Rainer Sauerborn, Kristie L. Ebi, Lutfan Lazuardi, Joeri van Laere, Kim Bảo Giang, Tom Ziemke and Alina Herrmann and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Maria Nilsson

75 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Maria Nilsson Sweden	21	574	308	293	236	197	80	1.7k
Karyn Morrissey United Kingdom	27	401 0.7×	276 0.9×	267 0.9×	405 1.7×	121 0.6×	107	2.3k
Ian Hamilton United Kingdom	32	1.6k 2.8×	479 1.6×	190 0.6×	148 0.6×	103 0.5×	85	3.9k
Geetam Tiwari India	29	771 1.3×	127 0.4×	145 0.5×	121 0.5×	87 0.4×	140	3.6k
Ralph Chapman New Zealand	24	685 1.2×	263 0.9×	425 1.5×	223 0.9×	122 0.6×	67	2.3k
Robin Hickman United Kingdom	23	443 0.8×	90 0.3×	256 0.9×	161 0.7×	56 0.3×	61	2.6k
Reinhard Kaiser United States	17	1.5k 2.6×	448 1.5×	224 0.8×	46 0.2×	168 0.9×	45	2.7k
Paul Whaley United Kingdom	14	502 0.9×	132 0.4×	167 0.6×	98 0.4×	105 0.5×	33	1.9k
Tadj Oreszczyn United Kingdom	32	1.3k 2.2×	318 1.0×	206 0.7×	239 1.0×	95 0.5×	141	4.7k
Carlos Dora Switzerland	16	1.1k 1.8×	217 0.7×	99 0.3×	168 0.7×	40 0.2×	41	2.0k
Chris Cunningham New Zealand	22	476 0.8×	361 1.2×	138 0.5×	22 0.1×	75 0.4×	84	2.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Maria Nilsson

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20 of 20 papers shown

Brautaset, Rune, Flora Hui, Maria Nilsson, et al.. (2025). Identifying potential key metabolic pathways and biomarkers in glaucoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Open Ophthalmology. 10(1). e002103–e002103. 3 indexed citations

Helldén, Daniel, Rawlance Ndejjo, Rhoda K. Wanyenze, et al.. (2023). Climate change adaptation across the life-course - from pregnancy to adolescence – it’s time to advance the field of climate change and child health. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(2). 23001–23001. 4 indexed citations

Dasandi, Niheer, Wenjia Cai, Peter Friberg, et al.. (2022). The inclusion of health in major global reports on climate change and biodiversity. BMJ Global Health. 7(6). e008731–e008731. 5 indexed citations

Nilsson, Maria, Ali Sié, Kanyiva Muindi, et al.. (2021). Weather, climate, and climate change research to protect human health in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Global Health Action. 14(sup1). 1984014–1984014. 17 indexed citations

Romanello, Marina, Kim Robin van Daalen, Josep M. Antó, et al.. (2021). Tracking progress on health and climate change in Europe. The Lancet Public Health. 6(11). e858–e865. 36 indexed citations

Galanti, Maria Rosaria, Anni‐Maria Pulkki‐Brännström, & Maria Nilsson. (2020). Tobacco-Free Duo Adult-Child Contract for Prevention of Tobacco Use Among Adolescents and Parents: Protocol for a Mixed-Design Evaluation. JMIR Research Protocols. 9(10). e21100–e21100. 4 indexed citations

Sköld, Bore, Marta Baltruszewicz, Carlo Aall, et al.. (2018). Household Preferences to Reduce Their Greenhouse Gas Footprint: A Comparative Study from Four European Cities. Sustainability. 10(11). 4044–4044. 26 indexed citations

Herrmann, Alina, Helen Fischer, Dorothee Amelung, et al.. (2017). Household preferences for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in four European high-income countries: Does health information matter? A mixed-methods study protocol. BMC Public Health. 18(1). 71–71. 76 indexed citations

Rocklöv, Joacim, et al.. (2016). Heatwaves and Hospital Admissions for Mental Disorders in Northern Vietnam. PLoS ONE. 11(5). e0155609–e0155609. 99 indexed citations

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Nilsson, Maria, et al.. (2015). To feel strong in an unfamiliar situation; Patients’ lived experiences of neurosurgical intensive care. A qualitative study. Intensive and Critical Care Nursing. 32. 42–48. 12 indexed citations

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Nilsson, Maria, et al.. (2015). Not Good Enough?: Amateur images in the regular news flow of print and online newspapers. Journalism Practice. 9(4). 484–501. 8 indexed citations

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Rocklöv, Joacim, et al.. (2015). Weather Variations and Hospital Admissions for Depressive Disorders : A Case Study in Hanoi. KTH Publication Database DiVA (KTH Royal Institute of Technology). 3(1). 3 indexed citations

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Nilsson, Maria, et al.. (2015). With or Without Them : Amateur Images in Print and Online Mainstream News Media. Journalism Practice. 6 indexed citations

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Nilsson, Maria, Birgitta Evengård, Rainer Sauerborn, & Peter Byass. (2012). Connecting the Global Climate Change and Public Health Agendas. PLoS Medicine. 9(6). e1001227–e1001227. 7 indexed citations

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Nilsson, Maria, Lars Weinehall, Erik Bergström, Hans Stenlund, & Urban Janlert. (2009). Adolescent's perceptions and expectations of parental action on children's smoking and snus use; national cross sectional data from three decades. BMC Public Health. 9(1). 74–74. 16 indexed citations

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Laere, Joeri van & Maria Nilsson. (2009). Evaluation of a workshop to capture knowledge from subject matter experts in maritime surveillance. International Conference on Information Fusion. 171–178. 24 indexed citations

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Nilsson, Maria, Robert Beaglehole, & Rainer Sauerborn. (2009). Climate policy: lessons from tobacco control. The Lancet. 374(9706). 1955–1956. 10 indexed citations

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Sauerborn, Rainer, Tord Kjellström, & Maria Nilsson. (2009). Health as a crucial driver for climate policy. Global Health Action. 2(1). 2104–2104. 24 indexed citations

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Nilsson, Maria, et al.. (2008). Extracting rules from expert operators to support situation awareness in maritime surveillance. International Conference on Information Fusion. 1–8. 38 indexed citations

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Nilsson, Maria, et al.. (2008). A user study of the Impact matrix, a fusion based decision support for enhanced situation awareness. International Conference on Information Fusion. 1–8. 6 indexed citations

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