Maria Swanberg

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Maria Swanberg is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Neurology and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Maria Swanberg has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Molecular Biology, 14 papers in Neurology and 11 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Maria Swanberg's work include Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (11 papers), Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (10 papers) and Neurological diseases and metabolism (5 papers). Maria Swanberg is often cited by papers focused on Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (11 papers), Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (10 papers) and Neurological diseases and metabolism (5 papers). Maria Swanberg collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United States and Canada. Maria Swanberg's co-authors include Itzia Jiménez-Ferrer, Tomas Deierborg, Antonio Boza‐Serrano, Yiyi Yang, Agnes Paulus, Sara Bachiller, Fredrik Piehl, Olle Lidman, Tomas Olsson and Anna Lobell and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Genetics, Journal of Neuroscience and The Journal of Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Maria Swanberg

25 papers receiving 1.1k 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. Microglia in Neurological Diseases: A Road Map to Brain-Disease Dependent-Inflammatory Response
    2018 540 citations Sara Bachiller, Itzia Jiménez-Ferrer et al. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Maria Swanberg Sweden 13 451 338 329 179 148 28 1.1k
Zhaoqi Yan United States 16 389 0.9× 479 1.4× 357 1.1× 207 1.2× 159 1.1× 47 1.3k
Maria Teresa Cencioni Italy 22 307 0.7× 469 1.4× 400 1.2× 193 1.1× 265 1.8× 32 1.5k
Liying Zhang China 17 452 1.0× 263 0.8× 281 0.9× 116 0.6× 122 0.8× 36 1.2k
Emanuela Colombo Italy 12 553 1.2× 493 1.5× 327 1.0× 221 1.2× 229 1.5× 22 1.4k
Bijay Parajuli Japan 16 588 1.3× 514 1.5× 387 1.2× 377 2.1× 182 1.2× 32 1.5k
Alexander Slowik Germany 23 414 0.9× 638 1.9× 255 0.8× 151 0.8× 81 0.5× 32 1.3k
Valerie Bracchi‐Ricard United States 18 384 0.9× 346 1.0× 247 0.8× 141 0.8× 271 1.8× 27 1.2k
Sebastiaan De Schepper Belgium 10 826 1.8× 420 1.2× 698 2.1× 252 1.4× 196 1.3× 11 1.6k
Peter Thornton United Kingdom 17 595 1.3× 442 1.3× 536 1.6× 215 1.2× 108 0.7× 25 1.4k
Yuanyuan Ma China 17 669 1.5× 539 1.6× 263 0.8× 121 0.7× 190 1.3× 34 1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Maria Swanberg

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Fields of papers citing papers by Maria Swanberg

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Maria Swanberg

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Maria Swanberg. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Maria Swanberg 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 Maria Swanberg. Maria Swanberg is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Brolin, Kajsa, David Bäckström, Ziv Gan‐Or, et al.. (2024). GBA1 T369M and Parkinson's disease - Further evidence of a lack of association in the Swedish population. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders. 130. 107191–107191.
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Periñán, María Teresa, Kajsa Brolin, Sara Bandrés‐Ciga, et al.. (2022). Effect Modification between Genes and Environment and Parkinson's Disease Risk. Annals of Neurology. 92(5). 715–724. 24 indexed citations
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Brolin, Kajsa, Sara Bandrés‐Ciga, Hampton L. Leonard, et al.. (2021). RIC3 variants are not associated with Parkinson's disease in large European, Latin American, or East Asian cohorts. Neurobiology of Aging. 109. 264–268. 2 indexed citations
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Jiménez-Ferrer, Itzia, Michael Jewett, Antonio Boza‐Serrano, et al.. (2020). The MHC class II transactivator modulates seeded alpha-synuclein pathology and dopaminergic neurodegeneration in an in vivo rat model of Parkinson's disease. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 91. 369–382. 16 indexed citations
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Jewett, Michael, et al.. (2018). Glutathione S-Transferase Alpha 4 Prevents Dopamine Neurodegeneration in a Rat Alpha-Synuclein Model of Parkinson’s Disease. Frontiers in Neurology. 9. 222–222. 8 indexed citations
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Bachiller, Sara, Itzia Jiménez-Ferrer, Agnes Paulus, et al.. (2018). Microglia in Neurological Diseases: A Road Map to Brain-Disease Dependent-Inflammatory Response. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 12. 488–488. 540 indexed citations breakdown →
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Jiménez-Ferrer, Itzia, et al.. (2017). Allelic difference in Mhc2ta confers altered microglial activation and susceptibility to α-synuclein-induced dopaminergic neurodegeneration. Neurobiology of Disease. 106. 279–290. 20 indexed citations
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Swanberg, Maria, Fiona E. McGuigan, Kaisa K. Ivaska, Paul Gerdhem, & Kristina Åkesson. (2012). Polymorphisms in the Inflammatory Genes CIITA, CLEC16A and IFNG Influence BMD, Bone Loss and Fracture in Elderly Women. PLoS ONE. 7(10). e47964–e47964. 11 indexed citations
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Park, Hee-Bok, Holger Luthman, Marc D. Grynpas, et al.. (2011). Identification of Candidate Gene Regions in the Rat by Co-Localization of QTLs for Bone Density, Size, Structure and Strength. PLoS ONE. 6(7). e22462–e22462. 4 indexed citations
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Kumar, Jitender, et al.. (2011). LRP4 association to bone properties and fracture and interaction with genes in the Wnt- and BMP signaling pathways. Bone. 49(3). 343–348. 34 indexed citations
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Park, Hee-Bok, Holger Luthman, Mats Nilsson, et al.. (2010). Genetic loci for bone architecture determined by three-dimensional CT in crosses with the diabetic GK rat. Bone. 47(6). 1039–1047. 5 indexed citations
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Swanberg, Maria, et al.. (2009). Differential nerve injury-induced expression of MHC class II in the mouse correlates to genetic variability in the type I promoter of C2ta. Journal of Neuroimmunology. 212(1-2). 44–52. 5 indexed citations
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Swanberg, Maria, et al.. (2009). Fine Mapping of Gene Regions Regulating Neurodegeneration. PLoS ONE. 4(6). e5906–e5906. 9 indexed citations
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Diez, Margarita, Nada Abdelmagid, Olle Lidman, et al.. (2009). Identification of gene regions regulating inflammatory microglial response in the rat CNS after nerve injury. Journal of Neuroimmunology. 212(1-2). 82–92. 12 indexed citations
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Swanberg, Maria, Johan Öckinger, Margarita Diez, et al.. (2008). Vra4 Congenic Rats with Allelic Differences in the Class II Transactivator Gene Display Altered Susceptibility to Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis. The Journal of Immunology. 180(5). 3289–3296. 20 indexed citations
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Piehl, Fredrik, Maria Swanberg, & Olle Lidman. (2007). The axon reaction: Identifying the genes that make a difference. Physiology & Behavior. 92(1-2). 67–74. 4 indexed citations
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Swanberg, Maria, Kristina Duvefelt, Margarita Diez, et al.. (2006). Genetically determined susceptibility to neurodegeneration is associated with expression of inflammatory genes. Neurobiology of Disease. 24(1). 67–88. 15 indexed citations
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Olsson, Tomas, Fredrik Piehl, Maria Swanberg, & Olle Lidman. (2005). Genetic dissection of neurodegeneration and CNS inflammation. Journal of the Neurological Sciences. 233(1-2). 99–108. 15 indexed citations

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