Mats Fredrikson

17.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
252 papers, 12.7k citations indexed

About

Mats Fredrikson is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Cognitive Neuroscience and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Mats Fredrikson has authored 252 papers receiving a total of 12.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 44 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 39 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Mats Fredrikson's work include Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control (20 papers), Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (15 papers) and Memory and Neural Mechanisms (14 papers). Mats Fredrikson is often cited by papers focused on Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control (20 papers), Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (15 papers) and Memory and Neural Mechanisms (14 papers). Mats Fredrikson collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United States and Norway. Mats Fredrikson's co-authors include Fredrik Åhs, John J. Sollers, Julian F. Thayer, Tor D. Wager, Stergios Kechagias, Mattias Ekstedt, Patrik Nasr, Hannes Hagström, Rolf Hultcrantz and Per Stål and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Journal of Neuroscience and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Mats Fredrikson

244 papers receiving 12.2k 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.

A meta-analysis of heart rate variability and neuroimaging studies: Implications for heart rate variability as a marker of stress and health

2011 2.2k citations Mats Fredrikson et al. profile →
Fibrosis stage is the strongest predictor for disease‐specific mortality in NAFLD after up to 33 years of follow‐up

2014 1.7k citations Mattias Ekstedt, Hannes Hagström et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Mats Fredrikson	2.7k	2.4k	2.4k	1.7k	1.4k	252	12.7k
Anna Chaimani	1.4k 0.5×	1.2k 0.5×	1.6k 0.7×	1.5k 0.9×	1.1k 0.7×	94	17.1k
Pedro Marques‐Vidal	3.0k 1.1×	1.2k 0.5×	2.8k 1.2×	1.4k 0.8×	723 0.5×	626	19.2k
Ulrich John	1.0k 0.4×	888 0.4×	3.7k 1.6×	1.3k 0.8×	3.4k 2.4×	535	16.5k
Neil Schneiderman	5.0k 1.8×	2.3k 1.0×	1.9k 0.8×	1.8k 1.1×	4.2k 2.9×	465	23.6k
Moonseong Heo	3.9k 1.4×	545 0.2×	1.9k 0.8×	753 0.4×	2.7k 1.9×	277	20.4k
Ronald A. Cohen	2.3k 0.8×	3.5k 1.5×	1.3k 0.5×	1.2k 0.7×	1.6k 1.1×	402	15.2k
Klaus Berger	1.8k 0.7×	2.3k 1.0×	5.1k 2.1×	1.2k 0.7×	687 0.5×	336	13.8k
Deborah L. Wingard	1.1k 0.4×	875 0.4×	1.1k 0.5×	1.7k 1.0×	1.5k 1.1×	125	9.9k
Colleen Brensinger	711 0.3×	1.2k 0.5×	2.0k 0.9×	884 0.5×	825 0.6×	211	9.6k
Christophe Tzourio	4.5k 1.7×	1.4k 0.6×	3.0k 1.3×	699 0.4×	656 0.5×	393	21.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mats Fredrikson

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Sjöberg, Folke, et al.. (2025). Accurate AI-Based Characterization of Wound Size and Tissue Composition in Hard-to-Heal Wounds. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 14(16). 5838–5838.

Hedberg, Pontus, Fredrik Kahn, Åsa Nilsdotter‐Augustinsson, et al.. (2025). Outcomes of the COVID-19 pandemic in chronic lymphocytic leukemia: focus on the very early period and Omicron era. Blood Advances. 9(13). 3170–3181. 1 indexed citations

Östman‐Smith, Ingegerd, Henrik Gréen, Cecilia Gunnarsson, et al.. (2024). Biomarkers and Proteomics in Sarcomeric Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy in the Young—FGF-21 Highly Associated with Overt Disease. Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease. 11(4). 105–105. 1 indexed citations

Gauffin, Helena, et al.. (2024). Characterization of the Increase in Narcolepsy following the 2009 H1N1 Pandemic in Sweden. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 13(3). 652–652. 2 indexed citations

Brynhildsen, Jan, et al.. (2023). Trends in the incidence, prevalence and sales volume of menopausal hormone therapy in Sweden from 2000 to 2021. Maturitas. 175. 107787–107787.

Steinvall, Ingrid, et al.. (2023). Long-term mortality after self-inflicted burns. Burns. 50(1). 252–261. 3 indexed citations

Brynhildsen, Jan, et al.. (2023). Insufficient use of menopausal hormone therapy in Swedish women with early or premature menopause caused by bilateral oophorectomy: a register‐based study. BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. 131(4). 500–507. 2 indexed citations

Fredrikson, Mats, et al.. (2023). Fluoroquinolone-resistant Escherichia coli among the rectal flora is the predominant risk factor for severe infection after transrectal ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy: a prospective observational study. Scandinavian Journal of Urology. 58. 32–37. 3 indexed citations

Fredrikson, Mats, Björn Carlsson, Ulrika S. H. Simonsson, et al.. (2022). Safety and pharmacokinetics-pharmacodynamics of a shorter tuberculosis treatment with high-dose pyrazinamide and rifampicin: a study protocol of a phase II clinical trial (HighShort-RP). BMJ Open. 12(3). e054788–e054788. 3 indexed citations

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Nasr, Patrik, Mats Fredrikson, Mattias Ekstedt, & Stergios Kechagias. (2020). The amount of liver fat predicts mortality and development of type 2 diabetes in non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease. Liver International. 40(5). 1069–1078. 39 indexed citations

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Hoffmann, Mikael, Peter M. Nilsson, Johan Ahlner, et al.. (2020). Do patients or their physicians more accurately assess long-term risk associated with hypertension? A population-based study. Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care. 38(2). 166–175. 2 indexed citations

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Graff, Pål, Ing‐Liss Bryngelsson, Mats Fredrikson, & Ulf Flodin. (2019). Adult onset asthma in non‐allergic women working in dampness damaged buildings: A retrospective cohort study. American Journal of Industrial Medicine. 62(4). 357–363. 4 indexed citations

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Elmasry, Moustafa, et al.. (2018). Validation of the burn intervention score in a National Burn Centre. Burns. 44(5). 1159–1166. 7 indexed citations

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Hagström, Hannes, Mats Fredrikson, Simone Ignatova, et al.. (2016). Development of Serum Marker Models to Increase Diagnostic Accuracy of Advanced Fibrosis in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: The New LINKI Algorithm Compared with Established Algorithms. PLoS ONE. 11(12). e0167776–e0167776. 18 indexed citations

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Ungerbäck, Jonas, Dimitri Belenki, Mats Fredrikson, et al.. (2012). Genetic variation and alterations of genes involved in NFκB/TNFAIP3- and NLRP3-inflammasome signaling affect susceptibility and outcome of colorectal cancer. Carcinogenesis. 33(11). 2126–2134. 122 indexed citations

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Gordh, Torsten, et al.. (2010). Brain activation due to postoperative pain from the right hand measured with regional cerebral blood flow using positron emission tomography. Scandinavian Journal of Pain. 1(3). 115–119. 1 indexed citations

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Oscarsson, Anna, et al.. (2009). N-terminal fragment of pro-B-type natriuretic peptide is a predictor of cardiac events in high-risk patients undergoing acute hip fracture surgery. British Journal of Anaesthesia. 103(2). 206–212. 31 indexed citations

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Wardle, J, Andrew Steptoe, France Bellisle, et al.. (1997). Healthy dietary practices among young Europeans. UCL Discovery (University College London).

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Fredrikson, Mats, et al.. (1995). Functional neuroanatomy of fear: Additional data and theoretical analyses.. Psychophysiology. 43–48. 1 indexed citations

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Fredrikson, Mats, et al.. (1987). Autonomic nervous blockade and phobic fear responses. Journal of Psychophysiology. 1. 35–43. 3 indexed citations

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