Nils Bergman

4.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Nils Bergman is a scholar working on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Pharmacy and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Nils Bergman has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, 15 papers in Pharmacy and 11 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Nils Bergman's work include Infant Development and Preterm Care (23 papers), Infant Health and Development (15 papers) and Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (11 papers). Nils Bergman is often cited by papers focused on Infant Development and Preterm Care (23 papers), Infant Health and Development (15 papers) and Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (11 papers). Nils Bergman collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, Sweden and United States. Nils Bergman's co-authors include Elizabeth R. Moore, Gene Cranston Anderson, Nancy Medley, Susan M. Ludington‐Hoe, Barak Morgan, Riccardo Davanzo, Nathalie Charpak, A‐M Widström, Uwe Ewald and Adriano Cattaneo and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Biological Psychiatry and Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Nils Bergman

36 papers receiving 2.2k 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.

Early skin-to-skin contact for mothers and their healthy newborn infants

2016 896 citations Elizabeth R. Moore, Nils Bergman et al. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nils Bergman South Africa	20	1.5k	1.0k	613	494	456	37	2.4k
Riccardo Davanzo Italy	23	1.0k 0.7×	1.1k 1.1×	516 0.8×	437 0.9×	181 0.4×	70	2.0k
Elizabeth R. Moore United States	12	980 0.7×	1.1k 1.1×	276 0.5×	468 0.9×	264 0.6×	23	1.9k
Rosemary White‐Traut United States	32	1.9k 1.3×	404 0.4×	664 1.1×	529 1.1×	773 1.7×	114	2.7k
Kyllike Christensson Sweden	34	1.8k 1.2×	594 0.6×	327 0.5×	922 1.9×	454 1.0×	130	3.4k
Lori Feldman‐Winter United States	22	562 0.4×	876 0.8×	365 0.6×	340 0.7×	177 0.4×	55	1.7k
Ann‐Marie Widström Sweden	25	894 0.6×	998 1.0×	138 0.2×	768 1.6×	295 0.6×	39	2.2k
Juan Gabriel Ruíz Colombia	19	1.7k 1.1×	919 0.9×	907 1.5×	189 0.4×	352 0.8×	77	2.2k
Barbara L. Philipp United States	26	1.0k 0.7×	1.3k 1.3×	161 0.3×	556 1.1×	244 0.5×	61	2.3k
Barbara Medoff‐Cooper United States	35	1.9k 1.3×	1.2k 1.2×	1.0k 1.6×	240 0.5×	393 0.9×	115	3.1k
Gérard Thiriez France	22	1.7k 1.1×	547 0.5×	1.3k 2.1×	315 0.6×	130 0.3×	48	2.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nils Bergman

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Lilliesköld, Siri, Björn Westrup, Nils Bergman, et al.. (2025). Skin-to-skin contact at birth for very preterm infants and symptoms of depression and anxiety in parents during the first year – A secondary outcome of a randomized clinical trial. Journal of Affective Disorders. 383. 323–332. 2 indexed citations

Bergman, Nils. (2024). New policies on skin-to-skin contact warrant an oxytocin-based perspective on perinatal health care. Frontiers in Psychology. 15. 1385320–1385320. 5 indexed citations

Arya, Sugandha, Richa Singhal, Archana Kumari, et al.. (2023). Effect on neonatal sepsis following immediate kangaroo mother care in a newborn intensive care unit: a post-hoc analysis of a multicentre, open-label, randomised controlled trial. EClinicalMedicine. 60. 102006–102006. 15 indexed citations

Linnér, Agnes, Nils Bergman, Siri Lilliesköld, et al.. (2022). Immediate skin‐to‐skin contact may have beneficial effects on the cardiorespiratory stabilisation in very preterm infants. Acta Paediatrica. 111(8). 1507–1514. 40 indexed citations

Linnér, Agnes, Nils Bergman, Siri Lilliesköld, et al.. (2022). Immediate skin‐to‐skin contact after birth ensures stable thermoregulation in very preterm infants in high‐resource settings. Acta Paediatrica. 112(5). 934–941. 26 indexed citations

Linnér, Agnes, Björn Westrup, Siren Rettedal, et al.. (2022). Immediate skin-to-skin contact for low birth weight infants is safe in terms of cardiorespiratory stability in limited-resource settings. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3. 100034–100034. 1 indexed citations

Gribble, Karleen, Susan Bewley, Melissa Bartick, et al.. (2022). Effective Communication About Pregnancy, Birth, Lactation, Breastfeeding and Newborn Care: The Importance of Sexed Language. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3. 818856–818856. 59 indexed citations

Bergman, Nils, Robert J. Ludwig, Björn Westrup, & Martha G. Welch. (2019). Nurturescience versus neuroscience: A case for rethinking perinatal mother–infant behaviors and relationship. Birth Defects Research. 111(15). 1110–1127. 38 indexed citations

Bergman, Nils. (2016). Hypothesis on supine sleep, sudden infant death syndrome reduction and association with increasing autism incidence. World Journal of Clinical Pediatrics. 5(3). 330–330. 4 indexed citations

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Moore, Elizabeth R., Nils Bergman, Gene Cranston Anderson, & Nancy Medley. (2016). Early skin-to-skin contact for mothers and their healthy newborn infants. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2016(11). CD003519–CD003519. 896 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bergman, Nils. (2014). Proposal for mechanisms of protection of supine sleep against sudden infant death syndrome: an integrated mechanism review. Pediatric Research. 77(1). 10–19. 11 indexed citations

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Bergman, Nils. (2013). Neonatal stomach volume and physiology suggest feeding at 1‐h intervals. Acta Paediatrica. 102(8). 773–777. 36 indexed citations

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Morgan, Barak, Alan R. Horn, & Nils Bergman. (2011). Should Neonates Sleep Alone?. Biological Psychiatry. 70(9). 817–825. 67 indexed citations

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Bergman, Nils, Adriano Cattaneo, Nathalie Charpak, et al.. (2010). State of the art and recommendationsKangaroo mother care: application in a high‐tech environment. Acta Paediatrica. 99(6). 812–819. 143 indexed citations

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Moore, Elizabeth R., Gene Cranston Anderson, & Nils Bergman. (2007). Early skin-to-skin contact for mothers and their healthy newborn infants. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. CD003519–CD003519. 167 indexed citations

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Bergman, Nils. (2005). More than a cuddle: skin-to-skin contact is key.. PubMed. 8(9). 44–44. 6 indexed citations

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Moore, Elizabeth R., et al.. (2003). Early skin-to-skin contact for mothers and their healthy newborn infants. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. CD003519–CD003519. 91 indexed citations

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Bergman, Nils. (2003). Fourth International Workshop on Kangaroo Mother Care. Journal of Tropical Pediatrics. 49(5). 311–312. 2 indexed citations

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Bergman, Nils, et al.. (2001). KANGAROO MOTHER CARE IN THE NURSERY. Pediatric Clinics of North America. 48(2). 443–452. 50 indexed citations

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Bergman, Nils. (1997). Clinical description of Parabuthus transvaalicus scorpionism in Zimbabwe. Toxicon. 35(5). 759–771. 50 indexed citations

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