Peyman Björklund

6.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
56 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Peyman Björklund is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Surgery and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. According to data from OpenAlex, Peyman Björklund has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Molecular Biology, 21 papers in Surgery and 19 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. Recurrent topics in Peyman Björklund's work include Parathyroid Disorders and Treatments (17 papers), Adrenal and Paraganglionic Tumors (16 papers) and Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting (14 papers). Peyman Björklund is often cited by papers focused on Parathyroid Disorders and Treatments (17 papers), Adrenal and Paraganglionic Tumors (16 papers) and Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting (14 papers). Peyman Björklund collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United States and Germany. Peyman Björklund's co-authors include Gunnar Westin, Göran Åkerström, Per Hellman, Tobias Carling, Peter Stålberg, Tijana Krajisnik, Tobias E. Larsson, Richard P. Lifton, Murim Choi and Joakim Crona and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, New England Journal of Medicine and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Peyman Björklund

55 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

K + Channel Mutations in Adrenal Aldosterone-Producing Ad... 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 200 400 600
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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.

  1. K + Channel Mutations in Adrenal Aldosterone-Producing Adenomas and Hereditary Hypertension
    2011 679 citations Murim Choi, Ute I. Scholl et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Peyman Björklund Sweden 30 1.2k 1.2k 917 915 797 56 3.1k
Peter Kamenický France 31 1.5k 1.2× 830 0.7× 499 0.5× 1.1k 1.2× 515 0.6× 105 3.1k
Filomena Cetani Italy 34 1.1k 0.9× 852 0.7× 847 0.9× 2.6k 2.8× 1.2k 1.5× 147 4.5k
Klaus Brusgaard Denmark 27 643 0.5× 737 0.6× 652 0.7× 155 0.2× 481 0.6× 120 2.3k
Elena Ambrogini United States 23 236 0.2× 362 0.3× 1.5k 1.7× 834 0.9× 574 0.7× 42 3.0k
M. Golam Kabir Canada 22 634 0.5× 426 0.4× 971 1.1× 704 0.8× 128 0.2× 28 2.7k
Hui Sun China 21 1.0k 0.8× 604 0.5× 673 0.7× 82 0.1× 253 0.3× 114 2.2k
Regina Matsunaga Martin Brazil 20 476 0.4× 287 0.2× 617 0.7× 143 0.2× 558 0.7× 54 1.6k
Hsueh-Ying Yang United States 9 178 0.1× 279 0.2× 691 0.8× 1.3k 1.5× 677 0.8× 10 2.4k
Tapani Ebeling Finland 20 1.5k 1.2× 1.0k 0.9× 267 0.3× 51 0.1× 266 0.3× 46 2.2k
Cynthia St. Hilaire United States 20 119 0.1× 363 0.3× 751 0.8× 388 0.4× 415 0.5× 42 2.1k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Peyman Björklund

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All Works

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Backman, Samuel, Tobias Åkerström, Rajani Maharjan, et al.. (2019). RNA Sequencing Provides Novel Insights into the Transcriptome of Aldosterone Producing Adenomas. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 6269–6269. 14 indexed citations
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Hellman, Per, Peyman Björklund, & Tobias Åkerström. (2019). Aldosterone-Producing Adenomas. Vitamins and hormones. 109. 407–431. 9 indexed citations
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Maharjan, Rajani, Samuel Backman, Tobias Åkerström, Per Hellman, & Peyman Björklund. (2018). Comprehensive analysis of CTNNB1 in adrenocortical carcinomas: Identification of novel mutations and correlation to survival. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 8610–8610. 18 indexed citations
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Björklund, Peyman & Samuel Backman. (2017). Epigenetics of pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology. 469. 92–97. 13 indexed citations
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Backman, Samuel, Rajani Maharjan, Joakim Crona, et al.. (2017). Global DNA Methylation Analysis Identifies Two Discrete clusters of Pheochromocytoma with Distinct Genomic and Genetic Alterations. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 44943–44943. 15 indexed citations
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Björklund, Peyman, Karel Pacák, & Joakim Crona. (2016). Precision medicine in pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma: current and future concepts. Journal of Internal Medicine. 280(6). 559–573. 31 indexed citations
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Crona, Joakim, Samuel Backman, Rajani Maharjan, et al.. (2015). Spatiotemporal Heterogeneity Characterizes the Genetic Landscape of Pheochromocytoma and Defines Early Events in Tumorigenesis. Clinical Cancer Research. 21(19). 4451–4460. 25 indexed citations
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Åkerström, Göran, Olov Norlén, Joakim Crona, et al.. (2015). A Review on Management Discussions of Small Intestinal Neuroendocrine Tumors ‘Midgut Carcinoids’. 2(2). 119–128. 1 indexed citations
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Verdugo, Alberto Delgado, Joakim Crona, Rajani Maharjan, et al.. (2014). Exome Sequencing and CNV Analysis on Chromosome 18 in Small Intestinal Neuroendocrine Tumors: Ruling Out a Suspect?. Hormone and Metabolic Research. 47(6). 452–455. 5 indexed citations
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Svedlund, Jessica, Peter Stålberg, Per Hellman, et al.. (2013). The histone methyltransferase EZH2, an oncogene common to benign and malignant parathyroid tumors. Endocrine Related Cancer. 21(2). 231–239. 42 indexed citations
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Crona, Joakim, Rajani Maharjan, Alberto Delgado Verdugo, et al.. (2013). MAX mutations status in Swedish patients with pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma tumours. Familial Cancer. 13(1). 121–125. 10 indexed citations
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Crona, Joakim, Alberto Delgado Verdugo, Donald Granberg, et al.. (2013). Next-generation sequencing in the clinical genetic screening of patients with pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma. Endocrine Connections. 2(2). 104–111. 29 indexed citations
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Márquez, Víctor E., et al.. (2012). Hypermethylated in cancer 1 (HIC1), a tumour suppressor gene epigenetically deregulated in hyperparathyroid tumours by histone modification. 15th International & 14th European Congress of Endocrinology. 29. 4 indexed citations
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Choi, Murim, Ute I. Scholl, Peng Yue, et al.. (2011). K + Channel Mutations in Adrenal Aldosterone-Producing Adenomas and Hereditary Hypertension. Science. 331(6018). 768–772. 679 indexed citations breakdown →
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Björklund, Peyman, et al.. (2011). Different gene expression profiles in metastasizing midgut carcinoid tumors. Endocrine Related Cancer. 18(4). 479–489. 21 indexed citations
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Björklund, Peyman, Lee F. Starker, Annabelle L. Fonseca, & Tobias Carling. (2010). Molecular Basis of Primary Hyperparathyroidism. 2(2). 63–70.
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Starker, Lee F., Amit Mahajan, Peyman Björklund, et al.. (2010). 4D Parathyroid CT as the Initial Localization Study for Patients with De Novo Primary Hyperparathyroidism. Annals of Surgical Oncology. 18(6). 1723–1728. 109 indexed citations
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Björklund, Peyman, Kenko Cupisti, Mårten Fryknäs, et al.. (2009). Stathmin as a Marker for Malignancy in Pheochromocytomas. Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology & Diabetes. 118(1). 27–30. 13 indexed citations
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Björklund, Peyman, Göran Åkerström, & Gunnar Westin. (2007). An LRP5 Receptor with Internal Deletion in Hyperparathyroid Tumors with Implications for Deregulated WNT/β-Catenin Signaling. PLoS Medicine. 4(11). e328–e328. 52 indexed citations

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