Rune Johansen

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Rune Johansen is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, General Health Professions and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Rune Johansen has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in General Health Professions and 6 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Rune Johansen's work include DNA Repair Mechanisms (5 papers), Health disparities and outcomes (5 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (3 papers). Rune Johansen is often cited by papers focused on DNA Repair Mechanisms (5 papers), Health disparities and outcomes (5 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (3 papers). Rune Johansen collaborates with scholars based in Norway, Sweden and United Kingdom. Rune Johansen's co-authors include Erling Seeberg, Pål Ø. Falnes, Erik Nord, Odd Steffen Dalgard, Magnar Bjørås, Melanie Straiton, Marit Rognerud, Aivar Liiv, Ya‐Ming Hou and Jaanus Rèmme and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Blood.

In The Last Decade

Rune Johansen

33 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.

AlkB-mediated oxidative demethylation reverses DNA damage in Escherichia coli

2002 509 citations Pål Ø. Falnes, Rune Johansen et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rune Johansen Norway	17	828	182	173	150	140	37	1.6k
Yawen Li China	26	663 0.8×	462 2.5×	162 0.9×	115 0.8×	340 2.4×	126	2.3k
Huiming Lu China	26	1.4k 1.7×	332 1.8×	103 0.6×	34 0.2×	261 1.9×	63	2.3k
J. Frank Henderson Canada	27	1.6k 1.9×	150 0.8×	106 0.6×	118 0.8×	85 0.6×	98	2.3k
Carol A. Edwards United Kingdom	26	1.4k 1.7×	241 1.3×	483 2.8×	72 0.5×	290 2.1×	71	2.5k
Michèle C. Smith United States	25	1.2k 1.5×	186 1.0×	101 0.6×	97 0.6×	188 1.3×	46	2.4k
Richard Stone United States	19	442 0.5×	179 1.0×	119 0.7×	87 0.6×	74 0.5×	132	1.9k
Tingting Yang China	28	796 1.0×	287 1.6×	420 2.4×	162 1.1×	456 3.3×	80	2.6k
Sibo Zhao China	20	399 0.5×	135 0.7×	71 0.4×	248 1.7×	190 1.4×	65	1.3k
Michael Schwab Germany	21	758 0.9×	215 1.2×	134 0.8×	25 0.2×	64 0.5×	58	1.4k
James Murray United Kingdom	22	478 0.6×	93 0.5×	174 1.0×	105 0.7×	70 0.5×	69	1.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rune Johansen

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Hansen, Thomas, et al.. (2025). Digital bridges to social connection: A systematic review and meta-analysis of digital interventions for loneliness and social isolation. Internet Interventions. 41. 100856–100856. 1 indexed citations

Aarø, Leif Edvard, Marit Knapstad, Thomas Sevenius Nilsen, et al.. (2024). The Norwegian Counties Public Health Survey (NCPHS): a design study. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. 54(1). 78–91. 4 indexed citations

Lyshol, Heidi & Rune Johansen. (2024). The association of access to green space with low mental distress and general health in older adults: a cross-sectional study. BMC Geriatrics. 24(1). 329–329. 9 indexed citations

Zahl, Per‐Henrik, Örjan Hemström, Rune Johansen, & Svenn‐Erik Mamelund. (2023). Mortality in Norway and Sweden during the COVID-19 pandemic 2020–22: A comparative study. Journal of Infection and Public Health. 17(4). 719–726. 7 indexed citations

Johansen, Rune, et al.. (2021). Mental distress among young adults – gender differences in the role of social support. BMC Public Health. 21(1). 2152–2152. 32 indexed citations

Straiton, Melanie, et al.. (2019). Perceived discrimination, health and mental health among immigrants in Norway: the role of moderating factors. BMC Public Health. 19(1). 325–325. 79 indexed citations

Louch, William E., Cathrine R. Carlson, Ole J.B. Landsverk, et al.. (2015). Secretoneurin Is a Novel Prognostic Cardiovascular Biomarker Associated With Cardiomyocyte Calcium Handling. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 65(4). 339–351. 38 indexed citations

Carlson, Cathrine R., Andrew G. Edwards, Ole J.B. Landsverk, et al.. (2015). Secretoneurin, a Novel Endogenous CaMKII Inhibitor, Augments Cardiomyocyte Calcium Handling and Inhibits Arrhythmogenic Calcium Release. Biophysical Journal. 108(2). 340a–340a. 1 indexed citations

Yang, Mingyi, Luisa Luna, Jan Sörbo, et al.. (2014). Human OXR1 maintains mitochondrial DNA integrity and counteracts hydrogen peroxide-induced oxidative stress by regulating antioxidant pathways involving p21. Free Radical Biology and Medicine. 77. 41–48. 58 indexed citations

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Nord, Erik & Rune Johansen. (2014). Concerns for severity in priority setting in health care: A review of trade-off data in preference studies and implications for societal willingness to pay for a QALY. Health Policy. 116(2-3). 281–288. 74 indexed citations

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Bjelland, Elisabeth Krefting, Anne Eskild, Rune Johansen, & Malin Eberhard‐Gran. (2010). Pelvic girdle pain in pregnancy: the impact of parity. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 203(2). 146.e1–146.e6. 68 indexed citations

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Straume, Daniel, Rune Johansen, Magnar Bjørås, Ingolf F. Nes, & Dzung B. Diep. (2009). DNA binding kinetics of two response regulators, PlnC and PlnD, from the bacteriocin regulon of Lactobacillus plantarum C11. BMC Biochemistry. 10(1). 17–17. 20 indexed citations

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Dalgard, Odd Steffen, et al.. (2007). Education, sense of mastery and mental health: results from a nation wide health monitoring study in Norway. BMC Psychiatry. 7(1). 20–20. 111 indexed citations

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Johansen, Rune. (2006). A model for the interaction between gadoid larvae and their nauplii prey. Mathematical Biosciences. 208(1). 177–192. 3 indexed citations

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Ougland, Rune, Chunmei Zhang, Aivar Liiv, et al.. (2004). AlkB Restores the Biological Function of mRNA and tRNA Inactivated by Chemical Methylation. Molecular Cell. 16(1). 107–116. 173 indexed citations

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Falnes, Pål Ø., et al.. (2004). The Bacillus subtilis Counterpart of the Mammalian 3-Methyladenine DNA Glycosylase Has Hypoxanthine and 1,N6-Ethenoadenine as Preferred Substrates. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(14). 13601–13606. 23 indexed citations

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Melle, Ingrid & Rune Johansen. (2002). De usynlige barna – når mor eller far har schizofreni. Tidsskrift for Den Norske Laegeforening.

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Falnes, Pål Ø., Rune Johansen, & Erling Seeberg. (2002). AlkB-mediated oxidative demethylation reverses DNA damage in Escherichia coli. Nature. 419(6903). 178–182. 509 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kålås, Steinar & Rune Johansen. (1995). The Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) in Norway. Fauna norvegica. 16. 19–28. 5 indexed citations

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Bjørås, Magnar, Arne Klungland, Rune Johansen, & Erling Seeberg. (1995). Purification and Properties of the Alkylation Repair DNA Glycosylase Encoded by the MAG Gene from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Biochemistry. 34(14). 4577–4582. 39 indexed citations

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