Søren Persson

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Søren Persson is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology and Food Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Søren Persson has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Infectious Diseases, 10 papers in Molecular Biology and 10 papers in Food Science. Recurrent topics in Søren Persson's work include Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (13 papers), Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (11 papers) and Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology (9 papers). Søren Persson is often cited by papers focused on Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (13 papers), Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (11 papers) and Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology (9 papers). Søren Persson collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, United States and Germany. Søren Persson's co-authors include Katharina E. P. Olsen, Flemming Scheutz, Mia Torpdahl, Steen Ethelberg, Louise D. Teel, Lothar Beutin, Helge Karch, Alison D. O’Brien, Stefano Morabito and Glenn Buvens and has published in prestigious journals such as Clinical Infectious Diseases, Journal of Clinical Microbiology and The Journal of Infectious Diseases.

In The Last Decade

Søren Persson

30 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

Multicenter Evaluation of a Sequence-Based Protocol for S... 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 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. Multicenter Evaluation of a Sequence-Based Protocol for Subtyping Shiga Toxins and Standardizing Stx Nomenclature
    2012 626 citations Flemming Scheutz, Søren Persson et al. Journal of Clinical Microbiology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Søren Persson Denmark 18 1.4k 1.1k 562 308 285 33 2.0k
Teizo Tsukamoto Japan 25 663 0.5× 960 0.9× 650 1.2× 502 1.6× 257 0.9× 57 1.9k
Katharina Grif Austria 22 745 0.5× 639 0.6× 347 0.6× 177 0.6× 262 0.9× 43 1.5k
Roxane Maria Fontes Piazza Brazil 19 695 0.5× 890 0.8× 408 0.7× 347 1.1× 107 0.4× 87 1.7k
Juan Xicohtencatl‐Cortés Mexico 25 542 0.4× 1.1k 1.0× 385 0.7× 609 2.0× 364 1.3× 97 2.2k
Kim Ziebell Canada 25 1.0k 0.7× 1.6k 1.4× 926 1.6× 309 1.0× 143 0.5× 56 2.3k
Waldir P. Elias Brazil 26 1.3k 0.9× 1.9k 1.7× 744 1.3× 337 1.1× 177 0.6× 76 2.4k
Isabel C. A. Scaletsky Brazil 28 1.8k 1.3× 2.4k 2.2× 921 1.6× 357 1.2× 92 0.3× 63 3.1k
John R. Czeczulin United States 12 1.1k 0.8× 1.3k 1.2× 483 0.9× 287 0.9× 61 0.2× 12 1.7k
Lai-King Ng Canada 22 337 0.2× 377 0.3× 618 1.1× 237 0.8× 139 0.5× 46 1.4k
Changyun Ye China 29 414 0.3× 471 0.4× 382 0.7× 844 2.7× 247 0.9× 76 1.9k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Søren Persson

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Nielsen, Sofie, Astrid Rasmussen, John Coia, et al.. (2025). Comparison of Illumina and Oxford Nanopore sequencing data quality for Clostridioides difficile genome analysis and their application for epidemiological surveillance. BMC Genomics. 26(1). 92–92. 7 indexed citations
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Persson, Søren, Hans Linde Nielsen, John Coia, et al.. (2022). Sentinel surveillance and epidemiology of Clostridioides difficile in Denmark, 2016 to 2019. Eurosurveillance. 27(49). 10 indexed citations
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Kiil, Kristoffer, et al.. (2021). Dogs are carriers of Clostridioides difficile lineages associated with human community-acquired infections. Anaerobe. 67. 102317–102317. 21 indexed citations
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Kiil, Kristoffer, Christoffer Bugge Harder, Mathilde H. Josefsen, et al.. (2017). Towards diagnostic metagenomics of Campylobacter in fecal samples. BMC Microbiology. 17(1). 133–133. 10 indexed citations
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Jensen, Anne K., Eva Møller Nielsen, Jonas T. Björkman, et al.. (2016). Whole-genome Sequencing Used to Investigate a Nationwide Outbreak of Listeriosis Caused by Ready-to-eat Delicatessen Meat, Denmark, 2014. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 63(1). 64–70. 86 indexed citations
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Persson, Søren, et al.. (2014). A search for Clostridium difficile ribotypes 027 and 078 in Brazil. The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases. 18(6). 672–674. 5 indexed citations
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Mirsepasi, Hengameh, Søren Persson, Carsten Struve, et al.. (2014). Microbial diversity in fecal samples depends on DNA extraction method: easyMag DNA extraction compared to QIAamp DNA stool mini kit extraction. BMC Research Notes. 7(1). 50–50. 59 indexed citations
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Brock, Inger, et al.. (2011). Clinical features of Clostridium difficile infection and molecular characterization of the isolated strains in a cohort of Danish hospitalized patients. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases. 31(2). 185–192. 17 indexed citations
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Persson, Søren, Richard F. de Boer, A.M.D. Kooistra-Smid, & Katharina E. P. Olsen. (2011). Five commercial DNA extraction systems tested and compared on a stool sample collection. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. 69(3). 240–244. 26 indexed citations
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Nielsen, Henrik, Søren Persson, K. E. P. OLSEN, et al.. (2010). Bacteraemia with Campylobacter jejuni: no association with the virulence genes iam, cdtB, capA or virB. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases. 29(3). 357–358. 12 indexed citations
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Mølbak, Kåre, Kjeld Truberg Jensen, Mia Torpdahl, et al.. (2009). The emergence of Clostridium difficile PCR ribotype 027 in Denmark – a possible link with the increased consumption of fluoroquinolones and cephalosporins?. Eurosurveillance. 14(15). 20 indexed citations
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Persson, Søren, Mia Torpdahl, & Katharina E. P. Olsen. (2008). New multiplex PCR method for the detection of Clostridium difficile toxin A (tcdA) and toxin B (tcdB) and the binary toxin (cdtA/cdtB) genes applied to a Danish strain collection. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 14(11). 1057–1064. 254 indexed citations
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Persson, Søren, Katharina E. P. Olsen, Flemming Scheutz, Karen A. Krogfelt, & Peter Gerner‐Smidt. (2007). A method for fast and simple detection of major diarrhoeagenic Escherichia coli in the routine diagnostic laboratory. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 13(5). 516–524. 70 indexed citations
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Persson, Søren, Katharina E. P. Olsen, Steen Ethelberg, & Flemming Scheutz. (2007). Subtyping Method for Escherichia coli Shiga Toxin (Verocytotoxin) 2 Variants and Correlations to Clinical Manifestations. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 45(6). 2020–2024. 241 indexed citations
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Nomura, Christopher T., et al.. (2006). Characterization of two cytochrome oxidase operons in the marine cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002: Inactivation of ctaDI affects the PS I:PS II ratio. Photosynthesis Research. 87(2). 215–228. 38 indexed citations
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Danielsen, Marianne, et al.. (2005). Chlorosome Proteins Studied by MALDI-TOF-MS: Topology of CsmA in Chlorobium tepidum. Photosynthesis Research. 86(1-2). 113–121. 13 indexed citations
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Persson, Søren, Carsten P. Sönksen, Niels‐Ulrik Frigaard, et al.. (2000). Pigments and proteins in green bacterial chlorosomes studied by matrix‐assisted laser desorption ionization mass spectrometry. European Journal of Biochemistry. 267(2). 450–456. 17 indexed citations
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Persson, Søren, et al.. (1981). Energy production potential of a 100 m/sup 3/ biogas generator. 1 indexed citations

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