Stefan Björklund

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
41 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Stefan Björklund is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Stefan Björklund has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Molecular Biology, 13 papers in Plant Science and 4 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Stefan Björklund's work include Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (16 papers), Fungal and yeast genetics research (15 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (12 papers). Stefan Björklund is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (16 papers), Fungal and yeast genetics research (15 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (12 papers). Stefan Björklund collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United States and France. Stefan Björklund's co-authors include Roger D. Kornberg, Yang Li, Young-Joon Kim, Michael H. Sayre, Claes M. Gustafsson, Nils Elfving, Gunnar Wingsle, Lars Thelander, Stefan Bäckström and Robert Nilsson and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Stefan Björklund

39 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

A multiprotein mediator of transcriptional activation and... 1994 2026 2004 2015 1994 250 500 750
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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. A multiprotein mediator of transcriptional activation and its interaction with the C-terminal repeat domain of RNA polymerase II
    1994 910 citations Young-Joon Kim, Stefan Björklund et al. Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Stefan Björklund Sweden 22 2.3k 682 204 145 120 41 2.6k
Nico Dißmeyer Germany 25 1.5k 0.7× 1.2k 1.8× 93 0.5× 189 1.3× 300 2.5× 45 2.1k
Benoı̂t Arcangioli France 25 1.9k 0.8× 355 0.5× 327 1.6× 107 0.7× 180 1.5× 51 2.0k
Olaf Nielsen Denmark 32 2.2k 1.0× 284 0.4× 230 1.1× 256 1.8× 561 4.7× 65 2.5k
Giuseppe Baldacci France 27 2.0k 0.9× 222 0.3× 226 1.1× 231 1.6× 267 2.2× 69 2.2k
Olivier Cuvier France 24 1.7k 0.7× 442 0.6× 200 1.0× 158 1.1× 147 1.2× 39 1.8k
Foteini Davrazou United States 9 1.3k 0.6× 233 0.3× 96 0.5× 63 0.4× 39 0.3× 9 1.4k
Ann E. Ehrenhofer‐Murray Germany 28 2.3k 1.0× 427 0.6× 147 0.7× 336 2.3× 177 1.5× 56 2.5k
Yohei Kirino United States 32 3.4k 1.5× 756 1.1× 193 0.9× 116 0.8× 84 0.7× 61 3.7k
Gérard Faye France 23 1.9k 0.8× 128 0.2× 138 0.7× 144 1.0× 201 1.7× 39 2.0k
Henrik Zauber Germany 18 1.2k 0.5× 265 0.4× 66 0.3× 73 0.5× 147 1.2× 24 1.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Stefan Björklund

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stefan Björklund

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Stefan Björklund. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Stefan Björklund 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 Stefan Björklund. Stefan Björklund 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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Blomberg, Jeanette, et al.. (2024). Pseudomonas syringae infectivity correlates to altered transcript and metabolite levels of Arabidopsis mediator mutants. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 6771–6771. 2 indexed citations
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Chereji, Răzvan V., Nils Elfving, Jeanette Blomberg, et al.. (2017). Mediator binds to boundaries of chromosomal interaction domains and to proteins involved in DNA looping, RNA metabolism, chromatin remodeling, and actin assembly. Nucleic Acids Research. 45(15). 8806–8821. 24 indexed citations
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Davoine, Céline, Ilka N. Abreu, Jeanette Blomberg, et al.. (2017). Functional metabolomics as a tool to analyze Mediator function and structure in plants. PLoS ONE. 12(6). e0179640–e0179640. 13 indexed citations
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Kidd, Brendan N., Jiri Stiller, Céline Davoine, et al.. (2017). MEDIATOR18 and MEDIATOR20 confer susceptibility to Fusarium oxysporum in Arabidopsis thaliana. PLoS ONE. 12(4). e0176022–e0176022. 26 indexed citations
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Shaikhali, Jehad, Céline Davoine, Stefan Björklund, & Gunnar Wingsle. (2015). Redox regulation of the MED28 and MED32 mediator subunits is important for development and senescence. PROTOPLASMA. 253(3). 957–963. 18 indexed citations
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Elfving, Nils, et al.. (2014). A dynamic interplay of nucleosome and Msn2 binding regulates kinetics of gene activation and repression following stress. Nucleic Acids Research. 42(9). 5468–5482. 40 indexed citations
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Uvell, Hanna, et al.. (2013). Functional Studies of the Yeast Med5, Med15 and Med16 Mediator Tail Subunits. PLoS ONE. 8(8). e73137–e73137. 15 indexed citations
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Blomberg, Jeanette, et al.. (2012). Interactions between DNA, transcriptional regulator Dreb2a and the Med25 mediator subunit from Arabidopsis thaliana involve conformational changes. Nucleic Acids Research. 40(13). 5938–5950. 29 indexed citations
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Elfving, Nils, Céline Davoine, Reyes Benlloch, et al.. (2011). The Arabidopsis thaliana Med25 mediator subunit integrates environmental cues to control plant development. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(20). 8245–8250. 123 indexed citations
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Eriksson, Maria, Stefan Björklund, Elena Tortosa, et al.. (2010). MAP1B binds to the NMDA receptor subunit NR3A and affects NR3A protein concentrations. Neuroscience Letters. 475(1). 33–37. 19 indexed citations
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Wang, Xiao, Stefan Björklund, Agata M. Wasik, et al.. (2010). Gene Expression Profiling and Chromatin Immunoprecipitation Identify DBN1, SETMAR and HIG2 as Direct Targets of SOX11 in Mantle Cell Lymphoma. PLoS ONE. 5(11). e14085–e14085. 39 indexed citations
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Bäckström, Stefan, Nils Elfving, Robert Nilsson, Gunnar Wingsle, & Stefan Björklund. (2007). Purification of a Plant Mediator from Arabidopsis thaliana Identifies PFT1 as the Med25 Subunit. Molecular Cell. 26(5). 717–729. 246 indexed citations
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Chabes, Anna Lena, Stefan Björklund, & Lars Thelander. (2004). S Phase-specific Transcription of the Mouse Ribonucleotide Reductase R2 Gene Requires Both a Proximal Repressive E2F-binding Site and an Upstream Promoter Activating Region. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(11). 10796–10807. 81 indexed citations
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Kotova, Irina, Anna Lena Chabes, Sergei Lobov, Lars Thelander, & Stefan Björklund. (2003). Sequences downstream of the transcription initiation site are important for proper initiation and regulation of mouse ribonucleotide reductase R2 gene transcription. European Journal of Biochemistry. 270(8). 1791–1801. 8 indexed citations
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Balčiūnas, Darius, Cecilia Gälman, Hans Ronne, & Stefan Björklund. (1999). The Med1 subunit of the yeast mediator complex is involved in both transcriptional activation and repression. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 96(2). 376–381. 40 indexed citations
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Johansson, Erik, Stefan Björklund, & Lars Thelander. (1995). Gene Structure and Regulation of the Expression of the R1 and R2 Subunits of Mouse Ribonucleotide Reductase. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 370. 721–724. 4 indexed citations
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Poon, David, Yu Bai, Andrew Campbell, et al.. (1995). Identification and characterization of a TFIID-like multiprotein complex from Saccharomyces cerevisiae.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 92(18). 8224–8228. 113 indexed citations
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Kim, Young-Joon, Stefan Björklund, Yang Li, Michael H. Sayre, & Roger D. Kornberg. (1994). A multiprotein mediator of transcriptional activation and its interaction with the C-terminal repeat domain of RNA polymerase II. Cell. 77(4). 599–608. 910 indexed citations breakdown →

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