Sven Cnattingius

39.2k total citations · 12 hit papers
494 papers, 28.1k citations indexed

About

Sven Cnattingius is a scholar working on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Obstetrics and Gynecology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Sven Cnattingius has authored 494 papers receiving a total of 28.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 320 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, 222 papers in Obstetrics and Gynecology and 102 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Sven Cnattingius's work include Birth, Development, and Health (192 papers), Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies (145 papers) and Gestational Diabetes Research and Management (107 papers). Sven Cnattingius is often cited by papers focused on Birth, Development, and Health (192 papers), Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies (145 papers) and Gestational Diabetes Research and Management (107 papers). Sven Cnattingius collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United States and Denmark. Sven Cnattingius's co-authors include Eduardo Villamor, Olof Stephansson, Fredrik Granath, Christina M. Hultman, Paul Lichtenstein, Anna‐Karin Wikström, Pär Sparén, Anna L.V. Johansson, Stefan Johansson and Michael S. Kramer and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

Sven Cnattingius

479 papers receiving 27.1k 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.

  1. A Quality Study of a Medical Birth Registry
    1990 881 citations Sven Cnattingius et al. profile →
  2. The epidemiology of smoking during pregnancy: Smoking prevalence, maternal characteristics, and pregnancy outcomes
    2004 858 citations Sven Cnattingius profile →
  3. Prepregnancy Weight and the Risk of Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes
    1998 808 citations Sven Cnattingius, Michael S. Kramer et al. profile →
  4. Preconceptional and maternal obesity: epidemiology and health consequences
    2016 762 citations Sven Cnattingius et al. profile →
  5. Interpregnancy weight change and risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes: a population-based study
    2006 543 citations Eduardo Villamor, Sven Cnattingius profile →
  6. Maternal Obesity and Risk of Preterm Delivery
    2013 503 citations Sven Cnattingius, Eduardo Villamor et al. profile →
  7. Risk of pre-eclampsia in first and subsequent pregnancies: prospective cohort study
    2009 412 citations Sven Cnattingius et al. profile →
  8. Preterm Birth and Psychiatric Disorders in Young Adult Life
    2012 343 citations Sven Cnattingius et al. profile →
  9. Outcomes of Pregnancy after Bariatric Surgery
    2015 315 citations Sven Cnattingius, Olof Stephansson et al. profile →
  10. The risk factors for postpartum depression: A population-based study
    2017 287 citations Sven Cnattingius, Paul Lichtenstein et al. profile →
  11. Maternal diabetes during pregnancy and early onset of cardiovascular disease in offspring: population based cohort study with 40 years of follow-up
    2019 203 citations Yongfu Yu, Onyebuchi A. Arah et al. profile →
  12. The Swedish medical birth register during five decades: documentation of the content and quality of the register
    2023 149 citations Sven Cnattingius, Olof Stephansson et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sven Cnattingius Sweden 90 14.2k 11.7k 6.2k 2.9k 2.8k 494 28.1k
Eric A.P. Steegers Netherlands 87 16.3k 1.1× 13.7k 1.2× 7.5k 1.2× 1.6k 0.6× 2.7k 1.0× 828 31.1k
Keith M. Godfrey United Kingdom 77 16.3k 1.1× 10.0k 0.9× 9.0k 1.4× 2.0k 0.7× 2.6k 0.9× 654 30.9k
Michael S. Kramer Canada 87 16.3k 1.1× 11.1k 1.0× 7.8k 1.3× 3.5k 1.2× 7.8k 2.8× 464 33.4k
Matthew W. Gillman United States 97 10.5k 0.7× 6.9k 0.6× 14.3k 2.3× 2.3k 0.8× 3.9k 1.4× 340 32.2k
Mika Gissler Finland 83 12.3k 0.9× 7.8k 0.7× 8.4k 1.3× 2.2k 0.8× 2.9k 1.0× 1.1k 28.2k
Vincent W. V. Jaddoe Netherlands 89 13.3k 0.9× 7.4k 0.6× 9.6k 1.5× 1.8k 0.6× 3.9k 1.4× 886 34.6k
David J.P. Barker United Kingdom 88 26.4k 1.9× 12.7k 1.1× 8.3k 1.3× 2.3k 0.8× 1.8k 0.6× 241 37.8k
Janet W. Rich‐Edwards United States 92 10.2k 0.7× 9.1k 0.8× 9.6k 1.5× 863 0.3× 2.7k 0.9× 399 27.1k
Jun Zhang China 68 9.4k 0.7× 8.5k 0.7× 4.4k 0.7× 1.6k 0.5× 2.0k 0.7× 509 21.5k
Sheryl L. Rifas‐Shiman United States 84 6.9k 0.5× 4.7k 0.4× 8.4k 1.3× 1.4k 0.5× 4.3k 1.5× 432 23.1k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Mantel, Ängla, et al.. (2025). Impact of fetal and maternal characteristics on the accuracy and precision of sonographic fetal weight estimation: population‐based study. Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology. 66(6). 747–753.
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Villamor, Eduardo & Sven Cnattingius. (2024). Grandmaternal body mass index in early pregnancy and risk of infant mortality in grandoffspring: a population-based multigeneration cohort study. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 120(5). 1156–1164. 1 indexed citations
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Liu, Xiaoqin, Mikael Norman, Olof Stephansson, et al.. (2024). Midwifery Continuity of Care During Pregnancy, Birth, and the Postpartum Period: A Matched Cohort Study. Birth. 52(1). 146–156. 4 indexed citations
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Yu, Yongfu, Onyebuchi A. Arah, Zeyan Liew, et al.. (2020). Maternal Diabetes During Pregnancy and Early Onset of Cardiovascular Disease in Offspring: Population Based Cohort Study With 40 Years of Follow Up. Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey. 75(5). 277–279. 11 indexed citations
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Cnattingius, Sven, Jing Li, Wei Dong, et al.. (2019). Maternal bereavement shortly before or during pregnancy and risk of postpartum psychotic illness: a population-based study from Denmark and Sweden. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations
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Richards, Jennifer L., Michael S. Kramer, Paromita Deb‐Rinker, et al.. (2016). Temporal Trends in Late Preterm and Early Term Birth Rates in 6 High-Income Countries in North America and Europe and Association With Clinician-Initiated Obstetric Interventions. Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey. 71(11). 644–646.
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Nelander, Maria, Sven Cnattingius, Helena Åkerud, et al.. (2016). Pregnancy hypertensive disease and risk of dementia and cardiovascular disease in women aged 65 years or older: a cohort study. BMJ Open. 6(1). e009880–e009880. 38 indexed citations
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Wikström, Anna‐Karin, et al.. (2012). The paternal role in pre-eclampsia and giving birth to a small for gestational age infant; a population-based cohort study. BMJ Open. 2(4). e001178–e001178. 23 indexed citations
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Altman, Maria, Anna‐Karin Edstedt Bonamy, Anna‐Karin Wikström, & Sven Cnattingius. (2012). Cause-specific infant mortality in a population-based Swedish study of term and post-term births: the contribution of gestational age and birth weight. BMJ Open. 2(4). e001152–e001152. 37 indexed citations
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Wiberg‐Itzel, Eva, Hans Pettersson, Sven Cnattingius, & Lennart Nordström. (2008). Prediction of time to spontaneous onset of labour with lactate concentration in vaginal fluid in women with suspected preterm prelabour rupture of the membranes. BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. 116(1). 62–66. 7 indexed citations
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Bjørge, Tone, Sven Cnattingius, Rolv T. Lie, Steinar Tretli, & Anders Engeland. (2008). Cancer Risk in Children with Birth Defects and in Their Families: A Population Based Cohort Study of 5.2 Million Children from Norway and Sweden. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 17(3). 500–506. 70 indexed citations
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Bergvall, Niklas, et al.. (2006). Risk for low intellectual performance related to being born small for gestational age are modified by gestational age. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior. 117. 460–467. 15 indexed citations
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Lichtenstein, Paul, Patrick F. Sullivan, Sven Cnattingius, et al.. (2006). The Swedish Twin Registry in the Third Millennium: An Update. Twin Research and Human Genetics. 9(6). 875–882. 275 indexed citations
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Lichtenstein, Paul, Patrick F. Sullivan, Sven Cnattingius, et al.. (2006). The Swedish Twin Registry in the Third Millennium: An Update. Twin Research and Human Genetics. 9(6). 875–882. 313 indexed citations
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Montgomery, Scott, et al.. (2002). Abortions and breast cancer: Record‐based case‐control study. International Journal of Cancer. 103(5). 676–679. 28 indexed citations
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Olausson, Petra Otterblad, Paul Lichtenstein, & Sven Cnattingius. (2000). Aetiology of teenage childbearing: reasons for familial effects. Twin Research. 3(1). 23–27. 1 indexed citations
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Wessel, Hans, et al.. (1996). Maternal risk factors for preterm birth and low birthweight in Cape Verde. 75(4). 360–366. 2 indexed citations
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Haglund, B, et al.. (1993). Social differences in late fetal death and infant mortality in Sweden 1985–86. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology. 7(1). 33–44. 57 indexed citations
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Gerdin, Eva & Sven Cnattingius. (1990). The use of obstetric analgesia in Sweden 1983–1986. BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. 97(9). 789–796. 11 indexed citations
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Cnattingius, Sven, B Haglund, & Olav Meirik. (1988). Cigarette smoking as risk factor for late fetal and early neonatal death.. BMJ. 297(6643). 258–261. 159 indexed citations

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