Ulf Göransson

11.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
158 papers, 7.2k citations indexed

About

Ulf Göransson is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ulf Göransson has authored 158 papers receiving a total of 7.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 108 papers in Molecular Biology, 58 papers in Plant Science and 35 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Ulf Göransson's work include Biochemical and Structural Characterization (93 papers), Phytoplasmas and Hemiptera pathogens (47 papers) and Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (37 papers). Ulf Göransson is often cited by papers focused on Biochemical and Structural Characterization (93 papers), Phytoplasmas and Hemiptera pathogens (47 papers) and Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (37 papers). Ulf Göransson collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, Australia and United States. Ulf Göransson's co-authors include Lars Bohlin, David J. Craik, Per Claeson, Robert Burman, Hesham R. El‐Seedi, Adam A. Strömstedt, Joachim Gullbo, Sunithi Gunasekera, Erika Svangård and K. Johan Rosengren and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Ulf Göransson

151 papers receiving 7.0k citations

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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.

Marine Natural Products: A Source of Novel Anticancer Drugs

2019 400 citations Ulf Göransson, Hesham R. El‐Seedi et al. Marine Drugs profile →
Biosynthesis, Natural Sources, Dietary Intake, Pharmacokinetic Properties, and Biological Activities of Hydroxycinnamic Acids

2012 358 citations Hesham R. El‐Seedi, Ulf Göransson et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ulf Göransson Sweden	48	5.2k	2.6k	1.7k	1.1k	930	158	7.2k
Benildo Sousa Cavada Brazil	42	4.2k 0.8×	1.4k 0.5×	2.1k 1.2×	1.1k 1.0×	355 0.4×	338	7.1k
Shohei Sakuda Japan	38	2.7k 0.5×	1.5k 0.6×	342 0.2×	773 0.7×	148 0.2×	183	4.8k
Alexei Savchenko Canada	55	5.4k 1.0×	910 0.3×	389 0.2×	694 0.6×	208 0.2×	215	8.2k
Borut Štrukelj Slovenia	39	3.5k 0.7×	670 0.3×	486 0.3×	733 0.7×	189 0.2×	158	6.3k
Thomas Ostenfeld Larsen Denmark	55	3.9k 0.8×	3.6k 1.4×	202 0.1×	1.6k 1.5×	295 0.3×	229	10.3k
Michelangelo Parrilli Italy	37	2.6k 0.5×	1.8k 0.7×	562 0.3×	414 0.4×	144 0.2×	258	5.6k
Helge B. Bode Germany	53	5.5k 1.1×	1.9k 0.7×	163 0.1×	1.4k 1.2×	269 0.3×	262	9.8k
Haike Antelmann Germany	51	5.3k 1.0×	781 0.3×	416 0.2×	712 0.6×	344 0.4×	127	8.0k
Isabel Sá‐Correia Portugal	58	7.0k 1.4×	2.9k 1.1×	270 0.2×	754 0.7×	180 0.2×	272	11.1k
Hongxiang Sun China	42	2.5k 0.5×	1.1k 0.4×	1.0k 0.6×	250 0.2×	106 0.1×	172	5.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Ulf Göransson

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ulf Göransson

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Kula-Maximenko, Monika, et al.. (2025). Distribution of photosensitive fagopyrin in buckwheat flowers and its potential biological relevance. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 36279–36279.

Göransson, Ulf, et al.. (2025). Interpopulational Variation in Cyclotide Production in Heavy-Metal-Treated Pseudometallophyte (Viola tricolor L.). Plants. 14(3). 471–471. 1 indexed citations

Dancewicz, Katarzyna, et al.. (2025). Nemertide Alpha-1 as a Biopesticide: Aphid Deterrence, Antimicrobial Activity, and Safety Aspects. Marine Drugs. 23(10). 388–388.

Gerlach, Samantha L., James S. Metcalf, Rachael A. Dunlop, et al.. (2024). Kalata B1 Enhances Temozolomide Toxicity to Glioblastoma Cells. Biomedicines. 12(10). 2216–2216. 1 indexed citations

Strömstedt, Adam A., et al.. (2024). Peptide Toxins from Antarctica: The Nemertean Predator and Scavenger Parborlasia corrugatus (McIntosh, 1876). Toxins. 16(5). 209–209. 1 indexed citations

Słomka, Aneta, et al.. (2024). The involvement of cyclotides in the heavy metal tolerance of Viola spp.. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 19306–19306. 2 indexed citations

Gunasekera, Sunithi, Taj Muhammad, Mingshu Zhang, et al.. (2023). Epitopes Displayed in a Cyclic Peptide Scaffold Bind SARS‐COV‐2 Antibodies. ChemBioChem. 24(15). e202300103–e202300103. 1 indexed citations

Muhammad, Taj, Adam A. Strömstedt, Małgorzata Kapusta, et al.. (2022). Screening for Cyclotides in Sri Lankan Medicinal Plants: Discovery, Characterization, and Bioactivity Screening of Cyclotides from Geophila repens. Journal of Natural Products. 86(1). 52–65. 9 indexed citations

Hawkes, Jeffrey A., et al.. (2021). Spatial Distribution and Stability of Cholinesterase Inhibitory Protoberberine Alkaloids from Papaver setiferum. Journal of Natural Products. 85(1). 215–224. 12 indexed citations

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Badyra, Bogna, et al.. (2020). The life cycle of cyclotides: biosynthesis and turnover in plant cells. Plant Cell Reports. 39(10). 1359–1367. 13 indexed citations

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Gerlach, Samantha L., Partha K. Chandra, Upal Roy, et al.. (2019). The Membrane-Active Phytopeptide Cycloviolacin O2 Simultaneously Targets HIV-1-infected Cells and Infectious Viral Particles to Potentiate the Efficacy of Antiretroviral Drugs. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6(1). 33–33. 22 indexed citations

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Andersson, Håkan S., Malin Strand, Steve Peigneur, et al.. (2018). Peptide ion channel toxins from the bootlace worm, the longest animal on Earth. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 4596–4596. 22 indexed citations

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Kapusta, Małgorzata, Adam A. Strömstedt, Aneta Słomka, et al.. (2018). How Does the Sweet Violet (Viola odorata L.) Fight Pathogens and Pests – Cyclotides as a Comprehensive Plant Host Defense System. Frontiers in Plant Science. 9. 1296–1296. 67 indexed citations

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Strömstedt, Adam A., et al.. (2016). Selective membrane disruption by the cyclotide kalata B7: complex ions and essential functional groups in the phosphatidylethanolamine binding pocket. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 1858(6). 1317–1327. 29 indexed citations

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El‐Seedi, Hesham R., et al.. (2014). Antigenotoxic and antioxidant effects of the Mongolian medicinal plant Leptopyrum fumarioides (L): An in vitro study. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 155(1). 599–606. 19 indexed citations

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Koehbach, Johannes, Margaret O’Brien, Markus Muttenthaler, et al.. (2013). Oxytocic plant cyclotides as templates for peptide G protein-coupled receptor ligand design. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(52). 21183–21188. 122 indexed citations

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Burman, Robert, Adam A. Strömstedt, Martin Malmsten, & Ulf Göransson. (2011). Cyclotide–membrane interactions: Defining factors of membrane binding, depletion and disruption. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 1808(11). 2665–2673. 78 indexed citations

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Aboye, Teshome Leta, et al.. (2010). Interlocking Disulfides in Circular Proteins: Toward Efficient Oxidative Folding of Cyclotides. Antioxidants and Redox Signaling. 14(1). 77–86. 42 indexed citations

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Wang, Conan K., Shuhong Hu, Jennifer L. Martin, et al.. (2009). Combined X-ray and NMR Analysis of the Stability of the Cyclotide Cystine Knot Fold That Underpins Its Insecticidal Activity and Potential Use as a Drug Scaffold. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 284(16). 10672–10683. 83 indexed citations

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Sjögren, Martin, Mia Dahlström, Ulf Göransson, Per R. Jonsson, & Lars Bohlin. (2004). Recruitment in the field of balanus improvisus and mytilus edulis in response to the antifouling cyclopeptides barettin and 8,9-dihydrobarettin from the marine sponge geodia barretti. Biofouling. 20(6). 291–297. 32 indexed citations

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