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Researcher · Linköping University · Sweden

Bengt Björkstén

Bengt Björkstén publishes mostly in Immunology and Allergy, Physiology and Dermatology, on topics such as Asthma and respiratory diseases, Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization and Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Research.

OpenAlex
World rank
#217,812
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Sweden
#2,385
of 71,437
Works
412
Citations
31k
Citations per work
74.5
h-index
80
i10-index 255Top 0.8% in Immunology and Allergy
Bengt Björkstén

What does Bengt Björkstén research?

Bengt Björkstén's work is mostly in Medicine (38%), Immunology and Microbiology (6%), Health Professions (6%).

Health Sciences: 202 works · 49.1% of their workMedicine: 155 works · 37.7% of their workImmunology and Allergy: 65 works · 15.8% of their workPhysiology: 60 works · 14.5% of their workDermatology: 30 works · 7.4% of their workHealth Professions: 25 works · 6.0% of their workEmergency Medical Services: 25 works · 6.0% of their workNursing: 22 works · 5.4% of their workNutrition and Dietetics: 22 works · 5.4% of their workEverything else: 185 works · 44.8% of their workLife Sciences: 25 works · 6.1% of their workImmunology and Microbiology: 25 works · 6.1% of their workImmunology: 25 works · 6.1% of their workTHEIR WORKBengt Björkstén412works
Life Sciences6%Health Sciences49%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine15537.7%
    2. Health Professions256.0%
    3. Nursing225.4%
  2. Everything else18544.8%
    1. Immunology and Microbiology256.1%
  1. 1Immunology and Allergy16% of their works
  2. 2Physiology14% of their works
  3. 3Dermatology7% of their works
  4. 4Immunology6% of their works
  5. 5Emergency Medical Services6% of their works
  6. 6Nutrition and Dietetics5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Bengt Björkstén's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Epidemiology, Asthma, Allergic Diseases, Eosinophils, Allergen-specific Immunotherapy, Pollen Allergy, Anaphylaxis and Food Allergy.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology3163 topics
  2. Asthma2402 topics
  3. Allergic Diseases1501 topic
  4. Eosinophils1501 topic
  5. Allergen-specific Immunotherapy901 topic
  6. Pollen Allergy901 topic
  7. Anaphylaxis761 topic
  8. Food Allergy761 topic
  9. Probiotics692 topics
  10. Child Care641 topic
  11. Filaggrin641 topic
  12. Infection Control Measures641 topic
  13. Skin Microbiome641 topic
  14. Human Milk Composition381 topic
  15. Preterm Infants381 topic
  16. Colic311 topic
  17. Gut Microbiota311 topic
  18. Infant Crying311 topic
  19. Microbial Communities311 topic

Where does Bengt Björkstén work?

Bengt Björkstén's main affiliation in the publication record is Linköping University, Sweden.

How many publications and citations does Bengt Björkstén have?

OpenAlex counts 412 works and 30,713 citations for Bengt Björkstén, an h-index of 80, ranking #217,812 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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