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Åke Lernmark

Åke Lernmark

Lund University
Sweden

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Biology and Biochemistry
Sweden
2023
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Medicine
Sweden
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
114
Citations
56337
World Ranking
821
National Ranking
15

Medicine

D-Index
114
Citations
56522
World Ranking
4667
National Ranking
95

Åke Lernmark publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 819 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Åke Lernmark D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Åke Lernmark sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 72 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 114 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2002 - J. Allyn Taylor International Prize in Medicine, Robarts Research Institute
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Åke Lernmark is affiliated with Lund University in Sweden and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work primarily focuses on diabetes and associated disorders, with significant involvement in pancreatic function, diabetes management and research, as well as related areas such as diet and metabolism studies and immune cell function.

The scientist's research covers several main topics, including:

  • Diabetes and associated disorders
  • Pancreatic function and diabetes
  • Diabetes Management and Research
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • Celiac Disease Research and Management
  • Diabetes Treatment and Management

They have published regularly in prominent journals, with frequent publication venues including:

  • Diabetes Care
  • Diabetes
  • Diabetologia
  • Scientific Reports
  • Nature Communications

Significant recent papers authored or co-authored by Åke Lernmark include:

  • "Guidelines and Recommendations for Laboratory Analysis in the Diagnosis and Management of Diabetes Mellitus" (2023) published in Diabetes Care
  • "A combined risk score enhances prediction of type 1 diabetes among susceptible children" (2020) published in Nature Medicine
  • "Guidelines and Recommendations for Laboratory Analysis in the Diagnosis and Management of Diabetes Mellitus" (2023) published in Clinical Chemistry
  • "Hierarchical Order of Distinct Autoantibody Spreading and Progression to Type 1 Diabetes in the TEDDY Study" (2020) published in Diabetes Care
  • "Predictors of the Initiation of Islet Autoimmunity and Progression to Multiple Autoantibodies and Clinical Diabetes: The TEDDY Study" (2022) published in Diabetes Care

The scientist collaborates frequently with other researchers in the field, including Jorma Toppari, William Hagopian, Jeffrey P. Krischer, Marian Rewers, and Riitta Veijola. These collaborations highlight a networked approach to advancing understanding and treatment of diabetes and endocrine-related studies.

Åke Lernmark's work spans several key subfields such as genetics, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, surgery, physiology, and immunology. This multidisciplinary approach supports a broad and integrated view of disease mechanisms and clinical applications in diabetes research.

Throughout their career, Åke Lernmark has received recognition, including the J. Allyn Taylor International Prize in Medicine awarded by the Robarts Research Institute in 2002, as well as membership in the Association of American Physicians. These honors reflect their sustained engagement in medical research communities.

Best Publications

  • Follow-up report on the diagnosis of diabetes mellitus.

    Saul Genuth;K. G M M Alberti;Peter Bennett;John Buse

  • Temporal development of the gut microbiome in early childhood from the TEDDY study

    Christopher J. Stewart;Christopher J. Stewart;Nadim J. Ajami;Jacqueline L. O’Brien;Diane S. Hutchinson

  • Novel subgroups of adult-onset diabetes and their association with outcomes: a data-driven cluster analysis of six variables

    Emma Ahlqvist;Petter Storm;Annemari Käräjämäki;Mats Martinell

  • Guidelines and Recommendations for Laboratory Analysis in the Diagnosis and Management of Diabetes Mellitus

    David B. Sacks;David E. Bruns;David E. Goldstein;Noel K. Maclaren

  • Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus

    Anastasia Katsarou;Soffia Gudbjörnsdottir;Araz Rawshani;Dana Dabelea

  • Guidelines and Recommendations for Laboratory Analysis in the Diagnosis and Management of Diabetes Mellitus

    David Barry Sacks;Mark Arnold;George L. Bakris;David E. Bruns

  • Staging Presymptomatic Type 1 Diabetes: A Scientific Statement of JDRF, the Endocrine Society, and the American Diabetes Association.

    Richard A. Insel;Jessica L. Dunne;Mark A. Atkinson;Jane L. Chiang

  • The human gut microbiome in early-onset type 1 diabetes from the TEDDY study

    Tommi Vatanen;Eric A. Franzosa;Eric A. Franzosa;Randall Schwager;Surya Tripathi

  • Autoantibodies in newly diagnosed diabetic children immunoprecipitate human pancreatic islet cell proteins

    Steinunn Baekkeskov;Jens Høiriis Nielsen;Birgitte Marner;Torben Bilde

  • A genetic linkage map of the laboratory rat, Rattus norvegicus

    Howard J. Jacob;Howard J. Jacob;Donna M. Brown;Ruth K. Bunker;Mark J. Daly

  • A novel radioligand binding assay to determine diagnostic accuracy of isoform-specific glutamic acid decarboxylase antibodies in childhood iDDM

    C E Grubin;T Daniels;B Toivola;M Landin-Olsson

  • Genetic risk factors for type 1 diabetes

    Flemming Pociot;Åke Lernmark

  • Islet-cell-surface antibodies in juvenile diabetes mellitus.

    Åke Lernmark;Åke Lernmark;Zachary R. Freedman;Cecilia Hofmann;Arthur H. Rubenstein

  • Activating germline mutations in STAT3 cause early-onset multi-organ autoimmune disease

    Sarah E Flanagan;Emma Haapaniemi;Mark A Russell;Richard Caswell

  • The preparation of, and studies on, free cell suspensions from mouse pancreatic islets.

    Å. Lernmark

  • The 6 year incidence of diabetes-associated autoantibodies in genetically at-risk children: the TEDDY study.

    Jeffrey P. Krischer;Kristian F. Lynch;Desmond A. Schatz;Jorma Ilonen;Jorma Ilonen

  • The environmental determinants of diabetes in the young (TEDDY) study: Study design

    Åke Lernmark;Peter Almgren;Carin Andrén Aronsson

  • Autoantibodies in diabetes.

    Catherine Pihoker;Lisa K. Gilliam;Christiane S. Hampe;Åke Lernmark

  • BLUEPRINT to decode the epigenetic signature written in blood

    David Adams;Lucia Altucci;Stylionos E. Antonarakis;Juan Ballesteros

  • Cloning and primary structure of a human islet isoform of glutamic acid decarboxylase from chromosome 10.

    Allan E. Karlsen;William A. Hagopian;Catherine E. Grubin;Syamalima Dube

Frequent Co-Authors

William Hagopian
William Hagopian University of Washington
Jorma Toppari
Jorma Toppari University of Turku
Marian Rewers
Marian Rewers University of Colorado Denver
Anette-G. Ziegler
Anette-G. Ziegler Technical University of Munich
Jeffrey P. Krischer
Jeffrey P. Krischer University of South Florida
Ingrid Kockum
Ingrid Kockum Karolinska Institute
Johnny Ludvigsson
Johnny Ludvigsson Linköping University
Olli Simell
Olli Simell Turku University Hospital
Jin-Xiong She
Jin-Xiong She Jinfiniti Precision Medicine
Jerry P. Palmer
Jerry P. Palmer University of Washington

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