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Aleksander Giwercman

Aleksander Giwercman

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Medicine
Sweden
2023

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Medicine

D-Index
117
Citations
73681
World Ranking
4124
National Ranking
82

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Sweden Leader Award

Overview

Aleksander Giwercman is affiliated with Lund University in Sweden and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a particular focus on reproductive medicine and related subfields. Their research work spans multiple interdisciplinary areas including pediatrics, perinatology, child health, public health, environmental and occupational health, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, and molecular biology.

The scientist has a significant body of published work, with 144 publications categorized under medicine. The main subfields of study include:

  • Reproductive Medicine
  • Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
  • Molecular Biology

The core topics addressed in their research include:

  • Hormonal and reproductive studies
  • Sperm and Testicular Function
  • Reproductive Biology and Fertility
  • Reproductive Health and Technologies
  • Sexual Differentiation and Disorders
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life

Aleksander Giwercman has collaborated frequently with several other researchers in the field. The most common co-authors include:

  • Angel Elenkov
  • Ilpo Huhtaniemi
  • Mario Maggi
  • Terence W O'Neill
  • Dirk Vanderschueren

Their studies have appeared across various scientific journals, with notable publication venues including:

  • Andrology
  • Human Reproduction
  • Scientific Reports
  • The Lancet Oncology
  • Fertility and Sterility

Selected recent publications highlight the scope and thematic focus of Aleksander Giwercman's work:

  • Male infertility, 2023, Nature Reviews Disease Primers
  • Fertility preservation for male patients with childhood, adolescent, and young adult cancer: recommendations from the PanCareLIFE Consortium and the International Late Effects of Childhood Cancer Guideline Harmonization Group, 2021, The Lancet Oncology
  • Fertility preservation for female patients with childhood, adolescent, and young adult cancer: recommendations from the PanCareLIFE Consortium and the International Late Effects of Childhood Cancer Guideline Harmonization Group, 2021, The Lancet Oncology
  • Communication and ethical considerations for fertility preservation for patients with childhood, adolescent, and young adult cancer: recommendations from the PanCareLIFE Consortium and the International Late Effects of Childhood Cancer Guideline Harmonization Group, 2021, The Lancet Oncology
  • SARS-CoV-2, testosterone and frailty in males (PROTEGGIMI): A multidimensional research project, 2020, Andrology

Best Publications

  • Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults

    Leandra Abarca-Gómez;Ziad A Abdeen;Zargar Abdul Hamid;Niveen M Abu-Rmeileh

  • Trends in adult body-mass index in 200 countries from 1975 to 2014: A pooled analysis of 1698 population-based measurement studies with 19.2 million participants

    Mariachiara Di Cesare;Mariachiara Di Cesare;James Bentham;Gretchen A Stevens;Bin Zhou

  • Worldwide trends in diabetes since 1980: a pooled analysis of 751 population-based studies with 4.4 million participants

    Bin Zhou;Yuan Lu;Kaveh Hajifathalian;James Bentham

  • Evidence for Decreasing Quality of Semen During Past 50 Years

    Elisabeth Carlsen;Aleksander Giwercman;Niels Keiding;Niels E. Skakkebaek

  • Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: a pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 million participants

    Bin Zhou;Rodrigo M Carrillo-Larco;Goodarz Danaei;Leanne M Riley

  • Male reproductive health and environmental xenoestrogens

    J Toppari;JC Larsen;P Christiansen;A Giwercman

  • Identification of late-onset hypogonadism in middle-aged and elderly men.

    Frederick C.W. Wu;Abdelouahid Tajar;Jennifer M. Beynon;Stephen R. Pye

  • A century of trends in adult human height

    James Bentham;Mariachiara Di Cesare;Mariachiara Di Cesare;Gretchen A. Stevens;Bin Zhou

  • European Association of Urology Guidelines on Male Infertility: The 2012 Update

    Andreas Jungwirth;Aleksander Giwercman;Herman Tournaye;Thorsten Diemer

  • Hypothalamic-pituitary-testicular axis disruptions in older men are differentially linked to age and modifiable risk factors: the European Male Aging Study.

    Frederick C W Wu;Abdelouahid Tajar;Stephen R Pye;Alan J Silman

  • Carcinoma-in-situ of the testis: possible origin from gonocytes and precursor of all types of germ cell tumours except spermatocytoma.

    N. E. Skakkebæk;J. G. Berthelsen;A. Giwercman;J. Müller

  • Relation between semen quality and fertility: a population-based study of 430 first-pregnancy planners

    Jens Peter E Bonde;Erik Ernst;Tina Kold Jensen;Niels Henrik I Hjollund

  • Sperm DNA integrity assessment in prediction of assisted reproduction technology outcome

    Mona Bungum;P Humaidan;Anna Axmon;M Spano

  • Rising rural body-mass index is the main driver of the global obesity epidemic in adults

    Honor Bixby;James Bentham;Bin Zhou;Mariachiara Di Cesare

  • Characteristics of Secondary, Primary, and Compensated Hypogonadism in Aging Men: Evidence from the European Male Ageing Study.

    Abdelouahid Tajar;Gianni Forti;Terence W O'Neill;David M Lee

  • The predictive value of sperm chromatin structure assay (SCSA) parameters for the outcome of intrauterine insemination, IVF and ICSI

    M Bungum;P Humaidan;M Spano;K Jepson

  • Age-related changes in general and sexual health in middle-aged and older men: results from the European Male Ageing Study (EMAS).

    Giovanni Corona;David M. Lee;Gianni Forti;Daryl B. O'Connor

  • Sperm chromatin structure and male fertility: biological and clinical aspects.

    Juris Erenpreiss;M Spano;J Erenpreisa;Mona Bungum

  • Age-associated changes in hypothalamic-pituitary-testicular function in middle-aged and older men are modified by weight change and lifestyle factors: longitudinal results from the European Male Ageing Study

    E M Camacho;I T Huhtaniemi;T W O'Neill;J D Finn

  • Evidence fordecreasing quality ofsemen during past50years

    Elisabeth Carlsen;Aleksander Giwercman;Niels Keiding;Niels ESkakkeblek

Frequent Co-Authors

Felipe F. Casanueva
Felipe F. Casanueva University of Santiago de Compostela
Ilpo Huhtaniemi
Ilpo Huhtaniemi Imperial College London
Terence W. O'Neill
Terence W. O'Neill University of Manchester
Frederick C. W. Wu
Frederick C. W. Wu University of Manchester
Gianni Forti
Gianni Forti University of Florence
Jens Peter Bonde
Jens Peter Bonde University of Copenhagen
Michael E. J. Lean
Michael E. J. Lean University of Glasgow
Steven Boonen
Steven Boonen KU Leuven
Alan J. Silman
Alan J. Silman University of Oxford

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