2026 Alicja Wolk: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Best Female Scientists	171	61	56	2	2	815	104884
Best Scientists	171	842	772	15	15	815	104884
Medicine	175	438	396	9	9	815	110313

Alicja Wolk publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alicja Wolk sits on this spectrum.

101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 815 publications — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Alicja Wolk D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alicja Wolk sits on this spectrum.

70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 175 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Medicine in Sweden Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
2023 - Research.com Medicine in Sweden Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Medicine in Sweden Leader Award

Overview

Alicja Wolk is affiliated with the Karolinska Institute in Sweden and has a research focus spanning medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work predominantly addresses genetics, public health, oncology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, and molecular biology as subfields of study.

The main topics explored in their publications include:

Nutritional Studies and Diet
Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
Genetic factors in colorectal cancer
Cancer Risks and Factors
Diet and metabolism studies
Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection
Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease

Alicja Wolk has contributed to numerous research articles published in venues such as:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
UNC Libraries
Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention
Nature Communications
Scientific Reports

Best Publications

Body-Mass Index and Mortality among 1.46 Million White Adults

Amy Berrington De Gonzalez;Patricia Hartge;James R. Cerhan;Alan J. Flint

2892
Citations
Association analysis identifies 65 new breast cancer risk loci

Kyriaki Michailidou;Kyriaki Michailidou;Sara Lindström;Sara Lindström;Joe Dennis;Jonathan Beesley

1400
Citations
Association of Leisure-Time Physical Activity With Risk of 26 Types of Cancer in 1.44 Million Adults

Steven C. Moore;I-Min Lee;Elisabete Weiderpass;Peter T. Campbell

1394
Citations
Diabetes Mellitus and Risk of Colorectal Cancer: A Meta-Analysis

Susanna C. Larsson;Nicola Orsini;Alicja Wolk

1322
Citations
Alcohol and breast cancer in women: a pooled analysis of cohort studies.

S. Smith-Warner;D. Spiegelman;S. Yaun;P. Van Den Brandt

1319
Citations
Pooled Analysis of Prospective Cohort Studies on Height, Weight, and Breast Cancer Risk

Piet A. Van Den Brandt;Donna Spiegelman;Shiaw Shyuan Yaun;Hans Olov Adami

1263
Citations
Dietary long-chain n−3 fatty acids for the prevention of cancer: a review of potential mechanisms

Susanna C Larsson;Maria Kumlin;Magnus Ingelman-Sundberg;Alicja Wolk

1233
Citations
Meta-Analysis for Linear and Nonlinear Dose-Response Relations: Examples, an Evaluation of Approximations, and Software

Nicola Orsini;Ruifeng Li;Alicja Wolk;Polyna Khudyakov

1211
Citations
Overweight as an avoidable cause of cancer in Europe

Anna Bergström;Paola Pisani;Vanessa Tenet;Alicja Wolk

1132
Citations
Menarche, menopause, and breast cancer risk: Individual participant meta-analysis, including 118 964 women with breast cancer from 117 epidemiological studies

N. Hamajima;K. Hirose;K. Tajima;T. Rohan

1080
Citations
Diabetes mellitus and risk of breast cancer: a meta-analysis.

Susanna C. Larsson;Christos S. Mantzoros;Alicja Wolk

1031
Citations
Polygenic Risk Scores for Prediction of Breast Cancer and Breast Cancer Subtypes

Nasim Mavaddat;Kyriaki Michailidou;Kyriaki Michailidou;Joe Dennis;Michael Lush

940
Citations
Meat consumption and risk of colorectal cancer: a meta-analysis of prospective studies.

Susanna C. Larsson;Alicja Wolk

885
Citations
Cohort studies of fat intake and the risk of breast cancer--a pooled analysis.

David J. Hunter;Donna Spiegelman;Hans Olov Adami;Lawrence Beeson

875
Citations
Type I and II Endometrial Cancers: Have They Different Risk Factors?

Veronica Wendy Setiawan;Hannah P. Yang;Malcolm C. Pike;Malcolm C. Pike;Susan E. McCann;Susan E. McCann

870
Citations
Fruit, vegetables, dietary fiber, and risk of colorectal cancer.

Paul Terry;Edward Giovannucci;Karin B. Michels;Leif Bergkvist

868
Citations
Association analyses of more than 140,000 men identify 63 new prostate cancer susceptibility loci

Fredrick R. Schumacher;Ali Amin Al Olama;Sonja I. Berndt;Sara Benlloch

860
Citations
Obesity and colon and rectal cancer risk: a meta-analysis of prospective studies

Susanna C Larsson;Alicja Wolk

832
Citations
Dietary intake of α-linolenic acid and risk of fatal ischemic heart disease among women

Frank B Hu;Meir J Stampfer;JoAnn E Manson;Eric B Rimm

775
Citations
Alcohol intake and colorectal cancer: a pooled analysis of 8 cohort studies.

Eunyoung Cho;Stephanie A. Smith-Warner;John Ritz;Piet A. Van Den Brandt

775
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Susanna C. Larsson Karolinska Institute

Graham G. Giles University of Melbourne

Roger L. Milne Cancer Council Victoria

Hans-Olov Adami Karolinska Institute

Jenny Chang-Claude German Cancer Research Center

Nicola Orsini Karolinska Institute

Karl Michaëlsson Uppsala University

David J. Hunter Harvard University

Hermann Brenner German Cancer Research Center

Susan M. Gapstur American Cancer Society

External Links

Personal website of Alicja Wolk

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