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152
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Anders Ekbom 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 Anders Ekbom sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 690 publications — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Anders Ekbom 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 Anders Ekbom sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 152 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% 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

  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Sweden Leader Award

Overview

Anders Ekbom is affiliated with the Karolinska Institute in Sweden and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a focus on epidemiology, genetics, oncology, surgery, and internal medicine. Their research encompasses a range of topics, notably inflammatory bowel disease, microscopic colitis, colorectal cancer screening and detection, venous thromboembolism diagnosis and management, autoimmune and inflammatory disorders, childhood cancer survivors' quality of life, and acute lymphoblastic leukemia research.

Recent publications by Anders Ekbom include the following:

  • Colorectal cancer in ulcerative colitis: a Scandinavian population-based cohort study, 2020, The Lancet
  • Colorectal cancer in Crohn's disease: a Scandinavian population-based cohort study, 2020, The Lancet. Gastroenterology & hepatology
  • Decrease in primary but not in secondary abdominal surgery for Crohn's disease: nationwide cohort study, 1990-2014, 2020, British Journal of Surgery
  • Postcolonoscopy Colorectal Cancer in Sweden From 2003 to 2012: Survival, Tumor Characteristics, and Risk Factors, 2020, Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology
  • Hepatobiliary Cancer Risk in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Scandinavian Population-Based Cohort Study, 2021, Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention

Anders Ekbom's frequent co-authors are:

  • Henrik Toft Sørensen
  • Ola Olén
  • Jonas Halfvarson
  • Jonas F. Ludvigsson
  • Rune Erichsen

Publication venues where Anders Ekbom has contributed include:

  • The Lancet
  • The Lancet. Gastroenterology & hepatology
  • British Journal of Surgery
  • Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology
  • Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention

The main field of study for Anders Ekbom is medicine, with a strong emphasis on epidemiology and oncology among the subfields of study.

Best Publications

  • External review and validation of the Swedish national inpatient register

    Jonas F Ludvigsson;Jonas F Ludvigsson;Eva Andersson;Anders Ekbom;Maria Feychting

  • Ulcerative colitis and colorectal cancer. A population-based study.

    Anders Ekbom;Charles Helmick;Matthew Zack;Hans-Olov Adami

  • The Swedish personal identity number: possibilities and pitfalls in healthcare and medical research

    Jonas F. Ludvigsson;Petra Otterblad-Olausson;Birgitta U. Pettersson;Anders Ekbom

  • Excess Mortality in Bipolar and Unipolar Disorder in Sweden

    Urban Ösby;Lena Brandt;Nestor Correia;Anders Ekbom

  • 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

  • Association of chronic inflammation, not its treatment, with increased lymphoma risk in rheumatoid arthritis

    Eva Baecklund;Anastasia Iliadou;Johan Askling;Anders Ekbom;Anders Ekbom

  • Thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection: increasing prevalence and improved outcomes reported in a nationwide population-based study of more than 14,000 cases from 1987 to 2002.

    Christian Olsson;Stefan Thelin;Elisabeth Ståhle;Anders Ekbom

  • Mortality and causes of death in schizophrenia in Stockholm county, Sweden.

    Urban Ösby;Nestor Correia;Lena Brandt;Anders Ekbom

  • Increased risk of large-bowel cancer in Crohn's disease with colonic involvement

    A. Ekbom;H.-O. Adami;C. Helmick;M. Zack

  • Hepatic and extrahepatic malignancies in primary sclerosing cholangitis.

    Annika Bergquist;Anders Ekbom;Rolf Olsson;Dan Kornfeldt

  • Cancer risk following organ transplantation: a nationwide cohort study in Sweden.

    Johanna Adami;H. Gäbel;B. Lindelöf;K. Ekström

  • Colorectal cancer prevention in ulcerative colitis: a case-control study.

    J Eaden;K Abrams;A Ekbom;E Jackson

  • Incidence of Cancer Among Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis

    Gloria Gridley;Joseph K. McLaughlin;Anders Ekbom;Lars Klareskog

  • Transient Increase in the Risk of Breast Cancer after Giving Birth

    Mats Lambe;Chung-cheng Hsieh;Dimitrios Trichopoulos;Anders Ekbom

  • Ulcerative Colitis and Colorectal Cancer

    A Ekbom

  • TESTICULAR CANCER IN NINE NORTHERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES

    Hans‐Olov ‐O Adami;Hans‐Olov ‐O Adami;Reinhold Bergström;Matthias Möhner;Witold Zatoôski

  • Appendectomy and protection against ulcerative colitis.

    Roland E. Andersson;Gunnar Olaison;Curt Tysk;Anders Ekbom

  • Cancer Incidence in a Population-Based Cohort of Individuals Hospitalized With Celiac Disease or Dermatitis Herpetiformis

    Johan Askling;Martha Linet;Gloria Gridley;Trond S. Halstensen

  • Pancreatitis and the risk of pancreatic cancer.

    A Ekbom;J K McLaughlin;O Nyrén

  • Epidemiology of inflammatory bowel disease.

    Anders Ekbom

Frequent Co-Authors

Jonas F. Ludvigsson
Jonas F. Ludvigsson Karolinska Institute
Scott Montgomery
Scott Montgomery Örebro University
Hans-Olov Adami
Hans-Olov Adami Karolinska Institute
Fredrik Granath
Fredrik Granath Karolinska Institute
Johan Askling
Johan Askling Karolinska Institute
Sven Cnattingius
Sven Cnattingius Karolinska Institute
Dimitrios Trichopoulos
Dimitrios Trichopoulos Harvard University
Henrik Toft Sørensen
Henrik Toft Sørensen Aarhus University
Chung-Cheng Hsieh
Chung-Cheng Hsieh University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Mats Lambe
Mats Lambe Karolinska Institute

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