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Cecilie Svanes

Cecilie Svanes

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Microbiology
Norway
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Microbiology

D-Index
70
Citations
14215
World Ranking
1976
National Ranking
4

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Microbiology in Norway Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Microbiology in Norway Leader Award

Overview

Cecilie Svanes is affiliated with the University of Bergen in Norway. Their research primarily focuses on health-related topics within the field of medicine, with 125 publications contributing to this discipline. Their work spans a variety of subfields including Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Physiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Emergency Medical Services.

Their research covers several key topics with notable publication counts, such as:

  • Asthma and respiratory diseases
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research
  • Pediatric health and respiratory diseases
  • Noise Effects and Management
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Occupational exposure and asthma

Svanes frequently publishes in well-known journals. Some of the main venues where their research appears include:

  • Epidemiology
  • Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
  • Thorax
  • ERJ Open Research
  • Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Collaboration is a significant aspect of their work, with frequent coauthors including Vivi Schlünssen, Mathias Holm, Christer Janson, Ane Johannessen, and Francisco Gómez Real.

Among their recent publications are:

  • "Lifelong exposure to air pollution and greenness in relation to asthma, rhinitis and lung function in adulthood" (2020, Environment International)
  • "Associations of Preconception Exposure to Air Pollution and Greenness with Offspring Asthma and Hay Fever" (2020, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health)
  • "Human milk oligosaccharide profiles and allergic disease up to 18 years" (2020, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology)
  • "Exposure to environmental phenols and parabens, and relation to body mass index, eczema and respiratory outcomes in the Norwegian RHINESSA study" (2021, Environmental Health)
  • "Prenatal and prepubertal exposures to tobacco smoke in men may cause lower lung function in future offspring: a three-generation study using a causal modelling approach" (2021, European Respiratory Journal)

Best Publications

  • Childhood predictors of lung function trajectories and future COPD risk: a prospective cohort study from the first to the sixth decade of life

    Dinh S Bui;Dinh S Bui;Caroline J Lodge;John A Burgess;Adrian J Lowe

  • Early life origins of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

    Cecilie Svanes;J. Sunyer;E. Plana;S. Dharmage

  • The European Community Respiratory Health Survey: what are the main results so far?

    C. Janson;J. Anto;P. Burney;S. Chinn

  • Incidence of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in a Cohort of Young Adults According to the Presence of Chronic Cough and Phlegm

    Roberto de Marco;Simone Accordini;Isa Cerveri;Angelo Corsico

  • An international survey of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in young adults according to GOLD stages

    R de Marco;S Accordini;I Cerveri;A Corsico

  • Risk Factors for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in a European Cohort of Young Adults

    Roberto de Marco;Simone Accordini;Alessandro Marcon;Isa Cerveri

  • Childhood environment and adult atopy : Results from the European Community Respiratory Health Survey

    Cecilie Svanes;Deborah Jarvis;Susan Chinn;Peter Burney

  • Gender differences in prevalence, diagnosis and incidence of allergic and non-allergic asthma: a population-based cohort

    Bénédicte Leynaert;Jordi Sunyer;Raquel Garcia-Esteban;Cecilie Svanes

  • Is age at menopause increasing across Europe? Results on age at menopause and determinants from two population-based studies.

    Julia Dratva;Francisco Gómez Real;Christian Schindler;Ursula Ackermann-Liebrich

  • Parental smoking in childhood and adult obstructive lung disease: results from the European Community Respiratory Health Survey

    C Svanes;E Omenaas;Deborah Jarvis;Susan Chinn

  • Distribution and determinants of house dust mite allergens in Europe: the European Community Respiratory Health Survey II

    Jan-Paul Zock;Joachim Heinrich;Deborah Jarvis;Giuseppe Verlato

  • Obesity and nocturnal gastro-oesophageal reflux are related to onset of asthma and respiratory symptoms.

    M I Gunnbjörnsdóttir;E Omenaas;T Gíslason;E Norrman

  • Smoking cessation, lung function and weight gain: a follow-up study.

    Susan Chinn;Deborah Jarvis;Roberto Melotti;Christina Luczynska

  • Increase in diagnosed asthma but not in symptoms in the European Community Respiratory Health Survey

    Susan Chinn;Deborah Jarvis;Peter Burney;Christina Luczynska

  • Pet-keeping in childhood and adult asthma and hay fever: European community respiratory health survey

    Cecilie Svanes;Joachim Heinrich;Deborah Jarvis;Susan Chinn

  • Eczema, atopy and allergen exposure in adults: a population-based study.

    J. Harrop;S. Chinn;G. Verlato;M. Olivieri

  • Lung function, respiratory symptoms, and the menopausal transition

    Francisco Gómez Real;Francisco Gómez Real;Cecilie Svanes;Cecilie Svanes;Ernst Reidar Omenaas;Ernst Reidar Omenaas;Josep Maria Antò

  • Change in prevalence of IgE sensitization and mean total IgE with age and cohort

    Deborah Jarvis;Christina Luczynska;Susan Chinn;James Potts

  • Asthma, COPD and overlap syndrome: a longitudinal study in young European adults.

    Roberto de Marco;Alessandro Marcon;Andrea Rossi;Josep M. Antó

  • Risk factors of new‐onset asthma in adults: a population‐based international cohort study

    J. M. Anto;J. Sunyer;X. Basagana;R. Garcia-Esteban

  • Early age at menarche, lung function, and adult asthma.

    Ferenc Macsali;Francisco Gómez Real;Estel Plana;Jordi Sunyer

Frequent Co-Authors

Deborah Jarvis
Deborah Jarvis Imperial College London
Christer Janson
Christer Janson Uppsala University
Shyamali C. Dharmage
Shyamali C. Dharmage University of Melbourne
Joachim Heinrich
Joachim Heinrich Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Thorarinn Gislason
Thorarinn Gislason University of Iceland
Dan Norbäck
Dan Norbäck Uppsala University
Bertil Forsberg
Bertil Forsberg Umeå University
Josep M. Antó
Josep M. Antó Pompeu Fabra University
Nicole Probst-Hensch
Nicole Probst-Hensch Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute

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