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Claes Ohlsson 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 Claes Ohlsson sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 910 publications — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Claes Ohlsson 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 Claes Ohlsson sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 139 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% 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
  • 2006 - Nordic Medical Prize, SalusAnsvar/Ulf Nilsonnes Foundation for Medical Research

Overview

Claes Ohlsson is affiliated with the University of Gothenburg in Sweden. Their research predominantly spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these areas, Claes Ohlsson has contributed extensively to subfields such as Molecular Biology, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Genetics, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, and Physiology.

The scientist's main research topics include bone health and osteoporosis research, hormonal and reproductive studies, bone metabolism and diseases, estrogen and related hormone effects, birth, development, and health, nutrition and health in aging, as well as adipose tissue and metabolism.

Frequent co-authors in Claes Ohlsson's work include Dan Mellström, Matti Poutanen, Maria Nethander, Magnus K. Karlsson, and Mattias Lorentzon. Their publications appear regularly in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, Osteoporosis International, and Scientific Reports.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Claes Ohlsson include:

  • Genomic atlas of the plasma metabolome prioritizes metabolites implicated in human diseases, 2023, Nature Genetics
  • Genome-wide meta-analysis of muscle weakness identifies 15 susceptibility loci in older men and women, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Putative Cut-Points in Sarcopenia Components and Incident Adverse Health Outcomes: An SDOC Analysis, 2020, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
  • Update of the fracture risk prediction tool FRAX: a systematic review of potential cohorts and analysis plan, 2022, Osteoporosis International
  • Smoking-Induced Risk of Osteoporosis Is Partly Mediated by Cadmium From Tobacco Smoke: The MrOS Sweden Study, 2020, Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Claes Ohlsson was awarded the Nordic Medical Prize by SalusAnsvar/Ulf Nilsonnes Foundation for Medical Research in 2006.

Best Publications

  • Treatment of deep cartilage defects in the knee with autologous chondrocyte transplantation

    Mats Brittberg;Anders Lindahl;Anders Nilsson;Claes Ohlsson

  • Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index

    Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Cristen J. Willer;Sonja I. Berndt;Keri L. Monda

  • Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height

    Hana Lango Allen;Karol Estrada;Guillaume Lettre;Sonja I. Berndt

  • Defining the role of common variation in the genomic and biological architecture of adult human height

    Andrew R. Wood;Tonu Esko;Jian Yang;Sailaja Vedantam

  • Common genetic determinants of vitamin D insufficiency: a genome-wide association study

    Thomas J. Wang;Feng Zhang;J. Brent Richards;Bryan Kestenbaum

  • Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology

    Adam E. Locke;Bratati Kahali;Sonja I. Berndt;Anne E. Justice

  • Interleukin-6-deficient mice develop mature-onset obesity.

    Ville Wallenius;Kristina Wallenius;Bo Ahrén;Mats Rudling

  • Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 56 bone mineral density loci and reveals 14 loci associated with risk of fracture

    Karol Estrada;Unnur Styrkarsdottir;Evangelos Evangelou;Yi-Hsiang Hsu

  • Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index

    E. K. Speliotes;C. J. Willer;S. I. Berndt;K. L. Monda

  • Causal relationship between obesity and vitamin D status: bi-directional Mendelian randomization analysis of multiple cohorts.

    Karani S. Vimaleswaran;Diane J. Berry;Emmi Tikkanen;Emmi Tikkanen;Stefan Pilz;Stefan Pilz

  • Meta-analysis identifies 13 new loci associated with waist-hip ratio and reveals sexual dimorphism in the genetic basis of fat distribution

    Iris M. Heid;Anne U. Jackson;Joshua C. Randall;Tthomas W. Winkler

  • Liver-derived insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) is the principal source of IGF-I in blood but is not required for postnatal body growth in mice

    Klara Sjögren;Jun-Li Liu;Kristina Blad;Stanko Skrtic

  • Growth hormone and bone.

    Claes Ohlsson;Claes Ohlsson;Bengt-Åke Bengtsson;Olle G. P. Isaksson;Troels T. Andreassen

  • Interleukin-6 receptor pathways in coronary heart disease: a collaborative meta-analysis of 82 studies

    Nadeem Sarwar;Adam S. Butterworth;Daniel F. Freitag;John Gregson

  • Androgens and bone

    Dirk Vanderschueren;Liesbeth Vandenput;Steven Boonen;Marie K. Lindberg

  • The gut microbiota regulates bone mass in mice

    Klara Sjögren;Cecilia Engdahl;Petra Henning;Ulf H Lerner;Ulf H Lerner

  • Growth Hormone (GH)-Independent Stimulation of Adiposity by GH Secretagogues

    Sabrina Lall;Loraine Y.C Tung;Claes Ohlsson;John-Olov Jansson

  • Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 11 new loci for anthropometric traits and provides insights into genetic architecture

    Sonja I Berndt;Stefan Gustafsson;Stefan Gustafsson;Reedik Mägi;Reedik Mägi;Andrea Ganna

  • Transgenic Mice Expressing Fibroblast Growth Factor 23 under the Control of the α1(I) Collagen Promoter Exhibit Growth Retardation, Osteomalacia, and Disturbed Phosphate Homeostasis

    Tobias Larsson;Richard Marsell;Ernestina Schipani;Claes Ohlsson

  • Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height

    H. Lango Allen;K. Estrada;G. Lettre;S. I. Berndt

Frequent Co-Authors

Dan Mellström
Dan Mellström University of Gothenburg
Mattias Lorentzon
Mattias Lorentzon University of Gothenburg
Magnus Karlsson
Magnus Karlsson Lund University
André G. Uitterlinden
André G. Uitterlinden Erasmus University Rotterdam
Fernando Rivadeneira
Fernando Rivadeneira Erasmus University Rotterdam
Albert Hofman
Albert Hofman Harvard University
Tim D. Spector
Tim D. Spector King's College London
Eric S. Orwoll
Eric S. Orwoll Oregon Health & Science University
Olli T. Raitakari
Olli T. Raitakari Turku University Hospital
Marjo-Riitta Järvelin
Marjo-Riitta Järvelin Imperial College London

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