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Dan Mellström 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 Dan Mellström sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 492 publications — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Dan Mellström 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 Dan Mellström sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 98 D-Index — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Dan Mellström is affiliated with the University of Gothenburg in Sweden and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a particular focus on orthopedics and sports medicine. Their research portfolio encompasses 123 publications in the medical sciences, with significant attention to subfields including orthopedics and sports medicine, physiology, surgery, genetics, and endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism.

The scientist's main topics of work address issues related to bone health and osteoporosis research, nutrition and health in aging, hip and femur fractures, body composition measurement techniques, bone health and treatments, bone and joint diseases, and frailty in older adults.

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Osteoporosis International
  • Journal of Bone and Mineral Research
  • The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
  • Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
  • Annals of Internal Medicine

Among their recent papers are:

  • 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)
  • Sarcopenia Definitions as Predictors of Fracture Risk Independent of FRAX®, Falls, and BMD in the Osteoporotic Fractures in Men (MrOS) Study: A Meta-Analysis (2020, Journal of Bone and Mineral Research)

Collaborations in their work are marked by frequent co-authorship with other researchers, including Claes Ohlsson, Magnus K. Karlsson, Mattias Lorentzon, Eric Orwoll, and Helena Johansson.

The scope of Dan Mellström's research covers various aspects of aging-related health concerns, particularly focusing on skeletal health, muscle functionality, and related metabolic conditions.

Best Publications

  • Body mass index as a predictor of fracture risk: A meta-analysis

    C De Laet;JA Kanis;A Oden;H Johanson

  • Predictive Value of BMD for Hip and Other Fractures

    Olof Johnell;John A Kanis;Anders Oden;Helena Johansson

  • A meta-analysis of previous fracture and subsequent fracture risk

    J A Kanis;O Johnell;C De Laet;Helena Johansson

  • The use of clinical risk factors enhances the performance of BMD in the prediction of hip and osteoporotic fractures in men and women.

    J A Kanis;Anders Odén;O Johnell;Helena Johansson

  • 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

  • Smoking and fracture risk: a meta-analysis

    J A Kanis;O Johnell;Anders Odén;Helena Johansson

  • A meta-analysis of prior corticosteroid use and fracture risk.

    John A Kanis;Helena Johansson;Anders Oden;Olof Johnell

  • 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

  • A meta-analysis of trabecular bone score in fracture risk prediction and its relationship to FRAX.

    Eugene V McCloskey;Anders Odén;Nicholas C Harvey;William D Leslie

  • A family history of fracture and fracture risk: a meta-analysis.

    J A Kanis;Helena Johansson;Anders Odén;O Johnell

  • Whole-genome sequencing identifies EN1 as a determinant of bone density and fracture.

    Hou Feng Zheng;Vincenzo Forgetta;Yi Hsiang Hsu;Yi Hsiang Hsu;Karol Estrada

  • A meta-analysis of the association of fracture risk and body mass index in women

    Helena Johansson;John A. Kanis;Anders Odén;Eugene McCloskey

  • Seven years of treatment with risedronate in women with postmenopausal osteoporosis.

    D. D. Mellström;O. H. Sörensen;S. Goemaere;C. Roux

  • Plasma Osteocalcin Is Inversely Related to Fat Mass and Plasma Glucose in Elderly Swedish Men

    Jenny M Kindblom;Claes Ohlsson;Östen Ljunggren;Magnus K Karlsson

  • Genome Analyses of >200,000 Individuals Identify 58 Loci for Chronic Inflammation and Highlight Pathways that Link Inflammation and Complex Disorders.

    S Ligthart;A Vaez;U Võsa;M G Stathopoulou

  • Five years of denosumab exposure in women with postmenopausal osteoporosis: results from the first two years of the FREEDOM extension.

    Socrates Papapoulos;Roland Chapurlat;Cesar Libanati;Maria Luisa Brandi

  • Association of vitamin D status with arterial blood pressure and hypertension risk: A mendelian randomisation study

    Karani S Vimaleswaran;Karani S Vimaleswaran;Alana Cavadino;Diane J Berry;Rolf Jorde

  • Genetic variation near IRS1 associates with reduced adiposity and an impaired metabolic profile.

    Tuomas O Kilpeläinen;M Carola Zillikens;Alena Stančákova;Francis M Finucane

  • Components of the metabolic syndrome-risk factors for the development of benign prostatic hyperplasia.

    J Hammarsten;B Högstedt;N Holthuis;D Mellström

  • High serum testosterone is associated with reduced risk of cardiovascular events in elderly men. The MrOS (Osteoporotic Fractures in Men) study in Sweden.

    Claes Ohlsson;Elizabeth Barrett-Connor;Shalender Bhasin;Eric Orwoll

Frequent Co-Authors

Claes Ohlsson
Claes Ohlsson University of Gothenburg
Magnus Karlsson
Magnus Karlsson Lund University
Mattias Lorentzon
Mattias Lorentzon University of Gothenburg
Eric S. Orwoll
Eric S. Orwoll Oregon Health & Science University
Helena Johansson
Helena Johansson Australian Catholic University
John A. Kanis
John A. Kanis Australian Catholic University
Anders Odén
Anders Odén Sahlgrenska University Hospital
André G. Uitterlinden
André G. Uitterlinden Erasmus University Rotterdam
Eugene V. McCloskey
Eugene V. McCloskey University of Sheffield
Albert Hofman
Albert Hofman Harvard University

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