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Dan Norbäck

Dan Norbäck

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
87
Citations
25313
World Ranking
13734
National Ranking
258

Dan Norbäck 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 Norbäck sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 490 publications — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Dan Norbäck 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 Norbäck sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 87 D-Index — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Dan Norbäck is affiliated with Uppsala University in Sweden and has an extensive publication record in environmental science, medicine, and health professions. Their research focuses predominantly on the interplay between environmental factors and respiratory health, with a significant emphasis on indoor air quality and microbial exposure, as well as the broader effects of air pollution on health.

Their work covers multiple intersecting fields including environmental science, health toxicology and mutagenesis, immunology and allergy, physiology, and emergency medical services. This multidisciplinary approach underlines their investigations into the complex relationships between environmental exposures and health outcomes.

Dan Norbäck's main research topics include:

  • Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Noise Effects and Management
  • Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization
  • Asthma and respiratory diseases
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Pediatric health and respiratory diseases

Their recent selected papers highlight significant work in the field of environmental health:

  • Interaction effect of prenatal and postnatal exposure to ambient air pollution and temperature on childhood asthma (2022) published in Environment International
  • Indoor microbiome, environmental characteristics and asthma among junior high school students in Johor Bahru, Malaysia (2020) published in Environment International
  • Asthma and allergic rhinitis among young parents in China in relation to outdoor air pollution, climate and home environment (2020) published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • Indoor microbiome, air pollutants and asthma, rhinitis and eczema in preschool children - A repeated cross-sectional study (2022) published in Environment International
  • Indoor bacterial, fungal and viral species and functional genes in urban and rural schools in Shanxi Province, China - association with asthma, rhinitis and rhinoconjunctivitis in high school students (2021) published in Microbiome

Frequent co-authors in Dan Norbäck's research include Zhuohui Zhao, Chan Lu, Juan Wang, Qihong Deng, and Xi Fu, indicating collaborative efforts in environmental and health sciences.

The scientist's work has been consistently published in a range of journals, with frequent contributions to:

  • The Science of The Total Environment (13 publications)
  • Building and Environment (13 publications)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal (12 publications)
  • Indoor Air (9 publications)
  • Environment International (8 publications)

Overall, Dan Norbäck's research spans environmental science and its health-related impacts, with a particularly strong focus on how indoor and outdoor environmental factors influence respiratory conditions and allergic diseases. Their contributions support a detailed understanding of environmental determinants affecting public and pediatric health.

Best Publications

  • Early life origins of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

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

  • Exposure to substances in the workplace and new-onset asthma: an international prospective population-based study (ECRHS-II)

    Manolis Kogevinas;Jan-Paul Zock;Debbie Jarvis;H Kromhout

  • Asthma and the indoor environment: the significance of emission of formaldehyde and volatile organic compounds from newly painted indoor surfaces

    G Wieslander;D Norbäck;E Björnsson;C Janson

  • Asthmatic symptoms and volatile organic compounds, formaldehyde, and carbon dioxide in dwellings.

    D Norbäck;E Björnsson;C Janson;J Widström

  • The use of household cleaning sprays and adult asthma : an international longitudinal study

    Jan-Paul Zock;Estel Plana;Deborah Jarvis;Josep M. Antó

  • Ten cities cross-sectional questionnaire survey of children asthma and other allergies in China

    YinPing Zhang;BaiZhan Li;Chen Huang;Xu Yang

  • Asthma among secondary schoolchildren in relation to the school environment.

    Greta Smedje;Dan Norback;Christer Edling

  • Exposure to outdoor air pollution during trimesters of pregnancy and childhood asthma, allergic rhinitis, and eczema

    Qihong Deng;Chan Lu;Yuguo Li;Jan Sundell

  • Indoor molds, bacteria, microbial volatile organic compounds and plasticizers in schools – associations with asthma and respiratory symptoms in pupils

    Jeong-Lim Kim;Lena Elfman;Yahong Mi;Gunilla Wieslander

  • Volatile organic compounds, respirable dust, and personal factors related to prevalence and incidence of sick building syndrome in primary schools.

    D Norbäck;M Torgén;C Edling

  • Current asthma and respiratory symptoms among pupils in Shanghai, China: influence of building ventilation, nitrogen dioxide, ozone, and formaldehyde in classrooms.

    Mi Yh;Norbäck D;Tao J;Mi Yl

  • Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) and exposure to vibration, repetitive wrist movements, and heavy manual work: a case-referent study.

    G Wieslander;D Norbäck;C J Göthe;L Juhlin

  • Experimental exposure to propylene glycol mist in aviation emergency training: acute ocular and respiratory effects.

    Gunilla Wieslander;Dan Norback;Torsten Lindgren

  • Indoor air quality and personal factors related to the sick building syndrome.

    Dan Norbäck;Ingegerd Michel;John Widström

  • School air quality related to dry cough, rhinitis, and nasal patency in children

    M. Simoni;I. Annesi-Maesano;T. Sigsgaard;Dan Norbäck

  • An update on sick building syndrome.

    Dan Norbäck

  • 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

  • Environmental, occupational, and personal factors related to the prevalence of sick building syndrome in the general population.

    D Norbäck;C Edling

  • Asthmatic symptoms among pupils in relation to winter indoor and outdoor air pollution in schools in Taiyuan, China.

    Zhuohui Zhao;Zheng Zhang;Zhuanhua Wang;Martin Ferm

  • Comparison of oxidative properties, light absorbance, total and elemental mass concentration of ambient PM2.5 collected at 20 European sites.

    Nino Künzli;Ian S. Mudway;Thomas Götschi;Tingming Shi

Frequent Co-Authors

Cecilie Svanes
Cecilie Svanes University of Bergen
Deborah Jarvis
Deborah Jarvis Imperial College London
Christer Janson
Christer Janson Uppsala University
Joachim Heinrich
Joachim Heinrich Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Jan Sundell
Jan Sundell Tianjin University
Bertil Forsberg
Bertil Forsberg Umeå University
Qihong Deng
Qihong Deng Zhengzhou University
Baizhan Li
Baizhan Li Chongqing University
Thorarinn Gislason
Thorarinn Gislason University of Iceland
Torben Sigsgaard
Torben Sigsgaard Aarhus University

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