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Erik Sundström

Erik Sundström

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
49
Citations
12275
World Ranking
5895
National Ranking
117

Erik Sundström publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Neuroscience in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Erik Sundström sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 153 publications — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

Erik Sundström D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Erik Sundström sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

Overview

Erik Sundström is affiliated with the Karolinska Institute in Sweden and has contributed extensively to the fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their research spans several subfields including molecular biology, genetics, cancer research, biophysics, and biomedical engineering.

The scientist's work addresses multiple topics, such as single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, cell image analysis techniques, microRNA in disease regulation, congenital heart defects research, neonatal respiratory health research, congenital diaphragmatic hernia studies, and neuroblastoma research and treatments.

Significant papers authored or coauthored by Erik Sundström include:

  • Comprehensive cell atlas of the first-trimester developing human brain, 2023, Science
  • Single-cell transcriptomics of human embryos identifies multiple sympathoblast lineages with potential implications for neuroblastoma origin, 2021, Nature Genetics
  • A roadmap for the Human Developmental Cell Atlas, 2021, Nature
  • SCRINSHOT enables spatial mapping of cell states in tissue sections with single-cell resolution, 2020, PLoS Biology
  • Developmental landscape of human forebrain at a single-cell level identifies early waves of oligodendrogenesis, 2022, Developmental Cell

Erik Sundström has worked frequently with several collaborators, including Xiaofei Li, Mats Nilsson, Sten Linnarsson, Joakim Lundeberg, and Žaneta Andrusivová.

The primary venues for their publications include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Science
  • Nature Genetics
  • Nature

Best Publications

  • RNA velocity of single cells

    Gioele La Manno;Gioele La Manno;Ruslan Soldatov;Amit Zeisel;Amit Zeisel;Emelie Braun;Emelie Braun

  • A customer‐dominant logic of service

    Kristina Heinonen;Tore Strandvik;Karl‐Jacob Mickelsson;Bo Edvardsson

  • Customer integration within service development—A review of methods and an analysis of insitu and exsitu contributions

    Bo Edvardsson;Per Kristensson;Peter R Magnusson;Erik Sundström

  • Comprehensive cell atlas of the first-trimester developing human brain

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  • Chronic neurochemical and behavioral changes in MPTP-lesioned C57BL/6 mice: a model for Parkinson's disease

    Erik Sundström;Anders Fredriksson;Trevor Archer

  • Analysis of early human neural crest development.

    Erin Betters;Ying Liu;Anders Kjaeldgaard;Erik Sundström

  • Selective lesion of central dopamine or noradrenaline neuron systems in the neonatal rat: motor behavior and monoamine alterations at adult stage

    J. Luthman;A. Fredriksson;E. Sundström;G. Jonsson

  • Effects of the noradrenaline neurotoxin DSP4 on the postnatal development of central noradrenaline neurons in the rat.

    G Jonsson;H Hallman;E Sundström

  • Aβ43 is more frequent than Aβ40 in amyloid plaque cores from Alzheimer disease brains

    Hedvig Welander;Jenny Frånberg;Caroline Graff;Erik Sundström

  • Neurochemical differentiation of human bulbospinal monoaminergic neurons during the first trimester.

    E. Sundström;S. Kölare;F. Souverbic;E.-B. Samuelsson

  • Single-cell transcriptomics of human embryos identifies multiple sympathoblast lineages with potential implications for neuroblastoma origin.

    Polina Kameneva;Artem V Artemov;Maria Eleni Kastriti;Maria Eleni Kastriti;Louis Faure

  • Hydrogels in Spinal Cord Injury Repair Strategies

    Giuseppe Perale;Filippo Rossi;Erik Sundstrom;Sara Bacchiega

  • Galanin impairs acquisition but not retrieval of spatial memory in rats studied in the Morris swim maze.

    Erik Sundström;Trevor Archer;Trevor Archer;Tor Melander;Tomas Hökfelt

  • Encapsulated cell biodelivery of nerve growth factor to the Basal forebrain in patients with Alzheimer's disease.

    Maria Eriksdotter-Jönhagen;Bengt Linderoth;Goran Lind;Layth Aladellie

  • Astrocyte responses to dopaminergic denervations by 6-hydroxydopamine and 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine as evidenced by glial fibrillary acidic protein immunohistochemistry.

    I. Strömberg;H. Björklund;D. Dahl;D. Dahl;G. Jonsson

  • Targeted delivery of nerve growth factor to the cholinergic basal forebrain of Alzheimer’s disease patients: application of a second-generation encapsulated cell biodelivery device

    Helga Eyjolfsdottir;Helga Eyjolfsdottir;Maria Eriksdotter;Maria Eriksdotter;Bengt Linderoth;Bengt Linderoth;Göran Lind;Göran Lind

  • Effects of the noradrenaline neurotoxin DSP 4 on monoamine neurons and their transmitter turnover in rat CNS.

    Hallman H;Sundström E;Jonsson G

  • Multiple drug delivery hydrogel system for spinal cord injury repair strategies.

    Giuseppe Perale;Filippo Rossi;Filippo Rossi;Marco Santoro;Marco Santoro;Marco Peviani

  • Pharmacological interference with the neurotoxic action of 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP) on central catecholamine neurons in the mouse.

    E. Sundström;G. Jonsson

  • Synthesis and Release of Dopamine in Rat Brain: Comparison Between Substantia Nigra Pars Compacta, Pars Reticulata, and Striatum

    H. Nissbrandt;E Sundström;G Jonsson;S. Hjorth

  • Motor Performance Score: A New Algorithm for Accurate Behavioral Testing of Spinal Cord Injury in Rats

    M von Euler;E Akesson;E B Samuelsson;A Seiger

Frequent Co-Authors

Åke Seiger
Åke Seiger Karolinska Institute
Gösta Jonsson
Gösta Jonsson Karolinska Institute
Bengt Winblad
Bengt Winblad Karolinska Institute
Maria Eriksdotter
Maria Eriksdotter Karolinska Institute
Ove Almkvist
Ove Almkvist Karolinska Institute
Outi Hovatta
Outi Hovatta Karolinska Institute
Vassilis Pachnis
Vassilis Pachnis The Francis Crick Institute
Wolfram Schultz
Wolfram Schultz University of Cambridge
Agneta Nordberg
Agneta Nordberg Karolinska University Hospital
Peter V. Kharchenko
Peter V. Kharchenko Harvard University

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