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D-Index
90
Citations
33200
World Ranking
12122
National Ranking
228

Gunnar Steineck 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 Gunnar Steineck sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 523 publications — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Gunnar Steineck 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 Gunnar Steineck sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 90 D-Index — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Gunnar Steineck is affiliated with the University of Gothenburg in Sweden and has contributed extensively to the field of Medicine, with a focus on Surgery, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Clinical Psychology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Oncology. Their work spans over 119 publications within Medicine, including 29 in Surgery and 23 in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

Their research topics cover multiple areas related to cancer diagnosis, treatment, and survivorship, particularly in urological cancers. Key topics include:

  • Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments
  • Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Effects of Radiation Exposure
  • Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research
  • Phytoestrogen effects and research
  • Cancer survivorship and care
  • Urinary and Genital Oncology Studies

Steineck's recent publications illustrate a focus on clinical outcomes and healthcare interventions. Selected recent papers include:

  • Functional and Oncological Outcomes After Open Versus Robot-assisted Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy for Localised Prostate Cancer: 8-Year Follow-up, 2021, European Urology
  • Evaluation of science advice during the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden, 2022, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
  • Mindfetalness to increase women's awareness of fetal movements and pregnancy outcomes: a cluster-randomised controlled trial including 39,865 women, 2020, BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
  • Increasing preparedness for caregiving and death in family caregivers of patients with severe illness who are cared for at home - study protocol for a web-based intervention, 2020, BMC Palliative Care
  • Surgeon heterogeneity significantly affects functional and oncological outcomes after radical prostatectomy in the Swedish LAPPRO trial, 2020, British Journal of Urology

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Steineck include:

  • Peter Wiklund
  • Viktor Skokic
  • Johan Stranne
  • Anders Bjartell
  • Stefan Carlsson

The researcher publishes frequently in specific venues associated with clinical and urological research. Notable publication venues consist of:

  • European Urology Open Science
  • The Journal of Urology
  • BMC Palliative Care
  • British Journal of Urology
  • Nutrients

Best Publications

  • Radical prostatectomy versus watchful waiting in early prostate cancer.

    Anna Bill-Axelson;Anna Bill-Axelson;Lars Holmberg;Mirja Ruutu;Hans Garmo

  • Erratum: Genetic variation in the prostate stem cell antigen gene PSCA confers susceptibility to urinary bladder cancer (Nature Genetics (2009) 41 (991-995))

    Xifeng Wu;Yuanqing Ye;Lambertus A. Kiemeney;Patrick Sulem

  • Radical Prostatectomy or Watchful Waiting in Early Prostate Cancer

    Anna Bill-Axelson;Lars Holmberg;Hans Garmo;Jennifer R. Rider

  • Quality of Life after Radical Prostatectomy or Watchful Waiting

    Gunnar Steineck;Fred Helgesen;Jan Adolfsson;Paul W. Dickman

  • Vaginal changes and sexuality in women with a history of cervical cancer.

    Karin Bergmark;Elisabeth Åvall-Lundqvist;Paul W. Dickman;Lars Henningsohn

  • Sequence variants at the TERT-CLPTM1L locus associate with many cancer types.

    Thorunn Rafnar;Patrick Sulem;Simon N Stacey;Frank Geller

  • Talking about death with children who have severe malignant disease.

    Ulrika Kreicbergs;Unnur Valdimarsdóttir;Erik Onelöv;Jan-Inge Henter

  • Insulin glargine use and short-term incidence of malignancies—a population-based follow-up study in Sweden

    J M Jonasson;R Ljung;R Ljung;M Talbäck;B Haglund

  • Bias in odds ratios by logistic regression modelling and sample size

    Szilard Nemes;Junmei Miao Jonasson;Anna Genell;Gunnar Steineck;Gunnar Steineck

  • Sequence Variant on 8q24 Confers Susceptibility to Urinary Bladder Cancer

    Lambertus A Kiemeney;Steinunn Thorlacius;Patrick Sulem;Frank Geller

  • Urinary Incontinence and Erectile Dysfunction After Robotic Versus Open Radical Prostatectomy: A Prospective, Controlled, Nonrandomised Trial.

    Eva Haglind;Stefan Carlsson;Johan Stranne;Anna Wallerstedt

  • Radical Prostatectomy or Watchful Waiting in Prostate Cancer : 29-Year Follow-up

    Anna Bill-Axelson;Lars Holmberg;Hans Garmo;Kimmo Taari

  • Polymorphisms in DNA repair and metabolic genes in bladder cancer

    Somali Sanyal;Fabiola Festa;Shigeru Sakano;Zhengzhong Zhang

  • Meat, cooking methods and colorectal cancer: a case-referent study in Stockholm.

    Maria Gerhardsson de Verdier;Maria Gerhardsson de Verdier;Ulla Hagman;Ruth K. Peters;Gunnar Steineck

  • Long-term quality-of-life outcomes after radical prostatectomy or watchful waiting: the Scandinavian Prostate Cancer Group-4 randomised trial

    Eva Johansson;Gunnar Steineck;Gunnar Steineck;Lars Holmberg;Jan-Erik Johansson

  • Dietary acrylamide and cancer of the large bowel, kidney, and bladder: absence of an association in a population-based study in Sweden.

    L A Mucci;P W Dickman;G Steineck;H O Adami;H O Adami

  • TERT promoter mutations in bladder cancer affect patient survival and disease recurrence through modification by a common polymorphism

    P. Sivaramakrishna Rachakonda;Ismail Hosen;Petra J. de Verdier;Mahdi Fallah

  • Dietary heterocyclic amines and cancer of the colon, rectum, bladder, and kidney: a population-based study

    Katarina Augustsson;Kerstin Skog;Margaretha Jägerstad;Paul W Dickman

  • Epidemiology of urinary bladder cancer: from tumor development to patient's death.

    Cristiane Murta-Nascimento;Bernd J. Schmitz-Dräger;Maurice P. Zeegers;Gunnar Steineck

  • Anxiety and depression in parents 4-9 years after the loss of a child owing to a malignancy: a population-based follow-up.

    Ulrika Kreicbergs;Unnur Valdimarsdóttir;Erik Onelöv;Jan-Inge Henter

Frequent Co-Authors

Anders Bjartell
Anders Bjartell Lund University
Paul W. Dickman
Paul W. Dickman Karolinska Institute
Ásgeir R. Helgason
Ásgeir R. Helgason Karolinska Institute
Kari Hemminki
Kari Hemminki Charles University
Maurice P. Zeegers
Maurice P. Zeegers Maastricht University
Mats Fredrikson
Mats Fredrikson Uppsala University
Hans-Olov Adami
Hans-Olov Adami Karolinska Institute
Frank Buntinx
Frank Buntinx KU Leuven
Eva Johansson
Eva Johansson Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Lars Holmberg
Lars Holmberg King's College London

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