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Joacim Rocklöv

Joacim Rocklöv

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Social Sciences and Humanities
Sweden
2026

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
71
Citations
33192
World Ranking
713
National Ranking
4

Joacim Rocklöv publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Joacim Rocklöv sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 209 publications — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Joacim Rocklöv D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Joacim Rocklöv sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 71 D-Index — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Sweden Leader Award

Overview

Joacim Rocklöv is affiliated with Umeå University in Sweden, with a primary research focus in the field of Medicine. Their work spans multiple subfields including Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health; Infectious Diseases; Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis; Modeling and Simulation; and General Health Professions.

Their research covers several main topics such as:

  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Malaria Research and Control
  • Zoonotic diseases and public health
  • Global Health Care Issues

Rocklöv has contributed to a range of scientific publications, with recent papers including:

  • The reproductive number of COVID-19 is higher compared to SARS coronavirus, 2020, Journal of Travel Medicine
  • The 2020 report of The Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: responding to converging crises, 2020, The Lancet
  • The 2022 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: health at the mercy of fossil fuels, 2022, The Lancet
  • The 2021 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: code red for a healthy future, 2021, The Lancet
  • The 2023 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: the imperative for a health-centred response in a world facing irreversible harms, 2023, The Lancet

The author collaborates frequently with a set of co-authors, including Jan C. Semenza, Henrik Sjödin, Maquins Odhiambo Sewe, Rachel Lowe, and Marina Romanello.

Rocklöv's work is published predominantly in the following venues:

  • The Lancet
  • The Lancet Planetary Health
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Travel Medicine
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Best Publications

  • The reproductive number of COVID-19 is higher compared to SARS coronavirus.

    Ying Liu;Albert A Gayle;Annelies Wilder-Smith;Annelies Wilder-Smith;Joacim Rocklöv

  • Mortality risk attributable to high and low ambient temperature: a multicountry observational study

    Antonio Gasparrini;Yuming Guo;Masahiro Hashizume;Eric Lavigne

  • The 2022 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: health at the mercy of fossil fuels

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  • The 2020 report of The Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: responding to converging crises.

    Nick Watts;Markus Amann;Nigel Arnell;Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson

  • The 2019 report of The Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: ensuring that the health of a child born today is not defined by a changing climate

    Nick Watts;Markus Amann;Nigel Arnell;Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson

  • The 2021 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: code red for a healthy future.

    Marina Romanello;Alice McGushin;Claudia Di Napoli;Paul Drummond

  • The Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: from 25 years of inaction to a global transformation for public health

    Nick Watts;Markus Amann;Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson;Kristine Belesova

  • The 2023 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: the imperative for a health-centred response in a world facing irreversible harms

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  • The 2018 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: shaping the health of nations for centuries to come

    Nick Watts;Markus Amann;Nigel Arnell;Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson

  • Impact of climate change on global malaria distribution

    Cyril Caminade;Sari Kovats;Joacim Rocklov;Adrian M Tompkins

  • Human Health and Ocean Pollution.

    Philip J Landrigan;John J Stegeman;Lora E Fleming;Denis Allemand

  • Climate change: an enduring challenge for vector-borne disease prevention and control

    Joacim Rocklöv;Robert Dubrow

  • Effects of Air Temperature on Climate-Sensitive Mortality and Morbidity Outcomes in the Elderly; a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Epidemiological Evidence

    Aditi Bunker;Jan Wildenhain;Alina Vandenbergh;Nicholas Henschke

  • Up-regulation of cytokines and chemokines predates the onset of rheumatoid arthritis

    Heidi Kokkonen;Ingegerd Söderström;Joacim Rocklöv;Göran Hallmans

  • The reproductive number of the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 is far higher compared to the ancestral SARS-CoV-2 virus.

    Ying Liu;Joacim Rocklöv

  • COVID-19 outbreak on the Diamond Princess cruise ship: estimating the epidemic potential and effectiveness of public health countermeasures

    Joacim Rocklöv;Henrik Sjödin;Annelies Wilder-Smith;Annelies Wilder-Smith;Annelies Wilder-Smith

  • The 2024 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: facing record-breaking threats from delayed action

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  • Vectorial capacity of Aedes aegypti: effects of temperature and implications for global dengue epidemic potential.

    Jing Liu-Helmersson;Hans Stenlund;Annelies Wilder-Smith;Joacim Rocklöv

  • High population densities catalyse the spread of COVID-19.

    Joacim Rocklöv;Henrik Sjödin

  • Projecting the risk of mosquito-borne diseases in a warmer and more populated world: a multi-model, multi-scenario intercomparison modelling study

    Felipe J Colón-González;Felipe J Colón-González;Maquins Odhiambo Sewe;Adrian M Tompkins;Henrik Sjödin

  • Forecast of dengue incidence using temperature and rainfall.

    Yien Ling Hii;Huaiping Zhu;Nawi Ng;Lee Ching Ng

  • Only strict quarantine measures can curb the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Italy, 2020.

    Henrik Sjödin;Annelies Wilder-Smith;Annelies Wilder-Smith;Annelies Wilder-Smith;Sarah Osman;Zia Farooq

  • Cold and heat waves in the United States

    Adrian Barnett;Shakoor Hajat;Antonio Gasparrini;Joacim Rocklov

  • Short-term Effects of Weather on Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease

    Yien Ling Hii;Joacim Rocklöv;Nawi Ng

Frequent Co-Authors

Annelies Wilder-Smith
Annelies Wilder-Smith University of Bern
Bertil Forsberg
Bertil Forsberg Umeå University
Kristie L. Ebi
Kristie L. Ebi University of Washington
Jan C. Semenza
Jan C. Semenza European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
Peter Byass
Peter Byass Umeå University
Rainer Sauerborn
Rainer Sauerborn University Hospital Heidelberg
Nawi Ng
Nawi Ng University of Gothenburg
Clas Ahlm
Clas Ahlm Umeå University
Catherine Kyobutungi
Catherine Kyobutungi Heidelberg University
Shakoor Hajat
Shakoor Hajat London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

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