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Kaj Blennow 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 Kaj Blennow sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 2,362 publications — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kaj Blennow 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 Kaj Blennow sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 228 D-Index — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Medicine in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Medicine in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Neuroscience in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Medicine in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Neuroscience in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2017 - Nordic Medical Prize, SalusAnsvar/Ulf Nilsonnes Foundation for Medical Research

Overview

Kaj Blennow is affiliated with the University of Gothenburg in Sweden. Their research primarily falls within the broader field of Medicine, with notable subfields including Physiology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Neurology, Molecular Biology, and Cognitive Neuroscience.

The scientist's work extensively covers topics related to Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, dementia and cognitive impairment research, as well as neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms. Other notable research interests include advanced neuroimaging techniques and applications, traumatic brain injury and neurovascular disturbances, functional brain connectivity studies, and investigations into S100 proteins and annexins.

Blennow has contributed to publications in several scientific venues, with the most frequent including:

  • Alzheimer s & Dementia
  • Alzheimer s Research & Therapy
  • Neurology
  • Brain
  • Alzheimer s & Dementia Diagnosis Assessment & Disease Monitoring

Frequent coauthors in Blennow's research include Henrik Zetterberg, Nicholas J. Ashton, Thomas K. Karikari, and Oskar Hansson.

Significant recent papers by Blennow include:

  • The Amyloid-β Pathway in Alzheimer's Disease, 2021, Molecular Psychiatry
  • Discriminative Accuracy of Plasma Phospho-tau217 for Alzheimer Disease vs Other Neurodegenerative Disorders, 2020, JAMA
  • Blood phosphorylated tau 181 as a biomarker for Alzheimer's disease: a diagnostic performance and prediction modelling study using data from four prospective cohorts, 2020, The Lancet Neurology
  • Plasma P-tau181 in Alzheimer's disease: relationship to other biomarkers, differential diagnosis, neuropathology and longitudinal progression to Alzheimer's dementia, 2020, Nature Medicine
  • A genome-wide association study with 1,126,563 individuals identifies new risk loci for Alzheimer's disease, 2021, Nature Genetics

Kaj Blennow was awarded the Nordic Medical Prize by the SalusAnsvar/Ulf Nilsonnes Foundation for Medical Research in 2017.

Best Publications

  • NIA-AA Research Framework: Toward a biological definition of Alzheimer's disease

    Clifford R. Jack;David A. Bennett;Kaj Blennow;Maria C. Carrillo

  • Mild cognitive impairment--beyond controversies, towards a consensus: report of the International Working Group on Mild Cognitive Impairment.

    B. Winblad;K. Palmer;Miia Kivipelto;V. Jelic

  • Advancing research diagnostic criteria for Alzheimer's disease: the IWG-2 criteria

    Bruno Dubois;Bruno Dubois;Howard H Feldman;Claudia Jacova;Harald Hampel;Harald Hampel

  • Cerebrospinal fluid biomarker signature in Alzheimer's disease neuroimaging initiative subjects.

    Leslie M. Shaw;Hugo Vanderstichele;Malgorzata Knapik-Czajka;Christopher M. Clark

  • Cerebrospinal fluid and plasma biomarkers in Alzheimer disease.

    Kaj Blennow;Harald Hampel;Michael Weiner;Henrik Zetterberg

  • Two Phase 3 Trials of Bapineuzumab in Mild-to-Moderate Alzheimer's Disease

    Stephen Salloway;Reisa Sperling;Nick C. Fox;Kaj Blennow

  • CSF and blood biomarkers for the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Bob Olsson;Ronald Lautner;Ulf Andreasson;Annika Öhrfelt

  • Association between CSF biomarkers and incipient Alzheimer's disease in patients with mild cognitive impairment: a follow-up study

    Oskar Hansson;Oskar Hansson;Henrik Zetterberg;Peder Buchhave;Peder Buchhave;Elisabet Londos;Elisabet Londos

  • Gut microbiome alterations in Alzheimer's disease.

    Nicholas M. Vogt;Robert L. Kerby;Kimberly A. Dill-McFarland;Sandra J. Harding

  • Preclinical Alzheimer's disease: Definition, natural history, and diagnostic criteria.

    Bruno Dubois;Harald Hampel;Harald Hampel;Howard H. Feldman;Philip Scheltens

  • A/T/N: An unbiased descriptive classification scheme for Alzheimer disease biomarkers

    Clifford R. Jack;David A. Bennett;Kaj Blennow;Maria C. Carrillo

  • Neurofilaments as biomarkers in neurological disorders

    Michael Khalil;Charlotte E. Teunissen;Markus Otto;Fredrik Piehl

  • Clearance systems in the brain—implications for Alzheimer disease

    Jenna M. Tarasoff-Conway;Roxana O. Carare;Ricardo S. Osorio;Lidia Glodzik

  • CSF markers for incipient Alzheimer's disease

    Kaj Blennow;Harald Hampel

  • The Amyloid-β Pathway in Alzheimer's Disease.

    Harald Hampel;John Hardy;Kaj Blennow;Kaj Blennow;Christopher Chen

  • CSF biomarkers and incipient Alzheimer disease in patients with mild cognitive impairment.

    Niklas Mattsson;Henrik Zetterberg;Oskar Hansson;Niels Andreasen

  • Discriminative Accuracy of Plasma Phospho-tau217 for Alzheimer Disease vs Other Neurodegenerative Disorders.

    Sebastian Palmqvist;Shorena Janelidze;Yakeel T. Quiroz;Yakeel T. Quiroz;Henrik Zetterberg

  • Classification and prediction of clinical Alzheimer's diagnosis based on plasma signaling proteins

    Sandip Ray;Markus Britschgi;Charles Herbert;Yoshiko Takeda-Uchimura

  • Blood phosphorylated tau 181 as a biomarker for Alzheimer's disease: a diagnostic performance and prediction modelling study using data from four prospective cohorts.

    Thomas K. Karikari;Tharick A. Pascoal;Tharick A. Pascoal;Nicholas J. Ashton;Shorena Janelidze

  • Neurofilament light chain as a biomarker in neurological disorders

    Lorenzo Gaetani;Kaj Blennow;Paolo Calabresi;Massimiliano Di Filippo

  • Serum Neurofilament light: A biomarker of neuronal damage in multiple sclerosis.

    Giulio Disanto;Christian Barro;Pascal Benkert;Yvonne Naegelin

  • Tau protein in cerebrospinal fluid: a biochemical marker for axonal degeneration in Alzheimer disease?

    K. Blennow;A. Wallin;H. Ågren;C. Spenger

  • An 18-year follow-up of overweight and risk of Alzheimer disease.

    Deborah Gustafson;Elisabet Rothenberg;Kaj Blennow;Bertil Steen

  • C-11-PiB PET assessment of change in fibrillar amyloid-beta load in patients with Alzheimer's disease treated with bapineuzumab: a phase 2, double-blind, placebo-controlled, ascending-dose study

    Juha O Rinne;David J Brooks;Martin N Rossor;Nick C Fox

Frequent Co-Authors

Henrik Zetterberg
Henrik Zetterberg University of Gothenburg
Oskar Hansson
Oskar Hansson Lund University
Erik Portelius
Erik Portelius Sahlgrenska University Hospital
Anders Wallin
Anders Wallin University of Gothenburg
Lennart Minthon
Lennart Minthon Lund University
Ulf Andreasson
Ulf Andreasson University of Gothenburg
Niklas Mattsson
Niklas Mattsson Lund University
Harald Hampel
Harald Hampel Eisai (United States)
Pieter Jelle Visser
Pieter Jelle Visser Amsterdam University Medical Centers
Niels Andreasen
Niels Andreasen Karolinska University Hospital

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