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Karin Jirström

Karin Jirström

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Medicine

D-Index
82
Citations
25285
World Ranking
16087
National Ranking
295

Karin Jirström 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 Karin Jirström sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 696 publications — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Karin Jirström 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 Karin Jirström sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 82 D-Index — 21st percentile

21% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Karin Jirström is affiliated with Lund University in Sweden and has a significant research output primarily in the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work extensively covers subfields such as Oncology, Molecular Biology, Immunology, Cancer Research, and Surgery.

The scientist's research topics focus on areas including Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research, Immune Cells in Cancer, Cancer Cells and Metastasis, Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics, Immunotherapy and Immune Responses, as well as HER2/EGFR in Cancer Research.

Jirström has authored multiple papers, notable among these are:

  • Tertiary lymphoid structures improve immunotherapy and survival in melanoma, 2020, Nature
  • LGR5 in breast cancer and ductal carcinoma in situ: a diagnostic and prognostic biomarker and a therapeutic target, 2020, BMC Cancer
  • An immune score reflecting pro- and anti-tumoural balance of tumour microenvironment has major prognostic impact and predicts immunotherapy response in solid cancers, 2023, EBioMedicine
  • Quantitative, qualitative and spatial analysis of lymphocyte infiltration in periampullary and pancreatic adenocarcinoma, 2020, International Journal of Cancer
  • Author Correction: Tertiary lymphoid structures improve immunotherapy and survival in melanoma, 2020, Nature

Frequent co-authors in Jirström's collaborations include Björn Nodin, Karin Leandersson, Patrick Micke, Karolin Isaksson, and Sofie Olsson Hau.

Their publications have appeared predominantly in venues such as Cancer Research, BMC Cancer, SSRN Electronic Journal, Frontiers in Oncology, and Scientific Reports. Cancer Research and BMC Cancer stand out as primary outlets, with multiple contributions in each.

Best Publications

  • Tertiary lymphoid structures improve immunotherapy and survival in melanoma.

    Rita Cabrita;Martin Lauss;Adriana Sanna;Marco Donia

  • Leukocyte Complexity Predicts Breast Cancer Survival and Functionally Regulates Response to Chemotherapy

    David G. DeNardo;David G. DeNardo;Donal J. Brennan;Elton Rexhepaj;Brian Ruffell

  • The Human Protein Atlas—a tool for pathology

    F. Pontén;K. Jirström;Mathias Uhlén

  • The presence of tumor associated macrophages in tumor stroma as a prognostic marker for breast cancer patients

    Catharina Medrek;Fredrik Pontén;Karin Jirström;Karin Leandersson

  • Interleukin-6 as a Therapeutic Target in Human Ovarian Cancer

    Jermaine Coward;Hagen Kulbe;Probir Chakravarty;David Leader

  • Prognostic significance of stromal platelet-derived growth factor beta-receptor expression in human breast cancer.

    Janna Paulsson;Tobias Sjöblom;Patrick Micke;Fredrik Pontén

  • Isolation and characterization of progenitor-like cells from human renal proximal tubules.

    David Lindgren;Anna Karin Boström;Kristina Nilsson;Jennifer Hansson

  • SATB2 in Combination With Cytokeratin 20 Identifies Over 95% of all Colorectal Carcinomas

    Kristina Magnusson;Meike de Wit;Donal J Brennan;Louis Banka Anka Johnson

  • Oral contraceptive use and reproductive factors and risk of ovarian cancer in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition.

    K K Tsilidis;N E Allen;T J Key;L Dossus

  • Association between Pak1 expression and subcellular localization and tamoxifen resistance in breast cancer patients.

    Caroline Holm;Suresh Rayala;Karin Jirström;Olle Stål

  • Nuclear expression of the non B-cell lineage Sox11 transcription factor identifies mantle cell lymphoma.

    Sara Ek;Michael Dictor;Mats Jerkeman;Karin Jirström

  • Human tumors instigate granulin-expressing hematopoietic cells that promote malignancy by activating stromal fibroblasts in mice

    Moshe Elkabets;Ann M. Gifford;Christina Scheel;Bjorn Nilsson

  • Targeting HMG-CoA reductase with statins in a window-of-opportunity breast cancer trial

    Olöf Bjarnadottir;Quinci Romero;Pär-Ola Bendahl;Karin Jirström

  • Prognostic impact of tumour-infiltrating B cells and plasma cells in colorectal cancer

    Jonna Berntsson;Björn Nodin;Jakob Eberhard;Patrick Micke

  • Effect of Radiotherapy After Breast-Conserving Surgery for Ductal Carcinoma in Situ: 20 Years Follow-Up in the Randomized SweDCIS Trial

    Fredrik Wärnberg;Hans Garmo;Stefan Emdin;Veronica Hedberg

  • STC1 Expression By Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts Drives Metastasis of Colorectal Cancer

    Cristina Peña;María Virtudes Céspedes;Maja Bradic Lindh;Sara Kiflemariam

  • Integration of genomic, transcriptomic and proteomic data identifies two biologically distinct subtypes of invasive lobular breast cancer

    Magali Michaut;Suet-Feung Chin;Ian Majewski;Tesa M Severson

  • High Progesterone Receptor Expression Correlates to the Effect of Adjuvant Tamoxifen in Premenopausal Breast Cancer Patients

    Maria Stendahl;Lisa Rydén;Bo Nordenskjöld;Per Ebbe Jönsson

  • Molecular stratification of metastatic melanoma using gene expression profiling: prediction of survival outcome and benefit from molecular targeted therapy.

    Helena Cirenajwis;Henrik Ekedahl;Martin Lauss;Katja Harbst

  • Expression of the cytoskeleton linker protein ezrin in human cancers

    Benjamin Bruce;Gaurav Khanna;Gaurav Khanna;Ling Ren;Goran Landberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Göran Landberg
Göran Landberg University of Gothenburg
Mathias Uhlén
Mathias Uhlén Royal Institute of Technology
Fredrik Pontén
Fredrik Pontén Uppsala University
Petra H.M. Peeters
Petra H.M. Peeters Utrecht University
Kim Overvad
Kim Overvad Aarhus University
Jonas Manjer
Jonas Manjer Lund University
Marie-Christine Boutron-Ruault
Marie-Christine Boutron-Ruault University of Paris-Saclay
Antonia Trichopoulou
Antonia Trichopoulou National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Anders Bjartell
Anders Bjartell Lund University
Anne Tjønneland
Anne Tjønneland University of Copenhagen

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