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Lars Björck

Lars Björck

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Microbiology
Sweden
2025

D-Index & Metrics

Microbiology

D-Index
87
Citations
21169
World Ranking
812
National Ranking
13

Lars Björck publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

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

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 244 publications — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

Lars Björck D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 87 D-Index — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Microbiology in Sweden Leader Award

Overview

Lars Björck is a researcher affiliated with Lund University in Sweden specializing in Medicine, with a particular focus on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Their research spans infectious diseases, clinical biochemistry, surgery, and hematology.

The scientist's primary topics of investigation include:

  • Streptococcal Infections and Treatments
  • Neonatal and Maternal Infections
  • Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus
  • Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing
  • Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia and Thrombosis
  • Platelet Disorders and Treatments
  • Neutrophil, Myeloperoxidase and Oxidative Mechanisms

Björck has contributed to multiple research papers across several high-impact journals. Recent publications include:

  • Finegoldia magna, an Anaerobic Gram-Positive Bacterium of the Normal Human Microbiota, Induces Inflammation by Activating Neutrophils (2020), Frontiers in Microbiology
  • A human monoclonal antibody bivalently binding two different epitopes in streptococcal M protein mediates immune function (2022), EMBO Molecular Medicine
  • Vaccine-induced, but not natural immunity, against the Streptococcal inhibitor of complement protects against invasive disease (2021), npj Vaccines
  • IdeS, a secreted proteinase of Streptococcus pyogenes, is bound to a nuclease at the bacterial surface where it inactivates opsonizing IgG antibodies (2023), Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • Streptococcal protein SIC activates monocytes and induces inflammation (2021), iScience

The frequent publication venues where their work appears include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • EMBO Molecular Medicine
  • Journal of Biological Chemistry

The scientist collaborates regularly with a group of peers, including Lotta Happonen, Inga-Maria Frick, Oonagh Shannon, Ariane Neumann, and Wael Bahnan. These coauthors appear repeatedly in their research outputs.

Best Publications

  • Purification and some properties of streptococcal protein G, a novel IgG-binding reagent.

    Lars Bjorck;Goran Kronvall

  • Protein G: a powerful tool for binding and detection of monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies

    B Akerström;T Brodin;K Reis;L Björck

  • A physicochemical study of protein G, a molecule with unique immunoglobulin G-binding properties

    B Akerström;L Björck

  • IdeS, a novel streptococcal cysteine proteinase with unique specificity for immunoglobulin G

    Ulrich von Pawel‐Rammingen;Björn P. Johansson;Lars Björck

  • Proteinases of common pathogenic bacteria degrade and inactivate the antibacterial peptide LL-37

    Artur Schmidtchen;Inga-Maria Frick;Emma Andersson;Hans Tapper

  • M Protein, a Classical Bacterial Virulence Determinant, Forms Complexes with Fibrinogen that Induce Vascular Leakage

    Heiko Herwald;Henning Cramer;Matthias Mörgelin;Wayne Russell

  • Protein L. A novel bacterial cell wall protein with affinity for Ig L chains.

    L Björck

  • Protein SIC, a Novel Extracellular Protein of Streptococcus pyogenes Interfering with Complement Function

    Per Åkesson;Anders G. Sjöholm;Lars Björck

  • Streptococcal cysteine proteinase releases biologically active fragments of streptococcal surface proteins.

    Andreas Berge;Lars Björck

  • Activation of the complement system generates antibacterial peptides

    Emma Andersson Nordahl;Victoria Rydengård;Patrik Nyberg;D. Patric Nitsche

  • Streptococcal protein G. Gene structure and protein binding properties.

    U Sjöbring;L Björck;W Kastern

  • Protein L from Peptostreptococcus magnus binds to the kappa light chain variable domain.

    B. H. K. Nilson;A. Solomon;L. Björck;B. Åkerström

  • Hic, a Novel Surface Protein of Streptococcus pneumoniae That Interferes with Complement Function

    Robert Janulczyk;Francesco Iannelli;Anders G. Sjöholm;Gianni Pozzi

  • Bacterial growth blocked by a synthetic peptide based on the structure of a human proteinase inhibitor.

    Lars Björck;Per Åkesson;Martin Bohus;Jerzy Trojnar

  • Activation of the contact-phase system on bacterial surfaces—a clue to serious complications in infectious diseases

    Heiko Herwald;Matthias Mörgelin;Arne Olsén;Mikael Rhen

  • MtsABC is important for manganese and iron transport, oxidative stress resistance, and virulence of Streptococcus pyogenes

    Robert Janulczyk;Susanna Ricci;Lars Björck

  • M1 protein and protein H: IgGFc- and albumin-binding streptococcal surface proteins encoded by adjacent genes.

    P Akesson;K H Schmidt;J Cooney;L Björck

  • Antimicrobial activities of heparin-binding peptides

    Emma Andersson;Victoria Rydengård;Andreas Sonesson;Matthias Mörgelin

  • SIC, a secreted protein of Streptococcus pyogenes that inactivates antibacterial peptides.

    Inga-Maria Frick;Per Åkesson;Magnus Rasmussen;Artur Schmidtchen

  • Targeted Quantitative Analysis of Streptococcus pyogenes Virulence Factors by Multiple Reaction Monitoring

    Vinzenz Lange;Johan A. Malmström;John Didion;Nichole L. King

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthias Mörgelin
Matthias Mörgelin Lund University
Bo Åkerström
Bo Åkerström Lund University
Heiko Herwald
Heiko Herwald Lund University
Ulf Sjöbring
Ulf Sjöbring AstraZeneca
Göran Kronvall
Göran Kronvall Karolinska Institute
Artur Schmidtchen
Artur Schmidtchen Lund University
Sture Forsén
Sture Forsén Lund University
Rikard Holmdahl
Rikard Holmdahl Karolinska Institute
Torbjörn Drakenberg
Torbjörn Drakenberg Lund University
Anna M. Blom
Anna M. Blom Lund University

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