2026 Michael Sjöström: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	104	6873	6462	142	137	294	91628

Overview

Michael Sjöström is affiliated with the Karolinska Institute in Sweden. Their research primarily falls within the field of Medicine with a significant focus on subfields such as Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions, Epidemiology, and Surgery.

The scientist's work covers a variety of topics, including:

Scientific Computing and Data Management
Research Data Management Practices
Data Quality and Management
Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging
Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies
Health and Medical Studies
Data-Driven Disease Surveillance

Michael Sjöström has contributed to several recent papers, including:

"SCORE2-Diabetes: 10-year cardiovascular risk estimation in type 2 diabetes in Europe" (2023), published in European Heart Journal
"Cohort Profile Update: The Study of Health in Pomerania (SHIP)" (2022), published in International Journal of Epidemiology
"Facilitating harmonized data quality assessments. A data quality framework for observational health research data collections with software implementations in R" (2021), published in BMC Medical Research Methodology
"Association of Thyroid Dysfunction With Cognitive Function" (2021), published in JAMA Internal Medicine
"Häufigkeiten muskuloskelettaler Symptome und Erkrankungen in der bevölkerungsbezogenen NAKO Gesundheitsstudie" (2020), published in Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung - Gesundheitsschutz

Frequent co-authors of the scientist include:

Henry Völzke
Adrian Richter
Till Ittermann
Tobias Pischon
Hans J. Grabe

Michael Sjöström has published extensively in several venues, with multiple publications appearing in:

Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung - Gesundheitsschutz
Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
BMC Medical Research Methodology
Studies in health technology and informatics

Best Publications

International physical activity questionnaire: 12-country reliability and validity

Cora L Craig;Alison L Marshall;Michael Sjöström;Adrian E Bauman

24982
Citations
Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults

Leandra Abarca-Gómez;Ziad A Abdeen;Zargar Abdul Hamid;Niveen M Abu-Rmeileh

8465
Citations
Trends in adult body-mass index in 200 countries from 1975 to 2014: A pooled analysis of 1698 population-based measurement studies with 19.2 million participants

Mariachiara Di Cesare;Mariachiara Di Cesare;James Bentham;Gretchen A Stevens;Bin Zhou

5734
Citations
Worldwide trends in diabetes since 1980: a pooled analysis of 751 population-based studies with 4.4 million participants

Bin Zhou;Yuan Lu;Kaveh Hajifathalian;James Bentham

4296
Citations
Physical fitness in childhood and adolescence: a powerful marker of health

F B Ortega;J R Ruiz;J R Ruiz;M J Castillo;M Sjöström

3436
Citations
Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: a pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 million participants

Bin Zhou;Rodrigo M Carrillo-Larco;Goodarz Danaei;Leanne M Riley

3430
Citations
Worldwide trends in blood pressure from 1975 to 2015: a pooled analysis of 1479 population-based measurement studies with 19·1 million participants

Bin Zhou;James Bentham;Mariachiara Di Cesare;Honor Bixby

2651
Citations
The International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ): a study of concurrent and construct validity.

Maria Hagströmer;Pekka Oja;Michael Sjöström

2140
Citations
A century of trends in adult human height

James Bentham;Mariachiara Di Cesare;Mariachiara Di Cesare;Gretchen A. Stevens;Bin Zhou

1428
Citations
Sex-specific, male-line transgenerational responses in humans.

Marcus E Pembrey;Marcus E Pembrey;Lars Olov Bygren;Lars Olov Bygren;Gunnar Kaati;Sören Edvinsson

1418
Citations
The International Prevalence Study on Physical Activity: results from 20 countries

Adrian Bauman;Fiona Bull;Fiona Bull;Tien Chey;Cora L Craig

1345
Citations
Predictive validity of health-related fitness in youth: a systematic review

Jonatan R Ruiz;Jose Castro-Piñero;Enrique G Artero;Francisco B Ortega

1185
Citations
Field-based fitness assessment in young people: the ALPHA health-related fitness test battery for children and adolescents

Jonatan R Ruiz;José Castro-Piñero;Vanesa España-Romero;Enrique G Artero

860
Citations
The Descriptive Epidemiology of Sitting: A 20-Country Comparison Using the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ)

Adrian Bauman;Barbara E. Ainsworth;James F. Sallis;Maria Hagstromer

800
Citations
Rising rural body-mass index is the main driver of the global obesity epidemic in adults

Honor Bixby;James Bentham;Bin Zhou;Mariachiara Di Cesare

778
Citations
Criterion-related validity of field-based fitness tests in youth: a systematic review

Jose Castro-Piñero;Enrique G Artero;Vanesa España-Romero;Francisco B Ortega

675
Citations
Neighborhood Environments and Physical Activity Among Adults in 11 Countries

James F. Sallis;Heather R. Bowles;Adrian Bauman;Barbara E. Ainsworth

658
Citations
Physical fitness levels among European adolescents: The HELENA study

Francisco B Ortega;Francisco B Ortega;Enrique G Artero;Jonatan R Ruiz;Jonatan R Ruiz;Vanesa España-Romero;Vanesa España-Romero

656
Citations
Transgenerational response to nutrition, early life circumstances and longevity

Gunnar Kaati;Gunnar Kaati;Lars Olov Bygren;Lars Olov Bygren;Marcus Pembrey;Michael Sjöström

656
Citations
Health-enhancing physical activity across European Union countries: the Eurobarometer study

M Sjostrom;P Oja;M Hagstromer;Benjamin John Smith

632
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Jonatan R. Ruiz University of Granada

Francisco B. Ortega University of Granada

Luis A. Moreno University of Zaragoza

Dénes Molnár University of Pecs

Yannis Manios Harokopio University

Kurt Widhalm Medical University of Vienna

Frédéric Gottrand University of Lille

Marcela González-Gross Technical University of Madrid

Inge Huybrechts International Agency For Research On Cancer

Ulf Ekelund Norwegian School of Sport Sciences

External Links

Personal website of Michael Sjöström

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