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Michael Sjöström

Michael Sjöström

Karolinska Institute
Sweden

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
104
Citations
91628
World Ranking
6873
National Ranking
142

Michael Sjöström 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 Michael Sjöström sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 294 publications — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Michael Sjöström 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 Michael Sjöström sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 104 D-Index — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

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

    Maria Hagströmer;Pekka Oja;Michael Sjöström

  • A century of trends in adult human height

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

  • Sex-specific, male-line transgenerational responses in humans.

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

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

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

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

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Neighborhood Environments and Physical Activity Among Adults in 11 Countries

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

  • 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

  • Transgenerational response to nutrition, early life circumstances and longevity

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

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

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Jonatan R. Ruiz
Jonatan R. Ruiz University of Granada
Francisco B. Ortega
Francisco B. Ortega University of Granada
Luis A. Moreno
Luis A. Moreno University of Zaragoza
Dénes Molnár
Dénes Molnár University of Pecs
Yannis Manios
Yannis Manios Harokopio University
Kurt Widhalm
Kurt Widhalm Medical University of Vienna
Frédéric Gottrand
Frédéric Gottrand University of Lille
Marcela González-Gross
Marcela González-Gross Technical University of Madrid
Inge Huybrechts
Inge Huybrechts International Agency For Research On Cancer
Ulf Ekelund
Ulf Ekelund Norwegian School of Sport Sciences

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Lars Bo Andersen

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