2026 Nils-Göran Larsson: Molecular Biology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Genetics	104	647	613	7	7	226	39057
Molecular Biology	104	466	422	10	10	226	39057

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Genetics in Sweden Leader Award
2026 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Sweden Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Genetics in Sweden Leader Award
2024 - Research.com Genetics in Sweden Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Genetics in Sweden Leader Award
2007 - Member of Academia Europaea
Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Nils-Göran Larsson is a researcher affiliated with the Karolinska Institute in Sweden. Their primary field of study encompasses Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a significant focus on Molecular Biology. They have contributed extensively to the understanding of mitochondrial function and pathology, among other related topics.

Their research spans several specific subfields, including Clinical Biochemistry, Physiology, Cancer Research, and Epidemiology. The major topics covered in their work include:

Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
Metabolism and Genetic Disorders
ATP Synthase and ATPases Research
RNA Modifications and Cancer
Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies
Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism

Larsson's research output frequently appears in several scientific journals and preprint servers. The most common publication venues include:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Nature Metabolism
Nature
PLoS Genetics
Science Advances

Among their recent published works are:

Guidelines for measuring reactive oxygen species and oxidative damage in cells and in vivo (2022), published in Nature Metabolism
Mitochondrial DNA copy number in human disease: the more the better? (2020), published in FEBS Letters
Small-molecule inhibitors of human mitochondrial DNA transcription (2020), published in Nature
Cellular pyrimidine imbalance triggers mitochondrial DNA-dependent innate immunity (2021), published in Nature Metabolism
Neuronal metabolic rewiring promotes resilience to neurodegeneration caused by mitochondrial dysfunction (2020), published in Science Advances

Collaboration is a prominent aspect of Larsson's research activity, with frequent co-authors including Roberta Filograna, Camilla Koolmeister, Dusanka Milenkovic, Ilian Atanassov, and Mara Mennuni.

Larsson has been recognized by scientific organizations through membership awards, including being named a Member of Academia Europaea in 2007 and a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).

Best Publications

Premature ageing in mice expressing defective mitochondrial DNA polymerase

Aleksandra Trifunovic;Anna Wredenberg;Maria Falkenberg;Johannes N. Spelbrink

3061
Citations
Mitochondrial transcription factor A is necessary for mtDNA maintenance and embryogenesis in mice

Nils-Göran Larsson;Jianming Wang;Hans Wilhelmsson;Anders Oldfors

1781
Citations
The role of mitochondria in aging

Ana Bratic;Nils-Göran Larsson

1216
Citations
Mitochondrial transcription factor A regulates mtDNA copy number in mammals

Mats I. Ekstrand;Maria Falkenberg;Anja Rantanen;Chan Bae Park

977
Citations
Unraveling the biological roles of reactive oxygen species.

Michael P. Murphy;Arne Holmgren;Nils Göran Larsson;Barry Halliwell

918
Citations
DNA Replication and Transcription in Mammalian Mitochondria

Maria Falkenberg;Nils-Göran Larsson;Claes M. Gustafsson

835
Citations
Mitochondrial transcription factors B1 and B2 activate transcription of human mtDNA

Maria Falkenberg;Martina Gaspari;Anja Rantanen;Aleksandra Trifunovic

735
Citations
Progressive parkinsonism in mice with respiratory-chain-deficient dopamine neurons.

Mats I. Ekstrand;Mügen Terzioglu;Dagmar Galter;Shunwei Zhu

710
Citations
Molecular Genetic Aspects of Human Mitochondrial Disorders

Nils-Göran Larsson;David A. Clayton

697
Citations
Somatic mitochondrial DNA mutations in mammalian aging.

Nils-Göran Larsson

683
Citations
Maintenance and Expression of Mammalian Mitochondrial DNA

Claes M Gustafsson;Maria Falkenberg;Nils-Göran Larsson

653
Citations
Somatic mtDNA mutations cause aging phenotypes without affecting reactive oxygen species production

Aleksandra Trifunovic;Anna Hansson;Anna Wredenberg;Anja T. Rovio

632
Citations
Mammalian Mitochondria and Aging: An Update

Timo E.S. Kauppila;Johanna H.K. Kauppila;Nils Göran Larsson;Nils Göran Larsson

621
Citations
Super-resolution microscopy reveals that mammalian mitochondrial nucleoids have a uniform size and frequently contain a single copy of mtDNA

Christian Kukat;Christian A. Wurm;Henrik Spåhr;Maria Falkenberg

618
Citations
Strong Purifying Selection in Transmission of Mammalian Mitochondrial DNA

James Bruce Stewart;Christoph Freyer;Joanna L Elson;Anna Wredenberg

545
Citations
Impaired insulin secretion and β-cell loss in tissue-specific knockout mice with mitochondrial diabetes

José P. Silva;Martin Köhler;Caroline Graff;Anders Oldfors

499
Citations
Proteolytic processing of OPA1 links mitochondrial dysfunction to alterations in mitochondrial morphology.

Stéphane Duvezin-Caubet;Ravi Jagasia;Johannes Wagener;Sabine Hofmann

490
Citations
Dilated cardiomyopathy and atrioventricular conduction blocks induced by heart-specific inactivation of mitochondrial DNA gene expression

Jianming Wang;H. Wilhelmsson;C. Graff;Hong Li

477
Citations
Mitochondrial dysfunction as a cause of ageing.

A. Trifunovic;N.-G. Larsson

455
Citations
Mitochondrial DNA mutations in disease and aging

Chan Bae Park;Nils Göran Larsson

344
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Maria Falkenberg University of Gothenburg

Claes M. Gustafsson University of Gothenburg

Anders Oldfors University of Gothenburg

Rolf Wibom Karolinska Institute

Aleksandra Filipovska University of Western Australia

Kjell Hultenby Karolinska Institute

Lars Olson Karolinska Institute

Linda Partridge Max Planck Society

David A. Clayton Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Bianca Habermann Aix-Marseille University

External Links

Personal website of Nils-Göran Larsson

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