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Nils-Göran Larsson

Nils-Göran Larsson

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Genetics
Sweden
2026
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Molecular Biology
Sweden
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Genetics

D-Index
104
Citations
39057
World Ranking
647
National Ranking
7

Molecular Biology

D-Index
104
Citations
39057
World Ranking
466
National Ranking
10

Nils-Göran Larsson publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Molecular Biology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Nils-Göran Larsson sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 564+

This scientist: 226 publications — 66th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.

Nils-Göran Larsson D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Molecular Biology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Nils-Göran Larsson sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 36 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 101 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 115 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 121 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 118 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 130 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 106 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 116 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 113 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 129 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 120 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 105 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 131 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 95 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 97 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 106 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 83 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 89 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 77 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 70 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 73 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 60 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 48 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 45 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 50 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 31 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 51 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 43 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 38 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 39 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 41 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 29 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 33 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 35 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 20 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 38 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 19 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 28 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 13 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 23 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 16 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 15 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 11 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 21 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 7 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 13 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 14 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 17 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 9 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 8 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 16 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 7 scientists 144 D-Index: 7 scientists 145+ D-Index: 100 scientists
40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 104 D-Index — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

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

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

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

  • The role of mitochondria in aging

    Ana Bratic;Nils-Göran Larsson

  • Mitochondrial transcription factor A regulates mtDNA copy number in mammals

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

  • Unraveling the biological roles of reactive oxygen species.

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

  • DNA Replication and Transcription in Mammalian Mitochondria

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

  • Mitochondrial transcription factors B1 and B2 activate transcription of human mtDNA

    Maria Falkenberg;Martina Gaspari;Anja Rantanen;Aleksandra Trifunovic

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

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

  • Molecular Genetic Aspects of Human Mitochondrial Disorders

    Nils-Göran Larsson;David A. Clayton

  • Somatic mitochondrial DNA mutations in mammalian aging.

    Nils-Göran Larsson

  • Maintenance and Expression of Mammalian Mitochondrial DNA

    Claes M Gustafsson;Maria Falkenberg;Nils-Göran Larsson

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

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

  • Mammalian Mitochondria and Aging: An Update

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

  • 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

  • Strong Purifying Selection in Transmission of Mammalian Mitochondrial DNA

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Mitochondrial dysfunction as a cause of ageing.

    A. Trifunovic;N.-G. Larsson

  • Mitochondrial DNA mutations in disease and aging

    Chan Bae Park;Nils Göran Larsson

Frequent Co-Authors

Maria Falkenberg
Maria Falkenberg University of Gothenburg
Claes M. Gustafsson
Claes M. Gustafsson University of Gothenburg
Anders Oldfors
Anders Oldfors University of Gothenburg
Rolf Wibom
Rolf Wibom Karolinska Institute
Aleksandra Filipovska
Aleksandra Filipovska University of Western Australia
Kjell Hultenby
Kjell Hultenby Karolinska Institute
Lars Olson
Lars Olson Karolinska Institute
Linda Partridge
Linda Partridge Max Planck Society
David A. Clayton
David A. Clayton Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Bianca Habermann
Bianca Habermann Aix-Marseille University

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