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60
Citations
10422
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9896
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141

Olof Beck publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

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

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 239 publications — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Olof Beck D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 60 D-Index — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Overview

Olof Beck is affiliated with the Karolinska Institute in Sweden. Their research predominantly focuses on the field of medicine, with significant work in infectious diseases, toxicology, molecular biology, biomedical engineering, and pharmacology.

The primary topics addressed in Beck's research include forensic toxicology and drug analysis, SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing, COVID-19 clinical research studies, alcohol consumption and health effects, advanced chemical sensor technologies, and cannabis and cannabinoid research.

Beck has contributed to several research papers, among them:

  • Measurement of the alcohol biomarker phosphatidylethanol (PEth) in dried blood spots and venous blood-importance of inhibition of post-sampling formation from ethanol, 2021, Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry
  • Multianalyte serology in home-sampled blood enables an unbiased assessment of the immune response against SARS-CoV-2, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Microneedle Patch for Painless Intradermal Collection of Interstitial Fluid Enabling Multianalyte Measurement of Small Molecules, SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies, and Protein Profiling, 2023, Advanced Healthcare Materials
  • Drug trends and harm related to new psychoactive substances (NPS) in Sweden from 2010 to 2016: Experiences from the STRIDA project, 2020, PLoS ONE
  • Performance of PEth Compared With Other Alcohol Biomarkers in Subjects Presenting For Occupational and Pre-Employment Medical Examination, 2020, Alcohol and Alcoholism

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Beck include Niclas Roxhed, Jochen M. Schwenk, Annika Bendes, Claudia Fredolini, and Michael Böttcher.

Beck's publications have appeared in various venues, with repeated contributions to bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, Drug Testing and Analysis, Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, and Advanced Healthcare Materials.

Best Publications

  • Comparison of urinary excretion characteristics of ethanol and ethyl glucuronide.

    Helen Dahl;Nikolai Stephanson;Olof Beck;Anders Helander

  • Detection times for urinary ethyl glucuronide and ethyl sulfate in heavy drinkers during alcohol detoxification.

    Anders Helander;Michael Böttcher;Christoph Fehr;Norbert Dahmen

  • Prehistoric peyote use: alkaloid analysis and radiocarbon dating of archaeological specimens of Lophophora from Texas.

    Hesham R. El-Seedi;Peter A.G.M. De Smet;Olof Beck;Göran Possnert

  • Ethyl Sulfate: A Metabolite of Ethanol in Humans and a Potential Biomarker of Acute Alcohol Intake

    Anders Helander;Olof Beck

  • Direct quantification of ethyl glucuronide in clinical urine samples by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry.

    Nikolai Stephanson;Helen Dahl;Anders Helander;Olof Beck

  • Endogenous and xenobiotic metabolic stability of primary human hepatocytes in long-term 3D spheroid cultures revealed by a combination of targeted and untargeted metabolomics.

    Sabine U. Vorrink;Shahid Ullah;Staffan Schmidt;Jatin Nandania

  • Importance of creatinine analyses of urine when screening for abused drugs

    P Lafolie;O Beck;G Blennow;L Boréus

  • Mass spectrometric identification of ethyl sulfate as an ethanol metabolite in humans.

    Anders Helander;Olof Beck

  • Multicomponent LC–MS/MS screening method for detection of new psychoactive drugs, legal highs, in urine—Experience from the Swedish population

    Yasir Al-Saffar;Niclas Nikolai Stephanson;Olof Beck

  • Evaluation of coagulation assays versus LC-MS/MS for determinations of dabigatran concentrations in plasma

    Jovan P. Antovic;Mika Skeppholm;Jaak Eintrei;Elisabet Eriksson Boija

  • The pharmacokinetics of methotrexate and its 7-hydroxy metabolite in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

    P Seideman;O Beck;S Eksborg;M Wennberg

  • Identification of melatonin in the compound eyes of an insect, the locust (Locusta migratoria), by radioimmunoassay and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry.

    B. Vivien-Roels;P. Pevet;O. Beck;M. Fevre-Montange

  • Laboratory testing for recent alcohol consumption: comparison of ethanol, methanol, and 5-hydroxytryptophol.

    A. Helander;O. Beck;Alan Wayne Jones

  • Naltrexone Attenuates the Subjective Effects of Amphetamine in Patients with Amphetamine Dependence

    Nitya Jayaram-Lindström;Maija Konstenius;Staffan Eksborg;Olof Beck

  • Evaluation of a new immunoassay for urinary ethyl glucuronide testing

    Michael Böttcher;Olof Beck;Anders Helander

  • Method development for routine liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry measurement of the alcohol biomarker phosphatidylethanol (PEth) in blood.

    Yufang Zheng;Olof Beck;Anders Helander

  • Detection of drugs of abuse in exhaled breath using a device for rapid collection: comparison with plasma, urine and self-reporting in 47 drug users.

    Olof Beck;Niclas Stephanson;Sören Sandqvist;Johan Franck

  • Validation of direct injection electrospray LC-MS/MS for confirmation of opiates in urine drug testing

    E. Gustavsson;M. Andersson;N. Stephanson;O. Beck

  • Detectability of designer benzodiazepines in CEDIA, EMIT II Plus, HEIA, and KIMS II immunochemical screening assays.

    Madeleine Pettersson Bergstrand;Anders Helander;Therese Hansson;Olof Beck

  • Cannabinoids in Exhaled Breath following Controlled Administration of Smoked Cannabis

    Sarah K. Himes;Karl B. Scheidweiler;Olof Beck;David A. Gorelick

  • Time course of ethanol-induced changes in serotonin metabolism.

    Anders Helander;Olof Beck;Gun Jacobsson;Catharina Löwenmo

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul Hjemdahl
Paul Hjemdahl Karolinska University Hospital
Göran Stemme
Göran Stemme Royal Institute of Technology
Marja-Liisa Dahl
Marja-Liisa Dahl Karolinska University Hospital
Gösta Jonsson
Gösta Jonsson Karolinska Institute
Mohamed Abdel-Rehim
Mohamed Abdel-Rehim Stockholm University
Anders Rane
Anders Rane Karolinska University Hospital
Göran Sedvall
Göran Sedvall Karolinska Institute
Wolfgang Weinmann
Wolfgang Weinmann University of Bern
Ernst Brodin
Ernst Brodin Karolinska Institute
Eva Olsson
Eva Olsson Chalmers University of Technology

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