2026 Rolf Inge Skotheim: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	53	16283	14956	83	76	152	8972

Overview

Rolf Inge Skotheim is affiliated with Oslo University Hospital in Norway. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with significant focus on areas including Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Cancer Research, Molecular Biology, Surgery, and Genetics.

The scientist's main topics of study include:

Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research
Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
Testicular diseases and treatments
Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism
Genetic factors in colorectal cancer
Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities
Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics

Frequent coauthors in their work include:

Ragnhild A. Lothe
Karol Axcrona
Ulrika Axcrona
Bjarne Johannessen
Mari Bogaard

The scientist's recent papers demonstrate a focus on cancer-related genetic and molecular biology research:

Prostate cancer: Molecular aspects, consequences, and opportunities of the multifocal nature, 2024, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Reviews on Cancer
NRF2 drives an oxidative stress response predictive of breast cancer, 2022, Free Radical Biology and Medicine
Identification of 22 susceptibility loci associated with testicular germ cell tumors, 2021, Nature Communications
High expression of SCHLAP1 in primary prostate cancer is an independent predictor of biochemical recurrence, despite substantial heterogeneity, 2021, Neoplasia
Long-term first-in-man Phase I/II study of an adjuvant dendritic cell vaccine in patients with high-risk prostate cancer after radical prostatectomy, 2021, The Prostate

Publication venues where they frequently publish include:

European Urology
Neoplasia
JCI Insight
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Nature Communications

Best Publications

Aberrant RNA splicing in cancer; expression changes and driver mutations of splicing factor genes

A Sveen;A Sveen;S Kilpinen;A Ruusulehto;R A Lothe;R A Lothe

478
Citations
Systematic bioinformatic analysis of expression levels of 17,330 human genes across 9,783 samples from 175 types of healthy and pathological tissues.

Sami Kilpinen;Sami Kilpinen;Reija Autio;Kalle Ojala;Kalle Ojala;Kristiina Iljin

333
Citations
Multi-omics of 34 colorectal cancer cell lines - a resource for biomedical studies

Kaja C. G. Berg;Kaja C. G. Berg;Peter W. Eide;Peter W. Eide;Ina A. Eilertsen;Ina A. Eilertsen;Bjarne Johannessen;Bjarne Johannessen

328
Citations
TMPRSS2 fusions with oncogenic ETS factors in prostate cancer involve unbalanced genomic rearrangements and are associated with HDAC1 and epigenetic reprogramming.

Kristiina Iljin;Maija Wolf;Henrik Edgren;Santosh Gupta

304
Citations
Alternative splicing in cancer: noise, functional, or systematic?

Rolf Inge Skotheim;Matthias Nees

274
Citations
PtdIns(3)P controls cytokinesis through KIF13A-mediated recruitment of FYVE-CENT to the midbody

Antonia P. Sagona;Ioannis P. Nezis;Ioannis P. Nezis;Nina Marie Pedersen;Nina Marie Pedersen;Knut Liestøl

262
Citations
ColoGuideEx: a robust gene classifier specific for stage II colorectal cancer prognosis

Trude H. Ågesen;Anita Sveen;Marianne A. Merok;Guro E. Lind;Guro E. Lind

254
Citations
Oncogenicity of the Developmental Transcription Factor Sox9

Ander Matheu;Manuel Collado;Clare Wise;Lorea Manterola

252
Citations
Differentiation of human embryonal carcinomas in vitro and in vivo reveals expression profiles relevant to normal development.

Rolf I. Skotheim;Guro E. Lind;Outi Monni;Jahn M. Nesland

228
Citations
New insights into testicular germ cell tumorigenesis from gene expression profiling.

Rolf I. Skotheim;Outi Monni;Spyro Mousses;Sophie D. Fosså

201
Citations
Three epigenetic biomarkers, GDF15, TMEFF2, and VIM, accurately predict bladder cancer from DNA-based analyses of urine samples

Vera L. Costa;Vera L. Costa;Rui Henrique;Rui Henrique;Stine A. Danielsen;Sara Duarte-Pereira

198
Citations
Meta-analysis identifies four new loci associated with testicular germ cell tumor

Charles C Chung;Charles C Chung;Peter A Kanetsky;Zhaoming Wang;Zhaoming Wang;Michelle A T Hildebrandt

188
Citations
Identification of an epigenetic biomarker panel with high sensitivity and specificity for colorectal cancer and adenomas

Guro Elisabeth Lind;Stine A. Danielsen;Stine A. Danielsen;Terje Cruickshank Ahlquist;Terje Cruickshank Ahlquist;Marianne A. Merok;Marianne A. Merok

180
Citations
BCL-XL Mediates the Strong Selective Advantage of a 20q11.21 Amplification Commonly Found in Human Embryonic Stem Cell Cultures

Stuart Avery;Adam J. Hirst;Adam J. Hirst;Duncan Baker;Chin Yan Lim

177
Citations
MiR-9, -31, and -182 deregulation promote proliferation and tumor cell survival in colon cancer.

Lina Cekaite;Lina Cekaite;Juha K. Rantala;Jarle Bruun;Jarle Bruun;Marianne Guriby;Marianne Guriby

163
Citations
Multifocal Primary Prostate Cancer Exhibits High Degree of Genomic Heterogeneity.

Marthe Løvf;Sen Zhao;Ulrika Axcrona;Bjarne Johannessen

153
Citations
Gene methylation profiles of normal mucosa, and benign and malignant colorectal tumors identify early onset markers

Terje Cruickshank Ahlquist;Terje Cruickshank Ahlquist;Guro Elisabeth Lind;Guro Elisabeth Lind;Vera L. Costa;Gunn I. Meling;Gunn I. Meling

146
Citations
ColoGuidePro: A Prognostic 7-Gene Expression Signature for Stage III Colorectal Cancer Patients

Anita Sveen;Trude H. Ågesen;Arild Nesbakken;Gunn Iren Meling

136
Citations
Meta-analysis of five genome-wide association studies identifies multiple new loci associated with testicular germ cell tumor.

Zhaoming Wang;Katherine A. McGlynn;Ewa Rajpert-De Meyts;D. Timothy Bishop

123
Citations
Distinct high resolution genome profiles of early onset and late onset colorectal cancer integrated with gene expression data identify candidate susceptibility loci.

Marianne Berg;Marianne Berg;Trude H. Ågesen;Trude H. Ågesen;Espen Thiis-Evensen;Marianne A. Merok

89
Citations